WWTBAM Bored

Shawn Sutherland (BB Captain Obvious)
Moultrie, GA
Graduate teaching assistant (math)

Millionaire’s self-proclaimed biggest fan

Shawn fell in love with the show when it first aired in August of 1999.

Shawn’s mother Trish is in the relationship seat.

Topic Tree:
10 Musical Monarch
9 Not So Fast
8 Online Living
7 Take a Break
6 Getting Older
5 Meal Break
4 Hairy History
3 Rooms with a View
2 Slugfest
1 Sex Changes


Topic Tree: (randomized)

8 Online Living
3 Rooms with a View
9 Not So Fast
4 Hairy History
7 Take a Break
10 Musical Monarch
6 Getting Older
1 Sex Changes
5 Meal Break
2 Slugfest


Question 1 – 2 Slugfest
Growing up to four inches long, the leopard slug gets its name due to what characteristic?
A. It is poisonous
B. It is bright green
C. It has spots
D. It lives underground

Spoiler

C. It has spots
$2K
Bank - $2K

Question 2 – 5 Meal Break
Which of the following is a breakfast cereal and not a subatomic particle?
A. Neutrino
B. Quark
C. Gluon
D. Quisp

Spoiler

D. Quisp
$25K
Bank - $27K

Question 3 - 1 Sex Changes
On the 2012 TV series “Elementary,” Lucy Liu plays an updated version of what fictional character who is typically portrayed as a man?
A. Huckleberry Finn
B. Dr. Watson
C. Friday
D. Sancho Panza

Spoiler

B. Dr. Watson
$100
Bank - $27,100

Question 4 - 6 Getting Older
Joining the company of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, what other Italian landmark is now tilting, with a dip of 16 inches on its south side?
A. Roman Pantheon
B. St. Peter’s Basilica
C. Roman Colosseum
D. Trevi Fountain

Shawn decides to JTQ

JTQ1

Spoiler

C. Roman Colosseum
$1K
Bank - $27,100

Question 5 - 10 Musical Monarch
Donna Summer once quipped, “It’s nice to be the queen of something” when asked about being dubbed what?
A. Queen of Disco
B. Queen of Motown
C. Queen of R&B
D. Queen of Funk

ATA

ATA results

90% A. Queen of Disco
3% B. Queen of Motown
2% C. Queen of R&B
5% D. Queen of Funk

Spoiler

A. Queen of Disco
$3K
Bank - $30,100

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Meredith says the Shawn told her during the break, he was going to go for the questions, that he wouldn’t walk.

Question 6 - 7 Take a Break
If you’re a 9-5er you might dread which month as it has no federal holidays?
A. February
B. May
C. June
D. September

JTQ 2

Spoiler

C. June
$10K
Bank - $30,100

Question 7 - 4 Hairy History
Reportedly seen as a “potent symbol of virility,” the British Army forbade its ranks from shaving any hair from where until 1916?
A. Upper lip
B. Legs
C. Chest
D. Back

Spoiler

A. Upper lip
$15K
Bank - $45,100

Question 8 – 9 Not So Fast
Some scientists believe the appendix may have an important function within which bodily system?
A. Nervous
B. Immune
C. Cardiovascular
D. Respiratory

Spoiler

B. Immune
$5K
Bank - $50,100

commercial break

Question 9 – 3 Rooms with a View
Across the street from the Alamo is a hotel named what?
A. Thoreau Hotel
B. Douglass Hotel
C. Crockett Hotel
D. Barnum Hotel

Spoiler

C. Crockett Hotel
$500
Bank - $50,600

Question 10 – 8 Online living
Which of the following “villes” is not the name of a popular social networking game found on Facebook?
A. CastleVille
B. FarmVille
C. CityVille
D. VegasVille

Shawn says he has received several invites for FarmVille and CityVille, but none for CastleVille or Vegasville. He then says he has a 50/50 there.

Meredith reminds Shawn that he can walk.

Shawn: Not gonna happen

Spoiler

D. VegasVille
$7K
Bank - $57,600

100K
If you hate Shakespeare, you’d most likely appreciate what play, which at around 1,800 lines is his shortest?
A. Pericles
B. The Comedy of Errors
C. Timon of Athens
D. King John

Spoiler

B. The Comedy of Errors
$100K

commercial break

$250K
As a child, which cast member of “Friends” had artwork exhibited at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art?
A. Matt LeBlanc
B. Jennifer Aniston
C. Lisa Kudrow
D. David Schwimmer

As soon as Shawn heard the question, he thought

Spoiler

“Phoebe,” so he makes Lisa Kudrow his final answer.

