WWTBAM Bored

Eamonn Campbell
Manchester, VT
law school student

Magical Family Getaway Week concludes.

Eamonn hasn't taken a vacation in 15 years because he's been busy with school. He grew up on Disney movies so he'd love to go to Disney World. He's been there before and knows the lay of the land. Meredith says that he moved here to go to law school and asks if he brought any Vermont habits with him. Eamonn says that he has maple syrup in his coffee every morning - he's a seventh-generation Vermonter and it runs in his veins.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
10 - Video Vault
9 - Party Time
8 - Seceding States
7 - Early Work
6 - Jump Man
5 - Bah, Humbug
4 - Under the Sea
3 - Special Treatment
2 - Play Ahead
1 - Blame Game

Topic Tree: (randomized)
7 - Early Work
8 - Seceding States
4 - Under the Sea (Disney Giveaway question)
9 - Party Time
3 - Special Treatment
6 - Jump Man
1 - Blame Game
10 - Video Vault
2 - Play Ahead
5 - Bah, Humbug

Question #1 (Bah, Humbug - Level 5)
The miserly Scrooge McDuck is the web-footed counterpart of a fictional character created by what author?
A - Charles Dickens
B - Herman Melville
C - Nathaniel Hawthorne
D - Mark Twain

Eamonn feels pretty good about this one.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Charles Dickens)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000

Question #2 (Play Ahead - Level 2)
Road signs advising drivers of a playground ahead typically depict what piece of equipment?
A - see-saw
B - carousel
C - swing set
D - monkey bars

Eamonn can see this sign in his head.

Spoiler

Answer: A (see-saw)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $5,000

Question #3 (Video Vault - Level 10)
In 1986, when MTV was must-see television for music videos, which of these songs was a #1 hit despite lacking a music video?
A - Heart's "These Dreams"
B - Starship's "Sara"
C - Boston's "Amanda"
D - Berlin's "Take My Breath Away"

Eamonn doesn't remember where he was in 1986 but he thinks the audience does, so he's going to throw it over to them.

ATA results

A - 11%
B - 20%
C - 30%
D - 39%

That wasn't what Eamonn was thinking of. He remembers seeing "Top Gun" and seeing the video. He's going to have to jump the question.
Millionaire question of the day:

Spoiler

Answer: C (Boston's "Amanda")
Value: $25,000
Bank: $5,000 (unchanged)

Question #4 (Blame Game - Level 1)
According to long-standing tradition, mischief that happens in what forum is frequently blamed on the ghost of Thespis?
A - cafeteria
B - sports arena
C - theater
D - parking garage

Eamonn makes the connection.

Spoiler

Answer: C (theater)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $15.000

Question #5 (Jump Man - Level 6)
Now the most iconic spokesperson for Nike, what basketball player met with the brand his rookie season only because his parents made him?
A - Charles Barkley
B - Scottie Pippin
C - Michael Jordan
D - Magic Johnson

Spoiler

Answer: C (Michael Jordan)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $16,000

commercial break

Question #6 (Special Treatment - Level 3)
"Shades of Green" is a resort near Disney's Magic Kingdom exclusively serving members of what?
A - Congress
B - armed forces
C - AARP
D - Weight Watchers

Eamonn is leaning toward

Spoiler

AARP

but he doesn't know why. Then he observes that

Spoiler

members of the armed forces wear camo and camo is green

. He's going to have to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (armed forces)
Value: $500
Bank: $16,000

Question #7 (Party Time - Level 9)
Who often experimented on himself, including swallowing cocaine to prove it would stave off hunger and fatigue, as noted in the book "Cocaine Papers"?
A - Sigmund Freud
B - Karl Marx
C - Jonas Salk
D - Benjamin Franklin

"Ah, man," Eamonn sighs and asks for the status of his bank. Meredith gives him the numbers. He knows that Salk did the polio vaccine. He can't decide so he walks away.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Sigmund Freud)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $8,000

commercial break

1. easy. I instantly thought of MarleysGhost when this came up.

2. another easy one.

3. Hmm, this is tougher. I know all these songs. I remember that "Take My Breath Away" has a video, because it shows scenes from "Top Gun" in it. I can't eliminate the other three, though. I use JTQ here, figuring the audience may be too young to remember this.

4. easy. Thespis is the muse of acting.

5. It's a good thing Michael Jordan listened to his parents!

6. another Disney question. I figured this out easily.

7. Gotta be Freud. He was a pretty strange fellow.

All in all, a very easy stack.

