Transcript 3/14/2014 - Jim Hoppin (carryover contestant)

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Jim Hoppin
Brooklyn, NY

It's Double Money week and Jim's 3-year old son is hoping his dad wins a lot of money so he can buy a new house with a big back yard. Jim reveals that it's not really a human being - it's his basset hound, Higgins, who is in the audience with Jim's partner. Cedric engages in a mock dialogue with Higgins. Jim has $13,000 and his two JTQ lifelines.

Topic Tree (randomized):
Bikini Wars
Olde Towne
Fly By
Postal Pagentry [DOUBLE MONEY]
Cat Gifts
Bursting in Air
Multitasking Musicians
Pill Popping
Naughty Literature
Caught on Camera

Question #3 (Pill Popping):
Strange considering its prescribed use, what drug is baffling doctors for its ability to awaken coma patients?
A - Boniva
B - Ambien
C - Prilosec
D - Lipitor

Jim isn't sure what all of these drugs do but he knows

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that Ambien is a sleeping pill

.

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Answer: B (Ambien)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $14,000

Question #4 (Multitasking Musicians):
A remake of "The Wizard of Oz," 1978's "The Wiz" starred Diana Ross as Dorothy and what other musician as the Scarecrow?
A - Michael Jackson
B - Stevie Wonder
C - Prince
D - Lionel Richie

Jim has seen this movie once and it was quite a while ago.

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Answer: A (Michael Jackson)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $29,000

Question #5 (Busting in Air):
To achieve a patriotic display of red, white and blue, fireworks would have to include strontium salts, antimony sulfide, and what other mineral?
A - calcium carbonate
B - sodium nitrate
C - copper chloride
D - silicon nitrate

Jim hasn't actually made fireworks before. He did take chemistry in 12th grade. He says he thinks

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calcium is white

but isn't sure he wants to risk the whole thing on a hunch. He thinks that

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sodium doesn't really have a color and mistakes silicon for silicone and calls it a gel that's used in a lot of things. And copper is copper-colored

. He comes back to

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calcium being white - "we drink milk, it's got calcium and it's white"

. He decides to go for it.

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Answer: C (copper chloride)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

commercial break

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Question #5 (Busting in Air):
To achieve a patriotic display of red, white and blue, fireworks would have to include strontium salts, antimony sulfide, and what other mineral?
A - calcium carbonate
B - sodium nitrate
C - copper chloride
D - silicon nitrate

Jim hasn't actually made fireworks before. He did take chemistry in 12th grade. He says he thinks

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calcium is white

but isn't sure he wants to risk the whole thing on a hunch. He thinks that

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sodium doesn't really have a color and mistakes silicon for silicone and calls it a gel that's used in a lot of things. And copper is copper-colored

. He comes back to

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calcium being white - "we drink milk, it's got calcium and it's white"

. He decides to go for it.

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Answer: C (copper chloride)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

JTQ

[MarleysGh0st]

Jim Hoppin
Brooklyn, NY

It's Double Money week and Jim's 3-year old son is hoping his dad wins a lot of money so he can buy a new house with a big back yard. Jim reveals that it's not really a human being - it's his basset hound, Higgins, who is in the audience with Jim's partner. Cedric engages in a mock dialogue with Higgins. Jim has $13,000 and his two JTQ lifelines.

IIRC, this was a historic moment for the show, the first time a four-footer appeared in the relationship seat.

One of the biggest headaches of the audience wranglers is escorting members of the audience to their bathroom breaks (when they really, really need them). I wonder how they handled Higgins' requests to find a tree?

Question #5 (Busting in Air):
To achieve a patriotic display of red, white and blue, fireworks would have to include strontium salts, antimony sulfide, and what other mineral?
A - calcium carbonate
B - sodium nitrate
C - copper chloride
D - silicon nitrate

Jim hasn't actually made fireworks before. He did take chemistry in 12th grade. He says he thinks

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calcium is white

but isn't sure he wants to risk the whole thing on a hunch. He thinks that

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sodium doesn't really have a color and mistakes silicon for silicone and calls it a gel that's used in a lot of things. And copper is copper-colored

. He comes back to

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calcium being white - "we drink milk, it's got calcium and it's white"

. He decides to go for it.

