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00:00This is the show in which people determine the difficulty of the questions.
00:07This is the show in which you play the percentages!
00:11And here's our host, Jeff Edwards!
00:19Oh, nice, cute. Thank you. Very nice to have you here today.
00:22Welcome to the only game show in which the difficulty of the questions
00:25is decided by results of surveys.
00:27Now, let's meet the two players who are going to have to cope with these questions.
00:30Bob?
00:31Our challenger, she's married to an antique dealer
00:33and is a fashion model who teaches modeling to children and adults.
00:37She is Kate Saccone!
00:40And our current champion whose winnings total over $4,000,
00:44he retired at the age of 35 to become a house husband.
00:47His interests are flying, swimming, and cooking.
00:50He is Phil Spada!
00:52Well, Phil, how you doing?
00:56Not bad. Not bad.
00:57Good.
00:58Got yourself $4,000 on the game yesterday.
01:01You know, everyone's going to want to know, and you don't have to answer if you don't want to,
01:04but you retired at the age of 35 to become a house husband,
01:07and I'm not going to ask you how old you are, but how long have you been a house husband?
01:11Two very long, grueling, difficult years.
01:13Okay. Well, you're a heck of a player, and we're glad to have you on the show.
01:17Kate, how are you?
01:18Oh, I'm just fine. Thank you.
01:19Good. You've got a tough opponent here in film.
01:21I'll do my best.
01:22Your husband is an antique dealer?
01:23Yes.
01:24I can see him now.
01:25Oh, take this card.
01:26Take that card.
01:27Take that card.
01:28Okay.
01:29Well, anyway, we're delighted to have you on the show, Kate.
01:33We've met the challenger, you know the champ, and if you're all set, these are our players,
01:37and we'll play the percentages.
01:44Now, we've somewhat changed the first part of our show, but we're still dealing with percentages.
01:47We've asked hundreds of people questions on all kinds of subjects, literature, television, and so on.
01:51The more difficult the question, the higher the percentage of the people who got it wrong.
01:55The players are going to have to decide how difficult the question they want to go for.
01:59The first player to amass 250 points wins the game and gets $500.
02:03Then they go on to play the bonus game worth over $3,500.
02:07Now, if there's no winner, at the end of the fifth round, we'll decide who wins with a toss-up question.
02:12In this game, there are three categories we're going to be playing with.
02:15Kate, your preference is world history.
02:18Phillip, your preference was the sciences.
02:21And the third category is always pot luck.
02:24The subject we'll use in any round is going to be decided at random.
02:27So, let's shuffle the categories.
02:29And what's the category going to be for round number one?
02:33Round she goes and comes up to B.
02:36Looks like pot luck.
02:38Okay, pot luck is the jump-in category.
02:40First one to buzz in gets to answer it.
02:42Kate, how many percentage points of difficulty do you want to go for?
02:44Oh, well, let's go for 60.
02:4660 percentage points.
02:47Okay.
02:4860% of the people missed this question.
02:50Hands on buzzers.
02:51A classic children's story written in 1880 tells of a young boy who discovers his father in the belly of a whale.
03:00Phil, you're first in for 60 points.
03:02Name this boy.
03:03Jonah.
03:04No.
03:05Sorry.
03:06Kate, you get a chance to pick up the 60 points if you can name the boy.
03:09His father was in the belly of a whale.
03:12Just can't think of it.
03:14Okay.
03:15Time's up.
03:16It was Pinocchio.
03:17Pinocchio.
03:18Yes.
03:19Right.
03:20Okay.
03:21No score yet.
03:22And Phil, it's your turn to pick up the percentage of difficulty.
03:26I'll pick 60% points.
03:2860% in pot luck.
03:29Okay.
03:3060% it is.
03:3160% of the people we surveyed missed this question.
03:33Hands on buzzers.
03:35One single state is our nation's largest furniture, tobacco, brick, and...
03:40Phil, for 60 points, answer the question.
03:43The state of North Carolina.
03:44Right.
03:45You are.
03:46Largest furniture, tobacco, brick, and textile producers.
03:50At the end of round one, our challenger with nothing yet.
