Transcript 5/21/2020 - Kaitlin Olson
Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2020 11:12 am
Kaitlin Olson
Kaitlin stars in "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and has a show on Quibi called "Flipped". She is not a trivia person but loves the show. Her charity is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation because one of her very best friends suffers from CF. She brought Megan Ganz, a comedy writer, as her +1.
$100: A person who is preparing to work hard is said to be "rolling up his" what?
A - sleeves
B - curtains
C - towels
D - Motley Crue posters
$200: In 2017, over 46 tons of Mardi Gras beads were cleaned out of clogged storm drains in what U.S. city?
A - San Diego
B - Denver
C - New Orleans
D - Philadelphia
$300: Which of these professionals would most likely measure your inseam?
A - hairdresser
B - tailor
C - pharmacist
D - baker
$500: In a rock and roll classic, Eddie Money excitedly tells his sweetheart that he's "got two tickets to" what?
A - Paradise
B - Shangri-La
C - Valhalla
D - Nirvana
$1000: Which of these search engines shares its name with a word for a rude, unrefined person?
A - Bing
B - Google
C - Yahoo
D - Excite
$2000: Most living creatures cannot survive in the Dead Sea due to its high concentration of what?
A - oil
B - salt
C - coral reefs
D - alcohol
Kaitlin checks with Megan to make sure of her answer.
$4000: "Welly wanging" is a New Zealand sport where players try to throw what type of footwear the farthest?
A - rain boot
B - espadrille
C - toe shoe
D - loafer
Megan knows this because she's married to a Brit.
$8000: Which of these 2019 movies is not an animated film?
A - Wonder Park
B - Missing Link
C - Jojo Rabbit
D - Arctic Dogs
commercial break
$16,000: What deep-fried Tex Mex dish gets its name from the Spanish word for "thingamajig"?
A - enchilada
B - chimichanga
C - quesadilla
D - gordita
Kaitlin feels like it's "B" and Megan agrees. She says "gordita" means "a little fat", and enchiladas & quesadillas aren't deep-fried.
$32,000: Who joined Instagram in October 2019 and set a Guinness record for fastest time to reach 1 million followers -- just 5 hours and 16 minutes?
A - Macaulay Culkin
B - Jennifer Aniston
C - Julia Roberts
D - Mark Walhberg
Kaitlin remembers Jennifer Aniston joining and gaining a million followers "ridiculously fast"; she asks Megan what month that was. Megan says it was October, and she posted a photo of her and some co-stars from "Friends".
Kaitlin has the option to trade out a lifeline so she trades the 50:50 in order to keep Megan for one more question.
$64,000: Seconds before JFK was shot, the First Lady of Texas reportedly turned around in her car seat and said, "Mr. President, you can't say" what?
A - the visit wasn't a total loss
B - the weather has been unkind
C - Dallas doesn't love you
D - Texas isn't exciting
Kaitlin has no idea, so she decides to ask her +1.
Kaitlin decides to Phone a Friend, Craig Maisen, another writer. He wrote "Chernobyl".
She decides to go with that answer.
commercial break
$125,000: The human body commonly enters a state called the "cephalic phase" before doing what?
A - going to sleep
B - eating a meal
C - having sex
D - going into shock
Kaitlin knows "phallic" and wonders if "cephalic" is "pre-phallic". She doesn't want to ask Jimmy but she will, using her last lifeline.
Kaitlin says that Jimmy's words make sense. She doesn't want to be done, so she makes "D" her final answer.
commercial break
Kaitlin stars in "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia" and has a show on Quibi called "Flipped". She is not a trivia person but loves the show. Her charity is the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation because one of her very best friends suffers from CF. She brought Megan Ganz, a comedy writer, as her +1.
$100: A person who is preparing to work hard is said to be "rolling up his" what?
A - sleeves
B - curtains
C - towels
D - Motley Crue posters
Spoiler
Answer: A (sleeves)
A - San Diego
B - Denver
C - New Orleans
D - Philadelphia
Spoiler
Answer: C (New Orleans)
A - hairdresser
B - tailor
C - pharmacist
D - baker
Spoiler
Answer: B (tailor)
A - Paradise
B - Shangri-La
C - Valhalla
D - Nirvana
Spoiler
Answer: A (Paradise)
A - Bing
B - Google
C - Yahoo
D - Excite
Spoiler
Answer: C (Yahoo)
A - oil
B - salt
C - coral reefs
D - alcohol
Kaitlin checks with Megan to make sure of her answer.
Spoiler
Answer: B (salt)
A - rain boot
B - espadrille
C - toe shoe
D - loafer
Megan knows this because she's married to a Brit.
Spoiler
Answer: A (rain boot)
A - Wonder Park
B - Missing Link
C - Jojo Rabbit
D - Arctic Dogs
Spoiler
Answer: C (Jojo Rabbit)
$16,000: What deep-fried Tex Mex dish gets its name from the Spanish word for "thingamajig"?
A - enchilada
B - chimichanga
C - quesadilla
D - gordita
Kaitlin feels like it's "B" and Megan agrees. She says "gordita" means "a little fat", and enchiladas & quesadillas aren't deep-fried.
Spoiler
Answer: B (chimichanga)
A - Macaulay Culkin
B - Jennifer Aniston
C - Julia Roberts
D - Mark Walhberg
Kaitlin remembers Jennifer Aniston joining and gaining a million followers "ridiculously fast"; she asks Megan what month that was. Megan says it was October, and she posted a photo of her and some co-stars from "Friends".
Spoiler
Answer: B (Jennifer Aniston)
$64,000: Seconds before JFK was shot, the First Lady of Texas reportedly turned around in her car seat and said, "Mr. President, you can't say" what?
A - the visit wasn't a total loss
B - the weather has been unkind
C - Dallas doesn't love you
D - Texas isn't exciting
Kaitlin has no idea, so she decides to ask her +1.
Spoiler
Ask the +1 results: The one that jumps out at Megan is "C". She's never heard it before. She thinks that "A" and "D" would be too ironic.
Spoiler
Phone a Friend results: It takes Kaitlin 20 seconds to read the question and Craig says he think's it's C.
Spoiler
Answer: C (Dallas doesn't love you)
$125,000: The human body commonly enters a state called the "cephalic phase" before doing what?
A - going to sleep
B - eating a meal
C - having sex
D - going into shock
Kaitlin knows "phallic" and wonders if "cephalic" is "pre-phallic". She doesn't want to ask Jimmy but she will, using her last lifeline.
Spoiler
Ask the host: Jimmy says he has a different opinion, because he thinks it's "D". His grandfather went into some horrible thing with his skin and remembered "cephalic" being part of the condition. "Phallic" typically has two "L"s. He describes his grandfather's condition as his head ballooning up like a poisonous reaction. He had to go to the hospital. Kaitlin "kinda" agrees with Jimmy.
Spoiler
Answer: B (eating a meal)