WWTBAM Bored

Julie Bayley
Bronx, NY
Marketing Consultant
Was a standup comedian a long time ago
One night she performed in the same lineup as Arsenio Hall. However, her performance came at 2:30 AM and everyone was drunk and mad.

Topic tree:

It's been Decades!
the Supremes
Knock Knock
Small Procedures
Expecting
Tom Hanks
Say Cheese!
Breaking Away
Magical Places
At the Barbershop
Around the House
The Big Easy
Duh!
The Reading List
I Second That


$100 (I Second That):
The term "second wind" is often used in reference to once-sleepy people who experience a sudden what?
A. Stroke of bad luck B. Burst of energy
C. Feeling of sadness D. Overdose of caffeine

Spoiler

B. Burst of energy (:02) - she was just taking her time answering

$200 (The Reading List):
Which of these trade publications primarily targets teachers?
A. Education Week B. National Fisherman
C. Welding Journal D. Motorcycle Industry

Spoiler

A. Education Week [:08]

$300 (Duh!):
The obvious warning "Remove Child Before Folding" has actually appeared on which of these products?
A. Baby stroller B. Cell phone
C. Hair dryer D. Coffee maker

Spoiler

A. Baby stroller (:07)

$500 (The Big Easy):
A museum located in New Orleans, the Insectarium features a room of free-flying what?
A. Eagles B. Bats
C. Butterflies D. Vultures

Spoiler

C. Butterflies [:08]

$1000 (Around the House):
InSinkErator is one of the largest manufacturers of which of the following?
A. Vacuum cleaners B. Food processors
C. Lawn mowers D. Garbage disposals

Spoiler

D. Garbage disposals (:03)

Commercial break
expert introduced: Lucy Dansziger, Self magazine’s editor-in-chief

Julie's mom Phyllis is in the audience. Julie hopes to hold a big 90th birthday party for mom in two years and fly in the whole family.

$2000 (At the Barbershop):
According to a popular seven-note tune, a "shave and a haircut" costs how much money?
A. Five bucks B. Eight cents
C. One dime D. Two bits

Spoiler

D. Two bits (:20)

$4000 (Magical Places):
Michael Jackson's infamous Neverland Ranch takes its name from a magical place in a kids' book written by whom?
A. A.A. Milne B. J.M. Barrie
C. L. Frank Baum D. P.L. Travers

Spoiler

B. J.M. Barrie (:16)

$8000 (Breaking Away):
In 2008, the breakaway regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia sparked a bloody conflict between Russia and what neighboring country?
A. Belarus B. Ukraine
C. Azerbaijan D. Georgia

Spoiler

D. Georgia (:20)

Commercial break

$16K (Say Cheese!):
Despite its "cheesy"-sounding name, headcheese is primarily a mixture of what?
A. Vegetables B. Pastas
C. Meats D. Fruits

Spoiler

C. Meats (:20)

$25K (Tom Hanks):
The Tom Hanks film "The Green Mile" prominently features a mouse named what?
A. Mr. Huggins B. Mr. Billingsley
C. Mr. Jingles D. Mr. Spitz

Spoiler

C. Mr. Jingles (:13)

$50K (Expecting):
Typically giving birth less than two weeks after conception, which of these animals has one of the shortest known gestation periods?
A. Vampire bat B. American opossum
C. Striped skunk D. Jack rabbit


ATA (:34)

ATA

A-31% B-29% C-1% D-39%

ATE (:33)

ATE

Lucy tries to work it out logically saying she does not think it is B or D, then would guess A

DD (:31)

Spoiler

First answer, A, was wrong
Julie says she is assured $25K and will go with her gut.
Second answer B, was right

B. American opossum (:02)

Commercial break


$100K (Small Procedures):
A myringotomy is a surgical procedure performed on what part of the body?
A. Kneecap B. Adam's Apple
C. Eardrum D. Achilles tendon

PAF options
big brother Floyd from Rochester NY, friend Donald from New York NY, friend Jose from Warsaw, VA

PAF

Floyd does not answer before time runs out

Spoiler

C. Eardrum (:00)

Julie walks with $50,000.

