Langhorne, PA
Dog treat bakery owner
Carrie started her bakery a little over a year ago, after she began by baking treats for her own dog.
Question Topics:
* Internet Origins
* Mammals
* The Senate
* Hormones
* The United Nations
* Magazines
* Classic Novels
* Architecture
* CELEBRITY Q
* Landmark Letters
* Probability
* Slang
* Advertising
* Furniture
* Old Sayings
$500 * Old Sayings
According to an old saying, what kind of animal "catches the worm"?
A: The early cat B: The early bird
C: The early horse D: The CBS Early Show
Answer
By definition, which of these types of chairs is meant to be used outdoors?
A: Rocking chair B: Swivel chair
C: Lawn chair D: Easy chair
Answer
A talking toaster named "Milton" was featured in early advertisements for what popular snack brand?
A: Pop-Tarts B: Twinkies
C: Doritos D: Oreos
Answer
When used as a verb, which of these words is not commonly used as a slang term meaning "to dismiss from a job"?
A: Horn B: Sack
C: Axe D: Can
Answer
If you randomly guess the answer to this multiple-choice question, what are the odds you would get it correct?
A: 10 percent B: 25 percent
C: 33 percent D: 50 percent
Answer
We see a picture of Carrie's dog, Gurney (?), who is the face of her business and their chief taster.
$7,500 * Landmark Letters
In 1887, a group of prominent citizens penned a letter protesting what landmark as an "odious column of bolted metal"?
A: Eiffel Tower B: Leaning Tower of Pisa
C: Great Pyramid D: Washington Monument
Answer
Reading this celebrity question is Gilles Marini.
On the eighth season of "DWTS," I finished in second place behind seventeen-year-old Shawn Johnson, who first rose to fame as a what?
A: Supermodel B: Country singer
C: Snowboarder D: Gymnast
Answer
Which of these U.S. places lends its name to a style of house that is commonly constructed with a low frame and central chimney?
A: Cape Cod B: Shenandoah Valley
C: Mackinac Island D: Mississippi Delta
Answer
In an allusion to Greek mythology, Mary Shelley's classic novel "Frankenstein" has what subtitle?
A: The New Pandora B: The Bold Narcissus
C: The Tragic Oedipus D: The Modern Prometheus
With 21 seconds left, Carrie decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is Kate Snow, anchor of Good Morning America, Weekend Edition.
Kate: I don't know why, but I have a feeling that it's D: Modern--I don't know how to say that--Prometheus? But I just feel like maybe I've seen that on the book jacket. Did you ever read it, Carrie?
Carrie: I have not read it.
Kate: I read it twenty five years ago. I'm not entirely sure, but I have a gut feeling that it might be D.
Carrie: How sure is that gut feeling?
Kate: Well, it's definitely not Oedipus, right. It's not C, because we all know what an Oedipal Complex is, right? And I don't think it's Pandora--I'm fair--I would say I'm fifty-fifty.
Meredith: All right.
Answer
The same week that Carrie auditioned for this show, her car died. She's driving her friend's twenty-year-old pickup truck, a little green Ford Ranger. She's not sure if she wants to fix her old car or buy a new one.
$25,000 * Magazines
Over 1.5 million copies of the April 1972 issue of Cosmopolitan were sold thanks to a nude centerfold of whom?
A: Jack Nicholson B: Burt Reynolds
C: Joe Namath D: Peter Fonda
Carrie thinks she knows, but with 17 seconds left, she decides to Ask The Audience.
ATA: A: 3% B: 73% C: 20% D: 4%
That was Carrie's guess, too.
Answer
What is the one member of the United Nations whose capital city has a name that begins with the letter "Z"?
A: Sri Lanka B: Kenya
C: Croatia D: Laos
With 35 seconds left, Carrie decides to Double Dip.
Carrie's first answer is
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Carrie's second answer is
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Answer
-- Commercial Break --
Sneak Peak at One of the Next Episode's Questions
The active ingredient in which of these popular drugs was originally developed to treat high blood pressure?
A: Rogaine B: Advair
C: Claritin D: Ritalin
Edited to correct the name of the celebrity reading the CELEBRITY Q (and to correct the spelling of "advertisements" while I'm at it).