Transcript 4/27/2012 - Lori Decker (carryover contestant)

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Lori Decker
Pleasantville, NY
Orthodontic assistant

Lori got every question right on yesterday's show without using any lifelines. She's not as nervous as she was because she's in pretty good shape in terms of the game. She has a 15 year old daughter at home and that's pressure. The daughter turns 16 this summer and she's "a lunatic", in Lori's words. She advised her mother not to cry on national TV but that's a losing battle. Lori has $40,100 in her bank.

Topic Tree: (randomized)
Expert Testimony
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True to the Test

Question #8 (True to the Test)
While still beloved by book fans, some remain upset that Harry Potter lacks what physical feature in the film adaptations?
A - cleft chin
B - green eyes
C - blonde hair
D - gapped tooth

Lori doesn't know this and she's wondering if the audience does. So she decides to ask and find out. "Go, guys," she says.

ATA results

A - 11%
B - 48%
C - 13%
D - 28%

It's not an overwhelming response, Lori notes. She decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (green eyes)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $40,100 (unchanged)

Lori apologizes to the audience for not trusting them, but after they groan when the money is revealed she chides them. "Not enough of you knew it," she says.

Question #9 (Picture This)
In 2000, what country enacted a law making it illegal to show images of a criminal suspect wearing handcuffs?
A - Spain
B - France
C - Germany
D - England

Lori doesn't know this one either. She jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (France)
Value: $500
Bank: $40,100

Meredith explains it was in order to prevent the public from being prejudiced against a suspect.

Question #10 (Expert Testimony)
What game show host once testified before U.S. Congress to comment on the Captive Elephant Accident Prevention Act?
A - Monty Hall
B - Pat Sajak
C - Bob Barker
D - Alex Trebek

"You know, I'm going to go with

Spoiler

Bob Barker because I know he's an animal activist"

.

Spoiler

Answer: C (Bob Barker)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $43,100

commercial break

THe money means survival for Lori. She's down to her last bucks, living off her savings. She'll be able to breathe a little and maybe look for another job. Her daughter wants a Sweet 16 party and Lori has had to say no because they don't have the money.

CLASSIC MILLIONAIRE

$100K - Who wrote of a person's right to "life, liberty and estate" years before Thomas Jefferson tweaked the phrase in 1776?
A - Thomas Malthus
B - Voltaire
C - John Locke
D - Immanuel Kant

Lori has only heard of one of the four -

Spoiler

Voltaire

and if she were at home she'd make that her final answer. She doesn't even have a clue as to who any of the others are, or if they've ever written anything. She'd love to guess it but she can't risk it. She considers walking away and says to the audience, "God, guys, why couldn't you all get 90% on those green eyes. You're killing me!" Her final answer is to walk away even though she's afraid that

Spoiler

Voltaire

will be the right answer.

Spoiler

C (John Locke)

Meredith tells Lori she won't have to live with what might have been but to enjoy what is.

[MarleysGh0st]

Question #8 (True to the Test)
While still beloved by book fans, some remain upset that Harry Potter lacks what physical feature in the film adaptations?
A - cleft chin
B - green eyes
C - blonde hair
D - gapped tooth

Lori doesn't know this and she's wondering if the audience does. So she decides to ask and find out. "Go, guys," she says.

ATA results

A - 11%
B - 48%
C - 13%
D - 28%

It's not an overwhelming response, Lori notes. She decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (green eyes)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $40,100 (unchanged)

Lori apologizes to the audience for not trusting them, but after they groan when the money is revealed she chides them. "Not enough of you knew it," she says.

Not enough of the audience knew it, Lori? Well, it was a very obscure question. Even for fans of the books, I think the point is made much more memorably that Harry has his mother's eyes than that they're green.

That said, I knew that Harry was always pictured with dark hair and that Hermione began with somewhat too large teeth, until she was restored from cat form in Sorceror's Stone. And cleft chin didn't sound right, so I got it by default.

Question #9 (Picture This)
In 2000, what country enacted a law making it illegal to show images of a criminal suspect wearing handcuffs?
A - Spain
B - France
C - Germany
D - England

Lori doesn't know this one either. She jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (France)
Value: $500
Bank: $40,100

Meredith explains it was in order to prevent the public from being prejudiced against a suspect.

