WWTBAM Bored

Another day, another Q2 flameout. This time elwing's nemesis was pop music.

Q1. Put these words in order to form the name of a US National Monument.
1 - moon
2 - craters
3 - the
4 - of

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2431

Q2. Put these songs in chronological order by the date they were first released.
1 - Don't Ask Why
2 - Smooth
3 - Abracadabra
4 - Achy Breaky Heart

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elwing guessed 3412, not knowing any of the songs except 4. I knew 2 and 4 and had a guess at 3, but 1 was one I'd never heard of, either. Using Spock's Law, it should either be first or last, so my guess would have been 3421. Turns out there are two songs (different lyrics) by the name of "Don't Ask Why", one by Alan Jackson and one by Vanessa Hudgens, released in different years, so I don't know which one they wanted.

gsabc wrote:Dang, thought I had it today.

Q1: Put these doctors in order of what they treat, head to toe.

1. Podiatrist
2. Orthodontist
3. Cardiologist
4. Optometrist

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4231

Q2: Singers by age, youngest first

1. Whitney Houston
2. Alicia Keys
3. Madonna
4. Jennifer Lopez

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2413

Q3: First ladies in order of birth, most recent first

1. Jackie Kennedy
2. Eleanor Roosevelt
3. Hilary Clinton
4. Mary Todd Lincoln

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3124

Q4: Arrange these words in order of the number referred to in their root, lowest first

1. Tricycle
2. Unicorn
3. Quart
4. Decade

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2134

Q5: Put these flours (thought flowers, until ...) in order of their gluten content, lowest to highest.

1. All purpose flour
2. Cake flour
3. Pastry flour
4. Bread

NFC. Took a stab, got it inside out. Even GW the baker didn't get it right when I told her about it.

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2314. I hit 1423.

I will accept getting to Q5, as long as I get past it tomorrow. But boy my heart was pounding when I heard the continuation to Q5.

Fred does speak faster. I can barely read my scrawls. Didn't have time to write entire words. Podiatrist and optometrist came out as "pod" and "opt".

I googled about flour this morning, learned the higher the protein the higher the gluton -

Bread is 12 to 14 percent protein
Pastry is 8 to 10 percent
Cake is 6 to 8 percent
All Purpose is 10 to 12 percent

so the answer would be 2, 3, 4, 1

helps to remember if you have an explanation as to why, would never have known without googling, seems the higher the protein the tougher the flour.

earendel wrote:WTG Marley!!!! What tape date did you choose?

August 4, as I've mentioned in three other threads.

And now I've got twelve days to wait until I'm OTC. Have there ever been a Phone Game with that long a wait?

MarleysGh0st wrote:

earendel wrote:WTG Marley!!!! What tape date did you choose?

August 4, as I've mentioned in three other threads.

I know now, but I read this thread first.

jayhawker536 wrote:

gsabc wrote:Dang, thought I had it today.

Q1: Put these doctors in order of what they treat, head to toe.

1. Podiatrist
2. Orthodontist
3. Cardiologist
4. Optometrist

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4231

Q2: Singers by age, youngest first

1. Whitney Houston
2. Alicia Keys
3. Madonna
4. Jennifer Lopez

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2413

Q3: First ladies in order of birth, most recent first

1. Jackie Kennedy
2. Eleanor Roosevelt
3. Hilary Clinton
4. Mary Todd Lincoln

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3124

Q4: Arrange these words in order of the number referred to in their root, lowest first

1. Tricycle
2. Unicorn
3. Quart
4. Decade

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2134

Q5: Put these flours (thought flowers, until ...) in order of their gluten content, lowest to highest.

1. All purpose flour
2. Cake flour
3. Pastry flour
4. Bread

NFC. Took a stab, got it inside out. Even GW the baker didn't get it right when I told her about it.

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2314. I hit 1423.

I will accept getting to Q5, as long as I get past it tomorrow. But boy my heart was pounding when I heard the continuation to Q5.

Fred does speak faster. I can barely read my scrawls. Didn't have time to write entire words. Podiatrist and optometrist came out as "pod" and "opt".

I googled about flour this morning, learned the higher the protein the higher the gluton -

Bread is 12 to 14 percent protein
Pastry is 8 to 10 percent
Cake is 6 to 8 percent
All Purpose is 10 to 12 percent

so the answer would be 2, 3, 4, 1

helps to remember if you have an explanation as to why, would never have known without googling, seems the higher the protein the tougher the flour.

