Transcript 10/29/2010 - Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson

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Special Halloween edition featuring stars of the SyFi Channel series "Ghost Hunters" - Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson.

[Transcriptionist's note: The two came out together and there was no identifying information to distinguish between the two, and having never watched "Ghost Hunters", the transcriptionist has no idea which is which. One is tall and bald with a goatee, the other is youngish.]

Meredith says it's a thrill for her. The two men go to people's homes "when they're spooked out" and figure out what's going on. They try to scientifically figure out what really is going on, to find the explanation. They firmly believe in the paranormal but also believe that over 80% of the claims can be disproved. They've done work for the U.S. military and for churches. Meredith asks which is scarier - going into a home or being on the show. They say it's being on the show.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
- What You Fear
- Stage Names
- Scary Waters
- Drink Up
- Brief Roles
- In the House
- Explosive Albums
- Zoo Clue
- Ghoulish Glow
- Toying Around

Topic Tree: (randomized)
- What You Fear
- Ghoulish Glow
- Brief Roles
- Explosive Albums
- Toying Around
- Drink Up
- Stage Names
- In the House
- Zoo Clue
- Scary Waters

Meredith announces that all the money the two win will go to the Hasbro Children's Hospital.

Question #1 (Scary Waters)
Although it sounds scary, all the Erie Canal does is connect Albany, NY, to what other city?
A - Boston
B - Buffalo
C - Trenton
D - Philadelphia

Spoiler

Answer: B (Buffalo)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,000

Question #2 (Zoo Clue)
Which of these creatures are on display in the Nocturnal House at the Cincinnati Zoo?
A - orangutans
B - penguins
C - bats
D - tigers

Spoiler

Answer: C (bats)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $7,000

Question #3 (In the House)
In a house, where would you typically find a curved pipe known as a "p-trap"?
A - behind the refrigerator
B - under the kitchen sink
C - on top of the furnace
D - inside the clothes dryer

Meredith notes that the two men used to be plumbers. "Still are", one of them says, and that they work for Roto-Rooter. This is a no-brainer.

Spoiler

Answer: B (under the kitchen sink)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $8,000

Question #4 (Stage Names)
Born Nicholas Coppola, actor Nicholas Cage took his stage name in part as an homage to Luke Cage, a favorite what?
A - baseball player
B - Civil War general
C - modernist painter
D - comic book character

Neither of them has a clue. They think it is a good one to jump, so they Jump the Question. One of the men says that would have been his last thought while the other one says that was his first guess.

Spoiler

Answer: D (comic book character)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $8,000 (no change)

Question #5 (Drink Up)
Made by combining milk with a sweetened coffee syrup, "coffee milk" is the official beverage of what U.S. state?
A - Oregon
B - New Mexico
C - Hawaii
D - Rhode Island

One of the two mentions that they are from

Spoiler

Rhode Island

so that's their answer.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Rhode Island)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $23,000

commercial break

They are playing for Hasbro's Children's Hospital because they are leading the way in treatment of cancer in children and also in how to treat the children while they're hospitalized, making sure they have a good time and boosting their morale. "Ghost Hunters" is doing a live investigation on Halloween night from 7PM to 1AM, and the audience can interact with them.

Question #6 (Toying Around)
Footrests are common features on which of these children's toys?
A - yo-yo
B - jump rope
C - pogo stick
D - kite

Spoiler

Answer: C (pogo stick)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $26,000

Question #7 (Explosive Albums)
The cover of what band's debut album appropriately features a picture of the ill-fated Hindenburg?
A - Led Zepplin
B - The Clash
C - The Rolling Stones
D - Van Halen

Spoiler

Answer: A (Led Zepplin)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $36,000

Question #8 (Brief Roles)
Before becoming an accomplished actor, Mark Wahlberg dropped trou as an underwear model for what fashion line?
A - Emporio Armani
B - Calvin Klein
C - Tommy Hilfiger
D - DKNY

Neither of the men want to admit that they know about guys in underwear commercials, but they are pretty sure it's

