WWTBAM Bored

Janelle Newland
The Colony, TX
Airline employee

$100 The esteemed New York Philharmonic employs a music director, an associate conductor and nearly three dozen what?
A. Violin players
B. Architects
C. Computer programmers
D. Dr. Phil impersonators

$200 The Santa Claus melon gets its name because it usually peaks during what month?
A. March
B. June
C. October
D. December

$300 A 1947 magazine cover bears the headline “Tenpins in the White House” next to a photo of Harry Truman holding a what?
A. Soccer ball
B. Bowling ball
C. Tennis ball
D. Volleyball

$500 The Straits of Florida connect the Gulf of Mexico to what ocean?
A. Atlantic Ocean
B. Artic Ocean
C. Indian Ocean
D. Pacific Ocean

$1K A syringe is often referred to as a “hypodermic” because it is designed to administer injections “under the “ what?
A. Blood
B. Skin
C. Bone
D. Head

commercial break

$2K Arabica and robusta are two major varieties of what?
A. Green peas
B. Sugar cane
C. Oranges
D. Coffee beans

$4K Which of these scientific phrases is the title of a sitcom that premiered on CBS in 2007?
A. The Periodic Table
B. The Origin of Species
C. The Big Bang Theory
D. The Circulatory System

ATA
3% A. The Periodic Table
11% B. The Origin of Species
83% C. The Big Bang Theory
3% D. The Circulatory System

$8K Which of these attractions gets its name from an Italian word meaning “small house”?
A. Rodeo
B. Casino
C. Museum
D. Circus

$16K What novel begins, “When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow”?
A. To Kill a Mockingbird
B. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
C. Little Men
D. A Separate Peace

PAF – Paul, a co-worker

Paul says that would be “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

commercial break

$25K The “Quad Cities” is a Midwestern metropolitan region that includes cities in Illinois and what other state?
A. Iowa
B. Indiana
C. Wisconsin
D. Missouri

50/50 leaves A. Iowa and B. Indiana.

Janelle is almost positive its Indiana, but is not willing to take the risk.
Janelle leaves with $16K.

Answers:
$100 A. Violin players
$200 D. December
$300 B. Bowling ball
$500 A. Atlantic Ocean
$1K B. Skin
$2K D. Coffee beans
$4K C. The Big Bang Theory
$8K B. Casino
$16K A. To Kill a Mockingbird
$25K A. Iowa

Nihil obstat®

Maybe it isn't a sweeps week attempt to have a few more big winners than usual (not that it would take many to be more than usual) since it is hard to know if they taped these shows knowing they would air during sweeps but another run to 25K with no problem is certainly unusual for me.

Typically I get hung up on at least one in the 8K-25K range, if not all 3.

tanstaafl2 wrote:Maybe it isn't a sweeps week attempt to have a few more big winners than usual (not that it would take many to be more than usual) since it is hard to know if they taped these shows knowing they would air during sweeps but another run to 25K with no problem is certainly unusual for me.

Typically I get hung up on at least one in the 8K-25K range, if not all 3.

We all taped in October, and at least for me they told me April 17th as the original air date. So I'm guessing it was at some point after the taping that they decided to move us to sweeps.

$2K Arabica and robusta are two major varieties of what?
A. Green peas
B. Sugar cane
C. Oranges
D. Coffee beans

Prime time- Joe Trela, Millionaire winner
> $500
> What culinary staple traditionally comes in two species: arabica and robusta?
> A. Split peas B. Coffee beans
> C. Cola nuts D. Sunflower seeds

Not too often when the same question is valued greater in Syndi than a prime-time Millionaire winner stack.




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Nihil obstat®

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Janelle Newland
The Colony, TX
Airline employee

It turns out that she's living paycheck to paycheck and even $1K means a lot.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$4K Which of these scientific phrases is the title of a sitcom that premiered on CBS in 2007?
A. The Periodic Table
B. The Origin of Species
C. The Big Bang Theory
D. The Circulatory System

ATA
3% A. The Periodic Table
11% B. The Origin of Species
83% C. The Big Bang Theory
3% D. The Circulatory System

I absolutely love this show, probably because I identify with the characters.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25K The “Quad Cities” is a Midwestern metropolitan region that includes cities in Illinois and what other state?
A. Iowa
B. Indiana
C. Wisconsin
D. Missouri

50/50 leaves A. Iowa and B. Indiana.

Janelle is almost positive its Indiana, but is not willing to take the risk.
Janelle leaves with $16K.

Bettendorf and Davenport, IA and Moline and Rock Island, IL (our Corps District has a field office in Rock Island).

It's nihil obstat® for me and a shame that Janelle couldn't have gone farther.

I missed this promo for Janelle, yesterday, but it comes with a teaser!

http://www.star-telegram.com/408/story/636246.html

Who Wants To Be a Millionaire: The Colony's Janelle Newland goes after the big bucks today, and she's not the last North Texan we'll see during the next couple of weeks.

Oooooh, she's not? Who else? Who else?

well, with National Train Day and the Quad Cities in this thread....

I will remind of the legendary Rock Island Line. Now defunct for over 25 years, along with the Milwaukee Road. "The Rock" was one of three important passenger roads not to join Amtrak in the early seventies. It is said this was due to the absence of money for the one-time "capital" payment to join the new Corporation.

There were two others in the contiguous states, Southern, and DRGW (The Rio Grande), both of which were at least in part motivated by the considerable publicity and advertising value occasioned by their continued quality service. (Santa Fe IIRC took its time but joined, and Alaska Railroad is in a separate category.

As for "The Rock"?

Well, just look at "The Peoria Rocket" and "The Quad Cities Rocket:" circa 1978....:


http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=143497

http://www.railpictures.net/viewphoto.php?id=143498


I used this material -no pictures though - as a ? for FNGD at one time, but I ain't been smart enough to keep a file.

Also, intriguingly enough, in searching for the pix now I stumble on a rail hobby bored using the same software as this one..