03:53And Phil, our champion with 60 points.
03:55By random light, let's see what category we're going to be playing with in round number two.
03:59Round she goes and comes up this time to be...
04:02Looks like world history, Kate.
04:04Your preference.
04:05Wish you good luck.
04:06You can pick the percentage of difficulty you want.
04:07He has 60 points.
04:08Go ahead.
04:09Well, okay.
04:10I'll give 70.
04:1170 she wants.
04:12All right.
04:13Good luck.
04:1470% missed this question, Kate.
04:16For 70 points, name the country which was the first to use paper.
04:20That would be Germany.
04:22No.
04:23Sorry.
04:24You can pick up the 70 points.
04:25For a total of 130 points, name that country, Phil.
04:27Egypt.
04:28No.
04:29Sorry.
04:30It was China.
04:31What?
04:32Yeah.
04:33Egypt was the first country to use China.
04:34Okay.
04:35No score there.
04:36Phil, you have 60 points.
04:37Your turn to pick up the difficulty of percentage of difficulty here.
04:41I think I'll go with 60 percentage points.
04:43Go with 60 in world history.
04:44Okay.
04:45We're down a little bit here.
04:46Of the people surveyed, 60% missed this question.
04:49In ancient times, the present-day capital of Jordan, Phil, was known by the Greek name Philadelphia.
04:55For a total of 120 points, name the Jordanian city.
04:59Amon.
05:00Right.
05:01You are.
05:02You get yourself 60 points.
05:03Laura, when we said it was your category, it sure was.
05:06At the end of round two, Kate with 60 points, Phil with 60 points, 250 points to win the game.
05:11Start the light rotating and find out the category we'll be playing with in round number three.
05:16Round she goes and comes up this time to be...
05:17Looks like pot luck once again.
05:18This is a jump-in question, so get ready.
05:19Hands on the buzzers.
05:20And, Kate, you get a chance to decide the difficulty you want.
05:21I think this time I'll go 70.
05:2270% in pot luck.
05:23Okay, tough.
05:24Good luck.
05:2570% of the people we surveyed missed this question.
05:26Hands on buzzers.
05:27Hands on buzzers.
05:28In 1943, this musical genius who conducted the New York Philharmonic at the age of 25 wrote
05:30the opera, Trouble Into...
05:31Okay, you're first in, Phil.
05:32So, for a total...
05:33And, Kate, you get a chance to decide the difficulty you want.
05:35I think this time I'll go 70.
05:3670% in pot luck.
05:37Okay, tough.
05:38Good luck.
05:3970% of the people we surveyed missed this question.
05:40Hands on buzzers.
05:41In 1943, this musical genius who conducted the New York Philharmonic at the age of 25 wrote the opera, Trouble Into...
05:43Okay, you're first in, Phil.
05:44So, for a total...
05:45...to be...
05:46...to be...
05:47...to be...
05:48...to be...
05:49...to be...
05:50...to be...
05:51...to be...
05:52...to be...
05:53...to be...
05:54...to be...
05:55...to be...
05:56...to be...
05:57Okay, you're first in, Phil.
05:59So, for a total of...
06:01...a total of 130 points, what's your answer?
06:04That was Toscanini.
06:06No, that's wrong.
06:07Kate, you have a chance to pick up the 70 points.
06:09He wrote the opera, Trouble Into...
06:10...Tahiti.
06:11Name him.
06:12That's Leonard Bernstein.
06:13Right, you are for a total of 130 points.
06:19All right, Kate with 130 points.
06:21Phil with 60.
06:22We're still in the pot luck category, Phil, and you can pick the difficulty of percentage here.
06:25I'll go with 70%.
06:2770% in pot luck.
06:28Okay, good luck.
06:29Hands on buzzers.
06:3070% of the people missed this question.
06:32Who was the first president to receive a salary of $200,000 a year?
06:38Phil, you are first in.
06:39Name him for a total of 130 points.
06:42That was Richard Nixon.
06:43Right, you are for 130 points at the end of round two.
06:46We're all tied up.
06:47Kate with 130.
