WWTBAM Bored

Lindsey Nance
Oklahoma City, OK
Chiropractic assistant

Question Topics:

Seeing Double
Broadcast History
Can I Quote You?
Inventions
Canada
Modern Art
Online
What Are They?
Spoiler Alert!
Books for Dummies
Peanuts
Areas of Study
The Beatles
It's the Law
Natural Formations

Today's expert is biologist and author Jeff Corwin.

$500 - Natural Formations
What type of natural formation is often described as a slow-moving river of ice?
A: Glacier B: Reef
C: Bog D: Angelina Jolie

Spoiler

A: Glacier (9)

$1000 - It's the Law
In the U.S., which of these products cannot legally be purchased by a person under the age of twenty-one?
A: Crystal Light B: Miller Lite
C: Dannon Light & Fit D: Sunny Delight

Spoiler

B: Miller Lite (9)

$2000 - The Beatles
In a hit song by The Beatles, Paul McCartney croons "Speaking words of wisdom" before singing what?
A: Can't buy me love B: Come together
C: Let it be D: I want to hold your hand

Spoiler

C: Let it be (8)

-- Commercial Break --


$3,000 - Areas of Study
Which of these fields of study focuses primarily on ideas that are fictional?
A: Biology B: Mythology
C: Physiology D: Zoology

Spoiler

B: Mythology (8)

$5,000 - Peanuts
What "Peanuts" character was often depicted sitting in a booth under a sign that read "Psychiatric Help 5 cents"?
A: Linus B: Marcie
C: Lucy D: Peppermint Patty

With 8 seconds remaining, Lindsey decides to Ask the Audience.

ATA results

ATA: A: 8% B: 5% C: 80% D: 7%

Lindsey decides to answer

Spoiler

C

Spoiler

C: Lucy (5)

$7,500 - Books for Dummies
Which of these books in the "For Dummies" series features a foreword by Wolfgang Puck?
A: Auto Repair for Dummies B: Knitting for Dummies
C: Cooking for Dummies D: Fit Pregnancy for Dummies

Spoiler

C: Cooking for Dummies (22)

$10,000 - Spoiler Alert!
"Malcolm was dead all along" is a statement that ruins the ending of what popular thriller?
A: Cape Fear B: The Sixth Sense
C: Basic Instinct D: Fatal Attraction

Spoiler

B: The Sixth Sense (16)

$12,500 - What Are They?
What are renal calculi?
A: Liver spots B: Heart Murmurs
C: Kidney stones D: Stomach ulcers

With 17 seconds remaining, Lindsey decides to Ask The Expert.

ATE discussion

Jeff knows that "renal"=kidney and "calculi" is related to calcium, so he's confident that it's C.

Lindsey decides to answer

Spoiler

C

Spoiler

C: Kidney stones (14)

-- Commercial Break --

Home Game answer for the day

C: Lucy

tomorrow teaser

$15,000
Before becoming President Obama's Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel represented what state in the House of Representatives?
A: Illinois B: Michigan
C: Ohio D: Pennsylvania

Lindsey will do just about anything for money. To wit, in college she took part in a contest where she rolled around in maple syrup and cash, and got to keep whatever stuck to her. (to the tune of ~$400...)

$15,000 - Online
In 2009, the White House launched a Web page dubbed "Reality Check" to fight rumors about what hot-button issue?
A: Health care B:Education
C: Campaign finance D: Gun control

Spoiler

A: Health care (21)

HORN!!!

Lindsey will return tomorrow to go for $25,000, with her Double Dip lifeline.

bumping this up due to my late transcription...

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $15,000 - Online
In 2009, the White House launched a Web page dubbed "Reality Check" to fight rumors about what hot-button issue?
A: Health care B:Education
C: Campaign finance D: Gun control

Spoiler

A: Health care (21)

It's a good thing that wasn't me in the Hot Seat. The clock would have run out before I could even begin describing to Meredith what's wrong with this question.

silverscreenselect wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $15,000 - Online
In 2009, the White House launched a Web page dubbed "Reality Check" to fight rumors about what hot-button issue?
A: Health care B:Education
C: Campaign finance D: Gun control

Spoiler

A: Health care (21)

It's a good thing that wasn't me in the Hot Seat. The clock would have run out before I could even begin describing to Meredith what's wrong with this question.

Why don't we institute the "one wrong answer and you're out" rule on the bored?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$3,000 - Areas of Study
Which of these fields of study focuses primarily on ideas that are fictional?
A: Biology B: Mythology
C: Physiology D: Zoology

E: Neoconservatism

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$12,500 - What Are They?
What are renal calculi?
A: Liver spots B: Heart Murmurs
C: Kidney stones D: Stomach ulcers

E: LB's worst nightmare

Nihil obstat®

Spoiler: "tomorrow teaser" question

Spoiler

$15,000
Before becoming President Obama's Chief of Staff, Rahm Emanuel represented what state in the House of Representatives?
A: Illinois B: Michigan
C: Ohio D: Pennsylvania

You might be able to argue that the Representatives from Alaska and Wyoming represent their states, since they are the only ones for the whole state, but when

Spoiler

Rahm Emanuel

was in the House of Representatives, he did not represent a 'state,' he represented a Congressional District within that state.

Thousandaire wrote:

silverscreenselect wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: $15,000 - Online
In 2009, the White House launched a Web page dubbed "Reality Check" to fight rumors about what hot-button issue?
A: Health care B:Education
C: Campaign finance D: Gun control

Spoiler

A: Health care (21)

It's a good thing that wasn't me in the Hot Seat. The clock would have run out before I could even begin describing to Meredith what's wrong with this question.

Why don't we institute the "one wrong answer and you're out" rule on the bored?

Then there'd be no one left.

And that would be stupid.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Lindsey Nance
Oklahoma City, OK
Chiropractic assistant

I gotta root for her since she's from my home town.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000 - The Beatles
In a hit song by The Beatles, Paul McCartney croons "Speaking words of wisdom" before singing what?
A: Can't buy me love B: Come together
C: Let it be D: I want to hold your hand

Spoiler

C: Let it be (8)

Or, in the Sesame Street version, "Letter B".

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$5,000 - Peanuts
What "Peanuts" character was often depicted sitting in a booth under a sign that read "Psychiatric Help 5 cents"?
A: Linus B: Marcie
C: Lucy D: Peppermint Patty

With 8 seconds remaining, Lindsey decides to Ask the Audience.

ATA results

ATA: A: 8% B: 5% C: 80% D: 7%

Lindsey decides to answer

Spoiler

C

Spoiler

C: Lucy (5)

Has she never seen "A Charlie Brown Christmas"?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000 - Spoiler Alert!
"Malcolm was dead all along" is a statement that ruins the ending of what popular thriller?
A: Cape Fear B: The Sixth Sense
C: Basic Instinct D: Fatal Attraction

Spoiler

B: The Sixth Sense (16)

Oh, great. Now I can't see that movie.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$12,500 - What Are They?
What are renal calculi?
A: Liver spots B: Heart Murmurs
C: Kidney stones D: Stomach ulcers

With 17 seconds remaining, Lindsey decides to Ask The Expert.

ATE discussion

Jeff knows that "renal"=kidney and "calculi" is related to calcium, so he's confident that it's C.

Lindsey decides to answer

Spoiler

C

Spoiler

C: Kidney stones (14)

Shout out to lb13!! I have suffered from these in the past also.

Nihil obstat®.