WWTBAM Bored

Jeff Greenstein
White Plains, NY
High school math teacher

Topic Tree:

10 Artificial Selection
9 Name Change
8 Law Partners
7 Go, Team
6 Tourist Trap
5 Word Origins
4 Movie Quotes
3 Model at the Market
2 Auto Brands
1 Thanks for Chering

Topic Tree: (randomized)

10 Artificial Selection
5 Word Origins
8 Law Partners
9 Name Change
3 Model at the Market
2 Auto Brands
6 Tourist Trap
7 Go, Team
4 Movie Quotes
1 Thanks for Chering

Question 1 - 1 Thanks for Cheri
According to Cher, “Men should be like” what because they’re “soft, strong and disposable”?
A. Clorox
B. Brillo
C. Kleenex
D. Chapstick

Spoiler

C. Kleenex
$2K
Bank - $2K

Question 2 - 4 Movie Quotes
A famous quote from Alexander Pope can be created by adding the word “eternal” to which of these 2012 film titles?
A. Think Like a Man
B. Hope Springs
C. The Watch
D. This Means War

Spoiler

B. Hope Springs
$25K
Bank - $27K

Question 3 - 7 Go, Team
Which of the following celebrities has never worked as a cheerleader for a professional sports team?
A. Pam Grier
B. Teri Hatcher
C. Paula Abdul
D. Lucy Liu

ATA

ATA results

23% A. Pam Grier
9% B. Teri Hatcher
6% C. Paula Abdul
62% D. Lucy Liu

Spoiler

D. Lucy Liu
$10K
Bank - $37K

Question 4 - 6 Tourist Trap
Inspired by a Colorado town, which of the following is a verb that means to become a tourist destination at the risk of alienating local residents?
A. Renoize
B. Wacoize
C. Aspenize
D. Salemize

Spoiler

C. Aspenize
$3K
Bank - $40K

Question 5 - 2 Auto Brands
Because of their impressive fuel-efficiency, a type of compact car produced in Germany has what intelligent name?
A. Witty Car
B. Wise Car
C. Shrewd Car
D. Smart Car

Spoiler

D. Smart Car
$5K
Bank - $45K

commercial break

Question 6 - 3 Model at the Market
Ronzoni is a supermarket brand that promotes its products with a “deliciously entertaining cooking diva” named what?
A. Eggs MacPherson
B. Cheese L. Bündchen
C. Pasta Evangelista
D. Fish E. Turlington

Spoiler

C. Pasta Evangelista
$7K
Bank - $52K

Question 7 - 9 Name Change
Commonly referred to as a “forty,” what would the same-sized bottle of malt liquor be called if converted to milliliters?
A. Five hundred fifty
B. Seven hundred ten
C. Nine hundred twelve
D. Eleven hundred eighty

JTQ 1

Spoiler

D. Eleven hundred eighty
$100
Bank - $52K

Question 8 - 8 Law Partners
Coincidentally, U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren was replaced in 1969 by a Chief Justice with what full name?
A. Earl Burger Warren
B. Earl Warren Burger
C. Warren Earl Burger
D. Warren Burger Earl

Spoiler

C. Warren Earl Burger
$1K
Bank - $53K

commercial break

Question 9 - 5 Word Origins
Though each of the following could be used as a ‘man cave,” which room in the house actually takes its name, in part, from an early Dutch word for “cave”?
A. Attic
B. Den
C. Garage
D. Study

Spoiler

B. Den
$15K
Bank - $68K

Question 10 – 10 Artificial Selection
By targeting brown pigment with his laser, a Laguna Beach, CA doctor recently developed technology that gives people what?
A. Blue eyes
B. Red fingernails
C. Translucent moles
D. Blonde hair

JTQ 2

Spoiler

A. Blue eyes
$500
Bank - $68K

commercial break

$100K
Although it sounds like a mythical place to find single guys, the Isle of Man is actually a self-governing dependency located off the coast of what?
A. England
B. Denmark
C. France
D. Sweden

Jeff decides to walk

Spoiler

A. England
Jeff leaves with $68K

end of show noise

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 5 - 2 Auto Brands
Because of their impressive fuel-efficiency, a type of compact car produced in Germany has what intelligent name?
A. Witty Car
B. Wise Car
C. Shrewd Car
D. Smart Car

Considering how tiny they are, their fuel efficiency isn't all that impressive. They're rated a combined 36 MPG.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 7 - 9 Name Change
Commonly referred to as a “forty,” what would the same-sized bottle of malt liquor be called if converted to milliliters?
A. Five hundred fifty
B. Seven hundred ten
C. Nine hundred twelve
D. Eleven hundred eighty

JTQ 1

A math teacher should be able to do this math in his head.

