WWTBAM Bored

Cheryl Van Gieson
Independence, NJ
Voice artist

Cheryl narrates audio books, does e-learning courses, radio commercials and even some TV voiceovers. She could, and has, worked in her PJs.

Her sons Will and Jonathan are in the relationship seats.

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
- Vegetable Defense
- Island Home
- Pet Names
- Real Character
- Genius Ads
- '80s Anthems
- The Formula
- L'Enfant Terrible
- Feeling Hot
- Holiday Songs

Topic Tree: (randomized)
- L'Enfant Terrible
- Genius Ads
- Island Home
- '80s Anthems
- Pet Names
- Feeling Hot
- The Formula
- Holiday Songs
- Real Character
- Vegetable Defense

Question #1 (Vegetable Defense)
In September 2010, a Montana woman made headlines by fending off a 200-pound bear with a 14-inch what?
A - yam
B - zucchini
C - carrot
D - beet

Cheryl knows this because she read it aloud to her whole family when it was in the paper.

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Answer: B (zucchini)
Value: $100
Bank: $100

Meredith notes that they tried to book her on "Today".

Question #2 (Real Character)
"Goodfellas" star Joe Pesci is a character in what Broadway musical?
A - Rock of Ages
B - Jersey Boys
C - American Idiot
D - Mamma Mia!

Cheryl says that as she recalls, Joe Pesci didn't know that he was a character in a musical. She's sure that

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Rock of Ages is the one by Green Day

, and he's not in

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Mamma Mia!

.

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Answer: B (Jersey Boys)
Value: $500
Bank: $600

Question #3 (Holiday Songs)
In the song "Frosty the Snowman," what part of Frosty's face is made of a button?
A - teeth
B - nose
C - ears
D - eyes

Cheryl muses aloud - "it's not

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teeth

, we know that, and it's not

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eyes" (she quotes "two eyes made out of coal")

; that leaves us with

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ears, which no snowman has ever had to her knowledge.

It finally dawns on her and she shouts out

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"button nose!'

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Answer: B (nose)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $3,600

Question #4 (The Formula)
In Albert Einstein's groundbreaking formula E=mc2, the "m" stands for what?
A - momentum
B - mass
C - magnetism
D - motion

Cheryl says she wishes she had paid more attention in science class. "I do think its energy equals

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mass, I do think it's mass

." She knows it isn't

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magnetism

.

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Answer: B (mass)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $13,600

commercial break

The "blast from the past" question was worth $100,000 in 2008:

Produced by Thomas Edison, the earliest surviving copyrighted movie depicts a man doing what?
A - firing a rifle
B - sneezing
C - biting an apple
D - laughing

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B (sneezing)

Question #5 (Feeling Hot)
Dermatologists warn that you can get "toasted skin syndrome" on your thighs from the heat produced by what devices?
A - cell phones
B - digital cameras
C - in-car GPS systems
D - laptop computers

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Answer: D (laptop computers)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $20,600

THE END OF GAME "NOISE"

Cheryl will be back on Monday with $20,600 in the bank and all her lifelines.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #5 (Feeling Hot)
Dermatologists warn that you can get "toasted skin syndrome" on your thighs from the heat produced by what devices?
A - cell phones
B - digital cameras
C - in-car GPS systems
D - laptop computers

Spoiler

Answer: D (laptop computers)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $20,600

My old laptop did this to me, even through jeans - it lasted for days! The one I got for my birthday last year doesn't get anywhere near as hot so I don't have that problem anymore.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #1 (Vegetable Defense)
In September 2010, a Montana woman made headlines by fending off a 200-pound bear with a 14-inch what?
A - yam
B - zucchini
C - carrot
D - beet

Cheryl knows this because she read it aloud to her whole family when it was in the paper.

Spoiler

Answer: B (zucchini)
Value: $100
Bank: $100

Meredith notes that they tried to book her on "Today".

With all the news stories that get mentioned on the Bored, how did this important one get missed?

Are zucchini really the preferred self-defense vegetable in Montana, t-girl? Wouldn't the heft of a nice, big pumpkin be more useful?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Cheryl Van Gieson
Independence, NJ
Voice artist

Cheryl narrates audio books, does e-learning courses, radio commercials and even some TV voiceovers. She could, and has, worked in her PJs.

Her sons Will and Jonathan are in the relationship seats.

Meredith said that Independence was near Pennsylvania, so I guess it's outside WE® territory.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #1 (Vegetable Defense)
In September 2010, a Montana woman made headlines by fending off a 200-pound bear with a 14-inch what?
A - yam
B - zucchini
C - carrot
D - beet

Cheryl knows this because she read it aloud to her whole family when it was in the paper.

Spoiler

Answer: B (zucchini)
Value: $100
Bank: $100

Meredith notes that they tried to book her on "Today".

Yams and beets aren't likely to be that long and a carrot doesn't seem sturdy enough. elwing knew the answer right away.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #2 (Real Character)
"Goodfellas" star Joe Pesci is a character in what Broadway musical?
A - Rock of Ages
B - Jersey Boys
C - American Idiot
D - Mamma Mia!

Cheryl says that as she recalls, Joe Pesci didn't know that he was a character in a musical. She's sure that

Spoiler

Rock of Ages is the one by Green Day

, and he's not in

Spoiler

Mamma Mia!

.

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Answer: B (Jersey Boys)
Value: $500
Bank: $600

I didn't know this, but could reason it out based on his accent. Interesting that Cheryl thought that Rock of Ages was by Green Day (rather than American Idiot).

Nihil obstat® so far.

Are zucchini really the preferred self-defense vegetable in Montana, t-girl? Wouldn't the heft of a nice, big pumpkin be more useful

You would not believe the uses to which we Montana girls can put our produce.

t.

tlynn78 wrote:

Are zucchini really the preferred self-defense vegetable in Montana, t-girl? Wouldn't the heft of a nice, big pumpkin be more useful

You would not believe the uses to which we Montana girls can put our produce.

t.

--Bob

earendel wrote:Meredith said that Independence was near Pennsylvania, so I guess it's outside WE® territory.

According to Google Maps, Independence is in northwestern New Jersey, near the Pennsylvania border. But it still may be in the WABC viewing area. And she's done voice-overs on TV, so she may be a WE/WE®.

and why is that worth the research?

tlynn78 wrote:

Are zucchini really the preferred self-defense vegetable in Montana, t-girl? Wouldn't the heft of a nice, big pumpkin be more useful

You would not believe the uses to which we Montana girls can put our produce.

t.

I thought Montana was the state where 'The men are many, the women are few, and the sheep are scared'?

I thought Montana was the state where 'The men are many, the women are few, and the sheep are scared'?

Nope. That's Wyoming.

Last summer, there were no fewer than 8 days within a 3-week period I came home from work to find a rogue zucchini grower(s) had left his/her fruits of labor in a bag on my front porch. If you are allergic to zucchini, you don't want to eat anything at my house during late summer/early fall.

t.