Episode
3.17
December 19
Last
time in the classroom, Garry Dredge was either on the cusp of a $100,000
win... or an exit from the classroom. The question was...
3rd Grade English |
$100,000 |
|
COPY |
SAVE |
Which of the following is a palindrome?
a) Vroom
b) Jumbo shrimp
c) Race car |
Garry said "vroom", which was
incorrect. The correct answer was C. We were about to see what Sierra said when
time was called.
But now we have all the time in the world. For
$100,000, Sierra said...
C! SAVED!
4th Grade
Grammar |
$175,000 |
|
COPY |
|
What word is
the preposition in the following sentence?
"Man has walked on the moon." |
Garry
goes with "on." Sierra... said the same thing. Could've used the copy.
Didn't. Didn't have to. He's right on.
Last up
to help is... SYLVIA! Remember, the Mystery Desk is still in play.
5th Grade US History |
$300,000 |
|
COPY |
|
As a result
of the Missouri Compromise, what state was allowed to
enter the union on March 15, 1820, to balance the
admission of Missouri? |
Garry has no idea. He thinks Sylvia has
even less of an idea. So it's time to drop out.
DROP OUT - $175,000
Sylvia went with Minnesota. And... Garry
had the right idea, dropping out like that. It was "Maine".
Mystery Desk continues with
a 36-year-old 5th grade teacher who
attended Coldwater Elementary (and now teaches there), DALIENE INGRAM.
And in the 5th graders' mystery desk is... her daughter Alexa, a 5th
grader herself! She quickly pops out of the desk to join Daliene on
stage. The board...
5th Grade US
History |
5th Grade
Literature |
4th Grade Math |
4th Grade Cultural Studies |
3rd Grade US
Geography |
3rd Grade
Anatomy |
2nd Grade Measurements |
2nd Grade Animal Science |
1st Grade
Music |
1st Grade
Social Studies |
First
up...
2nd Grade
Measurements |
$1,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
What weight of
measurement is abbreviated "lb."? |
Alexa is
in. Daliene goes with pound... and we're off and running.
1st Grade Social Studies |
$2,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
The following
is an image of what Washington, DC building?
|
Daliene
knows it's the US Capitol for $2000.
Next up,
it's Olivia.
2nd Grade
Animal Science |
$5,000 |
PEEK |
COPY |
SAVE |
Which of the
following is NOT a type of pony?
a) Shetland
b) Welsh
c) Cornish |
Fun
fact: Daliene's husband is boxing hall of famer Carlos Palomino (a
former WBA welterweight champion from 1976 to 1979).
Daliene takes a PEEK. Olivia said... C. Daliene goes with that... and
she's right!
1st Grade Music |
$10,000 |
|
COPY |
SAVE |
TRUE or FALSE?
A beat with no sound is called a rest. |
Daliene
has no idea, so she COPIES. The correct answer... TRUE. Daliene would've
said false. So there's one hurdle negotiated.
Olivia
said... TRUE!
Now to
help with the milestone is Nathan... And she chooses his favorite to
lock in the cash.
4th Grade Math |
$25,000 |
|
|
SAVE |
If
three consecutive even numbers add up to 18, what's the
value of the smallest of those numbers? |
Daliene
thinks about the question and comes up with the numbers as 4, 6, and 8.
Four gives her $25,000!
3rd Grade Anatomy |
$50,000 |
|
|
SAVE |
TRUE or
FALSE?
In humans, the epidermis is located directly underneath
the dermis. |
Daliene
takes the freeball on TRUE... And that's... not right. Nathan has to
have TRUE in order to continue. Nathan said... TRUE!
The bad
news... it's Daliene to the million...
3rd Grade US Geography |
$100,000 |
|
|
|
Lake Mead,
located on the Arizona-Nevada Border, was created by the
construction of what dam? |
Daliene's completely blanking...
DROP OUT: $50,000
The
correct answer: the Hoover Dam. Everyone got that correct... everyone
except the teacher.
New
students in the new year. Happy holidays! |