Transcript 11/03/09 - Chris Clemons

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Chris Clemons
Humble, TX
Associate pastor

Chris's three-year-old daughter, Keira, gave him the best advice, if he doesn't know the answer, what should he do?

Chris: She watches the show, she play very well, and the answer is always "pancakes."


Question Topics:
* Inventors
* Facts & Figures
* Health
* Olympic Athletes
* U.S. Presidents
* Conan O'Brien
* Nonfiction
* French
* The Easter Rising
* Famous First Lines
* Patent Pending
* Celebrity Quotes
* Physiology
* Sports
* Pets


$500 * Pets
Modeled on a traditional ceremony, a "bark mitzvah" is a Jewish-themed birthday party for what kind of pet?

A: Dog B: Canary
C: Horse D: Bunny rabbi

Answer

A: Dog ( 10 )

$1,000 * Sports
Invented in the late 1880s, what female-friendly sport went by the names "mushball," "kittenball" and "indoor baseball" in its early years?

A: Lacrosse B: Softball
C: Rugby D: Soccer

Answer

B: Softball ( 11 )

$2,000 * Physiology
Produced in the stomach, ghrelin is a hormone that tells the brain when the body is feeling what?

A: Hungry B: Sleepy
C: Cold D: Winded

Answer

A: Hungry ( 11 )

$3,000 * Celebrity Quotes
Who did Matt Damon once call "an imperialist, misogynist sociopath who goes around bedding women and swilling martinis"?

A: Indiana Jones B: Rocky Balboa
C: James Bond D: Don Corleone

Answer

C: James Bond ( 9 )

$5,000 * Patent Pending
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office is run by what government department?

A: Interior B: Treasury
C: Labor D: Commerce

With 6 seconds left, Chris decides to Ask The Audience.

ATA: A: 8% B: 12% C: 7% D: 73%

Answer

D: Commerce ( 5 )

-- Commercial Break --

During Hurricane Katrina, Chris was assigned to help out at the Houston Astrodome. He's seminary-trained and thought he'd be good at helping people, but they decided he'd be good at sorting women's underwear.

$7,500 * Famous First Lines
The famous first line of "Pride and Prejudice" claims that "a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of" what?

A: A title B: More land
C: Power D: A wife

With 11 seconds left, Chris decides to Ask The Expert.

Meredith says they're having trouble with the Skype connection, so they're getting Deborah Norville on the phone. Meredith reads the question and answers. Deborah's connection sounds poor, like she's on a speakerphone.

Deborah: Well, think about the kind of books that she wrote. It has to be wife.

Chris: That's what I thought.

Deborah: Is that what you think?

Chris: That's what I think.

Deborah: I think common sense tells you it's wife.

Chris: Thank you, Deborah.

Answer

D: A wife ( 9 )

$10,000 * The Easter Rising
An insurrection known as the "Easter Rising" was an important step in the formation of what republic?

With 6 seconds left, Chris decides to Double Dip.

Chris's first answer is

Spoiler

Russia

.
Chris's second answer is

Spoiler

Ireland

.

A: Russia B: Ireland
C: Mexico D: Germany

Answer

B: Ireland ( 2 )

-- Commercial Break --

$12,500 * French
In France, French toast is called "pain perdu," which means what?

A: Wet bread B: Sugar bread
C: Baby bread D: Lost bread

Chris: Sugar, sugar, sugar, sugar. I'm saying sugar bread, final answer.

Answer

D: Lost bread ( 10 )

Chris falls to $5,000.

[Kazoo65]

OK up to the last question he got. I'd start by asking the audience. I studied German, not French.

[hanzz]

Based on what I'm seeing in these transcripts, I'm really liking this expert. She seems reasonably well-read, and she talks through her answer very thoroughly so that it does not seem like she's throwing guesses. How has she come off, people-who-actually-watch?

[ulysses5019]

Based on what I'm seeing in these transcripts, I'm really liking this expert. She seems reasonably well-read, and she talks through her answer very thoroughly so that it does not seem like she's throwing guesses. How has she come off, people-who-actually-watch?

Some thought that she might have known one as a slam dunk but did a POE talk-through and may not have sold it to the contestant.

[vamomof3]

Based on what I'm seeing in these transcripts, I'm really liking this expert. She seems reasonably well-read, and she talks through her answer very thoroughly so that it does not seem like she's throwing guesses. How has she come off, people-who-actually-watch?

I agree...she's really been able to help the contestants that have called on her more so than other recent "experts". I've watched the show every day this week; she seems eager to help and smarter than the average bear!

