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Steve Carpenato
Long Beach, NY
Guidance counselor

Steve works with 7th through 12th graders. He keeps the notes of kids who have written to him to thank him for his help - whenever Steve is having a bad day he reads one and it puts a smile on his face. Steve is also working part-time as a waiter because his wife Tara is staying at home to take care of their 9-month old baby, Candace. Steve calls her his little princess. Candace was the name of his wife's first Cabbage Patch Kid.

Topic tree:
- Famous Paintings
- Hello, Guv'nor!
- Good Luck Charms
- The Wiz
- Quick Fix
- Famous Isles
- Fast Times
- One Stamp, Please
- It's a Real Butte!
- Time Magazine
- The Name Game
- Small Ball
- Get a Clue
- Cookbooks
- Senior Prom

$100 - In a common senior prom ritual, two lucky students are traditionally named what?
A - king and queen
B - duke and dutchess
C - baron and baroness
D - Oprah and Stedman

Spoiler

A - king and queen (5)

$200 - What country's cuisine is the subject of the 2008 coookbook "Beyond the Great Wall"?
A - Mexico
B - China
C - Italy
D - Australia

Spoiler

B - China (9)

$300 - In the classic board game Clue, which of the suspects is a teacher?
A - Professor Plum
B - Colonel Mustard
C - Mr. Green
D - Mrs. Peacock

Spoiler

A - Professor Plum (8)

$500 - The official slogan of the United States Blind Golf Association is "You Don't Have to See it to" what?
A - Spike it
B - Dunk it
C - Tee it
D - Slapshot it

Spoiler

C - Tee it (7)

$1K - Which of these Founding Father surnames is also the name of a 2008 movie blockbuster starring Will Smith?
A - Adams
B - Hancock
C - Jefferson
D - Madison

Spoiler

B - Hancock (9)

Steve has earned the "Ask the Expert" lifeline; as has been the case all week, the expert is teacher Nancy Christy.

$2K - What was the subject of a 2008 Time magazine article entitled "Bye 'Birdie', Hello 'Rent'"?
A - fashion design
B - musical theater
C - jazz music
D - horror films

Spoiler

Meredith cautions him to watch his clock as the time ticks down.

B - musical theater (10)

$4K - What is a butte?
A - dry lake bed
B - group of trees
C - frozen waterfall
D - flat-topped hill

Spoiler

After Steve answers, Meredith says, "You looked like you didn't know." Steve looks at her and says, "Did I"? Meredith tells him he's right.

D - flat-topped hill (19)

commercial break

Steve would like to stop the waiting and focus on his family, maybe put aside some money to buy a house. Meredith says that they try to do a Teacher Week every year because of the importance of teachers. Steve gets a $1000 CVS gift card.

$8K - In May 2008, the price of a first-class U.S. postage stamp increased to what?
A - 41 cents
B - 42 cents
C - 43 cents
D - 44 cents

Spoiler

Meredith asks if Steve mails a lot of letters. Steve says that in his job he does, so he should know this, and he thinks he does. He makes "A" his final answer.

Unfortunately that's not correct.

B - 42 cents (7)

Spoiler

ANSWERS:
$100 - A (king and queen)
$200 - B (China)
$300 - A (Professor Plum)
$500 - C (Tee it)
$1K - B (Hancock)
$2K - B (musical theater)
$4K - D (flat-topped hill)
$8K - B (42 cents)

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Steve has earned the "Ask the Expert" lifeline; as has been the case all week, the expert is teacher Nancy Christie.

But her friends call her Nancie Christy.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Steve Carpenato
Long Beach, NY
Guidance counselor

On Long Island, so he's a WE®.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: - Famous Paintings
- Hello, Guv'nor!
- Good Luck Charms
- The Wiz
- Quick Fix
- Famous Isles
- Fast Times
- One Stamp, Please
- It's a Real Butte!
- Time Magazine
- The Name Game
- Small Ball
- Get a Clue
- Cookbooks
- Senior Prom

Lots of vague categories between stamps and paintings.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $300 - In the classic board game Clue, which of the suspects is a teacher?
A - Professor Plum
B - Colonel Mustard
C - Mr. Green
D - Mrs. Peacock

In the classic version, yes. But Mr. Plum is not a professor anymore. He's now a video game designer.

$8K: I haven't bought stamps lately, so I can't remember if they went up to 42 cents or 43 cents. I'll ask the audience.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Steve Carpenato
Long Beach, NY
Guidance counselor

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$8K - In May 2008, the price of a first-class U.S. postage stamp increased to what?
A - 41 cents
B - 42 cents
C - 43 cents
D - 44 cents

Spoiler

Meredith asks if Steve mails a lot of letters. Steve says that in his job he does, so he should know this, and he thinks he does. He makes "A" his final answer.

Unfortunately that's not correct.

B - 42 cents (7)

This question (or a variation thereof) has come up several times on BAM. Unfortunately I don't mail too many letters, so it's time to ATA and hope for a good result.

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Steve Carpenato
Long Beach, NY
Guidance counselor

On Long Island, so he's a WE®.

Most of the teachers this week were WE®s, probably because of the tape dates. They chose people who were close (or maybe there was a teacher in-service day in the NYC school system).

Only 3 of the 7 teachers were from New York.

luv2jog wrote:Only 3 of the 7 teachers were from New York.

And we know that's perfectly proportional to the percentage of the population that lives in the NYC area.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

luv2jog wrote:Only 3 of the 7 teachers were from New York.

And we know that's perfectly proportional to the percentage of the population that lives in the NYC area.

I mentioned that in regards to earendel saying that "most" of the contenstants last week were from WE territory.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $8K - In May 2008, the price of a first-class U.S. postage stamp increased to what?
A - 41 cents
B - 42 cents
C - 43 cents
D - 44 cents

This is what I get for using those forever stamps. I don't know the price of stamps anymore!

Rafferty Barnes wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $8K - In May 2008, the price of a first-class U.S. postage stamp increased to what?
A - 41 cents
B - 42 cents
C - 43 cents
D - 44 cents

This is what I get for using those forever stamps. I don't know the price of stamps anymore!

You need to enter sweepstakes like Timsterino and me. We bemoan each increase as cutting into our profits.