Transcript 01/12/2010 Dottie Belanger (carryover segment)

[BBTranscriptTeam]

Dottie Belanger
Bethlehem, PA
Retired mental health professional

Mere mentions that Dottie is very competitive, and that her husband advised her to just have fun.

Ask the Expert and Double Dip remain.
ATE is Kiran Chetry, co-anchor of CNN’s "American Morning"

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$10K (Gray’s Anatomy):
In Gray's Anatomy, what bone in the human wrist is described as having a "crescentic outline"?
A. Unciform B. Pisiform
C. Semilunar D. Scaphold

Spoiler

C. Semilunar (:15)

$12.5K (Recent TV):
According to its creators, what 2009 TV series was inspired by the political downfall of former New York governor Elliot Spitzer?
A. The Good Wife B. Modern Family
C. Lie To Me D. Mercy

Spoiler

A. The Good Wife (:23)

$15K (Short Stories):
What Edgar Allen Poe short story has a narrator who exacts revenge on a man named Fortunato?
A. The Fall of the House of Usher B. The Purloined Letter
C. The Tell-Tale Heart D. The Cask of Amontillado

ATE at :15

ATE

ATE Kiran first asks Dottie what she is thinking (Dottie says it does not ring a bell), then leans toward D, but a total guess

Spoiler

Dottie answers, A final answer at :08. As Mere is telling her it is wrong she said oh, and realized something. (couldn't tell exactly it sounded like she realized she still had Double Dip and meant to do that)

D. The Cask of Amontillado

Dottie missed and left with $5000.

[ghostjmf]

15K:

That she meant to double dip (& she wasn't just saying that, she really looked stunned that she didn't get a 2nd choice of answer) & forgot to ask for it was really really sad. To me, a clock-hater, anyway.

I did not have a clue myself, making me personally think this question was way underrated.

[MarleysGh0st]

$15K (Short Stories):
What Edgar Allen Poe short story has a narrator who exacts revenge on a man named Fortunato?
A. The Fall of the House of Usher B. The Purloined Letter
C. The Tell-Tale Heart D. The Cask of Amontillado

ATE at :15

ATE

ATE Kiran first asks Dottie what she is thinking (Dottie says it does not ring a bell), then leans toward D, but a total guess

Good thing Pea isn't around, or she'd have to chide Kiran for pulling an Ogi!

Will Meredith give Kiran credit for getting the right answer here, even though it was a "total guess"?

It's sad that Dottie failed to use the DD that she intended to use here. I wonder if that error might have been avoided, if she hadn't been under the pressure of TDC?

[earendel]

Dottie Belanger
Bethlehem, PA
Retired mental health professional

Mere mentions that Dottie is very competitive, and that her husband advised her to just have fun.

Ask the Expert and Double Dip remain.
ATE is Kiran Chetry, co-anchor of CNN’s "American Morning"

$15K (Short Stories):
What Edgar Allen Poe short story has a narrator who exacts revenge on a man named Fortunato?
A. The Fall of the House of Usher B. The Purloined Letter
C. The Tell-Tale Heart D. The Cask of Amontillado

ATE at :15

ATE

ATE Kiran first asks Dottie what she is thinking (Dottie says it does not ring a bell), then leans toward D, but a total guess

Spoiler

Dottie answers, A final answer at :08. As Mere is telling her it is wrong she said oh, and realized something. (couldn't tell exactly it sounded like she realized she still had Double Dip and meant to do that)

D. The Cask of Amontillado

Dottie missed and left with $5000.

"For the love of God, Montressor!!!"

OK, I'm going to rant a little here about this week's "expert". All she has done is to first ask what the contestant thinks and then go along with that answer. That is NOT how the ATE lifeline is supposed to work, and I wish I could reach through the TV screen and give Kiran a dope slap.

[MarleysGh0st]

OK, I'm going to rant a little here about this week's "expert". All she has done is to first ask what the contestant thinks and then go along with that answer. That is NOT how the ATE lifeline is supposed to work, and I wish I could reach through the TV screen and give Kiran a dope slap.

But...but...but she's a CNN anchor. Isn't that worth more than some Google PAF?

And she's always so sincere when she says she hopes the contestant gets this right, after she offers her guess.

[NellyLunatic1980]

$15K (Short Stories):
What Edgar Allen Poe short story has a narrator who exacts revenge on a man named Fortunato?
A. The Fall of the House of Usher B. The Purloined Letter
C. The Tell-Tale Heart D. The Cask of Amontillado

My photographic memory came into play once again. I actually had to read this story in my freshman English class in high school.

Nihil obstat®

[Estonut]

$15K (Short Stories):
What Edgar Allen Poe short story has a narrator who exacts revenge on a man named Fortunato?
A. The Fall of the House of Usher B. The Purloined Letter
C. The Tell-Tale Heart D. The Cask of Amontillado

My photographic memory came into play once again. I actually had to read this story in my freshman English class in high school.

Hmmm. The version I read didn't have any photographs...

[NellyLunatic1980]

$15K (Short Stories):
What Edgar Allen Poe short story has a narrator who exacts revenge on a man named Fortunato?
A. The Fall of the House of Usher B. The Purloined Letter
C. The Tell-Tale Heart D. The Cask of Amontillado

My photographic memory came into play once again. I actually had to read this story in my freshman English class in high school.

Hmmm. The version I read didn't have any photographs...

The textbooks we had had illustrations. I vividly remember the illustration of Montresor building a brick wall, trapping Fortunato inside the catacomb.

It's not a photograph, but it'll have to do.