WWTBAM Bored

Kevin Carter
Princeton, NJ
Freelance writer and editor

Kevin is a sumo wrestler. He once beat an opponent who weighted 650 pounds.

Question Topics:
* Detective Work
* Science Class
* Pitchmen
* Same Name
* Mountain Ranges
* Astronauts
* Memoirs
* Exotic Creatures
* Scary Movies
* National Parks
* Business Moguls
* Sporting Events
* (Game Shows)
* (Advertising)
* (Ship Ahoy!)


$3,000 * Sporting Events
What types of athletes participate in Blood, Sweat and Gears, an annual sporting event held in North Carolina?

A: Surfers B: Joggers
C: Cyclists D: Wrestlers

Kevin is pretty sure, but with 5 seconds left, he decides to Ask The Audience.

ATA: A: 2% B: 3% C: 92% D: 3%

Answer

C: Cyclists ( 4 )

$5,000 * Business Moguls
What businessman famously said, "If I had asked my customers what they wanted, they would have said a faster horse"?

A: William Randolph Hearst B: Henry Ford
C: Andrew Carnegie D: Marshall Field

Answer

B: Henry Ford ( 8 )

$7,500 * National Parks
Which of these well-known U.S. national parks is partially located in the Mojave Desert?

A: Joshua Tree B: Everglades
C: Shenandoah D: Grand Teton

Answer

A: Joshua Tree ( 8 )

$10,000 * Scary Movies
In the 1982 film "Poltergeist," creepy things happen because the main characters' home is built above what?

A: Vampire lair B: Indian burial ground
C: Dormant volcano D: Nuclear waste

Answer

B: Indian burial ground ( 5 )

$12,500 * Exotic Creatures
Caught on camera in the wild in 2004 for reportedly the first time, an Architeuthis is what rare and unusual organism?

A: Pygmy horse B: Carnivorous plant
C: Flightless bird D: Giant squid

With 12 seconds left, Kevin decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is René Syler, author of Good-Enough Mother: The Perfectly Imperfect Book of Parenting.

René: I'm thinking carnivorous plant or flightless bird. Those are like opposite ends of the spectrum. Are you getting anything here, Kevin?

Kevin: I'm thinking flightless bird, because there was a type of prehistoric bird-like creature that had "archi" in its name. So that's what I'm thinking.

René: Oh, really? Okay. I think we should go with you because you're in the Hot Seat. I'm safely here at home.

Kevin: I hear ya! I know it's not pygmy horse. It's either the bird or the plant.

René: Go for it, Kevin, go for it! I'm right behind you.

Kevin: I'm going flightless bird, final answer.

Answer

D: Giant squid ( 7 )

Kevin falls to $5,000.

-- Commercial Break --

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$12,500 * Exotic Creatures
Caught on camera in the wild in 2004 for reportedly the first time, an Architeuthis is what rare and unusual organism?

A: Pygmy horse B: Carnivorous plant
C: Flightless bird D: Giant squid

With 12 seconds left, Kevin decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is René Syler, author of Good-Enough Mother: The Perfectly Imperfect Book of Parenting.

René: I'm thinking carnivorous plant or flightless bird. Those are like opposite ends of the spectrum. Are you getting anything here, Kevin?

Kevin: I'm thinking flightless bird, because there was a type of prehistoric bird-like creature that had "archi" in its name. So that's what I'm thinking.

René: Oh, really? Okay. I think we should go with you because you're in the Hot Seat. I'm safely here at home.

Kevin: I hear ya! I know it's not pygmy horse. It's either the bird or the plant.

René: Go for it, Kevin, go for it! I'm right behind you.

Kevin: I'm going flightless bird, final answer.

Answer

D: Giant squid ( 7 )

The longer this week went on, the more René sounded like a contestant, instead of an "expert".

But, that said, I've got to imagine that the question writers deliberately added flightless bird as a distractor, with Archaeopteryx in mind.

Not that anyone has seen a live Archaeopteryx, lately...

Archaeo (old) + pteryx (wing)

Archi (ruler or giant in this case) + teuthis (squid)

But that's probably beyond this expert.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $12,500 * Exotic Creatures
Caught on camera in the wild in 2004 for reportedly the first time, an Architeuthis is what rare and unusual organism?

