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MI - 16009i

Andrea Sutterfield (new BB dreatron)
Diamond Bar, CA
Andrea is dedicating her game to her 94-year-old grandma.
Andrea still has her 50/50 & her +1

$10,000
Most Germans polled in a recent survey said they'd support a speed limit on the Autobahn of 150 kilometers/hour, which is equivalent to what?
A: 66 mph B: 78 mph
C: 93 mph D: 107 mph

Andrea knows there are 3.something miles in 5 kilometers thanks to races. She says 10 kilometers is 6.6 miles and almost goes with A but then figures she needs 66 and half of 66

$20,000
Moving from head to toe, which of these correctly lists the order of where on your body you'd wear the following items of clothing?
A: Biretta, henley, espadrille B: Tunic, bicorne, chopine
C: Brogan, sweater, toque D: Skimmer, skort, deerstalker

Andrea rules out D because she knows a deerstalker is a hat. She knows a henley is a shirt and espadrilles are shoes but doesn't know biretta. Brogues are shoes, so she thinks brogans might also be shoes. She knows tunic is a shirt. She's sure C and D have items that are out of order.

Andrea has tears in her eyes because she studied abroad and has $100,000 of student loans so this money can really help change her life by knocking those debts down.

$30,000
If you go by their two nearest points, the distance between which of these pairs of places is the shortest?
A: England and France B: Mozambique and Madagascar
C: Italy and Sicily D: Spain and Morocco

Andrea has ridden the ferry between England & France and Spain & Morocco


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30K: I'd have 50/50'd too & still effed this up. No, I'd call +1 at this point, which could be my sister who lived in Europe 30+ years.

Isn't the distance between Italy and Sicily

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No matter where you go, there you are.

It's not A or B. Spain & Morocco are pretty close but not as close as Sicily & Italy.

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"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."

Just for comparisons, when I was in Germany last year, I drove the little rental car (a SEAT Leon, compact car about the size of a Honda Fit, with 6-speed manual diesel) on the autobahn and got to 200 kph (125 mph) -- and was getting passed like crazy.

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I don't wanna go that fast anywhere. I get forced up to 80 on route 95 by traffic & it scares me. Also thought of a speeding ticket.

Now that I think about it

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I came here to ask about that. They are "autonomous cities", so do they count as part of Spain?

You're right. This is a terrible question, and just plain wrong.

An Instagram post by Andrea was reposted by the Millionaire account. I left her a comment inviting her to the Bored to join in on the discussion.

Can you post what that was? That question was all kinds of wrong.

Ceuta and Mellila are definitely part of Spain. The autonomous city part refers to their role in the Spanish quasi-federalist system. The national government holds all sovereignty but has devolved some powers to regional governments. Most of those are provinces but some cities also have their own governmental powers.

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No matter where you go, there you are.

Isla de Perejil? That's Parsley Island. I wonder what the history is.

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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)

Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.

Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.

Hi all thanks for getting in touch!

I agree that the question was very poorly worded. My guess was that they had originally written it as which two "countries" but then someone told them that Sicely wasn't a country. TBH I wasn't sure where Sicely was located in relation to the mainland and thought that it was off further like Sardinia.

That being said you have all brought up a great point that Spain and Morocco are literally touching. Is there any sort of protocol to contest this?

General protocol is, reach out to your producer and try to reach out to the lawyer. I don't think his information was in any of the packets we originally got (perhaps in the general waiver/rules?) but you want to reach out to the lawyer about a poorly-worded/misleading question.

Good luck!

Welcome aBored! I don't often say this, but I think this challenge is righteous. You have a PM. --Bob

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"Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear." Thomas Jefferson

Was there any more news on this? I would have also said Spain/Morocco, knowing there is a Spanish exclave (enclave?) right there. Didn't know there was neutral territory, so I would have said Spain borders Morocco on that account. Kind of like how France and the Netherlands border each other on St. Martin.

The Strait of Gibraltar is 8.7 miles wide.

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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)

Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.

Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.

You’ve forgotten what the issue is. Go read the previous posts and study the maps.

He has difficulty comprehending words and pictures!

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A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
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Yeah, it's a bit intimidating.

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Are you referring to the Spanish exclave part? I wasn't addressing that. I disregarded that as the production did. That would be like saying France is ten miles away from Canada.

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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)

Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.

Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.

France is ten miles away from Canada. And America is three miles from Russia.

2.5 but that's indisputable.

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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)

Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.

Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.