How many St. Patrick's fact-ricks do you know?
Let's talk about that.
♪ (theme music) ♪
Good Mythical top of the Morning to ya!
- ...is how I said that. - Happy St. Patrick's Day.
I'm wearing all green and I'm ready to play a game!
I got some green right here. It says "Irish"," and that's because I'm a
McLaughlin, and I'm at least part Irish. And that's why I'm gonna be testing you
in your Irish knowledge today, Link. We're gonna play a game all about St. Partick's
Day, and you know what's at stake today?
- (Irish accent) Me pot o' gold! - Ohhh!
Oh, hey!
Get your grubby hands off of this thing. If you win, every question is worth
one million points, and if you get six million points out of eight million
available points, you win...
- (Irish accent) I get da pot of gold! - (Irish accent) You get da pot of gold!
Link, are you ready to play...
- ♪ (dramatic music and whooshing) ♪ - ...Who Wants To Be a Potofgoldionaire?
Link, welcome to Who Wants To Be a Potofgoldionaire.
- Thank you for having me. - We were gonna cut the lights out
for dramatic effect, but this is what happens when we do that.
(light switch clicks offscreen)
- (Link) Gets kinda dark. - (Rhett) Yeah, so cut those back on.
- But maybe we'll have some music. - Okay.
Okay, here's how it works. You've got eight questions and you gotta get six
- right to win the pot of gold. - So my questions are here on my screen?
Yes. You have three lifelines. You can exercise one of these each, so three total.
One is tell me the answer; that's when I tell you the answer.
You can consult a magic 8-ball,
or you can consult Chase. "Ask Chase" is what we call that lifeline.
- Okay. - You know Chase knows everything.
- Former intern that we now pay: Chase. - Okay.
- ♪ (dramatic music) ♪ - Link, St. Patr -- first question --
St. Patrick was a real guy, and when he was 16, he was captured by a group of
what? A: Pirates, B: Druids, C: Vikings, or D: Disgruntled Pilates Instructors.
- They do get pretty disgruntled. - (Rhett) Yeah.
- [They like] to kidnap. - Um...
(stammering)
I'm feeling Druids, Rhett.
- You're feeling Druids. - (Link laughing)
But it could be pirates, if you wanted to mix it up a little.
If you wanted to surprise me right off the bat, but I'm gonna go with
Druids, B.
(scoffs) But you're wrong. It's pirates, man.
- Oh, really? - (Rhett) You missed the first one.
- It is pirates? - We're not playing the normal rules.
- You would be going home now. - (laughing)
- But you get to stay. - Bring in the next person.
(stammering) We're bringing in the next person, and it's still Link.
- Can Chase take my place? I... - Yeah, he was born in Britain,
and when he was 16, he was captured by Irish pirates who took him to Ireland as
a slave, where he lived for six years before returning to his family.
- Good for him. - Yeah.
- ♪ (dramatic music) ♪ - We all know when we celebrate
St. Patrick's Day, but WHY do we celebrate it on March 17th, is that
A: The day the St. Patrick killed the last snake in Ireland,
B: The day that St. Patrick was born, C: The day that St. Patrick died,
or D: The day that St. Patrick invented emojis using rocks.
- Hm, the emoji one is tempting. - (Rhett) Yes, lot of people don't know that.
- That he invented emojis. With rocks. - (Rhett) Lot of people don't know that.
With rocks. It was just put rocks together...
- Stonehenge is a big emoji. - (Rhett) Is a big emoji.
- I do know that. - But you have to be in an airplane
- to see that. You know that already. - Right.
- So I've eliminated that one. - Really?
Born and died: it's kind of a toss up. Uh, snakes...
- (scoffs) "Uh, snakes." - I feel something about...
I actually do feel there's something about snakes related to St. Patrick's Day.
You're good at this game.
- (crew offscreen laughing) - So you're trying to steer me away
from snakes, huh?
I'm just sayin' I like the way you consider things.
- Oh, you feel the need to... - We need an answer, Link.
- We need an answer. - Okay, um...
