Transcript 5/16/2017 Bridget Barry (carryover segment)

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Transcript 5/16/2017 Bridget Barry (carryover segment)

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Tue May 16, 2017 8:30 pm

Bridget Barry
Crown Heights, NY

Plans to bike from the northern tip of Alaska to the southern tip of Tierra del Fuego and needs money and a map
Chris asked to confirm that Tierra del Fuego is somewhere in Mexico and Bridget corrects him to Chile

one LL remains the +1: Jake (her boyfriend)


$7000 :
Which film director cast his own mother to say the iconic line "I'll have what she's having," in "When Harry Met Sally..."?
A: Ron Howard B: Rob Reiner
C: Garry Marshall D: James L. Brooks


Spoiler
B: Rob Reiner



$10K :
Encouraging people to visit attractions like the Nobel Peace center on foot, what city has announced plans to ban cars in its downtown by 2019?
A: Copenhagen B: Oslo
C: Reykjavik D: Helsinki


Spoiler
B: Oslo



$20K :
Though their running back Ed Smith was the model for the famous Heisman Trophy, which school's football team -- the Violets -- was discontinued in 1953?
A: Harvard B: NYU
C: Georgetown D: Duke

Spoiler
B: NYU


First break

$30K :
Of all the muscles in an average person's body, the one that can pull with the most force is the soleus. Where is the soleus located?
A: In your neck B: In your lower leg
C: In your upper arm D: In your abdomen

Spoiler
+1 Jake said it makes him think of solar plexus in the abdomen but he is not an anatomy expert so he is not sure

She goes with his guess


Spoiler
B: In your lower leg


Bridget leaves with $5000.

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Re: Transcript 5/16/2017 Bridget Barry (carryover segment)

#2 Post by ghostjmf » Wed May 17, 2017 1:25 am

20K: Well, I know its not Harvard. +1

30K: I probably, like contestant, would have been fooled by "solar plexus". Rigged 50/50 would have left it, too.

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Re: Transcript 5/16/2017 Bridget Barry (carryover segment)

#3 Post by earendel » Wed May 17, 2017 5:30 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Bridget Barry
Crown Heights, NY

Plans to bike from the northern tip of Alaska to the southern tip of Tierra del Fuego and needs money and a map
Chris asked to confirm that Tierra del Fuego is somewhere in Mexico and Bridget corrects him to Chile

one LL remains the +1: Jake (her boyfriend)
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$20K :
Though their running back Ed Smith was the model for the famous Heisman Trophy, which school's football team -- the Violets -- was discontinued in 1953?
A: Harvard B: NYU
C: Georgetown D: Duke
Spoiler
B: NYU
The only one that doesn't have a team (AFAIK) is NYU.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$30K :
Of all the muscles in an average person's body, the one that can pull with the most force is the soleus. Where is the soleus located?
A: In your neck B: In your lower leg
C: In your upper arm D: In your abdomen
Spoiler
+1 Jake said it makes him think of solar plexus in the abdomen but he is not an anatomy expert so he is not sure

She goes with his guess

Spoiler
B: In your lower leg

Bridget leaves with $5000.
I would try the 50:50 and hope B and D weren't the remaining answers.
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