WWTBAM Bored

Ashley Ward
East Village, NY

Her husband of 13 years, Nate, advised her not to be overconfident and that was a surprise to her since that was never an issue.


$500 :
A recent hit on Kickstarter, the SensorWake alarm clock uses scents to stir you from slumber, with swappable cartridges in all but which fragrance?
A: Espresso B: Hot croissant
C: Cut grass D: NBA Locker Room

Spoiler

D: NBA locker room

$1000 :
Reporting in 1663 of "a kind of tree whose juice ... weeps out," Robert Boyle was among the first to tell Europeans about what?
A: Maple sap B: Avocados
C: Bananas D: Almonds

Spoiler

A: Maple sap

$2000 :
According to Jezebel.com, in addition to hand-washing and machine-washing them, you can wash what delicates while you're in the shower?
A: Bicycle helmets B: Bras
C: Tuxedos D: Laptop computers

Spoiler

B: Bras

$3000 :
Citing her appearances in "Avatar," "Ghostbusters," and the "Alien" franchise, the LA Times dubbed what actress the "queen of sci-fi"?
A: Linda Hamilton B: Carrie Fisher
C: Zoe Saldana D: Sigourney Weaver

Spoiler

D: Sigourney Weaver

$5000 :
One popular bumper sticker in 1974 read "Don't Blame Me, I'm From Massachusetts," the only state that didn't vote for what President in 1972?
A: Richard Nixon B: Gerald Ford
C: Lyndon Johnson D: Jimmy Carter

Spoiler

A: Richard Nixon

First break


$7000 :
Performed by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, in 1989 what song won the first ever Grammy award for Best Rap Performance?
A: Rump Shaker B: 2 Legit 2 Quit
C: Gangsta's Paradise D: Parents Just Don't Understand

Spoiler

D: Parents Just Don't Understand

$10K :
As it's the usual practice to not remove the defective original, recipients of the most common type of organ transplant often walk around with what in their bodies?
A: Two hearts B: Two livers
C: Three kidneys D: Three lungs

50/50

50/50 left the two she had narrowed it to, B & C.

Spoiler

C: Three kidneys

$20K :
For which of these things does the U.S. allocate the least amount of money- "just" $18 bilion, or about .5% of the President's proposed 2016 federal budget?

A: The Navy B: NASA
C: Highways D: Medicare

Spoiler

B: NASA

$30K :
In an ancient comedy by Aristophanes, the women of Athens and Sparta conspired to withhold sex from the men to get them to end what?
A: The Hundred Years' War B: First Crusade
C: Punic Wars D: Peloponnesian War

+1

Ashley has studied ancient Greek theatre and knew the play was Lysistrata. She ruled out A and B, said she had a gut feeling, but would bring her husband up.
Nate said he did not know which, and would guess Punic Wars, but would advise her to go with whatever one she was leaning towards.

Spoiler

D: Peloponnesian War

Second break

$50K :
The only chelonian with an obituary in The Economist, Lonesome George died in 2012 at the estimated age of 100, the last-known member of a species of what?
A: Flightless bird B: Elephant
C: Giant tortoise D: Shark

Spoiler

C: Giant tortoise

Last break

QotD:
Which of these soft drink brands got its name from a nickname for moonshine?
A: Mello Yello B: Mountain Dew
C: Dr Pepper D: Fresca

QotD

B: Mountain Dew

$100K :
Along with the well-known saxophone, musician Adolphe Sax invented instruments with all but which of the following names?
A: Saxtuba B: Saxhorn
C: Saxbassoon D: Saxotromba

ATA

A: 22% B: 17%
C: 26% D: 35%

Ashley explained that bassoon stands out differently as not brass, so she would go against the audience.

Spoiler

C: Saxbassoon

Ashley will return tomorrow

Oops this would need to be moved back and forth by someone who can move from this forum.

7K: Well, I knew it wasn't Gangsta's Paradise, one of the few rap songs which is actually sung to a tune, & its a tune I like; Will Smith was so squeaky-clean as Fresh Prince I suspect hit was D, but ATA all the same

10K: You got me on this. Recent ridiculous Heartbeat ep had ex-boyfriend shooting himself so his beloved could have his heart, but for some obscure reason hers couldn't be removed so now "the 2 beat as one"; this was cited as a very rare maneuver. So its not heart. There is just no space for 3 lungs (or, generally, 2 hearts for that matter). The problem I would see with any of this is how they have both old & new organ hooked up to circulation & other plumbing. Kidney is literally plumbing so guess that would be easier, but new one still needs blood supply, for Pete's sake. But piece of live-donor's liver needs room to grow into full-sized liver. And even bad kidneys left inside can do some good work.

Don't think rigged 50/50 will help here, so go for kidney.

100K: No idea. 50/50, +1, its a free guess.

7K: No idea (with the exception of knowing it isn't "Gangsta's Paradise"). Hope ATA helps.

100K: Had an instinct on C, but probably would've used a lifeline here (probably 50:50 to see if C was still there).

$7000 :
Performed by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince, in 1989 what song won the first ever Grammy award for Best Rap Performance?
A: Rump Shaker B: 2 Legit 2 Quit
C: Gangsta's Paradise D: Parents Just Don't Understand

Spoiler

D: Parents Just Don't Understand

ATA

$100K :
Along with the well-known saxophone, musician Adolphe Sax invented instruments with all but which of the following names?
A: Saxtuba B: Saxhorn
C: Saxbassoon D: Saxotromba

ATA

A: 22% B: 17%
C: 26% D: 35%

Ashley explained that bassoon stands out differently as not brass, so she would go against the audience.

Spoiler

C: Saxbassoon

Plus One

$3k: ATA

$7k: My dad wouldn't know this, so 50/50 and would probably guess D.

$10k: Had an inkling for the correct answer, but I would've called up my +1 to confirm it.

$20k: The government spends ridiculous amounts on the military, there's too many highways for the government not to spend a lot on it, and Obamacare rules D. Given I usually play aggressively up to $20,000 due to the highly favorable risk/reward ratio, NASA final answer.

$30k: Sayonara with $20,000.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Ashley Ward
East Village, NY

Her husband of 13 years, Nate, advised her not to be overconfident and that was a surprise to her since that was never an issue.

Nihil obstat®.