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00:00This is a show in which people determine the difficulty of the questions.
00:07Let's play the percentages!
00:10And here's our host, Jack Edwards!
00:21Thank you very much. Nice to have you here.
00:23Welcome to the only game show in which the difficulty of the questions
00:26is decided by the results of surveys.
00:28Now let's meet the two players who are going to have to cope with these questions.
00:31Bob Hilton, would you do the honors, please?
00:33Our challenger is a domestic engineer, and she's married to a stuntman.
00:37She is Barbara Runyard!
00:40And our current champion whose winnings total $1440 in cash
00:43is a rider and his interests are swimming and basketball.
00:46He is Warren Hite!
00:54Okay, Warren, you're our champion. How are you feeling, all right?
00:57Oh, yes, I'm feeling good.
00:59Good. You have $1440, and we're ready to get together with another game.
01:02Barbara, you're a domestic engineer, not a housewife, right?
01:05No, I'm a domestic engineer. I make everything run nice and smooth at home.
01:08Good for you. I hope it runs nice and smoothly for you here.
01:10I hope so, too. Thank you.
01:11You've met our challenger, you know our champion.
01:13Now let's play the percentages, and here we go.
01:18Here's how we play the game.
01:19We've asked hundreds of people questions on all kinds of subjects, literature, TV, and so on.
01:24The more difficult the question, the higher the percentage of the people who got it wrong.
01:28The players are going to have to decide how difficult a question they want to go for.
01:31The first player to amass 250 points wins the game and gets $500,
01:35and goes on to the bonus game worth over $3,500.
01:39If there's no winner at the end of the fifth round, by the way,
01:41we'll decide who wins with a toss-up question.
01:44Now in this game, there are three categories we're playing with.
01:47Barbara, your preference was literature.
01:49Warren, your preference was United States geography.
01:52And the third category is always pot luck.
01:55In our last show, we ran out of time.
01:57So let's resume the game where we were.
01:59Barbara, our challenger, with nothing yet.
02:01Warren, pretty hefty score there, of 180.
02:04The subject we'll use in any round will be decided at random.
02:07And let's check now and see what the category is going to be for round number three.
02:11Round and round she goes.
02:13And it comes up to be literature.
02:15Okay, Barbara, just a reminder, you have zero.
02:18Warren has 180.
02:19250 wins the game.
02:21What degree of difficulty do you want for literature?
02:24Let's try 60, please.
02:2660.
02:27Okay, 60.
02:28That's a pretty good choice.
02:29He can't win with that, and you can get some points if you get it.
02:32Okay, Barbara, of the people surveyed, 60% missed this question.
02:36In Shakespeare's play, Julius Caesar, for 60 points,
02:40give me the last name of the character who speaks the line,
02:43Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
02:46Anthony.
02:47Anthony is right.
02:48You get 60 points.
02:49Good for you.
02:50Barbara has 60.
02:51Warren has 180.
02:52We're still in the category of literature.
02:55And Warren, you get to choose a percentage of difficulty now.
02:57How are you going to play it?
02:58I'll try 70.
02:59Going for 70 in the game.
03:00Let's see what happens.
03:01Of the people surveyed, 70% missed this question.
03:02Strange as it may seem, Rudyard Kipling tells us in a poem that flying fishes play on a certain road.
03:16Warren, for the game, where does that road lead?
03:20Time is up.
03:21I see a smile on Barbara's face.
03:23Barbara, you can pick up those 70 points for a total of 130 points if you tell me where that road leads.
03:33Bombay?
03:34No, sorry.
03:35Rhymes with play.
03:36Yes, it does.
03:37But so does Mandalay.
03:38And that's where it leads.
03:39Gosh, I thought by the look on your face that you had that.
03:42All right.
03:43That's the end of round number three.
03:45Barbara with 60 points.
03:46Our champion, Warren, with 180 points.
03:48And let's see what category we're going to play with in our random choice as we go into category number four.
03:54And it comes up to potluck.
03:57Okay.
03:58Jump in question.
03:59Barbara puts her hand to her head.
04:01Well, Barbara, at least you have a chance to get in a couple of times here.
04:03It's a jump in category.
04:04First one to buzz in gets a chance to answer the question.
04:06Barbara, you may select the degree of difficulty here.
04:09Let's try 60 again, please.
04:1160 again.
04:12Okay, fine.
04:1360% of the people we surveyed missed this question.
04:16Hands on buzzers.