06:48Phil with 130.
06:49We'll be back in just a moment.
06:55Bob Hilton, tell me what somebody wins if they win five games in a row.
06:58It's a brand new car.
07:02It's the new Pontiac Sunbird Coupe.
07:05Back to you, Jeff.
07:06Thank you very much, Bob.
07:08All right, we finished three rounds.
07:10At the end of three rounds, the score is Kate, our challenger, 130.
07:13Phil, our champion, 130.
07:15I want to remind you players that 250 wins a game.
07:18If nobody has 250 by the fifth round, at the end of the fifth round, we have a toss-up question.
07:23So, let's see how you're going to play it here.
07:24We're going to begin the fourth round.
07:25We'll start the lights rotating.
07:26We'll find out the category for round number four.
07:29And it goes around and around.
07:30It comes up to be pot luck once again.
07:33Okay, these are chosen at random.
07:35It's a jump-in category.
07:36Kate, what percentage of difficulty do you want?
07:39Oh, I think I'll go 60 this time.
07:4260%.
07:43All right, sure.
07:44Here we go.
07:4560% of the people we surveyed missed this question.
07:47Hands on buzzers.
07:49Worldwide, how many time zones are there?
07:53Fill your first in.
07:55For a total of 190 points, how many time zones are there?
07:5824.
07:59Right!
08:00You are!
08:01That's for you, Phil.
08:02That gives you 190 points.
08:05Now, Philip, you're in an interesting position because we're still in the category of pot luck.
08:10You get a chance to select the percentage of difficulty.
08:13Mind you, 250 points wins the game.
08:16What do you want?
08:17I'm gonna go for 60 points in the game.
08:2060% each points for the game.
08:22Kate, you gotta get in there and try and stop him because he can do it right here.
08:2760% of the people we surveyed missed this question.
08:30Hands on buzzers.
08:32In what world country would you find the highest percentage of the population in jail?
08:39Kate, you're in first to stay alive.
08:42Tell me what country that is.
08:44Australia.
08:45No.
08:46Sorry, it's not Australia.
08:48And Phil, this now is for the game.
08:51So I'll repeat the question.
08:52In what world country would you find the highest percentage of the population in jail?
08:56For the game.
08:57What's your answer?
08:58It's the United States.
08:59Right you are!
09:00You got yourself a game!
09:11You know, on the last show, Phil, we found out that you were a reserve policeman, so you may have had a hand in some of those people getting where they are.
09:17I hope so.
09:18You've got yourself another game, another $500.
09:21You'll be playing the bonus round in just a moment.
09:23And Kate, I'm going to have to say goodbye to you.
09:25It was a tough game, tied up a couple of times, but...
09:27It was fun.
09:28It was great fun.
09:29Well, I'm glad it was.
09:30You played a good game.
09:31We have nice gifts for you backstage.
09:32So if you'll come this way, we'll say goodbye to Kate.
09:38Nice to meet you.
09:39Bye-bye.
09:40Philip, you ready to play the bonus round?
09:41Right.
09:42Meet me down below.
09:43Well, once again, you did it.
09:44Here you are back again.
09:45And again, I'll say you sure do fine on your own, but we're going to ask you if you want to bring somebody from the audience to help you here in the bonus round.
10:01I'm going to bring my luck again, my friend Gary.
10:04Okay, Gary.
10:05Come on, Gary.
10:06Here you go again, Gary.
10:11Gary and Phil are police partners in real life when Phil is working in the reserve.
10:19How does he do, Gary?
10:20All right?
10:21He is excellent.
10:22Good enough.
10:23I'll remind you, gentlemen, in the main game, the questions dealt with people's knowledge.
10:26In the bonus game, the questions deal with people's feelings.
10:29I'll read you a question which was posed to 100 people.
10:31I'll show you six possible answers.
10:33Choose the right ones, and you win dollars.
10:35Win $1,000, and here's what else you get.
10:37Robert?
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10:54And you'll be dressed stylishly for jogging with his contemporary athletic clothing.
10:58Hey!
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11:04Stylish warm-ups that feel as good as they look furnished by Jim Kent.
