Transcript 01/18/2011 Jay Rogers (BB: jaybrrd)

[MarleysGh0st]

It'll pass, but some psychology student somewhere should write a term paper on this.

How about a cognitive neuroscientist?

http://seedmagazine.com/content/article ... llionaire/

(Ogi also happens to be a BB, although he hasn't been around, recently.)

[ulysses5019]

Thanks! I'm glad I got the chance to see this. It looks like you had a great time.

As a sidelight, this very Bored (well, to be precise, one of its predecessors) is where I learned the answer to your $100,000 question. The sugar substitute they use in Diet Pepsi is so sweet that they don't need to add very much of it to get the necessary flavor. In contrast, when they use real sugar, as in (regular) Pepsi, it goes in by the ladleful.

Had a blast. Loved having the rowdy audience, too - just too much fun that ended too abruptly for my liking!

In the last twenty four hours I'm recalling so much out of my own experience that would have directed me to the correct answer if I hadn't rushed myself - and while I know how unbelievably fortunate I am to have played, gotten that far, and won as much as I did - it's like an invisible antagonist following me around right now. It'll pass, but some psychology student somewhere should write a term paper on this.

Congratulations! It always ends a couple of questions too soon for some of us...

[earendel]

Jay Rogers
Bronx, NY
Assistant general manager

Well, Jay, you may be a WE® but you're also a BB® and that trumps everything.

Question 3 - Celebrity Ink
What heavily-tattooed celebrity has the names of his three sons, Brooklyn, Romeo and Cruz, inked on his back?
A. Johnny Depp B. Eminem
C. Jamie Foxx D. David Beckham

Spoiler

Jay answered emphatically and quickly.

Answer and value

... and correctly as well.
D. David Beckham
Value: $5K
Bank: $20K

Time for me to ATA.

Mere announced that the two remaining amounts were $500 and $25K
Question 9 - Group Art
Popularized by the Surrealists, a piece of art or writing on which many people collaborate by taking turns has what unusual name?
A. Exquisite corpse B. Spinning tomb
C. Laughing widow D. Deadly dance

Spoiler

Jay "I know this" (audience applauded)
Mere: How do you know this
Jay: I know this because of musical theater... There is a song by this title in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch"

Answer and value

A. Exquisite corpse
Value: $500 (Mere said that one should have been $25K as it was a hard one)
Bank: $30600

I knew this because of a commentator on NPR - Andre Kodrescu - had a literary magazine entitled "The Exquisite Corpse".

Question for $100K
What happens when unopened cans of Pepsi and Diet Pepsi are put in a tank of water at room temperature?
A. Pepsi sinks, Diet Pepsi floats B. They both float
C. Diet Pepsi sinks, Pepsi floats D. They both sink

Spoiler

Jay "I should not have skipped that damn physics"
They are approximately the same, I know at least one of them floats, I've tried that.
I've dropped them in the sink. then ATA

ATA

ATA: A-20% B-40% C-11% D-29%

Spoiler

Mere reminded Jay that there was a lot of pressure on the audience.

Then Mere reminded Jay of the amount $55600 that he could walk with.

Mere asked if Jay has a gut feeling. "I came here to take a chance" was Jay's response

Jay said yes that he has a gut feeling, and that he would go with the audience, that is what he was thinking too

Jay with B, they both float, final answer

Answer and value

A. Pepsi sinks, Diet Pepsi floats
Value: $100000
Bank: Jay left with $25000

A good run, Jay, and a really tough $100K question. I'd have used a JTQ lifeline since, given the same stack, I'd have had both of them available.

[clem21]

Clem is a WE, but how is he a WE/WE?

I took Clem's word for it:
http://wwtbambored.com/viewtopic.php?f= ... 2&p=352090

He never did answer my question about that. Or about not wanting to move to Ithaca...

I worked in the entertainment industry and spent time around actors and actresses for half a year. I'm counting it.

As for the Ithaca question....

[MarleysGh0st]

As for the Ithaca question....

LOL!

1. Well, all the but first sentence of that paragraph has already been edited out of the current Wikipedia page.
2. There are no citations for that paragraph, so that's grounds to strike the entire paragraph, IMHO. (It may come and go frequently, as it strikes different people's fancy, of course.)
3. Presenting that unfounded assertion as an answer to my question still doesn't address any of the specifics. What, in particular, would you find missing here? Aside from several million people...

[clem21]

As for the Ithaca question....

LOL!

1. Well, all the but first sentence of that paragraph has already been edited out of the current Wikipedia page.

How very appropriate! They managed to take the one interesting thing on that page and make it more boring!