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Caitlin Hawekotte
Fullerton, CA

Caitlin’s Plus One is her dad, John, who was a game show contestant in the ’80s.

$500 According to a recent report by Time Magazine, the average American wastes over $640 each year by doing what?
A. Never turning their car off
B. Burning dollar bills for warmth
C. Throwing food away
D. Losing diamonds in their sofa

Spoiler

C. Throwing food away

$1K “Transmorphers,” “Android Cop.” And “Frozen Land” are examples of what film genre, consisting of cheap copies of successful mainstream movies?
A. Period drama
B. Chick flick
C. Mockbuster
D. Film noir

Spoiler

C. Mockbuster

$2K Though it didn’t happen in one day, History.com notes that what momentous event occurred around 753 B.C.?
A. Stone tools were invented
B. The dinosaurs became extinct
C. Rome was founded
D. Jesus was born

Spoiler

C. Rome was founded

$3K The spelling of what musical act’s name is often stylized by replacing two letters with one digit?
A. Tupac Shakur
B. Stevie Wonder
C. Third Eye Blind
D. Nikki Sixx

Spoiler

A. Tupac Shakur

$5K Which of these is a Southern-inspired lifestyle brand started by Reese Witherspoon, and NOT a character from “Gone With the Wind’?
A. Scarlett O’Hara
B. Draper James
C. Rhett Butler
D. Ashley Wilkes

ATA

ATA results

8% A. Scarlett O’Hara
62% B. Draper James
3% C. Rhett Butler
27% D. Ashley Wilkes

Spoiler

B. Draper James

commercial break

$7K It’s believed that intense UV sunlight exposure due to high elevations may be the reason that Nepal has one of the world’s highest rates of what?
A. Cataracts
B. Hearing loss
C. Arthritis
D. Diabetes

Spoiler

A. Cataracts

$10K Which of the following does NOT describe one of the three U.S. states whose name begins and ends with the letter “a”?
A. It borders Canada
B. It borders Mexico
C. It borders the Atlantic
D. It borders the Gulf of Mexico

Caitlin can only think of two states that begin and end with the letter “a,”

Spoiler

Arizona and Alabama

.
She then starts naming states that border Canada.
Caitlin makes

Spoiler

”It borders Canada”

her final answer.

Spoiler

C. It borders the Atlantic
Caitlin leaves with $5K.

This was a pretty easy stack. I would have no problems with it.

If you are going to be on a game show, you should at least have a basic knowledge of US geography. Answer I is Alaska-it borders Canada. Answer B isAkrizona, which borders Mexico and answer C is Alabama, which borders the Gulf of Mexico. Maybe her game show whiz dad could have helped her.

So far so good.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Caitlin Hawekotte
Fullerton, CA

Caitlin’s Plus One is her dad, John, who was a game show contestant in the ’80s.

On four game shows, in fact. I wonder which ones they were.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10K Which of the following does NOT describe one of the three U.S. states whose name begins and ends with the letter “a”?
A. It borders Canada
B. It borders Mexico
C. It borders the Atlantic
D. It borders the Gulf of Mexico

Caitlin can only think of two states that begin and end with the letter “a,”

Spoiler

Arizona and Alabama

.
She then starts naming states that border Canada.
Caitlin makes

Spoiler

”It borders Canada”

her final answer.

Spoiler

C. It borders the Atlantic
Caitlin leaves with $5K.

When she started naming states that bordered Canada, and started with Washington, I figured she was doomed.

Nihil obstat®.

So far, so good. The next one probably woulda got me.