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Liz Burke
Aurora, NY

Terry's intro says Liz lives on a farm and grows her own food. However the only thing that is missing is farm-fresh eggs so she wants her own hen house.
Terry asked her what a millionaire's hen house would look like. She responded that it would have a wide screen TV, maybe an Olympic size swimming pool, and a hot tub.
Terry: I would bring a frying pan. (laughs) Sorry, I love your chickens, I'm sure they're pretty nice.

$30K banked
ATA and +1 available

Question 4 -
Sounding like something out of a comic book, a 1951 court case pitting a married couple against the IRS is commonly known by what shorthand?
A. Spider-Man v. Webb B. Batman v. Commissioner
C. Superman v. Luthor D. Wolverine v. Secretary

+1 and JTQ

+1 is her husband, Ray also not familiar with the case and said he felt it was by title of the IRS head and either Commissioner or Secretary
Liz then suggested to Ray that Webb could be the name of an IRS leader and Ray agreed saying they really have no idea
Liz decided to JTQ

Answer and value

B. Batman v. Commissioner
Value: $100 jumped
Bank: $30K

Question 5 -
A Swedish study says cleaning your baby's pacifier by licking it could help prevent them from developing what?
A. Chickenpox B. Hiccups
C. Allergies D. Sibling rivalries

Answer and value

C. Allergies
Value: $7K
Bank: $37K

Question 6 -
The material U.S. dollars are printed on is made of 25% linen & 75% what?
A. Cotton B. Cardboard
C. Polyester D. Recycled paper

ATA and walk

Liz: Nothing seems to be standing out at me. I don't think it could be polyester or cotton. I think it could be either cardboard or recycled paper. But that's just a guess.
Then decided to use her last lifeline, ATA
A. 30% B. 6%
C. 6% D. 58%
Terry asked Liz if it looks like the audience has some money.
Liz said she realized that she may have tainted the audience with her response.
Terry asked if Liz is a gambler, and Liz said yes but she has not gambled with this kind of money so she will walk sith $18,500.

Answer and value

A. Cotton
Value: $not revealed
Bank: Walk: $18500

First break

Question 6 -
The material U.S. dollars are printed on is made of 25% linen & 75% what?
A. Cotton B. Cardboard
C. Polyester D. Recycled paper

ATA and walk

Liz: Nothing seems to be standing out at me. I don't think it could be polyester or cotton. I think it could be either cardboard or recycled paper. But that's just a guess.
Then decided to use her last lifeline, ATA
A. 30% B. 6%
C. 6% D. 58%
Terry asked Liz if it looks like the audience has some money.
Liz said she realized that she may have tainted the audience with her response.
Terry asked if Liz is a gambler, and Liz said yes but she has not gambled with this kind of money so she will walk sith $18,500.

Answer and value

A. Cotton
Value: $not revealed
Bank: Walk: $18500

JTQ

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Liz Burke
Aurora, NY

Terry's intro says Liz lives on a farm and grows her own food. However the only thing that is missing is farm-fresh eggs so she wants her own hen house.
Terry asked her what a millionaire's hen house would look like. She responded that it would have a wide screen TV, maybe an Olympic size swimming pool, and a hot tub.
Terry: I would bring a frying pan. (laughs) Sorry, I love your chickens, I'm sure they're pretty nice.

$30K banked
ATA and +1 available

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 -
The material U.S. dollars are printed on is made of 25% linen & 75% what?
A. Cotton B. Cardboard
C. Polyester D. Recycled paper

ATA and walk

Liz: Nothing seems to be standing out at me. I don't think it could be polyester or cotton. I think it could be either cardboard or recycled paper. But that's just a guess.
Then decided to use her last lifeline, ATA
A. 30% B. 6%
C. 6% D. 58%
Terry asked Liz if it looks like the audience has some money.
Liz said she realized that she may have tainted the audience with her response.
Terry asked if Liz is a gambler, and Liz said yes but she has not gambled with this kind of money so she will walk sith $18,500.

Answer and value

A. Cotton
Value: not revealed
Bank: Walk: $18500

I don't know if she tainted the audience or if they'd have gone that way without her discussion.

[quote="BBTranscriptTeam"Question 4"]
Sounding like something out of a comic book, a 1951 court case pitting a married couple against the IRS is commonly known by what shorthand?
A. Spider-Man v. Webb B. Batman v. Commissioner
C. Superman v. Luthor D. Wolverine v. Secretary

+1 and JTQ

+1 is her husband, Ray also not familiar with the case and said he felt it was by title of the IRS head and either Commissioner or Secretary
Liz then suggested to Ray that Webb could be the name of an IRS leader and Ray agreed saying they really have no idea
Liz decided to JTQ

Answer and value

B. Batman v. Commissioner
Value: $100 jumped
Bank: $30K

[/quote]

1. Unless one of the Bored lawyers can explain why this case set an important precedent or something, I'll assume that nobody should be expected to be familiar with this case.
2. None of the names sound particularly like the surname of a couple, so I didn't see any significant clue there.
3. Therefore, the only way to solve this question is by analyzing the comic book angle.
4. Only one of the choices pairs up a superhero with his nemesis, therefore I conclude that Superman v. Luthor must be correct.

And I go down in flames, as the question writers decide that pitting Batman against Commissioner Gordon (his ally in the crime fighting business) is "like something out of a comic book".

MarleysGh0st wrote:2. None of the names sound particularly like the surname of a couple, so I didn't see any significant clue there.

Of the four choices, Batman was the only one I could visualize as a real surname. Not pronounced as Bat Man, but Batman, as in Huffman. Spider-man and Superman seemed made up and Wolverine seemed just too odd.

It takes some wading to get through the comic book stuff, but it appears to have been a real surname in the past:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman_(surname)

MarleysGh0st wrote:[quote="BBTranscriptTeam"Question 4"]
Sounding like something out of a comic book, a 1951 court case pitting a married couple against the IRS is commonly known by what shorthand?
A. Spider-Man v. Webb B. Batman v. Commissioner
C. Superman v. Luthor D. Wolverine v. Secretary

+1 and JTQ

+1 is her husband, Ray also not familiar with the case and said he felt it was by title of the IRS head and either Commissioner or Secretary
Liz then suggested to Ray that Webb could be the name of an IRS leader and Ray agreed saying they really have no idea
Liz decided to JTQ

Answer and value

B. Batman v. Commissioner
Value: $100 jumped
Bank: $30K

1. Unless one of the Bored lawyers can explain why this case set an important precedent or something, I'll assume that nobody should be expected to be familiar with this case.
2. None of the names sound particularly like the surname of a couple, so I didn't see any significant clue there.
3. Therefore, the only way to solve this question is by analyzing the comic book angle.
4. Only one of the choices pairs up a superhero with his nemesis, therefore I conclude that Superman v. Luthor must be correct.

And I go down in flames, as the question writers decide that pitting Batman against Commissioner Gordon (his ally in the crime fighting business) is "like something out of a comic book". [/quote]
It helps to know that the head of the IRS has the title "Commissioner" (as opposed to "Secretary"), and that a case against an agency would be filed against the head of that agency.

Q4: Only "Batman vs Commissioner" made sense, so I'd have held my breath & guessed.


Q6: I knew US currency was "all cloth", so knew the answer had to be cotton. However, even if I hadn't known, it just doesn't make sense to make a paper partly out of high-grade material like linen & have the other component be cardboard or recycled paper. I'm glad they haven't actually gone over to polyester, which would stand the test of wear, & I just hadn't read about it.