Well, you know what? For that, I'm gonna go with
A: Kill the last snake in Ireland.
- You sure you wanna go with that, Link. - Final answer.
- Wrong! - Oh! (laughing)
- I really thought it was right. - It was the day he died.
You have to get all of 'em right from now on.
Ah! Okay, well, I have all my lifelines.
Yeah, it's the day he died. We all know him as St. Patrick, but what was his birth
- name? A: Maewyn Sucks-a-cat... - Not a name.
- Maewyn Succat. - Well, none of these are names.
B: Aelfweard Byrne, C: Quinn Waldhar, D: PewDiePie.
(laughing) Okay...
I'm eliminating one of these, but I'm gonna use one of my lifelines, Rhett.
Tell me the answer. And what is the asterisk?
The asterisk means I may be lying.
- (scoffs) Okay. - I'll tell you the answer,
- but I may be lying. - All right, tell me the answer, Rhett.
- Link, the answer is A: Maewyn Succat. - The one you can't pronounce.
Yes, that is the answer.
I may be lying.
- (crew offscreen laughing) - All right, I'm going with A.
I'm gonna go with you. I'm thinking Maewyn Succat.
"I'm thinkin' Maewyn Succat." Final answer?
No, B: Elf-rear... Elf-weird Burn. I'm changing. Final answer. B.
- (through laughter) Wrong. - Dah!
- I wasn't lying. I said I might be lying. - I know you said you might be lying.
- You missed three! - Well, gimme some of the pot of gold!
- I'm changing it up, man. - Mm.
- If you get FIVE out of eight... - I don't need a pity!
You still get the pot of gold. That means you have to get ALL of the remaining
questions right.
Or you could go for broke and go all incorrect and I'll give it to you then.
- (Link) Ask me another, okay? - Everyone wears green on St. Patrick's
Day, but St. Patrick himself was known for wearing what color?
A: Purple, B: Blue, C: Yellow, D: Zebra Print.
Well, Rhett, uh... funny enough, I feel like I know this one.
- But I don't. - (everyone on and offscreen laughing)
You know, that's what they say on Millionaire.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah... - They say, "I feel like..."
This is a tough one. This is one you needed a lifeline for.
- Oh, well, I've got two more. - Yeah, both very reliable.
I can see St. Patrick in purple or blue, but not yellow or zebra print.
I'm mean, he's not that dude from LMFAO.
- He is not. He is not Redfoo. - Redfoo.
I can agree with you on that. And I'm not lying.
Mm. I'm gonna go with purple.
Blue?
Final answer?
- Yes. - Hey! (clapping) Blue it is, Link!
- (correct ding) All right. - Yes, he was always depicted as wearing
blue. The use of green on St. Patrick's Day began in 1798 during the Irish
rebellion when the clover became a symbol of nationalism and wearing of
the green on lapels became a regular practice.
I feel totally ripped off.
There are St. Patrick's Day parades all over the world, but the first one was held
in what city? A: Boston, Massachusetts, B: Dublin, Ireland, C: New York City,
or D: Buies Creek, North Carolina.
- Our hometown? Very small. - Our hometown.
Would you believe that that was the first St. Patrick's Day parade.
- Doesn't exist there. - You shouldn't believe,
- 'cause it's not correct. - Mm, so Dublin is too obvious.
- Boston is an interesting choice. - (Rhett) It's interesting, isn't it?
New York City... lots of things happen. People love parades in New York City.
- You don't need a lifeline? - Uh, Boston. Final answer.
- Wrong. - (both laughing)
- New York City was the correct answer. - I didn't study for this.
- 1762, Irish soldiers... - This was not like my minor in college.
...serving in the English military during the Revolutionary War marched thorugh
the city to celebrate the religious feast day and their Irish roots.
All right, um... let's press on. Just gimme part of the pot of gold.
- Yeah, I'll give you a loan. - (Link) Okay, yeah, yeah.
Legend says that St. Patrick chased all the snakes out of Ireland, but what is the
real reason there are almost no snakes there?
