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Emma Crosby-Smith
Boston, MA
Emma was homeless a few years ago but is now engaged and has a young daughter



$500 :
For as little as $30.99, you can buy which of the following?
A: New Guinea B: Equatorial Guinea
C: Guinea-Bissau D: A Guinea pig

Spoiler

D: A Guinea pig

$1000 :
2. Known for touting "the pickle pregnant women crave," Vlasic's mascot is fittingly what kind of animal that is for some reason wearing spectacles?
A: Bear B: Stork
C: Sheep D: Barracuda

Spoiler

B: Stork

$2000 :
What comic strip parodying corporate life was created by a Pacific Bell employee who began cartooning on the side after being denied a promotion?
A: Peanuts B: Dilbert
C: Dennis the Menace D: The Boondocks

Spoiler

B: Dilbert

$3000 :
Mick Jagger once admitted to Time that he borrowed many of his dance moves from what artist, but lamented that he "couldn't do the splits"?
A: Tony Bennett B: Tina Turner
C: James Brown D: Michael Jackson

Spoiler

C: James Brown

$5000 :
Not surprising for a culture known for its love of the drink, in what language does the word for brown, "kahverengi," literally mean "coffee-colored"?
A: Japanese B: Portuguese
C: Turkish D: German

50/50

C: Turkish
D: German

Spoiler

C: Turkish

Second break

$7000 :
Around 660' thick at its widest point, the cement in what 80-year-old American engineering marvel is said to still not be entirely dry?
A: Hoover Dam B: Empire State Building
C: Washington Monument D: Brooklyn Bridge

ATA

A: 61% B: 9%
C: 21% D: 9%

Spoiler

A: Hoover Dam

QotD
In a 2014 Vanity Fair survey, most people named what potentially very public method as the worst way to break up with someone?
A: A Facebook post B: A sticky note
C: A text message D: An email

Spoiler

A: A Facebook post

$10K :
Long before he directed comic book guy fare like "The Avengers," Joss Whedon created what female-centric cult TV show?
A: Gilmore Girls B: Felicity
C: Buffy the Vampire Slayer D: Ally McBeal

Spoiler

C: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Emma said she did not know for sure but would go ahead, she was correct

Emma will return tomorrow

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Emma Crosby-Smith
Boston, MA
Emma was homeless a few years ago but is now engaged and has a young daughter

Nihil obstat®.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $7000 :
Around 660' thick at its widest point, the cement in what 80-year-old American engineering marvel is said to still not be entirely dry?
A: Hoover Dam B: Empire State Building
C: Washington Monument D: Brooklyn Bridge

Spoiler

A: 61% B: 9%
C: 21% D: 9%

A: Hoover Dam

Of course it's not dry. It's holding back Lake Mead.

TheConfessor wrote: Of course it's not dry. It's holding back Lake Mead.

ATA on the $10,000 for me. Still two lifelines going in to tomorrow.

$3k: ATA. Sorry, but I'm not completely up to date with music.

$5k: +1. My dad almost certainly knows this.

$7k: Brooklyn Bridge makes me unsure, so I'd probably burn my 50/50 here.

$10k: I could sure use my 50/50 here. I'd probably go with Gilmore Girls and drop back to $5,000.

$5000 :
Not surprising for a culture known for its love of the drink, in what language does the word for brown, "kahverengi," literally mean "coffee-colored"?
A: Japanese B: Portuguese
C: Turkish D: German

Spoiler

50/50
C: Turkish
D: German

C: Turkish

50/50

5K: Well, I know its not German. And am pretty sure its not Portuguese. Because of the "i" at the end I'm drawn to Japanese, as many Japanese words end in "i"; not sure what grammar rule dictates this, though. 50/50. Hope it helps me as it did contestant.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$7000 :
Around 660' thick at its widest point, the cement in what 80-year-old American engineering marvel is said to still not be entirely dry?
A: Hoover Dam B: Empire State Building
C: Washington Monument D: Brooklyn Bridge

Spoiler

A: 61% B: 9%
C: 21% D: 9%

A: Hoover Dam

There were three hints in the question, the age (which could eliminate all the other choices, although the Empire State Building might be close enough for reasonable doubt), the dimensions, and the implication that this is primarily a concrete structure, as opposed to the being primarily stone or steel.

TheConfessor wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $7000 :
Around 660' thick at its widest point, the cement in what 80-year-old American engineering marvel is said to still not be entirely dry?
A: Hoover Dam B: Empire State Building
C: Washington Monument D: Brooklyn Bridge

Spoiler

A: 61% B: 9%
C: 21% D: 9%

A: Hoover Dam

Of course it's not dry. It's holding back Lake Mead.

Give the drought a few more years.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$7000 :
Around 660' thick at its widest point, the cement in what 80-year-old American engineering marvel is said to still not be entirely dry?
A: Hoover Dam B: Empire State Building
C: Washington Monument D: Brooklyn Bridge

Spoiler

A: 61% B: 9%
C: 21% D: 9%

A: Hoover Dam

There were three hints in the question, the age (which could eliminate all the other choices, although the Empire State Building might be close enough for reasonable doubt), the dimensions, and the implication that this is primarily a concrete structure, as opposed to the being primarily stone or steel.

The dimension is good enough to eliminate three as well. 660' at its widest point. 660' is about half the State Building's height. The Washington Monument is 555' tall, and is obviously not wider than it is tall. Brooklyn Bridge similarly, unless you confuse length with width. Even then the numbers don't match up.