Spoiler

Calvin Klein

. Meredith tries to pull the fake-out, saying she was trying to send telepathy to them telling them not to do that - but it's OK because they got it right.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Calvin Klein)
Value: $100
Bank: $36,100

commercial break

Jason and Grant met as plumbers. Meredith asked them how they got into the paranormal. The bald one says that each of them had an experience that changed them from non-believers into believers. Meredith asks what they say to people who say that there's no way there could be ghosts out there. The youngish one replies that everyone is like that until they have an experience that stares them right in the face. The bald one says they aren't trying to argue the point. They're just trying to help people who believe they have seen something unusual, and they do it free of charge. They want to empower those people.

Question #9 (Ghoulish Glow)
What hit TV show makes regular use of Luminol, a chemical substance that makes bloodstains glow in the dark?
A - Desperate Housewives
B - Two and a Half Men
C - CSI
D - American Idol

The two laugh at the possibilities of each of the answers.

Spoiler

Answer: C (CSI)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $61,100

Question #10 (What You Fear)
People suffering from paraskevidekatriaphobia have an irrational fear of what?
A - walking under ladders
B - black cats
C - broken mirrors
D - Friday the 13th

The bald one says it's not

Spoiler

Friday the 13th

but the youngish one says it has to be

Spoiler

Friday the 13th because "dekatria" means "13".

The bald one says that one of the people on their show

Spoiler

has a fear of the number 13, and the youngish one adds, "that's triskadekaphobia but that's not this."

They decide to play it safe and use their second Jump the Question lifeline because they want to win the children some serious money.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Friday the 13th)
Value: $500
Bank: $51,500 (no change)

commercial break

The "blast from the past" question was worth $100,000 in 2005:
Which of these men was elected to the U.S. presidency despite losing the popular vote?
A - Herbert Hoover
B - James Garfield
C - Benjamin Harrison
D - Warren Harding

Spoiler

C (Benjamin Harrison)

CLASSIC MILLIONAIRE

$100K - Which of the following is the name of an advanced mathematics problem, and not a '70s sci-fi movie?
A - The Quartermass Conclusion
B - The Neptune Factor
C - The Kato Conjecture
D - The Alpha Incident

The youngish one is leaning toward

Spoiler

A

but he's really not up on his '70s sci-fi movies. Meredith notes that he works with computers and wonders if it might ring a bell with him. He says no, it's just his gut. The bald one says they all sound like bad sci-fi movies. They decide to Ask the Audience.

ATA results

A - 42%
B - %16
C - %34
D - %8

They were hoping for something more unanimous. Meredith says they might have influenced the audience by mentioning the one answer. The bald one says that if they miss, $25,000 is more than they had when they started. The youngish one says that if they leave they are in the middle between the $25,000 and the $100,000. Meredith jokes that this sounds like an advanced mathematics problem. The bald one says no matter what they decide they'll be arguing about it on the way home. The youngish one says they can walk with the $61,100 and do something else to raise the difference. The bald one hates this because he likes a good challenge. The youngish one asks if he can turn around and ask his phone. They decide to walk away, but when Meredith says "final?" they hesitate, but finally make that their final answer.

Spoiler

C (The Kato Conjecture)

THE END OF GAME "NOISE"

[jarnon]

Special Halloween edition featuring stars of the SyFi Channel series "Ghost Hunters" - Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson.

[Transcriptionist's note: The two came out together and there was no identifying information to distinguish between the two, and having never watched "Ghost Hunters", the transcriptionist has no idea which is which. One is tall and bald with a goatee, the other is youngish.]

According to their website, Jason is the bald one and Grant is the younger one.

Question #4 (Stage Names)
Born Nicholas Coppola, actor Nicholas Cage took his stage name in part as an homage to Luke Cage, a favorite what?
A - baseball player
B - Civil War general
C - modernist painter
D - comic book character

Neither of them has a clue. They think it is a good one to jump, so they Jump the Question. One of the men says that would have been his last thought while the other one says that was his first guess.

