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Doug Doerfler
Kennett Square, PA
Human Resources manager

Meredith introduces today's ATE, author of the book “Morning Sunshine” and anchor of "Morning Express" on HLN, Robin Meade.

Doug still has all of his lifelines.

Topic Tree:

Masterpieces
Facts & Figures
Out in Space
Search Engines
Unusual Words
Amelia Earhart
Weather
Stop the Presses
Artists
Vice Presidents
(World Cities)
(Gadgets)
(Common Expressions)
(Classic Animation)
(On the Calendar)

$7.5K The monogram of the U.S. vice president from 1965 to 1969, “HHH” includes an “H” far all but which of these names?
A. Humphrey
B. Horatio
C. Howard
D. Hubert

ATA (13)

5% A. Humphrey
37% B. Horatio
55% C. Howard
3% D. Hubert

DD(10)

Doug’s first choice is correct.

Spoiler

C. Howard (10)

$10K In the 2009 film “Little Ashes,” teen heartthrob Robert Pattinson donned a much-ridiculed mustache to portray what artist?
A. Pablo Picasso
B. Andy Warhol
C. Vincent van Gogh
D. Salvador Dali

Spoiler

D. Salvador Dali (16)

$12.5K In 2009, the Post-Intelligencer newspaper stopped its presses after 146 years of primarily covering what U.S. city?
A. Phoenix
B. Seattle
C. Denver
D. Houston

ATE (14)

Robin thinks it’s Seattle. She says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer go together in her brain.

Spoiler

B.Seattle (9)

commercial break

$15K Weather vanes are often paired with a scientific instrument that measures wind speed called a what?
A. Anemometer
B. Barometer
C. Hygrometer
D. Chronometer

PAF (10)

Doug’s PAF team:

John from Harveys Lake, PA
Michael from Atlanta, GA
Megan from West Grove, PA

PAF – John, Doug’s father

John asks what the first choice was. Doug repeats anemometer and John says it sounds right to him.

Spoiler

A. Anemometer (5)

$25K The plane which Amelia Earhart mysteriously vanished was often referred to in the press as the “flying” what?
A. Laboratory
B. Pilgrim
C. Furnace
D. Schooner

Doug doesn’t know, but is willing to take the risk to reach the $25K plateau.
He makes C. Furnace his final answer.
Doug leaves with $5K.

Spoiler

A. Laboratory (16)

Answers:
$7.5K C. Howard
$10K D. Salvador Dali
$12.5K B. Seattle
$15K A. Anemometer
$25K A. Laboratory

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Doug Doerfler
Kennett Square, PA
Human Resources manager

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$7.5K The monogram of the U.S. vice president from 1965 to 1969, “HHH” includes an “H” far all but which of these names?
A. Humphrey
B. Horatio
C. Howard
D. Hubert

ATA (13)

5% A. Humphrey
37% B. Horatio
55% C. Howard
3% D. Hubert

DD(10)

Doug’s first choice is correct.

Spoiler

C. Howard (10)

I guess "Horatio" is odd enough that people might not think it likely, but this still seems odd to me. But then again HHH was VP before a lot of the audience members were born.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$12.5K In 2009, the Post-Intelligencer newspaper stopped its presses after 146 years of primarily covering what U.S. city?
A. Phoenix
B. Seattle
C. Denver
D. Houston

ATE (14)

Robin thinks it’s Seattle. She says the Seattle Post-Intelligencer go together in her brain.

Spoiler

B.Seattle (9)

Good for Robin. This name, along with the "Times-Picayune" from New Orleans always struck me as unusual for newspaper mastheads.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25K The plane which Amelia Earhart mysteriously vanished was often referred to in the press as the “flying” what?
A. Laboratory
B. Pilgrim
C. Furnace
D. Schooner

Doug doesn’t know, but is willing to take the risk to reach the $25K plateau.
He makes C. Furnace his final answer.
Doug leaves with $5K.

Spoiler

A. Laboratory (16)

I wrote a report on Earhart in high school and I didn't remember this. Time to call a Google PAF (while it's still a lifeline).

$7.5K: I can't remember if his middle name was Horatio or Howard. I will also ask the audience. Though the percentages scare me, I will go along with the majority.

$25K: No clue. PAF, while it's still there.

Is Doug another Walhal?

http://www.timesleader.com/news/No__lsq ... -2009.html

Harveys Lake native Doug Doerfler used to scream answers at the television set when watching game trivia shows. Now he vows he will never do it again.

earendel wrote: [

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$7.5K The monogram of the U.S. vice president from 1965 to 1969, “HHH” includes an “H” far all but which of these names?
A. Humphrey
B. Horatio
C. Howard
D. Hubert

ATA (13)

5% A. Humphrey
37% B. Horatio
55% C. Howard
3% D. Hubert

DD(10)

Doug’s first choice is correct.

Spoiler

C. Howard (10)

I guess "Horatio" is odd enough that people might not think it likely, but this still seems odd to me. But then again HHH was VP before a lot of the audience members were born.

Might not really matter when you were born: Jimmy Carter was in his 40's when Humphrey was VP, but he also had trouble with this: at the 1980 DNC, he offered a tribute to 'Hubert Horatio Hornblower.'

The $7.5K I got because I'll never forget in 1980 at the DNC, when Jimmy Carter was paying tribute to the recently deceased Humphrey, he accidentally called him "Hubert Horatio Hornblower".

My mom got the biggest kick out of that- she laughed and laughed!

Great minds think alike, wintergreen!

wintergreen48 wrote:

earendel wrote: [

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$7.5K The monogram of the U.S. vice president from 1965 to 1969, “HHH” includes an “H” far all but which of these names?
A. Humphrey
B. Horatio
C. Howard
D. Hubert

ATA (13)

5% A. Humphrey
37% B. Horatio
55% C. Howard
3% D. Hubert

DD(10)

Doug’s first choice is correct.

Spoiler

C. Howard (10)

I guess "Horatio" is odd enough that people might not think it likely, but this still seems odd to me. But then again HHH was VP before a lot of the audience members were born.

Might not really matter when you were born: Jimmy Carter was in his 40's when Humphrey was VP, but he also had trouble with this: at the 1980 DNC, he offered a tribute to 'Hubert Horatio Hornblower.'

That's a little easier for me to understand - and I wonder how many people in the audience would know who Horatio Hornblower was.

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:$7.5K: I can't remember if his middle name was Horatio or Howard. I will also ask the audience. Though the percentages scare me, I will go along with the majority.

$25K: No clue. PAF, while it's still there.

I don't get this Nelly. If you can't remember his middle name that means you know it is Hubert something Humphrey so why would you ATA instead of double dip?

kusch wrote:

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:$7.5K: I can't remember if his middle name was Horatio or Howard. I will also ask the audience. Though the percentages scare me, I will go along with the majority.

$25K: No clue. PAF, while it's still there.

I don't get this Nelly. If you can't remember his middle name that means you know it is Hubert something Humphrey so why would you ATA instead of double dip?

Because it's only a $7,500 question.