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Elita Bradley
New York, NY

Elita was introduced as "the most hated woman in America" because she is the voice people hear on automated menus when calling and trying to reach a real person.

Topic Tree:
10 Early Versions
9 For the Cows
8 Other Works
7 Jim Nasium
6 Wartime Bromance
5 Room at the Inn
4 Baby Daddy Drama
3 Mind Your Beeswax
2 Under the Knife
1 Read the Fine Print


Topic Tree: (Randomized)
9 For the Cows
7 Jim Nasium
10 Early Versions
1 Read the Fine Print
3 Mind Your Beeswax
8 Other Works
2 Under the Knife
6 Wartime Bromance
5 Room at the Inn
4 Baby Daddy Drama



Question 1 - 4 Baby Daddy Drama
Reported in the book "Break On Through," what musician may have left a legacy with 20 paternity suits filed at his time of death?
A. Jimi Hendrix B. Keith Moon
C. Jim Morrison D. Kurt Cobain

Answer and value

C. Jim Morrison
Value: $2000
Bank: $2000

Question 2 - 5 Room at the Inn
You have to wait until 3:00 pm to check in at the Czech Inn, a hostel located in what Eastern European city?
A. Warsaw B. Prague
C. Budapest D. Minsk

Answer and value

B. Prague
Value: $3000
Bank: $5000

Question 3 - 6 Wartime Bromance
During WWII, when his favorite actor was serving in the U.S. Army, Adolf Hitler offered a hefty reward for the live capture of whom?
A. Henry Fonda B. Clark Gable
C. Humphrey Bogart D. Jimmy Stewart

JTQ 1

Answer and value

B. Clark Gable
Value: $7000 jumped
Bank: $5000

Question 4 - 2 Under the Knife
As recounted in his memoir, when Ronald Reagan was about to undergo surgery after an assassination attempt, he said to one doctor "I hope you're a" what?
A. Cowboy B. College graduate
C. Capitalist D. Republican

Answer and value

D. Republican
Value: $25K!
Bank: $30K

Commercial break

Elita's mom Gloria is in the audience.

Question 5 - 8 Other Works
Which of the following TV personalities is the only one to have not yet released a music album under his name?
A. Hugh Laurie B. Wayne Brady
C. Seth MacFarlane D. Jeff Probst

ATA

reasoning: knew Seth MacFarlane had an album of like torch songs from last year. Wayne Brady has a terrific voice. Did not know Jeff Probst was a singer. Hugh Laurie? The guy from House I think.
Feels bad about using a LL since it seems like it should be obvious, feeling like I did hear Hugh Laurie had an album... Jeff Probst is the one that I'm just going "eh..."
Thinking I'm over-thinking this but to be safe will use ATA

A-16% B-10%
C-3% D-71%

(no mention that she may have influenced them)

Answer and value

D. Jeff Probst
Value: $10K
Bank: $40K

Question 6 - 3 Mind Your Beeswax
Though the phrase "bee's knees" isn't totally accurate, bees do have knee-like joints located at the intersection of their what?
A. Radius and ulna B. Tibia and femur
C. Clavicle and scapula D. Mandible and cranium

Spoiler

Elita mentions she knows Latin

Answer and value

B. Tibia and femur
Value: $1000
Bank: $41K

Question 7 - 1 Read the Fine Print
So you don't go cuckoo over the actual size of your Cocoa Puffs, which of these disclaimers is commonly found on cereal boxes?
A. Some assembly required B. Dry clean only
C. Batteries not included D. Enlarged to show texture

Answer and value

D. Enlarged to show texture
Value: $15K
Bank: $56K

Commercial break

Cedric had Elita record a greeting for his smartphone.
"If you're calling to borrow money... please hang up... and call someone else"

Question 8 - 10 Early Versions
An early version of what "modern" device was actually patented in 1843, under the partial title, "electric printing and signal telegraphs"?
A. Copy machine B. Fax machine
C. Photo scanner D. Smartphone

Spoiler

Elita was thinking it would be ironic if the phone recording lady went out on fax machine. But she went for it.

Answer and value

B. Fax machine
Value: $500
Bank: $56500

Question 9- 7 Jim Nasium
Long before yuppies started doing it, who created a popular fitness method while helping soldiers recover from their World War I injuries?
A. Kenny Yoga B. Alan Zumba
C. Joseph Pilates D. Sven Jogging

Spoiler

Elita knows this one for sure. Cedric added it was while he was forced to live in a medic camp during the war.

