WWTBAM Bored

With guest host Leeza Gibbons


Laura Tickler
Scottsdale, AZ


First trip to NYC, told everyone she could (such as cab drivers and people in stores) that she would be on WWTBAM.
She likes her last name even though others misspell or mispronounce it.


$100- Two people who agree with each other are often said to do what?
A. See eye to eye B. Smell nose to nose
C. Taste tongue to tongue D. Pack the kids for camp

$200- Rock Hudson and Mia Farrow get buried in snow in a 1978 movie titled what?
A. Wildfire B. Hurricane
C. Avalanche D. Tornado

$300- In its logo, Maxwell House features what type of kitchenware?
A. Steak knife B. Wine glass
C. Coffee cup D. Salad fork

$500- What film icon is credited with inventing Jeet Kune Do, a unique style of martial-arts fighting?
A. Charlie Chaplin B. James Dean
C. Steve McQueen D. Bruce Lee

$1000-A popular attraction of the Galapagos Islands, "Lonesome George" may be the last remaining species of the "Pinta giant" what
A. Eel B. Tortoise
C. Armadillo D. Jellyfish

$2000- In the classic board game Stratego, a player is declared the winner when he captures his opponent's what?
A. Treasure B. Fortress
C. General D. Flag


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She says she never played the game so she asks the audience

ATA
A-3% B-9%
C-7% D-81%

$4000- Held annually in New York City, "Night of a Thousand Stevies" is a fan festival honoring the former lead singer of what band?
A. Fleetwood Mac B. ABBA
C. Jefferson Airplane D. The Pretenders

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She says she is nervous.

50/50 left A & B


$8000- New York City and Bangkok, Thailand are in standard time zones that are how many hours apart?
A. 9 B. 12
C. 15 D. 18

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PAF Gary says his guess is 12.

However, Laura decides to walk with $4000.


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Answers
$100- A. See eye to eye
$200- C. Avalanche
$300- C. Coffee cup
$500- D. Bruce Lee
$1000- B. Tortoise
$2000- D. Flag
$4000- A. Fleetwood Mac
$8000- B. 12

Commercial break

She inspires spasms of yawning.

That was a pretty tough 8K! It took me a while to see it in my head. At least they had three hour differences.

Bob Juch wrote:That was a pretty tough 8K! It took me a while to see it in my head. At least they had three hour differences.

Agreed that it was tough, but by visualizing the globe and knowing that 12 hours had to be half-way around it, I was able to do it. If the hour differences were smaller, I'm not sure if I would have been able to do that with sufficient confidence, however.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Laura Tickler
Scottsdale, AZ

If she married somebody from France, then her husband would be a French Tickler.

Nihil obstat®

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: However, Laura decides to walk with $4000.

<sigh>

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$8000- New York City and Bangkok, Thailand are in standard time zones that are how many hours apart?
A. 9 B. 12
C. 15 D. 18

If one thinks in circles like I usually do, a 15 hour time difference between time zones in one direction is a 9 hour difference in the other direction. If I'm travelling 9 time zones west, I will move my hour hand nine hours backwards (on my dateless watch) and voila! I'll have the right time on my watch.

So in my time-warped mind, time zones that are 9 hours apart are also 15 hours apart and vice versa. And since I've never seen a BAM question with two right answers, I eliminate A and C right away. Interestingly, there is no time zone 18 hours ahead or behind New York. Since EST is Greenwich - 5, possible time zones range from 7 hours behind to 17 hours ahead. So from my wacky world view D is the only possible answer.

As to what zone Laura was in, I have no clue.

megaaddict wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$8000- New York City and Bangkok, Thailand are in standard time zones that are how many hours apart?
A. 9 B. 12
C. 15 D. 18

If one thinks in circles like I usually do, a 15 hour time difference between time zones in one direction is a 9 hour difference in the other direction. If I'm travelling 9 time zones west, I will move my hour hand nine hours backwards (on my dateless watch) and voila! I'll have the right time on my watch.

So in my time-warped mind, time zones that are 9 hours apart are also 15 hours apart and vice versa. And since I've never seen a BAM question with two right answers, I eliminate A and C right away. Interestingly, there is no time zone 18 hours ahead or behind New York. Since EST is Greenwich - 5, possible time zones range from 7 hours behind to 17 hours ahead. So from my wacky world view D is the only possible answer.

As to what zone Laura was in, I have no clue.

Interesting reasoning, but I don't think it quite works because there's that pesky thing called the International Date Line which makes the 9 hour and 15 hour differentials actually different. On the other hand, the question writers, if they are on the ball, probably want to avoid any ambiguity at all. In that case, maybe your reasoning does provide some value in answering this question.

Have you ever checked to see where you'd end up if you went straight down through the center of the Earth and out to the other side? I'd end up off the west coast of Australia. If I could have remembered that Australia is south of Thailand I might have been able to get this.

Here's cool tool show what on the other side.

http://koti.mbnet.fi/ojalesa/koe/opposite.html

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Have you ever checked to see where you'd end up if you went straight down through the center of the Earth and out to the other side? I'd end up off the west coast of Australia. If I could have remembered that Australia is south of Thailand I might have been able to get this.

That was exactly how I arrived at my answer!

themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Have you ever checked to see where you'd end up if you went straight down through the center of the Earth and out to the other side? I'd end up off the west coast of Australia. If I could have remembered that Australia is south of Thailand I might have been able to get this.

Here's cool tool show what on the other side.

http://koti.mbnet.fi/ojalesa/koe/opposite.html

Cool indeed! The question would not have been a problem for me having been in Bangkok where I knew it was 12 hours difference to my home on east coast time. But this website is an interesting one.

I also agree that this cast member inspired spasms of yawning!