No carryover to tomorrow

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Julie Bayley
Bronx, NY
Marketing Consultant
Was a standup comedian a long time ago

Another WE/WE®

The $100K question was yet another that the PAF could have easily Googled. Do people not know they can do this? Do they think it is cheating, or what?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Julie Bayley
Bronx, NY
Marketing Consultant
Was a standup comedian a long time ago
One night she performed in the same lineup as Arsenio Hall. However, her performance came at 2:30 AM and everyone was drunk and mad.

So that makes two WE/WEs® in a row. Why am I not surprised?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:It's been Decades!
the Supremes
Knock Knock
Small Procedures
Expecting
Tom Hanks
Say Cheese!
Breaking Away
Magical Places
At the Barbershop
Around the House
The Big Easy
Duh!
The Reading List
I Second That

Another mixed bag.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100 (I Second That):
The term "second wind" is often used in reference to once-sleepy people who experience a sudden what?
A. Stroke of bad luck B. Burst of energy
C. Feeling of sadness D. Overdose of caffeine

E. Buildup of gas

$50K: I can eliminate the jack rabbit (they're known for giving birth hundreds of times, but not giving birth quickly). Not sure if this is Googleable, but I'll have to PAF.

$100K: Double Dip on kneecap and eardrum.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Julie Bayley
Bronx, NY
Marketing Consultant
Was a standup comedian a long time ago
One night she performed in the same lineup as Arsenio Hall. However, her performance came at 2:30 AM and everyone was drunk and mad.

She's a WE/WE®.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25K (Tom Hanks):
The Tom Hanks film "The Green Mile" prominently features a mouse named what?
A. Mr. Huggins B. Mr. Billingsley
C. Mr. Jingles D. Mr. Spitz

Spoiler

C. Mr. Jingles (:13)

Time for a lifeline - ATA please. I've never seen "The Green Mile".

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$50K (Expecting):
Typically giving birth less than two weeks after conception, which of these animals has one of the shortest known gestation periods?
A. Vampire bat B. American opossum
C. Striped skunk D. Jack rabbit


ATA (:34)

ATA

A-31% B-29% C-1% D-39%

ATE (:33)

ATE

Lucy tries to work it out logically saying she does not think it is B or D, then would guess A

DD (:31)

Spoiler

First answer, A, was wrong
Julie says she is assured $25K and will go with her gut.
Second answer B, was right

B. American opossum (:02)

Julie was doing extremely well and before this question appeared I commented to elwing that it was time for a really tough question, one that would require her to burn through her lifelines. Sure enough, this was it. As for me, I'd have gone with the DD also, using the same choices Julie did. My question for Julie would be why ask an expert on fitness a question about mammalian reproduction.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$100K (Small Procedures):
A myringotomy is a surgical procedure performed on what part of the body?
A. Kneecap B. Adam's Apple
C. Eardrum D. Achilles tendon

PAF options
big brother Floyd from Rochester NY, friend Donald from New York NY, friend Jose from Warsaw, VA

PAF

Floyd does not answer before time runs out

Spoiler

C. Eardrum (:00)

I still have lifelines, so it's time to use another one. PAF please.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
$50K (Expecting):
Typically giving birth less than two weeks after conception, which of these animals has one of the shortest known gestation periods?
A. Vampire bat B. American opossum
C. Striped skunk D. Jack rabbit


ATA (:34)

ATA

A-31% B-29% C-1% D-39%

ATE (:33)

ATE

Lucy tries to work it out logically saying she does not think it is B or D, then would guess A

DD (:31)

Spoiler

First answer, A, was wrong
Julie says she is assured $25K and will go with her gut.
Second answer B, was right

B. American opossum (:02)

Julie was doing great to this point and Meredith didn't even remember to mention that she'd reached $25K will all her lifelines intact! (I'd have needed to ATA about Mr. Jingles.)

