Transcript 10/24/2014 - Patti Carpenter (carryover)

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Patti Carpenter
Chelsea, NY

Returning contestant Patti smiles so much she's known as "Squinch". She's halfway to the million and says she'll have no problem keeping her eyes on the prize. Patti has traveled all over the world. She visited her 53rd country in the spring. She has banked $34,000 and has her +1 lifeline avalable.

Question #6:
A common sight in Christian art, paintings of Jesus wearing a crown of thorns are named after what words spoken by Pontius Pilate?
A - Festina lente
B - Ecce homo
C - Alea jacta est est
D - Errare humanum est

Patti says that

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"festina" sounds a little too exciting, like "festival"

. She thinks that

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"Ecce homo" has something to do with "this man"

. She's a bit torn so she decides to call on her +1, one of her dearest friends in the world, Elaine Schiff, whom she has known since college. Elaine thinks it might be

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D because "errare" sounds like "error" so it could be "this is a human error"

. Patti says she was leaning that way also. But she decides to take the money.

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Answer: B (Ecce homo)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $17,000 (half the bank)

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Patti Carpenter
Chelsea, NY

Returning contestant Patti smiles so much she's known as "Squinch". She's halfway to the million and says she'll have no problem keeping her eyes on the prize. Patti has traveled all over the world. She visited her 53rd country in the spring. She has banked $34,000 and has her +1 lifeline avalable.

Question #6:
A common sight in Christian art, paintings of Jesus wearing a crown of thorns are named after what words spoken by Pontius Pilate?
A - Festina lente
B - Ecce homo
C - Alea jacta est est
D - Errare humanum est

Patti says that

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"festina" sounds a little too exciting, like "festival"

. She thinks that

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"Ecce homo" has something to do with "this man"

. She's a bit torn so she decides to call on her +1, one of her dearest friends in the world, Elaine Schiff, whom she has known since college. Elaine thinks it might be

Spoiler

D because "errare" sounds like "error" so it could be "this is a human error"

. Patti says she was leaning that way also. But she decides to take the money.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Ecce homo)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $17,000 (half the bank)

I don't know how I would have done on her previous questions but this one was a no-brainer. Good thing she decided to walk away.