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Nicole Adams
Peabody, Mass.
English teacher

Nicole is young looking and is often mistaken for a student.
Nicole’s +1 is her mother Rosemary.

$500
Though they’re now banned for their own safety, poodles once competed in what sporting event?
A: The Iditarod B: The Boston Marathon
C: The World’s Strongest Man D: Miss Universe

Answer

A: The Iditarod

$1,000
Letting you pay by check, credit card and PayPal, Pay.gov takes donations on behalf of what governmental body to help pay off the national debt?
A: The Treasury Department B: The Department of Defense
C: The Department of Transportation D: The Department of Agriculture

Answer

A: The Treasury Department

$2,000
“Bride cries on wedding day,” “Mirror, breaking” and “Excrement: birds’ droppings” are all entries in “The Oxford Dictionary of” what?
A: Home improvement B: Bruno Mars lyrics
C: Froyo toppings D: Superstitions

Answer

D: Superstitions

$3,000
When Glenn Frey of the Eagles was riding with a drug dealer friend and asked him to slow down, the man’s reply reportedly inspired which Eagles hit?
A: Love Will Keep Us Alive B: Life in the Fast Lane
C: Desperado D: Peaceful Easy Feeling

Answer

B: Life in the Fast Lane

$5,000
Urging us to “wake up,” which of these is Univision’s Spanish-language answer to morning shows like “Good Morning America”?
A: Sábado Gigante B: Despierta America
C: Amores Con Trampa D: El Gordo y La Flaca

Nicole knows Spanish.

Answer

B: Despierta America

Commercial break

$7,000
Edward Hopper was once told that his painting of a Second Empire-style home - entitled “House by the Railroad” - inspired the iconic building in what film?
A: Ghostbusters B: The Shining
C: Psycho D: Poltergeist

ATA

A: 17% B: 28% C: 43% D: 15%

Nicole knows The Shining takes place in a hotel and Psycho takes place at the Bates Motel.

50/50

50/50 leaves B & C, which is no help.

Answer

C: Psycho

$10,000
If you were to sip a Capri Sun under the Capri sun, you would be on an island located in what body of water?
A: Caribbean Sea B: Indian Ocean
C: Mediterranean Sea D: Aegean Sea

Answer

C: Mediterranean Sea

$20,000
According to Real Simple, you can help keep brown sugar from hardening by putting what in the bag?
A: Pinto beans B: Marshmallows
C: Small pebbles D: Breath mints

Answer

B: Marshmallows

Commercial break with a plug for Bucket List Week next week

Nicole wants to use her winnings to travel around the country and see all the baseball parks.

$30,000
If the famous “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline had instead named the VP candidates, what would it have said?
A: Lodge Defeats Johnson B: Nixon Defeats Wallace
C: Warren Defeats Barkley D: Agnew Defeats Humphrey

+1

Rosemary knows it’s Warren Defeats Barkley.

Answer

C: Warren Defeats Barkley

$50,000
During a shuttle mission in 1994, a creature known as a “medaka” became the first vertebrate to reproduce in space. What kind of animal was it?
A: Fish B: Mouse
C: Snake D: Rabbit

Nicole thinks fish and snakes don’t have backbones.

Answer

Lauren guesses D: Rabbit
Correct answer is A: Fish
Nicole leaves with $5,000

Commercial break

QotD
In Disney’s “Aladdin,” [Chris inserts a plug for Disney] Aladdin and Princess Jasmine sing about discovering “A Whole New World” while on what?
A: A flying carpet B: A city bus
C: Segway scooters D: Horseback

Answer

A: A flying carpet

$20k: AtA
$50k: +1

$50,000
During a shuttle mission in 1994, a creature known as a “medaka” became the first vertebrate to reproduce in space. What kind of animal was it?
A: Fish B: Mouse
C: Snake D: Rabbit

Nicole thinks fish and snakes don’t have backbones.

Answer

Lauren guesses D: Rabbit
Correct answer is A: Fish
Nicole leaves with $5,000

Plus One

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Nicole Adams
Peabody, Mass.
English teacher

Nicole is young looking and is often mistaken for a student.
Nicole’s +1 is her mother Rosemary.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$30,000
If the famous “Dewey Defeats Truman” headline had instead named the VP candidates, what would it have said?
A: Lodge Defeats Johnson B: Nixon Defeats Wallace
C: Warren Defeats Barkley D: Agnew Defeats Humphrey

+1

Rosemary knows it’s Warren Defeats Barkley.

Answer

C: Warren Defeats Barkley

It boils down to who was Truman's VP in 1948. Barkley is from Kentucky.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50,000
During a shuttle mission in 1994, a creature known as a “medaka” became the first vertebrate to reproduce in space. What kind of animal was it?
A: Fish B: Mouse
C: Snake D: Rabbit

Nicole thinks fish and snakes don’t have backbones.

Answer

Lauren guesses D: Rabbit
Correct answer is A: Fish
Nicole leaves with $5,000

All of these are vertebrates. I was leaning toward "fish" but would have used 50:50 as a confidence-builder.

5K: I don't speak Spanish, but was able to eliminate A (just saw a Sunday Morning piece on it, & "Gigante" does translate easily), C (Amore = Love. I think.) D can't translate but think its "The Gordo & la Flaca". Whatever that means. leaving B as most likely.

7K: Oh crap. Can't remember an iconic-looking house for Poltergeist. Well, do recall sort of a big house, not Hopper-y. Never saw Ghostbusters. Or The Shining, for that matter, but know it takes place in a hotel, not a house. And know Psycho mostly takes place in Bates Motel. Which is small enough to be a house.

Might burn a lot of lifelines here. Start with +1. Who knows. They may know.


20K: Marshmallows only choice that makes sense. In this rare case for a BAM Q, sense does matter, as there's science involved, not just BAM Q-writers' whims. You wouldn't want pebbles (ouch! Dentist!) or mints (taste; not everything needs mint taste) & pinto beans would suck up any moisture, not provide it. I think.


50K: species unknown to me, but logic says probably not mammal as big as rabbit. Science of what they take on space flights does count here. You wouldn't want mice loose in your craft. Just in case they do get loose. But mice are possibility. Snake reproduction requires more environmental concerns. I like fish, but 50/50 here.