Transcript 5/23/2014 - Nadira Williams

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Nadira Williams
Philadelphia, PA

Cedric says they're going to jump right in.

Topic Tree (randomized):
Quality Control
Soccer Mom Popemobile
It's Elementary
Having a Blast
High Rolling Around
Swim Team
Rewarding Excellence
Cash In
Host Roast
??????

Question #1 (??????):
Though it's safe for kids, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warns that what toy poses a serious risk of spinal injury for adults?
A - jump ropes
B - hula hoops
C - lawn darts
D - Slip 'N Slides

Nadira is thinking that kids

Spoiler

run a lot and then slide

and that wouldn't be good for adults.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Slip 'N Slides)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

Question #2 (Host Roast):
During a Comedy Central Roast, who poked fun at his own Oscar hosting abilities by saying, "That was experimental tuxedo sleep art"?
A - Hugh Jackman
B - Billy Crystal
C - Seth MacFarlane
D - James Franco

Nadira knows that Seth MacFarlane has hosted the Oscars. It sounds "sort of weird and out there." She decides to ask the audience.

Ask the Audience results

A - 5%
B - 43%
C - 23%
D - 29%

That really didn't help Nadira at all. She doesn't think that

Spoiler

Billy Crystal

was on any Comedy Central roast. She jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (James Franco)
Value: $7,000 (jumped)
Bank: $2,000

commercial break

Nadira's mother and fiancé are in the audience. Mom seemed a little nervous on the last question.

Question #3 (Cash In):
You'll be closer to a million if you know that "Money, money, money, money. Money," are the first five words to a popular song named what?
A - Money (That's What I Want)
B - Money
C - For the Love of Money
D - Mo Money Mo Problems

Nadira's father would kill her if she got it wrong because he's a big music fan.

Spoiler

Answer: C (For the Love of Money)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $3,000

Question #4 (Rewarding Excellence):
Visitors to UC Berkeley should know that campus parking spots "reserved for NL" are set aside for any of its eight staff members who are what?
A - nursing librarians
B - Norwegian lexicographers
C - Nobel laureates
D - NATO litigators

Spoiler

Answer: C (Nobel laureates)
Value: $100
Bank: $3,100

Question #5 (Swim Team):
On TheAtlantic.com, an article about a part of the Caribbean where feral animals swim had what clever headline?
A - A Sea of True Stallions
B - A River of Crazy Dogs
C - A Bay of Actual Pigs
D - A Lagoon of Runaway Cows

Nadira is pretty sure that horses can swim, and dogs certainly can.

Spoiler

"Pigs will drown," she says, "and so will cows"

. She's leaning toward

Spoiler

A because she doesn't think she's heard much about dogs in the Caribbean

. She's not exactly sure and she doesn't want to do anything she'd regret so she jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (A Bay of Actual Pigs)
Value: $10,000 (jumped)
Bank: $3,100 (unchanged)

commercial break

Question #6 (High Rolling Around):
Set to open in 2014 and dethrone the Singapore Flyer as the world's tallest Ferris wheel, the "High Roller" can appropriately be found where?
A - Milwaukee
B - Austin
C - Detroit
D - Las Vegas

Spoiler

"High roller makes me think of gambling," Nadira says, "and I associate gambling with Las Vegas"

.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Las Vegas)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $8,100

Question #7 (Having a Blast):
Which of the following is an actual inventor whose last name became forever associated with his creation?
A - Francis Grenade
B - Henry Shrapnel
C - John Bazooka
D - Charles Fuse

For whatever reason Nadira says that

Spoiler

C

is jumping out at her.

Spoiler

Shrapnel isn't an invention, it's just a piece of metal

. She decides that she's going to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Henry Shrapnel)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $4,050

commercial break

MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY":
In 2011, a Tulsa man was shocked to find that his set of Chinese cups was worth $1.5 million, the highest appraisal ever for what TV show?
A - American Pickers
B - Cash in the Attic
C - Pawn Stars
D - Antiques Roadshow

Question of the Day answer

D (Antiques Roadshow)

[MarleysGh0st]

Ouch.

[SportsFan68]

Question #2 (Host Roast):
During a Comedy Central Roast, who poked fun at his own Oscar hosting abilities by saying, "That was experimental tuxedo sleep art"?
A - Hugh Jackman
B - Billy Crystal
C - Seth MacFarlane
D - James Franco

Nadira knows that Seth MacFarlane has hosted the Oscars. It sounds "sort of weird and out there." She decides to ask the audience.

Ask the Audience results

A - 5%
B - 43%
C - 23%
D - 29%

That really didn't help Nadira at all. She doesn't think that

Spoiler

Billy Crystal

was on any Comedy Central roast. She jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (James Franco)
Value: $7,000 (jumped)
Bank: $2,000

JTQ 1

Question #7 (Having a Blast):
Which of the following is an actual inventor whose last name became forever associated with his creation?
A - Francis Grenade
B - Henry Shrapnel
C - John Bazooka
D - Charles Fuse

For whatever reason Nadira says that

Spoiler

C

is jumping out at her.

Spoiler

Shrapnel isn't an invention, it's just a piece of metal

. She decides that she's going to walk away.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Henry Shrapnel)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $4,050

You'd think I'd know this with all the History Channel programs SteelersFan watches. JTQ 2.

[jarnon]

Question #2 (Host Roast):
During a Comedy Central Roast, who poked fun at his own Oscar hosting abilities by saying, "That was experimental tuxedo sleep art"?
A - Hugh Jackman
B - Billy Crystal
C - Seth MacFarlane
D - James Franco

Nadira knows that Seth MacFarlane has hosted the Oscars. It sounds "sort of weird and out there." She decides to ask the audience.

Ask the Audience results

A - 5%
B - 43%
C - 23%
D - 29%

That really didn't help Nadira at all. She doesn't think that

Spoiler

Billy Crystal

was on any Comedy Central roast. She jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (James Franco)
Value: $7,000 (jumped)
Bank: $2,000

Too bad Nadira doesn't watch General Hospital. James Franco played a performance artist and serial killer named Franco, a character weirdly modeled on the actor himself.

[earendel]

Nadira Williams
Philadelphia, PA

Cedric says they're going to jump right in.

Question #3 (Cash In):
You'll be closer to a million if you know that "Money, money, money, money. Money," are the first five words to a popular song named what?
A - Money (That's What I Want)
B - Money
C - For the Love of Money
D - Mo Money Mo Problems

Nadira's father would kill her if she got it wrong because he's a big music fan.

Spoiler

Answer: C (For the Love of Money)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $3,000

By the OJays (as Cedric pointed out).

And this is how the season ends, not with a bang, but with a whimper. Of course it was obvious that there wouldn't be a carryover contestant. So we say "goodbye, New York; goodbye Cedric."

[MarleysGh0st]

Was this the final new episode of the season?

[earendel]

Was this the final new episode of the season?

I believe so - my DVR has nothing but repeats for the next couple weeks and sweeps month is over.

[jarnon]

Question #1 (??????):
Though it's safe for kids, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warns that what toy poses a serious risk of spinal injury for adults?
A - jump ropes
B - hula hoops
C - lawn darts
D - Slip 'N Slides

Nadira is thinking that kids

Spoiler

run a lot and then slide

and that wouldn't be good for adults.

Spoiler

Answer: D (Slip 'N Slides)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

Of course, baseball players know how to slide safely. Watch the Padres put this skill to good use:

Padres use Citizens Bank Park tarp as slip-n-slide during rain storm