04:18Gilbert and Sullivan chose Japan as...
04:21Oh, Barbara, you're in right away.
04:23What's your answer for a total of 120 points?
04:25The Mikado.
04:26Right you are.
04:27You get 120 points.
04:33Let me finish your question so I know what it was.
04:35All right.
04:36Gilbert and Sullivan chose Japan as a setting for their operetta, which featured the characters of Coco and Yum Yum named his operetta.
04:41And you got it really early with the Mikado.
04:43You have that 120 points.
04:45And so Barbara with 120 points, Warren with 180 points.
04:48We're still in potluck.
04:49And Warren, you get to choose the degree of difficulty here.
04:51250 wins the game.
04:53I'll try 70 again.
04:54Going to go for the win again.
04:55But remember, either of you can jump in.
04:5770% of the people missed this question.
05:00Hands on the buzzers.
05:01What is the most popular medical specialty among female doctors?
05:06All right, Barbara, you jump in.
05:10To stay alive and 70 points, a total of 190.
05:14What's the most popular medical specialty among female doctors?
05:17Obstetrics.
05:18No.
05:19I'm sorry.
05:20And Warren, this is for the game, if you can give me the answer to that question.
05:24Oncology?
05:25No.
05:26No, it isn't.
05:27No, it's pediatrics.
05:28A baby doctor.
05:29Well, you've got to get them here first, right?
05:31I beg pardon?
05:32Yeah, you do have to get them here first.
05:34Apparently, they leave that job to somebody else.
05:36They're busy with something on their own.
05:38All right.
05:39Let's check the score here.
05:40120 for Barb.
05:41Warren with 180.
05:43And we are into the final round, round five.
05:45If nobody reaches 250 points in this round, the game will be decided by a toss-up question.
05:50Let's see what category we're going to play with on our random choice.
05:53Round and round she goes.
05:54And it comes up to be literature.
05:58Barbara, your preference.
05:59So let's see what you do.
06:01Remember, 250 wins the game.
06:02What percentage of difficulty do you want?
06:04Let's try 60, please.
06:05Going for 60.
06:07Okay.
06:10Of the people surveyed, 60% missed this question.
06:13Victor Hugo's 1862 novel about Jean Valjean is not merely a story of crime and punishment,
06:20but a sociological study of slum life and poverty.
06:24For a total of 180 points, name this Victor Hugo masterpiece.
06:28Les Miserables.
06:30Les Miserables.
06:31Right you are.
06:32Good for you to get 180 points.
06:34Go, guys.
06:35Now we have a tie score.
06:37A tie score.
06:38And Warren, you may pick the degree of difficulty.
06:40How are you going to play this?
06:42It's her category at 180 points apiece.
06:44What are you going to go for?
06:45I have to go for 70 again.
06:47Going for a win.
06:48Okay.
06:49Remember, if you miss it, she'll have a shot at it and she could win the game.
06:5270% of the people missed this question.
06:55He wrote poetry, stories of adventure on the high seas, and the classic horror tale Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
07:02Warren, for the game, name him.
07:04Robert Louis Stevenson.
07:05Right you are.
07:06You got yourself another game.
07:07Boy, oh boy, you were sitting within reach of that 250, about three shots at it, and you finally did it.
07:20Barbara, you caught up.
07:21I thought maybe you were going to do it on that one.
07:22It was a long game.
07:23Yeah, it was a long game.
07:24Went through the whole five rounds.
07:25Well, Barbara, I have to say goodbye to you.
07:28We have nice gifts for you backstage, and thanks so much for being with us.
07:31Big hand for Barbara.
07:32Thank you very much.
07:33Bye-bye.
07:34So Warren, you'll be going for another bonus round here in just a moment, but let's take a break.
07:45Welcome back to Play the Percentages, and if any player wins five games in a row, Bob Hilton, tell them what they win.
07:50It's a brand new car!
07:52And with the Air Force, you to present for your driving enjoyment the new Pontiac Sunbird Coupe, complements of Play the Percentages.
08:00Back to you, Jeff.
08:01Thank you, Bob.
08:03Warren, you got yourself another game.
08:06That was a close one up there.
08:07Yes, it was.
08:08Yeah.
08:09Well, but you pulled it out, and the thing was literature, and you told me that's not your strong point?
08:13No, it isn't, really, when it comes down to it.
08:16What do you do for a living, Warren?
08:17I'm a writer.
08:18Yeah, that's what I thought you said you were.
08:20Okay.
