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Katie Cook
New York, NY


Katie loves apes, particularly bonobos, and she adopts one every year through Bonobo Conservation. (She doesn't really get to keep the apes.) Katie's dad in the audience, he's received "more than a couple" of these ape adoptions as gifts.


Topic Tree (Unrandomized)
10: Cash In
9: Name Change
8: Child Stars
7: Science Lab
6: Getting That Money
5: Wrong Guy
4: Classic BFFs
3: Sail Away
2: Art Class
1: Job Openings

Topic Tree (Randomized)
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8: Child Stars
6: Getting That Money
1: Job Openings
5: Wrong Guy
4: Classic BFFs
7: Science Lab
3: Sail Away
9: Name Change
2: Art Class


Question #1 - Level 2: Art Class
To get around the law that prohibited total nudity unless it had artistic merit, a Boise strip club owner sold what to each customer upon entry?

A: Disposable camera B: Sketch pad
C: Stopwatch D: Sunglasses

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Sketch pad
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

Question #2 - Level 9: Name Change
It's tempting to wonder if eBay would have been just as successful if it had stuck with its orginal name, which was what?

A: iPrice B: CyberHaggle
C: BidNet D: AuctionWeb

Spoiler

It's an auction, but you bid in an auction, so Katie is torn between C and D.

She jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: AuctionWeb
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $2,000

Question #3 - Level 3: Sail Away
Ship sails have long been made of hemp, which is why the word "canvas" derives from what word?

A: Canada B: Candid
C: Canoodle D: Cannabis

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Cannabis
Question Value: $500
Bank: $2,500

Question #4 - Level 7: Science Lab
What scientific principle provides an answer to the age-old question, "Why is the sky blue"?

A: Pummerer rearrangement B: Rayleigh scattering
C: Oppenauer oxidation D: Davydov splitting

Katie jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Rayleigh scattering
Question Value: $100
Bank: $2,500

Question #5 - Level 4: Classic BFFs
Following a landmark Supreme Court decision on marriage, a 2013 New Yorker cover featured what two characters snuggling while watching the news?

A: Tom and Jerry B: Felix and Oscar
C: Kate and Allie D: Bert and Ernie

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Bert and Ernie
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $7,500

-- Commercial Break --


Question #6 - Level 5: Wrong Guy
In 2013, a so-called Google Doodle on its homepage caused a stir when Hugo Chávez, a politician, was confused with Cesar Chavez, a what?

A: Jazz musician B: Labor leader
C: Baseball player D: Trial lawyer

Katie thinks she knows this.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Labor leader
Question Value: $10,000
Bank: $17,500

Question #7 - Level 1: Job Openings
Someone who has many jobs, such as being a actor, stand-up comedian and game show host, is often said to be a person who wears many what?

A: Jackets B: Vests
C: Hats D: Pairs of underwear

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Hats
Question Value: $1,000
Bank: $18,500

Question #8 - Level 6: Getting That Money
What famous businessman wrote a book titled "Art of Money Getting" that included advice such as "Avoid Debt," "Persevere" and "Don't Blab"?

A: P.T. Barnum B: Henry Ford
C: William Randolph Hearst D: Andrew Carnegie

Katie has no idea. She asks the audience.

ATA

A: 9% B: 13% C: 26% D: 52%

Katie's not happy with that result, she wanted like a 99%. She can't afford to risk it, because she's unemployed, so she walks away with $9,250.

Answer

A: P.T. Barnum

-- Commercial Break --

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #8 - Level 6: Getting That Money
What famous businessman wrote a book titled "Art of Money Getting" that included advice such as "Avoid Debt," "Persevere" and "Don't Blab"?

A: P.T. Barnum B: Henry Ford
C: William Randolph Hearst D: Andrew Carnegie

Katie has no idea. She asks the audience.

ATA

A: 9% B: 13% C: 26% D: 52%

Katie's not happy with that result, she wanted like a 99%. She can't afford to risk it, because she's unemployed, so she walks away with $9,250.

Answer

A: P.T. Barnum

I suspect the audience was heavily distracted by confusion with self-help author Dale Carnegie.

Question #2 - Level 9: Name Change
It's tempting to wonder if eBay would have been just as successful if it had stuck with its original name, which was what?

A: iPrice B: CyberHaggle
C: BidNet D: AuctionWeb

Spoiler

It's an auction, but you bid in an auction, so Katie is torn between C and D.

She jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: AuctionWeb
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $2,000

My guess would be AuctionWeb, but that's all it would be -- a guess. JTQ 1.

Question #4 - Level 7: Science Lab
What scientific principle provides an answer to the age-old question, "Why is the sky blue"?

A: Pummerer rearrangement B: Rayleigh scattering
C: Oppenauer oxidation D: Davydov splitting

Katie jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Rayleigh scattering
Question Value: $100
Bank: $2,500

Some BB splained this to me. I think it was Pea.

Question #8 - Level 6: Getting That Money
What famous businessman wrote a book titled "Art of Money Getting" that included advice such as "Avoid Debt," "Persevere" and "Don't Blab"?

A: P.T. Barnum B: Henry Ford
C: William Randolph Hearst D: Andrew Carnegie

Katie has no idea. She asks the audience.

ATA

A: 9% B: 13% C: 26% D: 52%

Katie's not happy with that result, she wanted like a 99%. She can't afford to risk it, because she's unemployed, so she walks away with $9,250.

Answer

A: P.T. Barnum

I said Ben Franklin before the choices came up. Whew! JTQ 2.