Thats nice, Meredith.

But it's still an obscure bit of law that all four of these countries might have. I presume the only reason the question writers took note of it was because of the French diplomat being arrested last year in New York. I remember the French objected to the perp walk he was subjected to.

$100K - Who wrote of a person's right to "life, liberty and estate" years before Thomas Jefferson tweaked the phrase in 1776?
A - Thomas Malthus
B - Voltaire
C - John Locke
D - Immanuel Kant

Lori has only heard of one of the four -

Spoiler

Voltaire

and if she were at home she'd make that her final answer. She doesn't even have a clue as to who any of the others are, or if they've ever written anything. She'd love to guess it but she can't risk it. She considers walking away and says to the audience, "God, guys, why couldn't you all get 90% on those green eyes. You're killing me!" Her final answer is to walk away even though she's afraid that

Spoiler

Voltaire

will be the right answer.

Spoiler

C (John Locke)

Meredith tells Lori she won't have to live with what might have been but to enjoy what is.

She only heard of one of the four!?

[SportsFan68]

Question #8 (True to the Test)
While still beloved by book fans, some remain upset that Harry Potter lacks what physical feature in the film adaptations?
A - cleft chin
B - green eyes
C - blonde hair
D - gapped tooth

Lori doesn't know this and she's wondering if the audience does. So she decides to ask and find out. "Go, guys," she says.

ATA results

A - 11%
B - 48%
C - 13%
D - 28%

It's not an overwhelming response, Lori notes. She decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (green eyes)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $40,100 (unchanged)

Please, please, please, if I ever by some miracle get on the show, give me a Harry Potter question.

Question #9 (Picture This)
In 2000, what country enacted a law making it illegal to show images of a criminal suspect wearing handcuffs?
A - Spain
B - France
C - Germany
D - England

Lori doesn't know this one either. She jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (France)
Value: $500
Bank: $40,100

JTQ.

$100K - Who wrote of a person's right to "life, liberty and estate" years before Thomas Jefferson tweaked the phrase in 1776?
A - Thomas Malthus
B - Voltaire
C - John Locke
D - Immanuel Kant

Lori has only heard of one of the four -

Spoiler

Voltaire

and if she were at home she'd make that her final answer. She doesn't even have a clue as to who any of the others are, or if they've ever written anything. She'd love to guess it but she can't risk it. She considers walking away and says to the audience, "God, guys, why couldn't you all get 90% on those green eyes. You're killing me!" Her final answer is to walk away even though she's afraid that

Spoiler

Voltaire

will be the right answer.

Spoiler

C (John Locke)

JTQ.

[earendel]

Lori Decker
Pleasantville, NY
Orthodontic assistant

Lori got every question right on yesterday's show without using any lifelines. She's not as nervous as she was because she's in pretty good shape in terms of the game. She has a 15 year old daughter at home and that's pressure. The daughter turns 16 this summer and she's "a lunatic", in Lori's words. She advised her mother not to cry on national TV but that's a losing battle. Lori has $40,100 in her bank.

I thought Lori was doing quite well to get this far without a lifeline.

Question #8 (True to the Test)
While still beloved by book fans, some remain upset that Harry Potter lacks what physical feature in the film adaptations?
A - cleft chin
B - green eyes
C - blonde hair
D - gapped tooth

Lori doesn't know this and she's wondering if the audience does. So she decides to ask and find out. "Go, guys," she says.

ATA results

A - 11%
B - 48%
C - 13%
D - 28%

It's not an overwhelming response, Lori notes. She decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (green eyes)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $40,100 (unchanged)

Lori apologizes to the audience for not trusting them, but after they groan when the money is revealed she chides them. "Not enough of you knew it," she says.

48% is not a large margin, but although the HP books and movies are very popular I wouldn't have expected an overwhelming majority to get the right answer. I have often wondered why the filmmakers didn't have Daniel Radcliffe wear green-tinted contact lenses.

