WWTBAM Bored

Mike Bruno
Waretown, NJ

Mike was watching Tony's performance and getting excited for him; they became good friends in the time before the show.

Question Topics:
* Pennsylvania Avenue
* Word Origins
* Diplomatic Relations
* Social Security
* Areas of Study
* Psychology
* Michigan
* Presidential History
* At the Bookstore
* College Sports
* Slang
* Festivals
* New Media
* In Business
* Richard Nixon


$500 * Richard Nixon
During the 1973 Watergate scandal, President Nixon held a press conference at which he famously declared "I am not a" what?

A: Crook B: Demon
C: Spy D: Big fan of Streisand

Answer

A: Crook ( 9 )

$1,000 * In Business
A saddlery is a shop that sells equipment for what animals?

A: Dogs B: Chickens
C: Horses D: Cats

Answer

C: Horses ( 11 )

-- Commercial Break --

Sneak Peak at One of Tomorrow's Questions

$15,000
What is unique about Michigan's Mackinac Island?

A: It appears in over 50 feature films B: It snows year-round
C: Passenger cars are prohibited D: Bears outnumber people

Mike was a postal worker for many years, then he went back to school to become a history teacher.

Mike has let his hair grow out and he wears an earring. Some of his students call him a hippie and think he traveled around the country in the 1960s, but Mike tells them he was still in diapers in the first half of the '60s and still young in the later half.

$2,000 * New Media
Consumers were urged to buy set-top converter boxes before the federally mandated 2009 transition to all-digital what?

A: Telephone B: Radio
C: Internet D: Television

Answer

D: Television ( 11 )

$3,000 * Festivals
For over forty years, the Mostly Mozart festival at New York's Lincoln Center has been a popular summer event for fans of what?

A: French cuisine B: Classical music
C: Modern art D: Antique cars

Answer

B: Classical music ( 10 )

$5,000 * Slang
A person is said to have "cankles" if what part of the body has a thick appearance?

A: Lower leg B: Neck
C: Waist D: Shoulder

Answer

A: Lower leg ( 11 )

$7,500 * College Sports
According to legend, the University of Miami's football team was named after what weather phenomenon, which delayed their first-ever game?

A: Blizzard B: Hurricane
C: Tornado D: Flood

Answer

B: Hurricane ( 27 )

-- The Horn --

Mike will return on tomorrow's show.

Tournament of Ten Leader Board

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5. Tim Janus $100,000 - 2:44
6. Ralph Cambeis $50,000 - 1:13
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8. Tony Westmoreland $50,000 - 2:08
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10. Fred Roberts $50,000 - 2:27

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:

Sneak Peak at One of Tomorrow's Questions

$15,000
What is unique about Michigan's Mackinac Island?

A: It appears in over 50 feature films B: It snows year-round
C: Passenger cars are prohibited D: Bears outnumber people

The writers seem to be confused about the meaning of the word "unique." If the contestant misses this question, it will invite a challenge, based on the phrasing.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Mike Bruno
Waretown, NJ

WE® territory?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Mike has let his hair grow out and he wears an earring. Some of his students call him a hippie and think he traveled around the country in the 1960s, but Mike tells them he was still in diapers in the first half of the '60s and still young in the later half.[/i]

Boy does that make me feel old.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$5,000 * Slang
A person is said to have "cankles" if what part of the body has a thick appearance?

A: Lower leg B: Neck
C: Waist D: Shoulder

Answer

A: Lower leg ( 11 )

Never heard the term but it seems obvious.

Nihil obstat®.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Mike Bruno
Waretown, NJ

Possible WE®?

Nihil obstat® so far.

Look at what I found on the local CBS affiliate web-sited this morngin...
Cankles? What cankles?

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Mike Bruno
Waretown, NJ

WE® territory?

Hmmm. That's a marginal call. Waretown is about halfway down the Jersey coast, a little bit closer to Philly than to New York.

But he certainly didn't need an airline flight to get there!