Transcript 10/5/2018 - Molly Mollin

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Transcript 10/5/2018 - Molly Mollin

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Tue Oct 09, 2018 10:32 am

Molly Mollin
San Francisco, CA


$500: To combat "screen addiction," in 2018 France passed a law prohibiting students from taking out their what in the classroom?
A - retainer
B - pet snake
C - smartphone
D - appendix
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Answer: C (smartphone)


$1000: Someone driving in which of these famous places would be most likely to get caught in a "bison jam" -- a traffic jam caused by a herd of bison crossing the road?
A - French Quarter in New ORleans
B - Times Square
C - Yellowstone National Park
D - Las Vegas Strip

Molly says she was
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on the strip and didn't see any bison
.
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Answer: C (Yellowstone National Park)


$2000: Putting "Bermuda" in front of all but which of these words creates the name of a familiar term?
A - onion
B - shorts
C - grass
D - trapezoid
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Answer: D (trapezoid)


$3000: The only one not to have its own Olympic event, what swimming stroke is often used by lifeguards because it allows them to tow a person with them?
A - butterfly
B - sidestroke
C - breaststroke
D - backstroke
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Answer: B (sidestroke)


$5000: Considering she played the character Mystique in "X-Men," it's fitting that Rebeca Romijn hosted the GSN game show "Skin Wars," which was what type of competition?
A - body piercing
B - tanning
C - plastic surgery
D - body painting

Molly had the answer before the options appeared.
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Answer: D (body painting)


$7000: If you were enjoying a meal of fingerlings with a side of fingerlings, which two things would most likely be on your plate?
A - sausage and broccoli
B - fish and potatoes
C - chicken and brussels sprouts
D - pork ribs and squash

Molly knows that
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fingerlings are a type of potato
.
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Answer: B (fish and potatoes)

commercial break

Molly has overcome several health issues including a form of arthritis from an early age. She has learned not to take things for granted.

$10,000: A remnant of the Spanish Colonial era, Intramuros is a 450-year-old walled city located in the center of what cosmopolitan Asian capital?
A - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
B - Bangkok, Thailand
C - Seoul, South Korea
D - Manila, Philippines

Molly tries to think which of the four was colonized by Spain. Her gut says it's
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Manila
. She decides to trust her gut.
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Answer: D (Manila, Philippines)


$20,000: Based solely on the face value of the lettered tiles, which of these statements about spelling out numbers with Scrabble tiles is true?
A - SEVEN is worth 7 points
B - EIGHT is worth 8 points
C - TWELVE is worth 12 points
D - SIXTEEN is worth 16 points

Molly says Scrabble has never been her game and she hopes the audience plays it.
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Ask the Audience results:
A - 17%
B - 37%
C - 18%
D - 28%

That's not a very good response, so Molly goes with the 50:50.
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"50:50 results": C & D

Molly was thinking it was
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B, but it's not up there any more
. She decides to bring down Christian, her +1. He knows that the common letters are worth only 1 and thinks
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X is worth 8 or 9
. He and Molly try to do some calculating and Molly asks "how much thunder" does Chris have about going with
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C
. He says not much. She decides to make
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C
her final answer.
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Answer: C (TWELVE is worth 12 points)

commercial break

$30,000: Before her short-lived career as a calypso performer, what woman became, at 16, the first African American female to work as a San Francisco cable car conductor?
A - Whoopi Goldberg
B - Maya Angelou
C - Robin Roberts
D - Alice Walker

Molly says she feels extra pressure since she's from San Francisco. She knows who the four women are but not which one was a calypso performer. Molly's mother said that if Molly made it to $20,000 she should walk away. Molly's gut is telling her it's
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B
but she's going to walk away.
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Answer: B (Maya Angelou)

commercial break

MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": In Rudyard Kipling's "Just So Stories," what animal's nose gets stretched by a hungry crocodile?
A - camel
B - elephant
C - leopard
D - kangaroo
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Answer: B (elephant)

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Re: Transcript 10/5/2018 - Molly Mollin

#2 Post by earendel » Mon Oct 15, 2018 12:02 pm

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Molly Mollin
San Francisco, CA
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$30,000: Before her short-lived career as a calypso performer, what woman became, at 16, the first African American female to work as a San Francisco cable car conductor?
A - Whoopi Goldberg
B - Maya Angelou
C - Robin Roberts
D - Alice Walker

Molly says she feels extra pressure since she's from San Francisco. She knows who the four women are but not which one was a calypso performer. Molly's mother said that if Molly made it to $20,000 she should walk away. Molly's gut is telling her it's
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B
but she's going to walk away.
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Answer: B (Maya Angelou)
I'd have to burn lifelines on this one.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."

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Re: Transcript 10/5/2018 - Molly Mollin

#3 Post by ghostjmf » Mon Oct 15, 2018 1:26 pm

5K: A or D. ATA

20K: +1

30K: Knew from bio

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