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Yolanda Allen
Los Angeles, CA

Yolanda’s Plus One is her cousin, Gerald.

$500 Though he can’t spin the basketball as well as Meadowlark Lemon could, Pope Francis was still named an honorary member of what team in 2015?
A. Boston Red Sox
B. Seattle Seahawks
C. Montreal Canadiens
D. Harlem Globetrotters

Spoiler

D. Harlem Globetrotters

$1K Perfect for the fast-food loving fashionista, KFC recently introduced a chicken-flavored line of edible what, appropriately named “Finger Lickin’ Good”?
A. Earrings
B. Nail polish
C. Boots
D. Handbags

Spoiler

B. Nail polish

$2K Which of these is the original title of a famous movie, which later got reversed because Paul Newman was more famous than Robert Redford?
A. Hooch & Turner
B. The Bandit and Smokey
C. The Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy
D. Butt-head & Beavis Do America

Spoiler

C. The Sundance Kid and Butch Cassidy

$3K Discussing tricks for capturing a golden horsetail or a sparkling peony, Time.com suggests turning off the flash when you photograph what evening event?
A. A skateboarding competition
B. A rare coin convention
C. A fireworks display
D. A fishing trip

Spoiler

C. A fireworks display

$5K Often criticized as an outdated benchmark, the U.S. “poverty line” was originally calculated assuming that every home had a housewife who was a skillful what?
A. Cook
B. Babysitter
C. Hairdresser
D. Chauffeur

Spoiler

A. Cook

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$7K Since the establishment of Henry VIII’s court in a palace there in the 1530s, what London road has become synonymous with Britain’s government?
A. Piccadilly
B. Soho
C. Hyde Park
D. Whitehall

ATA

ATA results

30% A. Piccadilly
2% B. Soho
24% C. Hyde Park
44% D. Whitehall

+1
Gerald thinks

Spoiler

Whitehall

is the correct answer.

Spoiler

D. Whitehall

$10K Where would you be most likely to come across the terms “Da Capo,” “Vivace” and “Presto”?
A. In a cookbook
B. On a list of famous Italian athletes
C. On a piece of sheet music
D. In a book about Italian painters

Spoiler

C. On a piece of sheet music

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$20K The only country in the world whose name in English is normally spelled with three consecutive dotted letters is a what?
A. Scandinavian nation
B. Landlocked nation in Africa
C. Island nation in the Pacific Ocean
D. Latin American nation

Spoiler

C. Island nation in the Pacific Ocean

$30K As of today, one of these famous people is 45 years old, one is 46, one is 47, and one is 48. Who’s the baby of the group, at 45?
A. Tony Hawk
B. Paul Rudd
C. Ted Cruz
D. Tina Fey

50/50

50/50 leaves

B. Paul Rudd
C. Ted Cruz

Spoiler

C. Ted Cruz

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QOTD

What is a triptych?
A. Monster with three heads
B. Painting with three panels
C. Flag with three stripes
D. Congress with three houses

Spoiler

B. Painting with three panels

$50K Because it can absorb radioactive material, which of these is commonly used as a symbol for nuclear disarmament?
A. Sunflower
B. Redwood
C. Beet
D. Seaweed

Spoiler

A. Sunflower

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BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Yolanda Allen
Los Angeles, CA

Yolanda’s Plus One is her cousin, Gerald.

New season begins!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$1K Perfect for the fast-food loving fashionista, KFC recently introduced a chicken-flavored line of edible what, appropriately named “Finger Lickin’ Good”?
A. Earrings
B. Nail polish
C. Boots
D. Handbags

Spoiler

B. Nail polish

I was expecting "sunscreen".

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$20K The only country in the world whose name in English is normally spelled with three consecutive dotted letters is a what?
A. Scandinavian nation
B. Landlocked nation in Africa
C. Island nation in the Pacific Ocean
D. Latin American nation

Spoiler

C. Island nation in the Pacific Ocean

At first I thought they were speaking about umlauts, but then I realized that the nation would have consecutive "i"s and "j"s. So it has to be Fiji.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$30K As of today, one of these famous people is 45 years old, one is 46, one is 47, and one is 48. Who’s the baby of the group, at 45?
A. Tony Hawk
B. Paul Rudd
C. Ted Cruz
D. Tina Fey

50/50

50/50 leaves

B. Paul Rudd
C. Ted Cruz

Spoiler

C. Ted Cruz

What a terrible question (or, as Marley would term it, a WWOQ)! I'd burn all my lifelines and probably end up walking away.

2K: Original title has bad "flow", so is hard to believe. But they thought Redford was their new star, I guess.

30K: Not Tina Fey. Use new "jump Q", if this is how it works.

Oops; had read 50/50 going away tbis year, but apparently not. If not allowed a jump here, throw +1 at it.

50K: Didn't know this is why sunflower used as symbol, but have seen it.

earendel wrote: What a terrible question (or, as Marley would term it, a WWOQ)! I'd burn all my lifelines and probably end up walking away.

They might as well ask "What is the 19th digit of significance in the value of Pi?" Then I'd have to ask, "When rounded to the 19th significant digit or the value of the digit when not rounded at all?". And I still wouldn't know. Well, I do now that I've looked it up, but not 5 minutes ago.

$30K As of today, one of these famous people is 45 years old, one is 46, one is 47, and one is 48. Who’s the baby of the group, at 45?
A. Tony Hawk
B. Paul Rudd
C. Ted Cruz
D. Tina Fey

50/50

50/50 leaves

B. Paul Rudd
C. Ted Cruz

Spoiler

C. Ted Cruz

Plus One.

I would have had all my lifelines left for the 50K question, and would have used 50/50 for that because I was thinking it was seaweed.

Think about it though; even if it were true (that it absorbed radioactivity) would you use seaweed or even a beet as a symbol?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $7K Since the establishment of Henry VIII’s court in a palace there in the 1530s, what London road has become synonymous with Britain’s government?
A. Piccadilly
B. Soho
C. Hyde Park
D. Whitehall

Thought I knew it, but then Downing never came up. ATA.

$30K As of today, one of these famous people is 45 years old, one is 46, one is 47, and one is 48. Who’s the baby of the group, at 45?
A. Tony Hawk
B. Paul Rudd
C. Ted Cruz
D. Tina Fey

Ted Cruz is the answer that feels right to me, but I would probably +1 for assurance.

$50K Because it can absorb radioactive material, which of these is commonly used as a symbol for nuclear disarmament?
A. Sunflower
B. Redwood
C. Beet
D. Seaweed

I think sunflowers turn to face the sun (or is that a myth?) Between that and the hippie movement loving their "flower power", sunflower has to be it.