Episode 3.9
- Let's Rock!
November 7
Last time, Dave Ellis, a big-time Celtics
fan, took the quiz and won $100,000, while Lacreshia Witcher took the
quiz and won... well, nothing. Tonight is a special night in the
classroom, because we're about to rock this joint forwards and back.
And here to do it is one of the founding
members of the legendary rock band KISS... from PS 145 in Jackson
Heights, Queens... GENE SIMMONS! Here's a fun fact... He was actually a
school teacher in Spanish Harlem before making it big in the music
business.
Here's his board.
5th Grade
World Geography |
5th Grade US
History |
4th Grade Astronomy |
4th Grade Math |
3rd Grade
Earth Science |
3rd Grade
World History |
2nd Grade US Geography |
2nd Grade Vocabulary |
1st Grade Life
Science |
1st Grade
Grammar |
Up first to help is Jenna. Their first
challenge...
1st Grade Grammar |
$1,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
What word is the
adjective in the following sentence?
"Jonathan is happy." |
Fun fact: Gene can speak four languages:
English, Hungarian, German, and Hebrew. He's studying two more...
Japanese and Mandarin Chinese.
He decides to go for it with "happy".
Good for $1000.
2nd Grade US
Geography |
$2,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
Which of the
following states extends the farthest north?
a) Wyoming
b) Idaho
c) Utah |
After drawing a map of the US in his
head... and his mouth... Gene guesses A... Not right.
Second guess would be Utah. Also not
right.
Jenna said... B! SAVED!
And on the heels of that comes another
classmate, Olivia. In the crowd today amongst the KISS Army are his son
Nick and his girlfriend Shannon Tweed. Yep. THAT Shannon Tweed.
3rd Grade Social Studies |
$5,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
|
The 26th Amendment
to the US Constitution states a person must be how many
years old to vote in national elections? |
Gene wants to go with 21. But instead, he
COPIES.
Correct answer is 18... Olivia had... 18!
Gene is playing tonight for Elisabeth
Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation.
5th Grade US History |
$10,000 |
PEEK |
|
|
The Battle of the
Bulge was fought during what war? |
Gene knows this one.. It was fought
during World War II....
... the family thinks it's World War I...
And Gene's right!
Next to help with the milestone question
is Bryce.
3rd Grade World History |
$25,000 |
PEEK |
|
|
What is the name
of the British world leader who appears in the following
image?
|
Bryce is locked. Gene's locked as well
with Winston Churchill... GOT IT!
1st Grade Life Science |
$50,000 |
PEEK |
|
|
TRUE OR FALSE?
The tangerine is a citrus fruit. |
Gene goes with TRUE. He's right again.
Going into round four with Francesca now.
2nd Grade
Vocabulary |
$100,000 |
PEEK |
|
|
By definition, how
many characters speak during a monologue in a play? |
Gene goes with one...
... and we go on with this.
4th Grade
Astronomy |
$175,000 |
PEEK |
|
|
CLASSROOM
CLUB QUESTION
from Noah in Startown Elementary |
What is the term
for the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere?
a) Corona
b) Comet
c) Supernova |
Gene goes with A...
Francesca had C...
Gene still would've gone with A...
... and Gene's right again!
Time to bring on Jonathan.
4th Grade Math |
$300,000 |
PEEK |
|
|
Jenna has 62
jellybeans and Bryce has 34. If they each teach half
their own jellybeans, how many jellybeans are left? |
Simple function at work here. (62/2) +
(34/2) = 31 + 17 = 48. Gene commits to that... We know he's right.
5th Grade World Geography |
$500,000 |
PEEK |
|
|
The Bay of Bengal
is part of what ocean? |
Jonathan's quick on the draw.
Gene thinks about the Bengal tigers...
Then locks in "Indian".
Correct.... Indian! We're playing for a
million!
Remember, the 5th Graders are gone... the
peek is gone. It's all Gene, but he can see the subject and still drop
out.
The subject is...
5TH GRADE SCIENCE
"That was the farthest a celebrity has
ever gotten." This coming from Shannon as Gene said the same thing on
their first date. Heh. Gross.
Nick wants to take the money and run.
Shannon wants him to go for it.
After Gene fixes his hair, he decides...
"If I was here by myself, no fear. But I
know $500,000 is going to do a lot of good." He's dropping out. But just
for shiggles, here's the question.
5th Grade Science |
MILLION
DOLLAR QUESTION |
What element is
represented by the letter "K" on the Periodic Table? |
Gene went with Krypton.... Shannon's
right. It was Potassium.
DROP OUT: $500,000
New student next time...
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