Crashbox 27

The 27th episode of the series *Crashbox* aired on August 1, 1999. It was also the first episode of Season 2, and it was removed from syndication by January 2016.

## Games

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

### Distraction News (from Crashbox 1)

In this segment, Dora Smarmy talks about tornadoes.

#### **Questions asked:**

*A tornado occurs when violent air mixes with what?*

1. Snow Blizzard
2. Bad Attitude
3. ***Thunderstorms***

*What is the Spanish word for "thunderstorm"?*

1. Sky Burrito
2. ***Tronada***
3. El Nino

*What country gets hit more by tornadoes?*

1. Brazil
2. New Mexico
3. ***United States***

*How fast can a tornado rotate?*

1. 30 mph
2. ***Over 300 mph***
3. 55 mph

*Tornadoes that form over water are called?*

1. Real Drips
2. ***Water spouts***
3. Mermaid Storms

### Captain Bones (from Crashbox 19)

7 + 3 = 9

**The bottom right bone of the 3 moves to the other side, making it 7 + 2 = 9.**

### Sketch Pad (Repeat of Crashbox 1)

A man walks into a diner and asks the waitress for a glass of water, so she reaches behind the counter and pulls out a scary mask instead. The man thanks her and walks out the diner.

**The man had the hiccups, so the waitress used the mask to scare them away.**

### Haunted House Party (from Crashbox 23)

*The mystery guest clue:*

* Was the first black man to play major league baseball in 1947, with the Brooklyn Dodgers

**The mystery guest is Jackie Robinson.**

### Game System Overload

When the game systems go out, the flashlight bot plugs in two electrifying wires together to restore the power.

### Poop or Scoop (from Crashbox 25)

1. A cockroach can live for a week without its head. **(Scoop)**
2. The Portuguese man 'o war jellyfish is a rare delicacy in China and is eaten on special occasions. **(Poop)**
3. Black widow spiders take a single mate for a lifetime. **(Poop)**
4. Ostriches have big brains. **(Poop)**

### Ten 2nds (from Crashbox 8)

1. Walk on Water
2. Tiptoe Through the Tulips
3. Triple Play
4. Times Square

### Mugshots (from Crashbox 25)

In this segment, Verity interviews the Hatchet Gang, three of whom chopped down trees in a wildlife preserve.

1. Baby Face MacGuire: He was home feeding his birds, a budgie, a parakeet, and a python. **(Guilty: A python is a snake)**
2. Leo the Lion Lawrence: He was planting vegetables, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers. **(Guilty: Tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers are technically fruits)**
3. Danger Jones: He was in Chicago at the tallest building in the United States, the Sears Tower. **(Not guilty)**
4. Slippery Fingers Ferguson: He was at home practicing and played the notes A through H. **(Guilty: Musical notes go from A-G)**

### Riddlesnake (from Crashbox 11)

What is white when dirty, and black when clean?

**A blackboard.**

## Trivia

* There are a few inconsistencies seen with the game loading segments in this episode.
	+ Captain Bones is loaded with the Train game loader, and closes out with the Phone game loader (as it was in Crashbox 19).
	+ Ten 2nds is loaded with the Metal game loader, and closes out with the closing variant of the Arcade game loader (as it was the final segment in Crashbox 8).
	+ Mugshots is loaded with the Closet game loader, and closes out with the Train game loader (as it was in Crashbox 25).
* In 2009, the Sears Tower has since changed its name to the *Willis Tower*, and is currently no longer the tallest building in the United States. It has since been overthrown by the *One World Trade Center,* the rebuild of the original World Trade Center.
* Greg Eagles makes yet another appearance in Mugshots, this time, as Danger Jones.
* Coincidentally, the topic on the cockroach living a week without its head has been discussed in an episode of *Who Knew?,* a short Crashbox interstitial series.