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Eligible Bachelor Week

Will Gumm
Los Angeles, CA

Will has to do the crossword puzzle every morning while he has breakfast.

Will’s Pus One is one of his best friends, Sarah Bodean.

$500 Though it was made for pen pals, not the eHarmony crowd, a new type of computer unveiled at the 1964 World’s Fair was designed to work as a what?
A. Matchmaker
B. Wedding officiant
C. Marriage counselor
D. Divorce lawyer

Spoiler

A. Matchmaker

$1K “May cause uncontrollable tail wagging and lots of slobbery kisses” reads the disclaimer for what Nestlé-owned brand of frozen treats packed with protein?
A. Klondike bars
B. Fudgsicles
C. Frosty Paws
D. Dippin’ Dots

Spoiler

C. Frosty Paws

$2K According to the Australian newspaper The Age, about one out of five Australians of European heritage is descended from whom?
A. Norwegian tailors
B. British convicts
C. American musicians
D. Mexican athletes

Spoiler

B. British convicts

$3K In a poll by MSN Him, which face was NOT named as having one of the top five most famous mustaches of all time?
A. Salvador Dalí
B. George Lucas
C. Charlie Chaplin
D. Albert Einstein

Spoiler

B. George Lucas

$5K If you’re feeling a little less hungry, you can order Wendy’s smaller version of its signature Baconator burger, known as what?
A. Son of Baconator
B. Baconator Part Two
C. Baconator Returns
D. Baconator Rides Again

ATA

ATA results

80% A. Son of Baconator
6% B. Baconator Part Two
8% C. Baconator Returns
6% D. Baconator Rides Again

Spoiler

A. Son of Baconator

commercial break

$7K Said by some to be “the world’s most beautiful marathon,” the name of South Africa’s Two Oceans Marathon refers to which two oceans?
A. The Arctic and Pacific
B. The Pacific and Indian
C. The Atlantic and Indian
D. The Indian and Arctic

Spoiler

C. The Atlantic and Indian

$10K Long before co-writing “Under Pressure” with him, David Bowie reportedly once bought a pair of shoes fitted by what then-shoe store manager?
A. Mick Jagger
B. Freddie Mercury
C. Billy Idol
D. Meat Loaf


50/50

50/50 leaves

A. Mick Jagger
B. Freddie Mercury

Spoiler

B. Freddie Mercury

$20K In 1896, the will of what childless inventor was contested by his relatives when it left the bulk of his fortune to a foundation instead of them?
A. Thomas Edison
B. Alfred Nobel
C. Alexander Graham Bell
D. George Eastman

Spoiler

B. Alfred Nobel

commercial break

$30K Because of an event that occurred on that Monday, what does Wikipedia’s Top 25 Report list as its most-visited page the week of March 30th-April 5th, 2014?
A. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
B. The Grammy Awards
C. How I Met Your Mother
D. 2014 FIFA World Cup

+1

Sarah doesn’t know.
She was a fan of

Spoiler

How I Met Your Mother,

but she doesn’t remember on what night it aired.
Will asks if maybe the show had a

Spoiler

finale

last year that would have peaked interest in the show.
He then goes on to say that he doesn’t understand why anyone would Wikipedia any of these.
Will believes with all of the turnover in

Spoiler

late-night talk shows, that The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

would have generated a lot of interest, so he makes that his final answer.

Spoiler

C. How I Met Your Mother
Will leaves with $5K.

commercial break

QOTD
A survey by mattress company Ergoflex revealed that 55 percent of bachelors change what only four times per year?
A. Their hairstyle
B. Their underwear
C. Their bedsheets
D. Their pick up lines

Spoiler

C. Their bedsheets

$2K According to the Australian newspaper The Age, about one out of five Australians of European heritage is descended from whom?
A. Norwegian tailors
B. British convicts
C. American musicians
D. Mexican athletes

Spoiler

B. British convicts

And proud of it.

$5K If you’re feeling a little less hungry, you can order Wendy’s smaller version of its signature Baconator burger, known as what?
A. Son of Baconator
B. Baconator Part Two
C. Baconator Returns
D. Baconator Rides Again

ATA

ATA results

80% A. Son of Baconator
6% B. Baconator Part Two
8% C. Baconator Returns
6% D. Baconator Rides Again

Spoiler

A. Son of Baconator

ATA

$10K Long before co-writing “Under Pressure” with him, David Bowie reportedly once bout a pair of shoes fitted by what then-shoe store manager?
A. Mick Jagger
B. Freddie Mercury
C. Billy Idol
D. Meat Loaf


50/50

50/50 leaves

A. Mick Jagger
B. Freddie Mercury

Spoiler

B. Freddie Mercury

50/50

$20K In 1896, the will of what childless inventor was contested by his relatives when it left the bulk of his fortune to a foundation instead of them?
A. Thomas Edison
B. Alfred Nobel
C. Alexander Graham Bell
D. George Eastman

Spoiler

B. Alfred Nobel

Plus One.

$30K Because of an event that occurred on that Monday, what does Wikipedia’s Top 25 Report list as its most-visited page the week of March 30th-April 5th, 2014?
A. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
B. The Grammy Awards
C. How I Met Your Mother
D. 2014 FIFA World Cup

+1

Sayonara

ATA on $30,000. Maybe Plus One on $20K if I don't remember that Nobel's estate started the Nobel Prize in time, because that took a little time to click for me.

K.P. wrote:Maybe Plus One on $20K if I don't remember that Nobel's estate started the Nobel Prize in time, because that took a little time to click for me.

That, plus the fact that the others lived well into the 1920's and/or 1930's.

Estonut wrote:

K.P. wrote:Maybe Plus One on $20K if I don't remember that Nobel's estate started the Nobel Prize in time, because that took a little time to click for me.

That, plus the fact that the others lived well into the 1920's and/or 1930's.

Yes, knowing that would certainly have helped.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Eligible Bachelor Week

Will Gumm
Los Angeles, CA

Will has to do the crossword puzzle every morning while he has breakfast.

Will’s Pus One is one of his best friends, Sarah Bodean.

A man after my own heart.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$30K Because of an event that occurred on that Monday, what does Wikipedia’s Top 25 Report list as its most-visited page the week of March 30th-April 5th, 2014?
A. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
B. The Grammy Awards
C. How I Met Your Mother
D. 2014 FIFA World Cup

+1

Sarah doesn’t know.
She was a fan of

Spoiler

How I Met Your Mother,

but she doesn’t remember on what night it aired.
Will asks if maybe the show had a

Spoiler

finale

last year that would have peaked interest in the show.
He then goes on to say that he doesn’t understand why anyone would Wikipedia any of these.
Will believes with all of the turnover in

Spoiler

late-night talk shows, that The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

would have generated a lot of interest, so he makes that his final answer.

Spoiler

C. How I Met Your Mother
Will leaves with $5K.

I don't know if ATA would help but I'd start with that, knowing that it's not D but that's all I could eliminate.