WWTBAM Bored

Ellen Schwartz
New Fairfield, CT
piano and guitar instructor

Ellen would like to win enough money to set up a recording studio so she can spend more time on her songwriting.

Topic Tree: (randomized)
Watershed Features
Short Stacks
Literary Walks
She's My Plus-One
Sleep-over Games
Safety Net
Extinct Game
Keep It Quick
Local Economy
Hometown Lingo

Question #1 (Hometown Lin)
Invoking a slang term for natives of her homeland, what pop star is often referred to as the "Bajan Queen"? [Meredith pronounces it "BAY-jun"]
A - Adele
B - Nelly Furtado
C - Rihanna
D - Shakira

Ellen says that Adele is from

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Great Britain

and she believes that Nelly Furtado is from

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Canada

. If she's not mistaken,

Shakira is from

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South America

. But she's not sure so she decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 2%
B - 3%
C - 55%
D - 40%

She decides to go with the audience's answer.

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Answer: C (Rihanna)
Value: $500
Bank: $500

Question #2 (Local Economy)
Named after a ZIP code that includes part of California's Napa Valley, 94574 is a brand of what?
A - beer
B - instant coffee
C - wine
D - iced tea

Ellen has never heard of it, but

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Napa Valley is famous for its wine

.

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Answer: C (wine)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $7,500

Question #3 (Keep It Quick)
Instituted in the 1980s yet often ignored, the Academy Awards has a 45-second time limit on what?
A - bathroom breaks
B - host monologue
C - films
D - acceptance speeches

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Answer: D (acceptance speeches)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $10,500

Question #4 (Extinct Game)
Not just a card game, which of the following is the name of both a bird native to South America as well as an extinct bird related to the dodo?
A - rummy
B - pinochle
C - cribbage
D - solitaire

Ellen has never heard of this or any of these choices referred to as a bird. She decides to jump the question.

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Answer: D (solitaire)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $10,500 (unchanged)

Question #5 (Safety Net)
Besides buying exclusive rights to their stories, Life Magazine also provided what for early astronauts since NASA did not offer it?
A - auto insurance
B - life insurance
C - renter's insurance
D - health insurance

Ellen thinks she's going to try and go for this one. She makes some noises and Meredith jokes that they sound like the mating call of the

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solitaire

.

Ellen guessed

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health insurance

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Answer: B (life insurance)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: Consolation $1000

Correction noted above:

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Ellen lost and received the consolation $1000 instead of half of her bank.

commercial break


Millionaire question of the day:
Also the name of a popular animated character, "shrek" is a Yiddish word meaning what?
A - fright
B - tantrum
C - naivety
D - honesty
Answer:

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A (fright)

I'm missing something in the final question. Did she walk? It looks like you may have mis-stated something?

Question #1 (Hometown Lin)
Invoking a slang term for natives of her homeland, what pop star is often referred to as the "Bajan Queen"? [Meredith pronounces it "BAY-jun"]
A - Adele
B - Nelly Furtado
C - Rihanna
D - Shakira

Ellen says that Adele is from

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Great Britain

and she believes that Nelly Furtado is from

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Canada

. If she's not mistaken,

Shakira is from

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South America

. But she's not sure so she decides to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 2%
B - 3%
C - 55%
D - 40%

She decides to go with the audience's answer.

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Answer: C (Rihanna)
Value: $500
Bank: $500

ATA

Question #4 (Extinct Game)
Not just a card game, which of the following is the name of both a bird native to South America as well as an extinct bird related to the dodo?
A - rummy
B - pinochle
C - cribbage
D - solitaire

Ellen has never heard of this or any of these choices referred to as a bird. She decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: D (solitaire)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $10,500 (unchanged)

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