WWTBAM Bored

Lauren Palmisano
New York, NY

Lauren just started working as a voiceover artist. Meredith asks if she has a special voice for this show and Lauren replies, in a deep voice, "Who want to play--Millionaire!

Topic Tree (Unrandomized)
10: News on the March
9: Big Food
8: Coin a Name
7: Influential Ads
6: Fill'Er Up
5: Celebrity Breakups
4: Space Species
3: Same Name
2: In the Dirt
1: Playing It Safe

Topic Tree (Randomized)
3: Same Name
2: In the Dirt
9: Big Food
5: Celebrity Breakups
10: News on the March
6: Fill'Er Up
4: Space Species
1: Playing It Safe
7: Influential Ads
8: Coin a Name


Question #1 - Level 8: Coin a Name
Prized by collectors, $20 U.S. gold coins minted from 1849 to 1933 are known by what name?

A: Liberty Bells B: Five Stars
C: Blind Justices D: Double Eagles

Lauren is 50/50 on the

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Liberty Bells or Double Eagles

, so she feels like she needs to jump the question, which she does. Meredith asks her what her choice would be if she had to guess and Lauren replies

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Double Eagles

.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Double Eagles
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $0

Question #2 - Level 7: Influential Ads
Inspired by the novel "1984," one of the most influential ads of all time was a 1984 Super Bowl ad aired by what company?

A: Coca-Cola B: AT&T
C: Reebok D: Apple

Lauren was thinking of this commercial the other day, it's so awesome!

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Apple
Question Value: $100
Bank: $100

Question #3 - Level 1: Playing It Safe
Citing safety concerns, what pro sports league began issuing stricter fines in 2010 for helmet-to-helmet collisions?

A: PGA B: NBA
C: NFL D: MLB

Answer/Value/Bank

C: NFL
Question Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,100

Question #4 - Level 4: Space Species
Famously launched into orbit in 1957 aboard the satellite Sputnik 2, Laika was a what?

A: Rabbit B: Bird
C: Rat D: Dog

Lauren asks the audience.

ATA

A: 10% B: 1% C: 13% D: 76%

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Dog
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $7,100

-- Commercial Break --


Lauren and her fiance would like to use this money for their wedding. They'd like to get married either at the New York Public Library or at the American Museum of Natural History.

Lauren's parents, Cathy and Frank, are in the audience.


Question #5 - Level 6: Fill'Er Up
Standard commercial jet fuel is basically what familiar substance with a few performance additives?

A: Propane B: Diesel
C: Kerosene D: Nitroglycerin

Lauren can eliminate

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propane and nitroglycerin

, but she's not sure about the other two. She's studied so many other subjects, but not this one.

Lauren: Can't it be William Shakespeare's parent's names?

Meredith: What are they?

Lauren: Mary and--uhh, uhh--Jonathan! Mary and Jonathan Shakespeare, I know that!

Meredith won't let Lauren give that answer instead of this one, so Lauren jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

C: Kerosene
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $7,100

Question #6 - Level 10: News on the March
What daily newspaper shares its name with a famous march written by John Philip Sousa?

A: New York Times B: USA Today
C: Washington Post D: Miami Herald

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Herald

is the only one that makes sense to Lauren. Maybe she's second guessing herself too much, but she says

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Miami Herald

, final answer. That's wrong, so she leaves with $1,000.

Answer

C: Washington Post

-- The End of Game "Noise" --

Question #1 - Level 8: Coin a Name
Prized by collectors, $20 U.S. gold coins minted from 1849 to 1933 are known by what name?

A: Liberty Bells B: Five Stars
C: Blind Justices D: Double Eagles

I musta read this in some trashy novel in my misspent youth.

There was also an instrumental called "Under the Double Eagle." Looks like Norman Blake, Roy Clark, Hank Snow, and Chet Atkins all recorded it.

I just listened to Blake and Clark. I like Clark better -- it's faster.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question #6 - Level 10: News on the March
What daily newspaper shares its name with a famous march written by John Philip Sousa?

A: New York Times B: USA Today
C: Washington Post D: Miami Herald

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Herald

is the only one that makes sense to Lauren. Maybe she's second guessing herself too much, but she says

Spoiler

Miami Herald

, final answer. That's wrong, so she leaves with $1,000.

