WWTBAM Bored

Seth Robison
Schaumburg, IL
Graphic Arts Coordinator

Topic Tree:

Workplace Firsts
CHEMICAL
Amazing Feats
Devoted Fans
Props & Costumes
Proofreading
Inventive Sayings
Computer Gear
Close Neighbors
Landmark View

Topic Tree: (randomized)

CHEMICAL
Inventive Sayings
Amazing Feats
Close Neighbors
Workplace Firsts
Devoted Fans
Landmark View
Computer Gear
Proofreading
Props & Costumes

Question 1 – Props & Costumes
Due to budgetary constraints, what horror movie’s killer donned a cheap Captain Kirk mask that had been spray-painted white?
A. A Nightmare on Elm Street
B. Friday the 13th
C. Halloween
D. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Spoiler

C. Halloween
$25K
Bank - $25K

Question 2 – Proofreading
What company’s founder has admitted that that the apostrophe in the name of his business in the wrong place?
A. L’eggs
B. Lands’ End
C. Dr. Scholl’s
D. OshKosh B’Gosh

JTQ 1

Spoiler

B. Lands’ End
$5K
Bank - $25K

Question 3 – Computer Gear
A nod to their small size, portable USB data storage devices are known by what anatomical nickname?
A. Toe drives
B. Ear drives
C. Tooth drives
D. Thumb drives

Spoiler

D. Thumb drives
$1K
Bank - $26K

Question 4 – Landmark View
Presidents View Resort is a hotel with suites that look out at what national landmark?
A. Plymouth Rock
B. Grand Canyon
C. Mount Rushmore
D. Niagara Falls

Spoiler

C. Mount Rushmore
$15K
Bank - $41K

commercial break

Question 5 – Devoted Fans
What rock band has a group of devoted fans who call themselves Shidoobees, a reference to the song “Shattered”?
A. U2
B. The Police
C. The Rolling Stones
D. Bon Jovi

Spoiler

Seth thinks it’s The Rolling Stones, but decides to JTQ.

JTQ 2

Spoiler

C. The Rolling Stones
$7K
Bank - $41K

Question 6 – Workplace Firsts
What famous writer’s résumé includes a stint working as a San Francisco streetcar conductor?
A. Alice Walker
B. Toni Morrison
C. Zora Neale Hurston
D. Maya Angelou

ATA

ATA results

16% A. Alice Walker
40% B. Toni Morrison
18% C. Zora Neale Hurston
26% D. Maya Angelou

Spoiler

Seth decides to leave with $20,500.

Spoiler

D. Maya Angelou
Seth leaves with $20,500.

end of show noise

Form prevails and all three contestants got stopped by the top item in the unscrambled topic tree. For the previous two contestants it would have helped to remember the top item before they scramble the tree.



One of the questions reminded me of how many photos I have from my travels around the USA and Canada. Sure enough I had two pictures of the hotel the question mentioned, although I did not stay at that place.

Spoiler

After "Guess who posted the Avatar", will it be "Where was this Snaxx photo taken?" Although the above one would be a

Spoiler

dead

giveaway, like posting an ES drawing in my guess-who-posted-the-avatar game.

Snaxx wrote:One of the questions reminded me of how many photos I have from my travels around the USA and Canada. Sure enough I had two pictures of the hotel the question mentioned, although I did not stay at that place.

Spoiler

Looks like that's built out by the highway, with a bunch of other tourist businesses? I couldn't remember a hotel on the national monument property, but this looks more recent than my last visit in '95.

Snaxx wrote:After "Guess who posted the Avatar", will it be "Where was this Snaxx photo taken?" Although the above one would be a

Spoiler

dead

giveaway, like posting an ES drawing in my guess-who-posted-the-avatar game.

Cool! I'll play!

Here are two articles about Seth's appearance.

http://triblocal.com/schaumburg/2011/01 ... -a-winner/

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/2011 ... 701049970/

The 33-year-old graphic arts coordinator and Buffalo Grove High School graduate went to Las Vegas last August to be tested for “Millionaire.” He passed, and was called in early October and told to be ready for taping in just 13 days.

The first article says he made the Vegas trip into a vacation. I'm glad he didn't go all that way just for a cattle call.

Along with getting picked, Robison discovered the format of “Millionaire” had been changed for its ninth season.

I would think he'd have discovered those changes when the new season started in September, a month before he got The Call.

Robison’s parents, Judie and David Robison of Buffalo Grove, accompanied him to the taping in New York, though only his mother actually got to appear in the audience.

So why couldn't they have shown his dad sitting next to mom?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 1 – Props & Costumes
Due to budgetary constraints, what horror movie’s killer donned a cheap Captain Kirk mask that had been spray-painted white?
A. A Nightmare on Elm Street
B. Friday the 13th
C. Halloween
D. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Spoiler

C. Halloween
$25K
Bank - $25K

I believe that a variation of this question was a high $$ question on the original show (asking who the mask was, not what the movie was).

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Seth Robison
Schaumburg, IL
Graphic Arts Coordinator

His mother was in the relationship seat and he talked about being a gamer (presumably a computer/video gamer). elwing speculated that he might live in his mother's basement and she was hoping he'd win enough to move out.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Topic Tree: (randomized)

CHEMICAL

Spelled this way I wonder what the question is? I hope Seth makes it to this one.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 3 – Computer Gear
A nod to their small size, portable USB data storage devices are known by what anatomical nickname?
A. Toe drives
B. Ear drives
C. Tooth drives
D. Thumb drives

Spoiler

D. Thumb drives
$1K
Bank - $26K

Seth commented that he never leaves home without his.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 5 – Devoted Fans
What rock band has a group of devoted fans who call themselves Shidoobees, a reference to the song “Shattered”?
A. U2
B. The Police
C. The Rolling Stones
D. Bon Jovi

Spoiler

Seth thinks it’s The Rolling Stones, but decides to JTQ.

JTQ 2

Spoiler

C. The Rolling Stones
$7K
Bank - $41K

Time for me to ATA.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question 6 – Workplace Firsts
What famous writer’s résumé includes a stint working as a San Francisco streetcar conductor?
A. Alice Walker
B. Toni Morrison
C. Zora Neale Hurston
D. Maya Angelou

ATA

ATA results

16% A. Alice Walker
40% B. Toni Morrison
18% C. Zora Neale Hurston
26% D. Maya Angelou

Spoiler

Seth decides to leave with $20,500.

Spoiler

D. Maya Angelou
Seth leaves with $20,500.

I'd use a JTQ here.

silverscreenselect wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Question 1 – Props & Costumes
Due to budgetary constraints, what horror movie’s killer donned a cheap Captain Kirk mask that had been spray-painted white?
A. A Nightmare on Elm Street
B. Friday the 13th
C. Halloween
D. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

Spoiler

C. Halloween
$25K
Bank - $25K

I believe that a variation of this question was a high $$ question on the original show (asking who the mask was, not what the movie was).

I happened to trip over this item when curiously going through web.archive.org for the old primetime WWTBAM page.

AUTHOR: Kris
SUBJECT: Talk to the Show (3:18PM PDT, November 28, 2000)

Question: On Sunday, November 26, one of the contestants was about to answer the $500,000 question when the show was interrupted by a news flash. The question was about the 1978 film Halloween and the famous white mask. I'm curious, what was the answer?


The $500,000 question posed to Justin Ray Castillo was, "The killer in the 1978 film Halloween wears a painted white mask of what famous character?" The correct answer was, "Captain Kirk." Thanks for asking. And thanks for watching!

http://web.archive.org/web/200012041014 ... _home.html
http://web.archive.org/web/200012070046 ... stats.html