Question #9 (Picture This)
In 2000, what country enacted a law making it illegal to show images of a criminal suspect wearing handcuffs?
A - Spain
B - France
C - Germany
D - England

Lori doesn't know this one either. She jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (France)
Value: $500
Bank: $40,100

Meredith explains it was in order to prevent the public from being prejudiced against a suspect.

I'm all for fairness but this seems an example of political correctness gone wild.

$100K - Who wrote of a person's right to "life, liberty and estate" years before Thomas Jefferson tweaked the phrase in 1776?
A - Thomas Malthus
B - Voltaire
C - John Locke
D - Immanuel Kant

Lori has only heard of one of the four -

Spoiler

Voltaire

and if she were at home she'd make that her final answer. She doesn't even have a clue as to who any of the others are, or if they've ever written anything. She'd love to guess it but she can't risk it. She considers walking away and says to the audience, "God, guys, why couldn't you all get 90% on those green eyes. You're killing me!" Her final answer is to walk away even though she's afraid that

Spoiler

Voltaire

will be the right answer.

Spoiler

C (John Locke)

Meredith tells Lori she won't have to live with what might have been but to enjoy what is.

My precall was Rousseau but when that wasn't a choice I went with Locke. So I'd be going for $250K with all lifelines still remaining.

[MarleysGh0st]

Question #9 (Picture This)
In 2000, what country enacted a law making it illegal to show images of a criminal suspect wearing handcuffs?
A - Spain
B - France
C - Germany
D - England

Lori doesn't know this one either. She jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (France)
Value: $500
Bank: $40,100

Meredith explains it was in order to prevent the public from being prejudiced against a suspect.

I'm all for fairness but this seems an example of political correctness gone wild.

Really, ear? Political correctness gone wild?

I don't know if these other countries follow the princple of "innocent until proven guilty" but the United States does. Is it political correctness gone wild to suggest that perp walks present the image of guilt to the public mind?

[Bob Juch]

Question #9 (Picture This)
In 2000, what country enacted a law making it illegal to show images of a criminal suspect wearing handcuffs?
A - Spain
B - France
C - Germany
D - England

Lori doesn't know this one either. She jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (France)
Value: $500
Bank: $40,100

Meredith explains it was in order to prevent the public from being prejudiced against a suspect.

I'm all for fairness but this seems an example of political correctness gone wild.

Really, ear? Political correctness gone wild?

I don't know if these other countries follow the princple of "innocent until proven guilty" but the United States does. Is it political correctness gone wild to suggest that perp walks present the image of guilt to the public mind?

I think French law is still based on the Napoleonic Code which uses "guilty until proven innocent".

[MarleysGh0st]

I think French law is still based on the Napoleonic Code which uses "guilty until proven innocent".

And yet they're the ones who eliminated the perp walk.

[earendel]

Question #9 (Picture This)
In 2000, what country enacted a law making it illegal to show images of a criminal suspect wearing handcuffs?
A - Spain
B - France
C - Germany
D - England

Lori doesn't know this one either. She jumps the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (France)
Value: $500
Bank: $40,100

Meredith explains it was in order to prevent the public from being prejudiced against a suspect.

I'm all for fairness but this seems an example of political correctness gone wild.

Really, ear? Political correctness gone wild?

I don't know if these other countries follow the princple of "innocent until proven guilty" but the United States does. Is it political correctness gone wild to suggest that perp walks present the image of guilt to the public mind?

If that were the case, then why hasn't the U.S. done away with such things?

[Appa23]

Question #8 (True to the Test)
While still beloved by book fans, some remain upset that Harry Potter lacks what physical feature in the film adaptations?
A - cleft chin
B - green eyes
C - blonde hair
D - gapped tooth

Lori doesn't know this and she's wondering if the audience does. So she decides to ask and find out. "Go, guys," she says.

ATA results

A - 11%
B - 48%
C - 13%
D - 28%

It's not an overwhelming response, Lori notes. She decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (green eyes)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $40,100 (unchanged)

Lori apologizes to the audience for not trusting them, but after they groan when the money is revealed she chides them. "Not enough of you knew it," she says.

