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by BBTranscriptTeam » Wed Jan 27, 2010 7:57 pm
Gordon Schnaper (BB: gsabc)
Tewksbury, MA
profession is never mentioned...
Gordon's been trying to get on the show for ten years, and here he is going for $50k. Gordon says he's very excited, and Meredith responds that he "seems a little bit low-key." Gordon responds that he is indeed very excited on the inside and it's "waiting to come out even more." Meredith talks him into showing some of that excitement, and Gordon dutifully turns it up a notch for her.
The family is introduced once again, and Meredith mentions that they know a trip to Disneyworld is in their future, to which Gordon responds, "we're not taking the kids, it's just me and Gail!"
Gordon is going for $50,000 and has only his "Ask The Expert" lifeline remaining.
Today's expert is Kate Snow.
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$50,000 - At the Bookstore
Best-selling mystery writer J.D. Robb has penned more than two dozen novels that all have titles featuring what two-word phrase?
A: In Death B: The Secret
C: And Blood D: Murder At
With 24 seconds remaining, Gordon decides to Ask the Expert.
Kate says she reads a lot of books, but not so many mysteries. She has no idea, but tries to reason it out and decides that "And Blood" probably doesn't fit so well into multiple book titles.
Gordon decides to answer B
, an "absolute guess."
A: In Death ( )
Gordon leaves with $25,000.
Here are YouTube links to Gordon's Entire run:
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Bob78164 on Thu Jan 28, 2010 7:04 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Reason: Fixed spelling of last name
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by BBTranscriptTeam » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:00 pm
It might be an hour or two before those youtube links are fully functional...
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by o-man » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:12 pm
'gratz! Don't spend it all in one place!
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by gsabc » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:13 pm
Not that I don't appreciate the transcript team, but would you please fix my name in the subject line? Meredith had enough trouble with it. We don't need more here.
Sincerely,
George
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by a1mamacat » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:21 pm
Congrats Gord. Enjoy the accolades and money.
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by Jeemie » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:25 pm
Sorry you couldn't go further.
Hope you really enjoyed and soaked up your experience, though (know the eye didn't help).
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by snomaim » Wed Jan 27, 2010 8:50 pm
Congratulations Gordon. You really did great!
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by secondchance » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:02 pm
You did such a terrific job, Gordon- 25 thousand congratulations to you!
You did the best you could after all the new stupid TDC/post-PAF/etc. rules. My face hurts a little from smiling so much! You looked great, smart, and came off very charming. Really.
You WERE on a game show this year.
And you left with a large pocketful of cash!
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by Rafferbee » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:18 pm
Good job, Gordon! I had no clue on that question.
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by jayhawker536 » Wed Jan 27, 2010 9:36 pm
Congrats to you Gordon, very entertaining contestant. Your last question makes me wonder if they pick these questions specifically for the contestant. Knowing how much you read and what your interests are, I almost felt like you were "set up" with that question, considering JD Robb, a pen name for Nora Roberts who writes romance, does her mysteries using a pen name which has always made me wonder why. This was a question for a bored housewife who reads a lot, lol, and would never be in a stack of questions for someone who would fit in that life slot. Also makes me think that they are not really trying to get that million dollar winner, it was just a dumb question to have at the $50,000 level for a professional man.
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by Catfish » Wed Jan 27, 2010 10:31 pm
You were marvelous, George
! I had NFC on that question. Does the whole $25,000 go to the copay for your eye surgery?
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by ontellen » Thu Jan 28, 2010 12:10 am
Congrats, Gordon. I read a lot and never heard of this author or her books. They truly don't want a winner. They're only looking for $7,500. winners but I'm glad you took them for more. It was a very gutsy move and it took a Jipter to actually take them for $25,000. Great job!!!
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by themanwho » Thu Jan 28, 2010 3:27 am
The trouble with these book questions is that a jackass like me looks at them and thinks "She's a huge bestseller. That's really not that obscure." I keep forgetting that popular literature is a niche category. Cf., the Tuesday and Wednesday J! online tests. Working at Barnes and Noble gives me a huge advantage in that area.
