WWTBAM Bored

Peppy Greenberg
Queens, NY

Guest host Steve Harvey.

Today’s ATE is former star of “Blossom” and neuroscientist, Mayim Bialik.

Peppy has been married for 25 years; her husband Eric is in the audience.

Topic Tree

In the Pocket
Perfumers
Very Superstitious
Cycling
China
Airports
From the French
Political Families
Old School
Balancing Act
(Breakfast Cereals)
(Airports)
(Nicknames)
(Making an Entrance)
(Useful Phrases)



$7500 (Balancing Act):
Crucial for maintaining balance, the vestibular apparatus is located where in the human body?
A. Base of the spine B. Ankles and feet
C. Center of the chest D. Inner ear

Spoiler

D. Inner ear (:21)

Steve Harvey said he had absolutely no idea

$10K (Old School):
The TV series "Community" features what comic actor as a former CEO going back to school?
A. Chevy Chase B. Martin Short
C. Dan Aykroyd D. Bill Murray

Spoiler

A. Chevy Chase (:22)

$12.5K (Political Families):
Beau Biden, the son of Vice President Joe Biden, is the attorney general of what state, which his dad served as a senator?
A. Oregon B. Delaware
C. Arizona D. West Virginia

ATE at :18

ATE

Steve gives a look of puzzlement that Peppy is going to Blossom (?) on this... than says OK.

Blossom says her husband has a masters in political science but is not here.
She is pretty certain it was not on the west coast or the southwest, does not think it is WV either so would guess Delaware.
Asks Peppy what she thinks and Peppy says she has no idea.

Peppy goes to ATA at :14

ATA

A-3% B-86% C-5% D-6%

Spoiler

B. Delaware (:12)

Commercial break

Peppy used to own a vintage shop in NY, then she and her husband moved to California, and then back to NY. She wants to open a new shop.

$15K (From the French):
Pâte à choux is a French term for a variety of what food item?
A. Butter sauce B. Yogurt
C. Cheese spread D. Pastry

Spoiler

Peppy said C, Cheese Spread, final answer.

D. Pastry (:15)

Peppy left with $5000

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:

Spoiler

Peppy said C, Cheese Spread, final answer.

D. Pastry (:15)

And after Peppy said final, someone in the audience decided to clap and, it turned out, they were wrong. I wish they'd really enforce no clapping until the answer is given, because a) it tends to ruin the drama of a moment and b) it can end up sadly like this.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$12.5K (Political Families):
Beau Biden, the son of Vice President Joe Biden, is the attorney general of what state, which his dad served as a senator?
A. Oregon B. Delaware
C. Arizona D. West Virginia

ATE at :18

ATE

Steve gives a look of puzzlement that Peppy is going to Blossom (?) on this... than says OK.

Blossom says her husband has a masters in political science but is not here.
She is pretty certain it was not on the west coast or the southwest, does not think it is WV either so would guess Delaware.
Asks Peppy what she thinks and Peppy says she has no idea.

Peppy goes to ATA at :14

ATA

A-3% B-86% C-5% D-6%

Spoiler

B. Delaware (:12)

Was Steve channeling the Bored's opinion of celebrity "experts" there?

I also heard some reaction from the audience when Peppy asked for the ATA; it sounded like they didn't approve of her lifeline usage, either.

I knew the answer to the politics Q cold. I think she should have used ATA first. I was surprised that the Expert knew the answer.

I would have needed a lifeline on the very next question, however. I would have started with ATA. I doubt the Expert knows French. I was confused by the word "pate" since I've heard of liver pate, which is a spread.

Nihil obstat®

Watching a lot of Food Network did me wonders for that $15K question.

15K - Maybe I should change my avatar to something other than food, as I was in the same spot as Kazoo tonight.

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:Nihil obstat®

Watching a lot of Food Network did me wonders for that $15K question.

Oh, you must be a very special young man to know so much about food. The only food network I know is when all of us sisters bring covered dishes to one house so we can feed everyone who helps with the harvest or a barn-raising. Our food is plain and simple, so I've never tasted a pate. I don't think I want to, though. It sounds like it would still have hair on it.

Emily Rumspringa wrote:

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:Nihil obstat®

Watching a lot of Food Network did me wonders for that $15K question.

Oh, you must be a very special young man to know so much about food. The only food network I know is when all of us sisters bring covered dishes to one house so we can feed everyone who helps with the harvest or a barn-raising. Our food is plain and simple, so I've never tasted a pate. I don't think I want to, though. It sounds like it would still have hair on it.

I was at Disneyland today. And there were Amish folk out amongst the English, among other nationalities.

ulysses5019 wrote:

Emily Rumspringa wrote:

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:Nihil obstat®

Watching a lot of Food Network did me wonders for that $15K question.

Oh, you must be a very special young man to know so much about food. The only food network I know is when all of us sisters bring covered dishes to one house so we can feed everyone who helps with the harvest or a barn-raising. Our food is plain and simple, so I've never tasted a pate. I don't think I want to, though. It sounds like it would still have hair on it.

I was at Disneyland today. And there were Amish folk out amongst the English, among other nationalities.

Did they ride special horse-powered roller coasters?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Peppy Greenberg
Queens, NY

Guest host Steve Harvey.

So far I haven't been impressed with Steve Harvey as a guest host.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10K (Old School):
The TV series "Community" features what comic actor as a former CEO going back to school?
A. Chevy Chase B. Martin Short
C. Dan Aykroyd D. Bill Murray

Spoiler

A. Chevy Chase (:22)

Is this still on??

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$15K (From the French):
Pâte à choux is a French term for a variety of what food item?
A. Butter sauce B. Yogurt
C. Cheese spread D. Pastry

Spoiler

Peppy said C, Cheese Spread, final answer.

D. Pastry (:15)

I would have had no idea. Since I associate "pâte" with a spread eaten on crackers, I might have done what Peppy did and left with $5K. But since "choux" isn't French for "cheese", that puts a different light on it. Under the pressure of TDC® I'd either blurt out a wrong answer or go with ATA and hope. Given the lack of response from the audience (except for one lone clapper) they may well have known this.

Kazoo65 wrote:I knew the answer to the politics Q cold. I think she should have used ATA first. I was surprised that the Expert knew the answer.

You mean you were surprised that she could guess, by the process of elimination, what state the vice president is from?

TheConfessor wrote:

ulysses5019 wrote:
I was at Disneyland today. And there were Amish folk out amongst the English, among other nationalities.

Did they ride special horse-powered roller coasters?

That's a common misperception. We can ride in cars and buses or on airplanes and rollercoasters. We just don't drive any of them.

I suppose it's even possible that the people at Disneyland were not Amish, but Mennonites. They are a wild bunch.

Emily Rumspringa wrote:

TheConfessor wrote:

ulysses5019 wrote:
I was at Disneyland today. And there were Amish folk out amongst the English, among other nationalities.

Did they ride special horse-powered roller coasters?

That's a common misperception. We can ride in cars and buses or on airplanes and rollercoasters. We just don't drive any of them.

I suppose it's even possible that the people at Disneyland were not Amish, but Mennonites. They are a wild bunch.

That's true. I did not see them at Autopia.

Emily Rumspringa wrote:I suppose it's even possible that the people at Disneyland were not Amish, but Mennonites. They are a wild bunch.

This is true. The best way to satisfy an Amish woman is to give her

Spoiler

two Mennonite

.

-M