A: Pygmy horse B: Carnivorous plant
C: Flightless bird D: Giant squid

Perfect PAF question.
Somebody tell these people that these questions are no longer necessary since the PAF is gone.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000 * Scary Movies
In the 1982 film "Poltergeist," creepy things happen because the main characters' home is built above what?

A: Vampire lair B: Indian burial ground
C: Dormant volcano D: Nuclear waste

Answer

B: Indian burial ground ( 5 )

On the exciting series finale of The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brian last night, Conan showed a list of things NBC might do with his studio. The last one was: "Studio will be airlifted to a location with better luck, like on top of a

Spoiler

Native American burial ground

."

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$12,500 * Exotic Creatures
Caught on camera in the wild in 2004 for reportedly the first time, an Architeuthis is what rare and unusual organism?

A: Pygmy horse B: Carnivorous plant
C: Flightless bird D: Giant squid

Answer

D: Giant squid ( 7 )

Never heard the word Architeuthis, but the discovery of a

Spoiler

giant squid

did make the news.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$12,500 * Exotic Creatures
Caught on camera in the wild in 2004 for reportedly the first time, an Architeuthis is what rare and unusual organism?

A: Pygmy horse B: Carnivorous plant
C: Flightless bird D: Giant squid

New WWTBAM rule: If squid is a choice, pick it.

Nihil obstat®

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Kevin Carter
Princeton, NJ
Freelance writer and editor

$12,500 * Exotic Creatures
Caught on camera in the wild in 2004 for reportedly the first time, an Architeuthis is what rare and unusual organism?

A: Pygmy horse B: Carnivorous plant
C: Flightless bird D: Giant squid

With 12 seconds left, Kevin decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is René Syler, author of Good-Enough Mother: The Perfectly Imperfect Book of Parenting.

René: I'm thinking carnivorous plant or flightless bird. Those are like opposite ends of the spectrum. Are you getting anything here, Kevin?

Kevin: I'm thinking flightless bird, because there was a type of prehistoric bird-like creature that had "archi" in its name. So that's what I'm thinking.

René: Oh, really? Okay. I think we should go with you because you're in the Hot Seat. I'm safely here at home.

Kevin: I hear ya! I know it's not pygmy horse. It's either the bird or the plant.

René: Go for it, Kevin, go for it! I'm right behind you.

Kevin: I'm going flightless bird, final answer.

Answer

D: Giant squid ( 7 )

Kevin falls to $5,000.

-- Commercial Break --

Holy Ink Blot, Batman! That Q is tougher than many of the million dollar Q's of yore. I know the show is determined to keep the budget down but a passing news item from 6 years ago as a 12.5K question?

This so called expert has been better than many of late but hard to blame her for this one either. This could have stumped the most dedicated of Animal Planet watchers.

Haven't had time to do my much loved (by me anyway) playalongs, but I would like to say that on my tiny screen I had to squint to read the clue, because Meredith's pronunciation, accurate though it may have been, wasn't helping much.

I thought the "archi" could mean "old" (so there, & so what) but knew Tethys, usually with a spelling like I just gave or close to it, is a sea god. "teuthis" gave me a little pause, but not much; had to be the squid.

I also could not get the phrase "Archaeopteryx, a flightless bird with hairy feathers" (dunno if its accurate either; its old old old, but not as old as Archaeopteryx) out of my head if ever I even wanted to. Phrase is either from Pogo or Peanuts.

ghostjmf wrote:I also could not get the phrase "Archaeopteryx, a flightless bird with hairy feathers" (dunno if its accurate either; its old old old, but not as old as Archaeopteryx) out of my head if ever I even wanted to. Phrase is either from Pogo or Peanuts.

Actually, that's from B.C.

Marley says:

Actually, that's from B.C.

You are right. Right about the era, too!

tanstaafl2 wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Kevin Carter
Princeton, NJ
Freelance writer and editor

$12,500 * Exotic Creatures
Caught on camera in the wild in 2004 for reportedly the first time, an Architeuthis is what rare and unusual organism?

A: Pygmy horse B: Carnivorous plant
C: Flightless bird D: Giant squid

With 12 seconds left, Kevin decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is René Syler, author of Good-Enough Mother: The Perfectly Imperfect Book of Parenting.

