WWTBAM Bored

Vince Villa
Kansas City, MO
science teacher - high school

Topic tree (randomized)
Numbers indicate prerandomized level
9 The Book of Love
7 Nice Moves
3 Fairy Tales
5 Who's That Actor
8 Sea Here
10 Highest Honor
4 Movie Letters
1 Company Names
2 Medical Lingo
6 Home Makeover

Question 1 (6 - Home Makeover)
In 1949, the White House underwent massive renovations to prevent collapse while what president was in office?
a. Harry Truman
b. Herbert Hoover
c. Franklin Roosevelt
d. Dwight Eisenhower

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:65% b:9% c:9% d:17%

value/answer/bank

a. Harry Truman
value: $15,000
bank: $15,000

Question 2 (2 - Medical Lingo)
Normally used as an unflattering label, SOB is also a medical term that refers to someone experiencing "shortness of" what?
a. Bone
b. Bacteria
c. Breath
d. Bile

value/answer/bank

c. Breath
value: $1,000
bank: $16,000

Question 3 (1 - Company Names)
The "snappy apple taste" of one of its early products inspired the name of a prominent company that makes what?
a. Hard candy
b. Breakfast cereal
c. Beverages
d. Pies

value/answer/bank

c. Beverages
value: $2,000
bank: $18,000

Question 4 (4 - Movie Letters)
Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren star as ex-CIA agents in the 2010 film "RED," which stands for what "and extremely dangerous"?
a. Royal
b. Rich
c. Romantic
d. Retired

value/answer/bank

d. Retired
value: $25,000
bank: $43,000

Question 5 (10 - Highest Honor)
Its recipients including Walt Disney and Bill Gates, the highest honor bestowed by the Boy Scouts of America is called what?
a. Blue Bear
b. Silver Buffalo
c. White Hawk
d. Gold Wolf

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

b. Silver Buffalo
value: ($10,000)
bank: $43,000

Question 6 (8 - Sea Here)
A person can red wine by the Red Sea on the coast of Egypt and white wine by the coast of the White Sea on the coast of what?
a. Australia
b. Chile
c. Russia
d. Canada

Jump the question 2 used

value/answer/bank

c. Russia
value: ($100)
bank: $43,000

Question 7 (5 - Who's That Actor)
The multitalented "NCIS:Los Angeles" star James Todd Smith is better known by what stage name?
a. Common
b. Ludacris
c. Mos Def
d. LL Cool J

value/answer/bank

d. LL Cool J
value: $7,000
bank: $50,000

Question 8 (3 - Fairy Tales)
In which of these Brothers Grimm fairy tales does the heroine fall into a deep sleep after biting a poisoned apple?
a. Cinderella
b. Little Red Riding Hood
c. Rapunzel
d. Snow White

value/answer/bank

d. Snow White
value: $5,000
bank: $55,000

Question 9 (7 - Nice Moves)
Police officers are often trained in the controversial PIT maneuver, which aims to do what?
a. End car chases
b. Disarm gunmen
c. Elicit confessions
d. Tap phone lines

value/answer/bank

a. End car chases
value: $3,000
bank: $58,000

Question 10 (9 - The Book of Love)
"Love is patient, love is kind" is the start of a popular wedding reading taken from what book of the Bible?
a. Acts
b. Corinthians
c. Hosea
d. Matthew

answer and result

b. Corinthians
value: ($500)
bank: $58,000

Vince decides to walk away and leaves with $29,000.

Bumped.

Question 4 (4 - Movie Letters)
Morgan Freeman and Helen Mirren star as ex-CIA agents in the 2010 film "RED," which stands for what "and extremely dangerous"?
a. Royal
b. Rich
c. Romantic
d. Retired

I did not know this but would have guessed correctly because of the ages of the actors.

Question 5 (10 - Highest Honor)
Its recipients including Walt Disney and Bill Gates, the highest honor bestowed by the Boy Scouts of America is called what?
a. Blue Bear
b. Silver Buffalo
c. White Hawk
d. Gold Wolf

Ouch! Never heard of this.

I would probably have guessed Gold Wolf. Well, I would have JTQed.

SportsFan68 wrote:

Question 5 (10 - Highest Honor)
Its recipients including Walt Disney and Bill Gates, the highest honor bestowed by the Boy Scouts of America is called what?
a. Blue Bear
b. Silver Buffalo
c. White Hawk
d. Gold Wolf

Ouch! Never heard of this.

I would probably have guessed Gold Wolf. Well, I would have JTQed.

Almost a rare 10 for 10 until the last question derailed me. As an Eagle Scout this was a gimmie for me. I believe my former scoutmaster was a recipient some years ago.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Vince Villa
Kansas City, MO
science teacher - high school

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 10 (9 - The Book of Love)
"Love is patient, love is kind" is the start of a popular wedding reading taken from what book of the Bible?
a. Acts
b. Corinthians
c. Hosea
d. Matthew

answer and result

b. Corinthians
value: ($500)
bank: $58,000

Vince decides to walk away and leaves with $29,000.

Actually there is no "book of Corinthians". There are two epistles (books), 1 and 2 Corinthians; the passage in question comes from 1 Corinthians chapter 13. Not to nitpick or anything.

Q6, about the Red and White Seas, makes me think of Matt Marcotte from the early days of primetime BAM. Matt's $250K question asked which of four colors (Red, White, Coral, and Topaz) was NOT the name of a Sea. Matt's PAF answered correctly, and Matt won the $250K. Matt was a really fun contestant, too.

rgcviper wrote:Q6, about the Red and White Seas, makes me think of Matt Marcotte from the early days of primetime BAM. Matt's $250K question asked which of four colors (Red, White, Coral, and Topaz) was NOT the name of a Sea. Matt's PAF answered correctly, and Matt won the $250K. Matt was a really fun contestant, too.

Great lifeline, too, from what I recall.