Palmer Lake, CO
Airline baggage ramp manager
Jim treats every bag with tender loving care as if it were his own.
Topic tree:
- Hello, Dolly!
- Opening Night
- Check Your Mailbox
- Surreal Paintings
- The Middle Man
- Prize Winners
- TV Moms
- The Service
- Olympic Gymnasts
- Spanish Dishes
- The Word Jumble
- Heaven Sent
- Card Games
- Far Away Television
- Itsy Bitsy Spider
$100 - The violin spider gets its name because it has a mark on its back that resembles a what?
A - kitchen appliance
B - musical instrument
C - motor vehicle
D - tattoo of Itzhak Perlman
Spoiler
A - Dancing with the Stars
B - American Idol
C - Top Chef
D - Project Runway
Spoiler
A - six
B - four
C - two
D - one
Spoiler
A - West Virginia
B - Nebraska
C - North Carolina
D - Kentucky
Spoiler
A - coroner
B - decorator
C - astronomer
D - carpenter
Spoiler
C - astronomer (3)
Jim had two goals - the second one was to get to $1000. His first goal was just to get in the Hot Seat; he's been trying for five years. Better to be persistent than smart, he adds. His wife Kathy and daughter Mary are in the relationship seats. Jim has earned the "Ask the Expert" lifeline. This time Meredith introduces AJ Jacobs as the author of "The Year of Living Biblically". Meredith asks him about it. He says that he took down every rule in the Bible and followed them. By the end he had a three-foot long beard and was walking around New York City in a robe and sandals.
$2K - What are the two main ingredients of the popular Spanish dish "arroz con pollo"?
A - rice and chicken
B - tomatoes and beef
C - chilies and pork
D - cheese and beans
Spoiler
A - rice and chicken (18)
$4K - In 1996, Olympic gymnast Kerri Strug landed her gold-medal-clinching vault despite what injury?
A - broken finger
B - pulled hamstring
C - dislocated shoulder
D - sprained ankle
Spoiler
D - sprained ankle (11)
After the answer is revealed Jim says he remembered her coach having to carry her off so he knew it wasn't any of the others.
A - noncombattive
B - noncommittal
C - noncommissioned
D - noncommunicative
Spoiler
A - Lois Griffin
B - Vivian Banks
C - Maria Barone
D - Bree van de Kamp
Spoiler
ATA results:
A - 87%
B - 4%
C - 3%
D - 6%
Jim likes those odds so he makes the audience's answer his final answer.
A - Lois Griffin (10)
$25K - Awarded in the past to such luminaries as Rem Koolhaas and Renzo Piano, the Pritzker Prize is an annual award in what field?
A - painting
B - dance
C - architecture
D - classical music
Spoiler
C - architecture (4)
THE HORN!!!!!!
Jim will return on Monday with only his Phone a Friend lifeline remaining.