08:21In the main game, Warren, the questions dealt with people's knowledge.
08:23In the bonus game, the questions are going to deal with people's feelings.
08:26I'll read you a question, which was posed to 100 people.
08:28I'll show you six possible answers.
08:30Choose the right ones, and you're going to win dollars.
08:32Reach $1,000, and here's what else you're going to get.
08:35Bob Hilton?
08:36It's Play the Percentages Special Metals Package.
08:39Your first medal, Warren, is silver, and your gift is worth over $1,000.
08:44It's this exquisite set of silver serving accessories.
08:47Leonard Silver's complete hostess serving selection in a heavy, heavy silver plate featuring a five-piece coffee set,
08:53punch bowl, champagne cooler, large serving tray, and matching chip and dip.
08:57The sparkling touch for your next dinner party furnished by Leonard Silver Manufacturing Company.
09:01And your next medal is gold.
09:04It's these elegant gold watches.
09:06Elegantly styled by Jules Jurgensen.
09:08Lady's solid 14-carat gold one-piece bracelet case.
09:11And Jet's quartz analog day-date in two-tone case with matching bracelet from Jules Jurgensen.
09:16And your next medal is iron.
09:18And your gift is this handsome iron stove.
09:21The Scandia airtight all-cast iron wood stove provides hours of enjoyable and expensive energy-saving heat.
09:27Furnished by FranklinCast products.
09:29And Warren, your last medal is brass.
09:32It's this beautiful brass sofa.
09:36Designed with a style of old-world quality and modern grace, plus the versatility of being used as a bed.
09:42Furnished by Swan Products.
09:44This special medals package is worth, in cash and prizes, over $3,900.
09:55Okay, Warren.
09:56We've got a ways to go before we get to all those prizes, though.
09:58I'm going to read your question to you.
10:00And maybe you're going to want to relate to this personally.
10:02I don't know.
10:03Because we asked the following question of men.
10:05What do you usually hire someone to do that you could easily do yourself?
10:10Did they say, wash a car, paint a house, caddy, clean house, garden, or repair the car?
10:18Now, five of these answers ranked highest with the men we surveyed.
10:21One did not.
10:22It scored zero points.
10:23Select the one that was given, and you get the percentage points of the men who gave it.
10:26But select the one that was not given, the one that scored zero, and the bonus game is over.
10:30So which of these six answers?
10:31Wash a car, paint a house, caddy, clean a house, garden, or repair a car?
10:35Do you think the men said they would usually hire someone to do it?
10:39What do you say, Warren?
10:44I'll go with repair the car.
10:49Repair the car.
10:50Men would hire a man to repair the car.
10:52How many men would hire somebody to repair the car?
10:5421% to do that.
10:56Okay.
10:57Good guess.
10:58You have $210.
10:59Stop now.
11:00I'll give you $210.
11:01If you want to continue to play, and if you choose the answer to sports here, you lose it all.
11:04What do you want to do?
11:05Put it on.
11:06I've got that one's choice.
11:07I'll keep going.
11:08All right.
11:09Of the five left, wash a car, paint a house, caddy, clean a house, or garden?
11:13What do you think?
11:14They would hire somebody to do it for you.
11:17Paint the house.
11:18Paint the house.
11:19Would men hire somebody to paint the house?
11:21We'll see.
11:22How many men would hire somebody to paint the house?
11:2311%.
11:26You have $320.
11:27You can quit right now or you can go ahead.
11:29What do you want to do?
11:32What do you think?
11:33I'm going to keep going.
11:34You're going to keep going?
11:35Okay.
11:36Go ahead.
11:37What do you pick?
11:43A lot of help out there.
11:44Okay.
11:45Up to you.
11:46I'll go with wash the car.
11:47Wash the car.
11:48Okay.
11:49A man could do that for himself.
11:51Would he hire someone to do it?
11:52The audience is a little boo.
11:53Let's find out.
11:54How many men would hire someone to wash the car?
11:5627%.
11:57Good for you, Warren.
11:58Give you $590.
11:59Do you play or do you stop?
12:02Remember, if you hit zero, you're out of business.
12:04$590.
12:06What do you say?
12:07Go.
12:08He's going to go.
12:09Caddy, clean house, or garden.
12:11What would a man hire someone to do?
12:13I'll go with caddying.
12:15I'll go with caddying.
12:17You'll go with caddying.
12:18Follow the crowd.
12:19All right.
12:20Remember, if you hit zero, you're out of business, you lose your money.
