Gerry Dredge (27-year-old financial-aid officer):
His game began last Friday, you can see his progress here.
Sierra was able to save him on the question he got wrong at the end of last week’s episode.
Question 8 (4th Grade Grammar): “What word is the preposition in the following sentence? “Man has walked on the moon.”” He goes with [...]
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Reverend Rick Miles (father of former player Megan, who answered the million dollar question incorrectly):
His game began last week.
Question 3 (2nd Grade World Geography): “What is the southernmost country in Africa?” He goes with South Africa and is correct.
Question 4 (2nd Grade U.S. History): “The pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower to the New World [...]
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Jessica Herrell (26-year-old registered nurse):
Note: This is obviously an unaired episode from season two since the second year kids are still on the show.
Question 1 (1st Grade Math): “What is the sum of the whole numbers 1 through 6, including 1 and 6?” She goes with 21 and is correct.
Question 2 (3rd Grade Health): “True [...]
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Rick Fox:
His game started last week, you can see his progress here.
Question 4 (2nd Grade Music): “The bassoon is a member of what musical family? A. Woodwind, B. Percussion, C. Brass” He goes with brass but is incorrect because the answer is woodwind. Luckily, Olivia has the right answer and saves him.
Question 5 (2nd Grade [...]
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Deborah Norville:
Question 1 (1st Grade English): “What is the 24th letter of the English alphabet?” X, correct.
Question 2 (1st Grade Vocabulary): “True or false? Someone who is a “nephew” is male.” True, correct.
Question 3 (2nd Grade Spelling): “What letter appears most often in the following word? Shampoo.” O, correct.
Question 4 (2nd Grade Measurements): “If Mr. [...]
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Gene Simmons:
Question 1 (1st Grade Grammar): “What word is the adjective in the following sentence? “Jonathan is happy.”” He obviously knows it is happy and gets it correct.
Question 2 (2nd Grade U.S. Geography): “Which of the following states extends the farthest north? A. Wyoming, B. Idaho, C. Utah” He goes with Wyoming but is incorrect. [...]
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Dave Ellis (Self proclaimed #1 Celtics fan) (Visiting class of Celtics cheerleaders):
$1,000 (1st Grade Music): “What is the name of this musical instrument?” A trombone is shown.
$2,000 (1st Grade Life Science): “True or False. Roses are the only flowering plants with thorns.” He uses his peek. He locks in false and is right.
$5,000 (2nd Grade [...]
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John Tyler Hammons (elected mayor of Muskogee, Oklahoma at the tender age of 19):
Question 1 (1st Grade Social Studies): “True or false? The United States is the only country to have stars on its national flag.” He goes with false and is correct.
Question 2 (2nd Grade Grammar): “True or false? The following sentence is [...]
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Ken Jennings (”Jeopardy” champion):
Question 1 (2nd Grade Spelling): “How many times does the letter “S” appear in the following word? Success.” Obviously the answer is three and Ken correctly locks in with that answer.
Question 2 (1st Grade English): “”Won’t” is a contraction of what two words?” He goes with “will not” and is correct.
Question 3 [...]
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Robert “Hoot” Gibson (retired astronaut):
Question 1 (1st Grade Grammar): “True or false? A complete sentence must contain at least one adjective.” False, correct.
Question 2 (2nd Grade Spelling): “Spell the following word. Misspell” M-I-S-S-P-E-L-L, correct.
Question 3 (1st Grade Life Science): “Complete the following analogy: A nose is to smelling, as an ear is to what? A. [...]
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