René: I'm thinking carnivorous plant or flightless bird. Those are like opposite ends of the spectrum. Are you getting anything here, Kevin?

Kevin: I'm thinking flightless bird, because there was a type of prehistoric bird-like creature that had "archi" in its name. So that's what I'm thinking.

René: Oh, really? Okay. I think we should go with you because you're in the Hot Seat. I'm safely here at home.

Kevin: I hear ya! I know it's not pygmy horse. It's either the bird or the plant.

René: Go for it, Kevin, go for it! I'm right behind you.

Kevin: I'm going flightless bird, final answer.

Answer

D: Giant squid ( 7 )

Kevin falls to $5,000.

-- Commercial Break --

Holy Ink Blot, Batman! That Q is tougher than many of the million dollar Q's of yore. I know the show is determined to keep the budget down but a passing news item from 6 years ago as a 12.5K question?

This so called expert has been better than many of late but hard to blame her for this one either. This could have stumped the most dedicated of Animal Planet watchers.

This is Kevin Carter. Thank you for understanding. What you said in the words I bolded/underlined I have been wanting to say since the taping. I think they went out of their way to make sure my group didn't make any money. I have been beating myself over the head ever since taping for leaving with so little money (5K). I watched the show years ago and just knew that if I ever got a chance, I would run the table. Then I get there and screw up partly because of my nerves (burning a lifeline at 3K), the stack and the expert. The whole day was an exercise in frustration for me. An earlier contestant on my taping day got a Shakespeare question that I had studied that morning at 3 (as you could probably tell, I couldn't sleep a wink that night). A few weeks before going on I saw Jehan Shamsid Deen kill the stack and watched her make it all the way to the 500K question, which she didn't know (but I did!). I got really nervous and suspicious when they killed Phone A Friend, but I figured I would do OK with just a bit of luck and smarts. I didn't get the former, and I didn't demonstrate the latter. Case of missed opportunity. I don't want to sound like a bunch of sour grapes, because I loved being with all the other contestants and especially enjoyed meeting Meredith.

bigpapi wrote:

tanstaafl2 wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Kevin Carter
Princeton, NJ
Freelance writer and editor

$12,500 * Exotic Creatures
Caught on camera in the wild in 2004 for reportedly the first time, an Architeuthis is what rare and unusual organism?

A: Pygmy horse B: Carnivorous plant
C: Flightless bird D: Giant squid

With 12 seconds left, Kevin decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is René Syler, author of Good-Enough Mother: The Perfectly Imperfect Book of Parenting.

René: I'm thinking carnivorous plant or flightless bird. Those are like opposite ends of the spectrum. Are you getting anything here, Kevin?

Kevin: I'm thinking flightless bird, because there was a type of prehistoric bird-like creature that had "archi" in its name. So that's what I'm thinking.

René: Oh, really? Okay. I think we should go with you because you're in the Hot Seat. I'm safely here at home.

Kevin: I hear ya! I know it's not pygmy horse. It's either the bird or the plant.

René: Go for it, Kevin, go for it! I'm right behind you.

Kevin: I'm going flightless bird, final answer.

Answer

D: Giant squid ( 7 )

Kevin falls to $5,000.

-- Commercial Break --

Holy Ink Blot, Batman! That Q is tougher than many of the million dollar Q's of yore. I know the show is determined to keep the budget down but a passing news item from 6 years ago as a 12.5K question?

This so called expert has been better than many of late but hard to blame her for this one either. This could have stumped the most dedicated of Animal Planet watchers.

This is Kevin Carter. Thank you for understanding. What you said in the words I bolded/underlined I have been wanting to say since the taping. I think they went out of their way to make sure my group didn't make any money. I have been beating myself over the head ever since taping for leaving with so little money (5K). I watched the show years ago and just knew that if I ever got a chance, I would run the table. Then I get there and screw up partly because of my nerves (burning a lifeline at 3K), the stack and the expert. The whole day was an exercise in frustration for me. An earlier contestant on my taping day got a Shakespeare question that I had studied that morning at 3 (as you could probably tell, I couldn't sleep a wink that night). A few weeks before going on I saw Jehan Shamsid Deen kill the stack and watched her make it all the way to the 500K question, which she didn't know (but I did!). I got really nervous and suspicious when they killed Phone A Friend, but I figured I would do OK with just a bit of luck and smarts. I didn't get the former, and I didn't demonstrate the latter. Case of missed opportunity. I don't want to sound like a bunch of sour grapes, because I loved being with all the other contestants and especially enjoyed meeting Meredith.

