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"The Bachelorette" Fan Favorite Week

Desiree & Chris Siegfried
Seattle, WA

They found love on "The Bachelorette". They've been married for 7 months. They are playing for charity; their charity is Plymouth Housing Group, an organization that provides housing for homeless persons dealing with disabilities and/or mental illness, many of whom are veterans. Their +1 is their friend Joseph.

$500: Not actually a plant, which of the following are you least likely to encounter in the lawn and garden department?
A - Japanese holly
B - lily of the valley
C - oakleaf hydrangea
D - Iggy Azelea

Chris says he's not good with flowers but he knows that

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Iggy Azelea is a singer

.

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Answer: D (Iggy Azelea)

$1000: Weighing such factors as an affinity for soap operas and La-Z-Boy retailers per capita, a 2015 study on Estately.com found that Ohio has the country's most what?
A - celebrity chefs
B - professional wrestlers
C - couch potatoes
D - astronauts

Chris says that chefs use their hands to cook but that doesn't really mean anything.

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Answer: C (couch potatoes)

$2000: Lacking the fame of his counterpart, Jack Jouette's 40-mile ride to save Thomas Jefferson from capture by the British in 1781 led him to be called the who "of the South"?
A - Alexander Hamilton
B - Paul Revere
C - Benjamin Franklin
D - John Hancock

Chris and Desiree agree on the answer.

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Answer: B (Paul Revere)

$3000: The punnily-named Ted Nudegent starred in "Austin Powers" as Mr. Bigglesworth, a hairless what that sat on Dr. Evil's lap?
A - dog
B - rat
C - cat
D - hamster

Chris says that it looked like

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a rat

.

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Answer: C (cat)

$5000: Which of the following is named after a wealthy American because of the incredible buttery richness of the sauce it's served with?
A - oysters Rockefeller
B - beef Wellington
C - bananas Foster
D - peach Melba

Chris hesitates, then Desiree says that

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oysters are served with butter

and notes that she and Chris eat them all the time. She doesn't know what the other choices are.

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Answer: A (oysters Rockefeller)

commercial break

$7000: Of the following pairs of famous names, which one includes two people of the same sex?
A - Taylor Lautner and Taylor Swift
B - Blake Lively and Blake Shelton
C - Jamie Dornan and Jamie Fox
D - Glenn Close and Glenn Beck

Desiree says that Jamie Dornan sounds familiar. Chris says they can eliminate

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A, B and D

. Desiree asks who Glenn Beck is and Chris says "He's the Fox guy, news commentator." Chris asks about Taylor Lautner; Desiree says he was in "Twilight". They debate the answers but finally settle on one.

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Answer: C (Jamie Dornan and Jamie Fox)

$10,000: Ubiquitous at weddings, what line dance is set to a 1983 song produced by Bunny Wailer, a former member of Bob Marley's band?
A - Boot Scootin' Boogie
B - Electric Slide
C - Macarena
D - Chicken Dance

Chris and Denise aren't certain and debate which lifeline to use. They finally decide to bring down their +1, Joseph. Desiree says to him, "You know music", to which Joseph replies, "I listen to it." Joseph thinks that the reference to Bob Marley is a distraction because of the "ya mon stuff". He also notes that all of these dances are done in a line. He thinks that

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Electric Slide

is very 70s. Desiree thinks that "line dance" implies that it's country. They decide to ask the audience.

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Ask the Audience results:
A - 12%
B - 64%
C - 17%
D - 7%

Chris thanks the audience and Joseph says to "go with the numbers".

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Answer: B (Electric Slide)

commercial break

$20,000: Famous among car fans, the 1995 Honda Civic VX gets what EPA-estimated highway mileage, two more than the 2015 Toyota Prius?
A - 20 mpg
B - 40 mpg
C - 50 mpg
D - 70 mpg

Desiree says she's not a car fan. Chris says "You'd think we'd know this, being from the northwest". Desiree once owned a Civic and got great gas mileage but she doesn't know the number. Chris says that

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"B is staring me right in the eye"

. Desiree thinks it's either

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A or B

but if Chris trusts his gut they should go for it. They make

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B

their final answer.

