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BUCKET WEEK final day.

Lillian Africano
Deal, NJ

At the age of 80 Lillian is still marking things off her bucket list. She wants to use the money she wins to throw a big party to prove she's smart. Forty years ago she was on a game show and blurted out an answer that was wrong. The host said that no one had been kicked off a show in such a short amount of time. She won rice that only the dog would eat and stale candy. Her +1 is her son.

$500: WikiHow's article "How to Apply Makeup" says that after washing and moisturizing your face, you should first apply your concealer and next apply your what?
A - foundation
B - vinyl siding
C - support beams
D - fiberglass insulation

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Answer: A (foundation)

$1000: Selling "beans that are a little less perrfect", ads for what irregular candies tout them as being "just as good at about half the price"?
A - Starburt
B - Belly Flops
C - Mr. Badbars
D - Reese's Pieces of Junk

Lillian says it may be stupid to burn a lifeline this early but she's going to ask the audience even though she thinks she knows what it is.

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Ask the Audience results:
A - 11%
B - 70%
C - 4%
D - 15%

She goes with the audience's answer.

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Answer: B (Belly Flops)

$2000: Considered even harder to win than the American version, the "Two Thousand Guineas", "The Derby" and the "St. Leger" make up the British what?
A - Triple Crown of Horse Racing
B - World Series of Eating Championships
C - Super Bowl of Gymnastics Competitions
D - Grand Slam of Quilting Bees

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Answer: A (Triple Crown of Horse Racing)

$3000: What sequel to Louisa May Alcott's most famous work is subtitled "Life at Plumfield with Jo's Boys"?
A - Little House in the Suburbs
B - To Resurrect a Mockingbird
C - Little Men
D - Uncle Tom's 4th Floor Walkup

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Answer: C (Little Men)

$5000: What singer's rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV became a Top 10 Billboard hit?
A - Paula Abdul
B - Mariah Carey
C - Whitney Houston
D - Janet Jackson

Lillian hopes her +1 watched that game. Her son David is a Giants fan and they won, which is why he knows the answer. All Lillian remembers about Super Bowls is the wardrobe malfunction.

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Answer: C (Whitney Houston)

$7000: Currently written in their English language versions, which of these countries' names can be changed to its native name by replacing just one letter with another?
A - Spain
B - Brazil
C - Germany
D - Italy

Lillian uses her 50:50.

50:50 results

B & D are left

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Lillian says that

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Italy would take two letters

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Answer: B (Brazil)

$10,000: According to Lifehacker.com, you can rid your inbox of large amounts of spam by searching for and deleting all the messages with what word?
A - hello
B - reply
C - unsubscribe
D - attachment
Lillian takes a chance and guesses

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A

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Answer: C (unsubscribe)

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MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY" There's no real need to stick to a recipe when making what Chinese dish, since it just means "assorted pieces"?
A - lo mein
B - chow fun
C - chop suey
D - shumei

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Answer: C (chop suey)

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:BUCKET WEEK final day.

Lillian Africano
Deal, NJ

At the age of 80 Lillian is still marking things off her bucket list. She wants to use the money she wins to throw a big party to prove she's smart. Forty years ago she was on a game show and blurted out an answer that was wrong. The host said that no one had been kicked off a show in such a short amount of time. She won rice that only the dog would eat and stale candy. Her +1 is her son.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$1000: Selling "beans that are a little less perrfect", ads for what irregular candies tout them as being "just as good at about half the price"?
A - Starburt
B - Belly Flops
C - Mr. Badbars
D - Reese's Pieces of Junk

Lillian says it may be stupid to burn a lifeline this early but she's going to ask the audience even though she thinks she knows what it is.

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Ask the Audience results:
A - 11%
B - 70%
C - 4%
D - 15%

She goes with the audience's answer.

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Answer: B (Belly Flops)

I wonder if her previous game show experience made her a little gun shy.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$5000: What singer's rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV became a Top 10 Billboard hit?
A - Paula Abdul
B - Mariah Carey
C - Whitney Houston
D - Janet Jackson

Lillian hopes her +1 watched that game. Her son David is a Giants fan and they won, which is why he knows the answer. All Lillian remembers about Super Bowls is the wardrobe malfunction.

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Answer: C (Whitney Houston)

I don't remember back that far, so I'll ATA and hope they know it.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000: According to Lifehacker.com, you can rid your inbox of large amounts of spam by searching for and deleting all the messages with what word?
A - hello
B - reply
C - unsubscribe
D - attachment
Lillian takes a chance and guesses

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A

.

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Answer: C (unsubscribe)

I don't understand why this would be the case. Most of the spam I get starts with "hello" because it's an attempt to get money.

1K: Never before heard of them, but only 1 comes in beans.

2K: Never heard of this either, but "Derby" in one choice points heavily to one answer.

7K: Well, Germany is Deutschland (probably actually the German Republic of whatever), Italy is Italia I think, Spain is Espania? Leaves Brazil, but frankly I was thinking Brazila (simply changing Z to S didn't occur to me) but go with it anyway.


1OK: All except "hello" make sense to me. +1. If they can' t convince me, 50/50. If it left B & C I might have gone down w/ B.

ghostjmf wrote:2K: Never heard of this either, but "Derby" in one choice points heavily to one answer.

That, and the fact that 3 events is much more likely to be a "Triple" than a World Series (?), Super Bowl (1) or Grand Slam (4).

I was wrong in spelling for "Spain" in Spanish; its "Espana" with the wiggly mark over the "n".

$5000: What singer's rendition of "The Star Spangled Banner" at Super Bowl XXV became a Top 10 Billboard hit?
A - Paula Abdul
B - Mariah Carey
C - Whitney Houston
D - Janet Jackson

Lillian hopes her +1 watched that game. Her son David is a Giants fan and they won, which is why he knows the answer. All Lillian remembers about Super Bowls is the wardrobe malfunction.

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Answer: C (Whitney Houston)

ATA

Anyone have any idea what game show she was on forty years ago? Joker's Wild maybe?

K.P. wrote:Anyone have any idea what game show she was on forty years ago? Joker's Wild maybe?

Since she mentioned rice, and Rice-a-roni used to be a consolation prize on J! I thought that might be it. But giving a wrong answer and getting ejected from the show excludes that possibility.