Transcript 9/14/16 Lynn Belliveau

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Lynn Belliveau
Naples, Fla.

$500
While 3:43 is the record for running a mile forwards, 5:54 is the Guinness World Record for running a mile how?
A: While on fire B: While carrying a Toyota
C: On Jupiter D: Backwards

Answer

D: Backwards

$1,000
Calling it “dumb,” “stupid” and “stinky,” a 1990s PSA featuring the cast of “Saved By the Bell” proclaimed, “There’s no hope with” what?
A: Taupe B: Dope
C: Soap D: A jackalope

Answer

B: Dope

$2,000
In keeping with FDA regulations, food labels list an item’s ingredients “in descending order of “ what?
A: Cost B: Tastiness
C: Predominance D: Pronounceability

Answer

C: Predominance

$3,000
According to the New Yorker, “Feed the Beast,” “Frenzie” and “Buzz Feed” were among the names rejected for what controversial Harvey Levin-run website?
A: Huffington Post B: TMZ
C: Rotten Tomatoes D: Funny or Die

ATA

Lynn says it’s either Rotten Tomatoes or TMZ.
A: 9% B: 75% C: 12% D: 4%

Answer

B: TMZ

$5,000
Saying “(Hint: It isn’t Florida),” TheStreet.com recently revealed that surprisingly, Maine is the state with on average, the country’s what?
A: Oldest residents B: Richest residents
C: Tallest residents D: Best-educated residents

Answer

A: Oldest residents

Commercial break

Lynn’s younger daughter has a progressive peripheral nerve disease and just got her first wheelchair. Her older daughter wants to become a physical therapist.

$7,000
Which each movie earning over $2 billion worldwide, who has directed the two highest-grossing films of all time?
A: Peter Jackson B: George Lucas
C: James Cameron D: Steven Spielberg

+1

Lynn knows Cameron directed Titanic and Avatar. Her +1 is her brother-in-law Evan. He also thinks it’s Cameron.

50/50

50/50 leaves Cameron and Spielberg.

Answer

C: James Cameron

Commercial break

QotD
Though its logo is a galloping horse, the Ford Mustang was reputedly named after a what?
A: Steam locomotive B: Fighter plane
C: Roller coaster D: Machine gun

Answer

B: Fighter plane

$10,000
Frequently appearing in news headlines in 2016, what does the word “Brexit” refer to?
A: A new weight-loss drug B: A European political issue
C: An app for ending romances D: The first driverless car

Answer

B: A European political issue

$20,000
A red envelope stuffed with an even numbered amount of money is a traditional gift given during which of the following?
A: Passover B: Chinese New Year
C: Lent D: Kwanzaa

Answer

B: Chinese New Year

The horn
Lynn will be back on Thursday.

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Lynn Belliveau
Naples, Fla.

$3,000
According to the New Yorker, “Feed the Beast,” “Frenzie” and “Buzz Feed” were among the names rejected for what controversial Harvey Levin-run website?
A: Huffington Post B: TMZ
C: Rotten Tomatoes D: Funny or Die

ATA

Lynn says it’s either Rotten Tomatoes or TMZ.
A: 9% B: 75% C: 12% D: 4%

Answer

B: TMZ

It's not A and "controversial" doesn't make me think of C. ATA and hope.

$7,000
Which each movie earning over $2 billion worldwide, who has directed the two highest-grossing films of all time?
A: Peter Jackson B: George Lucas
C: James Cameron D: Steven Spielberg

+1

Lynn knows Cameron directed Titanic and Avatar. Her +1 is her brother-in-law Evan. He also thinks it’s Cameron.

50/50

50/50 leaves Cameron and Spielberg.

Answer

C: James Cameron

A pity she had to use her lifelines when she had the answer from the beginning.

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3K: Fox runs a horrible show I think is called TMZ which is on before something I watch, probably Bones, but is so nasty I purposely avoid it. Know not A or C. ATA, then kick myself for not going w/gut.

7K: Guessing Cameron, but 50/50

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$3,000
According to the New Yorker, “Feed the Beast,” “Frenzie” and “Buzz Feed” were among the names rejected for what controversial Harvey Levin-run website?
A: Huffington Post B: TMZ
C: Rotten Tomatoes D: Funny or Die

ATA

Lynn says it’s either Rotten Tomatoes or TMZ.
A: 9% B: 75% C: 12% D: 4%

Answer

B: TMZ

ATA

$7,000
Which each movie earning over $2 billion worldwide, who has directed the two highest-grossing films of all time?
A: Peter Jackson B: George Lucas
C: James Cameron D: Steven Spielberg

+1

Lynn knows Cameron directed Titanic and Avatar. Her +1 is her brother-in-law Evan. He also thinks it’s Cameron.

50/50

50/50 leaves Cameron and Spielberg.

Answer

C: James Cameron

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