Transcript 9/14/16b Melissa Loftus

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Melissa Loftus
Yoga teacher
Baltimore, Md.

Melissa is changing her career after 13 years as a middle school English teacher. Her +1 is her friend Christina, a Baltimore teacher.

$500
Despite its name, approximately 80% of Greenland is covered with what?
A: Ice B: Cream cheese
C: Feral cats D: Shag carpeting

Answer

A: Ice

$1,000
In the study by the National Institutes of Health, more than 50% of women got a headache after wearing their hair in what style?
A: Pixie cut B: Ponytail
C: Bob D: Bowl cut

Answer

B: Ponytail

$2,000
Despite streaming live 24/7, an Animal Planet web cam “in an undisclosed location” has so far failed to live up to the title of the show, “Finding” what?
A: Secretariat B: Bigfoot
C: Garfield D: Punxsutawney Phil

Answer

B: Bigfoot

$3,000
When he died in 2015, Time noted that what Yankee great’s many famous quotes included, “I really didn’t say everything I said”?
A: Mickey Mantle B: Yogi Berra
C: Lou Gehrig D: JoeDiMaggio

Answer

B: Yogi Berra

$5,000
If you’re hankering for fast food north of the border, be advised that KFC locations in Quebec are known as PFK, which stands for what?
A: Pain Frit Kentucky B: Poisson Frit Kentucky
C: Poulet Frit Kentucky D: Pomme Frit Kentucky

Answer

C: Poulet Frit Kentucky

Commercial break

$7,000
A fitting holiday for celebs like Britney Spears, Donald Trump and Kim Kardashian, People says that what is celebrated on August 12th?
A: Youngest Child Day B: Middle Child Day
C: Oldest Child Day D: Only Child Day

Answer

B: Middle Child Day

$10,000
With a capital city that’s spelled nearly the same as the country, where will you find the nation whose name literally means “The Savior”?
A: Scandinavia B: North Africa
C: Western Europe D: Central America

ATA

A: 24% B: 6% C: 13% D: 57%

Answer

D: Central America

$20,000
Consumer Reports says if you follow the manufacturer’s maintenance schedule, your car can go up to 100K miles before needing new what?
A: Tires B: Spark plugs
C: Oil D: Brakes

50/50

50/50 leaves tires and spark plugs.

Answer

Melissa answers A: Tires.
The right answer is B: Spark plugs.
Melissa wins $5,000.

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$1,000
In the study by the National Institutes of Health, more than 50% of women got a headache after wearing their hair in what style?
A: Pixie cut B: Ponytail
C: Bob D: Bowl cut

Answer

B: Ponytail

BiT warned us about answer C:
http://wwtbambored.com/viewtopic.php?f= ... 39#p514639

$7,000
A fitting holiday for celebs like Britney Spears, Donald Trump and Kim Kardashian, People says that what is celebrated on August 12th?
A: Youngest Child Day B: Middle Child Day
C: Oldest Child Day D: Only Child Day

Answer

B: Middle Child Day

I'd have answered C and gone down.

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Melissa Loftus
Yoga teacher
Baltimore, Md.

Melissa is changing her career after 13 years as a middle school English teacher. Her +1 is her friend Christina, a Baltimore teacher.

$7,000
A fitting holiday for celebs like Britney Spears, Donald Trump and Kim Kardashian, People says that what is celebrated on August 12th?
A: Youngest Child Day B: Middle Child Day
C: Oldest Child Day D: Only Child Day

Answer

B: Middle Child Day

No clue. I hope the audience knows.

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Melissa Loftus
Yoga teacher
Baltimore, Md.

Melissa is changing her career after 13 years as a middle school English teacher. Her +1 is her friend Christina, a Baltimore teacher.

$7,000
A fitting holiday for celebs like Britney Spears, Donald Trump and Kim Kardashian, People says that what is celebrated on August 12th?
A: Youngest Child Day B: Middle Child Day
C: Oldest Child Day D: Only Child Day

Answer

B: Middle Child Day

No clue. I hope the audience knows.

I hate to say it, but Kim Kardashian helped me get this one.

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So far, so good.