48% is not a large margin, but although the HP books and movies are very popular I wouldn't have expected an overwhelming majority to get the right answer. I have often wondered why the filmmakers didn't have Daniel Radcliffe wear green-tinted contact lenses.

I happened to watch a program this weekend where Daniel Radcliffe and JK Rowling interviewed each other, and this issue came up.

As it turns out, Daniel is one of the small percentage of the public that cannot wear contacts because he is "allergic" to them. This was discovered after he had been cast. Rowling as asked if she would have a problem with the movie Harry not having green eyes, and she said that it was OK, as long as the actress cast as Lily Potter has eyes that looked like Daniel's.

As it turns out, Daniel also had an allergic reaction to the first prop eyeglasses that he wore. He broke out in whiteheads ("spots") in a circle around each eye.

I had to laugh that Rowling also was upset when she first met Daniel, Rupert, and Emma, as they were "too good looking" to be the nerds that she had imagined when writing the first books, especially Emma. Luckily, Rowling had spoken to Emma first on the phone, where Emma spoke non-stop, a thousand words a minute, about how nervous she was, "as she only had done school plays to that point". Daniel expressed his agreement about Emma, saying that the "big reveal" in The Goblet of Fire was "so, she went from a beautiful girl to a beautiful girl in a beautiful dress."

[minimetoo26]

I had to laugh that Rowling also was upset when she first met Daniel, Rupert, and Emma, as they were "too good looking" to be the nerds that she had imagined when writing the first books, especially Emma. Luckily, Rowling had spoken to Emma first on the phone, where Emma spoke non-stop, a thousand words a minute, about how nervous she was, "as she only had done school plays to that point". Daniel expressed his agreement about Emma, saying that the "big reveal" in The Goblet of Fire was "so, she went from a beautiful girl to a beautiful girl in a beautiful dress."

One of Stephen's friends referred to her as "PUH"--or Pure, Unadulterated Hotness. He was the resident smart kid in the class, and her looks coupled with her character's brains made her his ideal woman.

When they were in 6th grade, of course...

[MarleysGh0st]

I'm all for fairness but this seems an example of political correctness gone wild.

Really, ear? Political correctness gone wild?

I don't know if these other countries follow the princple of "innocent until proven guilty" but the United States does. Is it political correctness gone wild to suggest that perp walks present the image of guilt to the public mind?

If that were the case, then why hasn't the U.S. done away with such things?

Well, here's the Police Commissioner's answer:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/kell ... nI9N36OrHJ

"We have been walking prisoners out of the front doors of station houses for 150 years in this Police Department," Kelly told reporters. "This is how we transport people to court.

"There is no back door, no secret way of doing it," he said at Brooklyn College, where he attended a Police Academy graduation. "So the issue of the so-called perp walk is strictly an issue for the media."

[tlynn78]

Really, ear? Political correctness gone wild?

I don't know if these other countries follow the princple of "innocent until proven guilty" but the United States does. Is it political correctness gone wild to suggest that perp walks present the image of guilt to the public mind?

If that were the case, then why hasn't the U.S. done away with such things?

Well, here's the Police Commissioner's answer:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/kell ... nI9N36OrHJ

"We have been walking prisoners out of the front doors of station houses for 150 years in this Police Department," Kelly told reporters. "This is how we transport people to court.

"There is no back door, no secret way of doing it," he said at Brooklyn College, where he attended a Police Academy graduation. "So the issue of the so-called perp walk is strictly an issue for the media."

In the US, at least, the defendants are in police custody when being transported, and it's a public safety issue, as some/many defendants are flight risks, regardless or innocence or guilt. I'm not generally exposed to defendant's close up that often, but I've personally experienced violence in the courtroom on two occasions, and one of those the perp wasnt even a defendant (yet). Outburst/escape attempts are not something law enforcement wants to deal with especially when close to an unprepared, unsuspecting public, hence the handcuffs during transports. PC-ness be damned, I'm okay with it.

t.

[MarleysGh0st]

T-Girl, as the question says, it's not illegal in France to put handcuffs on a suspect, only to show images of a criminal suspect wearing them. And that's another reason why it's not the law here--it would be a First Amendment issue.

But I'll note that photography and TV cameras are typically forbidden inside the courtroom.