Hey roketman, 16 1/2 is legal all day long in Mass. So long as the drover herself to the studio for that awesome speech you're golden. I'd still hit it just to clarify with everyone.
Seriously though, I do feel bad for her. That was unreal. These people are trained to do this though, most of them by their nutcase parents since they were 5.
When I first saw this video, One of the comments under it staated that the contestants receive the questions 5 hours in advance.... now I'm a softy too but if I'm given the questions to the test prior to the test...... I'm a cheating boys!!!!