Welcome aBored! How did you reach the show? In-person audition or video? If the former, I'd love to add you to the Audition List, so please let us know when you auditioned (and confirm that you got the on-camera second interview). --Bob

Sorry about the WWOQ (wicked weed out question - I had to ask a few months ago). Good job anyway and good to hear you enjoyed yourself. Glad to hear from you and hope you stick around...at least until I get on on Friday!

bigpapi wrote:

tanstaafl2 wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Kevin Carter
Princeton, NJ
Freelance writer and editor

$12,500 * Exotic Creatures
Caught on camera in the wild in 2004 for reportedly the first time, an Architeuthis is what rare and unusual organism?

A: Pygmy horse B: Carnivorous plant
C: Flightless bird D: Giant squid

With 12 seconds left, Kevin decides to Ask The Expert. Today's expert is René Syler, author of Good-Enough Mother: The Perfectly Imperfect Book of Parenting.

René: I'm thinking carnivorous plant or flightless bird. Those are like opposite ends of the spectrum. Are you getting anything here, Kevin?

Kevin: I'm thinking flightless bird, because there was a type of prehistoric bird-like creature that had "archi" in its name. So that's what I'm thinking.

René: Oh, really? Okay. I think we should go with you because you're in the Hot Seat. I'm safely here at home.

Kevin: I hear ya! I know it's not pygmy horse. It's either the bird or the plant.

René: Go for it, Kevin, go for it! I'm right behind you.

Kevin: I'm going flightless bird, final answer.

Answer

D: Giant squid ( 7 )

Kevin falls to $5,000.

-- Commercial Break --

Holy Ink Blot, Batman! That Q is tougher than many of the million dollar Q's of yore. I know the show is determined to keep the budget down but a passing news item from 6 years ago as a 12.5K question?

This so called expert has been better than many of late but hard to blame her for this one either. This could have stumped the most dedicated of Animal Planet watchers.

This is Kevin Carter. Thank you for understanding. What you said in the words I bolded/underlined I have been wanting to say since the taping. I think they went out of their way to make sure my group didn't make any money. I have been beating myself over the head ever since taping for leaving with so little money (5K). I watched the show years ago and just knew that if I ever got a chance, I would run the table. Then I get there and screw up partly because of my nerves (burning a lifeline at 3K), the stack and the expert. The whole day was an exercise in frustration for me. An earlier contestant on my taping day got a Shakespeare question that I had studied that morning at 3 (as you could probably tell, I couldn't sleep a wink that night). A few weeks before going on I saw Jehan Shamsid Deen kill the stack and watched her make it all the way to the 500K question, which she didn't know (but I did!). I got really nervous and suspicious when they killed Phone A Friend, but I figured I would do OK with just a bit of luck and smarts. I didn't get the former, and I didn't demonstrate the latter. Case of missed opportunity. I don't want to sound like a bunch of sour grapes, because I loved being with all the other contestants and especially enjoyed meeting Meredith.

Welcome a-bored (sic).

Bob78164 wrote:

bigpapi wrote:

tanstaafl2 wrote:
Holy Ink Blot, Batman! That Q is tougher than many of the million dollar Q's of yore. I know the show is determined to keep the budget down but a passing news item from 6 years ago as a 12.5K question?

This so called expert has been better than many of late but hard to blame her for this one either. This could have stumped the most dedicated of Animal Planet watchers.