Spoiler

Answer: D (comic book character)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $8,000 (no change)

I've heard of this comic character. And Nicholas Cage loves the comics so much that he named his son Kal-El.

$100K - Which of the following is the name of an advanced mathematics problem, and not a '70s sci-fi movie?
A - The Quartermass Conclusion
B - The Neptune Factor
C - The Kato Conjecture
D - The Alpha Incident

Spoiler

C (The Kato Conjecture)

"Conjecture" is a mathematical term for an unproved hypothesis, making C the most likely answer.

[hanzz]

Meredith asks which is scarier - going into a home or being on the show. They say it's being on the show

I would love for some contestant one day to turn the tables in this worn-out cliched question/answer and say, "No, my regular job IS harder, I'm loving the vacation right now."

[MarleysGh0st]

Question #5 (Drink Up)
Made by combining milk with a sweetened coffee syrup, "coffee milk" is the official beverage of what U.S. state?
A - Oregon
B - New Mexico
C - Hawaii
D - Rhode Island

One of the two mentions that they are from

Spoiler

Rhode Island

so that's their answer.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Rhode Island)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $23,000

How many non-Rhode Islander BBs knew about coffee milk?

Is this a drink for the kids or do the adults prefer this to real coffee?

[SpacemanSpiff]

Question #4 (Stage Names)
Born Nicholas Coppola, actor Nicholas Cage took his stage name in part as an homage to Luke Cage, a favorite what?
A - baseball player
B - Civil War general
C - modernist painter
D - comic book character

Neither of them has a clue. They think it is a good one to jump, so they Jump the Question. One of the men says that would have been his last thought while the other one says that was his first guess.

Spoiler

Answer: D (comic book character)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $8,000 (no change)

I've heard of this comic character. And Nicholas Cage loves the comics so much that he named his son Kal-El.

He took the name from Luke Cage, aka Power Man.

[earendel]

Special Halloween edition featuring stars of the SyFi Channel series "Ghost Hunters" - Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson.

[Transcriptionist's note: The two came out together and there was no identifying information to distinguish between the two, and having never watched "Ghost Hunters", the transcriptionist has no idea which is which. One is tall and bald with a goatee, the other is youngish.]

I guess if I actually watched "Ghost Hunters" I'd know which one was which. It was annoying not knowing.

Meredith says it's a thrill for her. The two men go to people's homes "when they're spooked out" and figure out what's going on. They try to scientifically figure out what really is going on, to find the explanation. They firmly believe in the paranormal but also believe that over 80% of the claims can be disproved. They've done work for the U.S. military and for churches. Meredith asks which is scarier - going into a home or being on the show. They say it's being on the show.

The military???

Question #1 (Scary Waters)
Although it sounds scary, all the Erie Canal does is connect Albany, NY, to what other city?
A - Boston
B - Buffalo
C - Trenton
D - Philadelphia

Spoiler

Answer: B (Buffalo)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,000

I was in a singing group in the 60s and we sang "Erie Canal". I can hear the lyrics, and the bass voice (not mine) who sang "from Albany to Buffalo."

Question #4 (Stage Names)
Born Nicholas Coppola, actor Nicholas Cage took his stage name in part as an homage to Luke Cage, a favorite what?
A - baseball player
B - Civil War general
C - modernist painter
D - comic book character

Neither of them has a clue. They think it is a good one to jump, so they Jump the Question. One of the men says that would have been his last thought while the other one says that was his first guess.

Spoiler

Answer: D (comic book character)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $8,000 (no change)

Luke Cage was known as "Hero for Hire" in the Marvel comics universe.

Question #5 (Drink Up)
Made by combining milk with a sweetened coffee syrup, "coffee milk" is the official beverage of what U.S. state?
A - Oregon
B - New Mexico
C - Hawaii
D - Rhode Island

One of the two mentions that they are from

Spoiler

Rhode Island

so that's their answer.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Rhode Island)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $23,000

Never heard of this, so ATA and hope they have.