Question #3 (Video Vault - Level 10)
In 1986, when MTV was must-see television for music videos, which of these songs was a #1 hit despite lacking a music video?
A - Heart's "These Dreams"
B - Starship's "Sara"
C - Boston's "Amanda"
D - Berlin's "Take My Breath Away"

Eamonn doesn't remember where he was in 1986 but he thinks the audience does, so he's going to throw it over to them.

ATA results

A - 11%
B - 20%
C - 30%
D - 39%

That wasn't what Eamonn was thinking of. He remembers seeing "Top Gun" and seeing the video. He's going to have to jump the question.
Millionaire question of the day:

Spoiler

Answer: C (Boston's "Amanda")
Value: $25,000
Bank: $5,000 (unchanged)

JTQ 1

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Eamonn Campbell
Manchester, VT
law school student

Magical Family Getaway Week concludes.

Eamonn hasn't taken a vacation in 15 years because he's been busy with school. He grew up on Disney movies so he'd love to go to Disney World. He's been there before and knows the lay of the land. Meredith says that he moved here to go to law school and asks if he brought any Vermont habits with him. Eamonn says that he has maple syrup in his coffee every morning - he's a seventh-generation Vermonter and it runs in his veins.

Eamonn didn't look old enough to have experienced 15 vacation-less years.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #3 (Video Vault - Level 10)
In 1986, when MTV was must-see television for music videos, which of these songs was a #1 hit despite lacking a music video?
A - Heart's "These Dreams"
B - Starship's "Sara"
C - Boston's "Amanda"
D - Berlin's "Take My Breath Away"

Eamonn doesn't remember where he was in 1986 but he thinks the audience does, so he's going to throw it over to them.

ATA results

A - 11%
B - 20%
C - 30%
D - 39%

That wasn't what Eamonn was thinking of. He remembers seeing "Top Gun" and seeing the video. He's going to have to jump the question.
Millionaire question of the day:

Spoiler

Answer: C (Boston's "Amanda")
Value: $25,000
Bank: $5,000 (unchanged)

I'd go straight to JTQ.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #6 (Special Treatment - Level 3)
"Shades of Green" is a resort near Disney's Magic Kingdom exclusively serving members of what?
A - Congress
B - armed forces
C - AARP
D - Weight Watchers

Eamonn is leaning toward

Spoiler

AARP

but he doesn't know why. Then he observes that

Spoiler

members of the armed forces wear camo and camo is green

. He's going to have to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (armed forces)
Value: $500
Bank: $16,000

This isn't exactly true - Shades of Green serves members of the Department of Defense, irrespective of their military status. I know this because our family stayed there when we were last at Disney.

earendel wrote:Eamonn didn't look old enough to have experienced 15 vacation-less years.

Well, if he started missing vacations in grammar school...the pre-law track must be getting more competitive than ever!

Here's a short article about Eamonn's appearance. Just the facts.

http://www.manchesterjournal.com/commun ... illionaire

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Eamonn Campbell
Manchester, VT
law school student

Magical Family Getaway Week concludes.

Eamonn hasn't taken a vacation in 15 years because he's been busy with school. He grew up on Disney movies so he'd love to go to Disney World. He's been there before and knows the lay of the land. Meredith says that he moved here to go to law school and asks if he brought any Vermont habits with him. Eamonn says that he has maple syrup in his coffee every morning - he's a seventh-generation Vermonter and it runs in his veins.

Moi, never used maple syrup in coffee. Must be a south-of-the-border thing.

BBtranscript team wrote:
Question #3 (Video Vault - Level 10)
In 1986, when MTV was must-see television for music videos, which of these songs was a #1 hit despite lacking a music video?
A - Heart's "These Dreams"
B - Starship's "Sara"
C - Boston's "Amanda"
D - Berlin's "Take My Breath Away"

Eamonn doesn't remember where he was in 1986 but he thinks the audience does, so he's going to throw it over to them.

ATA results

A - 11%
B - 20%
C - 30%
D - 39%

That wasn't what Eamonn was thinking of. He remembers seeing "Top Gun" and seeing the video. He's going to have to jump the question.
Millionaire question of the day:

Spoiler

Answer: C (Boston's "Amanda")
Value: $25,000
Bank: $5,000 (unchanged)

here being a BB would have been useful, if only to have played LS and be aware of how poorly 1980's videos are remembered. JTQ done promptly here would leave ATA for one of the final two questions he played, with a higher likelihood of success..