11:08And after you finish exercising, you'll want to enjoy your next gift.
11:12It's your very own deluxe hot tub!
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11:28This Fitness Fun Package is worth, in cash and prizes, over $3,850.
11:34Put the two policemen in the hot tub and watch the fuzz get wet.
11:44All right, General Phil, here's your question.
11:49We asked married men to tell us the single most important thing that keeps marriages together.
11:55Did they name communication, love, children, tough times, friendship, or trust?
12:03Now, five of these answers ranked highest with the men we surveyed.
12:06One did not, it scored zero points.
12:08Select one that was given by the men, and you get the percentage points of the men who gave it.
12:11But select the one that was not given that scored zero, and the bonus game is over.
12:15So, which of these six answers do you think the men felt kept a marriage together?
12:18Communication, love, children, tough times, friendship, or trust?
12:26What do you think?
12:27We're gonna go for love.
12:28For love!
12:29Well, that would seem the obvious thing, wouldn't it?
12:31How many men thought love kept a marriage together?
12:34Thirty-one percent, okay.
12:37You have 31 points for $310.
12:39Stop now, I'll give you the $310.
12:41If you continue to play and choose the one that hits zero, remember, you lose all your money.
12:44So, what do you want to do?
12:45Stop or go?
12:49What do you say?
12:50Stop and go.
12:51Okay, we're gonna take trust this time.
12:52Okay, they're gonna go, they're gonna take trust.
12:54So, how many men think trust keeps a marriage together?
12:57Eighteen percent.
13:00You now have $490.
13:01Put if you want to go.
13:02What do you say?
13:03Stop or go.
13:04What do you say?
13:05Stop or go.
13:07What do you say?
13:08Stop or go?
13:09We're going to take children.
13:12They're going to take children.
13:13You can have all of mine.
13:14Oops.
13:15Oh, okay.
13:16They're going to take children.
13:17How many men think children keep the marriage together?
13:19Eight percent.
13:20Fantastic.
13:21Kind of small percentage, but it keeps you in the game.
13:24$570 is yours.
13:26Keep on playing.
13:27We're gonna go on and we're gonna take communication.
13:30Communication.
13:31They say communication.
13:33How many men said communication?
13:36Thirty-five percent.
13:38All right.
13:39Now, you had yourself $920.
13:43You can quit right now or you can go ahead.
13:45There are two choices left.
13:47Remember?
13:48At the end of the road, there's $3,850 in cash and cards.
13:50Do you stop or do you go?
13:52It's going to go to cash.
13:53What do you say?
13:54I'm going to have to make a decision.
13:55Stop or go.
13:56I'm going to say tough times.
13:57It's going to be friendship.
13:58Okay.
13:59You're going to stop or go.
14:00We're going to go on.
14:01They're going to go on.
14:02Okay.
14:03You only have two.
14:04We're going to take friendship.
14:05You're going to take friendship.
14:08If you hit the one with the zero, you're out of business.
14:10You lose all your money.
14:11For $3,850 or nothing,
14:14how many men said friendship?
14:1718.
14:28$8,350 you got all together.
14:31And tough times.
14:32Nobody thought that would keep a marriage together.
14:34And I would say probably it wouldn't.
14:35So, hey, Gary, you did a nice job once again.
14:38Well, thank you very much, Phil.
14:40As I said, you may have missed it in all the hubbub.
14:42You have over $8,350 in cash and prizes.
14:45That's right.
14:46Real good.
14:47So, we're going to take a break.
14:48Phil will meet his new opponent here in just a moment.
14:50Thank you, Phil.
14:59Welcome back to Play the Percentages.
15:00Phil, you did great.
15:01$8,350 in cash and prizes.
15:03You all set to meet your new opponent?
15:04You bet I am.
15:05Okay.
15:06Bob Hilton, do the honors, please.
15:07He's a computer market planner whose hobbies are encounter groups, bicycling, and basketball.
15:12He is Rich Bradley.
15:19Hey, Rich, how are you doing?
15:20It's fine.
15:21Good.
15:22Nice to have you here on the show.