Answer

C: Washington Post

-- The End of Game "Noise" --

I was reminded of this recently bye a question that was asked here but only tentatively answered.

http://wwtbambored.com/viewtopic.php?f= ... 6&p=360805

Question #6 - Level 10: News on the March
What daily newspaper shares its name with a famous march written by John Philip Sousa?

A: New York Times B: USA Today
C: Washington Post D: Miami Herald

I played this about a million years ago!

Wow! First time in a long time I got all the way through the first tier! Things are looking up.

SportsFan68 wrote:

Question #1 - Level 8: Coin a Name
Prized by collectors, $20 U.S. gold coins minted from 1849 to 1933 are known by what name?

A: Liberty Bells B: Five Stars
C: Blind Justices D: Double Eagles

I musta read this in some trashy novel in my misspent youth.

There was also an instrumental called "Under the Double Eagle." Looks like Norman Blake, Roy Clark, Hank Snow, and Chet Atkins all recorded it.

I just listened to Blake and Clark. I like Clark better -- it's faster.

Interesting, but not referring to the same thing, I think.

Actually, when you said this, I was surprised that these artists would have recorded the version of "Under the Double Eagle" that I'm familiar with.

http://unusualkentucky.blogspot.com/200 ... eagle.html

The tune "Under the Double Eagle" is a very popular instrumental in the Kentucky-based Bluegrass music genre, but most are unaware of its source. Bluegrass pickers learned it from old recordings of John Philip Sousa's version, but Sousa himself picked it up from German military bands, who in turn derived it from Josef Wagner's 1902 Unter dem Doppeladler. Wagner's tune's title referred to the Coat of Arms of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (1867), which in turn derives from the House of Habsburg (circa 1100).

I remembered the Austrian version, of course!

As far as U.S. gold coins go, the $10 coin was called an Eagle and the $5 coin was a Half Eagle.

Under the Double Eagle is a great country dance song. Some of the bands I usta dance to in my misspent youth played it to end a set.

Holy cow, Roy can play! I just listened to Rocky Top on YouTube, now I have Orange Blossom Special on.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Lauren Palmisano
New York, NY

Lauren just started working as a voiceover artist. Meredith asks if she has a special voice for this show and Lauren replies, in a deep voice, "Who want to play--Millionaire!

Too bad she couldn't do a Regis imitation.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #6 - Level 10: News on the March
What daily newspaper shares its name with a famous march written by John Philip Sousa?

A: New York Times B: USA Today
C: Washington Post D: Miami Herald

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Herald

is the only one that makes sense to Lauren. Maybe she's second guessing herself too much, but she says

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Miami Herald

, final answer. That's wrong, so she leaves with $1,000.

Answer

C: Washington Post

There were a lot of "newspaper" marches written back in the day - there's even one for our local newspaper (Louisville Courier-Journal). It would seem that B and D are too recent, but I couldn't have decided between the others, so JTQ.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #6 - Level 10: News on the March
What daily newspaper shares its name with a famous march written by John Philip Sousa?

A: New York Times B: USA Today
C: Washington Post D: Miami Herald

Spoiler

Herald

is the only one that makes sense to Lauren. Maybe she's second guessing herself too much, but she says

Spoiler

Miami Herald

, final answer. That's wrong, so she leaves with $1,000.

Answer

C: Washington Post

There were a lot of "newspaper" marches written back in the day - there's even one for our local newspaper (Louisville Courier-Journal). It would seem that B and D are too recent, but I couldn't have decided between the others, so JTQ.

The

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Washington Post

March was the theme to Monty Python's Flying Circus.

-M

themanwho wrote:The

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Washington Post

March was the theme to Monty Python's Flying Circus.

-M

Sorry, M, you're thinking of the Liberty Bell March.

jarnon wrote:

themanwho wrote:The

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Washington Post

March was the theme to Monty Python's Flying Circus.

-M

Sorry, M, you're thinking of the Liberty Bell March.

Yep, that's what I am, all right. sheesh.

The March was mentioned in the Washington Post crossword puzzle a while ago, that's why I had it on my mind.

-M-istaken.

Nice avatar, themanwho. Very patriotic.