WWTBAM Bored

Tracey Launder
Rossford, OH

Cedric says her hometown is so small, they do not even have a grocery store.
Tracey says her WWTBAM appearance was announced at the bingo game.

One LL, JTQ, remaining and $4100 banked

Topic Tree: (Randomized shown only)
Number Cruncher
Getting Older
Rhyme Time
Losing It
How to Impress Friends
Getting the Word Out
$100
(jumped)
$3000
$1000




Question 5 - Getting the Word Out
In 1916, American entrepreneur William Scholl saw a big increase in business after sponsoring what fairy tale-based national competition?
A. Cinderella Foot Contest B. Rumpelstiltskin Sewing Contest
C. Rapunzel Hair Contest D. Hansel & Gretel Cooking Contest

Answer and value

A. Cinderella Foot Contest
Value: $500
Bank: $4600

Question 6 - How to Impress Friends
According to the Annals of Neurology, the gene responsible for your circadian rhythms can also predict the time of day you're most likely to what?
A. React to allergens B. Give birth
C. Have indigestion D. Die

JTQ 2

Answer and value

D. Die
Value: $7000 jumped
Bank: $4600

Question 7 - Losing It
On the new Yahoo web series, "Losing It with John Stamos," guests such as Olivia Munn and Matt Stone discuss the first time they lost their what?
A. Car keys B. Lunch
C. Virginity D. Temper

Answer and value

C. Virginity
Value: $15K
Bank: $19600

Question 8 - Rhyme Time
Coined by a hippie, which of the following rhyming terms played an important role in the anti-war movement of the 1960s?
A. Boob tube B. Boy toy
C. Flower power D. Street meat

Spoiler

Tracey said boy toy was more like the 80s, boob tube has nothing to do with anti-war, and street meat sounds wrong.
Cedric said if Tracey wins a lot of money she could go back to her hometown and get a couple of boy toys running around.

Answer and value

C. Flower power
Value: $5K
Bank: $24600

Question 9- Getting Older
Currently at its highest all-time average in the U.S., Polk market research team reported that which of the following has an average age of 11.4 years?
A. Cars B. Televisions
C. Dogs D. Beds

Spoiler

Tracey wants to says cars, and that she keeps her car forever.

Answer and value

A. Cars
Value: $10K
Bank: $34600

Commercial break
Tracey's mom is in the audience

Question 10 - Number Cruncher
Which of the following terms is a math mnemonic for remembering sine, cosine and tangent and not a famous Native American?
A. Sequoia B. Sacajawea
C. Tecumseh D. Sohcahtoa

Answer and value

D. Sohcahtoa
Value: known to be $2000
Bank: $36600

Question 11 - $100K
Calling herself the "foremost American rumpologist," which Hollywood mother reads the folds and dimples of peoples' buttocks to predict their future?
A. Sharon Rae Costner B. Julia DeVito
C. Jacqueline Stallone D. Rose Pacino

Spoiler

Tracey said for some reason C jumped out at her. They discuss how her financial future rides on butt-reading.

Answer

C. Jacqueline Stallone
$100K

Cedric said Tracey could just buy her whole town now.

Question 12 - $250K
After a 1958 mid-air collision, an Air Force bomber was forced to drop a still-missing 7,600-pound nuclear bomb somewhere off the coast of what state?
A. Georgia B. California
C. Texas D. Maine

Spoiler

Tracey said she's had a great time but no way she would risk dropping from $100K to $25K; she was thinking California when it came up, but is not positive.

Answer

A. Georgia

Tracey walked with $100K

Commercial break

Question 9- Getting Older
Currently at its highest all-time average in the U.S., Polk market research team reported that which of the following has an average age of 11.4 years?
A. Cars B. Televisions
C. Dogs D. Beds

Spoiler

Tracey wants to says cars, and that she keeps her car forever.

Answer and value

A. Cars
Value: $10K
Bank: $34600

JTQ 1. That sounds about right for all four answers to me.

