WWTBAM Bored

Susan Filer
Ridgway, PA
Unemployed and wants to go back to college

Qualified through the video audition.
She filmed her audition video through the mirror in her bathroom.


Topic Tree
Quite Inventive
Governors
Michael Jackson
South America
Unusual Words
Historic Sites
The Secret Service
CELEBRITY Q
Medicine
Science Projects
Online
Ireland
Appliances
Happy Thoughts
Horror Movies



$500 (Horror Movies):
In the 1980s, a series of eight gory horror films featured what unlucky date in their titles?
A. Monday the 5th B. Friday the 13th
C. Sunday the 22nd D. Walter Mondale's birthday

Spoiler

B. Friday the 13th (:06)

$1000 (Happy Thoughts):
A common way to express that happiness depends on individual taste is to tell a person "whatever floats your" what?
A. Bicycle B. Train
C. Boat D. Taxi

Spoiler

C. Boat (:11)

$2000 (Appliances):
Founded in 1948, Char-Broil is a company that manufactures which of these appliances?
A. Refrigerators B. Juicers
C. Grills D. Blenders

Spoiler

C. Grills (:10)

$3000 (Ireland):
Phytophthora infestans, or late blight, swept through Ireland in the 1840s, killing much of the nation's crop of what?
A. Potatoes B. Wheat
C. Corn D. Apples

Spoiler

A. Potatoes (:10)

$5000 (Online):
What sport is the subject of the Web site themat.com?
A. Bowling B. Cycling
C. Wrestling D. Surfing

Spoiler

C. Wrestling (:10)

$7500 (Science Projects):
In 1983, President Reagan opened the military NAVSTAR project to civilian uses, which lead to the invention of what?
A. DVD players B. GPS receivers
C. Digital cameras D. Flat-screen TVs

Spoiler

B. GPS receivers (:21)

$10K (Medicine):
The bizarre-sounding surgery known as osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis helps restore vision by implanting what in the eye?
A. Microscopic diamonds B. Sterilized insect wings
C. Inch-long glass spikes D. The patient's own tooth

Spoiler

D. The patient's own tooth (:20)

Commercial break

During the break, Susan told Mere that a couple of times she wanted to use a lifeline, but trusted her instincts. Mere commented that doing the video from her bathroom is a sign of a desperate person. She has been out of work for over a year and could really use the money she won.

Mere introduced today’s ATE, Baratunde Thurston, a Web editor of “The Onion” and "a very smart guy"


$12.5K (CELEBRITY Q) - Emily Procter from CSI: Miami:
In 2009, Miami's Dolphin Stadium was renamed "Land Shark Stadium" as part of a deal struck with what singer?
A. Jimmy Buffett B. Kenny Rogers
C. Neil Diamond D. Barry Manilow

ATA at :19

ATA

A-76% B-9% C-8% D-7%

Spoiler

A. Jimmy Buffett (:17)

$15K (The Secret Service):
The Mossad is the secret intelligence service of what country?
A. Saudi Arabia B. Israel
C. South Korea D. Egypt

ATE at :19

ATE

Baratunde: "super- confident" that it is B. Israel because of the spy books he has read.

Spoiler

B. Israel (:19)

$25K (Historic Sites):
The site where Napoleon lost a decisive battle in 1815, Waterloo is a town in what is now what country?
A. Germany B. The Netherlands
C. Belgium D. Switzerland

Double-Dip (:13)

DD and answer

Her first answer is B. The Netherlands

Her second answer is C. Belgium

C. Belgium (:06)

Commercial break

Hot Seat home game winning answer

D. Reach the North Pole

Spoiler for Monday

$15K
Which of these celebrities has been married the most times?
A. Larry King B. Kenny Rogers
C. Liza Minnelli D. Billy Bob Thornton

Susan has serious back problems and is thinking of using the money for laser spinal surgery as her insurance does not cover this. It would cost "quite a bit" of the $25,000.


$50K (Unusual Words):
Resembling a sound effect from the old "Batman" TV show, what odd word do British wine lovers use to describe a cheap or inferior wine?
A. Plonk B. Glosh
C. Bloop D. Krunch

Spoiler

A. Plonk (:22)

Susan will return Monday going for $100,000.

Wow.

The transcript can't quite capture the full effect of this one, it's well worth watching. Susan was obviously incredibly nervous, but all of her deep breathing kept her cool enough to play quite well. A powerful combination that had me almost as nervous as her by the end!

For me this was, without question, the most entertaining segment the show has had this season.

I hope she's not a one-and-done when she next appears...

Good set of questions, good contestant. This would have been a dream set for me - I would have used DD on the Waterloo questions same as she did, but I knew the other two she used lifelines on.

Looking forward to seeing how she does on Monday.

Raydawggie wrote:Good set of questions, good contestant. This would have been a dream set for me - I would have used DD on the Waterloo questions same as she did, but I knew the other two she used lifelines on.