Ultimately, you came down on the wrong side of a 50/50, but you looked great doing it Gordon. Well done.
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by Phil Ken Sebbin » Thu Jan 28, 2010 3:36 am
Great job, Gordon! I think you had an excellent run in the HS and one of the few to make it to the top tier since the death of PAF.
I would've played the 1st part of your stack identically to you (great minds think alike and I guess ours do, too.) I did know JD Robb was Nora Roberts but I have never read any of her books. I would've guessed In Death, maybe because passing her books in a bookstore or Costco and subconsciously I saw the name and it stuck somewhere.
Great run and you should be proud! Now hopefully you get a chance to enjoy WDW soon.
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by Jeemie » Thu Jan 28, 2010 4:36 am
jayhawker536 wrote:This was a question for a bored housewife who reads a lot, lol, and would never be in a stack of questions for someone who would fit in that life slot...
Ahem.
My wife loves the JD Robb series of books.
And she is a "housewife", but far from bored.
And you'd be amazed what types of question stacks she could handle.
That is all.
PS She'd have been looking at the $100,000 question with all her LLs intact.
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by earendel » Thu Jan 28, 2010 6:33 am
BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Gordon Schnaper (BB: gsabc)
Tewksbury, MA
profession is never mentioned...
Gordon's been trying to get on the show for ten years, and here he is going for $50k. Gordon says he's very excited, and Meredith responds that he "seems a little bit low-key." Gordon responds that he is indeed very excited on the inside and it's "waiting to come out even more." Meredith talks him into showing some of that excitement, and Gordon dutifully turns it up a notch for her.
The family is introduced once again, and Meredith mentions that they know a trip to Disneyworld is in their future, to which Gordon responds, "we're not taking the kids, it's just me and Gail!"
Gordon is going for $50,000 and has only his "Ask The Expert" lifeline remaining.
Today's expert is Kate Snow.
From what I've seen, Kate Snow is another in a line of quasi-celebrity "experts". She may be a journalist but that doesn't qualify her to be much of an expert. If they're going to do away with PAF, then for crying out loud, give us some REAL experts, like Ogi, hermillion, Ken Jennings, etc.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50,000 - At the Bookstore
Best-selling myster writer J.D. Robb has penned more than two dozen novels that all have titles featuring what two-word phrase?
A: In Death B: The Secret
C: And Blood D: Murder At
With 24 seconds remaining, Gordon decides to Ask the Expert.
Kate says she reads a lot of books, but not so many mysteries. She has no idea, but tries to reason it out and decides that "And Blood" probably doesn't fit so well into multiple book titles.
Gordon decides to answer B
, an "absolute guess."
A: In Death ( )
I guess it's true - quantum tunneling doesnt allow for the transmission of information. Otherwise you'd have picked up my retroactive telepathic (and vocal) signals. Though I've never read any of Robb's (Roberts') works I've heard enough about them to know this. I also know that they are quasi-science fiction (taking place in the near future). But you won $25K and lived the dream. Congrats on a good run.
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by TheSearchIsOn » Thu Jan 28, 2010 7:01 am
Congrats Gordon! Glad to see you were able to get past the eye troubles and the last minute removal of the PAF lifeline to take a good chunk of change from them. Hope you can finally make that trip to WDW!
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by themanintheseersuckersuit » Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:01 am
ATE
Ask the Emptyhead
Ask the Enemy
Ask the Encumbrance
Ask the Echo
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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by MarleysGh0st » Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:10 am
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50,000 - At the Bookstore
Best-selling myster writer J.D. Robb has penned more than two dozen novels that all have titles featuring what two-word phrase?
A: In Death B: The Secret
C: And Blood D: Murder At
With 24 seconds remaining, Gordon decides to Ask the Expert.
Kate says she reads a lot of books, but not so many mysteries. She has no idea, but tries to reason it out and decides that "And Blood" probably doesn't fit so well into multiple book titles.
Gordon decides to answer B
, an "absolute guess."