Spoiler

B. Jennifer Aniston

Shawn leaves with $25K.

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Dude, seriously. That was awesome. Since my show aired I've been misanthropically rooting for people to win less than me, but I wanted you to receive the ultimate reward for your style of play.

And major, major congrats on having the guts to stick with your plan. I know how much harder it is to play when you're actually standing up there, and to continue putting that much money on the line - that in itself is an awesome accomplishment. Great job.

Congratulations, Shawn!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Shawn fell in love with the show when it first aired in August of 1999.

Out of curiosity, how old were you at the time?

That was fun! Congrats.

Yay Shawn!

Question 4 - 6 Getting Older
Joining the company of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, what other Italian landmark is now tilting, with a dip of 16 inches on its south side?
A. Roman Pantheon
B. St. Peter’s Basilica
C. Roman Colosseum
D. Trevi Fountain

Shawn decides to JTQ

JTQ1

Spoiler

C. Roman Colosseum
$1K
Bank - $27,100

JTQ 1. I wouldn't have guessed, but if I did guess, it would be Trevi Fountain because of the potential for water seepage.

Question 10 – 8 Online living
Which of the following “villes” is not the name of a popular social networking game found on Facebook?
A. CastleVille
B. FarmVille
C. CityVille
D. VegasVille

Shawn says he has received several invites for FarmVille and CityVille, but none for CastleVille or Vegasville. He then says he has a 50/50 there.

Meredith reminds Shawn that he can walk.

Shawn: Not gonna happen

Spoiler

D. VegasVille
$7K
Bank - $57,600

The only reason I knew this one is because of the constant bombardment of invitations to play. It's been a while since I got a Castleville invitation.

100K
If you hate Shakespeare, you’d most likely appreciate what play, which at around 1,800 lines is his shortest?
A. Pericles
B. The Comedy of Errors
C. Timon of Athens
D. King John

Spoiler

B. The Comedy of Errors
$100K

JTQ 2

$250K
As a child, which cast member of “Friends” had artwork exhibited at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art?
A. Matt LeBlanc
B. Jennifer Aniston
C. Lisa Kudrow
D. David Schwimmer

As soon as Shawn heard the question, he thought

Spoiler

“Phoebe,” so he makes Lisa Kudrow his final answer.

Spoiler

B. Jennifer Aniston

I still have my ATA, and I'll use it, but I dunno if I go with it no matter what the spike looks like at this level.

Thanks for all the kind comments! I'm glad to know I've entertained you all well.

In August 1999, I was 15 years old. If there's any questions for me, I'll be happy to answer them!

CaptainObvious wrote:Thanks for all the kind comments! I'm glad to know I've entertained you all well.

In August 1999, I was 15 years old. If there's any questions for me, I'll be happy to answer them!

Enjoyed watching your show/game play.

Where did the CaptainObvious name come from?

What were your thoughts on the federal holiday question?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Shawn Sutherland (BB Captain Obvious)
Moultrie, GA
Graduate teaching assistant (math)

Millionaire’s self-proclaimed biggest fan

Shawn fell in love with the show when it first aired in August of 1999.

Shawn, I was impressed with the breadth of your knowledge of BAM history and am somewhat surprised that they let you mention Regis. And I liked that you had a plan for playing the game and stuck with it.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 2 – 5 Meal Break
Which of the following is a breakfast cereal and not a subatomic particle?
A. Neutrino
B. Quark
C. Gluon
D. Quisp

Spoiler

D. Quisp
$25K
Bank - $27K

Good reasoning and I liked your comment that you weren't so good with breakfast cereals but you did know subatomic particles. You're too young to remember Quisp cereal (though I think it made a comeback a little while ago).

