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Kathleen Dwyer
Stamford, CT
Phys-Ed Teacher

Kathleen was at one time Mary Tyler Moore’s personal trainer.

Kathleen is a carryover contestant from the 1/30/09 episode.

Kathleen has all of her lifelines.

Topic Tree:

Paperwork
Hello, Guv'nor!
The Art Scene
What's in a Name?
It's an Expression
Under the Hood
Political Posts
(Military History)
(Achilles' Heel)
(Chuckleheads)
(Switzerland)
(Snack Origins)
(Golden Oldies)
(Phil'Er Up)
(In a Frenzy)

Meredith introduces today’s ATE, Ashleigh Banfield, Emmy-winner, international correspondent and cohost of TruTv’s “Banfield & Ford: Courtside.”

$16K The political Web site Huffingtonpost.com was founded in 2005 by a writer with what first name?
A. Arianna
B. Louise
C. Martha
D. Paloma



$25K Catalytic converters are often popular targets for car thieves because they contain traces of what valuable metal?
A. Brass
B. Silver
C. Platinum
D. Copper

[I]ATA (24)

3% A. Brass
11% B. Silver
32% C. Platinum
54% D. Copper

Kathleen goes with the audience and makes D. Copper her final answer.
Kathleen leaves with $1K.



Answers:
$16K A. Arianna
$25K C. Platinum

Nihil obstat®

Keyword was "traces", dear. None of the incorrect choices are valuable enough to be worthwhile in those quantities. Nasty ATA dursting.

Yeah. The theft of copper has been in the news a fair amount lately--while I can't recall any news stories about catalytic converter thefts--so that was a wicked distracter. Asking the audience to notice a subtle clue about "traces" is a lot to expect.

I wonder if Kathleen held off on her viewing party for three weeks, knowing what the outcome would be?

Ah, the celebrity hook returns.

Who??? And as she said herself, her background being in legal affairs, how useful is she likely to be in other areas?

Several of the left-wing blogs don't much care for her because she was a Republican at one time (or at least her husband was.

At least she wasn't really done in by the ATA because that's what she thought the answer was also. I wonder why. Maybe she'd heard about thieves stealing copper downspouts and wire.

And what did Ashleigh say when Meredith was asking if she was ready to help? Something about the stress of being a new mother blanking out her mind? If she was at all serious about that, why in the world would she agree to be an expert? Do these C-list celebrities feel any responsibility to the contestants at all?

I don't think they do. I think they think it's just a lark that will get them a little more screen time, or maybe even serve as an audition for when they're up to be a news anchor or commenter.

25K: To tell the truth, I thought it was copper too, just because it seemed like a more common metal. Platinum was the last thing that I would've guessed.

Not paying attention to current events beyond politics, business, and local would have paid off- copper wouldn't have been a distractor at all.

Well- that and I knew the answer.