WWTBAM Bored

Jason Davenport
Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy Reserves

$500:
While many just write their name - or nothing at all - Forbes says
all but which of these are acceptable ways to sign off at the end of an email?
A: "Best regards"
B: "Thanks!"
C: "Much appreciated"
D: "REPLY OR DIE"

Spoiler

D: "REPLY OR DIE"

$1,000:
What official Missouri state exercise is named for local hero
General John J. Pershing, who's said to have invented it to haze West Pointers?
A: Jumping Jacks
B: Jumping Jeremys
C: Jumping J. Lo's
D: Jumping Judge Judys

Spoiler

A: Jumping Jacks

$2,000:
Which company sells over
15,000 funnel cakes every day?
A: 3M
B: Four Seasons
C: Six Flags
D: 20th Century Fox

Spoiler

C: Six Flags

Chris: "I have eaten 7,000."

1st commercial.

$3,000:
Even as a fully grown adult, which roughly
4-foot-tall animal can weigh as little as 5 pounds?
A: Chimpanzee
B: Wild boar
C: Flamingo
D: Emperor penguin

Spoiler

C: Flamingo

$5,000:
Phased out at overseas military bases decades ago, what items
does a Huffington Post headline claim "Are Stupid And Need To Be Retired"?
A: Pennies
B: Paper documents
C: Water coolers
D: Desktop computers

Spoiler

Jason remembers when he was stationed in Djibouti that he never got pennies back with his change.

Spoiler

A: Pennies

Chris: "They're not worth the cost of shipping."

$7,000:
What action movie-themed nickname has the media given to the
"foul-mouthed, take-no-prisoners" Mayor of Chicago, who was re-elected in 2015?
A: The Tominator
B: Rahmbo
C: Dirty Larry
D: Shaun Solo

Spoiler

B: Rahmbo

$10,000:
If you were traveling at the same exact speed for each, which of these
distances would you cover in the shortest amount of time?
A: Length of an NBA basketball court
B: Distance around an Olympic running track
C: Distance around MLB bases
D: Length of an NHL hockey rink

Spoiler

Jason narrows it down to A and D.

He will use the 50:50.

50:50 results

A and D. D'oh!

Jason will use his Plus One, Tom Jones.

Plus One

Tom thinks that since the NBA court has lines, it is shorter.

Spoiler

A: Length of an NBA basketball court

2nd commercial.

$20,000:
In 2015, after host Jon Stewart revealed he'd be leaving "The Daily Show,"
it was announced his successor would be Trevor Noah, a comedian from where?
A: New Zealand
B: Argentina
C: France
D: South Africa

Jason has visited this country a few times.

Spoiler

D: South Africa

$30,000:
Standard at most doctor's appointments, auscultation is a
simple medical procedure generally done with what tool?
A: A scale
B: A tongue depressor
C: A stethoscope
D: A flashlight

Jason will cut the question.

Spoiler

He thinks that the word refers to the ear, and he thinks it's the flashlight that is shone in one's ear.

Spoiler

C: A stethoscope

$30,000:
Invented by a Calgary, Alberta bartender in 1969, a "Bloody Caesar"
is basically a Bloody Mary with what signature ingredient added?
A: Clam juice
B: 7UP
C: Lemonade
D: Coconut milk

ATA

A: 51%
B: 12%
C: 15%
D: 22%

Jason says the audience is going to have a good time with him tonight.

Spoiler

A: Clam juice

3rd commercial.

QOTD:
Because Cap'n Crunch only has three rings on his uniform cuffs,
technically speaking he really should be what rank?
A: Seaman
B: Lieutenant
C: Commander
D: Admiral

Spoiler

C: Commander

$50,000:
All of the following practices are still observed in Saudi Arabia,
except for what, which was finally abolished in 1962?
A: Polygamy
B: Slavery
C: Stoning
D: Male-only driving

Spoiler

Jason says if there was modern-day slavery in Saudi Arabia, our relationship would not be as good.

