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Caroline Cross
New York City, NY
High school English teacher

Caroline has all of her lifelines

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$16K Founded in 1881, the Wharton School is a prestigious business school at what university?
A. University of Michigan
B. University of Virginia
C. University of Pennsylvania
D. University of Connecticut

PAF (21)

Caroline’s PAF team:

Dana fro Flushing, NY – Caroline’s mom
Lisa from Whitestone, NY – a friend
Pete from Purchase, NY – a friend

PAF – Pete

Pete says he is 100% sure it is the University of Pennsylvania.

Spoiler

C. University of Pennsylvania ( 18 )

$25K Increasingly popular in clubs, bhangra is a trendy type of dance music that originated in what part of the world?
A. Eastern Europe
B. The Caribbean
C. South America
D. South Asia

Caroline says that it sounds like an Indian word.

Spoiler

D. South Asia (1)

commercial break

$50K In the last scene of “The Cosby Show” series finale, Cliff and Clair Huxtable dance off the set after Cliff finally fixes the what?
A. Doorbell
B. Banister
C. Kitchen faucet
D. Dishwasher

Caroline guesses B. Banister and leaves with $25K.

Spoiler

A. Doorbell (32)

Answers:
$16K C. University of Pennsylvania
$25K D. South Asia
$50K A. Doorbell

Easy $50,000 question.

Millionaire Fan wrote:Easy $50,000 question.

Only if you watched Cosby...

Too bad she didn't use the double dip as long as she was making a wild-ass guess; it would have increased her odds of getting it right, instead of simply leaving it on the table.

Would she have gone down to $1,000 if she got the double dip wrong, or just back to $25,000?

Second Chance wrote:

Millionaire Fan wrote:Easy $50,000 question.

Only if you watched Cosby...

Too bad she didn't use the double dip as long as she was making a wild-ass guess; it would have increased her odds of getting it right, instead of simply leaving it on the table.

Would she have gone down to $1,000 if she got the double dip wrong, or just back to $25,000?

Just back to $25,000, so she had nothing to lose by trying.

$16K: It's either Pennsylvania or Connecticut. I better ask the new expert, Dr. Tyson.

$50K: I just saw this episode on TV the other day. I think it was the doorbell, but I want to Double Dip to be sure. My second guess would've been the banister.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Caroline Cross
New York City, NY
High school English teacher

Caroline has all of her lifelines

Even though she's a WE® I'm rooting for her because she's a teacher.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16K Founded in 1881, the Wharton School is a prestigious business school at what university?
A. University of Michigan
B. University of Virginia
C. University of Pennsylvania
D. University of Connecticut

PAF (21)

Caroline’s PAF team:

Dana fro Flushing, NY – Caroline’s mom
Lisa from Whitestone, NY – a friend
Pete from Purchase, NY – a friend

PAF – Pete

Pete says he is 100% sure it is the University of Pennsylvania.

Spoiler

C. University of Pennsylvania ( 18 )

Caroline made Pete's job easier by just giving him the essentials of the question, namely, where is the Wharton School of Business.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25K Increasingly popular in clubs, bhangra is a trendy type of dance music that originated in what part of the world?
A. Eastern Europe
B. The Caribbean
C. South America
D. South Asia

Caroline says that it sounds like an Indian word.

Spoiler

D. South Asia (1)

It sounded like an Indian word to me, too, and I would have gone with that answer (and not let as much time expire. Caroline later explained that she didn't have a second answer so her Double Dip wouldn't have done any good. I'm surprised she decided to go for it.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50K In the last scene of “The Cosby Show” series finale, Cliff and Clair Huxtable dance off the set after Cliff finally fixes the what?
A. Doorbell
B. Banister
C. Kitchen faucet
D. Dishwasher

Caroline guesses B. Banister and leaves with $25K.

Spoiler

A. Doorbell (32)

Tough question - I don't know the answer (I stopped watching the show after they added Raven and Pam) so it's time for a lifeline. This seems too difficult for the audience but I may as well start there because ATA is unreliable beyond this point. If the audience doesn't come through, I go with the Double Dip and make C and A my final answers. I know that there are at least two episodes in which Cliff wrestles with plumbing issues, so that seems like the first place to start.

Is there any rationale for not using the DD at 50Kwhen it's your only lifeline left and you don't know the answer?

megaaddict wrote:Is there any rationale for not using the DD at 50Kwhen it's your only lifeline left and you don't know the answer?

You could always be hoping to save it for a higher level question. That may not be a great idea, if you're really taking a wild guess.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

megaaddict wrote:Is there any rationale for not using the DD at 50Kwhen it's your only lifeline left and you don't know the answer?

You could always be hoping to save it for a higher level question. That may not be a great idea, if you're really taking a wild guess.

Saving it for a higher level question means risking 25K or more unless two answers can positively be eliminated. The chances of that happening in the upper tier seems too small to justify holding on to the DD while guessing at 50K. In this particular contestant's case, I think she just forgot about it.

megaaddict wrote:In this particular contestant's case, I think she just forgot about it.

Probably. And Meredith didn't remind her about the DD before she said final answer.

Not only did Cosby dance Rashad off of the set, I beleive that he actually danced her out of the studio.

Moreover, that was not part of the script. In the script, there were going to exit via the front door, after he had just fixed the doorbell. However, as they explained it on the "fondly looking back" clip show that I saw on cable, he leaned in to her and said, "I am going to dance you right on out of here."