WWTBAM Bored

Laura O'Dea
Brooklyn, NY

Works as a computer tech for a publishing company
Has watched just about every episode going back to the Regis days.


$7000 :
In a recent interview, Mark Wahlberg revealed that the only movie prop he's ever kept was the infamous prosthetic featured in the final scene of what?
A: Ted B: Boogie Nights
C: Lone Survivor D: The Departed

Spoiler

B: Boogie Nights

$10K :
Written before he moved to Baltimore, whose published work- "Tamerlane and Other Poems"- was credited simply to "a Bostonian"?
A: H.P. Lovecraft B: Jack London
C: O. Henry D: Edgar Allen Poe

Thinks she has it narrowed down to

Spoiler

C or D

then uses 50/50 which left

Spoiler

A and D

.

Spoiler

D: Edgar Allen Poe

$20K :
According to Forbes, with a collective net worth estimated at $2.399 trillion, how many billionaires are there in the U.S.?
A: 13 B: 61
C: 123 D: 540

+1

Last lifeline +1 is her mother Barbara
Laura said she does not think it is A or D.
Barbara said 61 sounds reasonable but you never know nowadays with the amount of money out there.

Laura guessed C.

Spoiler

D: 540

Laura left with $5000

First break

20K: Do the arithmetic, but as some billionaires have multiple billions, could change result. Obviously I haven't done arithmetic yet.

ghostjmf wrote:20K: Do the arithmetic, but as some billionaires have multiple billions, could change result. Obviously I haven't done arithmetic yet.

Average worth of American billionaires:
A: $184 billion B: $39 billion
C: $19 billion D: $4 billion

Since some billionaires have only a billion or two, some other billionaires must have twice the average or more. So D is the only reasonable answer.

$7000 :
In a recent interview, Mark Wahlberg revealed that the only movie prop he's ever kept was the infamous prosthetic featured in the final scene of what?
A: Ted B: Boogie Nights
C: Lone Survivor D: The Departed

Spoiler

B: Boogie Nights

ATA

$20K :
According to Forbes, with a collective net worth estimated at $2.399 trillion, how many billionaires are there in the U.S.?
A: 13 B: 61
C: 123 D: 540

+1

Last lifeline +1 is her mother Barbara
Laura said she does not think it is A or D.
Barbara said 61 sounds reasonable but you never know nowadays with the amount of money out there.

Laura guessed C.

Spoiler

D: 540

Laura left with $5000

Plus One.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Laura O'Dea
Brooklyn, NY

Works as a computer tech for a publishing company
Has watched just about every episode going back to the Regis days.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:According to Forbes, with a collective net worth estimated at $2.399 trillion, how many billionaires are there in the U.S.?
A: 13 B: 61
C: 123 D: 540

+1

Last lifeline +1 is her mother Barbara
Laura said she does not think it is A or D.
Barbara said 61 sounds reasonable but you never know nowadays with the amount of money out there.

Laura guessed C.

Spoiler

D: 540

Laura left with $5000

If each one had only $1B, there would be 2399. 13 and 61 are too few. I'd try the 50:50 hoping C and D weren't left.