WWTBAM Bored

Jeremy Brantley
Grand Junction, CO
22 years old
Jeremy’s Plus One is Jeff, his pastor and/or boss.

$500 The website for what monument warns that there’s “a new system that requires advanced reservations for access to the crown”?
A. Mount Rushmore
B. The Washington Monument
C. The World’s Largest Ball of Twine
D. The Statue of Liberty

Spoiler

D. The Statue of Liberty

$1K According to the Pabst Brewing Company, surprisingly, which of its products was actually not named for a revolver, but instead for an NFL player?
A. Lone Star
B. Colt 45
C. Old Milwaukee
D. Schlitz

Spoiler

B. Colt 34

$2K In May of 2008 a large geologic formation began eating up the Texas town of Daisetta, earning it which of the following nicknames?
A. The Sinkhole de Mayo
B. The Veterans Day Volcano
C. The Arbor Day Avalanche
D. The Labor Day Landslide

Spoiler

A. The Sinkhole de Mayo

$3K Which of the following are famous breakdancers featured in “Flashdance,” and NOT characters from a popular children’s TV show?
A. Phineas and Ferb
B. Squidward Tentacles and Mr. Krabs
C. Mr. Freeze and Crazy Legs
D. Ren and Stimpy

Spoiler

C. Mr. Freeze and Crazy Legs

$5K As chronic handle jigglers can attest to, a toilet that keeps running is a sign that you may have a leaky what?
A. Topper
B. Flapper
C. Twister
D. Slider

Spoiler

B. Flapper

commercial break

$7K Which of the following would you get if you replaced the last name of the Oscar-nominated star of “Half Nelson” with what it literally means?
A. George Female Pig
B. Justin Group of Dolphins
C. Ryan Young Goose
D. Bradley Feral Horse

Spoiler

C. Ryan Young Goose

$10K What term is said to have been first used by George Orwell in a 1945 essay titled “You and the Atomic Bomb”?
A. Cold war
B. Baby boom
C. Space race
D. Iron curtain

Spoiler

A. Cold war

$20K According to NASA, in addition to becoming more circular in shape, which of the following has shrunk by over 4,000 iles in diameter since 1979?
A. The Moon’s Sea of Tranquility
B. North America’s Lake Superior
C. Jupiter’s Great red Spot
D. Russia

Spoiler

C. Jupiter’s Great Red Spot

commercial break

$30K The sole surviving speaker from the 1963 March on Washington, John Lewis is a 15-term U.S. representative from what state?
A. Georgia
B. Virginia
C. Alabama
D. Ohio

ATA

ATA results

38% A. Georgia
30% B. Virginia
24% C. Alabama
8% D. Ohio

+1

Jeff’s first inclination is

Spoiler

Georgia

, but he is only 50% sure.

50/50

50/50 leaves

A. Georgia
C. Alabama

Spoiler

A. Georgia

commercial break

QOTD
Sesame Street character “Don Music” was taken out of the series because children began imitating him doing what?
A. Banging his head
B. Screaming loudly
C. Drumming on pots
D. Smashing instruments

Spoiler

A. Banging his head

$50K According to its website, which of these revolutionary soft drink innovations did Pepsi introduce in the 1970s?
A. Diet soda
B. Two-liter bottles
C. Aluminum cans
D. Television commercials

Jeremy decides to walk

Spoiler

B. Two-liter bottles

end of show

$1k: ATA. Oh dear.

$5k: +1. This isn't looking for for me.

$7k: Probably needed 50/50 here before it clicked to me.

$10k and $20k: Thankfully I could take an educated guess at both of these. Atomic weapons were a big part of the Cold War and Animal Farm is the ultimate!ute illustration of one side of that war, plus all the choices bar the correct one can't possibly shrink by 4,000 Square miles.

$30k: Haven't a clue so I'm happily walking with $20,000.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Jeremy Brantley
Grand Junction, CO
22 years old
Jeremy’s Plus One is Jeff, his pastor and/or boss.

Wow, just over the hill. OK, couple hills. OK, mountains. WTG Jeremy!

$3K Which of the following are famous breakdancers featured in “Flashdance,” and NOT characters from a popular children’s TV show?
A. Phineas and Ferb
B. Squidward Tentacles and Mr. Krabs
C. Mr. Freeze and Crazy Legs
D. Ren and Stimpy

Spoiler

C. Mr. Freeze and Crazy Legs

ATA

$30K The sole surviving speaker from the 1963 March on Washington, John Lewis is a 15-term U.S. representative from what state?
A. Georgia
B. Virginia
C. Alabama
D. Ohio

ATA

ATA results

38% A. Georgia
30% B. Virginia
24% C. Alabama
8% D. Ohio

+1

Jeff’s first inclination is

Spoiler

Georgia

, but he is only 50% sure.

50/50

50/50 leaves

A. Georgia
C. Alabama

Spoiler

A. Georgia

Plus One.

$50K According to its website, which of these revolutionary soft drink innovations did Pepsi introduce in the 1970s?
A. Diet soda
B. Two-liter bottles
C. Aluminum cans
D. Television commercials

Jeremy decides to walk

Spoiler

B. Two-liter bottles

The only reason I know this is because both my brother and my ex were working for Pepsi in the 70s, and they talked about stuff like this all the time.

ATA just to be safe on $5,000.

+1 on $30,000.

$50,000, I eliminate aluminum cans thinking they'd been used for beer since at least the 60s. I also figure pop commercials were airing in the 60s. When I think of early diet sodas, I think of Coca-cola's Tab. I might have 50:50'd just to be safe.

3K that B is prob from spongebob has me guessing C (I did rule the others out for sure)


50K I was alive at the time. And drinking diet stuff. Pretty sure its B but 50/50 to be sure.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Jeremy Brantley
Grand Junction, CO
22 years old
Jeremy’s Plus One is Jeff, his pastor and/or boss.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$1K According to the Pabst Brewing Company, surprisingly, which of its products was actually not named for a revolver, but instead for an NFL player?
A. Lone Star
B. Colt 45
C. Old Milwaukee
D. Schlitz

Spoiler

B. Colt 34

There's only one revolver among the choices. I've read that this name origin is disputed.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50K According to its website, which of these revolutionary soft drink innovations did Pepsi introduce in the 1970s?
A. Diet soda
B. Two-liter bottles
C. Aluminum cans
D. Television commercials

Jeremy decides to walk

Spoiler

B. Two-liter bottles

I would have been torn between aluminum cans and 2-liter bottles. I'd try the 50:50 to see what was left.