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Answer: C (copper chloride)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

[Bob Juch]

Question #5 (Busting in Air):
To achieve a patriotic display of red, white and blue, fireworks would have to include strontium salts, antimony sulfide, and what other mineral?
A - calcium carbonate
B - sodium nitrate
C - copper chloride
D - silicon nitrate

Jim hasn't actually made fireworks before. He did take chemistry in 12th grade. He says he thinks

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calcium is white

but isn't sure he wants to risk the whole thing on a hunch. He thinks that

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sodium doesn't really have a color and mistakes silicon for silicone and calls it a gel that's used in a lot of things. And copper is copper-colored

. He comes back to

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calcium being white - "we drink milk, it's got calcium and it's white"

. He decides to go for it.

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Answer: C (copper chloride)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

JTQ

Totally inept reasoning! He ignored the "red, white, and blue" order and was looking for something white. That's what antimony sulfide gives. (It's also very dangerous to handle!) If he had been looking for something blue, he probably would have remembered the color of copper sulfate.

[earendel]

Jim Hoppin
Brooklyn, NY

It's Double Money week and Jim's 3-year old son is hoping his dad wins a lot of money so he can buy a new house with a big back yard. Jim reveals that it's not really a human being - it's his basset hound, Higgins, who is in the audience with Jim's partner. Cedric engages in a mock dialogue with Higgins. Jim has $13,000 and his two JTQ lifelines.

Question #5 (Busting in Air):
To achieve a patriotic display of red, white and blue, fireworks would have to include strontium salts, antimony sulfide, and what other mineral?
A - calcium carbonate
B - sodium nitrate
C - copper chloride
D - silicon nitrate

Jim hasn't actually made fireworks before. He did take chemistry in 12th grade. He says he thinks

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calcium is white

but isn't sure he wants to risk the whole thing on a hunch. He thinks that

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sodium doesn't really have a color and mistakes silicon for silicone and calls it a gel that's used in a lot of things. And copper is copper-colored

. He comes back to

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calcium being white - "we drink milk, it's got calcium and it's white"

. He decides to go for it.

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Answer: C (copper chloride)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

This is not an easy question. Assuming that the three chemicals are in the same order as the colors, strontium would be red and antimony would be white, so which one would make the blue is the question. I know that calcium oxide used to be used in stage lighting (called "limelights"), so it's probably not the one. Copper compounds are bluish-green, so that might be the one. It would all come down to how much I was willing to risk. I'd probably JTQ.

[Bob Juch]

Jim Hoppin
Brooklyn, NY

It's Double Money week and Jim's 3-year old son is hoping his dad wins a lot of money so he can buy a new house with a big back yard. Jim reveals that it's not really a human being - it's his basset hound, Higgins, who is in the audience with Jim's partner. Cedric engages in a mock dialogue with Higgins. Jim has $13,000 and his two JTQ lifelines.

Question #5 (Busting in Air):
To achieve a patriotic display of red, white and blue, fireworks would have to include strontium salts, antimony sulfide, and what other mineral?
A - calcium carbonate
B - sodium nitrate
C - copper chloride
D - silicon nitrate

Jim hasn't actually made fireworks before. He did take chemistry in 12th grade. He says he thinks

Spoiler

calcium is white

but isn't sure he wants to risk the whole thing on a hunch. He thinks that

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sodium doesn't really have a color and mistakes silicon for silicone and calls it a gel that's used in a lot of things. And copper is copper-colored

. He comes back to

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calcium being white - "we drink milk, it's got calcium and it's white"

. He decides to go for it.

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Answer: C (copper chloride)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

This is not an easy question. Assuming that the three chemicals are in the same order as the colors, strontium would be red and antimony would be white, so which one would make the blue is the question. I know that calcium oxide used to be used in stage lighting (called "limelights"), so it's probably not the one. Copper compounds are bluish-green, so that might be the one. It would all come down to how much I was willing to risk. I'd probably JTQ.

Now that the statue of limitations is in effect, I'll admit to making fireworks when I was a teenager. Even if they weren't in order I'd have had no problem.

[Estonut]

Now that the statue of limitations is in effect, I'll admit to making fireworks when I was a teenager. Even if they weren't in order I'd have had no problem.

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