Answer and value

C. Joseph Pilates
Value: $5000
Bank: $61500

Flashback question
Which of these actual funny-sounding lakes was considered by ancient local inhabitants to be the birthplace of civilization?
A. Minnewanka B. Fanny Hooe
C. Titicaca D. Crotch

Flashback Answer

C. Titicaca

Commercial break

Question 10 - 9 For the Cows
A now-common salad ingredient once thought to only be safe for bovine consumption was called what by 17th century consumers?
A. Cowbbage B. Cowlery
C. Cowcumber D. Cowliflower

JTQ 2

Elita decided that cowcumber sounds right but she wanted to jump to the next level.

Answer and value

C. Cowcumber
Value: known to be $100
Bank: $61500

Question 11 - $100K
Ironically, the popular wedding song "Here Comes the Bride" was written for the tragic Wagner opera where what happens at the end?
A. The bride and groom die B. The groom dies
C. The bride dies D. The bride's father dies

Spoiler

Elita asked herself if it would be an opera where the bride dies at the end. She is not an opera fan and said she is more of a Justin Bieber kind of girl.
Cedric added that Bieber has yet to write an opera but you know it's coming: "Beliebers: The Opera. Don't Stop Beliebing"
Cedric went over the money amounts and Elita declared here comes the bride, and here goes Elita.
Walk

Answer

C. The bride dies
Walk: $61500

walk

no carryover

Question 1 - 4 Baby Daddy Drama
Reported in the book "Break On Through," what musician may have left a legacy with 20 paternity suits filed at his time of death?
A. Jimi Hendrix B. Keith Moon
C. Jim Morrison D. Kurt Cobain

Answer and value

C. Jim Morrison
Value: $2000
Bank: $2000

Since Break on Through was a big hit for the Doors, this one seems obvious.

Question 3 - 6 Wartime Bromance
During WWII, when his favorite actor was serving in the U.S. Army, Adolf Hitler offered a hefty reward for the live capture of whom?
A. Henry Fonda B. Clark Gable
C. Humphrey Bogart D. Jimmy Stewart

JTQ 1

Answer and value

B. Clark Gable
Value: $7000 jumped
Bank: $5000

If somebody made me guess, I'd say Jimmy Stewart. But that's flying blind. I'll JTQ 1.

Question 5 - 8 Other Works
Which of the following TV personalities is the only one to have not yet released a music album under his name?
A. Hugh Laurie B. Wayne Brady
C. Seth MacFarlane D. Jeff Probst

ATA

reasoning: knew Seth MacFarlane had an album of like torch songs from last year. Wayne Brady has a terrific voice. Did not know Jeff Probst was a singer. Hugh Laurie? The guy from House I think.
Feels bad about using a LL since it seems like it should be obvious, feeling like I did hear Hugh Laurie had an album... Jeff Probst is the one that I'm just going "eh..."
Thinking I'm over-thinking this but to be safe will use ATA

A-16% B-10%
C-3% D-71%

(no mention that she may have influenced them)

Answer and value

D. Jeff Probst
Value: $10K
Bank: $40K

ATA

Question 10 - 9 For the Cows
A now-common salad ingredient once thought to only be safe for bovine consumption was called what by 17th century consumers?
A. Cowbbage B. Cowlery
C. Cowcumber D. Cowliflower

JTQ 2

Elita decided that cowcumber sounds right but she wanted to jump to the next level.

Answer and value

C. Cowcumber
Value: known to be $100
Bank: $61500

JTQ 2. I'm doomed.

Question 11 - $100K
Ironically, the popular wedding song "Here Comes the Bride" was written for the tragic Wagner opera where what happens at the end?
A. The bride and groom die B. The groom dies
C. The bride dies D. The bride's father dies

Spoiler

Elita asked herself if it would be an opera where the bride dies at the end. She is not an opera fan and said she is more of a Justin Bieber kind of girl.
Cedric added that Bieber has yet to write an opera but you know it's coming: "Beliebers: The Opera. Don't Stop Beliebing"
Cedric went over the money amounts and Elita declared here comes the bride, and here goes Elita.
Walk

Answer

C. The bride dies
Walk: $61500

Yep, I'm doomed. Sayonara.

