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Jonathan Cane
New York City, NY

Topic Tree (randomized):
Light Horse Harry
Sleepy Hollow
JFK Quote
One Thousand and One Nights
Martha Stewart
LEGO People
Cube Fruit
State Cleanup
Fashion Terms
????

Question #1 (????):
What rapper's albums inlcude 1994's "Illmatic," 2001's "Stillmatic" and 2002's "From Illmatic to Stillmatic: The Remixes"?
A - 50 Cent
B - Busta Rhymes
C - Nas
D - Dr. Dre

"This is one of those questions that if I'm sitting at home I'm knocking right out," Jonathan says. He's loath to use a lifeline this early but he's even more loath to leave this early so he decides to ask the audience.

Ask the Audience results

A - 4%
B - 31%
C - 41%
D - 24%

Not quite the overwhelming response Jonathan was hoping for but he's going with the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Nas)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $3,000

Question #2 (Fashion Terms):
Which of the following clothing items commonly comes in "maxi" and "mini" varieties?
A - hat
B - shoe
C - sock
D - skirt

Jonathan says this is about the only fashion question that he'd be able to answer.

Spoiler

Answer: D (skirt)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $18,000

Question #3 (State Cleanup):
With a clue in its name, "No MOre Trash!" is a statewide anti-litter campaign that often involves student participation from schools in what city?
A - Boston
B - Seattle
C - St. Louis
D - Miami

Jonathan assumes that since "MO" is capitalized that's the state abbreviation.

Spoiler

Answer: C (St. Louis)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $28,000

commercial break

Question #4 (Cube Fruit):
Selling in Russia for 300 times the regular price, what fruit has been grown in a cube shape, making it easier to store and cut?
A - cherries
B - pears
C - blueberries
D - watermelons

Jonathan can't imagine why anyone would be cutting

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cherries or blueberries.

He says that either

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watermelons or pears

makes sense so he decides to jump the question

Spoiler

Answer: D (watermelons)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $28,000 (unchanged)

Question #5 (LEGO People):
All but which of the following are official LEGO minifigures?
A - Mr. Gold
B - Chicken Suit Guy
C - Small Clown
D - Cat Lady

Jonathan has a little guy at home and he has lots of LEGO blocks but he's not up to the minifigure stage yet. "Chicken Suit Guy???" Jonathan asks. All of the others make sense. Jonathan is going to jump this question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Cat Lady)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $28,000 (unchanged)

Question #6 (Martha Stewart):
Martha Stewart said that she stopped dating what actor because she "couldn't get past the Lecter thing"?
A - Anthony Hopkins
B - Gene Hackman
C - Sean Connery
D - Al Pacino

Jonathan didn't realize that they had dated.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Anthony Hopkins)
Value: $500
Bank: $28,500

commercial break

Question #7 (One Thousand and One Nights):
What would the folk tale collection "One Thousand and One Nights" be called if its title was converted into weeks?
A - 119 Weeks
B - 132 Weeks
C - 143 Weeks
D - 149 Weeks

Jonathan goes through the math and says that his lovely wife Nicole, a math teacher, would be upset if he couldn't do this. He gives his final answer and the camera cuts to a shot of his wife in the relationship seat. She's pleased, silently cheering.

Spoiler

Answer: C (143 Weeks)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $33,500

Question #8 (JFK Quote):
Explaining why we should go to the moon, JFK quoted what explorer when he said "because it is there"?
A - George Mallory
B - Hiram Bingham
C - Jacques Cousteau
D - Merriwether Lewis

Before the answers came up Jonathan said the only one that he thought of was

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Jacques Cousteau

but he's not sure he trusts that answer. He walks away.

Spoiler

Answer: A (George Mallory
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $16,750

END OF SHOW "NOISE"


MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY":
The chorus of a hit 2000 Sisqo song features what fashion-inspired lyrics?
A - Thong th-thong thong thong
B - Bra br-bra bra bra
C - Dress dr-dress dress dress
D - Scarf sc-scarf scarf scarf

Question of the Day answer

A (Thong th-thong thong thong)

Question #1 (????):
What rapper's albums inlcude 1994's "Illmatic," 2001's "Stillmatic" and 2002's "From Illmatic to Stillmatic: The Remixes"?
A - 50 Cent
B - Busta Rhymes
C - Nas
D - Dr. Dre

"This is one of those questions that if I'm sitting at home I'm knocking right out," Jonathan says. He's loath to use a lifeline this early but he's even more loath to leave this early so he decides to ask the audience.