A: In Death ( )
Gordon leaves with $25,000.
Sorry you got stopped here, Gordon. The upper tier is looking more and more like some fabled territory that nobody ever really gets to see.
As for Kate's comment about trying to reason out the titles, I've glanced at Robb's title list over at Amazon and they don't seem to make much sense, either.
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by Jeemie » Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:16 am
I looked at that list too.
I noticed her two latest works are entitled "The Lost" and "Big Jack".
No "In Death" in those titles that I can see.
Of course, those both came out after the episode was taped.
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by Bob Juch » Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:19 am
MarleysGh0st wrote:BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50,000 - At the Bookstore
Best-selling myster writer J.D. Robb has penned more than two dozen novels that all have titles featuring what two-word phrase?
A: In Death B: The Secret
C: And Blood D: Murder At
With 24 seconds remaining, Gordon decides to Ask the Expert.
Kate says she reads a lot of books, but not so many mysteries. She has no idea, but tries to reason it out and decides that "And Blood" probably doesn't fit so well into multiple book titles.
Gordon decides to answer B
, an "absolute guess."
A: In Death ( )
Gordon leaves with $25,000.
Sorry you got stopped here, Gordon. The upper tier is looking more and more like some fabled territory that nobody ever really gets to see.
As for Kate's comment about trying to reason out the titles, I've glanced at Robb's title list over at Amazon and they don't seem to make much sense, either.
I don't see any problem with the titles:
http://www.jdrobb.com/jdbooks.htm
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by jayhawker536 » Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:39 am
Jeemie wrote:jayhawker536 wrote:This was a question for a bored housewife who reads a lot, lol, and would never be in a stack of questions for someone who would fit in that life slot...
Ahem.
My wife loves the JD Robb series of books.
And she is a "housewife", but far from bored.
And you'd be amazed what types of question stacks she could handle.
That is all.
PS She'd have been looking at the $100,000 question with all her LLs intact.
I certainly was not trying to throw insults at your wife, only myself. Why am I not surprised that your wife, like myself, reads Nora or JD whichever you wish to call her. What would have surprised me was if Gordon, a working professional man, had enough time and leisure that he read an author who's writing appeals to mostly women.
Some of you have mentioned cases as to why you know who JD Robb is, but not many. I know a great many women who could have answered that question, can't think of a single man though.
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by Jeemie » Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:43 am
jayhawker536 wrote:Jeemie wrote:jayhawker536 wrote:This was a question for a bored housewife who reads a lot, lol, and would never be in a stack of questions for someone who would fit in that life slot...
Ahem.
My wife loves the JD Robb series of books.
And she is a "housewife", but far from bored.
And you'd be amazed what types of question stacks she could handle.
That is all.
PS She'd have been looking at the $100,000 question with all her LLs intact.
I certainly was not trying to throw insults at your wife, only myself. Why am I not surprised that your wife, like myself, reads Nora or JD whichever you wish to call her. What would have surprised me was if Gordon, a working professional man, had enough time and leisure that he read an author who's writing appeals to mostly women.
Some of you have mentioned cases as to why you know who JD Robb is, but not many. I know a great many women who could have answered that question, can't think of a single man though.
Well- I could have.
But only because we have the books all over the house!!
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by christie1111 » Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:52 am
Gordon, I read a lot of mystery type books and this is one author I have not read, nor could I have come up with this answer.
I did go home to watch and am very glad I did.
Congrats on getting to the HotSeat and fulfilling the quest.
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by ghostjmf » Thu Jan 28, 2010 8:54 am
50K: I had never heard of author nor series. Ulp. I would ATA, & unless they had a big spike for one choice, ATE. And unless they had a big spike for one choice, pick the choice I thought would make the best title word if I were writing the series. I was going for "Secret", same as gsabc.
Very well-played game, gsabc.
I suspect that if you had had PAF, you'd have used it on the boysenberry Q.
In which case you'd have had double dip left to use on this Q, which would have given you a 1-in-2 shot instead of 1-in-4. That's life, & BAM's TPTB at work.