WWTBAM Bored

Joyce Bogart
Goodyear, AZ

Joyce’s son, Greg, brought her to New York for Mother’s Day for three days.
Greg brought her to a taping one day and she took the test.
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$100 Backyard fixtures during the summer, small inflatable pools are often referred to as what?
A. Kiddie pools
B. Adolescent pools
C. Teenybopper pools
D. Toilets for tots

$200 Which of these drugstore brands is a leading competitor of Kleenex?
A. Dr. Scholl’s
B. Puffs
C. Scope
D. Arrid

$300 The clichéd query “What’s your sign?” asks for roughly the same information as which of these other questions?
A. How tall are you?
B. When’s your birthday?
C. What’s your job?
D. Where do you live?

$500 A tower of corn and a field plow are depicted on the official seal of the U.S. Department of what?
A. Education
B. Justice
C. Agriculture
D. Transportation

$1K In the 90s, the hit song “Electric Boogie” popularized a ubiquitous dance known as the “Electric” what?
A. Slide
B. Shake
C. Squat
D. Shimmy

$2K Which of these vegetables is actually a miniature variety of cabbage?
A. Asparagus
B. Celery
C. Zucchini
D. Brussels sprout

$4K To check a patient’s knee-jerk reflex, doctors actually tap what tendon just below the knee?
A. Trefoil tendon
B. Achilles tendon
C. Patellar tendon
D. Calcaneal tendon

Joyce thinks it’s patellar, but decides to ATA.

ATA

2% A. Trefoil tendon
4% B. Achilles tendon
93% C. Patellar tendon
1% D. Calcaneal tendon

commercial break

$8K The 2003 movie “Mystic River” is named after river that flows through what major U.S. city?
A. Detroit
B. Boston
C. Philadelphia
D. Seattle

PAF – Scott, a friend of Joyce and her son

Scott says that that movie takes place in Boston.

$16K Like “screwdriver,” which of these words refers to both a type of tool and a type of cocktail?
A. Gimlet
B. Mimosa
C. Gibson
D. Sidecar

Joyce doesn’t think it is mimosa and as far a she knows, a sidecar is the passenger thing on a motorcycle.

50/50 leaves A. Gimlet and C. Gibson.

commercial break

$25K In 2006, the U.S. Army replaced its former recruiting slogan “An Army of One” with what new phrase?
A. Army Smart
B. Army Tough
C. Army Real
D. Army Strong

Joyce has never heard this slogan. She decides to leave with $16K.

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Answers:
$100 A. Kiddie pools
$200 B. Puffs
$300 B. When’s your birthday?
$500 C. Agriculture
$1K A. Slide
$2K D. Brussels sprout
$4K C. Patellar tendon
$8K B. Boston
$16K A. Gimlet
$25K D. Army Strong

$25K: It's either "Army Tough" or "Army Strong". ATA.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Joyce Bogart
Goodyear, AZ

Joyce’s son, Greg, brought her to New York for Mother’s Day for three days.
Greg brought her to a taping one day and she took the test.

So does Greg live in NYC or did he take her there from Arizona? I don't think she should be considered a "reluctant auditioner".

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$4K To check a patient’s knee-jerk reflex, doctors actually tap what tendon just below the knee?
A. Trefoil tendon
B. Achilles tendon
C. Patellar tendon
D. Calcaneal tendon

Joyce thinks it’s patellar, but decides to ATA.

ATA

2% A. Trefoil tendon
4% B. Achilles tendon
93% C. Patellar tendon
1% D. Calcaneal tendon

Too bad she didn't go with her instinct.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$8K The 2003 movie “Mystic River” is named after river that flows through what major U.S. city?
A. Detroit
B. Boston
C. Philadelphia
D. Seattle

PAF – Scott, a friend of Joyce and her son

Scott says that that movie takes place in Boston.

For some reason "Connecticut" came to my mind, but since that wasn't the question, I could have picked the right answer from the four given.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16K Like “screwdriver,” which of these words refers to both a type of tool and a type of cocktail?
A. Gimlet
B. Mimosa
C. Gibson
D. Sidecar

Joyce doesn’t think it is mimosa and as far a she knows, a sidecar is the passenger thing on a motorcycle.

50/50 leaves A. Gimlet and C. Gibson.

It's not B, C or D, so it has to be A. Meredith was nice to explain that a gimlet is a device using for making holes in wood.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25K In 2006, the U.S. Army replaced its former recruiting slogan “An Army of One” with what new phrase?
A. Army Smart
B. Army Tough
C. Army Real
D. Army Strong

Joyce has never heard this slogan. She decides to leave with $16K.

I'm surprised - I've seen that commercial dozens of times. It helps, of course, to work for the Army - a lot of e-mails come from up the chain and are ended with "Army Strong!"

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:$25K: It's either "Army Tough" or "Army Strong". ATA.

"Ford Tough"

"Army Strong"


Of course, I may have had some additional knowledge on this question.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Joyce Bogart
Goodyear, AZ

Joyce’s son, Greg, brought her to New York for Mother’s Day for three days.
Greg brought her to a taping one day and she took the test.

So does Greg live in NYC or did he take her there from Arizona? I don't think she should be considered a "reluctant auditioner".

I think they both took the trip to NYC from Arizona. Also, if they were there in May, there weren't any tapings going on, so they must have attended one of the "Summer" auditions without seeing the show.

Since she didn't mention anything about being urged to try out by her son, I'll also give her a pass on the "reluctant auditioner" label. That was just one more tourist activity to try while they were in town.

earendel wrote:For some reason "Connecticut" came to my mind, but since that wasn't the question, I could have picked the right answer from the four given.

Mystic Seaport is in Connecticut. It was the setting for another movie, Mystic Pizza.

I knew Mystic River was set in New England, so I would have got this question right.

1K: I have never heard of this dance, I don't think, but will rule out "electric squat" just because. "electric shimmy" doesn't sound so, uh, electric either. Should got with sliding gut but would ATA here.

Otherwise good.

Here's a brief news blurb about Joyce's appearance, from The Arizona Republic:

http://www.azcentral.com/community/swva ... e1221.html

And this one, with an AP dateline, cites the first one as its source of information, but manages to introduce a mistake into its rewrite, calling WWTBAM NBC's show.

http://www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=7525084

MarleysGh0st wrote:Here's a brief news blurb about Joyce's appearance, from The Arizona Republic:

I didn't notice at first, but the people using the public comment section on that site are really rude. I mean, they make MBFFB look polite!