WWTBAM Bored

Susannah Brooks
Writer and editor
Madison, Wis.

$50,000
A “catafalque” is a type of stand specifically used to display what?
A: Historical documents B: Jewelry
C: A coffin D: Shoes

Spoiler

C: A coffin

$100,000
In 2017, soprano Audrey Luna was surprised to learn she’d hit the highest note ever sung in the NY Metropolitan Opera’s 137-year history — what note above High C?
A: A B: B
C: C D: D

Susannah is an opera singer herself.

Spoiler

A: A

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$250,000
Meant to make computers seem relatable, the style of design that mimics real-world objects, such as the “folder” sitting on your “desktop”, is known as what?
A: Isomorphism B: Skeuomorphism
C: Catamorphism D: Epimorphism

Spoiler

A: 32% B: 25% C: 34% D: 9%
Susannah walks with $100,000.

Spoiler

B: Skeuomorphism

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Dunno how many lifelines I'd have left.

100K: About all I know is you recite the alphabet to G & then go back to A. Which will be pretty high, so go for it.

250K: Only word I know here is isomorphism; not it. +1 & 50/50, but prolly leave here. Would not trust ATA.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Susannah Brooks
Madison, Wis.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100,000
In 2017, soprano Audrey Luna was surprised to learn she’d hit the highest note ever sung in the NY Metropolitan Opera’s 137-year history — what note above High C?
A: A B: B
C: C D: D

Susannah is an opera singer herself.

Spoiler

A: A

I don't know what lifelines I would still have at this point, but if I have the 50:50 I use it. My guess would have been the right answer based on the unwarranted assumption that it was likely to be a note in a C major scale, which would exclude B and D.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$250,000
Meant to make computers seem relatable, the style of design that mimics real-world objects, such as the “folder” sitting on your “desktop”, is known as what?
A: Isomorphism B: Skeuomorphism
C: Catamorphism D: Epimorphism

Spoiler

A: 32% B: 25% C: 34% D: 9%
Susannah walks with $100,000.

Spoiler

B: Skeuomorphism

This one I know. "Skeuo" is from the Greek for "tool" and "morphism" is from the Greek for "shape".

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Susannah Brooks
Madison, Wis.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100,000
In 2017, soprano Audrey Luna was surprised to learn she’d hit the highest note ever sung in the NY Metropolitan Opera’s 137-year history — what note above High C?
A: A B: B
C: C D: D

Susannah is an opera singer herself.

Spoiler

A: A

I don't know what lifelines I would still have at this point, but if I have the 50:50 I use it. My guess would have been the right answer based on the unwarranted assumption that it was likely to be a note in a C major scale, which would exclude B and D.

Maybe I'm missing something, but both B and D are on the C major scale. C Major has no sharps nor flats.

IronmanTim wrote:

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Susannah Brooks
Madison, Wis.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100,000
In 2017, soprano Audrey Luna was surprised to learn she’d hit the highest note ever sung in the NY Metropolitan Opera’s 137-year history — what note above High C?
A: A B: B
C: C D: D

Susannah is an opera singer herself.

Spoiler

A: A

I don't know what lifelines I would still have at this point, but if I have the 50:50 I use it. My guess would have been the right answer based on the unwarranted assumption that it was likely to be a note in a C major scale, which would exclude B and D.

Maybe I'm missing something, but both B and D are on the C major scale. C Major has no sharps nor flats.

I misspoke I meant a C major chord - C, E, G, C.

250K would have been a layup for me, as it was Steve Jobs favorite design concept for the iPhone. They got rid of the design on the iPhone a couple of years ago. I also remembered Andy Card whispering to the President before the choices came up. She is on the trivia circuit, as well as her plus one. Maybe she was at TCONA?