WWTBAM Bored

(Originally shown on 9/19/16 in the second time slot)

Brian Roland
New York, NY

Brian’s Plus One is his BFF, Rhett Calman.

$500 Originally inspired by a classic magazine, what sketch comedy series that ran from 1995 to 2009 on FOX was revived by the CW in 2016?
A. MadTV
B. Saturday Evening Post Live
C. US News & World Retort
D. National Geo-LAFF-ic

Spoiler

A. MadTV

$1K Because there are a couple of different places you can put it, Home Depot’s website separates which product into “Countertop” and “Built-In”?
A. Garden shed
B. Microwave oven
C. Hammock
D. Hot tub

Spoiler

B. Microwave oven

$2K In 2017 “Weird Al” Yankovic plans to release a career retrospective box set called “Squeeze Box,” in packaging shaped like his signature instrument – a what?
A. Gong
B. Accordion
C. Kazoo
D. Harp

Spoiler

B. Accordion

$3K A fictional location that embodies the spirit of its cheesy biscuits, Red Lobster warns that “you will have a difficult time finding” what “on the map”?
A. The Ricotta River
B. Cheddar Bay
C. The Gulf of Gouda
D. Muenster Falls

Spoiler

B. Cheddar Bay

$5K Including Simba, Nala, and Rafiki, many characters in “The Lion King” have names taken from what local language?
A. Farsi
B. Swahili
C. Tagalog
D. Hindi

Spoiler

B. Swahili

commercial break

$7K If you were afflicted with hyperhidrosis, you’d most likely be given a prescription for a pharmacy-grade what?
A. Shampoo
B. Antiperspirant
C. Sunscreen
D. Mouthwash

Spoiler

B. Antiperspirant

$10K Kicked off USC’s football team after a surfing injury, Marion Morrison dropped out of college to enter show business, soon changing his name to what?
A. Paul Newman
B. Gregory Peck
C. John Wayne
D. Kirk Douglas

ATA results

14% A. Paul Newman
4% B. Gregory Peck
59% C. John Wayne
23% D. Kirk Douglas

Spoiler

C. John Wayne

commercial break

$20K With fines starting at €35, what smog-ridden city recently took steps to fight the problem by banning pre-1997 cars from its streets on weekdays?
A. London
B. Geneva
C. Copenhagen
D. Paris

+1

Rhett thinks

Spoiler

Paris

is the answer. Brian doesn’t think so.
Rhett says that Brian should go with his gut.
Brian says now that Brian has said

Spoiler

Paris

that is pulling at him.

Spoiler

D. Paris

commercial break

QOTD

Nicolas Cage, Lindsay Lohan, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jean-Claude Van Damme have all played which of the following in a movie?
A. British royalty
B. FBI agents
C. Identical twins
D. Paraplegics

Spoiler

C. Identical twins

$30K Using all of its letters, which of these phrases can be rearranged to spell out the name of the game show you’re appearing on right now?
A. Throw a snowmobile at a mill
B. Homeowners await a lint boil
C. I am onion oil bawl sweetheart
D. I howl into an answerable jet

Spoiler

B. Homeowners await a lint boil

end of show noise

Brian will return on tomorrow's show.

20K: Knew London had been charging cars lots to go to city center. Hadn't read/heard about this development but would have gone for London & been out here.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $20K With fines starting at €35, what smog-ridden city recently took steps to fight the problem by banning pre-1997 cars from its streets on weekdays?
A. London
B. Geneva
C. Copenhagen
D. Paris

If it sounds like a ridiculously arcane piece of knowledge for a $20K question, chances are it's asking you something different. Ignore the smog and the cars altogether, and think about which of the four countries use the euro.

$30K Using all of its letters, which of these phrases can be rearranged to spell out the name of the game show you’re appearing on right now?
A. Throw a snowmobile at a mill
B. Homeowners await a lint boil
C. I am onion oil bawl sweetheart
D. I howl into an answerable jet

Holy cripes. I sussed it out, but I probably would have had the producer tapping me on the shoulder at some point.

K.P. wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $20K With fines starting at €35, what smog-ridden city recently took steps to fight the problem by banning pre-1997 cars from its streets on weekdays?
A. London
B. Geneva
C. Copenhagen
D. Paris

If it sounds like a ridiculously arcane piece of knowledge for a $20K question, chances are it's asking you something different. Ignore the smog and the cars altogether, and think about which of the four countries use the euro.

$30K Using all of its letters, which of these phrases can be rearranged to spell out the name of the game show you’re appearing on right now?
A. Throw a snowmobile at a mill
B. Homeowners await a lint boil
C. I am onion oil bawl sweetheart
D. I howl into an answerable jet

Holy cripes. I sussed it out, but I probably would have had the producer tapping me on the shoulder at some point.

On 20k, thinking about the Euro only gets you part of the way there. I believe Denmark also uses the Euro.

On the 30k question, choice A has the wrong number of letters and choices C and D have too many "e"s. --Bob

Show was displaced locally by bowl game. I hope if I'd heard the word euro read I'd have moved off London! It didn't even register when I read the symbol here. Bad.

My mind is in bad shape from various stresses these days, but still.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:(Originally shown on 9/19/16 in the second time slot)

Brian Roland
New York, NY

Brian’s Plus One is his BFF, Rhett Calman.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$30K Using all of its letters, which of these phrases can be rearranged to spell out the name of the game show you’re appearing on right now?
A. Throw a snowmobile at a mill
B. Homeowners await a lint boil
C. I am onion oil bawl sweetheart
D. I howl into an answerable jet

Spoiler

B. Homeowners await a lint boil

This would take a while to work out, but it's gettable.

Bob78164 wrote:On 20k, thinking about the Euro only gets you part of the way there. I believe Denmark also uses the Euro.

Doesn't look like it. They're still using kroner.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark

K.P. wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:On 20k, thinking about the Euro only gets you part of the way there. I believe Denmark also uses the Euro.

Doesn't look like it. They're still using kroner.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark

That's right. Denmark opted out of the Euro and then it failed in a referendum. It does peg the kroner to the Euro but they haven't fully joined the Euro zone.

The countries that use the Euro:
Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Netherlands
Portugal
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain

That includes many overseas possessions of France and the Netherlands notably.

EU countries that do not use the Euro right now:
Bulgaria
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Sweden
United Kingdom

The ones other than Denmark and the UK are working toward converting to the Euro but with no timetable. They are pretty much currently in the same status as Denmark where they have set the value of their currencies to the Euro but the still issue their own notes and coins. The UK controls the value of their independent currency.

Non-EU countries that have declared the Euro to be official currency:
Andorra
Monaco
San Marino
Vatican City
Kosovo (does not have issuing rights)
Montenegro (does not have issuing rights)

$10K Kicked off USC’s football team after a surfing injury, Marion Morrison dropped out of college to enter show business, soon changing his name to what?
A. Paul Newman
B. Gregory Peck
C. John Wayne
D. Kirk Douglas

ATA results

14% A. Paul Newman
4% B. Gregory Peck
59% C. John Wayne
23% D. Kirk Douglas

Spoiler

C. John Wayne

This might be the earliest trivia question I ever knew the answer to.

$30K Using all of its letters, which of these phrases can be rearranged to spell out the name of the game show you’re appearing on right now?
A. Throw a snowmobile at a mill
B. Homeowners await a lint boil
C. I am onion oil bawl sweetheart
D. I howl into an answerable jet

Spoiler

B. Homeowners await a lint boil

Ugh! D goes away instantly because of the J. The other three, woulda taken me a minute or two to count all the letters.