Transcript 5/18/2012 - Evelyn Brown (1Q Contestant)

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Evelyn Brown 1Q Contestant
Brooklyn, NY
Retired "and I don't do ANYTHING!"

Evelyn will see the next question in Justin's stack (category: Dividing Lines).

By the time 11 states had seceded to form the Confederate States of America in 1861, how many states remained in the Union?
A - 19
B - 23
C - 28
D - 34

She goes with

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D. 34

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Answer:

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B (23)

Evelyn gets the Xbox 360 Millionaire game.


THE END OF GAME "NOISE"

[jarnon]

I suppose Evelyn was confused by the math. (There were 34 states altogether, including the 11 that seceded.) I doubt she thought there were 45 states in 1861.