Hmmm, I am not sure of the relative ranking of all purpose and bread flour. I know that when making bread, if you don't specifically have bread flour you can use all purpose flour, you just add additional gluten. Which I keep in the refridgerator (icebox for some here).

I was thinking about the structure of the items being made. So cake would have the airiest (less structure) then pastry then all purpose then bread.

But who knows what TNPGPTB wanted.

Edit, wait, I think you just typed the numbers wrong. By protien it would be 2,3,1,4.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

earendel wrote:WTG Marley!!!! What tape date did you choose?

August 4, as I've mentioned in three other threads.

And now I've got twelve days to wait until I'm OTC. Have there ever been a Phone Game with that long a wait?

Wasn't there one where you could be called for up to three months? Or was that for a set of shows that ran for three months? My old PIN has a notation of "Jun-Aug". No idea when it was from.

gsabc wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:

earendel wrote:WTG Marley!!!! What tape date did you choose?

August 4, as I've mentioned in three other threads.

And now I've got twelve days to wait until I'm OTC. Have there ever been a Phone Game with that long a wait?

Wasn't there one where you could be called for up to three months? Or was that for a set of shows that ran for three months? My old PIN has a notation of "Jun-Aug". No idea when it was from.

Yes, that was in the spring of 2001(?), when TPTB implemented the PPP. You got five right and you would simply be in the PPP and could get a call for any tape date, IIRC -- and there was no OTC.

This is the only one from last night I can read my notes on. It was Q4:

Put these parts of a violin in order, starting at the base:

1. Peg
2. Fingerboard
3. Bridge
4. Tailpiece

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4321, which I did a double take at, because I remembered thinking they never do 4321, and I think I took too long to get the answer in, or I fat-fingered. Anyway, that's as far as I got.

hbomb1947 wrote:

gsabc wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:
August 4, as I've mentioned in three other threads.

And now I've got twelve days to wait until I'm OTC. Have there ever been a Phone Game with that long a wait?

Wasn't there one where you could be called for up to three months? Or was that for a set of shows that ran for three months? My old PIN has a notation of "Jun-Aug". No idea when it was from.

Yes, that was in the spring of 2001(?), when TPTB implemented the PPP. You got five right and you would simply be in the PPP and could get a call for any tape date, IIRC -- and there was no OTC.

Oh, yeah, I guess that's a precedent.

IIRC, if they picked you from the PPP, they'd actually leave a message and give you a chance to call back. It wasn't one of these "miss this call and you're SOL" deals.

My stack from last night:

1. I can't read my scribble, but it was a nickname.... easy one.

2. Put these parts of an upright guitar in order starting at the top:

1. Bridge
2. Sound hole
3. Head something or another
4. Neck

3,4,2,1

3. Put these Steven King novels (oh shit) in order, starting from the earliest:

1. The Shining
2. Misery
3. Bones (?)
4. Carrie

4,1,2,3

4. Put these article of clothing in order of the country they were originated starting in the Atlantic Ocean and going East :

1. Bra
2. Kimono
3. Parka
4. Bolero

I think I put: 3,1,4,2 I have no idea what the right answer is, but that was a way fucked up question.


Here's some other questions I had last night:

Ad slogan:

1. Right
2. Chicken
3. Do
4. We

4,3,2,1 (there seems to be alot of 4,3,2,1 responses)

Put these singers in order, starting with the oldest:

1. Missy Elliot (never heard of her)
2. Lenny Kravitz
3. Stevie Nicks
4. Boy George

Put these events in the life of ROBERT Kennedy in order:

1. Candidate for President
2. Something about being a senator
3. Something about being a senator
4. Becoming Attorney General

I'm sure either 2 or 3 was about heping JFK be a senator and the other was about him becoming senator, but I didn't right down enough info when Fred was speed reading and therefore couldn't answer the question correctly.

nitrah55 wrote:This is the only one from last night I can read my notes on. It was Q4:

Put these parts of a violin in order, starting at the base:

1. Peg
2. Fingerboard
3. Bridge
4. Tailpiece

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4321, which I did a double take at, because I remembered thinking they never do 4321, and I think I took too long to get the answer in, or I fat-fingered. Anyway, that's as far as I got.

One of mine was 4321. It gave me a pause and I double checked, luckily quickly enough and that what was deemed okay.

christie1111 wrote:

nitrah55 wrote:This is the only one from last night I can read my notes on. It was Q4:

Put these parts of a violin in order, starting at the base:

1. Peg
2. Fingerboard
3. Bridge
4. Tailpiece

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4321, which I did a double take at, because I remembered thinking they never do 4321, and I think I took too long to get the answer in, or I fat-fingered. Anyway, that's as far as I got.

