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Ashley Hebert
"The Bachelorette"

Ashley continues from yesterday with $6,500. She has 1 jump the question lifeline remaining.


Topic Tree: (Randomized)
9 Literary Gifts
2 Galactic Candy
7 Jewelry Jargon
5 Presidential Races
10 Sporting Businesses
1 Tools of the Trade
$5,000
$500
$1,000
jumped ($25,000)


Question 5 - Level 1 - Tools of the Trade

Often held at the construction site of a new business development, a groundbreaking ceremony commonly features what tools?

A: Rakes B: Crowbars
C: Shovels D: Pitchforks

Answer and value

C: Shovels
Value: $7,000
Bank: $13,500

Question 6 - Level 10 - Sporting Businesses

What company was founded in 1964 by a track coach and one of his students under the name Blue Ribbon Sports?

A: Puma B: Nike
C: Reebok D: Saucony

Spoiler

She knows it's not Nike. She doesn't know the answer for sure. She thinks it might be Puma.

Answer and value

B: Nike (Good thing she jumped it.)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $13,500

Question 7 - Level 5 - Presidential Races

What major league baseball team's home games feature a 4th-inning race between mascots dressed as U.S. Presidents?

A: Milwaukee Brewers B: Washington Nationals
C: San Diego Padres D: Boston Red Sox

Spoiler

Answer and value

B: Washington Nationals
Value: $15,000
Bank: $28,500

Question 8 - Level 7 - Jewelry Jargon

Necklaces are often fastened behind the neck with a small piece known as a what?

A: Dolphin clasp B: Lion clasp
C: Lobster clasp D: Badger clasp

Answer and value

C: Lobster clasp
Value: $100
Bank: $28,600

Question 9 - Level 2 - Galactic Candy

Which of these popular candy names could also be used to describe an explosion in space that creates new stars?

A: Twizzlers B: Pop Rocks
C: Starburst D: Milky Way

Answer and value

C: Starburst
Value: $3,000
Bank: $31,600

Commercial Break

Question 10 - Level 9 - Literary Gifts

Which of these writers donated his Nobel Prize for Literature to the people of Cuba?

A: T.S. Eliot B: Ernest Hemingway
C: William Faulkner D: John Steinbeck

Ashley doesn't know it, and she chooses to walk. The charity gets $15,800.

Answer and value

B: Ernest Hemingway (Spent time in Cuba writing The Old Man and the Sea)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $31,600 ($15,800)

I still have this ep on the DVR and will have it posted before the weekend's up. The couple of times I tried to log in on Thursday, the Bored wouldn't let me on.

-M

Bump.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Ashley Hebert
"The Bachelorette"

Ashley continues from yesterday with $6,500. She has 1 jump the question lifeline remaining.

I fail to see how being on a reality show makes one a celebrity, but maybe that's just the curmudgeon in me talking.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 8 - Level 7 - Jewelry Jargon

Necklaces are often fastened behind the neck with a small piece known as a what?

A: Dolphin clasp B: Lion clasp
C: Lobster clasp D: Badger clasp

Answer and value

C: Lobster clasp
Value: $100
Bank: $28,600

elwing doesn't wear much jewelry and I've never heard this term, so I'd JTQ.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 10 - Level 9 - Literary Gifts

Which of these writers donated his Nobel Prize for Literature to the people of Cuba?

A: T.S. Eliot B: Ernest Hemingway
C: William Faulkner D: John Steinbeck

Ashley doesn't know it, and she chooses to walk. The charity gets $15,800.

Answer and value

B: Ernest Hemingway (Spent time in Cuba writing The Old Man and the Sea)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $31,600 ($15,800)

I guess if you don't associate Hemingway with Cuba via "The Old Man and the Sea" then it's not an easy get.