Transcript 12/13/17 Beth Donovan

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Transcript 12/13/17 Beth Donovan

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Thu Dec 14, 2017 2:51 pm

Beth Donovan
Brooklyn, N.Y.

$500
Since 2014, Las Vegas has been home to a 550-ft observation wheel, fittingly called what?
A: High Roller B: Deuces Wild
C: Card Shark D: Holy Craps

Spoiler
A: High Roller


$1,000
Canada’s coat of arms features all but which of these symbols?
A: An Irish harp B: Three fleur-de-lis
C: A hockey puck D: A red lion

Spoiler
A: 20% B: 7% C: 69% D: 4%


Spoiler
C: A hockey puck


$2,000
Adding a handle and a clasp for flipping without danger of burns, in 1869 Cornelius Swartwout patented what item often used when making breakfast?
A: Coffee maker B: Waffle iron
C: Blender D: Egg timer

Spoiler
B: Waffle iron


$3,000
Despite having grown to 14 members in 2014, the college athletic conference that’s home to the Univ. of Michigan and Ohio St. Univ. is still popularly called what?
A: The Super Six B: The Elite Eight
C: The Big Ten D: The Top Twelve

Spoiler
C: The Big Ten


$5,000
A shuttered Pabst Blue Ribbon plant was recently repurposed as a 90-room boutique hotel called the Brewhouse Inn, in the downtown area of what city?
A: Milwaukee B: Cleveland
C: St. Louis D: Chicago

Spoiler
A: Milwaukee


Commercial break

$7,000
What star of the 2017 rom-com “The Big Sick” is a granddaughter of the legendary director of classics like “On the Waterfront” and “A Streetcar Named Desire”?
A: Zoe Kazan B: Zoe Cassavettes
C: Zoë Kravitz D: Zooey Deschanel

Spoiler
A: Zoe Kazan


$10,000
What language is known to its native speakers as Cymraeg?
A: Swedish B: Bantu
C: Navaho D: Welsh

Spoiler
50/50 leaves Swedish and Welsh.


Spoiler
D: Welsh


Commercial break

QotD
If you select the “Tribute to Elvis” package at Las Vegas’ Little White Wedding Chapel, you get to recite your vows while seated in what vehicle?
A: A blue rickshaw B: A silver subway car
C: A pink Cadillac D: A rainbow-colored blimp

Spoiler
C: A pink Cadillac


$20,000
Who is missing from this sequence: The Protester, Barack Obama, __, Ebola fighters, Angela Merkel, Donald Trump?
A: The U.S. Olympic Team B: Janet Yellin
C: Pope Francis D: Bill Gates

Spoiler
C: Pope Francis


The horn
Beth will be back on Thursday.
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Re: Transcript 12/13/17 Beth Donovan

#2 Post by earendel » Thu Dec 14, 2017 2:59 pm

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Beth Donovan
Brooklyn, N.Y.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$20,000
Who is missing from this sequence: The Protester, Barack Obama, __, Ebola fighters, Angela Merkel, Donald Trump?
A: The U.S. Olympic Team B: Janet Yellin
C: Pope Francis D: Bill Gates
Spoiler
C: Pope Francis
Beth knew that these were all TIME Magazine's Person of the Year, so it was just a matter of noting which one fit the 2013 slot.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."

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Re: Transcript 12/13/17 Beth Donovan

#3 Post by ghostjmf » Thu Dec 14, 2017 4:24 pm

So far so good.

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