WWTBAM Bored

Mark Ryder
Professor of dentistry
San Francisco, Cal.

$500
Because machines are too rough and can bruise the delicate fruit, since 1963 Chiquita has placed what trademark item on its bananas by hand?
A: Sunglasses B: A tiny sombrero
C: An anti-theft alarm D: The brand’s blue sticker



$1,000
Fittingly, if you use Lyft for a ride in which of these locations, you might be picked up in a vehicle they call a “Minnie” Van?
A: Central Park B: Walt Disney World
C: The Grand Canyon D: Kennedy Space Center



$2,000
If a pirate, using classic sailing lingo, tells you to be “Yare at the helm,” what does he want you to do?
A: React quickly at the wheel B: Bathe the captain’s parrot
C: Drink an entire cask of rum D: Keep an eye out for a sail-thru Starbucks



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$3,000
Forbes recently named Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar as the three highest-paid what?
A: Celebrity chefs B: Bollywood actors
C: NFL football coaches D: Country singers



$5,000
Not surprisingly, in 1948, what popular tune did the 33rd President of the U.S. use as his campaign song?
A: Louie Louie B: Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
C: I’m Just Wild About Harry D: You Can Call Me Al



$7,000
Hoping to avoid furious comments in reply, Twitter users often preface a controversial statement with which phrase?
A: Don’t @ me B: Don’t % me
C: Don’t $ me D: Don’t * me





$10,000
In 2018, who became the first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize for Music, for his album “DAMN.”?
A: Kanye West B: Jay-Z
C: Kendrick Lamar D: Drake



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$20,000
In Latin, Palatinus, Capitolinus, Quirinalis, Viminalis, Esquilinus, Caelius and Aventinus are known collectively as what?
A: The 7 Worst Roman Emperors B: The 7 Cardinal Virtues
C: The 7 Hills of Rome D: The 7 Circles of Hell



$30,000
In men’s athletics, which of the following does NOT generally weigh approximately the same amount as the others?
A: Shot put B: Curling stone
C: Ball at the end of the wire in the hammer throw D: Heaviest regulation bowling ball



$50,000
According to HowStuffWorks.com, the “soda can and chocolate method” is a way to do what in the wilderness?
A: Purify water B: Start a fire
C: Disinfect a wound D: Determine magnetic north







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QotD (presented by KSNV in Las Vegas)
The reddish color of Mars is often attributed to its soil being rich in what element?
A: Nickel B: Mercury
C: Iron D: Carbon



$100,000
If Barbie were a head of state, she’d probably prefer that it be in which country, where the president works in the Casa Rosada, or Pink House?
A: Cuba B: Argentina
C: Portugal D: Mexico



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Mark will be back on Thursday.

Since Starbucks is named after the first mate in Moby Dick, I'd expect there's a sail-thru Starbucks somewhere. Sure enough, there's one in Aruba.

FTR there are 4 cardinal virtues and 9 circles of Hell. And A can't be right because Nero, Caligula and Commodus aren't there. Here are some more: Top 10 Worst Roman Emperors

7K: A most logical but I'm not on Twitter; ATA

30K: 50/50 will leave curling stone & bowling ball. ball is heavy but liftable. Ya don't have to lift curling stone. go for it.

50K: Not A or C. Chocolate just not magnetic. Go for B.

100K: Not Cuba or Mexico. 50/50. May need +1

Heaviest regulation bowling ball is 16 pounds, I believe. I imagine the shot put and hammer are roughly the same weight as each other. So if I remember my Winter Olympics correctly, the curling stone is around 40 pounds. I'll go with that.


How does rubbing chocolate on the bottom of a can make it shiny? I'd probably be burning lifelines here.


Thanks to Evita I get this one.

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"Elen sila lumenn omentielvo...A star shines on the hour of our meeting."

Thanks to the Carpenters, I got this one.

But that's thanks to "Evita," too.

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A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five.
Groucho Marx

Thanks to working for American Express's Latin American division, I got that one. I went there.

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I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)

Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.

Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.

ATA



50/50



Plus One.

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-- In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller

Fair cop.

I have yet to see Evita. Someday.