- See, there IS something about snakes! - There are.
- I was right! - A:...
- I get half of that other one. - Okay, hlaf. Get it. (correct ding)
- (crew offscreen laughing) - A: They were largely wiped out by
a virus in the Middle Ages, B: The geographic location of Ireland,
C: They were hunted for sport, or D: They morphed into bunnies with magic.
Mm. They were hunted for sport, geographic location, largely wiped out by a virus...
in the Middle Ages. That sounds like the answer. It's a lot of words in that one.
- I'm gonna use the 8-ball. - Here it is.
- Okay. (rattling) All right. - Can't go wrong with that.
Is the reason that all the snakes were gone...
- (Rhett) It had the question. - ...because of the virus?
Is it A?
'Cause if it's not A, it's B. "Yes, definitely."
All right, I'm goin' with A. Thank you, magic 8-ball.
- The answer is location, B. - (crew offscreen laughing)
- It was an island, and... - Thanks for nothing, Mr. 8.
...and very cold oceans around it, so at the time when snakes would've...
- That's great! - ...been able to migrate to the island...
- I love that you know that. - ...they were not able to.
You read it on Wikipedia. It has nothing to do with your genealogy.
- You're not doin' to great at this. - You're not a great host!
Based on legend, wearing green on St. Patrick's Day makes you invisible
to what? A: Snakes, B: Demons, C: Leprechauns, D: Your mom.
Sadly I've often felt invisible to my mom. Thanks for bringing that up.
- No, love you, Mom! - I haven't.
I've never felt invisible. You're great. Happy St. Patrick's Day and
- Mother's Day. - (Rhett) Yeah, both of those.
Snakes, Demons, Leprechauns. How many more do I have, here?
- This is next to last. - Mkay. I'm going to use my Chase.
Okay, come on, Chase.
- Chase, I've been asked, um... - He's wearing green.
Based on legend, wearing green on St. Patrick's Day makes me invisible what?
Snakes? Demons? Lepre-chawns, or my mom.
Yeah. "Your Mom" is Link's mom.
- Not your mom, Chase. - I know how to pronounce leprechauns,
but you've already commented about it, and don't delete it.
- Uh, I would -- I think it's leprechauns. - Why?
- Because... - They exist?
Because of location, there aren't any snakes.
(Chase and crew offscreen laughing)
- And leprechauns are Irish. - Does that seem reasonable to you?
- I think it's leprechauns. - Chase thinks it's leprechauns.
And Chase is normally right. Is that true, based on your experience?
- I'm goin' with demons, B. - Dude...
- Chase, he didn't... - Leprechauns aren't real.
- Chase, take a seat. - (Chase) Neither are...!
Snakes. I'm goin' with A. I'm goin' with A. Final answer.
- Link, it's leprechauns. - AHHH! Chase!
- You asked Chase... - (Link) You genius!
...and then you didn't believe him! That's the whole point. Wearing green
- made one invisible to leprechauns, - He didn't seem confident!
fairy creatures who would pinch anyone they could see not wearing green.
How did -- he was guessing, too. I could see in his face.
No, look. He was wearing green in two places.
All right, Link. Wow. The first time St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in space,
an astronaut played what two instruments? A: A 100-year-old flute and a tin whistle,
B: A harp and a cow-skin drum, C: A mell-a-dee-on, a melodeon?
melodeon and two sp-- a mell-a-dee-on and two spoons.
"Hey, Deon, how you feelin' today?" "Pretty mellow, man."
Or D: Both of his underarms, making fart noises.
- Had to put a fart joke in there, huh? - (Rhett) Yeah, I couldn't resist.
A: A 100-year-old flute and a tin whistle. I know this.
- Link, the answer is A! - Catherine Coleman played the flute and
- a tin whistle belonging to the - Of course she did.
members of the Irish group, The Chieftains, while floating weighlessly
in space. Link, uh...
- You can't have me pot o' gold, but... - I probably...
- Okay, one of these. - (Rhett) Have that.
- Is it even chocolate? - Nope. Not even chocolate.
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