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 4 - 6 Getting Older
Joining the company of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, what other Italian landmark is now tilting, with a dip of 16 inches on its south side?
A. Roman Pantheon
B. St. Peter’s Basilica
C. Roman Colosseum
D. Trevi Fountain

Shawn decides to JTQ

JTQ1

Spoiler

C. Roman Colosseum
$1K
Bank - $27,100

I'd have used a JTQ on this one also.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 - 10 Musical Monarch
Donna Summer once quipped, “It’s nice to be the queen of something” when asked about being dubbed what?
A. Queen of Disco
B. Queen of Motown
C. Queen of R&B
D. Queen of Funk

ATA

ATA results

90% A. Queen of Disco
3% B. Queen of Motown
2% C. Queen of R&B
5% D. Queen of Funk

Spoiler

A. Queen of Disco
$3K
Bank - $30,100

Not to sound arrogant, but this hardly seems like a level 10 question - Donna Summer is strongly associated with the disco era.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 - 7 Take a Break
If you’re a 9-5er you might dread which month as it has no federal holidays?
A. February
B. May
C. June
D. September

JTQ 2

Spoiler

C. June
$10K
Bank - $30,100

My precall was "August", but since that wasn't a choice, the answer was obvious for this Federal employee.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 10 – 8 Online living
Which of the following “villes” is not the name of a popular social networking game found on Facebook?
A. CastleVille
B. FarmVille
C. CityVille
D. VegasVille

Shawn says he has received several invites for FarmVille and CityVille, but none for CastleVille or Vegasville. He then says he has a 50/50 there.

Meredith reminds Shawn that he can walk.

Shawn: Not gonna happen

Spoiler

D. VegasVille
$7K
Bank - $57,600

I also defriended a couple people from whom I got those irritating invites to FarmVille and CityVille.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$250K
As a child, which cast member of “Friends” had artwork exhibited at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art?
A. Matt LeBlanc
B. Jennifer Aniston
C. Lisa Kudrow
D. David Schwimmer

As soon as Shawn heard the question, he thought

Spoiler

“Phoebe,” so he makes Lisa Kudrow his final answer.

Spoiler

B. Jennifer Aniston
Shawn leaves with $25K.

I know it would have been nice to have the $100K, Shawn, but by golly I like that you stuck with the plan all the way through. And I thought your correction of Meredith every time she told you how much you had ("$25,000") was a good way not to get caught up in the atmosphere. As for the $250K question, I didn't know but since I would have had a JTQ remaining, I'd have used it here.

Still no "delete" showing up on my screen. Although this post precedes my previous delete, I'm deleting it 2nd. Obviously. Same reason. Why not just edit post? Well, with that "jumpy" effect when I get to the end of very short window, its easier to just rewrite as a Word doc & paste in.

And when I looked, earlier, after the par-for-course-these-days "Server Error" msg, post hadn't posted. Neither of them. So I redid it. (See below)

Delete key currently not available; trying to delete post in which I (hypothetically, of course) use 3 JTQs. That happens when you don't get a window big enough to write in on a system you are not allowed to reconfigure.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Shawn Sutherland (BB Captain Obvious)
Moultrie, GA
Graduate teaching assistant (math)

Millionaire’s self-proclaimed biggest fan

Shawn fell in love with the show when it first aired in August of 1999.

Shawn, I was impressed with the breadth of your knowledge of BAM history and am somewhat surprised that they let you mention Regis. And I liked that you had a plan for playing the game and stuck with it.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 2 – 5 Meal Break
Which of the following is a breakfast cereal and not a subatomic particle?
A. Neutrino
B. Quark
C. Gluon
D. Quisp

Spoiler

D. Quisp
$25K
Bank - $27K

Good reasoning and I liked your comment that you weren't so good with breakfast cereals but you did know subatomic particles. You're too young to remember Quisp cereal (though I think it made a comeback a little while ago).

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 4 - 6 Getting Older
Joining the company of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, what other Italian landmark is now tilting, with a dip of 16 inches on its south side?
A. Roman Pantheon
B. St. Peter’s Basilica
C. Roman Colosseum
D. Trevi Fountain

Shawn decides to JTQ

JTQ1

Spoiler

C. Roman Colosseum
$1K
Bank - $27,100

I'd have used a JTQ on this one also.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 - 10 Musical Monarch
Donna Summer once quipped, “It’s nice to be the queen of something” when asked about being dubbed what?
A. Queen of Disco
B. Queen of Motown
C. Queen of R&B
D. Queen of Funk

ATA

ATA results

90% A. Queen of Disco
3% B. Queen of Motown
2% C. Queen of R&B
5% D. Queen of Funk

Spoiler

A. Queen of Disco
$3K
Bank - $30,100

Not to sound arrogant, but this hardly seems like a level 10 question - Donna Summer is strongly associated with the disco era.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 - 7 Take a Break
If you’re a 9-5er you might dread which month as it has no federal holidays?
A. February
B. May
C. June
D. September

JTQ 2

Spoiler

C. June
$10K
Bank - $30,100

My precall was "August", but since that wasn't a choice, the answer was obvious for this Federal employee.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 10 – 8 Online living
Which of the following “villes” is not the name of a popular social networking game found on Facebook?
A. CastleVille
B. FarmVille
C. CityVille
D. VegasVille

Shawn says he has received several invites for FarmVille and CityVille, but none for CastleVille or Vegasville. He then says he has a 50/50 there.

