You guys, even if it weren't a slow news day, even if we hadn't already checked out for the holiday weekend, I'd still proudly share this great moment in financial history with you. It's an oldie but a goodie, and after yesterday's brain buster from the money honey during a roundtable discussion on healthcare, in which Maria Bartiromo not only asked a 44 year old Congressman why he wasn't on Medicare, but felt like she really nailed the guy, it just feels so right. Highlights include MB buzzing in to shout out "Vogue! Vogue!" when the category clearly specified we were looking for an answer (question) with not zero, not one, but two a's, "Computer worms! What is computer worms" in response to "Most moles destroy gardens & lawns searching for insect larvae or these 'global' worms," (we were looking for "earth worms, what are earth worms" there) and, when all else fails, answering with, as Keith Hahn says, "a five second face." Then she gets $1000 out of pity from the producers and her ass dragged into Final Jeopardy, because Trebek "really" wanted her there.
Part I can and should be viewed here.
Posted by Alex Trebek , Sep 02, 2009 10:31AM
OK - from the "always reliable" Wikipedia:
Coltan is the colloquial African name for columbite - tantalite, a dull black, metallic ore from which the elements niobium (formerly "columbium") and tantalum are extracted. The niobium-dominant mineral is columbite, hence the "col" half of the term. The mineral concentrates dominated by tantalum are referred to as tantalite. [1]
Tantalum from coltan is used in consumer electronics products such as cell phones, DVD players, and computers. Export of coltan from the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo to European and American markets has been cited by experts[2] as helping to finance the present-day conflict in the Congo, with one aid agency asserting that “much of the finance sustaining the civil wars in Africa, especially in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is directly connected to Coltan profits”.[3] An estimated 5.4 million people have died since 1998 in the war in the Congo.
I'm not the only one who just Googled that either, so pipe down in the peanut gallery.
Posted by wcburrs87 , Sep 02, 2009 10:32AM
Completely unfair to have a Tennessee Williams category with Anderson Cooper there. To balance it out, they should have had a Famous Whores in History category for MB.
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2009 10:33AM
Give me Ape Tit for $200.
-Burt Reynolds/Turd Ferguson
Posted by NakedShort , Sep 02, 2009 10:33AM
I really would like to see Trebek take a stab at being a contestant. He is such a condescending prick.
Posted by contestant , Sep 02, 2009 10:33AM
I'll take Maria's pussy for $1, Alex.
Posted by Alex Trebek , Sep 02, 2009 10:35AM
@5 - you're overpaying.
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2009 10:35AM
"I'll take "Penis Mightier Than the Sword" , Alex...."
~S. Connery
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2009 10:37AM
I'd like to have runner-up sex with Maria.
Posted by Alex Trebek , Sep 02, 2009 10:38AM
#5 - "A U.S. National Park in central Kentucky, encompassing portions of _______, the longest cave system known in the world."
Posted by Comatosed Banker , Sep 02, 2009 10:39AM
GIVE ME KEITH OR GIVE ME DEATH!
-Not Wharton All-Caps
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2009 10:39AM
@5
You've Hit the daily Double! (Cheesy electronic noise in the background.)
Posted by Leather Glove , Sep 02, 2009 10:41AM
I'll take the Rapist for $400.
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2009 10:42AM
We hereby revoke Maria's membership in our organized "astroturf" grass roots fight against healthcare reform.
~Health Care Industry
Posted by Trebek , Sep 02, 2009 10:44AM
@12: That's "Therapist" Mr. Connery, not "the Rapist."
Posted by contestant , Sep 02, 2009 10:45AM
Come on, Alex, its got to be worth at least $1.50 I was putting in a low ball offer.
-5
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2009 10:46AM
@wcburss, very true
Posted by C Walken , Sep 02, 2009 10:46AM
I need more cowbell
Posted by Sean Connery , Sep 02, 2009 10:47AM
Ah, that's an awfully nice coat you have, Trebek. I really like it.... Do they make it for men too?
Posted by Leather Glove , Sep 02, 2009 10:51AM
14/Trebek,
You think you're pretty smart, don't you, Trebek? What with your dago mustache and your greasy hair!
Posted by Investorcluzo , Sep 02, 2009 10:52AM
that was about 50 lbs ago...hope mb doesn't watch that tape.
Posted by trojan , Sep 02, 2009 10:53AM
-I'll take Jap Anus Relations, Trebek.
-That's JAPAN US Relations.
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2009 10:57AM
"I'll take "Dumbass Comments from Financial Leaders" for 1,000, Alex.."
~Benmosche
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2009 10:57AM
Suck it, Trebek!
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2009 11:03AM
Here's some news. Melissa Francis looks like a muppet. Janice the muppet.
http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/Janice-MuppetsTV.png
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2009 11:04AM
When they gonna have me on Jeopardy? Probably scared I'll take all their money. Fags.
-CG
Posted by Becky Boot Fan , Sep 02, 2009 11:05AM
Daily Double Penetration?
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2009 11:19AM
That would have been stupid - almost as stupid as inventing a new program called "Medicaide." Is that a new version of Medicaid? Or is it a new drink: Barry's Hard Medicaide?
Thankfully, MB was not so uninformed as to confuse Medicaid (poor people) with Medicare (old people).
Posted by Pfluger , Sep 02, 2009 11:20AM
World famous financial journalists, for $500:
This critically renowned, best selling author and financial columnist, in a recorded phone call to one of his many high level contacts, said the following:
"You better cawwwwwl me!! Now means now! I better not get scooped on dis!"
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2009 11:28AM
@28
I always thought of myself as more of a Daily Double question. Aside from that, I like what you've done there.
-CG
Posted by You know him as the most recent DB noob to beg Bess for a merciless asswhooping. , Sep 02, 2009 11:28AM
Who is #27?
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2009 11:34AM
@27, yes, accidentally adding the letter 'e' is indicative of inventing something. try and come up with better disses, cocksucker.
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2009 12:54PM
I think you're being too hard on Maria. She would not have gone on if CNBC PR had done its job and determined beforehand there were no teleprompters for the contestants.
Posted by Suits , Sep 02, 2009 1:10PM
Are you guys selling penis mightiers?
Posted by Trebek , Sep 02, 2009 1:31PM
@19 - What did I JUST tell you about using ethnic slurs?
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2009 1:43PM
If Wheel of Fortune is so great, why aren't you on it?
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2009 1:45PM
@34, are you a dago?
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2009 4:01PM
Reading this reminded me how funny Keith was. Is he blogging any where now?
Posted by e_anthony58 , Sep 02, 2009 5:33PM
Well if Maria is looking to get more famous, because you cant get more famous than losing HORRIBLY on Jeopardy, I hear there's an opening to host ABC News.
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2009 7:21PM
How did the dumb Erin Burnett become #69 with Maria in VF top what-did-they-do 100 people?
Posted by guest , Sep 02, 2009 7:28PM
@37 FTW
Posted by it's somewhere in africa, right? , Sep 02, 2009 8:36PM
finally just made it through this, and, WOW. maria didn't know where tiananmen square is?
Posted by guest , Sep 03, 2009 12:41AM
@41 HA! Funny, I like.
Last!!
Get to work meatheads! It's officially Thursday! You've slept enough!
-Guy who has off until Tuesday