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Answer: C (50 mpg)

They end up with $5,000 but the minimum for charity is $10,000.

commercial break

MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY" Martha Stewart said that she stopped dating what actor because she "couldn't get past the Lecter thing"?:
A - Anthony Hopkins
B - Gene Hackman
C - Sean Connery
D - Al Pacino

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Answer: A (Anthony Hopkins)

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:"The Bachelorette" Fan Favorite Week

Desiree & Chris Siegfried
Seattle, WA

They found love on "The Bachelorette". They've been married for 7 months. They are playing for charity; their charity is Plymouth Housing Group, an organization that provides housing for homeless persons dealing with disabilities and/or mental illness, many of whom are veterans. Their +1 is their friend Joseph.

Not meaning to disparage the donations to charity, but shows like this are solely designed to increase ratings, but I doubt that they do so.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000: Ubiquitous at weddings, what line dance is set to a 1983 song produced by Bunny Wailer, a former member of Bob Marley's band?
A - Boot Scootin' Boogie
B - Electric Slide
C - Macarena
D - Chicken Dance

Chris and Denise aren't certain and debate which lifeline to use. They finally decide to bring down their +1, Joseph. Desiree says to him, "You know music", to which Joseph replies, "I listen to it." Joseph thinks that the reference to Bob Marley is a distraction because of the "ya mon stuff". He also notes that all of these dances are done in a line. He thinks that

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Electric Slide

is very 70s. Desiree thinks that "line dance" implies that it's country. They decide to ask the audience.

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Ask the Audience results:
A - 12%
B - 64%
C - 17%
D - 7%

Chris thanks the audience and Joseph says to "go with the numbers".

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Answer: B (Electric Slide)

Macarena is from South America and Boot Scootin' Boogie is from the US. I'd probably have used my ATA because I don't know much about wedding dances (I've never been to a wedding where dancing was done).

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$20,000: Famous among car fans, the 1995 Honda Civic VX gets what EPA-estimated highway mileage, two more than the 2015 Toyota Prius?
A - 20 mph
B - 40 mph
C - 50 mph
D - 70 mph

Desiree says she's not a car fan. Chris says "You'd think we'd know this, being from the northwest". Desiree once owned a Civic and got great gas mileage but she doesn't know the number. Chris says that

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"B is staring me right in the eye"

. Desiree thinks it's either

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A or B

but if Chris trusts his gut they should go for it. They make

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B

their final answer.

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Answer: C (50 mph)

They end up with $5,000 but the minimum for charity is $10,000.

They should have used their 50:50.

I assume the choices to the last question should be expressed as mpg, not mph. Is that a transcription error or the show's error? --Bob

Bob78164 wrote:I assume the choices to the last question should be expressed as mpg, not mph. Is that a transcription error or the show's error? --Bob

A transcription error that has been corrected.

3K: I admit I am not an Austin Powers fan, & don't know his animal of choice. Cats come hairless. Chihuahua dogs are almost hairless, but are usually called Chihuahuas, not hairless dogs. Naked mole rats are hairless too, but are not really rats. I don't think. Go for cat & hold breath.

7K: Well, I know for sure Glenn Close is female & Glen Beck male. I know Blake Shelton is male & am pretty sure Blake Lively is female.

I dunno nuthin' about Taylor Lautner or Jamie Dornan, though I do know Taylor Swift is female & Jamie Fox male. 50/50

10K: By elimination, BS Boogie is country, Macarena came from South America, Chicken Dance they do at Italian weddings (& maybe other cultures' too, but its been around longer than Bunny Wailer I think) so it has to be Slide.

20K: I never knew the '95 Civic got high mpg, but my '87 Acura Integra (a glorified Honda product) knocked me out by getting 35 mpg. I am pretty sure the Prius pushes 50, so I go for 50.

$20,000: Famous among car fans, the 1995 Honda Civic VX gets what EPA-estimated highway mileage, two more than the 2015 Toyota Prius?
A - 20 mpg
B - 40 mpg
C - 50 mpg
D - 70 mpg

Desiree says she's not a car fan. Chris says "You'd think we'd know this, being from the northwest". Desiree once owned a Civic and got great gas mileage but she doesn't know the number. Chris says that

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"B is staring me right in the eye"

. Desiree thinks it's either

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A or B

but if Chris trusts his gut they should go for it. They make

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B

their final answer.

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Answer: C (50 mpg)

They end up with $5,000 but the minimum for charity is $10,000.

Start with ATA, but for all I know half of them don't own a car. Maybe Plus One also.