Question 3 - 7 Go, Team
Which of the following celebrities has never worked as a cheerleader for a professional sports team?
A. Pam Grier
B. Teri Hatcher
C. Paula Abdul
D. Lucy Liu

ATA

ATA results

23% A. Pam Grier
9% B. Teri Hatcher
6% C. Paula Abdul
62% D. Lucy Liu

Spoiler

D. Lucy Liu
$10K
Bank - $37K

ATA

Question 4 - 6 Tourist Trap
Inspired by a Colorado town, which of the following is a verb that means to become a tourist destination at the risk of alienating local residents?
A. Renoize
B. Wacoize
C. Aspenize
D. Salemize

Spoiler

C. Aspenize
$3K
Bank - $40K

So true.

Question 7 - 9 Name Change
Commonly referred to as a “forty,” what would the same-sized bottle of malt liquor be called if converted to milliliters?
A. Five hundred fifty
B. Seven hundred ten
C. Nine hundred twelve
D. Eleven hundred eighty

JTQ 1

Spoiler

D. Eleven hundred eighty
$100
Bank - $52K

Guess I better study up on my metric conversion tables. JTQ 1

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Jeff Greenstein
White Plains, NY
High school math teacher

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 9 - 5 Word Origins
Though each of the following could be used as a ‘man cave,” which room in the house actually takes its name, in part, from an early Dutch word for “cave”?
A. Attic
B. Den
C. Garage
D. Study

Spoiler

B. Den
$15K
Bank - $68K

I think I'll use a JTQ here.

TheConfessor wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 7 - 9 Name Change
Commonly referred to as a “forty,” what would the same-sized bottle of malt liquor be called if converted to milliliters?
A. Five hundred fifty
B. Seven hundred ten
C. Nine hundred twelve
D. Eleven hundred eighty

JTQ 1

A math teacher should be able to do this math in his head.

It's not only that he's a math teacher, the hook that they bantered about in his introduction was his ability to do math party tricks. He asked Meredith to give him a 3-digits number and a 2-digit number under 30, then he started rapidly counting by that 2-digit increment, starting with the 3-digit number. Meredith's reaction was "how do I know you're right?" and Jeff's answer was basically to grab a calculator and review the tape.

So, when it came time for a real math trick--worth not just $100 but a jump to the $250K question--he couldn't do it.

I agreed with what he reasoned, that a "40" referred to 40 ounces. Then I recalled that a 64 ounce soda bottle was approximately equal to a 2 liter bottle. 40/64 is approximately 2/3 and there was only one choice greater than 1/2 of 2000, so it had to be D.

If beast happens to read this thread, this is also an example that violates his rule of thumb, that the answer for range questions will be in the middle instead of an extreme, for Meredith's version of WWTBAM.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 9 - 5 Word Origins
Though each of the following could be used as a ‘man cave,” which room in the house actually takes its name, in part, from an early Dutch word for “cave”?
A. Attic
B. Den
C. Garage
D. Study

Spoiler

B. Den
$15K
Bank - $68K

In part? Sounds like the question writers used weasel words to cover their disagreement with Merriam-Webster.

Origin of DEN

Middle English, from Old English denn; akin to Old English denu valley, Old High German tenni threshing floor

First Known Use: before 12th century

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100K
Although it sounds like a mythical place to find single guys, the Isle of Man is actually a self-governing dependency located off the coast of what?
A. England
B. Denmark
C. France
D. Sweden

Jeff decides to walk

Spoiler

A. England
Jeff leaves with $68K

$100K questions are typically WWOQs, but I thought this was a fairly straightforward geography question. OTOH, Jeff said his initial hunch was Spain and that he'd have gone for it, if that was one of the choices. Lucky for him that wasn't one of the distractors.

MarleysGh0st wrote: $100K questions are typically WWOQs, but I thought this was a fairly straightforward geography question. OTOH, Jeff said his initial hunch was Spain and that he'd have gone for it, if that was one of the choices. Lucky for him that wasn't one of the distractors.

I was impressed that he accurately described the flag of the Isle of Man, even though he had no idea where it is.