Fill In The Gaps Scenes1,2

Fill in the gaps with a word or expression : Scene1: Are you nervous? JAMAL: I’ll __________ D) London. HOST: Computer-ji, D lock kiya-jaye. More portentous music. HOST: Jamal, You are ______________ right! Huge cheers and applause. Even Jamal laughs at this. He cannot quite believe it himself. HOST: It’s _________ hot in here. JAMAL: Are you nervous? HOST:What? Am I nervous? It’s you who is in the ____________ my friend JAMAL: uh! Yes, Sorry More applause. The host hands him a cheque. Jamal looks at it. Laughs again. HOST: A few hours ago, he was giving tea for the phone Wallahs. Now you are ______________ they ever will ever be. What a player! Ladies and Gentleman! What a player! Scene 2: My name is Latika HOST: In Alexandre Dumas’ book, The Three Musketeers, two of the musketeers ____________ Athos and Porthos. What was the name of the ___________ musketeer? JAMAL: I _______________ to phone a friend. HOST Here we ___________.... A phone can be heard ringing, the amplified sound echoing around the studio. Latika is staring at the television. Then an electric current seems to shoot through her and she is running, heading for her abandoned car. The phone rings on... On the passenger seat of Latika’s car, Salim’s phone continues to ring... HOST: You’re _____________, Jamal. The host looks up at the gallery. The Director shakes his head, mimes cutting his throat. Latika grabs the phone. The host opens his mouth to speak. Then, out of the darkness of the studio, LATIKA Hello? A gasp from the audience. LATIKA Hello? Jamal? HOST I’m _______________ that isn’t your brother. This isLATIKA V/O My name is Latika.

KEY: JAMAL: I’ll go for D) London. HOST: Computer-ji, D lock kiya-jaye. More portentous music. HOST: Jamal, You are absolutely right! Huge cheers and applause. Even Jamal laughs at this. He cannot quite believe it himself. HOST: It’s getting hot in here. JAMAL: Are you nervous? HOST:What? Am I nervous? It’s you who is in the hot seat my friend JAMAL: uh! Yes, Sorry More applause. The host hands him a cheque. Jamal looks at it. Laughs again. HOST: A few hours ago, he was giving tea for the phone Wallahs. Now you are richer than they ever will ever be. What a player! Ladies and Gentleman! What a player!

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Hot seat is the name of the chair on which the player sits in the television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Hot Seat is an interactive talk-show on GMA Pinoy TV hosted by Jessica Soho. "Being on the hot seat" is an expression for a high-pressure situation in which a great deal of attention and scrutiny is focused on a person or organization.

Scene 2: My name is Latika HOST: In Alexandre Dumas’ book, The Three Musketeers, two of the musketeers are called Athos and Porthos. What was the name of the third musketeer? JAMAL I’d like to phone a friend. HOST Here we go.... A phone can be heard ringing, the amplified sound echoing around the studio. Latika is staring at the television. Then an electric current seems to shoot through her and she is running, heading for her abandoned car. The phone rings on... On the passenger seat of Latika’s car, Salim’s phone continues to ring... HOST: You’re on your own, Jamal. (by yourself)

The host looks up at the gallery. The Director shakes his head, mimes cutting his throat. Latika grabs the phone. The host opens his mouth to speak. Then, out of the darkness of the studio, LATIKA Hello? A gasp from the audience. LATIKA Hello? Jamal? HOST I’m guessing that isn’t your brother. This isLATIKA V/O My name is Latika.