JTQ question 3. I went down on question 5.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Elita Bradley
New York, NY

Elita was introduced as "the most hated woman in America" because she is the voice people hear on automated menus when calling and trying to reach a real person.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 - 6 Wartime Bromance
During WWII, when his favorite actor was serving in the U.S. Army, Adolf Hitler offered a hefty reward for the live capture of whom?
A. Henry Fonda B. Clark Gable
C. Humphrey Bogart D. Jimmy Stewart

JTQ 1

Answer and value

B. Clark Gable
Value: $7000 jumped
Bank: $5000

I'll JTQ also.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 - 8 Other Works
Which of the following TV personalities is the only one to have not yet released a music album under his name?
A. Hugh Laurie B. Wayne Brady
C. Seth MacFarlane D. Jeff Probst

ATA

reasoning: knew Seth MacFarlane had an album of like torch songs from last year. Wayne Brady has a terrific voice. Did not know Jeff Probst was a singer. Hugh Laurie? The guy from House I think.
Feels bad about using a LL since it seems like it should be obvious, feeling like I did hear Hugh Laurie had an album... Jeff Probst is the one that I'm just going "eh..."
Thinking I'm over-thinking this but to be safe will use ATA

A-16% B-10%
C-3% D-71%

(no mention that she may have influenced them)

Answer and value

D. Jeff Probst
Value: $10K
Bank: $40K

I guessed correctly from the comfort of my recliner. Had I been at the Hot Podium I probably would have gone with my gut.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 - 3 Mind Your Beeswax
Though the phrase "bee's knees" isn't totally accurate, bees do have knee-like joints located at the intersection of their what?
A. Radius and ulna B. Tibia and femur
C. Clavicle and scapula D. Mandible and cranium

Spoiler

Elita mentions she knows Latin

Answer and value

B. Tibia and femur
Value: $1000
Bank: $41K

I was a little confused by this question - bees are invertebrates, so they don't have bones. I probably would have used a JTQ.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 11 - $100K
Ironically, the popular wedding song "Here Comes the Bride" was written for the tragic Wagner opera where what happens at the end?
A. The bride and groom die B. The groom dies
C. The bride dies D. The bride's father dies

Spoiler

Elita asked herself if it would be an opera where the bride dies at the end. She is not an opera fan and said she is more of a Justin Bieber kind of girl.
Cedric added that Bieber has yet to write an opera but you know it's coming: "Beliebers: The Opera. Don't Stop Beliebing"
Cedric went over the money amounts and Elita declared here comes the bride, and here goes Elita.
Walk

Answer

C. The bride dies
Walk: $61500

I was expecting "everybody dies" as one of the answers.

So I'd be looking at the $250K question with the ATA lifeline still on the table. Not the best lifeline to have at this level.

Question 11 - $100K
Ironically, the popular wedding song "Here Comes the Bride" was written for the tragic Wagner opera where what happens at the end?
A. The bride and groom die B. The groom dies
C. The bride dies D. The bride's father dies

Even though OperaSinger has done that show (Lohengrin), he hadn't realized that Elsa is supposed to be dead at the end. But Lohengrin is definitely not dead, and Elsa's father is already dead at the beginning of the opera, so C is the only possible answer.

The stage directions in the score say "Sie sinkt entseelt in Gottfrieds Armen zu Boden"--she sinks de-souled (lifeless) in Gottfried's (her brother's) arms to the ground. If you're watching the opera, she might just as well have fainted, especially because there's no particular reason for her to suddenly be dead.

I knew the answer to the Clark Gable question from an episode on Pawn Stars. This lady had a dollar bill with his autograph on it and Rick told the story about Hitler had a bounty on his head. Probst question JTQ1, "bees knees" JTQ2, Fax machine ATA and maybe walk.

Ray

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
Question 11 - $100K
Ironically, the popular wedding song "Here Comes the Bride" was written for the tragic Wagner opera where what happens at the end?
A. The bride and groom die B. The groom dies
C. The bride dies D. The bride's father dies

Spoiler

Elita asked herself if it would be an opera where the bride dies at the end. She is not an opera fan and said she is more of a Justin Bieber kind of girl.
Cedric added that Bieber has yet to write an opera but you know it's coming: "Beliebers: The Opera. Don't Stop Beliebing"
Cedric went over the money amounts and Elita declared here comes the bride, and here goes Elita.
Walk

Answer

C. The bride dies
Walk: $61500

MSQ broadcast

This question saw life in a different form:
The wedding song "Here Comes the Bride" comes from a Wagner opera that ends with the bride doing what?
A. Marrying the groom
B. Transforming into an eagle
C. Running off with the best man
D. Dropping dead

One of the contestants guessed C and fell behind, but came back later on other questions and won.