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Sherry McPherson-Berg
Dix Hills, NY

Collects pennies and at age 10 started her first bank account with pennies

+1: husband Stew


$500 :
In the absence of a birth certificate, all but which of these are listed by the State Department as acceptable secondary evidence of U.S. citizenship?
A: Census records B: Early school records
C: Post-natal doctor's records D: Garth Brooks records

Spoiler

D: Garth Brooks records

$1000 :
Because "what they reveal is suggestive, but what they conceal is vital," economist Aaron Levenstein once said that statistics are like what?
A: Flip-flops B: Beach blankets
C: Lifeguard shacks D: Bikinis

Spoiler

D: Bikinis

$2000 :
Austin Powers fans may appreciate the fact that the muscle that causes the pinky finger to extend is called the "extensor digit" what?
A: Abdominus B: Maximi
C: Radialis D: Minimi

Spoiler

D: Minimi

$3000 :
Mixing New Rock, Indie, and Alt music with updates about space missions, NASA runs a 24/7 Earth-based radio station aptly called what?
A: Dwarf Planet Radio B: Third Rock Radio
C: Gas Giant Radio D: Barren Asteroid Radio

Spoiler

B: Third Rock Radio

$5000 :
Better known for inventing democracy, the residents of what ancient city also founded what's believed to be the first municipal landfill around 500 B.C.?
A: Cairo B: Baghdad
C: Troy D: Athens

Spoiler

D: Athens

First break
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$7000 :
"Everybody uses the Valencia– what are you gonna use, the Kelvin?" is a joke from Comedy Central’s "Broad City" about one popular and one unpopular what?
A: Social networking site B: Instagram filter
C: Online shopping site D: Smartwatch

ATA

A: 12% B: 68%
C: 11% D: 9%

Spoiler

B: Instagram filter

$10K :
The chemical symbol for potassium is also commonly used to represent what statistic in a baseball box score?
A: Error B: Stolen base
C: Strikeout D: Walk

Spoiler

C: Strikeout

$20K :
Thanks to mycologically-inclined Quakers, half of America's what are now grown in a small region of southeastern Pennsylvania?
A: Mushrooms B: Oranges
C: Onions D: Roses

50/50 and +1

50/50 left A and D
+1 still left it a guess

Spoiler

A: Mushrooms

$30K :
Tina Fey comes by a shortening of her middle name, which isn't “Christina”, but rather what name believed to be derived from the Italian for "this morning"?
A: Concettina B: Battina
C: Albertina D: Stamatina

Spoiler

Sherry guessed A and left with $5000

D: Stamatina

Second break

7K: Never heard of either, but if they were A, C or D would have heard of them

10K: Knowing symbol makes me suspect ans is not A, B or C but ATA anyway.

30K: Frere Jacques, which I realize is French, helps here; "sonnez les matines", more or less meaning, after being asked if he's sleeping, "time to sing matins", one of the Catholic prayers

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Sherry McPherson-Berg
Dix Hills, NY

Collects pennies and at age 10 started her first bank account with pennies

+1: husband Stew

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$30K :
Tina Fey comes by a shortening of her middle name, which isn't “Christina”, but rather what name believed to be derived from the Italian for "this morning"?
A: Concettina B: Battina
C: Albertina D: Stamatina

Spoiler

Sherry guessed A and left with $5000

D: Stamatina

I'd try the 50:50 and hope B and D weren't the two remaining choices.

$500 :
In the absence of a birth certificate, all but which of these are listed by the State Department as acceptable secondary evidence of U.S. citizenship?
A: Census records B: Early school records
C: Post-natal doctor's records D: Garth Brooks records

Spoiler

D: Garth Brooks records

My father was a home birth and never got a birth certificate. He didn't need to produce one to enter the army, but when it came time to draw his Social Security benefits, someone helped him come up with census records.

$7000 :
"Everybody uses the Valencia– what are you gonna use, the Kelvin?" is a joke from Comedy Central’s "Broad City" about one popular and one unpopular what?
A: Social networking site B: Instagram filter
C: Online shopping site D: Smartwatch

ATA

A: 12% B: 68%
C: 11% D: 9%

Spoiler

B: Instagram filter

ATA

$30K :
Tina Fey comes by a shortening of her middle name, which isn't “Christina”, but rather what name believed to be derived from the Italian for "this morning"?
A: Concettina B: Battina
C: Albertina D: Stamatina

Spoiler

Sherry guessed A and left with $5000

D: Stamatina

Plus One

$2k: ATA

$5k: +1

$7k: 50/50 and I would've disregarded B straight away no matter what was left with it, so another $5,000 game for me.