Transcript 11/11/2009 - Barbara Viola (carryover)

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Barbara Viola
Springfield, PA
Barbara's profession was not mentioned

Meredith chats first with Sam Murray, today's ToT contestant. The last person to qualify, Sam says he "has less to lose than some of the other people sitting behind me, so if I get an inkling I think I'll go for it..."

Barbara has a lot of people rooting her on back at home, they had a nice send off breakfast for her.

Question Topics:
World Records
The Nobel Prize
First Families
Foreign Phrases
Areas of Study
Writers
Astronauts
Mythology
Advertising
Musical Instruments
The Internet
In the News
Birds
Language
Entertainers
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Barbara has only used her Ask the Audience lifeline at this point. Today's expert is Ken Jennings.

$10,000 - Advertising
"Snakes on a cane," a cryptic 2009 ad campaign featuring a caduceus-like symbol, was a stealthy pitch for what TV show?
A: 24 B: Gossip Girl
C: CSI: Miami D: House

With 15 seconds remaining, Barbara decides to Phone a Friend, her friend and coworker Matt.

PAF discussion

Barbara reads the question and choices, verbatim, in 13 seconds. Matt says, "Repeat it one more time?" [I think he actually just wanted the answers again...] and Barbara starts to repeat the whole question again but thankfully Matt interrupts her with "Is House one of the answers?", to which Barbara responds by repeating all of the answer choices. With 5 seconds on the clock, Matt finally hears his confirmation that House is a choice, and says "House, final answer" [whew!].

Barbara answers

Spoiler

D: House

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Spoiler

D: House (12)

$12,500 - Mythology
Taken from a Greek myth about a man condemned to roll a boulder uphill forever, a job that is arduous and never-ending is called what?
A: Halcyon B: Mercurial
C: Sisyphean D: Narcissistic

With 20 seconds remaining, Barbara decides to Ask the Expert.

ATE discussion

Ken has a 6-year-old son who's way into mythology and they read the stories every night, he's 100% certain that Sisyphus is the "dude with the rock".
Barbara: "Thank you, I love you."
Ken: "It's mutual."

Barbara decides to answer

Spoiler

C

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Spoiler

C: Sisyphean (17)

Commercial Break

Meredith again starts the banter with a greeting the ToT contestant, leaving nothing much to say to Barbara...

$15,000 - Astronauts
What astronaut honored the 40th anniversary of the moon landing by recording a rap song under the alias "Doc Rendezvous'?
A: Buzz Aldrin B: John Glenn
C: Alan Shepard D: Neil Armstrong

Barbara thinks it's probably "one of the first two on the moon", but doesn't want to guess. Barbara decided to walk with $12,500.

Spoiler

A: Buzz Aldrin ()

[ontellen]

I felt this was fairly easy - it seemed it would be one of the guys who first landed on the moon and since Armstrong avoids most publicity - it would have to be Aldrin.

[MarleysGh0st]

Barbara's profession was not mentioned

Meredith again starts the banter with a greeting the ToT contestant, leaving nothing much to say to Barbara...

With all the promos of the upcoming ToT segment, we never learned a single thing about Barbara, did we?

But Meredith said something about "this time is all about you!" Sure, it was.

[NellyLunatic1980]

$10,000 - Advertising
"Snakes on a cane," a cryptic 2009 ad campaign featuring a caduceus-like symbol, was a stealthy pitch for what TV show?
A: 24 B: Gossip Girl
C: CSI: Miami D: House

What is this now, the third time that a question about a caduceus has shown up in the 10-year history of the game? Who could ever forget Feinberg's $125,000 question about the caduceus?

$12,500 - Mythology
Taken from a Greek myth about a man condemned to roll a boulder uphill forever, a job that is arduous and never-ending is called what?
A: Halcyon B: Mercurial
C: Sisyphean D: Narcissistic

Here's a rewritten version of Neil Larrimore's $250,000 question. And who could ever forget Sisyphean Fan, one of Fanny's many monikers?

$15,000 - Astronauts
What astronaut honored the 40th anniversary of the moon landing by recording a rap song under the alias "Doc Rendezvous'?
A: Buzz Aldrin B: John Glenn
C: Alan Shepard D: Neil Armstrong

Obviously, B and C are wrong. John Glenn wasn't involved in the Moon landing, and I don't believe that Alan Shepard is amongst the living anymore. Double Dip.

[earendel]

Barbara Viola
Springfield, PA
Barbara's profession was not mentioned

This ToT nonsense has certainly cut into the contestant chatter. That's the only good thing I can say about it.

$15,000 - Astronauts
What astronaut honored the 40th anniversary of the moon landing by recording a rap song under the alias "Doc Rendezvous'?
A: Buzz Aldrin B: John Glenn
C: Alan Shepard D: Neil Armstrong

Barbara thinks it's probably "one of the first two on the moon", but doesn't want to guess. Barbara decided to walk with $12,500.

Spoiler

A: Buzz Aldrin ()

Aldrin has always made more of his lunar experience than Armstrong, so it would figure to be him.

Again, nihil obstat®.

[earendel]

$15,000 - Astronauts
What astronaut honored the 40th anniversary of the moon landing by recording a rap song under the alias "Doc Rendezvous'?
A: Buzz Aldrin B: John Glenn
C: Alan Shepard D: Neil Armstrong

Obviously, B and C are wrong. John Glenn wasn't involved in the Moon landing, and I don't believe that Alan Shepard is amongst the living anymore. Double Dip.

Shepard died in 1998.