WE ARE BACK ON THIS WINES DAY WEDNESDAY READY TO PLAY WHO
KNEW. THIS SATURDAY IS EARTH DAY.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU TO THE TEST WITH SOME FUN FACTS THAT
WILL MAKE YOU ASK WHAT ON EARTH. HODA IS AT THE SHOP AT NBC
STUDIOS AND 30 ROCK READY TO HAND OUT $100 TO ANYBODY WHO
GETS THE QUESTIONS RIGHT AND THOSE WHO DON'T GET A SIGNED
COPY OF HER BOOK. HERE IS AUTHOR OF JACK AND THE
GENIUSES A GENIUS HIMSELF, MR. BILL NYE, EVERYBODY.
HELLO. >> HI.
>> YOU READY TO PLAY. >> YES, READY FOR HILARIOUS
SCIENCE INTERACTION. >> LET'S SEE.
ALL RIGHT. OKAY, HODA WOMAN.
>> BIG BILL NYE FANS OUT HERE. WHAT'S YOUR NAME.
>> AND TONY NET. >> WHERE YOU FROM.
>> SOUTH JERSEY. >> THE LARGEST SNOWFLAKE ON
RECORD HAD A REPORTED DIAMETER ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF 7 INCHES,
10 INCHES OR 15 INCHES. >> I'M GOING WITH B.
>> SHE'S GOING WITH B. >> OH.
BUT WAIT. >> AND ALL RIGHT.
I THINK YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO DEMONSTRATE.
>> YOU GUYS MADE THIS 15 INCHES. IT WAS IN MONTANA SOMEPLACE IN
THE 1870s. >> DID THEY HAVE ENOUGH RULERS
THEN? >> I THINK THEY HAD RULER THAT
WERE ACCURATE. YOU'VE GOT TO HAVE THE RIGHT
CONDITIONS FOR THE FLAKES TO STICK TOGETHER AND MAKE IT ALL
THE WAY TO THE GROUND. VERY IMPRESSIVE BUT THAT WOULD
BE A BIG SNOWFLAKE. >> THAT WOULD BE A VERY LARGE
ONE. >> NORMALLY THE WIND BREAKS THEM
UP. >> GOOD.
>> YOU KNOW, IT'S CHAOS. SO THE PATTERN REPEATS, REPEATS
AND IT GETS BIGGER AND BIGGER. >> OKAY, HODA.
>> WE HAVE A BIRTHDAY GIRL. WHAT ARE WE CELEBRATING TODAY.
>> 60 SNIX TELL ME YOUR NAME. >> NANCY.
>> I NEIL LIKE YOU'RE GOING TO WIN.
WHEN YOU DROP THIS ITEM INTO A GLASS OF FRESHLY POURED
CHAMPAGNE, IT WILL BOUNCE UP AND DOWN CONTINUOUSLY.
IS IT A RAISIN, A PEANUT OR A CARROT.
>> ASK YOUR SON. >> B.
>> B. >> HER SON OH.
WAIT. YEA.
>> THANK YOU. >> OKAY, BILL, WHAT'S THE
ANSWER? >> SO THE ANSWER IS RAISINS.
YOU PUT THIS AS A CLASSIC SCIENCE TEACHER DEMONSTRATION.
YOU SEE THE BUBBLES. IT'S LIKE.
>> IT LIKES THE CHAMPAGNE. >> LIKE THE MEANT TOES IN THE
COKE. THE BUBBLES WILL STICK TO THE
RAISIN AND THE RAISIN WILL RISE TO THE SURFACE AND SINK.
IT'S A CLASSIC QUESTION. YOU SHOW A STUDENT THIS AND YOU
SAY IS IT ALIVE. >> CARROT YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF
BUBBLES BUT THAT'S IT. WHAT ABOUT A PEANUT.
>> YOU SEE A LOT OF BUBBLES. THERE IT GOES TO THE TOP.
>> THAT RAISIN IS HOLDING ON. >> I WAS HOPING IT WOULD RISE.
SEE HOW IT GOES. >> WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
>> CHUCK WILLIAMS. >> WHERE YOU FROM.
>> VIRGINIA. >> THE WHAT'S YOUR NAME?
>> TONY. >> I LET'S PLAY.
WHAT IS THE CLOSEST POINT TO SPACE ON EARTH?
WHAT? WHAT IS THE CLOSEST POINT TO
SPACE ON EARTH? MT. EVEREST, MOUND KILIMANJARO.
>> HE SAYS MOUNT HE EVEREST. >> I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THE
ANSWER. >> CHIMOBROZA IS IN THE AND
DECEMBER. SO THE EARTH SPINNING BULGES OUT
AT THE MIDDLE AND LIFTS THE MBTSS IN THE AND DECEMBER A
LITTLE CLOSER TO SPACE. >> A LITTLE BIT OF A TRICK
QUESTION. >> I LIKE IT THOUGH, BILL NYE
SCIENCE GUY. >> THIS ONE IS A BIG QUESTION.
IF YOU LOSE, AND YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER LOSING, SWEETIE, YOU
GET KATHIE LEE'S "PARTY ANIMALS" BOOK.
THIS ONE IS WORTH $1,000 ON EBAY.
WHAT'S YOUR NAME? >> CHRISTINA.
>> I THINK THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GET THIS.
TRUE OR FALSE. THERE ARE NO BLACK FLOWERS ON
EARTH. >> TRUE.
>> IS IT TRUE? >> IT'S TRUE.
>> WAIT. WAIT.
IT'S TRUE. IT'S TRUE.
SO SHE GETS $100.
AND AN -- >> YEAH.
HOPEFULLY THEY'LL PUT THAT TOWARDS HER COLLEGE FUND IF SHE
SELLS IT. >> YES.
AS LONG AS THE AUTHOR IS PLEASED WITH THAT.
>> YES, I AM. WHAT ABOUT THE BLACK FLOWER?
>> NO SUCH THING. >> VERY CLOSE.
A LOT OF DARK FLOWERS BUT I GUESS THEY'RE NOT QUITE BLACK.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU GUESS? YOU'RE BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY.
>> YES, THERE ARE NO BLACK FLOWERS.
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING US. >> HERE'S THE THING THOUGH.
>> WE HAVE NO TIME. >> WHY NOT SOAK UP ALL THE SUN
LIGHT? APPARENTLY CHLOROPHYLL IS THE