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Jen Fitzgerald
Turnersville, NJ
Bartender - will be married in December (2009) and wants a snow machine to make sure there is snow that day. She said it would cost $3500.

[Note if it was December 19 she didn't need no snow machine!]

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$500 (States of the Union):
Which of the following is one of South Dakota's nicknames?
A. The Grand Canyon State B. The Mount Rushmore State
C. The Aloha State D. North Dakota's Evil Twin

Spoiler

B. The Mount Rushmore State (:05)

$1000 (Idioms):
Which of the following is a common idiom that describes the act of accepting something that is difficult to believe?
A. Hop of faith B. Skip of faith
C. Leap of faith D. Vault of faith

Spoiler

C. Leap of faith (:09)

$2000 (Patriotic Poems):
Which of these famous American poems mentions the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord?
A. Paul Revere's Ride B. The Raven
C. The Road Not Taken D. Song of Myself

Spoiler

A. Paul Revere's Ride :08

$3000 (On the Label):
High fructose corn syrup is commonly used in foods as a substitute for what ingredient?
A. Sugar B. Milk
C. Salt D. Butter

Spoiler

A. Sugar (:10)

$5000 (Notable Names):
Born in 1933, Harold Jenkins assumed the town names of Conway, AR and Twitty, TX before gaining fame as a what?
A. Pro football player B. U.S. senator
C. Country singer D. Romance novelist

Spoiler

C. Country singer (:09)

They introduce the expert, CNN anchor Erica Hill.

$7500 (The White House):
One of the most visible members of the Obama Administration, Robert Gibbs holds what White House post?
A. Press Secretary B. National Security Adviser
C. Chief of Staff D. Attorney General

Spoiler

Jen said to herself that he was 'most visible' and sounded unsure of her answer, but did not use a lifeline

A. Press Secretary (:09)

$10K (CELEBRITY Q) - Emily Procter from CSI: Miami:
Forensic odontology, which plays a key role in many crime scene investigations, involves the examination of what kind of evidence?
A. Fingerprints B. Bite marks
C. Hair strands D. Carpet fibers

Jen seemed excited that Emily Procter was the celebrity

ATA

A-2% B-87% C-9% D-2%

Spoiler

Jen said that was what she was thinking of that too. She visibly crossed her fingers as the celebrity described forensic odontology as the proper handling of dental evidence to be used in a court of law.

B. Bite marks (:07)

$12.5K (In the Dictionary):
All of the following words were added to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary in 2009, except for which word added in 2008?
A. Frenemy B. Webisode
C. Subprime D. Staycation

ATE at :08

ATE

Erica: says she thinks staycation was probably definitely added in 2009
Jen says she thinks Frenemy was around for a while, and Erica agrees.
Erica kind of feels like webisode has been around a while too but she covers technology so was not sure if it was in the dictionary
Erica says subprime getting plenty of play, oh was it in the dictionary before though?
Jen- wasn't those kind of mortgages around? getting a lot of press
Erica - subprime is obviously something that is below prime, something that has been around. Let's see... Oh I'm debating between frenemy and webisode.
Jen- So if you are narrowing it down to two.
Erica- I'm narrowing it down to those two. I think those two may have come in earlier than 2009.
Jen thanks her and appreciates her help.

DD at :07

DD and answer

Jen's first answer was A
Her second answer was B

C. Subprime (:04)

Jen missed and left with $5,000.

Gosh, Phone a Friend is being replaced by "Phone a Frenemy."

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$12.5K (In the Dictionary):
All of the following words were added to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary in 2009, except for which word added in 2008?
A. Frenemy B. Webisode
C. Subprime D. Staycation

ATE at :08

ATE

Erica: says she thinks staycation was probably definitely added in 2009
Jen says she thinks Frenemy was around for a while, and Erica agrees.
Erica kind of feels like webisode has been around a while too but she covers technology so was not sure if it was in the dictionary
Erica says subprime getting plenty of play, oh was it in the dictionary before though?
Jen- wasn't those kind of mortgages around? getting a lot of press
Erica - subprime is obviously something that is below prime, something that has been around. Let's see... Oh I'm debating between frenemy and webisode.
Jen- So if you are narrowing it down to two.
Erica- I'm narrowing it down to those two. I think those two may have come in earlier than 2009.
Jen thanks her and appreciates her help.

