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Amy Nickerson
Bristol, PA

Topic Tree (pre-randomized): Not Shown

Topic Tree: (Randomized)
Parade Time
Poems
Food Prep
Getting to Church
Historic Hand-Me-Down
Art Materials
Smells Like Dinner
Reality Showdown
Anatomy in Español
Scholarly Science


Question 1 - Scholarly Science

Focusing on a topic with which his name is now associated, "Synopsis Astronomia Cometicae" is a landmark work by whom?

A: Louis Pasteur
B: Charles Darwin
C: Edmund Halley
D: Charles Richter

Answer and value

C: Edmund Halley
Value: $100
Bank: $100

Question 2 - Anatomy in Español

"Cráneo" is the Spanish word for what part of the human body?

A: Skull
B: Ankle
C: Spine
D: Knuckle

Answer and value

A: Skull
Value: $25,000
Bank: $25,100

Question 3 - Reality Showdown

The new reality series "Best Ink" is a competition show featuring people in what ink-heavy craft?

A: Autograph collecting
B: Calligraphy
C: Cartoon illustration
D: Tattoo art

Answer and value

D: Tattoo art
Value: $500
Bank: $25,600

Question 4 - Smells like Dinner

In an unusual charity campaign, in 2010 White Castle restaurants began selling candles that smell like what?

A: Egg rolls
B: Hamburgers
C: Tacos
D: Fried chicken

Answer and value

B: Hamburgers
Value: $1,000
Bank: $26,600

Commercial break.

Amy's family is in the audience. She'd like to buy an RV for her mom and dad.

Question 5 - Art Materials

Though many of history's iconic artworks were painted on canvas, which of these was painted on cardboard?

A: Hopper's "Nighthawks"
B: Picasso's "Guernica"
C: Munch's "The Scream"
D: Dali's "The Persistence of Memory"

JTQ

Answer and value

C: Munch's "The Scream"
Value: $15,000
Bank: $26,600

Question 6 - Historic Hand-Me-Down

FDR reportedly said "I hope Mr. Capone doesn't mind" when he used which of Al Capone's possessions after the government seized it?

A: Rolex watch
B: Beach house
C: Armored car
D: Billiards table

JTQ

Answer and value

C: Armored car (He drove it on the way to making the 1941 "Infamy" speech just after Pearl Harbor.)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $26,600

Question 7 - Getting to Church

Chapel of the Snows is a house of religion located in what sparsely-populated part of the world?

A: Galapagos Islands
B: Death Valley
C: Antarctica
D: Australian Outback

Spoiler

She rules out B and D, but not A. She's going to risk it on C.

Answer and value

C: Antarctica
Value: $10,000
Bank: $36,600

Commercial break.

Question 8 - Food Prep

Before it is eaten, which of the following is often first removed from its cupule, an organic base that looks like a small cap?

A: Acorn
B: Raspberry
C: Olive
D: Radish

Answer and value

A: Acorn
Value: $3,000
Bank: $39,600

Question 9 - Poems

What is the last word of the Elizabeth Barrett Browning poem that begins, "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways"?

A: Eternity
B: Soul
C: God
D: Death

ATA

She rules out "God," then asks the audience.

A: 55%
B: 12%
C: 2%
D: 31%

She goes with the audience and A.

Amy leaves with $1,000.

Answer and value

D: Death
Value: $not revealed

Commercial break.

Club Millionaire Question

Before changing it to "Yesterday," Paul McCartney's beloved 1965 song originally began with what odd lyric?

A: Scrambled eggs
B: Toast and jam
C: Melted cheese
D: Fish and chips

Spoiler

A

Bump 2.

Question 8 - Food Prep

Before it is eaten, which of the following is often first removed from its cupule, an organic base that looks like a small cap?

A: Acorn
B: Raspberry
C: Olive
D: Radish

Answer and value

A: Acorn
Value: $3,000
Bank: $39,600

Humans remove it. Bears eat it whole. Acorns are very mild tasting, not nearly as flavorful as the kinds you buy in the store.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Amy Nickerson
Bristol, PA

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 1 - Scholarly Science

Focusing on a topic with which his name is now associated, "Synopsis Astronomia Cometicae" is a landmark work by whom?

A: Louis Pasteur
B: Charles Darwin
C: Edmund Halley
D: Charles Richter

Answer and value

C: Edmund Halley
Value: $100
Bank: $100

"Cometicae" = "comet" so it's gotta be Halley.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 4 - Smells like Dinner

In an unusual charity campaign, in 2010 White Castle restaurants began selling candles that smell like what?

A: Egg rolls
B: Hamburgers
C: Tacos
D: Fried chicken

Answer and value

B: Hamburgers
Value: $1,000
Bank: $26,600

So not like their slilders then?

Did you know there is a White Castle in Lafayette, IN, that serves wine?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 - Art Materials

Though many of history's iconic artworks were painted on canvas, which of these was painted on cardboard?

A: Hopper's "Nighthawks"
B: Picasso's "Guernica"
C: Munch's "The Scream"
D: Dali's "The Persistence of Memory"

JTQ

Answer and value

C: Munch's "The Scream"
Value: $15,000
Bank: $26,600

I know it's not "Guernica" but beyond that I have no idea so I'll JTQ.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 7 - Getting to Church

Chapel of the Snows is a house of religion located in what sparsely-populated part of the world?

A: Galapagos Islands
B: Death Valley
C: Antarctica
D: Australian Outback

Spoiler

She rules out B and D, but not A. She's going to risk it on C.

Answer and value

C: Antarctica
Value: $10,000
Bank: $36,600

Does she think there's a lot of snow in the Galapagos?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 9 - Poems

What is the last word of the Elizabeth Barrett Browning poem that begins, "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways"?

A: Eternity
B: Soul
C: God
D: Death

ATA

She rules out "God," then asks the audience.

A: 55%
B: 12%
C: 2%
D: 31%

She goes with the audience and A.

Amy leaves with $1,000.

Answer and value

D: Death
Value: not revealed

If this were a Dickenson poem I'd go with "death" right away but Browning's not as morbid. I'll have to JTQ.