TIC TAC DOUGH [Synd.] - Season 2, Episode 10

[nelson21]

Maps of states

[tmann3x]

Another $250 query for our champ to build into the pot.  Question.



MAPS OF STATES - $250

Founded in 1683, Albany County in the state of New York is named after which English prince, who later became king?

[nelson21]

James the second

[tmann3x]

Right.

[APPLAUSE]

[DING]


$500 in the pot.  Shuffle.




[CATEGORIES SHUFFLE]

Kourtney, the pressure is on for you.  Select.

[pathfinder20]

Literature for the block.

[tmann3x]

If you answer this $250 question correctly, you will get the block.  Here's your question.



LITERATURE - $250

Who wrote the series 'The Lord of the Rings'?

[pathfinder20]

J. R R Tolkien

[tmann3x]

Right... and you have the block.

[CHEERS, APPLAUSE]

[DING]

After placing an O, we have $750 in the pot.  Let's shuffle.



[CATEGORIES SHUFFLE]

Nels, select a category.

[nelson21]

Lit in the center please

[tmann3x]

LITERATURE it is.  For $500, here are your two questions.




LITERATURE - $500

A. In addition to the several volumes of poetry published by this author, he authored a novel, "Remembrance Rock." He's better known for writing a biography of Abraham Lincoln. Who was this poet of "Fog" and "Grass"?

B. "The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" was influential in its time for writers like Jules Verne, but today, it's not highly regarded in the canon of this master of the short story and poem. Who wrote that novel before penning such enduring works as "The Black Cat" and "The Cask of Amontillado"?


Here's your extra time.


[THINK CUE]


OK.  I'll repeat the first question for you to answer.


In addition to the several volumes of poetry published by this author, he authored a novel, "Remembrance Rock." He's better known for writing a biography of Abraham Lincoln. Who was this poet of "Fog" and "Grass"?

[nelson21]

Sandburg

[tmann3x]

Carl Sandburg is correct.

Now... let's see you get an X on the board with this second question.




"The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket" was influential in its time for writers like Jules Verne, but today, it's not highly regarded in the canon of this master of the short story and poem. Who wrote that novel before penning such enduring works as "The Black Cat" and "The Cask of Amontillado"?

[nelson21]

Jules Verne

[tmann3x]

No.  The correct answer was EDGAR ALLAN POE.


The pot remains at 750.  Let's shuffle.




[CATEGORIES SHUFFLE]

Kourtney, pick a category.

[pathfinder20]

Let’s try Odd Facts.

[tmann3x]

You could have went with action films, but it's your own decision.  Another $250 category and this is it.  Question...



ODD FACTS - $250

The vanilla cream filling wasn't the original flavor of Twinkies. What was the original flavor?

[pathfinder20]

Strawberry.

[tmann3x]

Strawberry is incorrect.  It was BANANA.

Let's shuffle again.


[CATEGORIES SHUFFLE]

BTW, here's a fun fact:  Twinkies were created in 1930 in Illinois by a baker who noticed that the machines for filling strawberry shortcakes were collecting dust when strawberries were unavailable. He came up with the idea of a banana cream filled snack cake. However during World War I, bananas were rationed, so he changed the filling to vanilla cream. The public loved it and the modern Twinkie was born!

Nels, back to you.  Select a category.

[nelson21]

Holidays please

[tmann3x]

Another $250 query.  Listen...




HOLIDAYS - $250

When was the first Father's Day celebrated? It was a year in which Halley's comet was seen.

[nelson21]

June 19th 1910

[tmann3x]

All we want is a year... and you are correct.


[APPLAUSE]

[DING]

We now have $1,000 in the pot.  Shuffle...



[CATEGORIES SHUFFLE]

Kourtney, pick a category.

[pathfinder20]

Action Films to block.

[tmann3x]

A $500 category.  Get both questions right, you'll block.  Here are your two questions.





ACTION FILMS - $500

A. Who played the lead role in the movie "The Perfect Weapon"? The character's name was Jeff.

B. This picture is dedicated to the memory of the founder of American Kenpo Karate. Name him.



Here's your extra time.


[THINK CUE]


OK.  I'll repeat the first question for you to answer.


A. Who played the lead role in the movie "The Perfect Weapon"? The character's name was Jeff.

[pathfinder20]

Total guess: Jan Claude Van Dam.

[tmann3x]

That is incorrect.  It was JEFF SPEAKMAN.

And in part 2, the correct answer was ED PARKER.

The pot remains at $1,000.  Let's shuffle.



[CATEGORIES SHUFFLE]

Nels... pick a category.

[nelson21]

Famous blondes to win

[tmann3x]

Nels... if you get both of them right, you'll have Tic Tac Dough and $1,500.  Here are your two questions...



FAMOUS BLONDES - $500

A. This English female singer likes to say 'Thank you' and is certainly 'No Angel'.

B. You don't have to put on the red light for this blonde, who before finding fame in the music business, was a teacher in the North of England. Sometimes he's an 'Englishman in New York'.


Here's your extra time.



[THINK CUE]




OK.  I'll repeat the first clue for you to answer.



This English female singer likes to say 'Thank you' and is certainly 'No Angel'. Name her.

[nelson21]

Dido

[tmann3x]

Correct.  And now, your second clue...




You don't have to put on the red light for this blonde, who before finding fame in the music business, was a teacher in the North of England. Sometimes he's an 'Englishman in New York'.


For Tic Tac Dough and a total of $25,235... name him.