[Jeemie]

$12,500- another "you know it or you don't" question....or else know French. Impossible to reason out otherwise.

[MarleysGh0st]

Based on what I'm seeing in these transcripts, I'm really liking this expert. She seems reasonably well-read, and she talks through her answer very thoroughly so that it does not seem like she's throwing guesses. How has she come off, people-who-actually-watch?

Some thought that she might have known one as a slam dunk but did a POE talk-through and may not have sold it to the contestant.

Yeah, I didn't like her "Process of Elimination" answer on Monday, but she does seem to be doing her best to recall any relevant data that might help, instead of just saying "I don't know" and giving up. If Ogi gave her a few tips from his experience, she could turn out to be the best celebrity expert they've had.

[earendel]

Chris Clemons
Humble, TX
Associate pastor

Chris's three-year-old daughter, Keira, gave him the best advice, if he doesn't know the answer, what should he do?

Chris: She watches the show, she play very well, and the answer is always "pancakes."

Cute. If the question is "what's for breakfast?" my answer would always be the same, too.

$7,500 * Famous First Lines
The famous first line of "Pride and Prejudice" claims that "a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of" what?

A: A title B: More land
C: Power D: A wife

With 11 seconds left, Chris decides to Ask The Expert.

Meredith says they're having trouble with the Skype connection, so they're getting Deborah Norville on the phone. Meredith reads the question and answers. Deborah's connection sounds poor, like she's on a speakerphone.

Deborah: Well, think about the kind of books that she wrote. It has to be wife.

Chris: That's what I thought.

Deborah: Is that what you think?

Chris: That's what I think.

Deborah: I think common sense tells you it's wife.

Chris: Thank you, Deborah.

Answer

D: A wife ( 9 )

Well-reasoned and insightful. As I said, Deborah Norville has potential to be very good or very bad.

$12,500 * French
In France, French toast is called "pain perdu," which means what?

A: Wet bread B: Sugar bread
C: Baby bread D: Lost bread

Chris: Sugar, sugar, sugar, sugar. I'm saying sugar bread, final answer.

Answer

D: Lost bread ( 10 )

In America we call it "Freedom Toast", of course.
I know a little French but this one is beyond me, so it's time for a lifeline. Let's start with ATA, and follow up, if necessary, with PAF (or DD depending upon the audience response).

[mellytu74]

I liked this guy. Sorry to see him not go further.

[NellyLunatic1980]

Chris Clemons
Humble, TX
Associate pastor

Chris's three-year-old daughter, Keira, gave him the best advice, if he doesn't know the answer, what should he do?

Chris: She watches the show, she play very well, and the answer is always "pancakes."

Yeah, we'll see how that works out.

$500 * Pets
Modeled on a traditional ceremony, a "bark mitzvah" is a Jewish-themed birthday party for what kind of pet?

A: Dog B: Canary
C: Horse D: Bunny rabbi

Pancakes! Nope... that's a llama.

$1,000 * Sports
Invented in the late 1880s, what female-friendly sport went by the names "mushball," "kittenball" and "indoor baseball" in its early years?

A: Lacrosse B: Softball
C: Rugby D: Soccer

Pancakes! Nope... still wrong.

$2,000 * Physiology
Produced in the stomach, ghrelin is a hormone that tells the brain when the body is feeling what?

A: Hungry B: Sleepy
C: Cold D: Winded

Pancakes? Well, actually, that's not too far off.

$3,000 * Celebrity Quotes
Who did Matt Damon once call "an imperialist, misogynist sociopath who goes around bedding women and swilling martinis"?

A: Indiana Jones B: Rocky Balboa
C: James Bond D: Don Corleone

E: Mark Sanford

$7,500 * Famous First Lines
The famous first line of "Pride and Prejudice" claims that "a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of" what?

A: A title B: More land
C: Power D: A wife

I've never heard of this phrase. I might've guessed wife, but I would've burned a lifeline to be sure. ATA.

$10,000 * The Easter Rising
An insurrection known as the "Easter Rising" was an important step in the formation of what republic?

A: Russia B: Ireland
C: Mexico D: Germany

I'm stumped again. PAF.

$12,500 * French
In France, French toast is called "pain perdu," which means what?

A: Wet bread B: Sugar bread
C: Baby bread D: Lost bread

I didn't take French in high school. I took Spanish. Fortunately, I knew that the Spanish word "perdido" means "lost".

I think Chris would've been better off saying "pancakes".