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Jessica Carei
Brooklyn, NY
Recent NYU graduate
Works at a coffee shop

Guest host John Henson.

Today’s ATE is writer, comedian and contributor for “CBS Sunday Morning,” Mo Rocca.

Topic Tree:

Prophets
The Nobel Prize
Shakespeare
Hormones
Common Names
Vocabulary
Acclaimed Authors
Doing Time
Rock Albums
At the Bookstore
School Days
Word Origins
Medical Conditions
In the Dictionary
Idioms

$500 Two people who are “shooting the breeze” are generally doing what?
A. Eating
B. Chatting
C. Walking
D. Regretting seeing each other

Spoiler

B. Chatting (7)

$1K Now a term for a potentially dangerous situation, a “powder keg” originally referred to a container for what?
A. Gunpowder
B. Baby powder
C. Baking powder
D. Chili powder

Spoiler

A. Gunpowder (7)

$2K “Tingling Thigh Syndrome,” also known as “Calvin Klein Syndrome,” is a result of wearing overly skinny what?
A. Shoes
B. Jeans
C. Scarves
D. Blouses

Spoiler

B. Jeans (6)

$3K the term “head honcho” is derived in part from the Japanese word “hancho,” which roughly translates as what?
A. Group leader
B. Wooden shoe
C. Happy song
D. Water bowl

Spoiler

A. Group leader (6)

$5K A product of his state’s top schools, Daniel Webster attended Exeter and Dartmouth before representing which of these states in Congress?
A. Virginia
B. New York
C. New Hampshire
D. Pennsylvania

ATE (5)

Mo says that would have to be New Hampshire.

Spoiler

C. New Hampshire (3)

commercial break

$7.5K A best-selling book by TV host Elisabeth Hasselbeck, “The G-Free Diet” offers advice to those seeking to avoid eating what?
A. Glucose
B. Grease
C. Gluten
D. Garlic

Spoiler

C. Gluten (14)

$10K What rock band dedicated a 2005 album to its lead singer’s father-in-law, director Bruce Paltrow?
A. Green Day
B. Coldplay
C. Fall Out Boy
D. Radiohead

Spoiler

B. Coldplay (22)

$12.5K Sara Jane Moore served over thirty years in prison for her attempted assassination of whom in 1975?
A. Henry Kissinger
B. Pope Paul VI
C. Kurt Waldheim
D. Gerald Ford

ATA ( 18 )

5% A. Henry Kissinger
10% B. Pope Paul VI
2% C. Kurt Waldheim
83% D. Gerald Ford

Spoiler

D. Gerald Ford (13)

commercial break

Today's "You're in the Hot Seat" winning answer is "Group leader."

$15K Which of these acclaimed authors has won an Oscar?
A. John Updike
B. John Irving
C. John le Carré
D. John Steinbeck

Spoiler

B. John Irving (11)

$25K By definition, a mycophile is a person who is quite fond of what?
A. Four-leaf clovers
B. Mushrooms
C. Fallen antlers
D. Spider webs

DD (5)

Jessica’s first choice, spider webs, is incorrect.
Jessica’s second choice, fallen antlers, is also incorrect.

Jessica leaves with $5K.

Spoiler

B. Mushrooms (2)

horn

Answers:
$500 B. Chatting
$1K A. Gunpowder
$2K B. Jeans
$3K A. Group leader
$5K C. New Hampshire
$7.5K C. Gluten
$10K B. Coldplay
$12.5K D. Gerald Ford
$15K B. John Irving
$25K B. Mushrooms

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Jessica Carei
Brooklyn, NY

WE®

Nihil obstat®

I guess since she's a recent college grad, she probably never heard of any of the people mentioned in the $12.5K question-it's a good thing she used ATA.

Would have needed a lifeline on $25K-probably would start with ATE first. Mo seems to be a smart guy (better than some of the Experts we've seen this season!)

Kazoo65 wrote:I guess since she's a recent college grad, she probably never heard of any of the people mentioned in the $12.5K question-it's a good thing she used ATA.

Would have needed a lifeline on $25K-probably would start with ATE first. Mo seems to be a smart guy (better than some of the Experts we've seen this season!)

I would hope AS a recent college grad she would have at least heard of the people mentioned in the question.
JMHO, of course!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
$2K “Tingling Thigh Syndrome,” also known as “Calvin Klein Syndrome,” is a result of .....

Listening to too many Barack Obama speeches. Too bad Chris Mathews wasn't available to read that question...

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Jessica Carei
Brooklyn, NY
Recent NYU graduate
Works at a coffee shop

Definitely a WE®.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Today’s ATE is writer, comedian and contributor for “CBS Sunday Morning,” Mo Rocca.

Good. Another useful expert.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$5K A product of his state’s top schools, Daniel Webster attended Exeter and Dartmouth before representing which of these states in Congress?
A. Virginia
B. New York
C. New Hampshire
D. Pennsylvania

ATE (5)

Mo says that would have to be New Hampshire.

Spoiler

C. New Hampshire (3)

A former Bored Buddy who was on the show just before mine and won $500K worked at Dartmouth.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10K What rock band dedicated a 2005 album to its lead singer’s father-in-law, director Bruce Paltrow?
A. Green Day
B. Coldplay
C. Fall Out Boy
D. Radiohead

Spoiler

B. Coldplay (22)

Time for me to ATA because I don't know this one.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$15K Which of these acclaimed authors has won an Oscar?
A. John Updike
B. John Irving
C. John le Carré
D. John Steinbeck

Spoiler

B. John Irving (11)

Might have been Steinbeck ("The Grapes of Wrath"). I'd be using my ATE and hoping that Mo knew this.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25K By definition, a mycophile is a person who is quite fond of what?
A. Four-leaf clovers
B. Mushrooms
C. Fallen antlers
D. Spider webs

DD (5)

Jessica’s first choice, spider webs, is incorrect.
Jessica’s second choice, fallen antlers, is also incorrect.

Jessica leaves with $5K.

Spoiler

B. Mushrooms (2)

This one I would have known.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$5K A product of his state’s top schools, Daniel Webster attended Exeter and Dartmouth before representing which of these states in Congress?
A. Virginia
B. New York
C. New Hampshire
D. Pennsylvania

ATE (5)

Mo says that would have to be New Hampshire.

Spoiler

C. New Hampshire (3)

A former Bored Buddy who was on the show just before mine and won $500K worked at Dartmouth.

Jim Matthews, of course.