Highland, NY
Stay-at-home dad
Question Topics:
* Detective Work
* Notable Addresses
* The Oscars
* Famous Firsts
* Literary Women
* Herpetology
* Who Am I?
* U.S. Rivers
* Medicare
* Shakira
* Holiday Songs
* Classic Novels
* Eat Your Veggies
* In the News
* Idioms
$500 * Idioms
A task that is described as "shooting fish in a barrel" is being described as what?
A: Easy B: Long
C: Tiring D: Needlessly violent
Answer
A: Easy ( 10 )
In 2009, Eastman Kodak announced that it was discontinuing production of Kodachrome, a 74-year-old brand of what?
A: Ballpoint pen B: Lip gloss
C: Laundry detergent D: Camera film
Answer
D: Camera film ( 10 )
Which of these vegetables is a variety of summer squash?
A: Zucchini B: Carrot
C: Radish D: Celery
With 10 seconds left, Christopher decides to Ask The Audience.
ATA: A: 96% B: 0% C: 1% D: 3%
Christopher: I though it was zucchini, but the Sicilian side of my family would have killed me if I got this wrong.
Answer
A: Zucchini ( 2 )
Christopher's wife, Elaine, is in the audience. Christopher stays home with their five-year-old daughter, Vivian, while Elaine works as a pediatric nurse. Christopher is known around town as "The Italian Grandma" because he obsesses over every aspect of his daughter's life.
$3,000 * Classic Novels
The reality series "Big Brother" takes its name from a character in a classic novel by whom?
A: Franz Kafka B: George Orwell
C: Ray Bradbury D: Virginia Woolf
Answer
B: George Orwell ( 9 )
In the traditional holiday song "We Wish You a Merry Christmas," revellers sing, "Now bring us some figgy" what?
A: Noodles B: Pudding
C: Sausage D: Crackers
Answer
B: Pudding ( 10 )
In 2009, a hit single by Shakira had a Spanish version titled "Loba" and an English version titled what?
A: She Devil B: She Cat
C: She Wolf D: She Dragon
With 24 seconds left, Christopher decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is TV and radio personality Kennedy.
Kennedy: I'm gonna say She Wolf, because wolf in Italian is "Lupo" and "Loba" kind of sounds similar.
Christopher: I was in the same--I was in the same place.
Kennedy: I like your glasses.
Christopher: Thank you! I like yours, too.
Kennedy: Thanks.
Answer
C: She Wolf ( 22 )
What U.S. president first signed the country's Medicare program into law?
A: Dwight Eisenhower B: Lyndon Johnson
C: Richard Nixon D: Jimmy Carter
With 24 seconds left, Christopher decides to Phone A Friend.
Christopher's PAF team are Thomas, Shoreline, VA; Chris, Kenmore, WA; and Keith, Cromwell, CT.
Christopher calls Thomas, his dearest friend since college.
Thomas: Okay, that was Eisenhower?
Christopher: Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter.
Thomas: Umm, I know it's going back, quite a ways.
Christopher: Five seconds, Tom.
Thomas: Huh?
Christopher: Five seconds.
Thomas: Five seconds to go?
[Time runs out.]
Christopher: There we go! No seconds to go.
With 21 seconds left, Christopher decides to Double Dip.
Christopher's first answer is
Spoiler
A: Dwight Eisenhower
Christopher's second answer is
Spoiler
B: Lyndon Johnson
Answer
B: Lyndon Johnson ( 18 )
Sneak Peak at One of the Next Episode's Questions
$5,000
In what decade did the FBI popularize the term "public enemy" to describe high-profile criminals like John Dillinger?
A: 1930s B: 1950s
C: 1970s D: 1990s
In what decade did the FBI popularize the term "public enemy" to describe high-profile criminals like John Dillinger?
A: 1930s B: 1950s
C: 1970s D: 1990s
The Wabash River forms the irregular border between Illinois and what neighboring state?
A: Indiana B: Wisconsin
C: Iowa D: Missouri
Christopher: Illinois is irregular to the west, so I'm going to say
Spoiler
C: Iowa
Answer
A: Indiana ( 17 )
-- The Horn --
Meredith: A major thank you to Kennedy for being a wonderful expert, all week long for us. Appreciate it, Kennedy! Come back, any time!
