WWTBAM Bored

Scott Six
North Plainfield, NJ
Opera singer

Guest host Regis Philbin

Topic Tree:

Famous First
Prize Money
The Oscars
Across the Pond
The Alamo
Places to See
Pop Songs
Mathematics
Nicknames
The Animal Kingdom
Rock Bands
Business
The Hangover
Baseball
Idioms

$500 A person who is trying as hard as possible is said to be “pulling out all the” what?
A. Holes
B. Stops
C. Kinks
D. Bribes

Spoiler

B. Stops (10)

$1K In the media, what pro baseball team is often referred to informally as the “Halos”?
A. Los Angeles Angels
B. New York Mets
C. Cincinnati Reds
D. Texas Rangers

Spoiler

A. Los Angeles Angels ( 8 )

$2K Drinking a small amount of alcohol to relieve a hangover is commonly known as “having a” what?
A. Skin of the cat
B. Tail of the fish
C. Tongue of the snake
D. Hair of the dog

Spoiler

D. Hair of the dog ( 8 )

$3K Home to the world headquarters of the Kellogg Company, Battle Creek, MI is known by which of these nicknames?
A. Cereal City
B. Juice City
C. Ice Cream City
D. Popcorn City

Spoiler

A. Cereal City ( 8 )

$5K In 2008, a British museum paid $92,500 for a drawing of red lips with a tongue sticking out, which is a logo for what rock band?
A. Pink Floyd
B. The Rolling Stones
C. The Beatles
D. The Who

Spoiler

B. The Rolling Stones (9)

$7.5K Which of these animals has an organ in its head called the melon, which helps them focus and emit sound waves?
A. Kangaroos
B. Dolphins
C. Chimpanzees
D. Ostriches

Spoiler

B. Dolphins (23)

commercial break

$10K What former U.S. president is often referred to by the nickname “Poppy”?
A. George H.W. Bush
B. Bill Clinton
C. Jimmy Carter
D. George W. Bush

Spoiler

A. George H.W. Bush (20)

$12.5K Since four of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence were from Maryland, what fraction of the signers were Marylanders?
A. 1/8
B. 1/12
C. 1/14
D. 1/18

ATA ( 18 )

8% A. 1/8
7% B. 1/12
80% C. 1/14
5% D. 1/18

Spoiler

C. 1/14 (16)

horn

Scott will return for tomorrow’s show.

Answers:
$500 B. Stops
$1K A. Los Angeles Angels
$2K D. Hair of the dog
$3K A. Cereal City
$5K B. The Rolling Stones
$7.5K B. Dolphins
$10K A. George H.W. Bush
$12.5K C. 1/14

I loved seeing Regis again! He's the only guest host I've liked. At least he KNOWS how BAM works.

I should [/u] know the Cereal City-I live not too far from there.

OK up to $12.5 K. Math is not my thing-but combining it with US history? I'd ATA like he did.

Was it Regis's idea to have Gelman as the Expert this week? I wonder how that's gonna work out.

Is it just me, or are these questions incredibly straightforward? Nothing even remotely WWOQ, just straight up trivia. If this is what no PAF means, well, then I might get used to this.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Scott Six
North Plainfield, NJ
Opera singer

WE/WE

Kazoo65 wrote:OK up to $12.5 K. Math is not my thing-but combining it with US history? I'd ATA like he did.

The question was simply reducing a fraction to its lowest terms; the history was merely window dressing.

Here's an article about Scott's appearance. There's a spoiler here showing the first question he'll face in today's carry-over appearance.

http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/ ... in-TV-show

The article also mentions that another contestant from Central NJ, Maria Tedesco, will appear on tomorrow's show.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Scott Six
North Plainfield, NJ
Opera singer

I believe this qualifies him as a WE/WE®.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$12.5K Since four of the fifty-six signers of the Declaration of Independence were from Maryland, what fraction of the signers were Marylanders?
A. 1/8
B. 1/12
C. 1/14
D. 1/18

ATA ( 18 )

8% A. 1/8
7% B. 1/12
80% C. 1/14
5% D. 1/18

Spoiler

C. 1/14 (16)

I think this may have been a good use of the ATA - to give Scott the chance to do the math. Without TDC® I think he'd have been able to answer it on his own.

Nihil obstat®.

so far so good.

12.5K: I admit I could do the arithmetic at home in my chair inside the tiny amount of time available, but I also admit I was sitting at home in my chair.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Scott Six
North Plainfield, NJ
Opera singer

WE/WE®

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2K Drinking a small amount of alcohol to relieve a hangover is commonly known as “having a” what?
A. Skin of the cat
B. Tail of the fish
C. Tongue of the snake
D. Hair of the dog

I've never heard of this phrase. ATA.