WWTBAM Bored

Bob Caton
Mechanicsburg, PA

Bob's wife Christie is in the relationship seat. They didn't have a honeymoon after their wedding because their dog was sick and they couldn't afford one.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
10 - Political People
9 - Natural Beauty
8 - Far Out Musicians
7 - Animal Robberies
6 - Glass Ceilings
5 - Food Secrets
4 - Constitutional Grammar
3 - Together Again
2 - Game Night
1 - Double Take

Topic Tree: (randomized)
2 - Game Night
3 - Together Again
10 - Political People
8 - Far Out Musicians
9 - Natural Beauty
1 - Double Take
5 - Food Secrets
6 - Glass Ceilings
4 - Constitutional Grammar
7 - Animal Robberies

Question #1 (Animal Robberies - Level 7)
What animal parts are being stolen from European museums because they are thought in some Asian cultures to have healing properties?
A - rhino horns
B - lion claws
C - wolf teeth
D - moose antlers

"Well, if we're talking about Asian cultures, I believe we're talking about

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rhino horns because they're powdered and used as some kind of medicine"

, Bob comments.

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Answer: A (rhino horns)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $3,000

Question #2 (Constitutional Grammar - Level 4)
Some grammar experts might point out that which of these terms from the U.S. Constitution is grammatically incorrect?
A - We the people
B - more perfect Union
C - establish justice
D - insure domestic tranquility

Bob Works for the government yet he doesn't know this. He's going to have to jump the question.

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Answer: B (more perfect Union) [that's not what Bob was thinking]
Value: $5,000
Bank: $3,000

Question #3 (Glass Ceilings - Level 6)
Though it was founded in 1897, in 2009, Chuck Saylors became the first male president in the history of what organization?
A - Salvation Army
B - PTA
C - Red Cross
D - NAACP

Bob says he assumes that

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the Salvation Army and Red Cross

have had male presidents and knows for a fact that

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the NAACP

has.

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Answer: B (PTA)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $28,000

Bob asks if they'll take money out of his winnings if he throws up. Meredith replies, "No, but don't."

Question #4 (Food Secrets - Level 5)
An Atlanta journalist made news in 2011 for having possibly revealed the secret recipe for what?
A - Mrs. Fields' cookies
B - Kentucky Fried Chicken
C - Coca-Cola
D - A.1. steak sauce

Bob knows that

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Coca-Cola is based in Atlanta

. He believes that

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A.1. has the ingredients listed on the side of the bottle and Mrs. Fields are just cookies

. He can't be sure, though, so he decides to use his other jump the question lifeline.

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Answer: C (Coca-Cola)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $28,000 (unchanged)

Question #5 (Double Take - Level 1)
Known for its romantic thatched-roof water bungalows, which of these double-named places is popular with honeymooners?
A - Bora Bora
B - Walla Walla
C - Bella Bella
D - Sing Sing

Bob laughs and says he hopes it's not

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Sing Sing since that's a prison

.

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Answer: A (Bora Bora)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $29,000

commercial break

Millionaire Question of the Day:
On Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's 2009 trip to Africa, a man in Kenya offered her 40 goats and 20 cows in exchange for what?
A - a promise never to invade Kenya
B - Chelsea's hand in marriage
C - U.S. citizenship
D - her diplomatic limousine
Answer:

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B (Chelsea's hand in marriage)

Bob feels a little bad about using the jump when he knew the answer.

Question #6 (Natural Beauty - Level 9)
Sometimes referred to as a "fire rainbow," a circumhorizon arc is actually what kind of natural occurrence?
A - northern lights
B - halo
C - solar flare
D - star

Bob says,

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"Circumhorizon would imply that it goes the whole way around, so that would be halo

. Then he decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 27%
B - 33%
C - 39%
D - 1%

"Oh, why not," Bob says, making

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B

his final answer.

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Answer: B (halo)
Value: $100
Bank: $29,100

Question #7 (Far Out Musicians - Level 8)
While promoting his book, "Red," what rocker claimed he had been abducted by aliens who tapped into his brain?
A - Ozzy Osbourne
B - Axl Rose
C - Sammy Hagar
D - Steven Tyler

Bob says he's sure that all of them have used enough recreational substances to have that feeling. He knows that one of the four calls himself "The Red Rocker".

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Answer: C (Sammy Hagar)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $39,100

Question #8 (Political People - Level 10)
In Lewis Carroll's nonsensical kids' poem "Jabberwocky," the protagonist is warned to shun what "frumious" creature?
A - tove
B - borogrove
C - jubjub bird
D - bandersnatch

Bob doesn't have the slightest idea; it could be any one of the four. So it's time to walk away.

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Answer: D (bandersnatch)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $19,550

THE END OF GAME "NOISE"

I am troubled by Question 2. I think the grammatically correct phrase would have been "ensure" domestic tranquility. --Bob

Bob78164 wrote:I am troubled by Question 2. I think the grammatically correct phrase would have been "ensure" domestic tranquility. --Bob

The transcript says "ensure," while the Constitution says "insure," so I'm unsure about this one.
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/as ... nsure.aspx

TheConfessor wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:I am troubled by Question 2. I think the grammatically correct phrase would have been "ensure" domestic tranquility. --Bob

The transcript says "ensure," while the Constitution says "insure," so I'm unsure about this one.
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/as ... nsure.aspx

I believe this was another typo in the transcript. IIRC, the question said "insure."

Question #2 (Constitutional Grammar - Level 4)
Some grammar experts might point out that which of these terms from the U.S. Constitution is grammatically incorrect?
A - We the people
B - more perfect Union
C - establish justice
D - ensure domestic tranquility

Bob Works for the government yet he doesn't know this. He's going to have to jump the question.

