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Lisa McElroy
Wallingford, PA
Drexel law professor

Today’s ATE is CNN anchor Erica Hill.

Topic Tree:

Paper Work
Raccoons
Government
Geometry
Powerful Women
Classic Lit
Funny People
General Motors
CELEBRITY Q
Journalism
Toys & Games
The Dating Game
At the Supermarket
Buyer Beware
Christmas Carols

$500 In a classic Christmas carol, Santa asks a reindeer, “Rudolph with your nose so bright, won’t you guide my” what “tonight”?
A. Canoe
B. Sleigh
C. Balloon
D. 401[k]

Spoiler

B. Sleigh (7)

$1K The unpleasant feeling a consumer experiences upon learning the high price of an item is called what?
A. Sticker shock
B. Shelf shock
C. Storage shock
D. Surplus shock

Spoiler

A. Sticker shock (7)

$2K In 1924, Oscar Mayer introduced a brand of packaged, presliced what?
A. Carrots
B. Bacon
C. Bread
D. Potatoes

Spoiler

B. Bacon (10)

$3K U.S. senator Chris Dodd once joked, “It was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away” when asked about dating what film actress?
A. Teri Garr
B. Bo Derek
C. Carrie Fisher
D. Talia Shire

Spoiler

C. Carrie Fisher (7)

$5K What classic game was patented in the 1960s as an “Apparatus for Playing a Game Wherein the Players Constitute the Game Pieces”?
A. Boggle
B. Twister
C. Battleship
D. Stratego

Spoiler

B. Twister (5)

$7.5K Since the mid-nineteenth century, the press has been referred to collectively by the term the “Fourth” what?
A. Estate
B. Cavern
C. Bridge
D. Chamber

Spoiler

A. Estate (21)

Today’s celebrity is Donald Trump.

$10K Perhaps the crown jewel of my real estate empire, Mar-a-Lago is a 126-room estate located in what resort town?
A. Aspen
B. Palm Beach
C. Jackson Hole
D. Hilton Head Island

ATA (20)

2% A. Aspen
86% B. Palm Beach
3% C. Jackson Hole
9% D. Hilton Head Island

Spoiler

B. Palm Beach (11)

commercial break

$12.5K As a result of General Motor’s bankruptcy declaration in 2009, what foreign government became one of its largest shareholders?
A. Russia
B. Canada
C. Saudi Arabia
D. China

PAF (22)

Lisa’s PAF team:

Evan from Myrtle Beach, SC
Sarah from New York, NY
Kevin from Philadelphia, PA

PAF – Evan. He works a lot with bankruptcy law.

Evan says that he would say Arabia as time runs out.

ATE (16)

Erica doesn’t think it is Russia or Saudi Arabia. She believes a company that purchased the Hummer division of GM was going to build Hummers in China.
She says that bit of information leads her to be 75% sure that China is the correct answer.

Lisa goes with Erica and makes China her final answer.
Lisa leaves with $5K.

Spoiler

B. Canada (7)

commercial break

Answers:
$500 B. Sleigh
$1K A. Sticker shock
$2K B. Bacon
$3K C. Carrie Fisher
$5K B. Twister
$7.5K A. Estate
$10K B. Palm Beach
$12.5K B. Canada

Congratulations to the transcriber. You got these up before my local broadcast had finished!

$12.5K-easy for me. I live in Michigan, where GM and any news story relating to it was BIG news last year. I saw a lot of stories about the bankruptcy and who was going to own what afterwards. I remember the Canadian government and the Canadian Autoworkers' Union getting pieces of the pie.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$12.5K As a result of General Motor’s bankruptcy declaration in 2009, what foreign government became one of its largest shareholders?
A. Russia
B. Canada
C. Saudi Arabia
D. China

No clue. ATA and see if they have a guess.

vamomof3 wrote:I don't know if anyone can help but here goes...I just got a phone call from Lisa McElroy. She had a viewing party tonight and afterwards, her husband inadvertently erased today's show! If someone can burn one dvd for her, that would be marvelous. I always tape the show, but don't have the capability to burn dvds! Thanks in advance...

Is Lisa a secret BB or did she find her transcript so quickly with a Google search?

MarleysGh0st wrote:

vamomof3 wrote:I don't know if anyone can help but here goes...I just got a phone call from Lisa McElroy. She had a viewing party tonight and afterwards, her husband inadvertently erased today's show! If someone can burn one dvd for her, that would be marvelous. I always tape the show, but don't have the capability to burn dvds! Thanks in advance...

