WWTBAM Bored

Dennis Farrell
Valley Stream, NY

Dennis has been working tirelessly since he was 12 years old to help his family make ends meet.

Dennis has $28,500 in his bank, with his ATA and one JTQ lifeline left.


Topic Tree (Randomized)
?: Good Feelings
?: Famous Quotes
?: History of Money
?: The Chicken Dance
?: $500
?: $15,000
?: [Jumped]
?: $1,000
?: $2,000
?: $10,000


Question #7 - Level ?: The Chicken Dance
Before becoming what's now known as "The Chicken Dance," accordion player Werner Thomas' song was commonly called all but which of these fowl names?

A: The Duck Dance B: Tchirp-Tchirp
C: Dance Little Bird D: The Wing Clap

Dennis jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: The Wing Clap
Question Value: $100
Bank: $28,500

Question #8 - Level ?: History of Money
"I don't have jack" could have been a legit way to say "I'm broke" in the 17th century, since one of North America's first paper currencies was issued on what?

A: Playing cards B: Butcher paper
C: Legal parchment D: Papyrus scrolls

Answer/Value/Bank

A: Playing cards
Question Value: $25,000
Bank: $53,500

Dennis goes over to kiss his girlfriend, Lily, who's in the audience. She's so proud of him.


Question #9 - Level ?: Famous Quotes
The phrase "can't we all just get along" was popularized from a 1992 press conference by whom?

A: O.J. Simpson B: Rodney King
C: Al Sharpton D: Bill Cosby

Answer/Value/Bank

B: Rodney King
Question Value: $5,000
Bank: $58,500

Question #10 - Level ?: Good Feelings
According to the American Psychological Association, people often experience what feeling after behaving dishonestly?

A: Bully's intoxication B: Dunce's Delirium
C: Jaywalker's Buzz D: Cheater's High

Answer/Value/Bank

D: Cheater's High
Question Value: $7,000
Bank: $65,500

-- Commercial Break --


It't time to play Classic Millionaire!


$100,000
After its infamous oil spill in 1989, the Exxon Valdez was sold and renamed several times, ultimately ending up as the "Oriental" what?

A: Happiness B: Flower
C: Daydream D: Nicety

Dennis asks the audience.

ATA

A: 21% B: 58% C: 14% D: 7%

That's a good number, but it's a life-changing amount of money. Dennis wants to move on to the next stage of his life, possibly (looking at Lily) raising some rugrats. He walks away with $65,500.

Answer

D: Nicety

I have one JTQ and the ATA remaining.

Question #7 - Level ?: The Chicken Dance
Before becoming what's now known as "The Chicken Dance," accordion player Werner Thomas' song was commonly called all but which of these fowl names?

A: The Duck Dance B: Tchirp-Tchirp
C: Dance Little Bird D: The Wing Clap

Dennis jumps the question.

Answer/Value/Bank

D: The Wing Clap
Question Value: $100
Bank: $28,500

Another WWOQ. JTQ 2

$100,000
After its infamous oil spill in 1989, the Exxon Valdez was sold and renamed several times, ultimately ending up as the "Oriental" what?

A: Happiness B: Flower
C: Daydream D: Nicety

Dennis asks the audience.

ATA

A: 21% B: 58% C: 14% D: 7%

That's a good number, but it's a life-changing amount of money. Dennis wants to move on to the next stage of his life, possibly (looking at Lily) raising some rugrats. He walks away with $65,500.

Answer

D: Nicety

ATA, then Sayonara, I don't care what kind of spike I get.

SportsFan68 wrote:

$100,000
After its infamous oil spill in 1989, the Exxon Valdez was sold and renamed several times, ultimately ending up as the "Oriental" what?

A: Happiness B: Flower
C: Daydream D: Nicety

Dennis asks the audience.

ATA

A: 21% B: 58% C: 14% D: 7%

That's a good number, but it's a life-changing amount of money. Dennis wants to move on to the next stage of his life, possibly (looking at Lily) raising some rugrats. He walks away with $65,500.

Answer

D: Nicety

ATA, then Sayonara, I don't care what kind of spike I get.

Yeah, there's no way even the 7% who voted for it knew the answer to this WWOQ. I'd have jumped it, too, but I had an inkling of a hunch that "Nicety" was correct. That word was just too weird for one of the question writers to pick it as a distractor.

According to this article, the Exxon Valdez ultimately was sold for scrap in 2012.

http://www.nature.com/news/exxon-valdez ... st-1.11141

And in case the question writers want to ask about her other names, they were:
- Exxon Mediterranean
- SeaRiver Mediterranean
- S/R Mediterranean
- Mediterranean
- Dong Fang Ocean