Meredith reminds Shawn that he can walk.

Shawn: Not gonna happen

Spoiler

D. VegasVille
$7K
Bank - $57,600

I also defriended a couple people from whom I got those irritating invites to FarmVille and CityVille.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$250K
As a child, which cast member of “Friends” had artwork exhibited at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art?
A. Matt LeBlanc
B. Jennifer Aniston
C. Lisa Kudrow
D. David Schwimmer

As soon as Shawn heard the question, he thought

Spoiler

“Phoebe,” so he makes Lisa Kudrow his final answer.

Spoiler

B. Jennifer Aniston
Shawn leaves with $25K.

I know it would have been nice to have the $100K, Shawn, but by golly I like that you stuck with the plan all the way through. And I thought your correction of Meredith every time she told you how much you had ("$25,000") was a good way not to get caught up in the atmosphere. As for the $250K question, I didn't know but since I would have had a JTQ remaining, I'd have used it here.

Shawn Sutherland (BB Captain Obvious)
Moultrie, GA
Graduate teaching assistant (math)

Millionaire’s self-proclaimed biggest fan

Shawn fell in love with the show when it first aired in August of 1999.

Shawn’s mother Trish is in the relationship seat.

Yay for bringing Mom!!

Topic Tree:
10 Musical Monarch
9 Not So Fast
8 Online Living
7 Take a Break
6 Getting Older
5 Meal Break
4 Hairy History
3 Rooms with a View
2 Slugfest
1 Sex Changes


Topic Tree: (randomized)

8 Online Living
3 Rooms with a View
9 Not So Fast
4 Hairy History
7 Take a Break
10 Musical Monarch
6 Getting Older
1 Sex Changes
5 Meal Break
2 Slugfest


Question 1 – 2 Slugfest
Growing up to four inches long, the leopard slug gets its name due to what characteristic?
A. It is poisonous
B. It is bright green
C. It has spots
D. It lives underground

Spoiler

C. It has spots
$2K
Bank - $2K

Duh

Question 2 – 5 Meal Break
Which of the following is a breakfast cereal and not a subatomic particle?
A. Neutrino
B. Quark
C. Gluon
D. Quisp

Spoiler

D. Quisp
$25K
Bank - $27K

Quisp and Quake were awesome!

Question 3 - 1 Sex Changes
On the 2012 TV series “Elementary,” Lucy Liu plays an updated version of what fictional character who is typically portrayed as a man?
A. Huckleberry Finn
B. Dr. Watson
C. Friday
D. Sancho Panza

Spoiler

B. Dr. Watson
$100
Bank - $27,100

Thank you, Us Magazine...

Question 4 - 6 Getting Older
Joining the company of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, what other Italian landmark is now tilting, with a dip of 16 inches on its south side?
A. Roman Pantheon
B. St. Peter’s Basilica
C. Roman Colosseum
D. Trevi Fountain

Shawn decides to JTQ

JTQ1

Spoiler

C. Roman Colosseum
$1K
Bank - $27,100

I read they were having trouble with the metal spikes of women's high heels ruining the floors, but nothing about the place leaning! Boo. JTQ as well.

Question 5 - 10 Musical Monarch
Donna Summer once quipped, “It’s nice to be the queen of something” when asked about being dubbed what?
A. Queen of Disco
B. Queen of Motown
C. Queen of R&B
D. Queen of Funk

ATA

ATA results

90% A. Queen of Disco
3% B. Queen of Motown
2% C. Queen of R&B
5% D. Queen of Funk

Spoiler

A. Queen of Disco
$3K
Bank - $30,100

Another youngun ignant of musical history!! Just what do they teach you in these schools today, anyway?????

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Meredith says the Shawn told her during the break, he was going to go for the questions, that he wouldn’t walk.

