Episode 3.4
- Cornell in the House
September 26
Yale... Columbia... Yale again.... All
have tried... All have failed. But will Cornell go where no Ivy Leaguer
has gone before... to the Million Dollar Question? Time to find out.
Our new student tonight is a Cornell
graduate from Belleview Elementary in Denver, PHILLIP TORRES. He's
brought with him Peri, a cockroach. He majored in entomology, and Peri
will be functioning as a good luck charm.
In the crowd tonight is the Cornell
Alumni Association. On the board...
5th Grade US
History |
5th Grade
World Geography |
4th Grade World History |
4th Grade English |
3rd Grade
Measurements |
3rd Grade
US Geography |
2nd Grade Animal Science |
2nd Grade Science |
1st Grade
Social Studies |
1st Grade Math |
First up to help Phillip is Francesca.
1st Grade Math |
$1,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
How many sides are
there on a right triangle? |
Trick question. There are
three sides on ANY triangle. Phillip goes with that... and
he's right for $1000.
2nd Grade
Animal Science |
$2,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
CLASSROOM
CLUB QUESTION from Michael of Ethel McKnight Elementary |
Which of the
following is a term for a baby male horse?
a) Colt
b) Calf
c) Doe |
Francesca is in. Phillip
locks in A. Peri looks happy with it... and for good reason.
Next up to the desk is Bryce.
2nd Grade
Science |
$5,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
TRUE OR FALSE?
When water boils, it turns from a liquid into a gas. |
Phillip goes with TRUE. And
he's right for $5000.
1st Grade Social Studies |
$10,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
How many US
federal holidays are there in the month of August? |
Bryce is locked. Phillip...
doesn't think there are any. He PEEKS at Bryce's answer. He
has... "one". Phillip goes against him and says zero.
Everyone in the class has it right
with... zero!
Here to help with the milestone is Jenna.
3rd Grade Measurements |
$25,000 |
|
COPY |
SAVE |
How many
milliliters are there in 0.45 liters? |
Jenna is in. Phillip
calculates 450 milliliters. ... and he's got the money!
3rd Grade US Geography |
$50,000 |
|
COPY |
SAVE |
Pennsylvania
borders which Great Lake? |
Jenna is in. "I didn't even
know it bordered a Great Lake." Phillip goes with Lake Erie.
He hopes to get saved. He doesn't have to. It's Lake Erie.
The class was wrong. The WHOLE class was wrong.
Two classmates remain. Next up to help is
Olivia.
4th Grade
English |
$100,000 |
|
COPY |
SAVE |
Which sentence
contains a transitive verb?
a) The class ended early.
b) The teacher found his notes.
c) The students excelled. |
A transitive verb refers to a
non-subject noun. That's according to Phillip. He goes with
B. A transitive verb needs a direct object to complete its
meaning... so it IS B!
5th Grade World Geography |
$175,000 |
|
COPY |
SAVE |
The mouth of the
Indus River is in what country? |
"Indus" sounds like India,
but it's probably not right. "Kids, you shouldn't do this at
home, but I'm dropping out of school." He would've said
India... but it was Pakistan. But at least he's won more
than any other Ivy Leaguer before him.
DROP OUT: $100,000
Next up to take the Quiz is a leader of
the lunch ladies who graduated from Truman Elementary in Tacoma, WA,
RALPH PESCHEK. He brought Jeff a hair net to match his own. He's a food
service director of a local school district, and some of his ladies are
with him.
Okay, lose the hair nets, I'm about to
gag here. Francesca's the first to help out with this board.
5th Grade
Cultural Studies |
5th Grade
Social Studies |
4th Grade US History |
4th Grade English |
3rd Grade
Animal Science |
3rd Grade
Art |
2nd Grade World Geography |
2nd Grade Measurements |
1st Grade
Astronomy |
1st Grade
Music |
Francesca's best subject is 1st Grade
Music. That's what we're going with first.
1st Grade Music |
$1,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
TRUE OR FALSE?
"By the dawn's early light" are lyrics from the song
"America the Beautiful". |
Ralph says TRUE... That's
absolutely kee-wrong. They're from "The Star-Spangled
Banner". If Francesca has FALSE, we play on. Francesca
said... FALSE! SAVED!
3rd Grade Animal Science |
$2,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
|
FIELD TRIP QUESTION from
Dr. Brady Barr of NatGeo (in Japan!) |
"This is a
Japanese salamander, one of the largest amphibians on
the planet. True or false? This guy's warm-blooded." |
Fun fact: Ralph's an avid
rugby player. Francesca is locked. Ralph goes with FALSE...
Can't be saved this time. Doesn't have to be. He's right.
All amphibians are cold-blooded creatures.
Next up is Bryce.
2nd Grade World
Geography |
$5,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
|
If Jonathan were
in Mexico City and he walked due west, what is the first
ocean he would eventually run into? |
Ralph PEEKS at Bryce's
answer... "Pacific". Ralph goes with it... and they're both
right. Or as Jonathan put it.. "You got $5000."
2nd Grade
Measurements |
$10,000 |
|
COPY |
|
Francesca has a
jar containing US pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters.
What is the minimum number of coins she can take out of
the jar in order to have 32 cents? |
That's a quarter, a nickel,
and two pennies. That's four coins... That works for
$10,000.
Next for the milestone is Miss Olivia.
1st Grade Astronomy |
$25,000 |
|
COPY |
|
The planets in our
solar system orbit around what star? |
That star is our sun... and
that's still true for $25,000.
3rd Grade Art |
$50,000 |
|
COPY |
|
According to the
color wheel, what color is complementary to orange? |
Ralph COPIES Olivia's answer.
Primary colors are red, yellow, and blue. Secondary colors
are orange, green, and purple. The complementary is the
primary color which is NOT included. So in this case, it
would be BLUE. That's right, and that's what Olivia needs to
have written...
Olivia said... RED. Game over.
FLUNK OUT:
$25,000
New student next time. |