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Susan Baroncini-Moe
Indianapolis, IN

For her 30th birthday she walked 300 miles and wanted to do something special for her 40th so she became a Guinness record holder for...
Longest uninterrupted live webcast, 36 hours 0 min 23 seconds, had 33 speakers and friends who helped her (and allowed her to sleep during that time)

Question 1 -
Airing since 1980, "Bobby Jones Gospel" is the longest-running show on what cable network?
A. MTV B. BET
C. A&E D. FX

Answer and value

B. BET
Value: $1000
Bank: $1000

Question 2 -
A method of spying, what term's inspired by the act of secretly lingerie beneath an external part of one's home?
A. Corniceclimbing B. Gutterclinging
C. Eavesdropping D. Dormerdangling

Answer and value

C. Eavesdropping
Value: $7000
Bank: $8000

Commercial break

Question 3 -
What phrase does Trader Joe's use to describe many of their store-brand diet foods?
A. Lowered Quality B. Lessened Flavor
C. Minimized Taste D. Reduced Guilt

Answer and value

D. Reduced Guilt
Value: $100
Bank: $8100

Question 4 -
According to WebMD, people taking drugs including Lipitor, Zoloft, Viagra and many antibiotics should refrain from doing what?
A. Jumping on trampolines B. Eating shellfish
C. Going above 20000 feet D. Drinking grapefruit juice

Answer and value

D. Drinking grapefruit juice
Value: $2000
Bank: $10100

Question 5 -
Though he later successfully recovered it, Yo-Yo Ma once left "Petunia" worth $2.5 million in the back of a taxi. Petunia was the name of his what?
A. Cello B. Wristwatch
C. Video camera D. Sword

Answer and value

A. Cello
Value: $5000
Bank: $15100

Commercial break

QotD.
Despite its sweet-sounding name, what notoriously mean animal was named "The World's Most Fearless" by Guinness World Records?
A. Piglet Squid B. Cuttlefish
C. Sun Bear D. Honey Badger

QotD

D. Honey Badger

Question 6 -
Before becoming King of Sweden, Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte fought for Napoleon, earning the nickname "Sgt. Belle-Jambe," or "Sgt." what?
A. Beautiful-Leg B. Handsome-Ear
C. Pretty-Foot D. Lovely-Arm

Answer and value

A. Beautiful-Leg
Value: $10K
Bank: $25100

Time's up
Susan will return tomorrow

Question 6 -
Before becoming King of Sweden, Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte fought for Napoleon, earning the nickname "Sgt. Belle-Jambe," or "Sgt." what?
A. Beautiful-Leg B. Handsome-Ear
C. Pretty-Foot D. Lovely-Arm

Answer and value

A. Beautiful-Leg
Value: $10K
Bank: $25100

Can't get this one, my French is pathetic. ATA.

SportsFan68 wrote:

Question 6 -
Before becoming King of Sweden, Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte fought for Napoleon, earning the nickname "Sgt. Belle-Jambe," or "Sgt." what?
A. Beautiful-Leg B. Handsome-Ear
C. Pretty-Foot D. Lovely-Arm

Answer and value

A. Beautiful-Leg
Value: $10K
Bank: $25100

Can't get this one, my French is pathetic. ATA.

You should read the Bored. There are several jambon (French) and jamón (Spanish) references here.

Estonut wrote:

SportsFan68 wrote:

Question 6 -
Before becoming King of Sweden, Jean Baptiste Jules Bernadotte fought for Napoleon, earning the nickname "Sgt. Belle-Jambe," or "Sgt." what?
A. Beautiful-Leg B. Handsome-Ear
C. Pretty-Foot D. Lovely-Arm

Answer and value

A. Beautiful-Leg
Value: $10K
Bank: $25100

Can't get this one, my French is pathetic. ATA.

You should read the Bored. There are several jambon (French) and jamón (Spanish) references here.

I don't get it. Jamon always means ham on the Bored.

SportsFan68 wrote:

Estonut wrote:You should read the Bored. There are several jambon (French) and jamón (Spanish) references here.

I don't get it. Jamon always means ham on the Bored.

Not just any ham.... but the FINEST ham on the Iberian Peninsula!

El Jamón wrote:

SportsFan68 wrote:

Estonut wrote:You should read the Bored. There are several jambon (French) and jamón (Spanish) references here.

I don't get it. Jamon always means ham on the Bored.

Not just any ham.... but the FINEST ham on the Iberian Peninsula!

The BIGGEST ham certainly posted this . . .

SportsFan68 wrote:

El Jamón wrote:Not just any ham.... but the FINEST ham on the Iberian Peninsula!

The BIGGEST ham certainly posted this . . .

Said the poster with the BIGGEST turkey in her avatar...

I have to answer to my Dad every time the Rams somehow win a game....

lb13

I'm glad I didn't see it. I got only intermittent updates on my way to a Time for Three concert in Albuquerque, intermittent because radio stations are few and far between in the New Mexico region of the Colorado Plateau.

Speaking of turkeys . . .



I'll give a little report in a separate post.

SportsFan68 wrote:I don't get it. Jamon always means ham on the Bored.

Ham is a leg (thigh) from a pig. You know Belle from Beauty and the Beast.

Estonut wrote:

SportsFan68 wrote:I don't get it. Jamon always means ham on the Bored.

Ham is a leg (thigh) from a pig. You know Belle from Beauty and the Beast.

That was almost insulting. I've known Belle from my earliest literate days of knowing my parents. That was Mom's middle name, until she married Dad and put her old last name where her middle name usta be.