Spoiler

B: Slavery

$100,000:
Only very slightly different today, a meter was originally defined in 1791
as one ten-millionth of the distance between which of the following?
A: The Equator & the North Pole
B: The center of the Earth & its surface
C: Paris & London
D: The Earth & the Moon

Spoiler

Jason, a Navy man, reasons that a lot of measures originated to aid sailors.

Spoiler

A: The Equator & the North Pole

Jason returns tomorrow to play for $250,000.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $500:
While many just write their name - or nothing at all - Forbes says
all but which of these are acceptable ways to sign off at the end of an email?
A: "Best regards"
B: "Thanks!"
C: "Much appreciated"
D: "REPLY OR DIE"

Was that wrong? Should I not have done that?

$10,000:
If you were traveling at the same exact speed for each, which of these
distances would you cover in the shortest amount of time?
A: Length of an NBA basketball court
B: Distance around an Olympic running track
C: Distance around MLB bases
D: Length of an NHL hockey rink

AtA. Plus One if no majority.

Would play for $250,000 with all remaining lifelines.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Jason Davenport
Lieutenant Commander, U.S. Navy Reserves

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $30,000:
Standard at most doctor's appointments, auscultation is a
simple medical procedure generally done with what tool?
A: A scale
B: A tongue depressor
C: A stethoscope
D: A flashlight

Jason will cut the question.

Spoiler

He thinks that the word refers to the ear, and he thinks it's the flashlight that is shone in one's ear.

Spoiler

C: A stethoscope

$30,000:
Invented by a Calgary, Alberta bartender in 1969, a "Bloody Caesar"
is basically a Bloody Mary with what signature ingredient added?
A: Clam juice
B: 7UP
C: Lemonade
D: Coconut milk

ATA

A: 51%
B: 12%
C: 15%
D: 22%

Jason says the audience is going to have a good time with him tonight.

Spoiler

A: Clam juice

I would have been better off with the original question.

2K: Kinda has to be Six Flags, by default, as the only other food server is Four Seasons & I don't think they do funnel cakes. if they did, they would be $20.00 appetizer funnels cakes. Deconstructed I'm sure.

10K: Cut Q if they let me do this (they wouldn't). Else 50/50. Hope it doesn't treat me like it did contestant. If it does, +1

30K: Am really mad at self that I don't know. Not scale or flashlight. 50/50 if still have, else +1 if still have, else ATA


Alternate 30K: Ugh. think it is clam juice, which I don't eat (clams, nor any other seafood that doesn't have fins & scales per Leviticus, either).
Use whatever lifeline I have left if any; else walk.

50K: Know this, though.

100K: Am pretty sure of A, but am also pretty sure would be distracted enough by C that would walk here if haven't already.

Good for live contestant.

Hope machine recorded today's show, so I can watch what happens next. Didn't record this one; mysterious forces beyond my control have been switching my converter boxes to the wrong stations. I should have remember just to take the presets out. This mysterious switch only happens if I've got a preset "switch to channel 5 at noon" kind of command programmed in (I have presets for BAM & J! & they've both gotten switched on me from time to time). If I'd just set the set to channel 5 & taken out the preset switch, the alien forces taking over my converter boxes don't take them over. Someone downstairs probably is using the same frequency for their devices. Hope they actually get the settings they want on their devices.

$20,000:
In 2015, after host Jon Stewart revealed he'd be leaving "The Daily Show,"
it was announced his successor would be Trevor Noah, a comedian from where?
A: New Zealand
B: Argentina
C: France
D: South Africa

Jason has visited this country a few times.

Spoiler

D: South Africa

ATA

$30,000:
Standard at most doctor's appointments, auscultation is a
simple medical procedure generally done with what tool?
A: A scale
B: A tongue depressor
C: A stethoscope
D: A flashlight

Jason will cut the question.

Spoiler

He thinks that the word refers to the ear, and he thinks it's the flashlight that is shone in one's ear.

Spoiler

C: A stethoscope

Plus One

I'm hanging by a thread. Probably the next question will do me in.