One of mine was 4321. It gave me a pause and I double checked, luckily quickly enough and that what was deemed okay.

4321 used to pop up all the time. I never got a 1234 answer though......

lb13

Im_Ace wrote:
3. Put these Steven King novels (oh shit) in order, starting from the earliest:

1. The Shining
2. Misery
3. Bones (?)
4. Carrie

4,1,2,3
.

The third was "Bag of Bones," which came out around

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1999. The others were The Shining (late 1970s); Misery (around 1987); and Carrie (his first published novel, 1975 or 1976).

Monday Night's Qs:

Q1 - Put these words in order to form a phrase:
1 - Guys
2 - Nice
3 - Last
4 - Finish

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2-1-4-3(an ill omen?)

Q2 - Cereals in order they were introduced from earliest
1 - Trix
2 - Cocoa Pebbles
3 - Powerpuff Girls
4 - Honey Bunches of Oats

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1-2-4-3

Q3 - Put these cartoonists in order starting with the earliest (oldest?)
1 - Charles Schulz
2 - Garry Trudeau
3 - Matt Groening
4 - Walt Disney

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4-1-2-3

Q4 - Put these statues in order by their height starting with the shortest.
1- Venus De Milo
2 - Statue of Liberty
3 - Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro
4 - Michelangelo's David

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1-4-3-2

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My answer 1423 = Sad Fred. Worst part is I'm almost sure I got this question in a previous phone game (and answered it the same way!)

Tuesday Night

Q1 - Put these parts of a bulldog in order starting at the front.
1 - Nose
2 - Eyes
3 - Hind Legs
4 - Ears

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1-2-4-3

Q2 - Put these Roman numerals in order from smallest to largest. (Thank you, Fred!)
1 - X
2 - L
3 - M
4 - C

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1-2-4-3

Q3 - Put these event in order starting with the earliest
1 - Chernobyl disaster
2 - Great Depression
3 - Unabomber arrested
4 - American Revolution

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4-2-1-3

The rest of the story

(There was a pause here as if the remainder of the ten seconds elapsed. Then... "Sorry that is an incorrect answer..." I think one of my key presses didn't take. I would say I FF'd it but I use a phone with an extra large keypad and I definitely hit the correct keys. However, I did hear an unusual static sound on my first key press. ButI was not able to reproduce that sound and nothing like that has happened before. So now I have two strikes and I'm worried that my phone is flaky. Thinking about using another phone tonight.

Q2. Put these Singers in the order they were named American Idol starting with the starting with the most recent

1. Ruben Studdard
2. Jordan Sparks
3. Kris Allen
4 Taylor Hicks

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3 2 41 it think i hit 3 4 2 1

Q1: Put these movies in order by body part in title starting at feet (No way was I gonna write the movies while FastFred was yakking):

1. Toes
2. Eye
3. Throat
4. Heart

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1-4-3-2

Q2: Put these birds in order of length (sigh) starting with the shortest:

1. Some hummingbird
2. Canadian Goose
3. Some owl
4. Some robin

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1-4-3-2 (echo)

Q3: Put these people in order they graduated from RichU starting with the earliest:

1. John Hancock
2. George W. Bush
3. Natalie Portman
4. Conan O'Brien

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1-2-4-3

Q4: Put these cities in order by distance from Beijing, starting with the closest:

1. Tokyo
2. Los Angeles
3. Moscow
4. Washington DC

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1-3-2-4

Q5: Put these famous women in order of birth, starting with the earliest:

1. Rosa Parks
2. Janet Reno (Wait, I thought they said women!)
3. Condoleeza Rice
4. Coretta Scott King

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1-4-2-3

I just noticed that 1 was my first choice on all five questions..... maybe that's a sign......

lb13

littlebeast13 wrote:Q1: Put these movies in order by body part in title starting at feet (No way was I gonna write the movies while FastFred was yakking):

1. Toes
2. Eye
3. Throat
4. Heart

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1-4-3-2

Q2: Put these birds in order of length (sigh) starting with the shortest:

1. Some hummingbird
2. Canadian Goose
3. Some owl
4. Some robin

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1-4-3-2 (echo)

Q3: Put these people in order they graduated from RichU starting with the earliest:

1. John Hancock
2. George W. Bush
3. Natalie Portman
4. Conan O'Brien

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1-2-4-3

Q4: Put these cities in order by distance from Beijing, starting with the closest:

1. Tokyo
2. Los Angeles
3. Moscow
4. Washington DC

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1-3-2-4

Q5: Put these famous women in order of birth, starting with the earliest:

1. Rosa Parks
2. Janet Reno (Wait, I thought they said women!)
3. Condoleeza Rice
4. Coretta Scott King

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1-4-2-3

I just noticed that 1 was my first choice on all five questions..... maybe that's a sign......

lb13

Excellent job lb!!!! I might well have screwed up your geography question, not realizing that

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Moscow is closer to Beijing than is L.A.

