WWTBAM Bored

Erin McLean
Danvers, MA
marine biology student

$500: The FDA says that after losing electricity, a full freezer will keep an adequate temperature for 48 hours as long as what?
A - you don't look at it
B - you pray before it
C - the door remains closed
D - you turn it upside down

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Answer: C (the door remains closed)

$1000: At 1:20:40, multitasking athlete Michael Kopral holds the half-marathon record for joggling, a sport that consists of running while what?
A - playing Boggle
B - juggling
C - cleaning goggles
D - being jiggled

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Answer: B (juggling)

$2000: According to Merriam-Webster, which of the following names of animals is NOT both a noun and a verb?
A - seal
B - snake
C - giraffe
D - bear

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Answer: C (giraffe)

$3000: With a clunky engine that made "the sound of virginity," Jon Stewart says his first car was what widely disparaged model named for a mythical creature?
A - AMC Gremlin
B - Ford Goblin
C - Chrysler Ogre
D - GMC Sasquatch

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Answer: A (AMC Gremlin)

$5000: Reacting to the news that it will finally end after 15 seasons, Season 1 co-host tweeted "I knew" what "would never last without me"?
A - Survivor
B - Big Brother
C - The Amazing Race
D - American Idol

Erin has never heard of him and doesn't know who the host of Big Brother is, so she asks the audience for help.

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Ask the Audience results:
A - 15%
B - 22%
C - 14%
D - 48%

She agrees with the audience

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Answer: D (American Idol)

$7000: As it's nearly impossible due to high winds and thin air, National Geographic says fighter pilot Didier Delsalle is the only person to land a helicopter where?
A - the summit of Mt. Everest
B - the floor of the Grand Canyon
C - the South Pole
D - The Sahara Desert

Erin focuses on

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"high winds and thin air" and thinks it might be the South Pole, but then makes A her final answer

.

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Answer: A (the summit of Mt. Everest)

commercial break

$10,000: Fifty-year-old Sandra Bullock is the oldest person ever to grace the cover of People's "Most Beautiful" issue. Who was the youngest, in 1998, at age 23?
A - Halle Berry
B - Matthew McConaughey
C - Leonardo DiCaprio
D - Scarlett Johansson

Erin thinks that

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Halle Berry is on the older side, and Leonardo was young when Titanic came out (she knows this because she used to work at a video rental store). Scarlett Johansson is too old

.

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Answer: C (Leonardo DiCaprio)

$20,000: Now one of the world's most well-known electronics companies, which of these began in the 1930s as an export business selling dried Korean fish?
A - Canon
B - Sony
C - Samsung
D - Toshiba

"Dried Korean fish doesn't sound very tasty," Erin observes. She isn't certain so she uses her 50:50.

50:50 results

C and D

Erin opts for

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D

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Answer: C (Samsung)

commercial break


MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": What clothing staple is known as "Y-fronts" in the UK where they were first introduced to the public in 1938?
A - men's briefs
B - polo shirts
C - argyle socks
D - women's slacks

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Answer: A (men's briefs)

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Erin McLean
Danvers, MA
marine biology student

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$1000: At 1:20:40, multitasking athlete Michael Kopral holds the half-marathon record for joggling, a sport that consists of running while what?
A - playing Boggle
B - juggling
C - cleaning goggles
D - being jiggled

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Answer: B (juggling)

Juggling squirrels?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$5000: Reacting to the news that it will finally end after 15 seasons, Season 1 co-host tweeted "I knew" what "would never last without me"?
A - Survivor
B - Big Brother
C - The Amazing Race
D - American Idol

Erin has never heard of him and doesn't know who the host of Big Brother is, so she asks the audience for help.

Spoiler

Ask the Audience results:
A - 15%
B - 22%
C - 14%
D - 48%

She agrees with the audience

Spoiler

Answer: D (American Idol)

Never watched a single episode of AI but since I know the names of the hosts of the other shows, plus the fact that the others are still in production, this is an easy question.

Nihil obstat®.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000: Fifty-year-old Sandra Bullock is the oldest person ever to grace the cover of People's "Most Beautiful" issue. Who was the youngest, in 1998, at age 23?
A - Halle Berry
B - Matthew McConaughey
C - Leonardo DiCaprio
D - Scarlett Johansson

Erin thinks that

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Halle Berry is on the older side, and Leonardo was young when Titanic came out (she knows this because she used to work at a video rental store). Scarlett Johansson is too old

.

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Answer: C (Leonardo DiCaprio)

$20,000: Now one of the world's most well-known electronics companies, which of these began in the 1930s as an export business selling dried Korean fish?
A - Canon
B - Sony
C - Samsung
D - Toshiba

"Dried Korean fish doesn't sound very tasty," Erin observes. She isn't certain so she uses her 50:50.

50:50 results

C and D

Erin opts for

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D

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Answer: C (Samsung)

One way to get to the $10,000 answer is to figure out that we're talking about someone who was born in 1975, and so (at taping) was 40. From that perspective, she got lucky.

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Scarlett Johansson isn't too old. She's 10 years too young.

Her luck ran out at the next question. I would have hoped that she realized (or knew) that only one of those companies is Korean. The others are Japanese. I think that's something you could figure out just from the names, particularly after the 50-50. --Bob

10K: 50/50, then +1

20K: Samsung only Korean choice

$5000: Reacting to the news that it will finally end after 15 seasons, Season 1 co-host tweeted "I knew" what "would never last without me"?
A - Survivor
B - Big Brother
C - The Amazing Race
D - American Idol

Erin has never heard of him and doesn't know who the host of Big Brother is, so she asks the audience for help.

Spoiler

Ask the Audience results:
A - 15%
B - 22%
C - 14%
D - 48%

She agrees with the audience

Spoiler

Answer: D (American Idol)

ATA

$20,000: Now one of the world's most well-known electronics companies, which of these began in the 1930s as an export business selling dried Korean fish?
A - Canon
B - Sony
C - Samsung
D - Toshiba

"Dried Korean fish doesn't sound very tasty," Erin observes. She isn't certain so she uses her 50:50.

50:50 results

C and D

Erin opts for

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D

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Answer: C (Samsung)

Plus One.