Looking forward to seeing how she does on Monday.

Welcome to the Bored, Raydawggie! Would you like to say anything to introduce yourself? Talk about your audition experiences for the show, perhaps?

MarleysGh0st wrote:

Raydawggie wrote:Good set of questions, good contestant. This would have been a dream set for me - I would have used DD on the Waterloo questions same as she did, but I knew the other two she used lifelines on.

Looking forward to seeing how she does on Monday.

Welcome to the Bored, Raydawggie! Would you like to say anything to introduce yourself? Talk about your audition experiences for the show, perhaps?

They're probably a proponent of TOPG.

Raydawggie wrote:Good set of questions, good contestant. This would have been a dream set for me - I would have used DD on the Waterloo questions same as she did, but I knew the other two she used lifelines on.

Looking forward to seeing how she does on Monday.

Welcome aBored! --Bob

MarleysGh0st wrote:

Raydawggie wrote:Good set of questions, good contestant. This would have been a dream set for me - I would have used DD on the Waterloo questions same as she did, but I knew the other two she used lifelines on.

Looking forward to seeing how she does on Monday.

Welcome to the Bored, Raydawggie! Would you like to say anything to introduce yourself? Talk about your audition experiences for the show, perhaps?

Thanks! Is there an intro thread somewhere, or just here.

I've been lurking for a while, mostly to read the transcripts (which are a great service). I've only auditioned once, when I was 19 (in 2003), but I've gotten more into the show lately, and I'm planning to start auditioning again once the auditions open for spring. I'm checking the official site every day.

So now I like to come here and test myself against the daily transcript, see how I do compared to the contestants. Of course, without TDC to tick down, it's easier. I figured I might as well jump in and post already!

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$3000 (Ireland):
Phytophthora infestans, or late blight, swept through Ireland in the 1840s, killing much of the nation's crop of what?
A. Potatoes B. Wheat
C. Corn D. Apples

No surprise here. Another question with the correct answer of potatoes.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:During the break, Susan told Mere that a couple of times she wanted to use a lifeline, but trusted her instincts.

Finally! Somebody who isn't wasting a lifeline this week!

Nihil obstat® for me, so I'll be in terrific position on Monday for the $100,000 South America question. I hope Susan isn't one and done® because I would really love to see what that $250,000 MJ question is.

12.5K: They really changed the name to "land shark stadium" for a price? This sounds like a very bad joke. But it has to be a Jimmy Buffet kind of bad joke, given he lives around there. But I never heard of this before today. Like the contestant, I would waste ATA here.

50K: I knew this because Rumpole of the Bailey is forever going into I-Forget Wine Bar & getting "cheap plonk". Thank you, PBS. Also the novelist but of course I haven't read any Rumpoles, just seen them.

The contestant, who is a smarty, pulls this out of her head somewhere although I believe she says it s a guess. Maybe not really.

One of the few contestants I've rooted for in a long time. I just hope she goes home with her 50K unless she's completely sure.

And Baratunde Thurston is one of the few smart (despite having blown at least one answer this week; he got most of them) "Experts" they've had, though only by stretching it is an Onion editor & blogger "a celebrity". Hmm, do you think TPTB will see a pattern here?

Had to look this up:

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/164221.php

ghostjmf wrote:50K: I knew this because Rumpole of the Bailey is forever going into I-Forget Wine Bar & getting "cheap plonk". Thank you, PBS. Also the novelist but of course I haven't read any Rumpoles, just seen them.

It's Pommeroy's Wine Bar. I wouldn't have known this answer at the time if this Q had shown up for me, but I just this week finished reading the Rumpole First Omnibus, the first three books in the series. I'm still not certain which came first, the TV series or the stories. Leo McKern will always be in my all-time dream cast as Horace Slughorn in the Harry Potter movies.

ghostjmf wrote:And Baratunde Thurston is one of the few smart (despite having blown at least one answer this week; he got most of them) "Experts" they've had, though only by stretching it is an Onion editor & blogger "a celebrity". Hmm, do you think TPTB will see a pattern here?

But, as of last August, he's also on an obscure cable show! And what else would TPTB want in an expert? It's not like they're giving contestants a choice.

http://www.popsci.com/events-and-promot ... ent-future

Baratunde Thurston delves into technological and scientific innovations in the new television series Popular Science's Future Of, premiering on the Science Channel Monday, August 10 at 9 p.m. (ET/PT). .

$10K (Medicine):
The bizarre-sounding surgery known as osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis helps restore vision by implanting what in the eye?
A. Microscopic diamonds B. Sterilized insect wings
C. Inch-long glass spikes D. The patient's own tooth

I would have had to ATA on this one. When I saw odonto I thought teeth, but how is it possible to restore vision by putting a tooth into one's eye ?!?!?

megaaddict wrote:

$10K (Medicine):
The bizarre-sounding surgery known as osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis helps restore vision by implanting what in the eye?
A. Microscopic diamonds B. Sterilized insect wings
C. Inch-long glass spikes D. The patient's own tooth

I would have had to ATA on this one. When I saw odonto I thought teeth, but how is it possible to restore vision by putting a tooth into one's eye ?!?!?