Ask the Audience results

A - 4%
B - 31%
C - 41%
D - 24%

Not quite the overwhelming response Jonathan was hoping for but he's going with the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Nas)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $3,000

ATA

Question #5 (LEGO People):
All but which of the following are official LEGO minifigures?
A - Mr. Gold
B - Chicken Suit Guy
C - Small Clown
D - Cat Lady

Jonathan has a little guy at home and he has lots of LEGO blocks but he's not up to the minifigure stage yet. "Chicken Suit Guy???" Jonathan asks. All of the others make sense. Jonathan is going to jump this question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Cat Lady)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $28,000 (unchanged)

JTQ 1

Question #7 (One Thousand and One Nights):
What would the folk tale collection "One Thousand and One Nights" be called if its title was converted into weeks?
A - 119 Weeks
B - 132 Weeks
C - 143 Weeks
D - 149 Weeks

Jonathan goes through the math and says that his lovely wife Nicole, a math teacher, would be upset if he couldn't do this. He gives his final answer and the camera cuts to a shot of his wife in the relationship seat. She's pleased, silently cheering.

Spoiler

Answer: C (143 Weeks)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $33,500

Ouch! OK, 143 X 7 = 1001. Whew! I almost picked 149 based on approximation. But all I need to do, as someone pointed out on another arithmetic Q a while back, was see which one ended in 1.

Question #8 (JFK Quote):
Explaining why we should go to the moon, JFK quoted what explorer when he said "because it is there"?
A - George Mallory
B - Hiram Bingham
C - Jacques Cousteau
D - Merriwether Lewis

Before the answers came up Jonathan said the only one that he thought of was

Spoiler

Jacques Cousteau

but he's not sure he trusts that answer. He walks away.

Spoiler

Answer: A (George Mallory
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $16,750

Mallory should have said, "If it's so easy, you do it!" Just kidding -- I read that Mallory was tired and grumpy at the time, sort of like Jeremy Abbott . . .

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #3 (State Cleanup):
With a clue in its name, "No MOre Trash!" is a statewide anti-litter campaign that often involves student participation from schools in what city?
A - Boston
B - Seattle
C - St. Louis
D - Miami

Jonathan assumes that since "MO" is capitalized that's the state abbreviation.

Spoiler

Answer: C (St. Louis)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $28,000

Looks like zachhoran1 worked on this campaign.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #8 (JFK Quote):
Explaining why we should go to the moon, JFK quoted what explorer when he said "because it is there"?
A - George Mallory
B - Hiram Bingham
C - Jacques Cousteau
D - Merriwether Lewis

Before the answers came up Jonathan said the only one that he thought of was

Spoiler

Jacques Cousteau

but he's not sure he trusts that answer. He walks away.

Spoiler

Answer: A (George Mallory)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $16,750

I would have got this right, but if Edmund Hillary had been a choice, I'd have gone down in flames.

jarnon wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #8 (JFK Quote):
Explaining why we should go to the moon, JFK quoted what explorer when he said "because it is there"?
A - George Mallory
B - Hiram Bingham
C - Jacques Cousteau
D - Merriwether Lewis

Before the answers came up Jonathan said the only one that he thought of was

Spoiler

Jacques Cousteau

but he's not sure he trusts that answer. He walks away.

Spoiler

Answer: A (George Mallory)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $16,750

I would have got this right, but if Edmund Hillary had been a choice, I'd have gone down in flames.

Putting two mountain climbers among the choices would have made this question particularly nasty.

jarnon wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #3 (State Cleanup):
With a clue in its name, "No MOre Trash!" is a statewide anti-litter campaign that often involves student participation from schools in what city?
A - Boston
B - Seattle
C - St. Louis
D - Miami

Jonathan assumes that since "MO" is capitalized that's the state abbreviation.

Spoiler

Answer: C (St. Louis)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $28,000

Looks like zachhoran1 worked on this campaign.

Ha! I almost commented when he did it a few times in the same post a few days ago, but I figured no one else noticed it.

It was probably this one...