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Kathryn Harvill
Bristow, VA
Stay-at-home mom with 3 little ones.

Topic Tree (pre-randomized):
10. Birthday Suits
9. Natural Born Citizen
8. Set in Stone
7. Senator of Cinema
6. Late Wit
5. Weird Words
4. Double Abbreviation
3. Pirate Gear
2. The Chosen One
1. Biblical Names

Topic Tree: (Randomized)
3. Pirate Gear
9. Natural Born Citizen
10. Birthday Suits
4. Double Abbreviation
2. The Chosen One
8. Set in Stone
7. Senator of Cinema
1. Biblical Names
6. Late Wit
5. Weird Words

Question 1 - Level 5. Weird Words

In 2010, two health care companies took legal action over the right to depict "nurdles," wave-shaped single portions of what?

A: Shampoo
B: Laundry detergent
C: Hand soap
D: Toothpaste

She asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 4%
B: 11%
C: 22%
D: 63%

Answer and value

D: Toothpaste
Value: $100
Bank: $100

Question 2 - Level 6. Late Wit

Literally meaning "staircase wit," what French phrase describes that moment when you think of a clever comeback way too late?

A: Esprit d'escalier
B: Amuse-bouche
C: Fait accompli
D: Tableau vivant

Answer and value

A: Esprit d'escalier
Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,100

Question 3 - Level 1. Biblical Names

Known for its religious views, the Southern and Midwest area of the U.S. is sometimes known as the "Bible" what?

A: Shoe
B: Belt
C: Hat
D: Shirt

Answer and value

B: Belt
Value: $10,000
Bank: $15,100

Commercial break.

Mom is watching from the audience.

Question 4 - Level 7. Senator of Cinema

Who had quite a career change when he left the U.S. senate to head the Motion Picture Association of America in 2011?

A: Evan Bayh
B: Tom Daschle
C: Christopher Dodd
D: Jim Bunning

She jumps the question.

Answer and value

C: Christopher Dodd (Senator from Connecticut)
Value: $500
Bank: $15,100

Question 5 - Level 8. Set in Stone

Some of the only surviving evidence on the route of the Lewis & Clark expidition, "Wm Clark, July 25, 1806" is etched on a rock near what river?

A: Yellowstone
B: Missippippi
C: Colorado
D: Susquehanna

She says

Spoiler

B, Mississippi

, final answer.

Answer and value

A: Yellowstone
Value: $unrevealed

Kathryn leaves with $1,000.

No break, on to next player.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 1 - Level 5. Weird Words

In 2010, two health care companies took legal action over the right to depict "nurdles," wave-shaped single portions of what?

A: Shampoo
B: Laundry detergent
C: Hand soap
D: Toothpaste

She asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 4%
B: 11%
C: 22%
D: 63%

Answer and value

D: Toothpaste
Value: $100
Bank: $100

My portions of toothpaste are smaller and far less telegenic. I wonder which company ended up with a trademark on the nurdle?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 2 - Level 6. Late Wit

Literally meaning "staircase wit," what French phrase describes that moment when you think of a clever comeback way too late?

A: Esprit d'escalier
B: Amuse-bouche
C: Fait accompli
D: Tableau vivant

Answer and value

A: Esprit d'escalier
Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,100

I'm familiar with the German version of the word, treppenwitz, and I've used that to describe my many unimpressive auditions with the APs.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 - Level 8. Set in Stone

Some of the only surviving evidence on the route of the Lewis & Clark expidition, "Wm Clark, July 25, 1806" is etched on a rock near what river?

A: Yellowstone
B: Missippippi
C: Colorado
D: Susquehanna

She says

Spoiler

B, Mississippi

, final answer.

Answer and value

A: Yellowstone
Value: $unrevealed

Kathryn leaves with $1,000.

Ouch. They did start on the Mississippi, but that wasn't the territory they were sent to explore.

Question 4 - Level 7. Senator of Cinema

Who had quite a career change when he left the U.S. senate to head the Motion Picture Association of America in 2011?

A: Evan Bayh
B: Tom Daschle
C: Christopher Dodd
D: Jim Bunning

She jumps the question.

Answer and value

C: Christopher Dodd (Senator from Connecticut)
Value: $500
Bank: $15,100

One of those things I should know but don't. Probably a dozen BBs could answer this without waiting for the choices.

