Episode 3.5
- The Astronaut
October 3
Tonight, we're going where no man has gone
before, as a hot-shot pilot... real-life astronaut... and American hero... goes
for the Million. We have liftoff on the Space Shuttle 5th Grader!
... with our new classmate, a retired astronaut
who has flown on five separate space shuttle missions. From St. Cornelius
Elementary in Long Beach, CA, it's ROBERT "HOOT" GIBSON! He's going to try and
do what only one person has done before, get to and correctly answer the Million
Dollar Question!
5th Grade
World
History |
5th Grade
Science |
4th Grade Health |
4th Grade US Geography |
3rd Grade Art |
3rd Grade
Earth Science |
2nd Grade US History |
2nd Grade Spelling |
1st Grade Life
Science |
1st Grade
Grammar |
First up to help out Hoot is Jenna on this for
$1000...
1st Grade Grammar |
$1,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
TRUE or FALSE?
A complete sentence must contain at least adjective. |
Not necessarily. A sentence doesn't have to have
an adjective (like this one). Hoot goes with False, and we're underway.
2nd Grade Spelling |
$2,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
Spell the
following word. |
The word is... "misspell." He nails it for $2000.
Jenna had that as well.
Next up to help is Bryce.
1st Grade Life Science |
$5,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
Complete the following analogy: A nose is to smelling, as an ear is to what?
a) Hearing
b) Touching
c) Seeing |
He locks in A... He's right for $5000!
Fun fact: Hoot's mom is a 5th Grade teacher
2nd Grade US History |
$10,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
CLASSROOM
CLUB QUESTION from Ian of Warm Springs Intermediate
School |
Frontiersman John Chapman famously supplied fruit seeds to
Midwest pioneers in
the early 1800s, which earned him what two word nickname?. |
He goes with logic... Johnny Appleseed is the
answer all around, and he's got the money.
Before the milestone, a few words of wisdom from
astronaut and statesman John Glenn.
Now to the milestone with Olivia in the cut.
3rd Grade Life Science |
$25,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
TRUE or FALSE?
At certain times of the year, the sun shines 24 hours a day at the South
Pole. |
He goes with True... and he's got the $25,000!
4th Grade US
Geography |
$50,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
Puget Sound is a body of water bordered by what US state? |
He goes with Washington... and that's good to
double up.
Helping out for round 4 is Jonathan.
5th Grade Science |
$100,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
What metallic element is combined with carbon to make basic steel? |
He combines iron with carbon... Jonathan thinks
it's pretty good... It IS pretty good.
Steering away from art, he's going with...
4th Grade
Health |
$175,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
Typically, the human body has how many spleens? |
Hoot says that we have at least one of them...
and that we don't have symmetrical spleens... so he locks in one. Jenna knows
she only has one. And they're all right!
He's been dreading this all game long, and now
that Francesca is up with all of his cheats in tow, he might as well...
3rd Grade Art |
$300,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
What's the name of the artist who painted the following
portrait, which was completed in 1506?
|
That's the Mona Lisa. Hoot knows one of the most
famous artists in the world is Michelangelo... but it was Leonardo da Vinci who
painted the Mona Lisa... and he's right for $300,000!
One more question...
5th Grade World History |
$500,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
Morse code was named after the man who developed it in the 1830s. What was Mr.
Morse's first name? |
He still has his cheats left. He can still use
them. Or Hoot can walk away with $300,000 for the scholarship fund for the space
program... He doesn't. He goes with Samuel....
"Houston, we have a problem here." This from Jim
Lovell, famously portrayed by Tom Hanks. The problem is... that he's got
$500,000 and we have history as Hoot is the first person to NOT use any of the
cheats given to him!
Now it's time for something we've only seen once
before this season... the Million Dollar Question! Remember, Hoot can still see
the subject and walk away, but once he goes for it, there's no turning back.
AND... it's all him.
The category is...
5th Grade Math
After thinking it over...
And watching many people try and fail...
And watching Kathy Cox nail it...
"LET'S GO FOR IT!" WE HAVE LIFTOFF!
Dude, lock it in... There you go. NOW... for
$1,000,000, the question is...
5th Grade Math |
MILLION
DOLLAR QUESTION |
How many common
factors do the numbers 28 and 32 have? |
His wife is praying.
"They don't have that many common factors. They
both had 2 and 4." He locks in... "two common factors."
Jonathan said... 3.
Francesca said... 2.
Bryce said... 5.
Olivia said... 0.
Jenna said... 3 "win".
At least one of them is right. Jenna had the
common factors... 1, 2, and 4. She's right. It was three.
FLUNK OUT: $25,000
But still, Hoot is given a hero's dirge with a
standing O and $25,000.
Next week, a love letter to game show nation from
Mark Burnett, as Ken Jennings tries to prove that his, oh, $3 million in game
show winnings was no fluke.
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