This is Kevin Carter. Thank you for understanding. What you said in the words I bolded/underlined I have been wanting to say since the taping. I think they went out of their way to make sure my group didn't make any money. I have been beating myself over the head ever since taping for leaving with so little money (5K). I watched the show years ago and just knew that if I ever got a chance, I would run the table. Then I get there and screw up partly because of my nerves (burning a lifeline at 3K), the stack and the expert. The whole day was an exercise in frustration for me. An earlier contestant on my taping day got a Shakespeare question that I had studied that morning at 3 (as you could probably tell, I couldn't sleep a wink that night). A few weeks before going on I saw Jehan Shamsid Deen kill the stack and watched her make it all the way to the 500K question, which she didn't know (but I did!). I got really nervous and suspicious when they killed Phone A Friend, but I figured I would do OK with just a bit of luck and smarts. I didn't get the former, and I didn't demonstrate the latter. Case of missed opportunity. I don't want to sound like a bunch of sour grapes, because I loved being with all the other contestants and especially enjoyed meeting Meredith.

Welcome aBored! How did you reach the show? In-person audition or video? If the former, I'd love to add you to the Audition List, so please let us know when you auditioned (and confirm that you got the on-camera second interview). --Bob

I read a story about some guy who had been on and decided one day just to take the train and show up at an open test in NYC. I passed the multiple choice test, the first interview and then the second on-camera interview. Then was on pins and needles for a couple of weeks until I got the call.

Welcome, Kevin, and thanks for your comments.

I'm curious if you've been a lurker on our site before or if you just found your way here by googling your name?

MarleysGh0st wrote:Welcome, Kevin, and thanks for your comments.

I'm curious if you've been a lurker on our site before or if you just found your way here by googling your name?

I have been lurking for about a month.............

bigpapi wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:Welcome, Kevin, and thanks for your comments.

I'm curious if you've been a lurker on our site before or if you just found your way here by googling your name?

I have been lurking for about a month.............

So you're already well aware this place is a looney bin.....

lb13

littlebeast13 wrote:

bigpapi wrote:

MarleysGh0st wrote:Welcome, Kevin, and thanks for your comments.

I'm curious if you've been a lurker on our site before or if you just found your way here by googling your name?

I have been lurking for about a month.............

So you're already well aware this place is a looney bin.....

lb13

Yeah, full of snotty commentarians.

bigpapi wrote:I read a story about some guy who had been on and decided one day just to take the train and show up at an open test in NYC. I passed the multiple choice test, the first interview and then the second on-camera interview. Then was on pins and needles for a couple of weeks until I got the call.

Do you remember the date of your audition? And when was your tape date? I know it was the tape day before Gordon's, but I don't know whether that was also the calendar day before Gordon's. --Bob

Bob78164 wrote:

bigpapi wrote:I read a story about some guy who had been on and decided one day just to take the train and show up at an open test in NYC. I passed the multiple choice test, the first interview and then the second on-camera interview. Then was on pins and needles for a couple of weeks until I got the call.

Do you remember the date of your audition? And when was your tape date? I know it was the tape day before Gordon's, but I don't know whether that was also the calendar day before Gordon's. --Bob

I believe it was, Bob. Carryover date for me was October 27th, though. Mirakech, who taped then, should be in next week's shows.

gsabc wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:

bigpapi wrote:I read a story about some guy who had been on and decided one day just to take the train and show up at an open test in NYC. I passed the multiple choice test, the first interview and then the second on-camera interview. Then was on pins and needles for a couple of weeks until I got the call.

Do you remember the date of your audition? And when was your tape date? I know it was the tape day before Gordon's, but I don't know whether that was also the calendar day before Gordon's. --Bob

I believe it was, Bob. Carryover date for me was October 27th, though. Mirakech, who taped then, should be in next week's shows.

Thanks. Then all I need is Kevin's audition date and I can add him to the List. --Bob

gsabc wrote:

Bob78164 wrote:

bigpapi wrote:I read a story about some guy who had been on and decided one day just to take the train and show up at an open test in NYC. I passed the multiple choice test, the first interview and then the second on-camera interview. Then was on pins and needles for a couple of weeks until I got the call.

Do you remember the date of your audition? And when was your tape date? I know it was the tape day before Gordon's, but I don't know whether that was also the calendar day before Gordon's. --Bob

I believe it was, Bob. Carryover date for me was October 27th, though. Mirakech, who taped then, should be in next week's shows.

Kevin had to have taped the same day as Lovi, so check her tape date.

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:
New WWTBAM rule: If squid is a choice, pick it.