Transcript 02/18/10 - Ted Farrell (carryover)

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Ted Farrell
Philadelphia, PA

Before he came on the show, Ted's son gave him some advice: "Don't mess up!"

After he won $25,000 on yesterday's show, Meredith noticed tears in Ted's eyes. The money means a lot to him, with his second daughter getting married soon and his first daughter expecting a baby, Ted's first grandchild.

Question Topics:
* Astrologers
* Famous Paintings
* Roots
* On Animals
* Heads of State
* (Famous Names)
* (The Continents)
* (Composers)
* (The Mayflower)
* (Rock Albums)
* (Quite Trendy)
* (Asia AKA)
* (Sesame Street)
* (Taking Notes)
* (Words & Phrases)

$50,000 * Heads of State
What world leader formally resigned on Christmas Day, 1991?

A: Margaret Thatcher B: Lech Walesa
C: Helmut Kohl D: Mikhail Gorbachev

It's a free guess, so Ted takes a guess and says

Spoiler

D: Mikhail Gorbachev

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Some of the audience applauds prematurely, which elicits a stern warning from Meredith, before she says that Ted's right.

Answer

D: Mikhail Gorbachev ( 26 )

$100,000 * On Animals
Aristotle wrote that what animal "which is reputed to enjoy immunity from all other illnesses, is occasionally subject to flatulency"?

A: Goat B: Elephant
C: Dog D: Lion

Ted would like to take a guess, but he walks away with $50,000. He would have guessed Elephant.

Answer

B: Elephant ( 25 )

[TheConfessor]

I'm having a hard time imagining what a legit $1,000,000 question about astrologers might be.

[drew scheeler]

I'm having a hard time imagining what a legit $1,000,000 question about astrologers might be.

It could correspond to that Nostradamus question that topic trees have been showing for the past three years.

Also, that is not a $50,000. That's easier than some of the $15,000 we've seen recently.

[Brit Canuck]

Hooray! A third-tier winner! (First one in nearly a month and a half.)

[Jeemie]

Hooray! A third-tier winner! (First one in nearly a month and a half.)

Ummm...you missed the contestant on right before him (Catherine Parker) the day before?

[earendel]

Ted Farrell
Philadelphia, PA

After he won $25,000 on yesterday's show, Meredith noticed tears in Ted's eyes. The money means a lot to him, with his second daughter getting married soon and his first daughter expecting a baby, Ted's first grandchild.[/i]

Hope his guyliner didn't run.

$100,000 * On Animals
Aristotle wrote that what animal "which is reputed to enjoy immunity from all other illnesses, is occasionally subject to flatulency"?

A: Goat B: Elephant
C: Dog D: Lion

Ted would like to take a guess, but he walks away with $50,000. He would have guessed Elephant.

Answer

B: Elephant ( 25 )

Another tough one - looks like they're trying not to give the $1M away. "Elephant" would have been one of my two DD answers ("lion" would have been the other one).

[NellyLunatic1980]

$50,000 * Heads of State
What world leader formally resigned on Christmas Day, 1991?

A: Margaret Thatcher B: Lech Walesa
C: Helmut Kohl D: Mikhail Gorbachev

I know that both Thatcher and Gorbachev resigned in 1991. Double Dip on them.

$100,000 * On Animals
Aristotle wrote that what animal "which is reputed to enjoy immunity from all other illnesses, is occasionally subject to flatulency"?

A: Goat B: Elephant
C: Dog D: Lion

It's a bit satisfying to know that fart jokes have existed for 2,000 years.

From the comfort of my own chair, I picked the right answer. There's a good chance that I would've risked it if I were in the HS. I could've eliminated dog and lion because it is pretty well-known that canines and felines are not, nor have ever been, immune to illnesses or diseases.

[Bob Juch]

$50,000 * Heads of State
What world leader formally resigned on Christmas Day, 1991?

A: Margaret Thatcher B: Lech Walesa
C: Helmut Kohl D: Mikhail Gorbachev

I know that both Thatcher and Gorbachev resigned in 1991. Double Dip on them.

Thatcher resigned in 1990.

[MarleysGh0st]

Ted's appearance gets mentioned in the final item of this column, with a recap of his $50K and $100K questions.

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/local/84877137.html