Transcript 11/9/17 Travis Roberts (Veterans Week)

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Transcript 11/9/17 Travis Roberts (Veterans Week)

#1 Post by BBTranscriptTeam » Fri Nov 10, 2017 6:11 pm

If any veterans get to the $100,000 level, WWTBAM will donate $5,000 to DAV to support more Victories for Veterans!

Travis Roberts
Winchester, CA
Travis served in the Air Force and is currently in the Army Reserves as a pilot.

$500
The name of what traditional military hairdo was most likely inspired by the loud sound made by the clippers used to create it?
A: Beepcut B: Buzzcut
C: Boingcut D: Boomcut

Spoiler
B: Buzzcut

$1,000
In the name of the popular dating app often abbreviated "CMB," which beverage "... Meets..." which food?
A: Coffee Meets Bagel B: Capri Sun Meets Bouillabaisse
C: Champagne Meets Beef Jerky D: Cucumber-Kale Smoothie Meets Baby Carrots

Spoiler
A: Coffee Meets Bagel

$2,000
According to Merriam-Webster.com, which of these is a term for "a series of related tweets posted by a Twitter user in quick succesion"?
A: Tweetstorm B: Tweetclipse
C: Tweetdrought D: Tweeteor shower

Spoiler
A: Tweetstorm

$3,000
If you wanted to visit both the halls of Montezuma and the shores of Tripoli mentioned in the "Marines' Hymn," you'd have to travel to what two countries?
A: The Philippines & Egypt B: Mexico & Libya
C: Equatorial Guinea & India D: Puerto Rico & Morocco

Spoiler
B: Mexico & Libya

$5,000
Known as FINA, the Fédération Internationale de Natation is the governing body for all but which of these sports?
A: Diving B: Water polo
C: Field hockey D: Synchronized swimming

Spoiler
C: Field hockey

$7,000
By definition, the medical condition known as pleurisy involves the inflammation of the tissue layers lining which of the following?
A: Liver B: Brain
C: Lungs D: Kidney

Spoiler
C: Lungs

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$10,000
Which of these is a mash-up of an old-school rap song and a dice game where captured pieces are placed on the middle bar that divides the board?
A: Baby Got Backgammon B: Mahjong Said Knock You Out
C: Straight Outta Cribbage D: You Gotta Fight For Your Right To Parcheesi

Spoiler
A: Baby Got Backgammon

$20,000
Owen Wilson has appeared in 12 different feature films with what frequent collaborator?
A: Ben Stiller B: Jennifer Aniston
C: Vince Vaughn D: Bill Murray

Travis is pretty sure it's not two of the answers (without saying which ones).
Spoiler
A: 33% B: 1% C: 66% D: 0%

Spoiler
Travis guesses Vince Vaughn
The correct answer is A: Ben Stiller (Chris states, "Night at the Museum, the Meet the Parents movies" among others)
Travis wins $5,000

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Re: Transcript 11/9/17 Travis Roberts (Veterans Week)

#2 Post by ghostjmf » Fri Nov 10, 2017 8:01 pm

10K: Well, know its not Mah Jong, think not cribbage. 50/50

20K: Think its Stiller. Hope don't ATA

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Re: Transcript 11/9/17 Travis Roberts (Veterans Week)

#3 Post by earendel » Tue Nov 14, 2017 8:45 am

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:If any veterans get to the $100,000 level, WWTBAM will donate $5,000 to DAV to support more Victories for Veterans!

Travis Roberts
Winchester, CA
Travis served in the Air Force and is currently in the Army Reserves as a pilot.
BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$20,000
Owen Wilson has appeared in 12 different feature films with what frequent collaborator?
A: Ben Stiller B: Jennifer Aniston
C: Vince Vaughn D: Bill Murray

Travis is pretty sure it's not two of the answers (without saying which ones).
Spoiler
A: 33% B: 1% C: 66% D: 0%

Spoiler
Travis guesses Vince Vaughn
The correct answer is A: Ben Stiller (Chris states, "Night at the Museum, the Meet the Parents movies" among others)
Travis wins $5,000
I'd have suffered the same fate.
"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."

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