Is Lisa a secret BB or did she find her transcript so quickly with a Google search?

I'm guess VAMom met her at her taping and Lisa was a carryover. VAmom probably exchanged numbers with her then.


So I'm thinking that when the carryovers run out bye-bye PAF. Should be an interesting transition.

vamomof3 wrote:I don't know if anyone can help but here goes...I just got a phone call from Lisa McElroy. She had a viewing party tonight and afterwards, her husband inadvertently erased today's show! If someone can burn one dvd for her, that would be marvelous. I always tape the show, but don't have the capability to burn dvds! Thanks in advance...

I can help out with that... sending you a PM.

Phil Ken Sebbin wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:

vamomof3 wrote:I don't know if anyone can help but here goes...I just got a phone call from Lisa McElroy. She had a viewing party tonight and afterwards, her husband inadvertently erased today's show! If someone can burn one dvd for her, that would be marvelous. I always tape the show, but don't have the capability to burn dvds! Thanks in advance...

Is Lisa a secret BB or did she find her transcript so quickly with a Google search?

I'm guess VAMom met her at her taping and Lisa was a carryover. VAmom probably exchanged numbers with her then.


So I'm thinking that when the carryovers run out bye-bye PAF. Should be an interesting transition.

You are correct! I met her at the taping and she's a really nice person.

10K: Sounds like an island. So not Aspen or Jackson Hole. Trump would actually know this kind of thing, so ask him

12.5K: Certainly hope its Canada, but don't know this for sure. ATA

ghostjmf wrote:10K: Sounds like an island. So not Aspen or Jackson Hole. Trump would actually know this kind of thing, so ask him

Trump was on video, reading the question. You can't ask him for the answer!

Or did you mean the cable newsperson expert of the week?

MarleysGh0st wrote:

ghostjmf wrote:10K: Sounds like an island. So not Aspen or Jackson Hole. Trump would actually know this kind of thing, so ask him

Trump was on video, reading the question. You can't ask him for the answer!

Or did you mean the cable newsperson expert of the week?

I'd like to use my ask the asker lifeline. I think Donald Trump might know the answer to his question.

Marley says:

Trump was on video, reading the question. You can't ask him for the answer!

Or did you mean the cable newsperson expert of the week?

oops. That's what happens when you read quickly. And I didn't see this episode myself, because (ahem) I set my VCR for the wrong time (yes, I normally record Mon-Fri, but took it out over the break & yes, I set it for the wrong time Mon-Fri, & yes I fixed it last night once I realized What I Had Done).

So I'd ATA on the "where is it Q".

Therefore I'd have to ATE on the "who owns GM" Q, considering its a cable newsperson, meaning not-a-comedian, who may know. If they don't know, double dip. Though I really don't know what my 2nd choice after Canada would have been!

$12.5K: I know that the Buick brand is extremely popular in China, so I'd have gone with China instantly. Needless to say, that would've been a total bomb.

"Raccoons" for $500K?!? THAT I'd like to see ...

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Lisa McElroy
Wallingford, PA
Drexel law professor
Today’s ATE is CNN anchor Erica Hill.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10K Perhaps the crown jewel of my real estate empire, Mar-a-Lago is a 126-room estate located in what resort town?
A. Aspen
B. Palm Beach
C. Jackson Hole
D. Hilton Head Island

ATA (20)

2% A. Aspen
86% B. Palm Beach
3% C. Jackson Hole
9% D. Hilton Head Island

Spoiler

B. Palm Beach (11)

No idea, so, like Lisa, I'll ATA.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$12.5K As a result of General Motor’s bankruptcy declaration in 2009, what foreign government became one of its largest shareholders?
A. Russia
B. Canada
C. Saudi Arabia
D. China

PAF (22)

Lisa’s PAF team:

Evan from Myrtle Beach, SC
Sarah from New York, NY
Kevin from Philadelphia, PA

PAF – Evan. He works a lot with bankruptcy law.

Evan says that he would say Arabia as time runs out.

ATE (16)

Erica doesn’t think it is Russia or Saudi Arabia. She believes a company that purchased the Hummer division of GM was going to build Hummers in China.
She says that bit of information leads her to be 75% sure that China is the correct answer.

Lisa goes with Erica and makes China her final answer.
Lisa leaves with $5K.

Spoiler

B. Canada (7)

I'd have gone with Canada because there was a lot written about GM Canada during all the bankruptcy furor.