WWTBAM Bored

Ross DiLiegro
Lexington, MA

Topic tree (randomized)
Numbers indicate prerandomized level
4 – Cause & Effect
7 – Seen at Night
8 – Fashion Names
3 – In the Cards
5 – Road Safety
2 – Fixer-uppers
9 – Ladies' Location
1 – Extreme Munchies
10 – Rest in Peace
6 – For the Kids

Question 1 (6 – For the Kids)
In the standard rating system for video games, what rating is equivalent to a "G" rating for a movie?
a. M
b. T
c. AO
d. E

value/answer/bank

d. E
value: $7,000
bank: $7,000

Question 2 (10 – Rest in Peace)
Located in Concord, MA, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is the final resting place of all these writers except whom?
a. Ralph Waldo Emerson
b. Louisa May Alcott
c. Herman Melville
d. Nathaniel Hawthorne

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

c. Herman Melville
value: ($500)
bank: $7,000

Question 3 (1 – Extreme Munchies)
"Eat 'em like junk food!" suggests a 2010 marketing campaign for a healthy "baby" variety of what food?
a. Carrots
b. Grapes
c. Almonds
d. Strawberries

value/answer/bank

a. Carrots
value: $3,000
bank: $10,000

Question 4 (9 – Ladies' Location)
Based on a series of novels, the TV series "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" was filmed on location in what African nation?
a. Cameroon
b. Botswana
c. Tanzania
d. Ghana

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:15% b:49% c:14% d:22%

value/answer/bank

b. Botswana
value: $15,000
bank: $25,000

Question 5 (2 – Fixer-uppers)
Real estate listings often describe a home requiring repairs as being in need of what?
a. PDQ
b. DOB
c. TLC
d. FYI

value/answer/bank

c. TLC
value: $2,000
bank: $27,000

Question 6 (5 – Road Safety)
Named for the state where they were developed, concrete barrier walls that often line highways are called what?
a. Carolina barriers
b. York barriers
c. Hampshire barriers
d. Jersey barriers

value/answer/bank

d. Jersey barriers
value: $10,000
bank: $37,000

Question 7 (3 – In the Cards)
What playing card's face design typically contains information about the company that printed the deck?
a. Two of clubs
b. Queen of hearts
c. King of diamonds
d. Ace of spades

value/answer/bank

d. Ace of spades
value: $5,000
bank: $42,000

Flashback question (value not stated - 2006)*
The 82nd Airborne Division is a storied military unit from what branch of the US armed services?
a. Air Force
b. Navy
c. Army
d. Marines

answer

c. Army

*question actually for $16,000 on January 15, 2007

Question 8 (8 – Fashion Names)
Which of these retail chains was named after a bar in Paris?
a. Express
b. Old Navy
c. Hot Topic
d. Victoria's Secret

Jump the question 2 used

value/answer/bank

b. Old Navy
value: ($25,000)
bank: $42,000

Question 9 (7 – Seen at Night)
The constellation Monoceros depicts a mythical creature more popularly known as what?
a. Dragon
b. Unicorn
c. Cyclops
d. Mermaid

answer and result

b. Unicorn

Ross guesses incorrectly (c. Cyclops) and leaves with $1,000.

(end of show)

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Ross DiLiegro
Lexington, MA

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 2 (10 – Rest in Peace)
Located in Concord, MA, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is the final resting place of all these writers except whom?
a. Ralph Waldo Emerson
b. Louisa May Alcott
c. Herman Melville
d. Nathaniel Hawthorne

Jump the question 1 used

value/answer/bank

c. Herman Melville
value: ($500)
bank: $7,000

Ross joked that he lived closeby and should check it out. As for me, I'd use JTQ also.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 4 (9 – Ladies' Location)
Based on a series of novels, the TV series "The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency" was filmed on location in what African nation?
a. Cameroon
b. Botswana
c. Tanzania
d. Ghana

Ask the audience used

ATA results

a:15% b:49% c:14% d:22%

value/answer/bank

b. Botswana
value: $15,000
bank: $25,000

I thought it was Asian-based. Time for another lifeline, but I'll JTQ because I don't know if the audience will know this.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Flashback question (value not stated - 2006)*
The 82nd Airborne Division is a storied military unit from what branch of the US armed services?
a. Air Force
b. Navy
c. Army
d. Marines

answer

c. Army

Stationed right down the road at Ft. Campbell (actually it's about a 3-hour drive).

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 8 (8 – Fashion Names)
Which of these retail chains was named after a bar in Paris?
a. Express
b. Old Navy
c. Hot Topic
d. Victoria's Secret

Jump the question 2 used

value/answer/bank

b. Old Navy
value: ($25,000)
bank: $42,000

I'll have to use ATA and hope they know this.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 9 (7 – Seen at Night)
The constellation Monoceros depicts a mythical creature more popularly known as what?
a. Dragon
b. Unicorn
c. Cyclops
d. Mermaid

answer and result

b. Unicorn

Ross guesses incorrectly (c. Cyclops) and leaves with $1,000.

(end of show)

Ross was on the right track in thinking that it referred to one of something. Unfortunately he picked the wrong one.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 9 (7 – Seen at Night)
The constellation Monoceros depicts a mythical creature more popularly known as what?
a. Dragon
b. Unicorn
c. Cyclops
d. Mermaid

answer and result

b. Unicorn

Ross guesses incorrectly (c. Cyclops) and leaves with $1,000.

(end of show)

Ross was on the right track in thinking that it referred to one of something. Unfortunately he picked the wrong one.

I guess he was unaware of the rhinoceros in the room...

Question 2 (10 – Rest in Peace)
Located in Concord, MA, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is the final resting place of all these writers except whom?
a. Ralph Waldo Emerson
b. Louisa May Alcott
c. Herman Melville
d. Nathaniel Hawthorne

Good grief. How would anybody know this?

SportsFan68 wrote:Question 2 (10 – Rest in Peace)
Located in Concord, MA, Sleepy Hollow Cemetery is the final resting place of all these writers except whom?
a. Ralph Waldo Emerson
b. Louisa May Alcott
c. Herman Melville
d. Nathaniel Hawthorne

Good grief. How would anybody know this?

I did not know this, but a single cemetery having an "Authors Ridge" section with the final resting places of the 3 literary giants named above AND Thoreau seems like fair game to me.

Local residents, History, American Lit. and/or cemetery nuts might all know this one. A Melville fan might know he's buried elsewhere.