Transcript 12/30/15 Patrick Hughes (carryover)

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Patrick Hughes
Louisville, Ky.

Patrick’s +1 is his son Patrick, who’s been blind since birth and uses a wheelchair. Despite his handicaps, Patrick is a college graduate and successful musician. Father and son have given inspirational talks around the country and overseas.

$5,000
As the ex-wife of Terrence Howard on the hit show “Empire,” Taraji P. Henson plays what sassy character with a sweet-sounding name?
A: Pie Lyon B: Cookie Lyon
C: Cake Lyon D: Baked Alaska Lyon

Answer

B: Cookie Lyon

$7,000
Business Insider says you should NOT buy your kid what before they head to college, as newer models tend to be released right after school has started?
A: Sneakers B: A coffee maker
C: An iPhone D: A bike

Answer

C: An iPhone

Commercial break

$10,000
A standard bag of plain M&M’s contains candies in how many different colors?
A: Four B: Five
C: Six D: Seven

Spoiler

Patrick knows red, green blue & yellow and thinks there’s more.

ATA

A: 2% B: 41% C: 51% D: 6%
Despite the close vote, Patrick goes with the majority.

Answer

C: Six (red, blue, yellow, green, brown & orange)

$20,000
In the Japanese script Kanji, “Japan” is written using the two symbols that mean what?
A: Origin & sun B: Crown & eagle
C: Red & dot D: Fish & blossom

+1

Patrick says crown & eagle doesn’t sound right, and red & dot, though it’s on their flag, doesn’t sound noble enough. “Land of the rising sun” suggests origin & sun, but fish & blossom could also be right. His son says to go with origin & sun.

Answer

A: Origin & sun

Commercial break

$30,000
If you want to get paid to check out cleavage all day, you’d be best off becoming which of the following?
A: A mineralogist B: A philatelist
C: A herpetologist D: A somnambulist

Spoiler

Patrick thinks it’s mineralogist, but he cannot gamble $15,000, so he walks.

Answer

A: A mineralogist
Patrick wins $20,000.

Commercial break

QotD
As an old saying on Wall Street goes, the stock market is driven by what two emotions?
A: Courage and pride B: Humility and enlightenment
C: Fear and greed D: Honesty and love

Answer

C: Fear and greed

[SportsFan68]

Let's assume I still have all my lifelines.

$5,000
As the ex-wife of Terrence Howard on the hit show “Empire,” Taraji P. Henson plays what sassy character with a sweet-sounding name?
A: Pie Lyon B: Cookie Lyon
C: Cake Lyon D: Baked Alaska Lyon

Answer

B: Cookie Lyon

ATA

[Snaxx]

Wow, I was not aware of first run shows this week and did not even record any shows, so there is no Tuesday transcript.

[ghostjmf]

10K: Eek. Not on my diabetic diet. ATA & hope hope hope.

20K: Logic for A but logic doesn't hold much on BAM. 50/50.

[earendel]

Patrick Hughes
Louisville, Ky.

Patrick’s +1 is his son Patrick, who’s been blind since birth and uses a wheelchair. Despite his handicaps, Patrick is a college graduate and successful musician. Father and son have given inspirational talks around the country and overseas.

Patrick was featured on an episode of "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition". The house is only about 2 miles from where I live. The younger Patrick also played in the University of Louisville marching band, with his father wheeling him onto the field in a wheelchair.

Nihil obstat®.