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Kate Foley
Philadelphia, PA
Attorney

She's been watching her friends from backstage and it's nerve-wracking but she thinks that if she stays calm and reads the questions carefully she'll do well. Meredith says that if she gets in trouble the "great audience" can help her out.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
10 - Art of Advertising
9 - Space in Pigs
8 - Poe-etry
7 - Lyrics of Loathing
6 - Night Sky
5 - Keeps On Rockin'
4 - Set the Table
3 - Company Slogans
2 - Dead Presidents
1 - American Legends

Topic Tree: (randomized)
6 - Night Sky
2 - Dead Presidents
5 - Keeps On Rockin'
3 - Company Slogans
1 - American Legends
4 - Set the Table
7 - Lyrics of Loathing
9 - Space in Pigs
8 - Poe-etry
10 - Art of Advertising

Question #1 (Art of Advertising - Level 10)
A 2010 AT&T ad showing U.S. landmarks draped in orange fabric drew accusations that it had ripped off what artist's work?
A - Keith Haring
B - Matthew Barney
C - Christo
D - Damien Hirst

Kate remembers an artist who did the gates in Central Park that seemed to be draped with orange fabric. He also did some other things like Irish Hills. Unfortunately she doesn't remember the artist's name. She's going to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Christo)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $0

Question #2 (Poe-etry - Level 8)
In Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem "The Raven," the narrator mourns the lost love of whom?
A - Annabel
B - Berenice
C - Lenore
D - Morella

Kate is familiar with Poe and the poem but she doesn't remember the name of the lost love. Because she didn't trust the audience on the last question, she's going to ask them now.

ATA results

A - 26%
B - 8%
C - 63%
D - 3%

Kate has heard that New York audiences are smart - she's a Philly girl but she has to give them some respect.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Lenore)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $25,000

commercial break

The "Blast from the past" question was worth $500,000 in 2003:
"And ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free" is inscribed in the lobby of what agency's headquarters?
A - FBI
B - CIA
C - Department of Education
D - Library of Congress

Spoiler

B (CIA)

Meredith jokes that Kate jumped the first question and asked the audience on the second, so she's done "pretty much nothing" but she has $25,000.

Question #3 (Space in Pigs) - Level 9)
Despite its name, the popular piece of meat for barbeque known as "pork butt" comes from what part of the pig?
A - shoulder
B - head
C - loin
D - ribs

Kate thinks that it's

Spoiler

shoulder

but she's not sure and with this much money at stake she's not going to risk it. She jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: A (shoulder)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $25,000 (no change)

Question #4 (Lyrics of Loathing - Level 7)
According to the Dr. Seuss ditty "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch," what three words bet describe the Grinch?
A - detestable, despicable, disgusting
B - mean, meaner, meanest
C - greedy, ghastly, gruesome
D - stink, stank, stunk

Kate thinks it's

Spoiler

detestable, despicable, disgusting

but she realizes that if she guesses wrong she loses her money. It could also be

Spoiler

C

. She decides to make

Spoiler

A

her final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: D (stink, stank, stunk)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

THE END OF GAME "NOISE"

Question #4 (Lyrics of Loathing - Level 7)
According to the Dr. Seuss ditty "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch," what three words bet describe the Grinch?
A - detestable, despicable, disgusting
B - mean, meaner, meanest
C - greedy, ghastly, gruesome
D - stink, stank, stunk

And Thurl Ravenscroft wouldn't touch him with a 39.5 foot pole!

Love that song.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Meredith jokes that Kate jumped the first question and asked the audience on the second, so she's done "pretty much nothing" but she has $25,000.

And Meredith still thinks that's what makes the new rules so great.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Kate Foley
Philadelphia, PA
Attorney

She's been watching her friends from backstage and it's nerve-wracking

I wonder when this was taped? We weren't allowed to watch.

I didn't see the episode and my memory is terrible, but I'm almost positive held-over game from the week of shows I went to see (2nd day of taping, 2nd week). They didn't air one or two of the shows partly because of the extra celebrity day and partly because it was people bombing out very early or stuff like this. I'm almost positive this is one they kept off, and for good reasons.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Kate Foley
Philadelphia, PA
Attorney

She's been watching her friends from backstage and it's nerve-wracking but she thinks that if she stays calm and reads the questions carefully she'll do well. Meredith says that if she gets in trouble the "great audience" can help her out.