And then they throw out an oddball question like this, which requires some quiet thinking without the pressure of the damned clock.

My first though was rabbits = reproduction, but I realized that had to be a wicked distractor. Not at all surprising that the audience went for it. My second thought was the bat, since it seems logical that it would be difficult for it to keep flying through a lengthy pregnancy. (But why a vampire bat, specifically?) And then I realized the key: opposums are marsupial!

When Lucy ruled them out, I thought Julie was finished. Good for her, to ignore that "expert" advice!

So what are the Greek/Latin roots of myringotomy? Merriam-Webster and Wikipedia don't say.

And where should we have heard this word?

MarleysGh0st wrote:So what are the Greek/Latin roots of myringotomy? Merriam-Webster and Wikipedia don't say.

And where should we have heard this word?

If we needed the operation, we probably would NOT have heard it, at least not from that side.

Is the Green Mile/Mr. Jingles question recycled?

ulysses5019 wrote:Is the Green Mile/Mr. Jingles question recycled?

Does that mean the film couldn't use the disclaimer about no animals were harmed in the production....

Oh, you said the question and not Mr. Jingles was recycled.

Nevermind.

A rare stack where I would still have all lifelines after the $100k question.

Regarding the etymology of "myringotomy":
It's from the Greek myrinx, which means ear-drum, and tom-, which means to cut (and is commonly used to identify many surgical procedures).

Myringotomy is still a fairly common procedure performed by Otolaryngologists (ENT doctors). Actually, it's probably the most common procedure they do on little kids: those who get frequent middle-ear infections, that is. Any kid getting "tubes" in the ears first gets a myringotomy to make the hole into which the tube is placed.

I certainly think this question is not especially difficult, as it would not take extensive medical knowledge to have heard about it. I equate it's difficulty to knowing that a cholecystectomy is gall bladder surgery.

ulysses5019 wrote:Is the Green Mile/Mr. Jingles question recycled?

I'm pretty sure it was used during the one-off Academy Awards WWTBAM.

jsuchard wrote: Regarding the etymology of "myringotomy":
It's from the Greek myrinx, which means ear-drum, and tom-, which means to cut (and is commonly used to identify many surgical procedures).

Thanks for the explanation, Jeff.

So those of the audience who didn't happen to go to medical school could expect to learn of this procedure from having kids?





I knew I forgot something!

MarleysGh0st wrote:

jsuchard wrote: Regarding the etymology of "myringotomy":
It's from the Greek myrinx, which means ear-drum, and tom-, which means to cut (and is commonly used to identify many surgical procedures).

Thanks for the explanation, Jeff.

So those of the audience who didn't happen to go to medical school could expect to learn of this procedure from having kids?





I knew I forgot something!

Wouldn't have helped - I have four and none of them had to go through the "tubes in the ears" situation.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

jsuchard wrote: Regarding the etymology of "myringotomy":
It's from the Greek myrinx, which means ear-drum, and tom-, which means to cut (and is commonly used to identify many surgical procedures).

Thanks for the explanation, Jeff.

So those of the audience who didn't happen to go to medical school could expect to learn of this procedure from having kids?

Nope, because doctors do not use such medical terms when explaining procedures with young children, even minor ones like tubes.

Older two kids had a few done, and I am not sure that this term ever came up.

Not everybody gets an angioplasty, appendectomy, gastrostomy, or craniectomy either...

...but I think they would all be considered acceptable as subjects of mid- to upper-level JEOPARDY! clues (or WWTBAM questions). General knowledge of the appropriate Greek and Latin roots for body parts, along with an intelligent layperson's medical knowledge are all that are necessary to figure them out.

If one's children had the procedure done, it would surprise me if nowhere on the bill or other paperwork you signed that the word "myringotomy" wasn't mentioned. I will freely grant that "myringotomy" is a less commonly encountered word than angioplasty; but it is not so rare that the question is unfair.