Question #10 (What You Fear)
People suffering from paraskevidekatriaphobia have an irrational fear of what?
A - walking under ladders
B - black cats
C - broken mirrors
D - Friday the 13th

The bald one says it's not

Spoiler

Friday the 13th

but the youngish one says it has to be

Spoiler

Friday the 13th because "dekatria" means "13".

The bald one says that one of the people on their show

Spoiler

has a fear of the number 13, and the youngish one adds, "that's triskadekaphobia but that's not this."

They decide to play it safe and use their second Jump the Question lifeline because they want to win the children some serious money.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Friday the 13th)
Value: $500
Bank: $51,500 (no change)

Fear of the number 13 is triskadekaphobia, and that's similar enough that I'd go for it.

$100K - Which of the following is the name of an advanced mathematics problem, and not a '70s sci-fi movie?
A - The Quartermass Conclusion
B - The Neptune Factor
C - The Kato Conjecture
D - The Alpha Incident

The youngish one is leaning toward

Spoiler

A

but he's really not up on his '70s sci-fi movies. Meredith notes that he works with computers and wonders if it might ring a bell with him. He says no, it's just his gut. The bald one says they all sound like bad sci-fi movies. They decide to Ask the Audience.

ATA results

A - 42%
B - %16
C - %34
D - %8

They were hoping for something more unanimous. Meredith says they might have influenced the audience by mentioning the one answer. The bald one says that if they miss, $25,000 is more than they had when they started. The youngish one says that if they leave they are in the middle between the $25,000 and the $100,000. Meredith jokes that this sounds like an advanced mathematics problem. The bald one says no matter what they decide they'll be arguing about it on the way home. The youngish one says they can walk with the $61,100 and do something else to raise the difference. The bald one hates this because he likes a good challenge. The youngish one asks if he can turn around and ask his phone. They decide to walk away, but when Meredith says "final?" they hesitate, but finally make that their final answer.

Spoiler

C (The Kato Conjecture)

I'm fairly up on sci-fi movies - Quartermass is a character from a British sci-fi series and they made a movie out of it. "Neptune" is a sorta "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea" film. "Alpha" is about an organism brought back from Mars.

Over all not as bad as I feared, and the two men at least acknowledged that the vast majority of so-called "ghosts" could be explained away.

[MarleysGh0st]

Hasbro Children's Hospital are getting their check, this morning.

http://www.examiner.com/headlines-in-pr ... -100-check

During a check presentation in the Hasbro Children’s Hospital lower lobby, clips will be shown of Hawes and Wilson’s appearance on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” and they will be thanked for their support of the programs and services at the hospital.

[Bob78164]

Question #5 (Drink Up)
Made by combining milk with a sweetened coffee syrup, "coffee milk" is the official beverage of what U.S. state?
A - Oregon
B - New Mexico
C - Hawaii
D - Rhode Island

One of the two mentions that they are from

Spoiler

Rhode Island

so that's their answer.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Rhode Island)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $23,000

How many non-Rhode Islander BBs knew about coffee milk?

Is this a drink for the kids or do the adults prefer this to real coffee?

I would have said Hawaii with confidence. --Bob

[Estonut]

Question #5 (Drink Up)
Made by combining milk with a sweetened coffee syrup, "coffee milk" is the official beverage of what U.S. state?
A - Oregon
B - New Mexico
C - Hawaii
D - Rhode Island

One of the two mentions that they are from

Spoiler

Rhode Island

so that's their answer.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Rhode Island)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $23,000

How many non-Rhode Islander BBs knew about coffee milk?

It was mentioned on "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" when Guy stopped at a place in Rhode Island. I saw the re-run about a week after this show aired. This place also featured Johnny Cakes.

[MarleysGh0st]

How many non-Rhode Islander BBs knew about coffee milk?

It was mentioned on "Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives" when Guy stopped at a place in Rhode Island. I saw the re-run about a week after this show aired. This place also featured Johnny Cakes.

So, to clarify, at the time the show aired, did you know that Rhode Islanders drank coffee milk or not?