Question 6 - 7 Take a Break
If you’re a 9-5er you might dread which month as it has no federal holidays?
A. February
B. May
C. June
D. September

JTQ 2

Spoiler

C. June
$10K
Bank - $30,100

February has all them Presidents and September has Labor Day. Is Memorial Day in late May or early June? Dang it. I'd have to sit and think about when the kids are home and might be able to pull it since one school gets out in late May but they are still in for Memorial Day. Good thing no clock anymore. Possible jump or ATA if they rush me.

Question 7 - 4 Hairy History
Reportedly seen as a “potent symbol of virility,” the British Army forbade its ranks from shaving any hair from where until 1916?
A. Upper lip
B. Legs
C. Chest
D. Back

Spoiler

A. Upper lip
$15K
Bank - $45,100

Logical, or those were some freaky inspections!

Question 8 – 9 Not So Fast
Some scientists believe the appendix may have an important function within which bodily system?
A. Nervous
B. Immune
C. Cardiovascular
D. Respiratory

Spoiler

B. Immune
$5K
Bank - $50,100

Could be reasoned out.

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Question 9 – 3 Rooms with a View
Across the street from the Alamo is a hotel named what?
A. Thoreau Hotel
B. Douglass Hotel
C. Crockett Hotel
D. Barnum Hotel

Spoiler

C. Crockett Hotel
$500
Bank - $50,600

Obvious for Captain Obvious!

Question 10 – 8 Online living
Which of the following “villes” is not the name of a popular social networking game found on Facebook?
A. CastleVille
B. FarmVille
C. CityVille
D. VegasVille

Shawn says he has received several invites for FarmVille and CityVille, but none for CastleVille or Vegasville. He then says he has a 50/50 there.

Meredith reminds Shawn that he can walk.

Shawn: Not gonna happen

Spoiler

D. VegasVille
$7K
Bank - $57,600

Hope I have my ATA! I don't do Facebook still and never heard of CastleVille. I do have Slotomania on my phone so I guess that could take the place of a VegasVille.

100K
If you hate Shakespeare, you’d most likely appreciate what play, which at around 1,800 lines is his shortest?
A. Pericles
B. The Comedy of Errors
C. Timon of Athens
D. King John

Spoiler

B. The Comedy of Errors
$100K

This is what I would have said. Free guess still? I'm going for it.
commercial break

$250K
As a child, which cast member of “Friends” had artwork exhibited at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art?
A. Matt LeBlanc
B. Jennifer Aniston
C. Lisa Kudrow
D. David Schwimmer

As soon as Shawn heard the question, he thought

Spoiler

“Phoebe,” so he makes Lisa Kudrow his final answer.

Spoiler

B. Jennifer Aniston

Shawn leaves with $25K.

I've used my ATA and know nothing about these idiots. Hope I have a JTQ...

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We appreciate you actually wanting to be a Millionaire and not just settle for a paltry 100k!!! $25,000 goes a long way at your age!

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 - 7 Take a Break
If you’re a 9-5er you might dread which month as it has no federal holidays?
A. February
B. May
C. June
D. September

JTQ 2

Spoiler

C. June
$10K
Bank - $30,100

My precall was "August", but since that wasn't a choice, the answer was obvious for this Federal employee..

Yes, if there's one thing we civil servants know it's our holidays!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 7 - 4 Hairy History
Reportedly seen as a “potent symbol of virility,” the British Army forbade its ranks from shaving any hair from where until 1916?
A. Upper lip
B. Legs
C. Chest
D. Back

Spoiler

A. Upper lip
$15K
Bank - $45,100

The question doesn't say when this rule was first established, but I thought about photos I've seen of the British military, or depictions of them in movies (perhaps unwisely assuming historical accuracy) and I quickly decided that they didn't all show soldier wearing mustaches before 1916. For example, here's an image from the 1964 movie, Zulu:

Spoiler

Some mustaches in the ranks, but certainly not all, or even a majority.

So then I got stuck trying to decide between the other choices and ran out of time when Shawn made his choice. But that was really a ridiculous train of thought on my part. If the military ever even conceived of the need to pass such a restriction at the time, they certainly wouldn't have relaxed that restriction as early as 1916.

And now that I'm writing this, another memory comes to mind. IIRC, the advantages of being clean-shaven were related to the need for effective seals on gas masks, once gas began to be employed in the trenches...right around 1916!

