WWTBAM Bored

Connie Ford
Hanover Park, IL

Connie arrived in New York City but her bags didn't. They eventually showed up just an hour before she had to dress for the show. She's been married to her husband Tom for 42 years, and has 7 children and 5 grandchildren. They couldn't travel with her so Tyson Anytizers has provided a satellite feed for her family. Her son Michael, youngest daughter Megan, husband Tom and daughter Carly are highlighted. Tom asks, "If you win a million dollars, are you coming home?"

Topic Tree: (unrandomized)
- Strange Brew
- Major Invasion
- Mountain Ranges
- Ancient Aggravation
- Adaptations
- Name Recognition
- Political Enemies
- Misunderstood Music
- Archaeology
- Kitchen Slang

Topic Tree: (randomized)
- Archaeology
- Mountain Ranges
- Political Enemies
- Strange Brew
- Adaptations
- Ancient Aggravation
- Misunderstood Music
- Name Recognition
- Major Invasion
- Kitchen Slang

Question #1 (Kitchen Slang)
What common kitchen staple is also a slang term for "boring" or "conventional"?
A - green bean
B - yellow mustard
C - red onion
D - white bread

The only one Connie can think of that might be boring is

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white bread

.

Spoiler

Answer: D (white bread)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $10,000

Question #2 (Major Invasion)
After his 1797 invasion, Napoleon ended the thousand-year rule of what European city's leaders, known as "doges"?
A - Venice
B - Zurich
C - Barcelona
D - Munich

Connie focuses on the "thousand years" and then says she doesn't know what a "doges" is. She knows Napoleon was thrown out in 1815 but doesn't know where he invaded in 1797. She jumps the question.

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Answer: A (Venice)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $10,000 (no change)

Question #3 (Name Recognition)
Since 1979, the popular CBS show "Sunday Morning" has had only two hosts, both named what?
A - Charles
B - Robert
C - Richard
D - James

Connie has never watched this show so she wants to ask the audience.

ATA results

A - 85%
B - 4%
C - 6%
D - 5%

She thinks people in the audience are watching so she makes their answer her final answer.

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Answer:
Value: $2,000
Bank: $12,000

commercial break

Meredith jokes that a day ago Connie didn't have any clothes, but now she has $12,000.

Question #4 (Misunderstood Music)
The lyrics to what band's hit song "Bad Moon Rising" are often misheard to be "There's a bathroom on the right"?
A - The Beach Boys
B - Credence Clearwater Revival
C - The Mamas & the Papas
D - Lynyrd Skynyrd

Connie vaguely remembers the song.

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Answer: B (Credence Clearwater Revival)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $17,000

Question #5 (Ancient Aggravation)
In a famous historical anecdote, a courtier named Damocles cannot enjoy a lavish banquet because he is seated beneath a what?
A - horse
B - lightning storm
C - sword
D - swarm of bees

Connie's husband told her she shouldn't guess if she didn't know, so she's jumping this question.

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Answer: C (sword)
Value: $100
Bank: $17,000 (no change)

Question #6 (Adaptations)
Which of these big screen love stories is not based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks?
A - The Notebook
B - Message in a Bottle
C - Nights in Rodanthe
D - Under the Tuscan Sun

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Answer: D (Under the Tuscan Sun)
Value: $500
Bank: $17,500

Question #7 (Strange Brew)
Since "bock" is its name in German, what animal is often featured on the labels of dark lager beers called bocks?
A - goat
B - rooster
C - grizzly bear
D - musk ox

Connie rarely drinks beer so she doesn't know much about this. She doesn't know any German, either. Despite her husband's advice she decides to go for it and makes

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C

her final answer.

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Answer: A (goat)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

commercial break

Has anyone had any success at all with that Sanitizer thingie? It seems that every time they bring the families in to watch, it is only to share in the contestant's national shaming.

Her guess on the last question reminds me of the first llama: there are about as many grizzly bears in Germany as there are llamas in the Alps.

wintergreen48 wrote:Has anyone had any success at all with that Sanitizer thingie?

The first Anytizers contestant, Henry Smith, (who happened to work at Tysons) walked away with $5,000. Joey Sustrick, Jesse Sanchez and Connie have all fallen to the consolation prize.

I had misremembered Henry's result the last time this question was raised. I guess the Curse hadn't worked up to its full momentum, yet.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Connie Ford
Hanover Park, IL

Connie arrived in New York City but her bags didn't. They eventually showed up just an hour before she had to dress for the show. She's been married to her husband Tom for 42 years, and has 7 children and 5 grandchildren. They couldn't travel with her so Tyson Anytizers has provided a satellite feed for her family. Her son Michael, youngest daughter Megan, husband Tom and daughter Carly are highlighted. Tom asks, "If you win a million dollars, are you coming home?"

Uh, oh...is this going to be another "kiss of death"?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #7 (Strange Brew)
Since "bock" is its name in German, what animal is often featured on the labels of dark lager beers called bocks?
A - goat
B - rooster
C - grizzly bear
D - musk ox

Connie rarely drinks beer so she doesn't know much about this. She doesn't know any German, either. Despite her husband's advice she decides to go for it and makes

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C

her final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: A (goat)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

Yep, it's another $1K winner thanks to Tyson's Anytizers. Seriously, why didn't she take her husband's advice and not guess? As for me, knowing German helps. I'd be going strong with all lifelines available.

MarleysGh0st wrote:

wintergreen48 wrote:Has anyone had any success at all with that Sanitizer thingie?

The first Anytizers contestant, Henry Smith, (who happened to work at Tysons) walked away with $5,000. Joey Sustrick, Jesse Sanchez and Connie have all fallen to the consolation prize.

I had misremembered Henry's result the last time this question was raised. I guess the Curse hadn't worked up to its full momentum, yet.

Thanks for that clarification, Marley - I thought every Tyson contestant had only won $1K.