WWTBAM Bored

Shirley Proctor
Eureka, NC
(add any opening conversation)

Double Your Money Week

Topic Tree: (randomized)

Revealing Record
Friend and Foe
Don’t Go There (Double Money)
New Technology
Humorous Problem
Difficult Recipes
$100
$25000
$500
(jumped $2K)


Question 5 - Difficult Recipes
A famous quote by astronomer Carl Sagan states, "If you wish to make" what "from scratch, you must first invent the universe"?
A. An apple pie B. A chocolate chip cookie
C. A linzer torte D. A birthday cake

JTQ 2

Answer and value

A. An apple pie
Value: 15K jumped
Bank: $25600

Question 6 - Humorous Problem
Used by tech support workers to jokingly describe a user error, PICNIC stands for "Problem in Chair, Not in" what?
A. Calculator B. Contraption
C. Cable D. Computer

Answer and value

D. Computer
Value: $3K
Bank: $28600

Question 7 - New Technology
Fittingly, what film about the threat of future technology was the fist classic movie re-released in Blu-ray format?
A. Star Wars B. Back to the Future
C. The Terminator D. Contact

Answer and value

C. The Terminator
Value: $5000
Bank: 33600

Question 8 - Don’t Go There (Double Money)
In politics, a sensitive issue that politicians don't like to discuss is commonly compared to what?
A. Fourth wall B. Third rail
C. Second wind D. Fifth wheel

ATA

A-8% B-68% C-5% D-19%

Spoiler

Shirley thought it was A. Shirley decided to walk.

Answer and value

B. Third rail
Value: $not revealed
Bank: $16800 - Walk

Commercial break

Today I did my usual watching of the show at lunchtime. Today I took screen shots of the questions and made notes of the money amounts just in case...

I returned to find I had recorded 30 minutes of this exciting still image that froze on my screen starting sometime between midnight last night and noon today. It is a random occasional glitch that is only fixed by changing the channel back and forth.

Spoiler

This is like the fourth Tuesday this season that this has happened and I have no idea why. Maybe I leave the cable box on too long but if I leave the cable box off and set the timer, I sometimes get no audio.

As a result, most of the commentary is incomplete. Also the last time I did this, a couple of the money amounts I noted were wrong, so if anyone wants to make corrections and add more info, please do so.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 8 - Don’t Go There (Double Money)
In politics, a sensitive issue that politicians don't like to discuss is commonly compared to what?
A. Fourth wall B. Third rail
C. Second wind D. Fifth wheel

ATA

A-8% B-68% C-5% D-19%

Spoiler

Shirley thought it was A. Shirley decided to walk.

Answer and value

B. Third rail
Value: $not revealed
Bank: $16800 - Walk

Hmmm. I would have thought that the Third Rail would be a phrase a New York audience would be more familiar with. Even so, 68% is a pretty strong vote to ignore, just because your hunch was different. (And she was thinking of the third place choice, not the second place spike.)

Question 7 - New Technology
Fittingly, what film about the threat of future technology was the fist classic movie re-released in Blu-ray format?
A. Star Wars B. Back to the Future
C. The Terminator D. Contact

Answer and value

C. The Terminator
Value: $5000
Bank: 33600

The Terminator is the only one that makes sense given the fittingly about technology.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Shirley Proctor
Eureka, NC

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 - Humorous Problem
Used by tech support workers to jokingly describe a user error, PICNIC stands for "Problem in Chair, Not in" what?
A. Calculator B. Contraption
C. Cable D. Computer

Answer and value

D. Computer
Value: $3K
Bank: $28600

I've heard PEBCAC and ID-ten-T used, but PICNIC is a new one. Not hard to figure out, though.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 7 - New Technology
Fittingly, what film about the threat of future technology was the fist classic movie re-released in Blu-ray format?
A. Star Wars B. Back to the Future
C. The Terminator D. Contact

Answer and value

C. The Terminator
Value: $5000
Bank: 33600

Given George Lucas' penchant for rebranding his franchise, and the atrocities that were the three prequel movies I'd be tempted to say A.