WWTBAM Bored

Suzanne Levinson
Long Island City, NY
no occupation mentioned

Suzanne and her boyfriend Dan watch BAM and argue over questions while they are on treadmills, signalling each other the answers. Other people stare at them.

The expert is A.J. Jacobs, author of The Guinea Pig Diaries.

Topic Tree:
- The Happy Couple
- Mammals
- States of the Union
- Where Are They?
- Higher Education
- Slumdog Songs
- Hot Coffee
- Literary Quotes
- Namesakes
- Country Music
- Off the Menu
- From the Greek
- DVDs
- Culinary School
- Good Advice

$500 - An old saying advises, "Don't bite the hand that" does what?
A - locks the door
B - feeds you
C - wears a glove
D - signs the checks

Spoiler

B - feeds you (9)

$1000 - What restaurant operates the Culinary Institute of Tuscany, where its chefs learn the basics of Italian
cuisine?
A - Taco Bell
B - Red Lobster
C - Olive Garden
D - KFC

Spoiler

C - Olive Garden (10)

$2000 - A film released on DVD with extra scenes and alternate endings is commonly called a what?
A - caterer's cut
B - director's cut
C - cinematographer's cut
D - sound mixer's cut

Spoiler

B - director's cut (7)

$3000 - Derived from the Greek word for "fire", pyrexia is another term for what medical condition?
A - coughing
B - fever
C - sore throat
D - aches

Spoiler

B - fever (11)

$5000 - A 2009 international agreement put new protections in place for the Atlantic bluefin, a tasty but threatened species of what?
A - tuna
B - oysters
C - deer
D - pheasant

Spoiler

A - tuna (12)

Suzanne's mom gave her some advice - don't feel bad if you get the first one wrong. People won't think she's stupid, they'll be jealous because she was in the Hot Seat. Suzanne doesn't agree with that sentiment.

$7500 - In 2009, what country star's album "Fearless" helped her become the youngest performer ever to win
"Entertainer of the Year" at the CMAs?
A - Miley Cyrus
B - Carrie Underwood
C - Julianne Hough
D - Taylor Swift

Without hesitation Suzanne asks for the Double Dip. Her first answer is

Spoiler

D, Taylor Swift

. Meredith
tells her she doesn't need to go any farther.

Spoiler

D - Taylor Swift (23)

$10000 - Named after a former governor, the Huey P. Long Bridge is located in what U.S. state?
A - Texas
B - Louisiana
C - Alabama
D - Georgia

Suzanne says that she's spacing on the name so she would like to Ask the Audience, stopping the clock with 22
seconds.

ATA results

A - 25%
B - 52%
C - 14%
D - 9%

Spoiler

Suzanne says, "It's over 50."

Spoiler

B - Louisiana (10)

commercial break

Suzanne and Dan would like to expand their family by purchasing a dog.

$12500 - The bloody 2008 finale of "CSI" inspired the news headline, "Alas, Poor Warrick", a pun on a famous line
from what literary work?
A - The Great Gatsby
B - Hamlet
C - Moby Dick
D - Catcher in the Rye

Spoiler

B - Hamlet (25)

$15000 - The African Charrier coffee plant produces coffee with what unique property?
A - caffeine-free
B - protein-rich
C - odorless
D - naturally sweetened

Suzanne ponders for a few moments and then decides to Ask the Expert. The clock stops with 18 seconds left.

ATE conversation

A.J. reads the question and muses why anyone would want an odorless coffee, so he would rule that one out. He thinks "caffeine-free" seems like a possibility. He's never heard of protein-rich coffee. He concludes that the only one he can confidently eliminate is "odorless".

Suzanne feels that she should know the word "charrier" but she can't come up with it so she decides to walk.

Spoiler

A - caffeine-free (walk at :3)

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Suzanne's mom gave her some advice - don't feel bad if you get the first one wrong. People won't think she's stupid, they'll be jealous because she was in the Hot Seat. Suzanne doesn't agree with that sentiment.

People can't think both things?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Suzanne Levinson
Long Island City, NY
no occupation mentioned

WE®

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$7500 - In 2009, what country star's album "Fearless" helped her become the youngest performer ever to win
"Entertainer of the Year" at the CMAs?
A - Miley Cyrus
B - Carrie Underwood
C - Julianne Hough
D - Taylor Swift

Kanye was probably shocked, shocked that Beyonce wasn't nominated.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$15000 - The African Charrier coffee plant produces coffee with what unique property?
A - caffeine-free
B - protein-rich
C - odorless
D - naturally sweetened

A sounds like the most logical answer up there, but I'm not a coffee drinker nor have I ever heard of this kind of coffee plant. I'll ask the audience to confirm... and hope that there is no second-place spike. A spike would worry me enough to burn Double Dip.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$15000 - The African Charrier coffee plant produces coffee with what unique property?
A - caffeine-free
B - protein-rich
C - odorless
D - naturally sweetened

Apparently, this wasn't so much a food question as an obscure news story question. Charrier coffee was only recently discovered and named on the "Top Ten New Species of 2009" list:

http://species.asu.edu/2009_species09

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Suzanne Levinson
Long Island City, NY
no occupation mentioned

Suzanne and her boyfriend Dan watch BAM and argue over questions while they are on treadmills, signalling each other the answers. Other people stare at them.

The expert is A.J. Jacobs, author of The Guinea Pig Diaries.

For all that he's supposed to be a smart guy he hasn't done much better than the other experts they've had recently.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$5000 - A 2009 international agreement put new protections in place for the Atlantic bluefin, a tasty but threatened species of what?
A - tuna
B - oysters
C - deer
D - pheasant

Spoiler

A - tuna (12)

I lurves me that bluefin pheasant.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Suzanne's mom gave her some advice - don't feel bad if you get the first one wrong. People won't think she's stupid, they'll be jealous because she was in the Hot Seat. Suzanne doesn't agree with that sentiment.

As well she shouldn't. At least around here. People may be jealous of her, but they'll still think she's stupid if she llamas.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$15000 - The African Charrier coffee plant produces coffee with what unique property?
A - caffeine-free
B - protein-rich
C - odorless
D - naturally sweetened

Suzanne ponders for a few moments and then decides to Ask the Expert. The clock stops with 18 seconds left.

ATE conversation

A.J. reads the question and muses why anyone would want an odorless coffee, so he would rule that one out. He thinks "caffeine-free" seems like a possibility. He's never heard of protein-rich coffee. He concludes that the only one he can confidently eliminate is "odorless".

Suzanne feels that she should know the word "charrier" but she can't come up with it so she decides to walk.

Spoiler

A - caffeine-free (walk at :3)

I would have been pretty confident that it was A and probably would have gone for it without using a lifeline.

So, nihil obstat®.

Cruising until the last question. I'd either ATA or ATE. I guess I missed the story about the discovery.