12:22You're going to follow the crowd.
12:23Let's see if the crowd led you astray or not.
12:25How many men would hire someone to caddy for them?
12:28Zero.
12:30Oh, too bad.
12:31It is the era of the golf cart.
12:33Yeah.
12:34It sure is.
12:35And for cleaning the house, let's see, 18% would hire somebody to clean the house.
12:39I bet your gardening gets a lot.
12:40How many would hire them to garden?
12:4223%.
12:43Right.
12:44Okay.
12:45But Warren, you bombed out in a bonus round.
12:46We have to take that money away from you.
12:48But you have $1,940, and we have a new opponent for you.
12:53Ready to meet the new opponent?
12:54Yes, I am.
12:55All right.
12:56If you go back to your position, Bob Hilton will introduce our next challenger.
12:57Bob?
12:58He's a swimming pool contractor whose interests are jogging and local politics.
13:03He is Brad Baker.
13:10Brad, Bob Hilton said you were in local politics.
13:13Mm-hmm.
13:14What is it you do?
13:15Well, I'm just on the planning commission in my little town.
13:17Uh-huh.
13:18But it's always fun to see who's doing what to whom.
13:20I suppose it is.
13:22We're not doing any of it, but...
13:24What's your little town?
13:25Let's give him a plug.
13:26La Mesa, California.
13:27I used to live in La Mesa, California.
13:29Sure.
13:30Well, nobody cares what street it was, but that's a great little town.
13:33That's all right.
13:34All right.
13:35Take your place.
13:36You've met Warren, and we'll play your percentages here.
13:40Well, we have a couple of tall guys over there.
13:42All right, gentlemen.
13:43In this game, there are three categories we'll be playing with, and our challenger's preference
13:47is...
13:4820th century.
13:49Warren, your preference is TV.
13:51And the third category is always pot luck.
13:54Now, the subject we'll use in any round is going to be decided at random, so let's see what the category is for round number one.
14:03Round and round she goes, and it comes up to be pot luck.
14:06That's the jump-in category, as you know, gentlemen.
14:09So, Brad, it's your turn first.
14:11What percentage of difficulty do you want in pot luck?
14:14Let's go for a 50-pointer.
14:1550-pointer in pot luck.
14:17Okay, each of you can jump in.
14:18Hands on buzzers.
14:1950% of the people we surveyed missed this question.
14:22Name the religion in which we find the trio, Brahma, Vishnu, and Siva.
14:28You're in first, Brad, for 50 points.
14:30Name it.
14:31Hinduism.
14:32Hinduism is right.
14:33You get 50 points.
14:37Okay, our challenger is 50 points.
14:39Warren, you can name your difficulty here, the percentage of difficulty.
14:42What do you choose?
14:43I'll try 60.
14:44Going for 60, trying to get the lead.
14:4760% of the people missed this question.
14:49Again, it's a jump-in.
14:50Hands on buzzers.
14:51The tune is that of John Brown's body.
14:54The words were written by Julia Ward Howe.
14:57What is the title of this song?
15:02Nobody buses in.
15:05Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the...
15:07It's the battle hymn of the republic.
15:09The battle hymn of the republic.
15:10No points there.
15:11That's the end of round one with our challenger, Brad, with 50 points.
15:14Warren, our champion with none.
15:16We'll take a break.
15:17Be right back.
15:18Don't leave us, okay?
15:27Welcome back to Play the Percentages.
15:29Let's check the score at the end of round one.
15:30Brad, our challenger with 50 points.
15:32Warren, our champion.
15:33Nothing yet.
15:34And now, let's shuffle the categories around at random and see what category we're going
15:37to play in round number two.
15:39And it comes up to be TV Potluck.
15:42Okay, Potluck, we're in the jump-in category.
15:44Brad, what percentage of difficulty would you like?
15:46Another 50-pointer.
15:47Another 50-pointer.
15:48You got it.
15:5050% of the people missed this question.
15:52Hands on buzzers.
15:53Alcoholic beverages come from a variety of different products.
15:57We get wine from grapes.
15:58What do we get from potatoes?
16:01Brad, you're first in.
16:02For 50 points or a total of 100, what do we get from potatoes?
16:04Vodka.
16:05Vodka is right.
16:06Good for you.
16:08100 points for Brad.
16:10Okay, Warren, we're still in Potluck.
16:12You can choose your degree of difficulty.
16:14He has 100 points.
16:15You have nothing.
