WWTBAM Bored

Matthew Brooks
Grand Prairie, TX
state government clerk


Topic Tree: (Randomized shown only)
Nut Buddies
He's a Survivor
Fresh Squeezed
Look Out
Big Brother
Top Dogs
Truth in Advertising
Nice Try
Lose-Lose
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Question 1 - (topic not shown on TV)
For the first time in his 39 years of morning TV, which host overslept and ironically missed the taping of his Weather Channel show "Wake Up"?
A. Willie Geist B. George Stephanopoulos
C. Matt Lauer D. Al Roker

Answer and value

D. Al Roker
Value: $100
Bank: $100

Question 2 - Lose-Lose
To see if they were guilty, people were tied up and thrown into a body of water in a medieval type of trial called "swimming" or what?
A. Splashing B. Wading
C. Dunking D. Bobbling

JTQ

Matthew said "you would think it would be dunking as opposed to swimming" but he is not sure and it could be any of them.

Answer and value

C. Dunking
Value: $3000 jumped
Bank: $100

Question 3 - Nice Try
According to the Smithsonian, in his search for a better light bulb filament, which inventor experimented with a friend's beard hair?
A. Thomas Edison B. Charles Goodyear
C. Samuel Colt D. Eli Whitney

Answer and value

A. Thomas Edison
Value: $5000
Bank: $5100

Commercial break

Question 4 - Truth in Advertising
If you were to buy drugs such as Ortho-Cyclen or Seasonale in Frankfurt, you might hear the pharmacist refer to them using what German term?
A. Stopcoughingpille B. Gotosleepnowpille
C. Antibabypille D. Owmyheardhurtspille

Cedric said that is his German and Matthew said "not bad"

ATA

A. 41% B. 7%
C. 49% D. 3%

Matthew said C was the one he was leaning towards

Answer and value

C. Antibabypille
Value: $2000
Bank: $7100

Question 5 - Top Dogs
A NY Daily News article titled "Lady and the Tramp Stamp" highlighted what "hot new" trend for 2013?
A. Dog sororities B. Dog resorts
C. Dog tattoos D. Dog tanning salons

Spoiler

Matthew said tramp stamp makes him think of a few things, tattoos mainly, and that he actually heard of dog tattoos.
Cedric called Matthew a "wild man" in Grand Prairie, and Matthew said you gotta be in a place like Grand Prairie

Answer and value

C. Dog tattoos
Value: $1000
Bank: $8100

Question 6 - Big Brother
China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from doing what without government permission?
A. Speaking to Buddha B. Reading fortunes
C. Holding seances D. Reincarnating

JTQ 2

Matthew said at first glance, reincarnating would seem the least likely one, but as many bizarre government policies China has, it could be that one. He said he could narrow it to four of them.

Answer and value

D. Reincarnating
Value: $10K jumped
Bank: $8100

Commercial break

Flashback
Rich with irony, inmates at a correctional facility in what state manufacture license plates with its official motto "Live Free or Die"?
A. Massachusetts B. New Hampshire
C. Maine D. Connecticut

Flashback answer

B. New Hampshire

Question 7 - Look Out
Brooklyn's famous baseball team was named for the fact that its players had to "dodge" what to get to their playing field?
A. Lamplighters B. Manure carts
C. Electric trolleys D. Fruit peddlers

Spoiler

Matthew said he knew they were the trolley dodgers

Answer and value

C. Electric trolleys (Cedric said you would not want them to be the manure carts)
Value: $7000
Bank: $15100

Matthew will return tomorrow with all lifelines used.

Question 1 - (topic not shown on TV)
For the first time in his 39 years of morning TV, which host overslept and ironically missed the taping of his Weather Channel show "Wake Up"?
A. Willie Geist B. George Stephanopoulos
C. Matt Lauer D. Al Roker

Answer and value

D. Al Roker
Value: $100
Bank: $100

I didn't see this happen, but I saw him being made fun of just about every time I tuned in that day.

Question 6 - Big Brother
China has banned Buddhist monks in Tibet from doing what without government permission?
A. Speaking to Buddha B. Reading fortunes
C. Holding seances D. Reincarnating

JTQ 2

Matthew said at first glance, reincarnating would seem the least likely one, but as many bizarre government policies China has, it could be that one. He said he could narrow it to four of them.

Answer and value

D. Reincarnating
Value: $10K jumped
Bank: $8100

JTQ 1

I lost on question 2.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Matthew Brooks
Grand Prairie, TX
state government clerk

Nihil obstat®.