100 QUESTIONS ANSWERED!!!!!!!
2009-08-31 · John · watch on YouTube · Nerdfighteria · conversation qa
John answers 100 viewer questions in under four minutes, mixing quick preferences (The Mountain Goats, Joyce, Picard) and in-jokes with a few sincere answers (the meaning of life is other people; hope over despair).
What is said
00:00:00 — Question Tuesday record attempt: 100 viewer questions answered in four minutes (Willy, the puff, books, bands, Hank, favorites, in-your-pants); sign-off
- ★★★ John attempts to answer 100 viewer questions in four minutes, on a Sunday. — 00:00:00 · Question Tuesday
- ★★ Asked whether Paper Towns will be published in France, John answers in French that he thinks so. (hedged) — 00:00:22 · Paper Towns, France
- ★★ John names The Mountain Goats his favorite, second and fourth favorite band, with Hank third, and Hank's anglerfish song as his favorite Hank song. (playful) — 00:00:50 · The Mountain Goats, Hank Green
- ★ John says his first job was at Steak 'n Shake. — 00:01:09
- ★★ Asked whether he will write a sequel to Looking for Alaska, John answers probably not. (hedged) — 00:01:15 · Looking for Alaska
- ★★ In quick literary picks John chooses Joyce over Yeats and Whitman over Faulkner, names Hamlet his favorite play, and says he liked The Hunger Games. — 00:01:20 · Walt Whitman
- ★★★ Asked the meaning of life, John answers other people; his favorite word is 'together', he chooses hope over despair, and says he is almost happy. — 00:01:27
- ★ John names James Buchanan the worst president. — 00:02:06
- ★ John picks Picard over Kirk, Mario over Link, Canon over Nikon, Final Cut as best editing software, Amsterdam as favorite city and Fantasia as favorite Disney movie. — 00:02:55 · Amsterdam
Humor (dominant)
- Asked the running question 'Who the eff is Hank?' — 00:00:32 > «He's a massive, incandescent gas.»
- Asked if he is worried about balding. — 00:01:32 > «Jeez, I wasn't until you mentioned it. But now I am.»
- A chain of who/what/where questions answered 'Monkeys', until 'Where?' — 00:01:44 > «In your pants!»
- Asked his favorite Beatle, John answers 'John'; asked his favorite color, he completes his own name. — 00:02:36 > «Green.»
Threads in this video
- kept · John: break the Question Tuesday record by answering 100 questions in four minutes (2009) — The description says John answers 100 questions in less than four minutes, completing his Question Tuesday record attempt. (00:00:00)
- callback · John's 'the puff' stress habit (2007) — Viewers ask how many puffs a puff would puff and how long John has had the puff. (00:00:03)
- callback · 'In your pants' suffix game (2007) — John names 'Little Pea in your pants' his favorite picture book and later answers 'Where?' with 'In your pants!' (00:00:10)
- variant · 'Who the F is Hank?': John's joke answers (2008) — Asked 'Who the eff is Hank?', John gives a new joke answer: a massive, incandescent gas. (00:00:32)
- callback · John's 'Nerd Fighters' arcade game at the Savannah airport (2007) — Asked his favorite arcade game, John answers 'Nerdfighters', recalling the 'Nerd Fighters' arcade game. (00:01:58)
- result · John asks Nerdfighters for many succinct questions for his 100-questions-in-four-minutes Question Tuesday (2009) — The questions John answers are the succinct questions Nerdfighters left for the record attempt. (00:02:26)
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