Transcript 05/19/15 Cookie Olshein

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Cookie Olshein
West Palm Beach, FL

She said her first name was the result of her mom's desire from childhood to give her first daughter that name and to give her second daughter the name Candy.
However, Cookie has only one sibling, a brother named Chip, and they had a dog named Chocolate.


Question 1 -
Though he eventually dropped out to pursue a woman, what actor studied at Juilliard before switching to standup comedy?
A. Steve Martin B. Robin Williams
C. Jim Carrey D. Billy Crystal

Answer and value

B. Robin Williams
Value: $100
Bank: $100

Question 2 -
The year being a combination of Adele's first two album titles, when did Edith Wharton win the Pulitzer Prize?
A. 1898 B. 1910
C. 1921 D. 1969

Spoiler

Cookie said she believes the audience would know Adele.
A. 5% B. 10%
C. 69% D. 16%

Answer and value

C. 1921
Value: $2000
Bank: $2100

Question 3 -
According to Bloomberg.com, in what country do adult diapers outsell baby diapers, thanks to 23% of its population being over the age of 65?
A. Russia B. Japan
C. United Kingdom D. Brazil

Spoiler

Cookie said it was not her thought before the choices, but Japan is known for longevity, so she would gamble as she used to live in Las Vegas

Answer and value

B. Japan
Value: $3000
Bank: $5100

Question 4 -
One of Starbucks' bestselling coffee varieties, what roast is named after the location of their original Seattle store?
A. Salmon Street Roast B. Pike Place Roast
C. Tuna Turnpike Roast D. Halibut Highway Roast

Answer and value

B. Pike Place Roast
Value: $15K
Bank: $20100

Second break

Question 5 -
Spontaneously shouted in the final seconds of a 1980 USA Olympic hockey game, Al Michaels was known for what catchphrase?
A. You cannot be serious! B. Boom goes the dynamite!
C. Do you believe in miracles? D. Yes, and it counts!

Answer and value

C. Do you believe in miracles?
Value: $10K
Bank: $30100

Question 6 -
Seeking a low-cost alternative to butter, what world leader sponsored a contest that brought about the invention of margarine?
A. Joseph Stalin B. Napoleon III
C. Teddy Roosevelt D. Queen Victoria

JTQ

would have guessed Queen Victoria

Answer and value

B. Napoleon III
Value: $25K jumped
Bank: $30100

Question 7 -
Saying it can turn "your six-pack abs into a keg," WebMD recommends avoiding binge drinking if you want to reduce your what?
A. Beer belly B. Brewski butt
C. Lager legs D. Corona cankles

Answer and value

A. Beer belly
Value: $1000
Bank: $31100

Third break

Cookie used to be a lawyer in Las Vegas but went back to school and is now a rabbi in West Palm Beach.
Terry calls her "officially the most interesting woman in the world."

QotD
A campy song by the Rednex asks, "Where did you come from, where did you go, where did you come from" who?
A. Beer Gut Moe
B. Corn High Beau
C. Cotton Eye Joe
D. Sweet Grits Flo

QotD

C. Cotton Eye Joe

Question 8 -
Many of the Cook Islands' $3 bills famously depicted what?
A. A tattooed man punching a whale B. A naked woman riding a shark
C. A giant rat playing a drum D. A parrot attacking a drug

+1

+1 is friend named Lincoln Richmond, who does not know either and said he has not seen any of the other three but does think of a naked woman riding a shark so that is his guess.
She decided to risk it

Answer and value

B. A naked woman riding a shark
Value: $500
Bank: $31600

Time's up, Cookie will return tomorrow

[zachhoran1]

Cookie won $135K on Twenty One in 2000.

[ghostjmf]

Q2: If they were Adele's ages on release, has to be 1921. That's also the right ballpark for Wharton's prize.


Q3: I would guess Japan, but not w/ surety. JTQ


Q6: Should have saved that jump. Hope +1 knows. All I know for sure is its not Stalin. And wasn't in Burns' series on Roosevelts.



Q8: Would have guessed B but not gone w/ it . And used ATA but not trusted anything less than overwhelming answer. So I leave here.


Go Cookie.

[TheConfessor]

Question 8 -
Many of the Cook Islands' $3 bills famously depicted what?
A. A tattooed man punching a whale B. A naked woman riding a shark
C. A giant rat playing a drum D. A parrot attacking a drug

It's not just the $3 bill.

