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Transcript 1/25/17 Lorena Korbel

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Wed Jan 25, 2017 4:09 pm

Lorena Korbel
Las Vegas, Nev.

$500
Though it can vary from child to child, Parenting.com says that babies typically begin to do what when they’re 11-14 months old?
A: Talk B: Shave their beards
C: Study law D: Write their first novel
Answer
A: Talk
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Though it might seem risky, the San Francisco Fire Department uses wooden what, which resist heat and cost less to repair than metal ones?
A: Fire trucks B: Hoses
C: Ladders D: Dalmatians
Answer
C: Ladders
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Wanting to bring attention to Earth’s plummeting bee population, what cereal recently began printing some of its boxes without its famous mascot?
A: Honey Nut Cheerios B: Lucky Charms
C: Trix D: Cap’n Crunch
Answer
A: Honey Nut Cheerios
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Founder of the website Goop, which actress recently named a lipstick shade “Blythe,” after her mother, as part of her new Juice Beauty cosmetics line?
A: Jennifer Lawrence B: Kerry Washington
C: Dakota Johnson D: Gwyneth Paltrow
Answer
D: Gwyneth Paltrow
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Consumed by an estimated 90% of North American adults each day, what does The Atlantic claim to be “the world’s most popular drug”?
A: Aspirin B: Nicotine
C: Caffeine D: Alcohol
Answer
C: Caffeine
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Which of these famous names has a cedilla?
A: Chloë Grace Moretz B: Alexander Skarsgård
C: François Truffaut D: Renée Fleming
ATA
A: 21% B: 11% C: 62% D: 6%
Answer
C: François Truffaut
Commercial break

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A world record unbroken to this day, in 1958 Bob Timm and John Cook spent an unprecedented 65 straight days doing what without stopping?
A: Living in a submarine B: Flying in an airplane
C: Orbiting in a capsule D: Traveling in a sailboat
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Lorena’s +1 is her friend Peter Perron. He thinks it’s flying in an airplane.
Answer
B: Flying in an airplane
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When Newt Gingrich was elected to Congress in Georgia’s 6th district in 1994, he beat out Democrat Ben Jones, better known at the time as who?
A: Gopher from “The Love Boat” B: Squiggy from “Laverne & Shirley”
C: Cooter from “Dukes of Hazzard” D: Mr. Drummond from “Diff'rent Strokes”
50/50
50/50 leaves Gopher and Cooter. Lorena knows Gopher was in Congress, but his real name was Fred.
Answer
C: Cooter from “Dukes of Hazzard”
Commercial break

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In order to test them for human use, in 1962, a dog named Esmeralda became the first-ever recipient of what?
A: Mercury dental fillings B: Titanium prosthetic legs
C: Stomach staples D: Silicone breast implants
Answer
D: Silicone breast implants
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Behind only the Moon, which of the following has been the second-brightest object in the night sky since April of 2009?
A: Sirius B: Jupiter
C: Venus D: The International Space Station
Answer
D: The International Space Station
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Re: Transcript 1/25/17 Lorena Korbel

#2 Post by ghostjmf » Wed Jan 25, 2017 4:26 pm

10K: Worked it out by date same way contestant did.

20K: ATA & whatever else I need

30K: Pretty sure its Space Station but waste 50/50 if still have it

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Re: Transcript 1/25/17 Lorena Korbel

#3 Post by SportsFan68 » Wed Jan 25, 2017 8:49 pm

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Wanting to bring attention to Earth’s plummeting bee population, what cereal recently began printing some of its boxes without its famous mascot?
A: Honey Nut Cheerios B: Lucky Charms
C: Trix D: Cap’n Crunch
Answer
A: Honey Nut Cheerios
Honey Nut Cheerios seem less sweet to me than they did when they first came out. I don't know if I'm imagining things or if they're trying to save honey.

Two beekeepers have gone out of business in our area. I miss them terribly -- they made candles and other things from the wax, very popular.
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Consumed by an estimated 90% of North American adults each day, what does The Atlantic claim to be “the world’s most popular drug”?
A: Aspirin B: Nicotine
C: Caffeine D: Alcohol
Answer
C: Caffeine
I learned in book club today that Flannery O'Connor used to drink Coca-Cola spiked with coffee. Wow! I guess that partly explains her output despite dying at age 39.
$20,000
When Newt Gingrich was elected to Congress in Georgia’s 6th district in 1994, he beat out Democrat Ben Jones, better known at the time as who?
A: Gopher from “The Love Boat” B: Squiggy from “Laverne & Shirley”
C: Cooter from “Dukes of Hazzard” D: Mr. Drummond from “Diff'rent Strokes”
50/50
50/50 leaves Gopher and Cooter. Lorena knows Gopher was in Congress, but his real name was Fred.
Answer
C: Cooter from “Dukes of Hazzard”
50/50
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Re: Transcript 1/25/17 Lorena Korbel

#4 Post by earendel » Thu Jan 26, 2017 10:35 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Lorena Korbel
Las Vegas, Nev.
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"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."

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