Transcript 03/30/09 Ethyl Will

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Ethyl Will
Haworth, NJ
Broadway Pit Musician

Topic Tree:

Cold Hard Cash
1939
Papa
Advanced Anatomy
Country First
The Sopranos
Garden Variety
On Broadway
Chug-A-Lug!
‘50s Songs
Celebrity Swag
Get Ya Popcorn Ready
Snack Time
Around the House
Happy Holidays!

$100 In 2008, what obscure holiday prompted a CNN writer to urge, “celebrate the semicolon. Offer hosannas for hyphens”?
A. Reptiles Day
B. Punctuation Day
C. Cholesterol Day
D. Dork Day

Spoiler

B. Punctuation Day (6)

$200 “Sweeper” is a common synonym for what household item?
A. Vase
B. Corkscrew
C. Broom
D. Mug

Spoiler

C. Broom (10)

$300 Which of these snack brands has a name that was inspired by a First Lady?
A. Dolly Madison
B. Little Debbie
C. Drake’s
D. Sara Lee

Spoiler

A. Dolly Madison (2)

$500 The Netflix Popcorn Bowl was a 2008 event at which two people set a Guinness World Record by spending 123 hours doing what?
A. Jumping rope
B. Playing checkers
C. Eating bugs
D. Watching movies

Spoiler

D. Watching movies (9)

$1K In 2004, who spawned a ubiquitous rubber-bracelet trend by selling yellow wristwear to raise money for charity?
A. Brad Pitt
B. Lance Armstrong
C. Al Gore
D. Bono

Spoiler

B. Lance Armstrong (9)

commercial break

Meredith introduces today’s ATE, “Time” magazine columnist, Joel Stein.
Meredith tells Ethyl that Joel has been an ATE before and he was fantastic.

$2K What hit 1950s song features the line “A-wop-bop-a-loo-bop-a-lop-bam-boo”?
A Yakety Yak
B. Witch Doctor
C. Tutti-Frutti
D. Lollipop

ATA (16)

3% A Yakety Yak
3% B. Witch Doctor
93% C. Tutti-Frutti
1% D. Lollipop

Spoiler

C. Tutti-Frutti (13)

$4K If each can contains twelve ounces, what is the total volume of liquid in a six-pak of beer?
A. 48 ounces
B. 56 ounces
C. 60 ounces
D. 72 ounces

Spoiler

D. 72 ounces (19)

$8K What author penned the classic work of literature that inspired the 2008 Broadway musical “A Tale of Two Cities”?
A. Leo Tolstoy
B. Charles Dickens
C. John Steinbeck
D. Henry James

Spoiler

B. Charles Dickens (23)

commercial break

$16K All Blue, Red Bliss and Yellow Finn are three colorful varieties of what common vegetable?
A. Potato
B. Beet
C. Turnip
D. Eggplant

PAF (13)

Ethyl’s PAF team:

Jim from Mahomet, IL – Ethyl’s ex-husband
Mark from Bethlehem, PA – Ethyl’s brother-in-law
Dave from Elmont, NY – a friend

PAF – Jim

Jim says he is sure the answer is potato.

Spoiler

A. Potato (11)

horn

Ethyl will return for tomorrow’s show.

Answers:
$100 B. Punctuation Day
$200 C. Broom
$300 A. Dolly Madison
$500 D. Watching movies
$1K B. Lance Armstrong
$2K C. Tutti-Frutti
$4K D. 72 ounces
$8K B. Charles Dickens
$16K A. Potato

[NellyLunatic1980]

Ethyl Will
Haworth, NJ
Broadway Pit Musician

As we saw in an article a couple of days ago, she is definitely a WE/WE®.

Meredith introduces today’s ATE, “Time” magazine columnist, Joel Stein.
Meredith tells Ethyl that Joel has been an ATE before and he was fantastic.

Bullcookies. Joel was a useless stump.

$16K All Blue, Red Bliss and Yellow Finn are three colorful varieties of what common vegetable?
A. Potato
B. Beet
C. Turnip
D. Eggplant

Another potato question rears its ugly head. Sorry, GlowingPotato, but the contestant got it right this time.

Nihil obstat®

[SportsFan68]

$16K All Blue, Red Bliss and Yellow Finn are three colorful varieties of what common vegetable?
A. Potato
B. Beet
C. Turnip
D. Eggplant

My (theoretical) Science PAF grows these! And orange, yellow, and red carrots!

[earendel]

Ethyl Will
Haworth, NJ
Broadway Pit Musician

So she's a WE/WE®.

Nihil obstat®.

[MarleysGh0st]

$4K If each can contains twelve ounces, what is the total volume of liquid in a six-pak of beer?
A. 48 ounces
B. 56 ounces
C. 60 ounces
D. 72 ounces

Spoiler

D. 72 ounces (19)

Six time twelve is a $4K question?

[ulysses5019]

$4K If each can contains twelve ounces, what is the total volume of liquid in a six-pak of beer?
A. 48 ounces
B. 56 ounces
C. 60 ounces
D. 72 ounces

Spoiler

D. 72 ounces (19)

Six time twelve is a $4K question?

For kazoo it might be.

[smilergrogan]

I wonder how Will got two carbon atoms attached to him.

[Kazoo65]

With TDC*, I might need a lifeline on the math question. 30 seconds is kind of short to do math. PaF.

The potato question was NASTY. I've never seen a blue potato before. I've seen red ones and yellow ones, but my grocery store doesn't sell blue ones.

[MarleysGh0st]

With TDC*, I might need a lifeline on the math question. 30 seconds is kind of short to do math. PaF.

I know math is your weak area and I don't want to pick on you, but...seriously?

6 x 12? With four choices to pick from?

Did they ever make you memorize the multiplication tables when you were in grade school?