I thought upcoming contestants were kept back in the green room and not allowed to watch.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #1 (Art of Advertising - Level 10)
A 2010 AT&T ad showing U.S. landmarks draped in orange fabric drew accusations that it had ripped off what artist's work?
A - Keith Haring
B - Matthew Barney
C - Christo
D - Damien Hirst

Kate remembers an artist who did the gates in Central Park that seemed to be draped with orange fabric. He also did some other things like Irish Hills. Unfortunately she doesn't remember the artist's name. She's going to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Christo)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $0

This doesn't seem like it should have been the most difficult question in the stack.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #2 (Poe-etry - Level
In Edgar Allan Poe's classic poem "The Raven," the narrator mourns the lost love of whom?
A - Annabel
B - Berenice
C - Lenore
D - Morella

Kate is familiar with Poe and the poem but she doesn't remember the name of the lost love. Because she didn't trust the audience on the last question, she's going to ask them now.

ATA results

A - 26%
B - 8%
C - 63%
D - 3%

Kate has heard that New York audiences are smart - she's a Philly girl but she has to give them some respect.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Lenore)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $25,000

I suspected the audience might make Annabel a strong choice because of the poem "Annabel Lee".

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Meredith jokes that Kate jumped the first question and asked the audience on the second, so she's done "pretty much nothing" but she has $25,000.

Yeah, that's the "beauty" of the new system.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #4 (Lyrics of Loathing - Level 7)
According to the Dr. Seuss ditty "You're a Mean One, Mr. Grinch," what three words bet describe the Grinch?
A - detestable, despicable, disgusting
B - mean, meaner, meanest
C - greedy, ghastly, gruesome
D - stink, stank, stunk

Kate thinks it's

Spoiler

detestable, despicable, disgusting

but she realizes that if she guesses wrong she loses her money. It could also be

Spoiler

C

. She decides to make

Spoiler

A

her final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: D (stink, stank, stunk)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

It was fairly easy to figure out that Kate would either walk away or lose on this question since next week features a guest host and they seldom have a contestant carry over in those situations. "The three words which describe you are as follows, and I quote: 'Stink. Stank. Stunk!'"

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Kate Foley
Philadelphia, PA
Attorney

She's been watching her friends from backstage and it's nerve-wracking but she thinks that if she stays calm and reads the questions carefully she'll do well. Meredith says that if she gets in trouble the "great audience" can help her out.

I thought upcoming contestants were kept back in the green room and not allowed to watch.

That is true but before you tape they bring you up to get ready. I was able to see half of the person two before me and all of the one right before.

Phil Ken Sebbin wrote:

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Kate Foley
Philadelphia, PA
Attorney

She's been watching her friends from backstage and it's nerve-wracking but she thinks that if she stays calm and reads the questions carefully she'll do well. Meredith says that if she gets in trouble the "great audience" can help her out.

I thought upcoming contestants were kept back in the green room and not allowed to watch.

That is true but before you tape they bring you up to get ready. I was able to see half of the person two before me and all of the one right before.

When I was on they kept us in this isolated holding pen backstage while getting us ready to go on. We couldn't see anything, just hear the occasional roar of the audience.

vettech wrote:

Phil Ken Sebbin wrote:

earendel wrote: I thought upcoming contestants were kept back in the green room and not allowed to watch.

That is true but before you tape they bring you up to get ready. I was able to see half of the person two before me and all of the one right before.

When I was on they kept us in this isolated holding pen backstage while getting us ready to go on. We couldn't see anything, just hear the occasional roar of the audience.

I managed to catch one question when getting miked up and then caught a reshoot question while I was in the on deck circle. I probably would have not caught a question while on deck if there wasn't a reshoot.

And you get to see a lot of the next contestant on a monitor depending on how long they keep you around for in case they need to reshoot.

Hmm. Can't remember what term the WTTBM folks used for reshoot.