Episode
3.14 - Holiday Episode #1
December 11
Last time, two season 2 holdovers
combined to win $60,000. But now this year's class is back in session,
and, in what sounds like a beginning to a joke, a priest and a rabbi
walk into a classroom...
First up is a 35-year-old rabbi who
graduated from Birch Elementary School in Long Island, NY... RABBI RICK
BRODY. He's also a teacher, so he should feel right at home.
Watching in the stands... Rick Miles and
his family (including daughter Meghen, who bombed the $1 million
question). The board for him...
5th Grade US
History |
5th Grade
Literature |
4th Grade Ancient Cultures |
4th Grade Grammar |
3rd Grade
Music |
3rd Grade
World History |
2nd Grade Spelling |
2nd Grade Math |
1st Grade
Animal Science |
1st Grade
Health |
First up to help the rabbi is Francesca.
First question for $1000.
1st Grade Animal Science |
$1,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
Which of the
following terms refer to a group of fish?
a) Platoon
b) Pride
c) School |
Lox... Whitefish.. Gefilte... Talk about
a school of fish. Rick talks about it... and continues...
1st Grade Health |
$2,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
The thigh is
located on what part of the human body?
a) The leg
b) The arm
c) The neck |
Rick goes with A without hesitation...
Right on!
Jonathan's next to go.
2nd Grade Math |
$5,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
What is the
highest two-digit even number? |
Rabbi Rick locks in 98 after deducing it
carefully... and he's right!
2nd Grade
Spelling |
$10,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
How many times
does the letter "E" appear in the following word? |
The word is "argument". It has one E, but
does Rabbi Rick know that? Yep.
Olivia went with two.
Jonathan went with... two.
But that's why Rick is the former
spelling bee champ.
Helping with the milestone is Olivia?
3rd Grade World History |
$25,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
Christopher
Columbus made his 1492 transatlantic voyage under the
sponsorship of Ferdinand and Isabella, who were the king
and queen of what country? |
"This is actually a very important period
in Jewish history." It was the Spanish Inquisition, and Rick locks in
Spain... and he locks in the money!
4th Grade
Ancient Cultures |
$50,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
In Greek
mythology, what creature had the head of a bull and the
body of a man? |
The first thing that came to mind was the
Minotaur. Rick goes for it... He's right!
Next up to play is Bryce.
3rd Grade Music |
$100,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
TRUE or FALSE?
By definition, all operas are sung in Italian. |
Rick's been to a couple. Operas can be
sung in any language. German, English, whatever. He goes with FALSE...
Bryce agreed with that...
Correct! By definition, all operas are
just... sung.
4th Grade
Grammar |
$175,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
What word is the
pronoun in the following sentence?
"Everyone, including Jenna and Olivia, was afraid of
taking the math exam." |
He rules out Jenna and Olivia. And exam.
He goes with "everyone", standing in for all of the people. Way to break
down a sentence for $175,000!
Last up to help is Jenna. Let's get to
the million!
Rick... from Yale... Yale is zero for the
world on this show.
5th Grade US History |
$300,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
In the 1850s, the
United States bought about 30,000 square miles of land
as part of the Gadsden Purchase. The land is now part of
two US states. Name them both. |
Rick decides to PEEK at Jenna's paper...
before he had a chance to walk away. Oops. Don't answer too quickly.
He was thinking California and Arizona.
Jenna said... Georgia & Florida. "I'm pretty sure that's not it." He
takes a $150,000 risk on... California? Nevada? Arizona? New Mexico?
Gold Rush? Guessing?
He locks in California and Nevada...
And that's not right. The only way he can
continue is if the correct answer is Georgia & Florida... which it is
not. The correct answer... Arizona & New Mexico.
Bryce had it.
FLUNK OUT:
$25,000
Next is a 57-year-old Episcopalian priest
who graduated from Laney Jackson Elementary in California... THE
REVEREND RICK MILES. Again, he's here for the second time (the first, he
was in the audience as his daughter Meghen was a contestant who missed
the MDQ. The question...
"What American pilot was the first person
to exceed the speed of sound in an airplane?"
The answer he knew... Chuck Yeager.
Now it's his turn. Here's his board.
5th Grade
Cultural Studies |
5th Grade
World History |
4th Grade Math |
4th Grade Literature |
3rd Grade US
Geography |
3rd Grade
Science |
2nd Grade US History |
2nd Grade World Geography |
1st Grade
English |
1st Grade
Astronomy |
First up to help for $1000... Jenna.
1st Grade English |
$1,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
The plural form of
the word "girl" is "girls". What is the plural form of
the word "woman"? |
Rick locks in "women"... We're off and
running.
1st Grade Astronomy |
$2,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
TRUE or FALSE?
Bryce weighs more on the Earth when he does on the Moon. |
Rick goes with true... and it's good.
Bryce approves. The gravity on the moon is significantly less.
And speaking of, let's get Bryce up
here... He'll start us off as we play for $5000 next THURSDAY. Tomorrow,
another gem from the last class. |