WWTBAM Bored

Exenia Rocco
Cincinnati, OH
College freshman
Right now living in a hostel but hopes to get an apartment someday soon
Mere asks why she is wearing wings and she says "I am soaring into new heights of wealth today"

(note: She answered the ones she knew very quickly)

Topic Tree
Famous Documents
Playwrights
Michael Jackson
South America
The Wild West
U.S. Presidents
Dog Breeds
Nonfiction
Mottos
World Records
Down Under
Museums
Classic TV
Fashion Rules
Name Game


$500 (Name Game):
Which of these well-known bands shares its name with a U.S. state and not a U.S. city?
A. Alabama B. Boston
C. Chicago D. LouisiABBA

Spoiler

A. Alabama (:09)

$1000 (Fashion Rules):
According to a commonly held fashion rule, it is considered a faux pas to wear what color after Labor Day?
A. Blue B. Red
C. Green D. White

Spoiler

D. White (:12)

$2000 (Classic TV):
On the classic TV series "The Beverly Hillbillies," what luxury did the Clampetts insist on calling a "cee-ment pond"?
A. Swimming pool B. Refrigerator
C. Fireplace D. Washing machine

Spoiler

A. Swimming pool (:11)

$3000 (Museums):
The Viking Ship Museum is located in what foreign city?
A. Caracas B. Oslo
C. Jerusalem D. Bangkok

ATA at :09

ATA

A-1% B-94% C-2% D-3%

Spoiler

B. Oslo [:08]

$5000 (Down Under):
Australians welcome their first day of summer on the first of what month?
A. September B. March
C. December D. June

Exenia says immediately "Can I ask the...expert?"
Mere: "No you don't have that yet you can phone a friend or double-dip.
Exenia: "Double Dip" (:05)

DD and answer

She answered correctly on her first guess just as Mere says "Australia"

C. December (:05)

Mere says good going and mentions that there was a lot of pressure there. She adda that Exenia has earned the ATE, Chuck Nice. "Now you can do it, OK?"

$7500 (World Records):
In 2009, an outdoor showing of the film "Duck Soup" in Chicago broke the Guinness World Record for "most people wearing" what?
A. Bela Lugosi fangs B. Groucho Marx glasses
C. Marilyn Monroe wigs D. Lone Ranger masks

ATE called at :22 (she called for it immediately after Mere finished the D choice)

ATE

Chuck says he is going with Groucho Marx because he used to have a duck fall out of the ceiling that had the secret word. So he saw a connection there, not a certain one but he is going with it and thinks she should do it as well.

Spoiler

B. Groucho Marx glasses (:20)
Mere adds that it also happened to be Groucho Marx's movie

Exenia will return tomorrow

I get short video feeds from the New York Times on my TiVo. One category of those is "Critics' Corner" and Tuesday's was "Duck Soup"!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$3000 (Museums):
The Viking Ship Museum is located in what foreign city?
A. Caracas B. Oslo
C. Jerusalem D. Bangkok

ATA at :09

ATA

A-1% B-94% C-2% D-3%

Spoiler

B. Oslo [:08]

I'd like to think that Exenia could have remembered where Vikings came from, if not for the pressure of TDC, but she resorted to the ATA with a fair amount of time left.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
$5000 (Down Under):
Australians welcome their first day of summer on the first of what month?
A. September B. March
C. December D. June

Is that right? Australians ignore the astronomical start of summer in the Southern Hemisphere? Good for them.

Why can't we do that as well? Declare the seasons to start on December 1, March 1, June 1, and September 1 and just ignore all the astronomical business.

andrewjackson wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
$5000 (Down Under):
Australians welcome their first day of summer on the first of what month?
A. September B. March
C. December D. June

Is that right? Australians ignore the astronomical start of summer in the Southern Hemisphere? Good for them.

Why can't we do that as well? Declare the seasons to start on December 1, March 1, June 1, and September 1 and just ignore all the astronomical business.

This may be a transcribing error. I don't recall if the question said "...on the first of what month?" But you can't trust those Aussies. They play by their own rules.

Phil Ken Sebbin wrote:This may be a transcribing error. I don't recall if the question said "...on the first of what month?" But you can't trust those Aussies. They play by their own rules.

It's not a transcription error. I definitely recall being puzzled by that bit. It seems pretty odd that they just declare a season to begin on the first of the month. For what purpose could it be?

This made me think of Marley!

http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/weather wrote:Indigenous Australians have long had their own seasonal calendars, which are different from the seasonal calendar brought to Australia by the British in 1788. For example, the Jawoyn, from the Northern Territory, recognise six seasons. Jiorrk, the wet season, lasts from January to February. Bungarung, the end of the rains, lasts from March to mid-April. Jungalk, the hot start of the dry period, lasts from mid-April to the end of May. Malaparr, the cooler, middle part of the dry period, lasts from June to the end of August. Worrwopmi, the humid time, lasts from September to the end of October. Wakaringding, the humid time when the first rains begin to fall, lasts from November until the end of December.

plasticene wrote:This made me think of Marley!

http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/weather wrote:Indigenous Australians have long had their own seasonal calendars, which are different from the seasonal calendar brought to Australia by the British in 1788. For example, the Jawoyn, from the Northern Territory, recognise six seasons. Jiorrk, the wet season, lasts from January to February. Bungarung, the end of the rains, lasts from March to mid-April. Jungalk, the hot start of the dry period, lasts from mid-April to the end of May. Malaparr, the cooler, middle part of the dry period, lasts from June to the end of August. Worrwopmi, the humid time, lasts from September to the end of October. Wakaringding, the humid time when the first rains begin to fall, lasts from November until the end of December.

Yes, but do they the have joy, do they have fun, do they have seasons in the sun?

plasticene wrote:This made me think of Marley!

http://www.cultureandrecreation.gov.au/articles/weather wrote:Indigenous Australians have long had their own seasonal calendars, which are different from the seasonal calendar brought to Australia by the British in 1788. For example, the Jawoyn, from the Northern Territory, recognise six seasons. Jiorrk, the wet season, lasts from January to February. Bungarung, the end of the rains, lasts from March to mid-April. Jungalk, the hot start of the dry period, lasts from mid-April to the end of May. Malaparr, the cooler, middle part of the dry period, lasts from June to the end of August. Worrwopmi, the humid time, lasts from September to the end of October. Wakaringding, the humid time when the first rains begin to fall, lasts from November until the end of December.

Yes! Someone else who recognizes that there are six seasons!

so far so good

People who do not know "Duck Soup" are very sad.

Nihil obstat® so far.