15:23You've got a tough opponent here in Phil.
15:24Yeah, he's tough.
15:25You were watching from backstage?
15:26Yes, I have.
15:27You know what's interesting to me is that Phil has his name on his jacket, as you can plainly see,
15:32and you have on your jacket what you want to be at the end of this game.
15:35That's right.
15:36Okay.
15:37We met the opponent.
15:38We know the champion.
15:39Let's play the percentages.
15:40Here we go.
15:42In this game, there are three categories we are going to be playing with.
15:46Rich, your preference is the 20th century.
15:49Interesting.
15:50And Phil, your preference is television.
15:52Random, so let's see the category for round one.
15:55Let's shuffle the categories round and round they go.
15:57And it comes up this time to be, looks like TV.
16:01Okay, Rich, you're the challenger.
16:03What percentage points of difficulty in television do you want to try for?
16:05I'll take a chance and go for 80.
16:07Going for 80.
16:08Okay, that's a biggie.
16:09Let's see how it comes out.
16:1080% of the people we surveyed missed this question, Rich.
16:13For 80 points, name the television series in which you might have seen Walter Cronkite interview Marco Polo.
16:23I'd say Mary Tyler Moore Show.
16:26No, not the Mary Tyler Moore Show.
16:28Sorry.
16:29So you can pick up those 80 points if you can get them.
16:32Phil, if you can name that series.
16:33That was You Are There.
16:35You are right.
16:36You get yourself 80 points.
16:38Whoa.
16:39And with that kind of a start, Phil, you pick the percentage of difficulty for TV now.
16:46What do you want?
16:47I'm going to go with 70% in TV.
16:5170% in TV.
16:53Okay, that question must have scared you a little bit.
16:55Here we go.
16:5670% of the people we surveyed missed this question.
16:59The first two half-hour television soap operas both premiered on April 2nd, 1956.
17:07For a total of 150 points, name either one.
17:10Love of Life.
17:12No.
17:13Sorry.
17:14A chance for you to pick up 70 points here, Rich, if you can name either of those television soap operas.
17:18The Guiding Light?
17:19Nope.
17:20Sorry, not The Guiding Light.
17:21I bet you some people in our audience know.
17:23It's The Edge of Night or As the World Turns.
17:25Those were the first two.
17:26So, we're at the end of round one.
17:28We'll check the score.
17:29Our challenger, Rich, with nothing.
17:30Phil has 80 points.
17:31And what categories are we going to use for round two?
17:34Here we go round and round.
17:35And they come up this time to be...
17:39Potluck.
17:40Okay, it's Potluck.
17:41This is the jump-in category.
17:42And that means your hands on buzzers.
17:44Anybody can answer.
17:45How many percentage points do you want to go for, Rich and Potluck?
17:4860.
17:4960.
17:50Okay.
17:5160% of the people missed this question.
17:53Hands on buzzers.
17:54What is the common name of the religious group known as the Society of Friends?
18:00Phil, you're first in for 60 points.
18:02A total of 140.
18:03Name that group.
18:04Mormons.
18:05No.
18:06No.
18:07They're friendly, but that's not the group.
18:09Rich, and you can pick up those 60 points if you can name the group.
18:12Quakers.
18:13Right.
18:14You are.
18:15Quakers is right.
18:16So, Rich gets 60 points.
18:19Phil, we're still in the Potluck category.
18:21As you know, it's still a jump-in category.
18:23You may pick the percentage of difficulty.
18:25Okay.
18:26On this one, I'll go for 60 percentage points.
18:28Going for the 60 percentage points.
18:30Okay.
18:31Hands on buzzers.
18:3260% of the people we surveyed missed this question.
18:35Among this composer's many works, his symphony in C major and his beautiful unfinished symphony stand out...
18:42Phil, you're first in.
18:43What's your answer?
18:44Beethoven.
18:45No.
18:46Beethoven is wrong.
18:47I'll finish the question for you, Rich.
18:48His symphony in C major and his beautiful unfinished symphony stand out as public favorites.
18:53For 120 points, name them.
18:54Schubert.
18:55Right.
18:56You are.