MarleysGh0st wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 7 - 4 Hairy History
Reportedly seen as a “potent symbol of virility,” the British Army forbade its ranks from shaving any hair from where until 1916?
A. Upper lip
B. Legs
C. Chest
D. Back

Spoiler

A. Upper lip
$15K
Bank - $45,100

The question doesn't say when this rule was first established, but I thought about photos I've seen of the British military, or depictions of them in movies (perhaps unwisely assuming historical accuracy) and I quickly decided that they didn't all show soldier wearing mustaches before 1916. For example, here's an image from the 1964 movie, Zulu:

Spoiler

Some mustaches in the ranks, but certainly not all, or even a majority.

So then I got stuck trying to decide between the other choices and ran out of time when Shawn made his choice. But that was really a ridiculous train of thought on my part. If the military ever even conceived of the need to pass such a restriction at the time, they certainly wouldn't have relaxed that restriction as early as 1916.

And now that I'm writing this, another memory comes to mind. IIRC, the advantages of being clean-shaven were related to the need for effective seals on gas masks, once gas began to be employed in the trenches...right around 1916!

True, it had ceased to be compulsory in the Army as early as 1916, when King's Regulations had permitted shaving the upper lip. Allegedly that change took place to accommodate the Prince of Wales, whose growth was less than manly.

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=143720

Question 4 - 6 Getting Older
Joining the company of the Leaning Tower of Pisa, what other Italian landmark is now tilting, with a dip of 16 inches on its south side?
A. Roman Pantheon
B. St. Peter’s Basilica
C. Roman Colosseum
D. Trevi Fountain

No idea, don't think audience will know; JTQ

Meredith says the Shawn told her during the break, he was going to go for the questions, that he wouldn’t walk.

I must have fast-forwarded through this comment, but it was clear from the way Shawn said "I have 25K" every time Meredith said ""you have (whatever)" that he was only considering 25K as his; the rest would depend on how he answered questions.

Question 6 - 7 Take a Break
If you’re a 9-5er you might dread which month as it has no federal holidays?
A. February
B. May
C. June
D. September

OK, I was thrown off by Shawn citing Flag Day in June, but I've never had a job where I got Flag Day off, & I have gotten federal holidays off in the those other three months; I'd not have heard the "Flag Day" comment if I was the one playing, so go for it.

Question 7 - 4 Hairy History
Reportedly seen as a “potent symbol of virility,” the British Army forbade its ranks from shaving any hair from where until 1916?
A. Upper lip
B. Legs
C. Chest
D. Back

A goofy, hideous question. I ruled out the areas soldiers customarily don’t show when in uniform, but still held my breath.

Question 9 – 3 Rooms with a View
Across the street from the Alamo is a hotel named what?
A. Thoreau Hotel
B. Douglass Hotel
C. Crockett Hotel
D. Barnum Hotel

Unless this is a big trick, there’s only 1 right answer; here’s where I should have memorized that “pre-randomized Q tree” to be sure it’s not a trick

Question 10 – 8 Online living
Which of the following “villes” is not the name of a popular social networking game found on Facebook?
A. CastleVille
B. FarmVille
C. CityVille
D. VegasVille

I don’t play any of these, but have read about FarmVille & CityVille. I’ve read too much about on-line “lifelike” games. Absolutely no attraction for me. VegasVille sounds really dumb even for this kind of game, but what do I know? ATA & hope they do.

100K
If you hate Shakespeare, you’d most likely appreciate what play, which at around 1,800 lines is his shortest?
A. Pericles
B. The Comedy of Errors
C. Timon of Athens
D. King John

Absolutely no idea which is shortest. JTQ as quickly as I can. I was terrified for Shawn when he went for it on what appeared to be a guess, & thrilled when he got it right.

$250K
As a child, which cast member of “Friends” had artwork exhibited at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art?
A. Matt LeBlanc
B. Jennifer Aniston
C. Lisa Kudrow
D. David Schwimmer

No idea. I’ve heard both Kudrow & Anniston interviewed on real-interview (as opposed to “Entertainment Tonight” type) shows & don’t remember this. But I’ve heard Kudrow interviewed more than Anniston, & think Terry Gross on Fresh Air would have at least brought it up.

I would leave with my $$ at this point. I do not have Shawn's courage.

I believed Shawn when he said that “Phoebe” popped up when he heard the Q; even though I couldn’t remember this from a Kudrow interview, I hoped that this was the kind of hunch that is right.

So sorry it wasn’t.