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Transcript 09/23/13 Helen Oh (1Q contestant)
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 5:14 pm
by BBTranscriptTeam
Helen Oh
President Lincoln is widely credited for popularizing what common pet name after using it for his dog?
A. Spot
B. Buster
C. Buddy
D. Fido
Helen makes Buddy
D. Fido
$0
Re: Transcript 09/23/13 Helen Oh (1Q contestant)
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 7:00 pm
by Bob78164
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Helen Oh
President Lincoln is widely credited for popularizing what common pet name after using it for his dog?
A. Spot
B. Buster
C. Buddy
D. Fido
Helen makes Buddy
D. Fido
$0
Did he give it that name as a way of calling it loyal (in Latin)? --Bob
Re: Transcript 09/23/13 Helen Oh (1Q contestant)
Posted: Mon Sep 23, 2013 8:42 pm
by talkinaway
I forget if Cedric mentioned the derivation, but I don't think he did. Gun to my head, forced to guess, I would have gone with Fido - it's Latin, seems erudite, and lawyers like Lincoln like Latin. I would have jumped the Pepsi/dextrin question and the $100K Polish question and burned my ATA out of courtesy here if I were to walk. These stacks are getting easier, or they're showing their "best" shows first, or I really need to think about auditioning.
Buddy was Clinton's dog, and I'm sure "Clinton's new dog (is named after/has the same name as) Lincoln's dog" would have been all over the news had it been the same name, so I'd semi-confidently eliminate that. I think of early-1900s gangsters when I hear Buster, which is after Lincoln's time.
I hope I would have had the guts to go for it. The math supports it. $61K safe in my bank versus a 25% chance at $250K is a mathematically good gamble, even with no $25K consolation....but I'd forgive myself for chickening out. I'd definitely have flipped a coin twice before the show to "pre-select" a random answer if I had no idea...I don't know if I'd go with my gut answer or my random answer here.
Re: Transcript 09/23/13 Helen Oh (1Q contestant)
Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2013 5:18 am
by earendel
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Helen Oh
President Lincoln is widely credited for popularizing what common pet name after using it for his dog?
A. Spot
B. Buster
C. Buddy
D. Fido
Helen makes Buddy
D. Fido
$0
If I were playing Jennifer's stack, I'd still have an ATA left. My hunch was Fido, but I'd have used the ATA anyway.