Crashbox 50

The 50th episode of the series *Crashbox* which aired on March 25, 2000. It was also the 24th episode of Season 2, and the 17th to be produced.

## Games

**Bold** indicates the answer to the question.

### Mugshots

In this segment, Verity interviews four elderly women, three of whom "fixed" the bingo games.

1. Gertrude Simsbury: She was visiting her daughter in Miami, Florida, one of the 13 colonies. **(Guilty: Florida wasn't one of the original colonies)**
2. Elaine Kieserman: She was in Washington, D.C., viewing the Declaration of Independence that starts with "We the people". **(Guilty: The U.S. Constitution starts with that)**
3. Mathilda Hudson-Billingsley: She saw a show about George Washington, who slept in the White House. **(Guilty: The White House wasn't built until after Washington's death)**
4. Constance Appleby: She was taking a class on American history, and learned that America was named after Amerigo Vespucci. **(Not guilty)**

### Revolting Slob

The Revolting Slob has trouble sleeping because there are ants in his pants, so the narrator sings him a lullaby.

1. A. Frigid, **B. Fidgety,** C. Frugal
2. A. Inflected, B. Ingested, **C. Infested**
3. **A. Reposed,** B. Decomposed, C. Proposed

**Decomposed** is the word used to destroy the Revolting Slob at the end.

### Captain Bones

9 + 4 = 5

**The right side bone moves to the right side of the 5, making it 5 + 4 = 9.**

### Distraction News

In this segment, Dora Smarmy talks about vaccinations.

#### **Questions asked:**

*When people get viral diseases, they rarely get them again because..."*

1. Don't like being sick
2. Miss school
3. **Develop immunity**

*The Latin word "vaca" means?*

1. Virus
2. **Cow**
3. Canary

*What was the name of the doctor who invented the vaccination?*

1. **Dr. Edward Jenner**
2. Bruce Jenner
3. Dr. Frankenstein

*Who got cowpox, but didn't get smallpox?*

1. 10 lords leapin'
2. **Milk maids**
3. Partridge in a pear tree

*When was the last case of smallpox documented?*

1. 1776
2. Last Thursday afternoon
3. **1977**

### Maintenance segment

As an orange bot is mashing cotton, the green bot makes him fall into the substance and he travels through the pipes. Eventually he is seen out, and then he splats cotton on the green bot, making a mustache on his face. The green bot laughs.

### Eddie Bull

*Animal clues:*

* Both male and female takes turns sitting on their eggs
* What looks like their knees are their ankles
* Eats with their head upside down
* Spends much of their time standing on one leg

**The answer is the flamingo.**

### Think Tank

1. An open soda, a pancake, and a bad singer **(Flat)**
2. A newspaper, an office building, and a book of fairy tales **(Stories)**

### Dirty Pictures

*The clues:*

1. Spanish artist
2. Paintings were very "two-faced"
3. Favorite color was blue, for a period
4. Only squares don't like cubism
5. "Totally abstract, dude!"

**The answer is Pablo Picasso.**

### Riddlesnake

What gets wetter and wetter, the more it dries?

**A towel.**

## Trivia

* This is the last episode to feature:
	+ Dirty Pictures.
	+ Riddlesnake.
* This is the last episode not to feature:
	+ Sketch Pad.
	+ Haunted House Party.