WWTBAM Bored

Jamie Ostrow
Washington, DC
Unemployed corporate attorney, actually a New Yorker but moved from NY to DC last week to find a job in government, got the WWTBAM call last night and took the train back to NY.

Topic Tree
Seeing Double
Competitions
State Flags
Camp David
The Wild West
U.S. Presidents
Birds
CELEBRITY Q
In the News
Page to Screen
Public Health
'70s Songs
Slang
On the Job
Read the Label


$500 (Read the Label):
Widely required by law as of 2008, "country-of-origin labeling" provides which of these pieces of information about a food?
A. How much it costs B. Where it was grown
C. How much it weighs D. Size of its 401(k)

Spoiler

B. Where it was grown [:08]

$1000 (On the Job):
While on the job, which of these professionals would most likely use a cattle prod?
A. Banker B. Astronaut
C. Rancher D. Flight attendant

Spoiler

C. Rancher (:11)

$2000 (Slang):
Which of these railroad terms is also a slang word for a person's buttocks?
A. Caboose B. Sleeper
C. Boxcar D. Locomotive

Spoiler

A. Caboose (:10)

$3000 ('70s Songs):
In a 1971 hit song, Tom Jones sings, "Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! She's a" what?
A. Damsel B. Schoolgirl
C. Lady D. Mademoiselle

Spoiler

C. Lady (:11)

$5000 (Public Health):
Fittingly, the U.S. Postal Service sponsors a National Prevention Week each May to draw attention to what public health risk?
A. Chicken pox B. Smoking
C. Obesity D. Dog bites

Spoiler

D. Dog bites [:08]

$7500 (Page to Screen):
Suspense novelist Robert Ludlum created what well-known movie character?
A. Jason Bourne B. Jacques Clouseau
C. Jack Ryan D. James Bond

"I'm not 100% sure so I'm gonna poll the audience" (:21)

ATA

A-79% B-0% C-12% D-9%

Spoiler

A. Jason Bourne [:18]

$10K (In the News):
In a highly-publicized 2009 interview, Oprah Winfrey and Whitney Houston did a lot of reminiscing about what R&B singer?
A. Brian McKnight B. R. Kelly
C. Bobby Brown D. Usher

ATE at :21

ATE

Rene Syler says she will assume it is Bobby Brown because that was the man she was married to.

Spoiler

C. Bobby Brown (:19)

Jamie got it right and will return tomorrow.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Jamie Ostrow
Washington, DC
Unemployed corporate attorney, actually a New Yorker but moved from NY to DC last week to find a job in government, got the WWTBAM call last night and took the train back to NY.

A former WE®.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$1000 (On the Job):
While on the job, which of these professionals would most likely use a cattle prod?
A. Banker B. Astronaut
C. Rancher D. Flight attendant

I know a few fun answers.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000 (Slang):
Which of these railroad terms is also a slang word for a person's buttocks?
A. Caboose B. Sleeper
C. Boxcar D. Locomotive

Ummm... asscar?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$5000 (Public Health):
Fittingly, the U.S. Postal Service sponsors a National Prevention Week each May to draw attention to what public health risk?
A. Chicken pox B. Smoking
C. Obesity D. Dog bites

I was totally oblivious to the word "fittingly". I focused too much on the word "prevention". I locked in obesity and llamaed out. I don't know if that makes you feel any better about what happened to you, chipotle, but rest assured that anybody--even somebody like me--can be bitten by the llama.

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$5000 (Public Health):
Fittingly, the U.S. Postal Service sponsors a National Prevention Week each May to draw attention to what public health risk?
A. Chicken pox B. Smoking
C. Obesity D. Dog bites

I was totally oblivious to the word "fittingly". I focused too much on the word "prevention". I locked in obesity and llamaed out. I don't know if that makes you feel any better about what happened to you, chipotle, but rest assured that anybody--even somebody like me--can be bitten by the llama.

Llama Bite Prevention Week is in August...

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$5000 (Public Health):
Fittingly, the U.S. Postal Service sponsors a National Prevention Week each May to draw attention to what public health risk?
A. Chicken pox B. Smoking
C. Obesity D. Dog bites

I was totally oblivious to the word "fittingly". I focused too much on the word "prevention". I locked in obesity and llamaed out. I don't know if that makes you feel any better about what happened to you, chipotle, but rest assured that anybody--even somebody like me--can be bitten by the llama.

Fifteen seconds is not a lot of time to think about questions, if a contestant hasn't been conditioned to a have a Pavlovian response to "fittingly". It took me a few seconds to catch onto that word, last night, too.

I wasted some time focusing the fittingly on "May". Once I realized none of the answers really fit with that approach, I was able to shift the focus to "Postal Service" and come up with the answer just in time.