The timed boosters are great, unless you are on your last life when you receive them. This really is a bummer because you have collected the sugar drops for naught when you have no lives left...
I have made countless friends over Candy Crush -- in the airport, at lunch, at the hairdresser, etc. It has become the most wonderful bonding experience that brings perfect strangers together!
I'm no math whiz, but 41 seems to be the answer I keep getting. I've spent WAY too much time at work trying to get this right. Fingers crossed, I get 41 Gold Bars for my time!