Pinellas Park, FL
Robert was laid off last September after 17 years as a land surveyor. He has not been able to find another job and his house is close to foreclosure.
Question Topics:
* Viral Video
* 1942
* Very Superstitious
* What Is It?
* Phrase Origins
* The Grammys
* Private Schools
* U.S. Geography
* Advertising
* CELEBRITY Q
* Mexico
* Health
* Cover Stories
* Medical Instruments
* Numbers Game
$500 * Numbers Game
"Just over three hundred million people" is a good estimate of the population of what?
A: New York City B: The United States
C: The World D: The line for the women's room
Answer
Pencil, palm, and fingertip are three common grips when a surgeon uses when wielding what instrument?
A: Scalpel B: Tongue depressor
C: Stethoscope D: Thermometer
Answer
What unlikely TV hottie appeared naked on the cover of the November 2009 "Playboy" sporting her trademark blue beehive hairdo?
A: Judge Judy B: Martha Stewart
C: Ugly Betty D: Marge Simpson
Robert: D'oh! D: Marge Simpson, final answer.
Answer
Miliaria is the technical term for a medical condition commonly known as "prickly" what?
A: Chills B: Flu
C: Heat D: Cough
With 3seconds left, Robert decides to Ask The Audience.
ATA: A: 6% B: 3% C: 81% D: 10%
Answer
Before it gained independence, Mexico was part of a European colony officially called the "Viceroyalty of New" what?
A: Spain B: Holland
C: France D: Denmark
With 7 seconds left, Robert decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is advertising legend and TV personality Donny Deutsch.
Donny: I'm gonna go with--I'm not gonna guarantee it, but my best bet is Spain. And once again, it's not like an absolute, but if you have no idea, I would go with Spain.
Robert: Okay. Thank you.
Answer
Robert's partner, Theresa, is in the audience. They have two children at home--a son, Ryan, and a daughter, Alexis--who are the same age but are not twins. They're what's called "Irish twins." Ryan was born in January, and five weeks later, they were pregnant with their daughter. Robert says hello to the kids with some sign language meaning "I love you two for life."
$7,500 * CELEBRITY Q
Today's expert is Vanessa Williams, from ABC's "Ugly Betty", who also hosted the Daytime Emmy Awards in 2009.
At the Daytime Emmys in 2009, what "Sesame Street" character bit in an Emmy statuette and said, "that tastes even better than Latin Grammy"?
A: The Count B: Cookie Monster
C: Oscar the Grouch D: Bert
Answer
Matthew McConaughey asks, "Isn't it time you took your appetite on a romantic protein getaway?" in an unusual radio ad for what food industry?
A: Pork B: Chicken
C: Beef D: Fish
With 12 seconds left, Robert decides to Double Dip.
Robert's first answer is
Spoiler
Robert's second answer is
Spoiler
Answer
On that last question, Robert thought that Matthew McConaughey is a big guy and must eat a lot of beef. Robert didn't think he was a fish eater.
$12,500 * U.S. Geography
What U.S. state's boundary has a protuberance at the southeast corner that is know to locals as the "bootheel"?
A: Oklahoma B: Nebraska
C: Missouri D: Illinois
$10,000 will take Robert's kids to Disney. He's walking.
Answer
Edited to add a missing word to the $1,000 question.