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Leslie Turner
New Albany, IN

Leslie left a cushy job as a financial aid advisor at Indiana University to pursue her passion, which is helping others tell their stories. Her +1 is her husband of 36 years, Paul.

$500: The non-commercial exchange of messages using electromagnetic oscillations is often referred to as what?
A - ham radio
B - beef television
C - brisket satellite
D - venison Morse code

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Answer: A (ham radio)

$1000: Referring to the drips that run down the side of the glass, a wine with high alcohol content is often said to have what?
A - legs
B - a six-pack
C - killer biceps
D - junk in the trunk

Leslie and her husband like to go on wine safaris, searching for the best-tasting wines.

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Answer: A (legs)

$2000: "Two words: Clooney and Clinton" is Esquire magazine's answer as to why men shouldn't be afraid to do what?
A - put on 100 pounds
B - grow a handlebar mustache
C - go gray
D - start slouching

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Answer: C (go gray)

$3000: The name of what kind of thoroughfare is derived from the former practice of puttnig a spiked barrier across a road to deter invaders?
A - boulevard
B - turnpike
C - parkway
D - interstate

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Answer: B (turnpike)

$5000: Puzzling scientists, cryptophasia occurs when a private language develops between whom?
A - twins
B - co-workers
C - spouses
D - teammates

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Answer: A (twins)

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$7000: The famed TV detective Columbo was reportedly based on Dostoyevsky's famed literary detective Porfiry Petrovich, a character in which novel?
A - Crime and Punishment
B - Lolita
C - War and Peace
D - Anna Karenina

Leslie mentions the subjects of the books and eliminates them one by one.

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Answer: A (Crime and Punishment)

$10,000: As it's the only one of three nations to not have a female head of state, Forbes' 2015 list of the world's most powerful women did NOT include the leader of what?
A - South Korea
B - Brazil
C - Chile
D - France

Leslie considers asking the audience but then decides this isn't the type of question that would be good for the audience and she'd like to save them for later. She uses the 50:50, which leaves

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A and D

. Lesile chooses

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A

.

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Answer: D (France)

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BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Leslie Turner
New Albany, IN

Leslie left a cushy job as a financial aid advisor at Indiana University to pursue her passion, which is helping others tell their stories. Her +1 is her husband of 36 years, Paul.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$500: The non-commercial exchange of messages using electromagnetic oscillations is often referred to as what?
A - ham radio
B - beef television
C - brisket satellite
D - venison Morse code

Spoiler

Answer: A (ham radio)

My father was a ham radio operator when I was young. We had a tower in our back yard that one summer was struck by lightning.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000: As it's the only one of three nations to not have a female head of state, Forbes' 2015 list of the world's most powerful women did NOT nclude the leader of what?
A - South Korea
B - Brazil
C - Chile
D - France

Leslie considers asking the audience but then decides this isn't the type of question that would be good for the audience and she'd like to save them for later. She uses the 50:50, which leaves A and D. Lesile chooses

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A

.

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Answer: D (France)

Brazil's woman president was recently impeached and removed from office.

Nihil obstat®.

so far so good

$10,000: As it's the only one of three nations to not have a female head of state, Forbes' 2015 list of the world's most powerful women did NOT include the leader of what?
A - South Korea
B - Brazil
C - Chile
D - France

Leslie considers asking the audience but then decides this isn't the type of question that would be good for the audience and she'd like to save them for later. She uses the 50:50, which leaves

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A and D

. Lesile chooses

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A

.

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Answer: D (France)

"As it's the only one of three nations to not have a female head of state. . ." I don't get it. What three nations?
Plus One.