Mark Hudson, director of housing and dinning, was caught lying yesterday afternoon.

He was participating in the Residence Hall Council’s “EIU Celebrity Squares” event, which is the Eastern version of “Hollywood Squares.”

Two contestants for each of the three rounds were selected from the attendees. They played for three $20 gift cards from EIU Bookstore and Wal-mart.

To play the game, contestants picked a celebrity; the celebrity was then asked a question by the host.

Celebrities had the correct answers in front of them, but were encouraged to either give the correct answer or outlandishly lie.

Contestants then had to either agree or disagree with the answer.

Host Erik Dusanek asked Hudson a question: In “Pulp Fiction,” what time were the clocks in the movie set to?

Hudson answered: “Everybody knows it’s 4:40.”

The contestant called his bluff. The correct answer was 4:20.

The event was a past tradition that RHA revived last year. This is the second the event took place.

Jokes from the panelist would through off the contestant’s sense of who was telling the truth.

Dan Nadler, vice president for student affairs, was asked, “What’s Wilma Flintstone’s maiden name,” by Dusanek.

Nadler replied with a joke: “I read the book on Wilma, it’s Blackstone.”

The contestant selected from the crowd called his bluff. The correct answer is: Slaghoople.

President of RHA Carrie Mueller remembered how many U.S. presidents there are by telling an anecdote of learning the names through a song from middle school. The selected contestant agreed, leading her to win the square.

Other celebrity contestants in the squares included Mona Davenport, director of minority affairs; Erin Morettes, Panhellenic Council president; Sean Anderson, Student Body President; Thomas Battle, president of the Black Student Union and other leaders from different campus organizations.

In the second round, the contestant from Taylor Hall took the win.

The last round started with the two contestants rock-paper-scissoring to see who would go first, they tied three times.

This seemed a premonition of the round, which almost resulted in a tie.

Eleven questions were asked; the two contestants – one from Andrews Hall the other from Taylor Hall – were tied at 4 o’s and x’s.

The last question was: Who is the only president not married?

Battle’s answer of “George W. Bush, the first one,” gave the resident from Andrews Hall the win.