Question 11 - $100K
Calling herself the "foremost American rumpologist," which Hollywood mother reads the folds and dimples of peoples' buttocks to predict their future?
A. Sharon Rae Costner B. Julia DeVito
C. Jacqueline Stallone D. Rose Pacino

Spoiler

Tracey said for some reason C jumped out at her. They discuss how her financial future rides on butt-reading.

Answer

C. Jacqueline Stallone
$100K

JTQ 2. This is the dumbest question I have ever seen.

Question 12 - $250K
After a 1958 mid-air collision, an Air Force bomber was forced to drop a still-missing 7,600-pound nuclear bomb somewhere off the coast of what state?
A. Georgia B. California
C. Texas D. Maine

Spoiler

Tracey said she's had a great time but no way she would risk dropping from $100K to $25K; she was thinking California when it came up, but is not positive.

Answer

A. Georgia

Tracey walked with $100K

Sayonara.

Tracey played very well. I would have crashed and burned.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 10 - Number Cruncher
Which of the following terms is a math mnemonic for remembering sine, cosine and tangent and not a famous Native American?
A. Sequoia B. Sacajawea
C. Tecumseh D. Sohcahtoa

Answer and value

D. Sohcahtoa
Value: known to be $2000
Bank: $36600

Sine = opposite/hypotenuse, cosine = adjacent/hypotenuse, tangent = opposite/adjacent.

BTW, Chief Sohcahtoa had three wives. The first wife slept on a deer hide, the second slept on a bear hide, and the third slept on a hippopotamus hide. The first wife had two sons, as did the second, but the third had four sons. So the squaw of the hippopotamus was equal to the sons of the squaws of the other two hides.

Question 12 - $250K
After a 1958 mid-air collision, an Air Force bomber was forced to drop a still-missing 7,600-pound nuclear bomb somewhere off the coast of what state?
A. Georgia B. California
C. Texas D. Maine

Spoiler

Tracey said she's had a great time but no way she would risk dropping from $100K to $25K; she was thinking California when it came up, but is not positive.

Answer

A. Georgia

Tracey walked with $100K

And about five weeks later a B-52 from Savannah dropped a nuclear bomb on Mars Bluff, South Carolina which destroyed a house.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Tracey Launder
Rossford, OH

Cedric says her hometown is so small, they do not even have a grocery store.
Tracey says her WWTBAM appearance was announced at the bingo game.

One LL, JTQ, remaining and $4100 banked

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 10 - Number Cruncher
Which of the following terms is a math mnemonic for remembering sine, cosine and tangent and not a famous Native American?
A. Sequoia B. Sacajawea
C. Tecumseh D. Sohcahtoa

Answer and value

D. Sohcahtoa
Value: known to be $2000
Bank: $36600

I'm not sure why you'd need a mnemonic to remember them. Turns out that there's more to it than that. SOH means sine = opposite over hypotenuse, CAH means cosine = adjacent over hypotenuse, and TOA means tangent = opposite over adjacent.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 11 - $100K
Calling herself the "foremost American rumpologist," which Hollywood mother reads the folds and dimples of peoples' buttocks to predict their future?
A. Sharon Rae Costner B. Julia DeVito
C. Jacqueline Stallone D. Rose Pacino

Spoiler

Tracey said for some reason C jumped out at her. They discuss how her financial future rides on butt-reading.

Answer

C. Jacqueline Stallone
$100K

I guessed correctly, but had I been at the Hot Podium I'd have jumped this one.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 12 - $250K
After a 1958 mid-air collision, an Air Force bomber was forced to drop a still-missing 7,600-pound nuclear bomb somewhere off the coast of what state?
A. Georgia B. California
C. Texas D. Maine

Spoiler

Tracey said she's had a great time but no way she would risk dropping from $100K to $25K; she was thinking California when it came up, but is not positive.

Answer

A. Georgia

Tracey walked with $100K

I'm not sure why I knew this one, but there was no doubt in my mind.