Question 5 - Level 8. Set in Stone

Some of the only surviving evidence on the route of the Lewis & Clark expidition, "Wm Clark, July 25, 1806" is etched on a rock near what river?

A: Yellowstone
B: Missippippi
C: Colorado
D: Susquehanna

She says

Spoiler

B, Mississippi

, final answer.

Answer and value

A: Yellowstone
Value: $unrevealed

JTQ.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 - Level 8. Set in Stone

Some of the only surviving evidence on the route of the Lewis & Clark expidition, "Wm Clark, July 25, 1806" is etched on a rock near what river?

A: Yellowstone
B: Missippippi
C: Colorado
D: Susquehanna

She says

Spoiler

B, Mississippi

, final answer.

Answer and value

A: Yellowstone
Value: $unrevealed

Kathryn leaves with $1,000.

Ouch. They did start on the Mississippi, but that wasn't the territory they were sent to explore.

Technically, they started on the Missouri in St. Charles MO - if I'm not mistaken. I don't think the expedition once it really got underway (not counting the prep-work and travel to St. Louis) was ever on the Mississippi.

frogman042 wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 - Level 8. Set in Stone

Some of the only surviving evidence on the route of the Lewis & Clark expidition, "Wm Clark, July 25, 1806" is etched on a rock near what river?

A: Yellowstone
B: Missippippi
C: Colorado
D: Susquehanna

She says

Spoiler

B, Mississippi

, final answer.

Answer and value

A: Yellowstone
Value: $unrevealed

Kathryn leaves with $1,000.

Ouch. They did start on the Mississippi, but that wasn't the territory they were sent to explore.

Technically, they started on the Missouri in St. Charles MO - if I'm not mistaken. I don't think the expedition once it really got underway (not counting the prep-work and travel to St. Louis) was ever on the Mississippi.

Okay, they started out as much as three or four miles away from the Mississippi. But my point is that their starting place was "civilized territory" and there wouldn't have been a need to leave their mark there.

It's near Billings, Montana.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Kathryn Harvill
Bristow, VA
Stay-at-home mom with 3 little ones.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 1 - Level 5. Weird Words
In 2010, two health care companies took legal action over the right to depict "nurdles," wave-shaped single portions of what?

A: Shampoo
B: Laundry detergent
C: Hand soap
D: Toothpaste

She asks the audience.

Spoiler

A: 4%
B: 11%
C: 22%
D: 63%

Answer and value

D: Toothpaste
Value: $100
Bank: $100

First off, who ever heard of "nurdles"? Second, why would this be a legal matter? Third, which product is likely to have "wave-shaped single portions"?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 2 - Level 6. Late Wit
Literally meaning "staircase wit," what French phrase describes that moment when you think of a clever comeback way too late?

A: Esprit d'escalier
B: Amuse-bouche
C: Fait accompli
D: Tableau vivant

Answer and value

A: Esprit d'escalier
Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,100

Well, "amuse-bouche" is food, "fait accompli" is "accomplished fact" and as for D, it's some sort of table. Since "escalier" looks like "escalator", I'll go with that as my final answer.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 - Level 8. Set in Stone
Some of the only surviving evidence on the route of the Lewis & Clark expidition, "Wm Clark, July 25, 1806" is etched on a rock near what river?

A: Yellowstone
B: Missippippi
C: Colorado
D: Susquehanna

She says

Spoiler

B, Mississippi

, final answer.

Answer and value

A: Yellowstone
Value: $unrevealed

Well, it's certainly not the Colorado or Susquehanna (both would have been off the route). Surely they would have been much further along than the Mississippi by that date, so it has to be the Yellowstone.

earendel wrote:First off, who ever heard of "nurdles"? Second, why would this be a legal matter? Third, which product is likely to have "wave-shaped single portions"?

Okay, I looked it up.

http://blogs.reuters.com/shop-talk/2010 ... -the-word/

For those who don’t know, a nurdle — a wave-like gob of toothpaste applied on a toothbrush — is at the center of a trademark lawsuit filed by consumer product company Colgate-Palmolive against rival GlaxoSmithKline.

Colgate sued Glaxo, which owns the Aquafresh brand, seeking a court order that its packaging for Colgate toothpaste does not infringe trademarks held by Glaxo, which had filed a trademark application for the nurdle design.

I don't know if the lawsuit has been resolved, yet. Clearly, there's a lot riding on this!