Crashbox 41

The 41st episode of the series *Crashbox* which aired on February 20, 2000. It was also the 15th episode of Season 2, and the 19th to be produced.

## Games

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

### **Distraction News**

In this segment, Dora Smarmy talks about the thermometer.

#### **Questions asked:**

*The word "thermometer" in Greek means?*

1. Glass thing
2. I'm sick
3. **Heat and measure**

*What element is used in thermometers?*

1. **Mercury**
2. Pluto
3. Mars

*When Mercury is heated, it does what?*

1. Sweat
2. Turn on the A.C.
3. **Expand**

*When Mercury is chilled, it does what?*

1. Puts on a coat
2. **Contracts**
3. It's teeth chatter

*The ear thermometer measures temperatures how?*

1. Sound waves
2. Ear wax build up
3. **Infra-red rays**

### **Psycho Math**

#### **Question #1**

1. The horns on a unicorn (1)
2. Add to the numbers with 'teen' (7)
3. Divide by the maximum terms a U.S. president can serve (2)

**Equals 4.**

#### *Question #2*

1. Two dozen eggs (24)
2. Add to the musicians in a quintet (5)
3. Subtract the number of justices in a supreme court (9)

**Equals 20.**

#### *Question #3*

1. The number of dollars on Andrew Jackson's bill (20)
2. Subtract the wise men at the nativity (3)
3. Subtract the digits in the United States phone area code (3)

**Equals 14.**

### **Mugshots**

In this segment, Verity interviews The "Over the Hill" Gang, three of whom roughed up weightlifters at Muscle Beach.

1. Mildred Postley: She was at a bingo tournament in Hawaii, the 50th state. **(Not guilty)**
2. Irv Goldberg: He was with his son at a jewelry business sorting sapphires, amethysts, and quagmires. **(Guilty: Quagmires aren't a gem)**
3. Rupert Brindle: He was at a motorcycle convention in Brazil, where everybody speaks Spanish. **(Guilty: Brazilians speak Portuguese)**
4. Sergio Corleone: He was at the aquarium with his granddaughter and saw a baby dolphin hatching out of its shell. **(Guilty: Dolphins are mammals and don't hatch from eggs)**

### **Think Tank**

1. New Jersey, a fisherman, and a tennis court **(Net)**
2. A train, a wild animal, and a CD **(Tracks)**

### **Cafeteria segment**

A little girl bot, who is at the end of the lunch line and is impatient, headbutts the people in front of her, causing a green robot to throw her in the air and she lands into the cooking bowl. She slurps up the food and burps.

### **Captain Bones**

This a picture puzzle, involving five squares. The goal is to make four by only moving two bones.

**The second top bone is moved and connects the second bone in the row of four, making a left side, while the bottom bone on the left bottom square moves to the left, creating a new square.**

### **Dirty Pictures**

*The clues:*

1. No talk(ies) please!
2. Little tramp, big star
3. Lived long ago in "modern times"
4. Slapstick slap-schtick
5. Funny mustache, funnier walk

**The answer is Charlie Chaplin.**

### **Radio Scramble**

1. Krowmeho = **Homework**
2. Trestasm = **Mattress**
3. Yedmatin = **Dynamite**

## Trivia

* This is the only episode where the last game played is Radio Scramble.
* The president seen in the Psycho Math question about the number of terms a president can serve is an obvious caricature of then-president Bill Clinton.
* Sergio Corleone is an obvious reference to the Corleone family from *The Godfather* trilogy.
* Several changes are made to the following games:
	+ In *Think Tank*, the items are animated differently, and so is the way they go down the drain.
	+ In *Captain Bones*, the bones are animated differently.
	+ In *Dirty Pictures*, the guard's voice is more distinct.
	+ In *Radio Scramble*, the types of songs are different.