WWTBAM Bored

Ashley Hollier
Lafayette, LA

Ashley’s Plus One is her dad, Aaron.

Question 1 – Prompting jokes about Bar Vader and Puke Skywalker, Virgin Atlantic once had themed airsickness bags that promoted what video game?
A. X-Men
B. Star Wars: Episode III
C. RoboCop
D. War of the Worlds

Spoiler

B. Star Wars: Episode III
$3K
Bank - $3K

Question 2 – With a 2013 listing citing an “occasional ghastly visage” and “a very quiet scream at 3:13,” a Pennsylvania man tried to sell a home described as what?
A. Slightly haunted
B. Probably cozy
C. Somewhat adorable
D. Extremely sexy

Spoiler

A. Slightly haunted
$25K
Bank - $28K

Question 3 – As a warning to would-be criminals, Benjamin Franklin once printed currency with what ominous inscription?
A. Woe Be To Counterfeiters
B. Counterfeit And Suffer
C. To Counterfeit Is Death
D. Thou Shalt Not Counterfeit

JTQ

Spoiler

C. To Counterfeit Is Death
$10K
Bank - $28K

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Question 4 – Selling casual wear often seen on Jay Leno, the shopping website TheCanadianTuxedo.com uses what tag line?
A. Cashmere on cashmere
B. Silk on silk
C. Denim on denim
D. Spandex on spandex

Spoiler

C. Denim on denim
$1K
Bank - $29K

Question 5 – According to a popular recipe on seriousEats.com, marinating a certain candy in Bacardi produces what boozy treat?
A. Vodkandy Corn
B. Ginior Mints
C. Rummy Bears
D. Twixquila

Spoiler

C. Rummy Bears
$500
Bank - $29,500

Question 6 – You might think it’s an animal sound, but which of these actually refers to a mountain-dwelling people of Southeast Asia?
A. Miao
B. B’aa’aa’h
C. Tuete
D. Bau-Wau

ATA

ATA results

59% A. Miao
14% B. B’aa’aa’h
5% C. Tuete
22% D. Bau-Wau

Spoiler

A. Miao
$2K
Bank - $31,500

Question 7 – Often assumed to be standing, what famous statue is actually posed with its right leg bent to depict its march forward from oppression?
A. Christ the Redeemer
B. The Statue of Liberty
C. Michelangelo’s David
D. The Lincoln Memorial

Spoiler

B, The Statue of Liberty
$15K
Bank - $46,500

commercial break

Question 8 – Featuring a glow-in-the dark cover, the book “Radioactive” tells the story of which Nobel Prize-winning scientist?
A. Niels Bohr
B. Max Planck
C. Marie Curie
D. Richard Feynman

Spoiler

C. Marie Curie
$100
Bank - $46,600

Question 9 – Cecil B. DeMille’s original 1923 religious epic “The Ten Commandments” is older than all but which of these actual religions?
A. Scientology
B. Nation of Islam
C. Mormonism
D. Rastafarianism

Ashley makes

Spoiler

Nation of Islam

her final answer.

Spoiler

C. Mormonism
Ashley leaves with $1K.

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Question 3 – As a warning to would-be criminals, Benjamin Franklin once printed currency with what ominous inscription?
A. Woe Be To Counterfeiters
B. Counterfeit And Suffer
C. To Counterfeit Is Death
D. Thou Shalt Not Counterfeit

JTQ

Spoiler

C. To Counterfeit Is Death
$10K
Bank - $28K

Never heard of it. JTQ

Question 6 – You might think it’s an animal sound, but which of these actually refers to a mountain-dwelling people of Southeast Asia?
A. Miao
B. B’aa’aa’h
C. Tuete
D. Bau-Wau

ATA

ATA results

59% A. Miao
14% B. B’aa’aa’h
5% C. Tuete
22% D. Bau-Wau

Spoiler

A. Miao
$2K
Bank - $31,500

ATA

Does anyone else think this is an effing crime?

Q9: I knew she was going down when she didn't focus on the "

Spoiler

Nation of

" part of the name. Which those of us who were alive at the time the group was formed know much, much better as "

Spoiler

Black Muslims

". But you could, I think, make a good case for "

Spoiler

Nation of Islam

" being just another name for

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Islam. The current Islamic State group sure does. When they're not busy cutting off people's heads.

Q3: JTQ

Otherwise I'm OK, though had a way harder time with Q7 than she did. Kept trying to picture Michelangelo's David's legs.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Ashley Hollier
Lafayette, LA

Ashley’s Plus One is her dad, Aaron.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 – You might think it’s an animal sound, but which of these actually refers to a mountain-dwelling people of Southeast Asia?
A. Miao
B. B’aa’aa’h
C. Tuete
D. Bau-Wau

ATA

ATA results

59% A. Miao
14% B. B’aa’aa’h
5% C. Tuete
22% D. Bau-Wau

Spoiler

A. Miao
$2K
Bank - $31,500

My first thought was it was "Bau-Wau", since I've heard of the "Mau-Mau", but they're in Africa. I'll JTQ.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 9 – Cecil B. DeMille’s original 1923 religious epic “The Ten Commandments” is older than all but which of these actual religions?
A. Scientology
B. Nation of Islam
C. Mormonism
D. Rastafarianism

Ashley makes

Spoiler

Nation of Islam

her final answer.

Spoiler

C. Mormonism
Ashley leaves with $1K.

She really struggled with this one, and at one point mentioned that she thought the religion was "Islam", not "Nation of Islam". Scientology started in the 50s; I'm not sure about the others but I know that Mormonism started in the 1830s so it has to be the right answer.

ghostjmf wrote:Does anyone else think this is an effing crime?

Yes, I thought it was a mean question.

Wikipedia says the Nation of Islam was founded in 1930, just seven years after the original Ten Commandments movie. The Wikipedia article barely mentions the name "Black Muslim," but that was the most common name for the religion that I remember.

Wow! I wasn't aware of Nation of Islam until the 60s. I'd read about Elijah Muhammed & was aware of Malcolm X in the 60s. I had no idea the religion was that old. I was not alive at the time it was founded.