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Beverly Bell
Divide, CO
5th grade teacher

Beverly says she's a 55-year old with a 29-year old spirit, or a 29-year old with lots of experience. Her daughter Carrie is in the relationship seat.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
- The Beach Boys
- Ghastly Groups
- Legalese
- Movie Cakes
- Familiar Lines
- Presidential Families
- Funny Guy
- Brand Identity
- Rough Draft
- Word Game

Topic Tree: (randomized)
- Rough Draft
- The Beach Boys
- Brand Identity
- Word Game
- Funny Guy
- Legalese
- Familiar Lines
- Presidential Families
- Movie Cakes
- Ghastly Groups

Meredith asks Beverly if she's ready to play. "Let's play Millionaire!" Beverly replies. "That's my line," Meredith jokes.

Question #1 (Ghastly Groups)
A group of what flying creatures is known as a "murder"?
A - vultures
B - bats
C - hornets
D - crows

Beverly's pretty sure it's

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D, crows

and makes that her final answer

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Answer: D (crows)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $7,000

Question #2 (Movie Cakes)
The 1989 film "Steel Magnolias" is often credited with the resurgence in popularity of what type of cake, popular in the South?
A - Black Forest cake
B - red velvet cake
C - pineapple upside down cake
D - carrot cake

Beverly thinks she'll ask the audience on this one.

ATA results

A - 0%
B - 67%
C - 27%
D - 6%

Beverly says the audience looks brilliant so she's going with their answer.

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Answer: B (red velvet cake)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $12,000

Question #3 (Presidential Families)
Of the five pairs of U.S. presidents who share a last name, none were related to each other in what way?
A - father-son
B - grandfather-grandson
C - cousins
D - brothers

Beverly says she knows that

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the Bushes were father and son

and she believes there was a

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grandfather and grandson

somewhere. She decides to Jump the Question because she's just not confident.

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Answer: D (brothers)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $12,000 (no change)

"That was my answer," Beverly says when the right answer is revealed. "Do-overs?" she asks.

Question #4 (Familiar Lines)
How does a person born on New Year's Day respond to the question, "So what's your sign?"
A - Capricorn
B - Aries
C - Cancer
D - Libra

"One of my really good friends - she sent me a good-luck charm in fact - was born on New Year's Day and she's a

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Capricorn

.

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Answer: A (Capricorn)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $37,000

Meredith notes that she's one also.

commercial break

The "blast from the past" question was worth $100,000 in 2007

Introduced in 1847, the first two stamps issued by the USPS featured George Washington and what other American?
A - Alexander Hamilton
B - Thomas Jefferson
C - Benjamin Franklin
D - Paul Revere

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C (Benjamin Franklin)

Question #5 (Legalese)
What is the first word of the famous four-word phrase etched above the main west entrance of the U.S. Supreme Court building?
A - justice
B - equal
C - law
D - under

Beverly thinks the phrase is

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"Equal justice under law"

so she makes

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B

her final answer.

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Answer: B (equal)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $38,000

Question #6 (Funny Guy)
Comedian Jeff Dunham has gained a large following due to his act, which showcases his talents at what?
A - ventriloquism
B - magic tricks
C - dancing
D - celebrity impersonations

Beverly has no idea why she thinks she knows this, but when she saw the question she thought

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"ventriloquism"

and that was one of the answers, so that's a possibility. If she gets it right she asks Meredith not to do that funny thing. Meredith asks, "What funny thing?" Beverly replies, "The one where you say, 'Oh,

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ventriloquism

...I'm sorry Beverly...that's right!"

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Answer: A (ventriloquism)
Value: $100
Bank: $38,000

After Beverly answers, Meredith just looks at her and gives a small shake of the head, then stands looking at her, while Beverly looks back at her. Finally Meredith starts to laugh.

Question #7 (Word Game)
What classic board game uses the slogan "Every word's a winner"?
A - Monopoly
B - Twister
C - Scrabble
D - Risk

"

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Scrabble is the only word game up there, I believe.

Beverly jokes that this is a "risky" game.

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Answer: C (Scrabble)
Value: $500
Bank: $38,600

Question #8 (Brand Identity)
The packaging of products from which of these office supply brands is typically decorated with plaid prints?
A - Sharpie
B - Post-It
C - Scotch
D - Mead

"

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Since Scotch is from Scotland and Scotland has plaids, I'm going with C as my final answer.

"

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Answer: C (Scotch)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $41,600

THE END OF GAME "NOISE"

Beverly will be back on Monday with $41,600 in her bank and one JTQ lifeline remaining.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Beverly Bell
Divide, CO
5th grade teacher

Beverly says she's a 55-year old with a 29-year old spirit, or a 29-year old with lots of experience. Her daughter Carrie is in the relationship seat.

I like her attitude.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question #2 (Movie Cakes)
The 1989 film "Steel Magnolias" is often credited with the resurgence in popularity of what type of cake, popular in the South?
A - Black Forest cake
B - red velvet cake
C - pineapple upside down cake
D - carrot cake

Beverly thinks she'll ask the audience on this one.

ATA results

A - 0%
B - 67%
C - 27%
D - 6%

Beverly says the audience looks brilliant so she's going with their answer.

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Answer: B (red velvet cake)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $12,000

I'd use ATA also.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question #6 (Funny Guy)
Comedian Jeff Dunham has gained a large following due to his act, which showcases his talents at what?
A - ventriloquism
B - magic tricks
C - dancing
D - celebrity impersonations

Beverly has no idea why she thinks she knows this, but when she saw the question she thought

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"ventriloquism"

and that was one of the answers, so that's a possibility. If she gets it right she asks Meredith not to do that funny thing. Meredith asks, "What funny thing?" Beverly replies, "The one where you say, 'Oh,

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ventriloquism

...I'm sorry Beverly...that's right!"

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Answer: A (ventriloquism)
Value: $100
Bank: $38,000

After Beverly answers, Meredith just looks at her and gives a small shake of the head, then stands looking at her, while Beverly looks back at her. Finally Meredith starts to laugh.

Good on ya, Beverly, for calling Meredith out on her fakeouts. As for me I'd be using JTQ.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #5 (Legalese)
What is the first word of the famous four-word phrase etched above the main west entrance of the U.S. Supreme Court building?
A - justice
B - equal
C - law
D - under

An FF question in the main game?!

mntetn wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #5 (Legalese)
What is the first word of the famous four-word phrase etched above the main west entrance of the U.S. Supreme Court building?
A - justice
B - equal
C - law
D - under

An FF question in the main game?!

It reminded me of the first question in TOPG.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
Question #8 (Brand Identity)
The packaging of products from which of these office supply brands is typically decorated with plaid prints?
A - Sharpie
B - Post-It
C - Scotch
D - Mead

"

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Since Scotch is from Scotland and Scotland has plaids, I'm going with C as my final answer.

"

Just an extra bit of info,

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the Scotch brand of adhesives was named supposedly due to a customer complaint that 3M's masking tape was being made too cheaply.

"take this tape back to your stingy Scotch bosses and tell them to put more adhesive on it."

3M responded by creating the Scotch tape brand, first using it for their masking tape and then, more famously, for their clear adhesive tape originally used to seal cellophane.

Good trivia,

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Richard Drew, a 3M engineer, is credited with inventing both masking tape and cellophane tape.