Argh! You've got all the time you need, Erica, so read the question carefully! Certainly, all four of these words were "around" in popular usage for some time, but the question specifically states that three were entered into the dictionary in 2009 and one in 2008, so talking about any of them coming in earlier is bogus!

You might have better spent the time thinking about a certain news story than had a lot of airtime (even on your own cable network!) in 2008.

Edit: Ignore the below message, the ATE does not appear until the sixth question.

In spite of leaving w/o using a PAF, she may be the last contestant who had the PAF option.

Here she is with her topic screen

Spoiler

Now here is the topic screen for the next contestant, whom I'll get to later when I have time (he used ATA before the 5th question when I captured the topic screen).

Spoiler

Note only a cell phone, ATA (used) and the x2. It appears the cell phone is the new Ask the Expert symbol as the contestant would use the ATE.

Here are two news blurbs about Jen's appearance. The first describes her final question and lifeline usage. The second only says "she stumbled over a question concerning a dictionary listing."

http://www.courierpostonline.com/articl ... 05032/1006

http://www.courierpostonline.com/articl ... 006/news01

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Jen Fitzgerald
Turnersville, NJ

Not WE® territory. That's outside of Philly.

Nihil obstat®

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Bartender - will be married in December (2009) and wants a snow machine to make sure there is snow that day. She said it would cost $3500.

[Note if it was December 19 she didn't need no snow machine!]

That's lucky. A wedding snow machine seems like a foolish thing on which to spend all her winnings (after taxes).

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Jen Fitzgerald
Turnersville, NJ
Bartender - will be married in December (2009) and wants a snow machine to make sure there is snow that day. She said it would cost $3500.

[Note if it was December 19 she didn't need no snow machine!]

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$500 (States of the Union):
Which of the following is one of South Dakota's nicknames?
A. The Grand Canyon State B. The Mount Rushmore State
C. The Aloha State D. North Dakota's Evil Twin

Spoiler

B. The Mount Rushmore State (:05)

I rather like "D" as an answer.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$1000 (Idioms):
Which of the following is a common idiom that describes the act of accepting something that is difficult to believe?
A. Hop of faith B. Skip of faith
C. Leap of faith D. Vault of faith

Spoiler

C. Leap of faith (:09)

A phrase coined by Kierkegaard with respect to "true Christianity".

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$12.5K (In the Dictionary):
All of the following words were added to Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary in 2009, except for which word added in 2008?
A. Frenemy B. Webisode
C. Subprime D. Staycation

ATE at :08

ATE

Erica: says she thinks staycation was probably definitely added in 2009
Jen says she thinks Frenemy was around for a while, and Erica agrees.
Erica kind of feels like webisode has been around a while too but she covers technology so was not sure if it was in the dictionary
Erica says subprime getting plenty of play, oh was it in the dictionary before though?
Jen- wasn't those kind of mortgages around? getting a lot of press
Erica - subprime is obviously something that is below prime, something that has been around. Let's see... Oh I'm debating between frenemy and webisode.
Jen- So if you are narrowing it down to two.
Erica- I'm narrowing it down to those two. I think those two may have come in earlier than 2009.
Jen thanks her and appreciates her help.

DD at :07

DD and answer

Jen's first answer was A
Her second answer was B

C. Subprime (:04)

This is a toughie - all of them have entered the vernacular recently and it would be hard to choose among them. Given the constraint of TDC® I'd pull out a lifeline. Start with ATA to see what the results are and then go with ATE to give me time to think it through.