WWTBAM Bored

NOTE: Originally shown as the second show on 9/18/2015.

Jen Awe
New York City, NY

Jen made a promise to herself to live life to the fullest and say "yes" to anything. It's been a life-changing experience. She made this promise after having open-heart surgery and being clinically dead for 20 minutes.

$500: Perhaps because you've already learned to live with someone, an Ohio State study suggests you may be less likely to get divorced if you have a lot of what?
A - credit cards
B - furniture
C - siblings
D - tweets

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Answer: C (siblings)

Jen has two siblings and has learned how to negotiate.

$1000: Explaining why he was a vegetarian, TV's famously kindhearted Mister Rogers once said, "I don't want to eat anything that has" what?
A - seeds
B - a mother
C - gluten
D - calories

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Answer: B (a mother)

$2000: Fittingly located in Minnesota, Big Ole, standing 28 feet tall with blonde hair and a shield, is the largest statue of a what in the United States?
A - Viking
B - cheerleader
C - cowboy
D - exterminator

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Answer: A (Viking)

Jen is originally from Wisconsin and spent some time in Minnesota.

$3000: Introducing a two-color scheme with tan shirts and olive pants, Oscar de la Renta was commissioned in 1978 to update the uniforms for whom?
A - Delta Air Lines pilots
B - UPS workers
C - Federal prison inmates
D - Boy Scouts of America

Jen doesn't follow Oscar de la Renta; she decides to ask the audience.

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Ask the Audience results:
A - 11%
B - 10%
C - 12%
D - 67%

Jen goes with the audience's answer.

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Answer: D (Boy Scouts of America)

$5000: You are unlikely to see a Tesla Model S with which standard automobile feature, because it has no use for one?
A - bumper
B - steering wheel
C - suspension
D - exhaust pipe
Jen thinks that the Tesla is

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all electric so it wouldn't need an exhaust pipe

.

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Answer: D (exhaust pipe)

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Jen has a bizarre hobby - she likes to go dumpster diving, "repurposing" things that are thrown out by others.

$7000: With a loud bark and a short stature that makes it hard to find, what breed of dog beloved by Queen Elizabeth II is traditionally used to herd cattle?
A - corgi
B - dachshund
C - chihuahua
D - pug

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Answer: A (corgi)

$10,000: Providing "old twists on new tunes," the blog Pop Sonnets translates the first line of what disco hit to "O sweet and noble lad, be not aggrieved"?
A - I Will Survive
B - Stayin' Alive
C - Celebration
D - YMCA

Jen isn't sure so she calls down her +1, her partner Heather, because she has good musical knowledge. Heather says she has bad news - she doesn't know it but she and Jen can talk through it.

Jen says that Gloria Gaynor did "I Will Survive" so that's not likely about a man. She thinks it's either

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B or D

but Heather thought it was

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A

. Jen uses her 50:50, which leaves

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B and D

. Neither of them can remember the first lines to either of these. Jen opts to go with

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D

.

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Answer: D (YMCA)

$20,000: Born in Mexico to a Spanish mother and Lebanese father, actress Salma Hayak's first name is derived from the Arabic for what?
A - peace
B - honesty
C - love
D - determination

Jen has seen her in a movie that she can't recall the title of. She's leaning toward

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D

but ultimately decides to walk away with $10,000.

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Answer: A (peace)

MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": According to a recent Villanova study, what Google search term gets its most use in January and its least in December?
A - vacation
B - diet
C - Pearl Harbor
D - gift

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Answer: B (diet)

Plus One on $20k.

$20,000: Born in Mexico to a Spanish mother and Lebanese father, actress Selma Hayak's first name is derived from the Arabic for what?
A - peace
B - honesty
C - love
D - determination

Jen has seen her in a movie that she can't recall the title of. She's leaning toward

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D

but ultimately decides to walk away with $10,000.

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Answer: A (peace)

Maybe the audience knows this one. I sure don't.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$20,000: Born in Mexico to a Spanish mother and Lebanese father, actress Selma Hayak's first name is derived from the Arabic for what?

Her name is Salma.

3K: Boy Scout colors. Also Fed Park ranger-ish (their shirts are a nice silvery gray, I think, not tan) colors, but they're not in running. UPS wears brown. Don't know Delta colors & haven't flown in 3 or 4 years, but am feeling scouts so go for it.


10K: Not A or B. Don't know/remember how C or D start. Tell audience what I do know, then ATA.


20K: Salma for salaam = peace. Helps to spell her name right.

Estonut wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$20,000: Born in Mexico to a Spanish mother and Lebanese father, actress Selma Hayak's first name is derived from the Arabic for what?

Her name is Salma.

Fixed, and thank you.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:NOTE: Originally shown as the second show on 9/18/2015.

Jen Awe
New York City, NY

Jen made a promise to herself to live life to the fullest and say "yes" to anything. It's been a life-changing experience. She made this promise after having open-heart surgery and being clinically dead for 20 minutes.

Nihil obstat®.