I LOVE FRED!!!

Q1 Put these cities in geographical order starting in the east:

1. Des Moines
2. Chicago
3. Akron
4. Boise

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3 2 1 4

Q2 Put these detective shows in chronological order starting with the earliest:

1. The Closer
2. Murder, She Wrote
3. CSI - Crime Scene Investigation
4. Colombo

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4 2 3 1

Q3 Put these singers in birth order, starting with the earliest:

1. Ricky Martin
2. Sting
3. Tina Turner
4. Adam Lambert

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3 2 1 4

Q4 Put these books in order of publication, starting with the earliest:

THANK YOU FRED for starting them all earliest instead of most recent!!

1. Basketball Diaries
2. Beowulf
3. Bleak House
4. Sorry. It looks like Br. Hopefully somebody else drew it also in case they change up the order.
4. Brave New World

Edit: Sure enough, 7yrscollegedownthedrain got it, and sure enough, it was Br something.

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2 3 4 1

This is the correct order -- I'll sneak a peek here in a second and see if anybody else got this same Q and if they did, fill in the blank.

Q5 Put these in order of weight, starting with the greatest:

1. 1 cup
2. 32 ounces
3. 1.5 pints
4. Gallon

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4 2 3 1

Congrats Sprots, I would have reversed Sting and Tina Turner. And would have cursed another music question.

Crashed and burned on Q2.

1. Put these words in order to make the title of a Tom Cruise movie. 2 All 4. The 3. Right 4. Moves

This one got me.

Put these aviation milestones in order starting with the earliest.

1. Yeager breaks sound barrier
2. Wright Brothers flight at Kitty Hawk
3. first airline food
4. Concorde debuts

I put 2134 and heard Sad Fred.

Body of water bordering the US:

1 Of
2 Gulf
3 The
4. Alaska

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3214

Songs in order by release, starting with earliest

1. Don't Ask Why
2. Abracadabra
3. Achy-Breaky Heart
4. Smooth

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2341

Writers in order by birth, starting with earliest:

1. Laura Ingalls Wilder
2. Patricia Cornwell
3. Homer
4. Bret Easton Ellis

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3124

Architectural parts (AAAAAUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!) of a column, starting at the bottom:

1. Capital
2. Base
3. Shaft
4. Cornice

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For the second night in a row, I would almost swear that I put in the right answer, only to hear Sad Fred. Research shows the correct answer to be 2314, which is what I thought I put in. But it is possible I put in 2341. Frustrating.

Very happy for Sprots and Beast joining the OTC bunch.

I haven't been invited to the party. I got this for Q1:

Put these words in order to form the name of a famous trade comapny:

1) India
2) East
3) ENGLISH
4) Company

It's British, yes? Hearing English instead of British threw me off just enough that by the time I recovered and started pushing the buttons, Sad Fred was telling me that the parade had passed by. This was unsettlingly similar to my first FF question from my RoF appearance back in the day, when a choice I foolishly anticipated did not wind up being one of the choices. Not a good omen..I think I'm psyching myself out

Thanks Marley,Bob.Estonut, and Tubadave.

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I think I learned how to do it!

Sue

T_Bone0806 wrote:This was unsettlingly similar to my first FF question from my RoF appearance back in the day, when a choice I foolishly anticipated did not wind up being one of the choices. Not a good omen..I think I'm psyching myself out

Wow, and I thought I was the only one screwed up by doing that.......

lb13

As posted elsewhere, just two questions tonight.

Q1) Leave Well Enough Alone

Q2) Put these clothing companies in order by when they were founded, starting with the earliest:

1. something that sounded like it started with B that I had never heard of
2. Gucci
3. Guess
4. Levi Strauss

The inability to identify the first one proved fatal. I tried 1-4-2-3, but that didn't work.

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Gucci was 1921, Guess was 1981 and Levi Strauss was 1853, so the 4-2-3 part of my answer was right......