18:57Franz Schubert is correct.
18:58You get 120 points.
19:01At the end of round two, our champion's in a little bit of trouble.
19:04Rich has 120 points, our champion with 80 points.
19:07And by random lights, let's see what category we'll be playing with in round number three.
19:12Here they go round and round, and it comes up to be Potluck once again.
19:17All right.
19:18Rich, I see a little sigh on your face.
19:19Yes.
19:20I know.
19:21A lot of tension with the Potluck category.
19:22Rich, you can tell us the percentage of difficulty you want here.
19:24I'll go for 60 again.
19:26Going for the 60.
19:2760 seems to be favored.
19:28Okay.
19:2960% of the people missed this question.
19:32Hands are on the buzzers as I see.
19:34This opera tells the love story of Lohengrin, the Knight of the Holy Grail, and of Elsa,
19:39the woman he champions.
19:41Nate?
19:42Okay.
19:43Rich, you're in.
19:44Tristan and Isolde?
19:45That was not the question.
19:47I didn't finish the question, and I'll finish it for Phil.
19:49Name its German composer for a total of 140 points.
19:53Okay.
19:54That was Wagner.
19:55Richard Wagner.
19:56Wagner is right.
19:57You get the 140 points.
19:58Boy, we got a tough game going here.
20:00Phil, you have 140 points.
20:01We're still in the Potluck category, and you may pick your poison here.
20:04What percentage of difficulty do you want?
20:06I'm going to go for 70 points.
20:07Rich is a tough competitor.
20:0870 points.
20:09You bet.
20:10All right.
20:11Get it right.
20:12Give you a total of 210 points.
20:13Remember, 250 points wins the game.
20:14Both of you have a chance at this.
20:15It's a jump in question.
20:1670% of the people missed this question.
20:17Distances are now being measured in kilometers.
20:20How many old-fashioned miles are eight kilometers?
20:21Phil, you are in for a total of 210 points.
20:24What's your answer?
20:25Two miles.
20:26That is wrong, and Rich, you get a shot at it here.
20:29We have 70 points at stake here for a total of 190 points.
20:33How many old-fashioned miles and eight kilometers?
20:35Five.
20:36Five is right.
20:37You got it.
20:38190 points.
20:40A kilometer is five-eighths of a mile.
20:42It looks like Rich knew that.
20:43So, at the end of the day, we're going to go for a total of two miles.
20:45How many miles are the only miles?
20:46What's your answer?
20:47Two miles.
20:48That is wrong, and Rich, you get a shot at it here.
20:49We have 70 points at stake here for a total of 190 points.
20:52How many old-fashioned miles and eight kilometers?
20:54Five.
20:55Five is right.
20:56You got it.
20:57A kilometer is five-eighths of a mile.
20:59It looks like Rich knew that.
21:00So, at the end of the day, we're going to go for a second.
21:01Well, it looks like Rich knew that.
21:02So, at the end of the round, Rich, our challenger with 190 points, Phil, 140 points.
21:07We will be back with this game in just a moment.
21:09Don't go away.
21:10Whoo!
21:14Boy, I hate to quit right now, but we're out of time.
21:16We're going to have to leave this game right where it is.
21:18We'll be back tomorrow.
21:19Don't miss it.
21:20This is Jeff Edwards saying, I hope the percentages are always in your favor.
21:23Good night.
21:25Thank you so much.
21:27I'm zombies.
21:35Thank you, Frank, Ian.
21:36It's so quick, so easy to win your sauté and simmer to play with perfection rice and roti, the San Francisco treat.
21:40Also an exciting, if you travel to Crayola, add an activity kit with everything children need for hours of a magic to play,
21:45it's fun to create with Crayola.
21:46Plus, Bon Bell, mild all-natural cheese with a little French zip and new mini Bon Bell.
21:50Same great flavor and snack-sized packages from Bon Bell Cheeses.
21:55He's America's favorite trader.
21:57Join Money Man Money Hall on the all-new Let's Make a Deal today at 5.
22:01Now take aim at big dollars on Bullseye as USA's Afternoon of Fun and Games continues.
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