Check the link in ghost's post above.

megaaddict wrote:

$10K (Medicine):
The bizarre-sounding surgery known as osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis helps restore vision by implanting what in the eye?
A. Microscopic diamonds B. Sterilized insect wings
C. Inch-long glass spikes D. The patient's own tooth

I would have had to ATA on this one. When I saw odonto I thought teeth, but how is it possible to restore vision by putting a tooth into one's eye ?!?!?

It's an eye tooth.

ghostjmf wrote:12.5K: They really changed the name to "land shark stadium" for a price? This sounds like a very bad joke. But it has to be a Jimmy Buffet kind of bad joke, given he lives around there. But I never heard of this before today. Like the contestant, I would waste ATA here.

Jimmy Buffett was really only indirectly involved. Land Shark Lager is a beer made by Anheuser-Busch for Margaritaville Brewing Company. Margaritaville Brewing Company was a label created for Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Restaurant chain. Land Shark Lager then expanded into sales outside the restaurants.

Dolphins Stadium was Land Shark Stadium for only the 2009 NFL regular season. It was back to Dolphins Stadium at the end of the season but became Sun Life Stadium just before the Super Bowl. The Sun Life naming deal runs for 5 years.

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:Finally! Somebody who isn't wasting a lifeline this week!

That makes me happy!

Really looking forward to what happens today - haven't been saying that often enough lately.

vettech wrote:Really looking forward to what happens today - haven't been saying that often enough lately.

Since this is "Real Housewives" week, I think we'll have to wait for next Monday, to see Susan's carryover appearance.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Susan Filer
Ridgway, PA
Unemployed and wants to go back to college

Qualified through the video audition.
She filmed her audition video through the mirror in her bathroom.


$10K (Medicine):
The bizarre-sounding surgery known as osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis helps restore vision by implanting what in the eye?
A. Microscopic diamonds B. Sterilized insect wings
C. Inch-long glass spikes D. The patient's own tooth

Spoiler

D. The patient's own tooth (:20)

Nothing particularly hard here until the 50K and from the security of my recliner I even guessed correct at 50K. 10K, while a question as much about etymology as it was about medicine, might be tough for some people. Not this contestant apparently and not me either. But it is a very rare procedure done as a last resort and probably not done that often in this country.

A series of pictures from an eye clinic in India where you might find disease that has progressed to a point where this procedure might be warranted. Not for the faint of heart! Or the stomach...

Eeeewwww!

tanstaafl2 wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Susan Filer
Ridgway, PA
Unemployed and wants to go back to college

Qualified through the video audition.
She filmed her audition video through the mirror in her bathroom.


$10K (Medicine):
The bizarre-sounding surgery known as osteo-odonto-keratoprosthesis helps restore vision by implanting what in the eye?
A. Microscopic diamonds B. Sterilized insect wings
C. Inch-long glass spikes D. The patient's own tooth

Spoiler

D. The patient's own tooth (:20)

Nothing particularly hard here until the 50K and from the security of my recliner I even guessed correct at 50K. 10K, while a question as much about etymology as it was about medicine, might be tough for some people. Not this contestant apparently and not me either. But it is a very rare procedure done as a last resort and probably not done that often in this country.

A series of pictures from an eye clinic in India where you might find disease that has progressed to a point where this procedure might be warranted. Not for the faint of heart! Or the stomach...

Eeeewwww!

The roots for bone, tooth and eye kind of give this away, but the question should have mentioned that it indirectly helps restore vision, as the other options are all transparent, and, as such, are all nasty distractors.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Susan will return Monday going for $100,000.

Thanks to the "Real Housewives", I assume the Monday in question will be March 1?

-M

themanwho wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Susan will return Monday going for $100,000.

Thanks to the "Real Housewives", I assume the Monday in question will be March 1?

-M

Unless TPTB have another special week to surprise us with.

Maybe "Toddlers & Tiaras" week.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

vettech wrote:Really looking forward to what happens today - haven't been saying that often enough lately.

Since this is "Real Housewives" week, I think we'll have to wait for next Monday, to see Susan's carryover appearance.

Damn, I forgot. Or rather, I think I blocked it...

and tomorrow we should FINALLY we get to see what happens to Ms. Filer.

Her next question ("South America") has me pretty sure she'll be a one-and-done in the face of some geography trivia, but I hope I'm wrong.

doitneatly wrote:and tomorrow we should FINALLY we get to see what happens to Ms. Filer.

I don't think so. Zap2It.COM indicates reruns for at least the next 2 weeks...