WWTBAM Bored

Linda Hendrick
Pleasantville, NY
Massage therapist and Reiki master

She's been using Reiki techniques to stay calm. Positive visualization, and "sending energy to today."

Question Topics:
* Personal Effects
* A Giant Among Men
* Health
* World Cuisine
* Halley's Comet
* Government
* Organized Labor
* '70s TV
* Word Origins
* Election News
* Famous Quotes
* Tina Turner
* School Supplies
* Dog Breeds
* Junk Food

$500 - Junk Food
Krispy Kreme stores are well-known for their distinctive neon signs, which display what enticing message?
A: Hot Doughnuts Now B: Hot Burgers Now
C: Hot Tacos Now D: Double Chins For Sale!

Spoiler

A: Hot Doughnuts Now (5)

$1000 - Dog Breeds
Which of these dog breeds shares its name with a popular style of men's underwear?
A: Poodles B: Boxers
C: Collies D: Pugs

Spoiler

B: Boxers (10)

$2000 - School Supplies
What school supply is commonly avaiable in "wide ruled" and "college ruled" varieties?
A: Pencils B: Calculator
C: Scissors D: Notebook paper

Spoiler

D: Notebook paper (9)

$3,000 - Tina Turner
In a famous cover of the song "Proud Mary," Tina Turner sings, "And we're rolling, rolling, rolling on the" what?
A: Lake B: Ocean
C: River D: Pond

Spoiler

C: River (11)

$5,000 - Famous Quotes
What did author Clifton Fadiman famously describe as "milk's leap toward immortality"?
A: Wine B: Cheese
C: Steak D: Rice

Spoiler

B: Cheese (6)

$7,500 - Election News
In the 2008 presidential race, Barack Obama famously came under attack for his failure to consistently wear a what?
A: Necktie B: Flag pin
C: Wristwatch D: Wedding ring

With 32 seconds remaining, Linda decides to Ask the Audience.

ATA results

ATA: A: 15% B: 77% C: 1% D: 7%

Linda decides to answer

Spoiler

B

Spoiler

B: Flag pin (18)

-- Commercial Break --

Hot seat home game winning answer:
A: Cattle

The "tomorrow teaser" question

$100,000
What was the result of the famous Civil War battle between the two ironclad ships, the Monitor and the Merrimack?
A: Monitor sunk Merrimack B: Merrimack sunk Monitor
C: Neither ship sank D: Both ships sank

$10,000 - Word Origins
The feel-good adjective "Capraesque" is derived from the last name of a famous what?
A: Movie director B: Cartoonist
C: Guitar player D: Magician

Spoiler

A: Movie director (24)

$12,500 - '70s TV
Known for his lush beard, Merlin Olsen was both an NFL star and an actor on what popular '70s TV show?
A: All in the Family B: Happy Days
C: Little House on the Prairie D: The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Spoiler

C: Little House on the Prairie (20)

$15,000 - Organized Labor
Once influential in the early 20th century, the Industrial Workers of the World is a labor union whose members are known as what?
A: Twitchies B: Stumblies
C: Ziggies D: Wobblies

Spoiler

D: Wobblies (23)

$25,000 - Government
The Revenue Cutter Service was an early name for the U.S. government organization that eventually became the what?
A: Coast Guard B: Air Force
C: Central Intelligence Agency D: Secret Service


With 21 seconds remaining, Linda decides to Ask The Expert.
Today's expert is Terry Moran.

ATE discussion

Terry's thinks that "cutter" is a reference to a ship, and thus the answer is probably A. He decides he has 75% confidence in this answer...

Linda decides to answer

Spoiler

A

Spoiler

A: Coast Guard (17)

!! HORN !!

Linda will return tomorrow, with her DD lifeline, to go for $50,000.


Edited to correct the misspelling of "Reiki"

bump...

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Linda Hendrick
Pleasantville, NY
Massage therapist and Raki master

She's been using Raki techniques to stay calm. Positive visualization, and "sending energy to today."

I've never heard of "Raki techniques". When her hometown was listed I thought of the movie of the same name.

Wow! I'm good through the whole stack. Kudos for the expert - he's done a much better job this week than most of the celebrity/news people. He hasn't done the best job of "selling" his answers but he has been right every time so far.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Linda Hendrick
Pleasantville, NY
Massage therapist and Raki master

She's been using Raki techniques to stay calm.

I've never heard of "Raki techniques".

That should be spelled Reiki.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25,000 - Government
The Revenue Cutter Service was an early name for the U.S. government organization that eventually became the what?
A: Coast Guard B: Air Force
C: Central Intelligence Agency D: Secret Service

No clue. ATE.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Linda Hendrick
Pleasantville, NY
Massage therapist and Raki master

She's been using Raki techniques to stay calm.

I've never heard of "Raki techniques".

That should be spelled Reiki.

Well that makes all the difference.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25,000 - Government
The Revenue Cutter Service was an early name for the U.S. government organization that eventually became the what?
A: Coast Guard B: Air Force
C: Central Intelligence Agency D: Secret Service

With 21 seconds remaining, Linda decides to Ask The Expert.
Today's expert is Terry Moran.

ATE discussion

Terry's thinks that "cutter" is a reference to a ship, and thus the answer is probably A. He decides he has 75% confidence in this answer...

Once again, Terry nailed the answer and was afraid to fully back it up. If there's a 25% chance that the Air Force, CIA or Secret Service began with some service using ships, how would you divide that up, Terry? Would you be willing to risk entirely eliminating any of those answers? And do you have any thoughts about the "Revenue" part of the name? Could it maybe have something to do with ships collecting tariffs?

Once again to 25K without having to consider a lifeline. Something is up.

TPTB must be trying to find someone who wants to be more than a fivethousandaire.

That shouldn't last too long...

MarleysGh0st wrote:

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Linda Hendrick
Pleasantville, NY
Massage therapist and Raki master

She's been using Raki techniques to stay calm.

I've never heard of "Raki techniques".

That should be spelled Reiki.

Oops!
Corrected, thanks.