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Answer: B (more perfect Union) [that's not what Bob was thinking]
Value: $5,000
Bank: $3,000

Tough one! Getting this right was more difficulter than average.

Question #7 (Far Out Musicians - Level
While promoting his book, "Red," what rocker claimed he had been abducted by aliens who tapped into his brain?
A - Ozzy Osbourne
B - Axl Rose
C - Sammy Hagar
D - Steven Tyler

Bob says he's sure that all of them have used enough recreational substances to have that feeling. He knows that one of the four calls himself "The Red Rocker".

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Answer: C (Sammy Hagar)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $39,100

JTQ

Question #8 (Political People - Level 10)
In Lewis Carroll's nonsensical kids' poem "Jabberwocky," the protagonist is warned to shun what "frumious" creature?
A - tove
B - borogrove
C - jubjub bird
D - bandersnatch

Bob doesn't have the slightest idea; it could be any one of the four. So it's time to walk away.

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Answer: D (bandersnatch)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $19,550

Lessee -- Twas brillig and the slithe toves did gyre and gimble in the wabe. All mimsy were the borogroves, and the mome rouths outgrabe. . . . "Beware the jubjub bird, my son, and shun the frumous bandersnatch." Bandersnatch, final answer.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #8 (Political People - Level 10)
In Lewis Carroll's nonsensical kids' poem "Jabberwocky," the protagonist is warned to shun what "frumious" creature?
A - tove
B - borogrove
C - jubjub bird
D - bandersnatch

Bob doesn't have the slightest idea; it could be any one of the four. So it's time to walk away.

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Answer: D (bandersnatch)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $19,550

I was so excited about them asking a question about one of the few poems I've memorized that I didn't pay attention to the question topic. How was Lewis Carroll a political person?

And more specifically, how is the frumious creature one?

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #8 (Political People - Level 10)
In Lewis Carroll's nonsensical kids' poem "Jabberwocky," the protagonist is warned to shun what "frumious" creature?
A - tove
B - borogrove
C - jubjub bird
D - bandersnatch

Bob doesn't have the slightest idea; it could be any one of the four. So it's time to walk away.

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Answer: D (bandersnatch)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $19,550

I was so excited about them asking a question about one of the few poems I've memorized that I didn't pay attention to the question topic. How was Lewis Carroll a political person?

And more specifically, how is the frumious creature one?

Lewis Carroll put tons of political commentary in his books. Read "The Annotated Alice".

Who remembers that Jabberwocky was the answer to the very first QoD posted on 7/1/00....?

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littlebeast13 wrote:Who remembers that Jabberwocky was the answer to the very first QoD posted on 7/1/00....?

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Well, I guess you do!

MarleysGh0st wrote:

littlebeast13 wrote:Who remembers that Jabberwocky was the answer to the very first QoD posted on 7/1/00....?

lb13

Well, I guess you do!

Sigh! Looks like it's time to bring back the Bored Game....

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MarleysGh0st wrote:

TheConfessor wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:I am troubled by Question 2. I think the grammatically correct phrase would have been "ensure" domestic tranquility. --Bob

The transcript says "ensure," while the Constitution says "insure," so I'm unsure about this one.
http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/as ... nsure.aspx

I believe this was another typo in the transcript. IIRC, the question said "insure."

Correct. I've corrected the transcript. --Bob

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Bob Caton
Mechanicsburg, PA

Bob's wife Christie is in the relationship seat. They didn't have a honeymoon after their wedding because their dog was sick and they couldn't afford one.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #2 (Constitutional Grammar - Level 4)
Some grammar experts might point out that which of these terms from the U.S. Constitution is grammatically incorrect?
A - We the people
B - more perfect Union
C - establish justice
D - insure domestic tranquility

Bob Works for the government yet he doesn't know this. He's going to have to jump the question.

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Answer: B (more perfect Union) [that's not what Bob was thinking]
Value: $5,000
Bank: $3,000

I was expecting something about "unalienable" vs. "inalienable". But that's the Declaration of Independence.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #4 (Food Secrets - Level 5)
An Atlanta journalist made news in 2011 for having possibly revealed the secret recipe for what?
A - Mrs. Fields' cookies
B - Kentucky Fried Chicken
C - Coca-Cola
D - A.1. steak sauce

Bob knows that

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Coca-Cola is based in Atlanta

. He believes that

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A.1. has the ingredients listed on the side of the bottle and Mrs. Fields are just cookies

. He can't be sure, though, so he decides to use his other jump the question lifeline.

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Answer: C (Coca-Cola)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $28,000 (unchanged)

Knowing that Atlanta is home to Coke should have made this one a fairly easy question.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question #7 (Far Out Musicians - Level
While promoting his book, "Red," what rocker claimed he had been abducted by aliens who tapped into his brain?
A - Ozzy Osbourne
B - Axl Rose
C - Sammy Hagar
D - Steven Tyler

Bob says he's sure that all of them have used enough recreational substances to have that feeling. He knows that one of the four calls himself "The Red Rocker".

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Answer: C (Sammy Hagar)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $39,100

I don't know this one so I'll ATA because they probably do.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #8 (Political People - Level 10)
In Lewis Carroll's nonsensical kids' poem "Jabberwocky," the protagonist is warned to shun what "frumious" creature?
A - tove
B - borogrove
C - jubjub bird
D - bandersnatch

Bob doesn't have the slightest idea; it could be any one of the four. So it's time to walk away.

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Answer: D (bandersnatch)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $19,550

It's the bandersnatch, final answer. One of my favorite poems.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:THE END OF GAME "NOISE"

I wondered if Bob might carry over or if the show will be back on track next week showing more recently taped episodes.