Federal Way, WA
Executive Assistant
Besides being an executive assistant, Bethany is also a flutist. Sometimes she plays her flute on the streets of Seattle. She likes to dress down during those performances, so her tips are bigger.
Question Topics (Unrandomized):
* In the Navy
* Off Script
* Pole Positions
* On the Radio
* Gender Justice
* Magic Words
* Classic Sitcoms
* Do The Math
* Name Calling
* Sweet Tooth
Question Topics (Randomized):
* Magic Words
* Classic Sitcoms
* Gender Justice
* Pole Positions
* In the Navy
* Name Calling
* Do The Math
* Off Script
* On the Radio
* Sweet Tooth
Question #1 * Sweet Tooth
What candy was created in 1956 during an inventor's attempt to develop a powdered carbonated drink?
A: Pop Rocks B: Starburst
C: Milk Duds D: Goobers
Answer/Value/Bank
A: Pop Rocks
Question Value: $100
Bank: $100
Question Value: $100
Bank: $100
Question #2 * On the Radio
Sampling a 1984 song and flipping the words in its title, Jay-Z had a Top 40 hit in 2010 called what?
A: Young Forever B: Dreams Sweet
C: Chameleon Karma D: Wings Broken
Bethany needs to Ask The Audience.
ATA
A: 60% B: 12% C: 22% D: 6%
Answer/Value/Bank
A: Young Forever
Question Value: $500
Bank: $600
Question Value: $500
Bank: $600
Question #3 * Off Script
What actor delivers the oft-misquoted line "That dirty, double-crossing rat" in the 1931 film "Blonde Crazy"?
A: John Wayne B: Clarke Gable
C: James Cagney D: Cary Grant
Answer/Value/Bank
C: James Cagney
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,600
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,600
Question #4 * Do The Math
The numbered spaces on a standard roulette wheel fittingly add up to what sinful number?
A: 333 B: 444
C: 555 D: 666
Bethany happens to be a Christian and she knows this number well.
Answer/Value/Bank
D: 666
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $17,600
Question Value: $15,000
Bank: $17,600
Question #5 * Name Calling
What biblical figure's name is a synonym for "traitor"?
A: Noah B: Solomon
C: Judas D: Moses
Answer/Value/Bank
C: Judas
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $18,600
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $18,600
-- Commercial Break --
Question #6 * In the Navy
According to a Navy tradition, sailors become "shellbacks" after doing what for the first time?
A: Riding a submarine B: Crossing the Equator
C: Falling off a ship D: Getting seasick
Bethany: I can't see it being crossing the Equator. Falling off a ship, I'm not sure what that might be. Getting seasick, maybe getting seasick because you're [she makes a seasick gesture] you know. Riding a submarine seems logical, but I'm just not sure.
Bethany Jumps The Question.
Answer/Value/Bank
B: Crossing the Equator
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $18,600
Question Value: $3,000
Bank: $18,600
Question #7 * Pole Positions
Due to its icy environment, a plateau bordering what mountain range is often referred to as the "Third Pole"?
A: Himalayas B: Alps
C: Andes D: Urals
Bethany's initial thought is either A or C, but she's trying to think which of these have a plateau nearby. Again, Bethany Jumps The Question.
Answer/Value/Bank
A: Himalayas
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $18,600
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $18,600
Question #8 * Gender Justice
Women currently make up what fraction of the U.S. Supreme Court?
A: 1/4 B: 1/3
C: 1/5 D: 1/6
Bethany names all of the women justices. She's not sure if Elena Kagan was confirmed, but the other answer, if she wasn't, isn't up there, so she goes with
Spoiler
B: 1/3
Answer/Value/Bank
B: 1/3
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $43,600
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $43,600
-- Commercial Break --
During the break, one of the producers commented that Bethany looks so good on camera. Meredith says Bethany's response was "Maybe I can get a date!"
Question #9 * Classic Sitcoms
Which of the following classic sitcom characters had only sisters for siblings?
A: Arnold Jackson B: Mike Seaver
C: Theo Huxtable D: Greg Brady
Answer/Value/Bank
C: Theo Huxtable
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $50,600
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $50,600
Question #10 * Magic Words
The Ouija board gets its mystical-sounding name by combining the French and German words for what?
A: Hello B: Please
C: Welcome D: Yes
Answer/Value/Bank
D: Yes
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $55,600
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $55,600
$100,000
Rachael Ray's Halloween dish "Worms and Eyeballs" calls for what pasta because of its resemblance to worms?
A: Radiatore B: Farfalle
C: Bucatini D: Orechiette
Bethany can eliminate
Spoiler
A and B
Spoiler
C: Bucatini
Answer
C: Bucatini
-- Commercial Break --
Bethany's goal was to get six figures and she just got that. Meredith didn't think she'd go for it, but Bethany says she needs to take more risks in life.
$250,000
Though it was taken roughly thirteen years after he left office, who was the first U.S. president to be photographed?
A: Thomas Jefferson B: James Madison
C: James Monroe D: John Quincy Adams
Bethany tries to reason it out, but she can't narrow it down. She would have said
Spoiler
John Quincy Adams
Answer
D: John Quincy Adams