16:16How do you want to play it?
16:17I'll try 60.
16:18Going for 60.
16:19All right.
16:20It's a jump-in question again.
16:21Either of you may answer.
16:2260% of the people missed this question.
16:24Hands on buzzers.
16:25Here we go.
16:26According to the legend, whom did the first peeping Tom peep at?
16:30At whom?
16:34Brad, okay, you're coming in, Brad.
16:36For 60 points or a total of 160 points, who did the first peeping Tom peep at whom?
16:41Mrs. Murphy.
16:45He might have, but that was not the first person he peeped at.
16:48Warren, you get a chance at picking up 60 points if you can answer that question.
16:52Eve?
16:53No.
16:55I knew there was somebody else in that garden.
16:57No.
16:58It was Lady Godiva.
16:59Lady Godiva.
17:00That's right.
17:01And that's where peeping Tom came from.
17:03Okay.
17:04No score there.
17:05By random light, let's see what category we're going to be playing in in round number three.
17:09Round and round she goes, and it comes up this time to be...
17:14Potluck.
17:15We have no control over that light.
17:16That's the way it comes up.
17:17Brad, you're up with 100 points, and you can choose your degree of difficulty.
17:20What do you say?
17:2150-pointer.
17:2250-pointer.
17:23Okay, he likes that 50 points.
17:24Remember, it's a jump-in category.
17:2750% of the people miss this question.
17:29Hands are on the buzzers.
17:30That's good.
17:31The residents of this state are called Hoosiers.
17:34Okay, you're first in, Brad.
17:35For 50 points or a total of 150, what's the name of the state?
17:38Indiana.
17:39Indiana.
17:40All right, you get 150 points.
17:44Well, Warren, your turn to pick the degree of difficulty.
17:47We're still in potluck.
17:48I want to try 60 again.
17:50Going for 60 again.
17:51Good luck.
17:5260% of the people we surveyed missed this question.
17:55This Ohio senator was the son of a president and gave his name to a 1947 act that restricted
18:01the activity...
18:02Okay, Warren, you're in.
18:04What's your answer?
18:05Taft.
18:06Robert A. Taft.
18:07Right job.
18:08Gave his name to the act that restricted the activities have organized later, and you
18:10get yourself 60 points.
18:12So, at the end of round number three, Brad with 150 points, Warren with 60 points, and
18:18for round number four, let's switch the categories around, and it comes up to be TV.
18:22All right, that's Warren's category of preference.
18:25Let's see how it works out for you.
18:26Warren, Brad, what degree of difficulty do you want?
18:2850 points.
18:2950 points in TV.
18:3250% of the people we surveyed missed this question, Brad.
18:35One of the characters in Bugs Bunny cartoon says,
18:38Caught in soaring that gall dang rabbit and sports a droopy red mustache.
18:43He's named after a national park.
18:45For a total of 200 points, who is he?
18:47Yosemite Sam.
18:48Right, you are.
18:49You get yourself 200 points.
18:54Well, Warren, Brad has 200 points.
18:56250 points wins the game.
18:58The TV is your preference as far as the category goes, and you can choose your degree of difficulty.
19:03What do you want to do?
19:05Well, I'll try an 80.
19:08Going for an 80.
19:0980% of the people surveyed missed this question.
19:12A show which debuted in 1954 featured Art Linkletter and contestants who were called upon to perform unusual stunts.
19:20For a total of 140 points, what was the appropriate name of the show?
19:24Truth or Consequences?
19:26No.
19:27Sorry.
19:28And that means, Brad, you can win the game right here if you can tell me the name of the show.
19:33Is it your house party?
19:35No.
19:36It is People Are Funny.
19:38That was the name, remember?
19:39People Are Funny.
19:40Okay, let's check the score at the end of round four.
19:42Brad with 200 points.
19:44Warren with 60 points.
19:45We'll take a break.
19:55If you'd like information on how to be a contestant on Play the Percentages, or to join us here in the studio audience, drop a postcard to Play the Percentages, Post Office Box 938, Los Angeles, California.
20:0690048.
20:08Back to you, Jeff.
20:10Well, I hate to quit right here, guys.
20:12Brad and Warren, the game is, Brad, you're within 50 points of winning the game.
20:16Warren, you've got some catching up to do here.
20:18Think about it over the weekend.
20:19We'll be back on Monday.
20:20And until then, this is Jeff Edwards hoping the percentages are always in your favor.
20:24Bye-bye.
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