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   
