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Joseph Anderson
New York City, New York
Hospital outreach coordinator

Joseph has all of his lifelines

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Chicken
It's Greek to Me
The Trifecta
Muscles
Stupid Names
Credit Cards
'70s Comedies
World Leaders
TV Taglines
Internet Lingo
('80s Quotes)
(Good Eats)
(Opinion Surveys)
(Here Kitty Kitty)
(Clapping Games)

$2K In Internet lingo, which of these abbreviations is a common way of expressing surprise?
A: IMHO
B: TTYL
C: BRB
D: OMG

Spoiler

D. OMG (20)

$4K “King takes queen” is the chess-inspired tagline for what popular cable drama?
A. The Tudors
B. Mad Men
C. The Riches
D. Damages

Joseph stops the clock at 17 seconds to PAF

Joseph's PAF team:
Cyrus – Durham, NC - A building scientist
Matt - New York, NY – A restaurant manager
Jim – Nashville, NC – A retired media specialist

PAF – Jim

Jim says he doesn’t know, but thinks it may be “The Tudors.”
He’s about 50% sure.

Spoiler

A. The Tudors (5)

commercial break

$8K In 2008, what world leader announced his retirement by posting a letter on the Web site of the Communist newspaper Granma?
A. Muammar Qaddafi
B. Hosni Mubarak
C. Robert Mugabe
D. Fidel Castro

Joseph decides to ATA (14)

ATA

4% A. Muammar Qaddafi
7% B. Hosni Mubarak
7% C. Robert Mugabe
82% D. Fidel Castro

Spoiler

D. Fidel Castro (6)

$16K What classic big-screen comedy is available in a special “Don’t Call Me Shirley! Edition” DVD?
A. Caddyshack
B. Meatballs
C. Airplane!
D. Animal House

Joseph says that it sounds familiar, but decides to ATE (9)

Today’s ATE expert is Dave Karger. He appears on “The Today Show” with his predictions for the Emmys and Oscars.

Dave says that this is an easy one. It’s a famous line from “Airplane!.”
Joseph says he realized that as soon as he asked to use the ATE.

Spoiler

C. Airplane! (5)

$25K “5” is the first digit of all account numbers associated with what major credit card?
A. Visa
B. MasterCard
C. American Express
D. Discover

Joseph: To bad they didn’t let me bring my wallet out here.
I have a MasterCard and it doesn’t start with a five.

Joseph doesn’t want to risk it and just lets the time run out.

Joseph leaves with $16K.

Spoiler

B. MasterCard (0)

commercial break

Answers:
$2K D. OMG
$4K A. The Tudors
$8K D. Fidel Castro
$16K C. Airplane!
$25K B. MasterCard

OK up to the last question. I would either ATA or Ask the Expert on this one. I thought it was hard -and maybe undervalued.

$2K In Internet lingo, which of these abbreviations is a common way of expressing surprise?
A: IMHO
B: TTYL
C: BRB
D: OMG

A shout-out to me on choice C.

Spoiler

D: OMG ------- (20)

For me, total nihil obstat® stack.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Joseph Anderson
New York City, New York
Hospital outreach coordinator

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16K What classic big-screen comedy is available in a special “Don’t Call Me Shirley! Edition” DVD?
A. Caddyshack
B. Meatballs
C. Airplane!
D. Animal House

Joseph says that it sounds familiar, but decides to ATE:

Today’s ATE expert is Dave Karger. He appears on “The Today Show” with his predictions for the Emmys and Oscars.

Dave says that this is an easy one. It’s a famous line from “Airplane!.”
Joseph says he realized that as soon as he asked to use the ATE.

Spoiler

C. Airplane! (5)

Ted: "Surely you can't be serious!"
Dr. Rumack: "I am serious. And don't call me Shirley."

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25K “5” is the first digit of all account numbers associated with what major credit card?
A. Visa
B. MasterCard
C. American Express
D. Discover

Joseph: To bad they didn’t let me bring my wallet out here.
I have a MasterCard and it doesn’t start with a five.

Joseph doesn’t want to risk it and just lets the time run out.

Joseph leaves with $16K.

Spoiler

B. MasterCard (0)

As often as I use mine, this was a no-brainer. So I'd be going for the $25K question with all lifelines intact.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $16K What classic big-screen comedy is available in a special “Don’t Call Me Shirley! Edition” DVD?
A. Caddyshack
B. Meatballs
C. Airplane!
D. Animal House

Joseph says that it sounds familiar, but decides to ATE:

Today’s ATE expert is Dave Karger. He appears on “The Today Show” with his predictions for the Emmys and Oscars.

Dave says that this is an easy one. It’s a famous line from “Airplane!.”
Joseph says he realized that as soon as he asked to use the ATE.

Another lifeline sacrificed to the damned clock.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $25K “5” is the first digit of all account numbers associated with what major credit card?
A. Visa
B. MasterCard
C. American Express
D. Discover

Ack! My US Airways Dividend Miles card is a Mastercard, but I only got that to keep my frequent flyer miles; I haven't used it enough to have remembered the first digit. With all my lifelines at this point, I might have gone down in flames using the Double Dip to guess C and D.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $25K “5” is the first digit of all account numbers associated with what major credit card?
A. Visa
B. MasterCard
C. American Express
D. Discover

Joseph: To bad they didn’t let me bring my wallet out here.
I have a MasterCard and it doesn’t start with a five.

Joseph doesn’t want to risk it and just lets the time run out.

Joseph leaves with $16K.

Spoiler

B. MasterCard (0)

I'm embarrassed to say I have a MasterCard, and I thought it started with a 4. I think the Visa cards start with a 4.

summus123 wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $25K “5” is the first digit of all account numbers associated with what major credit card?
A. Visa
B. MasterCard
C. American Express
D. Discover

Joseph: To bad they didn’t let me bring my wallet out here.
I have a MasterCard and it doesn’t start with a five.

Joseph doesn’t want to risk it and just lets the time run out.

Joseph leaves with $16K.

Spoiler

B. MasterCard (0)

I'm embarrassed to say I have a MasterCard, and I thought it started with a 4. I think the Visa cards start with a 4.

That is correct. Visas start with 4. American Expresses start with 3. Discovers start with 6.

It looks like another case of the clock negatively affecting a contestant. 3 straight lifelines on 3 middle-range questions. He said he knew the Airplane answer. Then he could have PAF or ATE and said, "pull out your wallet and look at your credit cards." for the $25K question.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $16K What classic big-screen comedy is available in a special “Don’t Call Me Shirley! Edition” DVD?
A. Caddyshack
B. Meatballs
C. Airplane!
D. Animal House

Joseph says that it sounds familiar, but decides to ATE:

Today’s ATE expert is Dave Karger. He appears on “The Today Show” with his predictions for the Emmys and Oscars.

Dave says that this is an easy one. It’s a famous line from “Airplane!.”
Joseph says he realized that as soon as he asked to use the ATE.

Anyone know how many seconds were left when she used ATE? Yesterday's episode got pre-empted in SoCal due to the fires.

15QuestionsAway wrote: Anyone know how many seconds were left when she used ATE? Yesterday's episode got pre-empted in SoCal due to the fires.

Nine seconds