WWTBAM Bored

Sean Huddleston
Las Vegas, NV

Question 1 – Which of the following is both the title of a song performed by Will Smith and a solo from the Gershwin opera “Porgy and Bess”?
A. Freakin’ It
B. Getting’ Jiggy Wit It
C. Parents Just Don’t Understand
D. Summertime

Spoiler

D. Summertime
$15K
Bank - $15K

Question 2 – In “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” Lucy helps Charlie Brown realize that he suffers from pantophobia, the fear of what?
A. Beagles
B. Yellow shirts
C. Teachers
D. Everything

JTQ

Spoiler

D. Everything
$1K
Bank - $15K

Question 3 – Which of these is not one of the five sounds a baby makes, according to expert Priscilla Dunstan, but an Internet slang term expressing indifference?
A. Neh
B. Eh
C. Heh
D. Meh

ATA

ATA results

24% A. Neh
25% B. Eh
14% C. Heh
37% D. Meh

Spoiler

D. Meh
$100
Bank - $15,100

commercial break

Question 4 – A custom that would make Tony Robbins proud, men in China carry new brides not only over a threshold, byt also over a what?
A. Tray of smashed glass
B. Bed of hot coals
C. Pool of hungry piranhas
D. Pit of venomous snakes

Spoiler

B. Bed of hot coals
$5K
Bank - $20,100

Question 5 – Which of these foods did NOT appear on the menu of Abraham Lincoln’s 1865 inaugural ball?
A. Venison
B. Salisbury steak
C. Pheasant
D. Vanilla ice cream

+1

Sean’s mom says she’s not sure, that was such a long time ago.

Sean decides to walk.

Spoiler

B. Salisbury steak
Sean leaves with $10,050

end of show

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 5 – Which of these foods did NOT appear on the menu of Abraham Lincoln’s 1865 inaugural ball?
A. Venison
B. Salisbury steak
C. Pheasant
D. Vanilla ice cream

So this is gettable if you know that Salisbury steak didn't exist until the 1880s, but how common knowledge is that? This seems remarkably difficult for round one.

1. easy.

2. Has he ever seen "A Charlie Brown Christmas?" They show it every year. Heck, it's as old as I am. We both turn 50 this year. This was a slam dunk for me.

3. Marley would like this one. I guessed "meh". Hearing Terry read it was funny.

4. no idea. I JTQ.

5. Venison is deer, so that would have been popular in 1865. Dolley Madison served ice cream at the White House, so it's not that. Pheasant is a bird, so I go with B, Sailsbury steak.

Question 4 – A custom that would make Tony Robbins proud, men in China carry new brides not only over a threshold, byt also over a what?
A. Tray of smashed glass
B. Bed of hot coals
C. Pool of hungry piranhas
D. Pit of venomous snakes

Spoiler

B. Bed of hot coals
$5K
Bank - $20,100

JTQ

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Sean Huddleston
Las Vegas, NV

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 – Which of these is not one of the five sounds a baby makes, according to expert Priscilla Dunstan, but an Internet slang term expressing indifference?
A. Neh
B. Eh
C. Heh
D. Meh

ATA

ATA results

24% A. Neh
25% B. Eh
14% C. Heh
37% D. Meh

Spoiler

D. Meh
$100
Bank - $15,100

Surprisingly this wasn't one of the new words included in the latest Scrabble list.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 – Which of these foods did NOT appear on the menu of Abraham Lincoln’s 1865 inaugural ball?
A. Venison
B. Salisbury steak
C. Pheasant
D. Vanilla ice cream

+1

Sean’s mom says she’s not sure, that was such a long time ago.
Sean decides to walk.

Spoiler

B. Salisbury steak
Sean leaves with $10,050

I would JTQ.