WWTBAM Bored

The first week of our contest is almost done. Those results will be posted this afternoon. In the meantime, let's start a brand new round of questions.

"Make the Connection"

We're still playing for 1 point per common link. Answers are due by Tuesday 4/15 at 4 PM EDT.

1. JERRY FALWELL / THOMAS JEFFERSON / ANDREW CARNEGIE / LELAND STANFORD
2. MONEY / SNAKE / CHERRY / ARM
3. ROBERT GRAVES / JAMES PARKINSON / CHARLES BELL / LOU GEHRIG
4. IN THE SONGWRITER'S APARTMENT / IN THE PET STORE / IN A REDUCO OBESITY SLAYER AD / NEXT TO CARY GRANT ON THE BUS
5. HANNIBAL / JAMES THURBER / TEDDY ROOSEVELT / SANDY DUNCAN
6. WHEW / THE JOKER'S WILD / WHEEL OF FORTUNE / THE FACTS OF LIFE
7. ST. JOHN THE HESYCHAST / WINGS / TELLER / 4'33"
8. I / T / V / WILDCAT
9. JAZZ / NATIONAL PARKS / BASEBALL / U.S. CIVIL WAR
10. SETH MACFARLANE / REID SHELTON / VICTOR GARBER / ALBERT FINNEY

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Shouldn't this be called The $25,000 Pyramid?

1. JERRY FALWELL / THOMAS JEFFERSON / ANDREW CARNEGIE / LELAND STANFORD People who founded post-secondary schools
2. MONEY / SNAKE / CHERRY / ARM Things with pits
3. ROBERT GRAVES / JAMES PARKINSON / CHARLES BELL / LOU GEHRIG People with eponymous diseases
4. IN THE SONGWRITER'S APARTMENT / IN THE PET STORE / IN A REDUCO OBESITY SLAYER AD / NEXT TO CARY GRANT ON THE BUS Places you'd find Audrey Hepburn
5. HANNIBAL / JAMES THURBER / TEDDY ROOSEVELT / SANDY DUNCAN
6. WHEW / THE JOKER'S WILD / WHEEL OF FORTUNE / THE FACTS OF LIFE
7. ST. JOHN THE HESYCHAST / WINGS / TELLER / 4'33"
8. I / T / V / WILDCAT
9. JAZZ / NATIONAL PARKS / BASEBALL / U.S. CIVIL WAR Ken Burns documentaries
10. SETH MACFARLANE / REID SHELTON / VICTOR GARBER / ALBERT FINNEY

--Bob

1. JERRY FALWELL / THOMAS JEFFERSON / ANDREW CARNEGIE / LELAND STANFORD

They all established universities.

2. MONEY / SNAKE / CHERRY / ARM

You can put "pit" after all of these words to make valid words and phrases.

3. ROBERT GRAVES / JAMES PARKINSON / CHARLES BELL / LOU GEHRIG

They've all had diseases named after them.

4. IN THE SONGWRITER'S APARTMENT / IN THE PET STORE / IN A REDUCO OBESITY SLAYER AD / NEXT TO CARY GRANT ON THE BUS

Places where Alfred Hitchcock made cameos in his movies. The movies in question were "Rear Window", "The Birds", "Lifeboat", and "To Catch a Thief".

5. HANNIBAL / JAMES THURBER / TEDDY ROOSEVELT / SANDY DUNCAN

They've all lost sight in one eye.

6. WHEW / THE JOKER'S WILD / WHEEL OF FORTUNE / THE FACTS OF LIFE

TV shows whose theme songs were written by Alan Thicke. Other TV themes he wrote were "Diff'rent Strokes" and Alex Trebek's first American game show, "The Wizard of Odds"--both of which he also sang.

7. ST. JOHN THE HESYCHAST / WINGS / TELLER / 4'33"

They're all silent. St. John the Hesychast was also known as St. John the Silent. And as most of you figured out, "Wings" was the Academy Award-winning silent film, Teller is Penn Jillette's silent partner, and 4'33" is John Cage's silent masterpiece.

8. I / T / V / WILDCAT

Football formations. If you said "offensive formations", you got the point because they all are indeed for the offense. So naturally, if you had said "defensive formations", then you wouldn't have gotten the point.

9. JAZZ / NATIONAL PARKS / BASEBALL / U.S. CIVIL WAR

Subjects of Ken Burns documentaries.

10. SETH MACFARLANE / REID SHELTON / VICTOR GARBER / ALBERT FINNEY

If you knew who Reid Shelton was, then it would give away the connection. They've all played Oliver "Daddy" Warbucks. Shelton originated the role on Broadway. MacFarlane, for the record, has voiced Daddy Warbucks in several "Lil Orphan Annie" parodies on Adult Swim's "Robot Chicken".

Bob J achieved the first perfect score of this contest. Enjoy that honor, Bob, because I don't think there are going to be a whole lot of perfect scores in this contest.

4/14 Scores (10 participants)
Bob Juch - 10
franktangredi - 7
smilergrogan - 6
jarnon - 5
plasticene - 5
ShamelessWeasel - 5
themanintheseersuckersuit - 5
Bob78164 - 4
kroxquo - 4
MarleysGh0st - 3