And look at the other choices:
A. Kneecap B. Adam's Apple
C. Eardrum D. Achilles tendon
You only need to know that "tom-" means to cut (as opposed to "ec-tom-", which means to cut out, or remove) to figure this one out.

Of what possible use is it to make a cut (and only a cut) in the kneecap or Achille's tendon? With regard to the Adam's apple, you might possibly be describing a tracheostomy (or rather a laryngostomy ["os-tom-", to cut a hole into]), but in such a case, you would call it by those other, more familiar medical terms.

jsuchard wrote:Not everybody gets an angioplasty, appendectomy, gastrostomy, or craniectomy either...

...but I think they would all be considered acceptable as subjects of mid- to upper-level JEOPARDY! clues (or WWTBAM questions). General knowledge of the appropriate Greek and Latin roots for body parts, along with an intelligent layperson's medical knowledge are all that are necessary to figure them out.

If one's children had the procedure done, it would surprise me if nowhere on the bill or other paperwork you signed that the word "myringotomy" wasn't mentioned. I will freely grant that "myringotomy" is a less commonly encountered word than angioplasty; but it is not so rare that the question is unfair.

And look at the other choices:
A. Kneecap B. Adam's Apple
C. Eardrum D. Achilles tendon
You only need to know that "tom-" means to cut (as opposed to "ec-tom-", which means to cut out, or remove) to figure this one out.

Of what possible use is it to make a cut (and only a cut) in the kneecap or Achille's tendon? With regard to the Adam's apple, you might possibly be describing a tracheostomy (or rather a laryngostomy ["os-tom-", to cut a hole into]), but in such a case, you would call it by those other, more familiar medical terms.

I was actually guessing Adam's Apple because that transgendered girl from The Real World said she did have a surgery to remove her Adam's Apple and I didn't think any of the other choices would be cut out...

jsuchard wrote:Not everybody gets an angioplasty, appendectomy, gastrostomy, or craniectomy either...

...but I think they would all be considered acceptable as subjects of mid- to upper-level JEOPARDY! clues (or WWTBAM questions). General knowledge of the appropriate Greek and Latin roots for body parts, along with an intelligent layperson's medical knowledge are all that are necessary to figure them out.

If one's children had the procedure done, it would surprise me if nowhere on the bill or other paperwork you signed that the word "myringotomy" wasn't mentioned. I will freely grant that "myringotomy" is a less commonly encountered word than angioplasty; but it is not so rare that the question is unfair.

And look at the other choices:
A. Kneecap B. Adam's Apple
C. Eardrum D. Achilles tendon
You only need to know that "tom-" means to cut (as opposed to "ec-tom-", which means to cut out, or remove) to figure this one out.

My roommate my freshman year at college told me he had just heard the funniest joke ever:

What do you call the operation for a trans-gendered woman to become a man?
Addadectomy.

I told him it wasn't funny because the -ectomy part meant you were taking something out, so it didn't make sense.

That may be why he wouldn't invite me to any of his parties.

I totally knew the 100k question...I remember it from the poster on my ear doctor's wall...I remember looking at it over and over, I had tubes several times. I don't even know that I'd recognize it if I heard it spoken, but to see it written, I didn't even hesitate knowing the answer. Of course, I didn't know several of the preceding questions, so I never would have gotten to this one!!!

jsuchard wrote: And look at the other choices:
A. Kneecap B. Adam's Apple
C. Eardrum D. Achilles tendon
You only need to know that "tom-" means to cut (as opposed to "ec-tom-", which means to cut out, or remove) to figure this one out.

Dang. I didn't even recognize that distinction between tom and ec-tom. And I was rather puzzled about what doctors might possibly be removing from any of those choices.

Now, suppose I did figure out that this was a "cut" and not a "cut out". If I didn't know what the particular operation was, in the first place, I still might have gone with choice D, guessing that this was a fancy medical name for what is commonly referred to as a "hamstringing".

<sigh>

Would have been a good day! 100K and all lifelines intact.