[SportsFan68]

Question 1 -
Though he eventually dropped out to pursue a woman, what actor studied at Juilliard before switching to standup comedy?
A. Steve Martin B. Robin Williams
C. Jim Carrey D. Billy Crystal

Answer and value

B. Robin Williams
Value: $100
Bank: $100

ATA

Question 3 -
According to Bloomberg.com, in what country do adult diapers outsell baby diapers, thanks to 23% of its population being over the age of 65?
A. Russia B. Japan
C. United Kingdom D. Brazil

Spoiler

Cookie said it was not her thought before the choices, but Japan is known for longevity, so she would gamble as she used to live in Las Vegas

Answer and value

B. Japan
Value: $3000
Bank: $5100

My guess would be Russia, but no way I pull the trigger. JTQ.

Question 4 -
One of Starbucks' bestselling coffee varieties, what roast is named after the location of their original Seattle store?
A. Salmon Street Roast B. Pike Place Roast
C. Tuna Turnpike Roast D. Halibut Highway Roast

Answer and value

B. Pike Place Roast
Value: $15K
Bank: $20100

Plua One

Question 6 -
Seeking a low-cost alternative to butter, what world leader sponsored a contest that brought about the invention of margarine?
A. Joseph Stalin B. Napoleon III
C. Teddy Roosevelt D. Queen Victoria

JTQ

would have guessed Queen Victoria

Answer and value

B. Napoleon III
Value: $25K jumped
Bank: $30100

Sayonara.

Question 7 -
Saying it can turn "your six-pack abs into a keg," WebMD recommends avoiding binge drinking if you want to reduce your what?
A. Beer belly B. Brewski butt
C. Lager legs D. Corona cankles

Answer and value

A. Beer belly
Value: $1000
Bank: $31100

I'm already gone, but I know this one.

QotD
A campy song by the Rednex asks, "Where did you come from, where did you go, where did you come from" who?
A. Beer Gut Moe
B. Corn High Beau
C. Cotton Eye Joe
D. Sweet Grits Flo

QotD

C. Cotton Eye Joe

My misspent youth -- I know this one before the choices come up.

Question 8 -
Many of the Cook Islands' $3 bills famously depicted what?
A. A tattooed man punching a whale B. A naked woman riding a shark
C. A giant rat playing a drum D. A parrot attacking a drug

+1

+1 is friend named Lincoln Richmond, who does not know either and said he has not seen any of the other three but does think of a naked woman riding a shark so that is his guess.
She decided to risk it

Answer and value

B. A naked woman riding a shark
Value: $500
Bank: $31600

I'm already gone, but I dunno this one anyway.

GO COOKIE!!!!!!!

[ghostjmf]

QoTD: "Cotton-eyed Joe" is the name of the tune. Thought to refer to a medical condition. Glad to hear sone modern group had a hit, which I've never heard, with this old-time classic, but the show calling the version in QoTD "campy" would have completely mislead me here. Case of overthinking on my part. It seems the writers consider old-time campy. As opposed to considering this interpretation campy, to distinguish it from other, non-campy versions, which is how the Q reads.

[earendel]

Cookie Olshein
West Palm Beach, FL

She said her first name was the result of her mom's desire from childhood to give her first daughter that name and to give her second daughter the name Candy. However, Cookie has only one sibling, a brother named Chip, and they had a dog named Chocolate.

Her mother has a strange sense of humor.

Question 1 -
Though he eventually dropped out to pursue a woman, what actor studied at Juilliard before switching to standup comedy?
A. Steve Martin B. Robin Williams
C. Jim Carrey D. Billy Crystal

Answer and value

B. Robin Williams
Value: $100
Bank: $100

I would ATA.

[ghostjmf]

This contestant is getting a lot of 2-clues Qs:


Q1 you could know that either Williams went to Julliard specifically or that he dropped out of acting school


Q2 you could get by knowing stuff about either Adele or Wharton


Q5 you could know the phrase either from Olympic hockey or because the named announcer had said it


And previous contestant got that Q where you could know either which Hawaiian Island Obama was born on (no, not Kenya Island) or on which island the palace of the last king was.


J! uses 2-clue Qs all the time. Problem is that with J!, often one of the clues is so bizarre it winds up being a distraction for me.

[Estonut]

Q5 you could know the phrase either from Olympic hockey or because the named announcer had said it

#3: One might also have seen it in the popular Disney movie about that hockey team, titled "Miracle."