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Wedding Week

Bryan Prock & Ally Bourbeau
Lawrenceville, GA

Bryan and Ally met at a sporting goods store. Bryan thought Ally was out of his league, so he never approached her until he finally came with some smooth lines like "Who are you voting for, for president?" and "How's the weather outside?" It was awkward, but he was cute, so they went out and it's been five years now.

Question Topics:
* Head Count
* The Supremes
* Veto Power
* Old Books
* Conversion Chart
* Health Kick
* Name's the Same
* Get it Together
* Simply Put
* Bridal Veils
* Site Seeing
* Beautylicious
* I Love a Parade
* In the Closet
* Tips for Tots


$100 * Tips for Tots
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services suggest that children do which of these things for at least an hour a day?

A: Watch TV B: Exercise
C: Drink coffee D: Prank call the White House



$200 * In the Closet
In the 2008 romantic comedy "27 Dresses," Katherine Heigl's character obtains many dresses by repeatedly serving as a what?

A: Juror B: Magician's assistant
C: Substitute teacher D: Bridesmaid



$300 * I Love a Parade
To which of these people would someone most likely say, "Stop raining on my parade!"?

A: Go-getter B: Killjoy
C: Procrastinator D: Social butterfly



$500 * Beautylicious
Plump Your Pucker is a cosmetics line that offers overiver a dozen shades of what?

A: Mascara B: Nail polish
C: Lip gloss D: Eye shadow



$1,000 * Site Seeing
Which of the following is a famous singer's Web site and not a children's entertainment Web site?

A: kidrock.com B: pbskids.org
C: kidswb.com D: discoverykids.com



-- Commercial Break --

Bryan is a sixth grade teacher. Ally is involved in quality control.

Bryan and Ally really need the money. They're kind of broke, because they just bought their first house. They don't have a lot of furniture; most of it is from when they were kids or from thrift stores.

Brides.com got together with some furniture folks and are giving Bryan and Ally $2,500 towards furniture.

$2,000 * Bridal Veils
Bridal veils are commonly made from what sheer material?

A: Tulle B: Muslin
C: Jacquard D: Chenille



$4,000 * Simply Put
"Getting shot hurts" is among the many no-nonsense diary entries featured in a 2007 compilation with what title?

A: The Ford Diaries B: The Reagan Diaries
C: The Carter Diaries D: The Nixon Diaries

Bryan says that Reagan is the only one of those who got shot, he believes, but Ally wants to Ask The Audience, which they do with 14 seconds left.

ATA: A: 4% B: 93% C: 1% D: 2%



-- Commercial Break --

$8,000 * Get it Together
Traditionally assembled by a bride before her wedding day, a "trousseau" usually consists of which of these items?

A: Favorite photos B: Old love letters
C: Pieces of clothing D: Dried flowers

With 22 seconds left, Bryan and Ally decide to Ask The Expert(s), former $25,000 Wedding Week winners Marla and Adam Bergh.

Marla: Okay. I've never heard of trousseau. As much as I know about weddings, and I've read magazines, this is new to me. Ummm--

Ally: No idea?

Adam: No idea.

With 20 seconds left, Bryan and Ally decide to Phone A Friend.
Bryan and Ally's PAF team (who don't get a verbal introduction by Meredith) are Rich, Oxford, MS; James, Lawrenceville, GA; and Justin, Atlanta, GA. They decide to call Rich. Bryan spells "trousseau" twice while reading the question and answers.

Ally: Ten seconds! Come on!

Rich: Oh, man!

Ally: Quickly!

[Time runs out.]

Meredith reminds Bryan and Ally that they have the Double Dip. Ally asks Bryan if he wants to risk it. Bryan asks what Ally thinks. They decide to walk away with $4,000.



-- The Horn --

I remember them from my audition.


A shout-out to one of our Merry Men!

$8K: Not sure on this one. I better ask the audience.

I think you're mistaken, Nelly. They were next to me when we were waiting for our second interview at the Baltimore auditions. Someone asked them why they came to Baltimore instead of auditioning in Atlanta, and Bryan said they hadn't heard about them in time, and that they weren't engaged at that time, anyway.

I'm sorry to see that they only walked away with $4,000. They were very nice and Ally is one of the most beautiful people I have ever met in real life.

First $4,000 winners of the season. The way things were going this season I wasn't expecting to see anybody win that amount of money this season.

Has this really become such an old-fashioned word that it's completely unfamiliar to a wide swath of people?

Side note -- this was the word that took me down in my seventh-grade spelling bee. I knew what the word meant when I heard it then, and I haven't misspelled it since.

This was just a lousy question. I know what a trousseau is - it was mentioned many times while I was growing up and more so when I was engaged. I still wasn't sure of the answer. None of them made any sense. My trousseau consisted of a cedar chest given to me by my future hubby for Christmas - it was a sign that he was going to propose soon. My trousseau consisted of blankets, towels, dishes, silverware - that type of thing. Never clothes! Who wrote this question? They should be shot.

Merriam-Webster disagrees with you.

trousseau
One entry found.

Main Entry: trous·seau
Pronunciation: \ˈtrü-(ˌ)sō, trü-ˈ\
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural trous·seaux \-(ˌ)sōz, -ˈsōz\ or trous·seaus
Etymology: French, from Old French, diminutive of trousse bundle, from trousser to truss
Date: 1817
: the personal possessions of a bride usually including clothes, accessories, and household linens and wares

Then I guess it was a different Bryan and Ally who were called up for the AP interview several minutes before me.

I didn't think "trousseau" was such an old-fashioned term, either. Darn shame. A teacher and a QC person, both areas near and dear to my heart. And $2500 doesn't go very far when it comes to furniture, at least if you want quality and durability.

Meredith reminds Bryan and Ally that they have the Double Dip. Ally asks Bryan if he wants to risk it. Bryan asks what Ally thinks.
This does not bode well for post-wedding drives if they don't quite know the directions.

Maybe they should spend some of that $4,000 on a GPS?

I guess that's why they call hiim "Mr. Smooth."

Geez, brides.com, $2,500 won't buy much - how about giving them at least as much as the Vespa was worth?

If they'd had more time Bryan might have been able to convince Ally not to burn a lifeline needlessly.

I guess in this day and age "trousseaus" are a thing of the past, not even mentioned in bridal magazines. Surely they could have associated the word with "trousers" and figured it out. But not with TDC® ticking away.

Put it in the gift registry.

I can foresee problems choosing TV shows and movies at the multiplex, too. "What do you want to watch, dear?" "I don't know, what do you want to watch?"