WWTBAM Bored

Justin Razey
Shady Hills, FL
Senior Airman in the Air Force. (but he's not a pilot, he works in IT)

Question Topics:
U.S. History
The Supreme Court
Billy Crystal
Dubya
Outer Space
South America
Christmas Seals
How It's Made
Fast Food
Postal Abbreviations
In the News
Ice Cream
Star Athletes
At the Bookstore
Government Agencies

$500 - Government Agencies
What government agency's 12-hour "bottle-to-throttle" rule requires astronauts to limit their drinking before flying in space?
A: National Park Service B: NASA
C: U.S. Postal Service D: Federal Bureau of Heinekin

Spoiler

B: NASA (6)

$1000 - At the Bookstore
A 2008 history book about a popular cuisine, "The Story of Sushi" features what animal on its cover?
A: Bird B: Cow
C: Fish D: Sheep

Spoiler

C: Fish (10)

$2000 - Star Athletes
In a 2009 interview about the Tour de France, who said, 'I have won seven of these races. I think I know what I'm doing"?
A: Venus Williams B: Lance Armstrong
C: Tiger Woods D: Michael Phelps

Spoiler

B: Lance Armstrong (9)

$3,000 - In the News
In 2009, what company temporarily named an ice cream flavor "Hubby Hubby" to celebrate Vermont's legalization of same-sex marriage?
A: Ben & Jerry's B: Carvel
C: Edy's D: Håagen-Dazs

Spoiler

A: Ben & Jerry's (9)

$5,000 - Postal Abbreviations
Citing his cool-headedness and logic, several 2009 news stories compared President Obama to what half-Vulcan Star Trek character?
A: Kirk B: Sulu
C: McCoy D: Spock

Spoiler

D: Spock (8)

-- Commercial Break --

Justin's wife Collette is sitting in the relationship seat. They've only been married 10 months, and they had to elope when they got married due to lack of funds in the face of a mortgage, school loans, etc. They'll have a nice renewal of vows with these winnings.

$7,500 - Postal Abbreviations
Which of these words cannot be made by combining a pair of U.S. state postal abbreviations?
A: COAL B: HIDE
C: MIME D: PALE

Justin is pretty sure he knows the answer, but with 13 seconds remaining he decides to Ask the Audience.

ATA results

ATA: A: 2% B: 5% C: 5% D: 88%

Justin decides to answer

Spoiler

D

Spoiler

D: PALE (10)

$10,000 - Fast Food
The phrase "Quality Is Our Recipe" is part of the logo of what fast-food chain?
A: McDonald's B: Wendy's
C: Burger King D: KFC

With 13 seconds remaining, Justin decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is Robert Wuhl.

ATE discussion

Robert is unsure, but he says he thinks it's D. But he calls it a guess, and says "Don't go to the bank on this..." Justin says he was also leaning towards D.

Justin decides to answer

Spoiler

D

This is incorrect, so Justin leaves with $5,000.

Spoiler

B: Wendy's ()

Wrong topics for the $3K & $5K questions.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$5,000 - Postal Abbreviations
Citing his cool-headedness and logic, several 2009 news stories compared President Obama to what half-Vulcan Star Trek character?
A: Kirk B: Sulu
C: McCoy D: Spock

Spoiler

D: Spock (8)

To which Obama responded, "Is that a crack on my ears?"
Today's Q for O

Nihil obstat®

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Several 2009 news stories compared President Obama to what Star Trek character?
A: Kirk B: Sulu
C: McCoy D: Spock

E. The namby-pamby "good" Captain Kirk after they got split into two people.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Justin Razey
Shady Hills, FL
Senior Airman in the Air Force. (but he's not a pilot, he works in IT)

He and his bride looked so young...<*sigh*>

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000 - Fast Food
The phrase "Quality Is Our Recipe" is part of the logo of what fast-food chain?
A: McDonald's B: Wendy's
C: Burger King D: KFC

With 13 seconds remaining, Justin decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is Robert Wuhl.

ATE discussion

Robert is unsure, but he says he thinks it's D. But he calls it a guess, and says "Don't go to the bank on this..." Justin says he was also leaning towards D.

Justin decides to answer

Spoiler

D

This is incorrect, so Justin leaves with $5,000.

Spoiler

B: Wendy's ()

Visualizing the logos I couldn't see any words associated with any of them but Wendy's. Still, "recipe" seems to lead to KFC (because of its "secret recipe of 11 herbs and spices"). I'd have gone for Wendy's but with solme trepidation.

Justin's appearance got mentioned in the fifth item of this column.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro ... 1265241902

He and his wife, Colette, put some of the money into savings and used the rest to take a cruise to the Eastern Caribbean to celebrate their year anniversary, which was Jan. 2.

They must have put the cruise on a credit card, since the check won't come for another month.

Here's a longer article about Justin's appearance.

http://www.fortgordonsignal.com/news/20 ... naire.html

Razey said he doesn’t watch the game show often, but he decided to send in an audition video after randomly accessing the show’s website. Producers were looking for contestants. He answered some test questions via his home computer webcam and submitted his entry.

Webcam? A misunderstanding by the reporter, I presume.

Razey will be eligible to try the game show again in a year. He said he doesn’t plan to make a career out of competing on game shows, and he doesn’t think he’d want to try a show like Jeopardy.

“I’m a fan of the multiple choice,” he said. But he might give “Who Wants to Be A Millionaire” another shot, he said.

Too bad for him that's against the rules, unless TPTB decides to do a special week with returning $5K winners.