WWTBAM Bored

Sorry for the delay. I've had some Internet issues this morning. I suspect that will be the case for a lot of people, as some pretty severe weather has been moving through the South and the Midwest.

"Make the Connection"

OK, this is the final week of the first-level questions. Next week, we're doubling the difficulty and doubling the points.

1 point for each of these 10 connections.

Answers are due by Wednesday 4/30 at 4 PM EDT. (Note the extended deadline due to severe weather that may affect the host and at least one player.)

1. 2 A.M. / CLOSE THE DOOR / TURN OFF THE LIGHTS / HOLD ME
2. TIM ROBERTS / SKULL-PUNCHER / COMPROMISED COMPUTER / ROD ARGENT
3. PETRICHOR / SEREIN / GRAUPEL / VIRGA
4. ALFRED NUGENT / BERYL PATMORE / ELSIE HUGHES / CHARLES CARSON
5. KAONASHI / JUSTIN MCLEOD / AMISH DOLLS / RESTROOM ICONS
6. LUKE PERRY / RUSH LIMBAUGH / JAMES WOODS / ADAM WEST
7. PLAYBOY / VOICE OF AMERICA / DICTATORSHIP / JUNE 4
8. HENRY KISSINGER / CHARLIE ROSE / HUGH LAURIE / JEFF BRIDGES
9. SCHMETTERLING / FARFALLA / MARIPOSA / PAPILLON
10. CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL / DAGWOOD BUMSTEAD / CHARLES OSGOOD / PEE WEE HERMAN

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Probably not many points in my future

1. 2 A.M. / CLOSE THE DOOR / TURN OFF THE LIGHTS / HOLD ME
2. TIM ROBERTS / SKULL-PUNCHER / COMPROMISED COMPUTER / ROD ARGENT
3. PETRICHOR / SEREIN / GRAUPEL / VIRGA Things associated with rain
4. ALFRED NUGENT / BERYL PATMORE / ELSIE HUGHES / CHARLES CARSON
5. KAONASHI / JUSTIN MCLEOD / AMISH DOLLS / RESTROOM ICONS
6. LUKE PERRY / RUSH LIMBAUGH / JAMES WOODS / ADAM WEST
7. PLAYBOY / VOICE OF AMERICA / DICTATORSHIP / JUNE 4
8. HENRY KISSINGER / CHARLIE ROSE / HUGH LAURIE / JEFF BRIDGES
9. SCHMETTERLING / FARFALLA / MARIPOSA / PAPILLON
10. CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL / DAGWOOD BUMSTEAD / CHARLES OSGOOD / PEE WEE HERMAN

--Bob

1. 2 A.M. / CLOSE THE DOOR / TURN OFF THE LIGHTS / HOLD ME

If you thought these were phrases leading up to sex, you were in the ballpark. These are all Teddy Pendergrass songs.

2. TIM ROBERTS / SKULL-PUNCHER / COMPROMISED COMPUTER / ROD ARGENT

Zombies. Wrestler Tim Roberts is known as "The Zombie", skull-puncher is another name for the zombie cocktail, a computer compromised by a hacker is called a zombie, and Rod Argent is the lead singer of the Zombies.

3. PETRICHOR / SEREIN / GRAUPEL / VIRGA

Types of precipitation.

4. ALFRED NUGENT / BERYL PATMORE / ELSIE HUGHES / CHARLES CARSON

The staff of Downton Abbey. They are the footman, cook, housekeeper, and butler.

5. KAONASHI / JUSTIN MCLEOD / AMISH DOLLS / RESTROOM ICONS

Human depictions without faces. Kaonashi was another name for No-Face in "Spirited Away" and Justin McLeod was Mel Gibson's character in "The Man Without a Face".

6. LUKE PERRY / RUSH LIMBAUGH / JAMES WOODS / ADAM WEST

I'm not touching that pricks answer with a 40-foot pole. These are actually people who have played themselves on "Family Guy".

7. PLAYBOY / VOICE OF AMERICA / DICTATORSHIP / JUNE 4

Site-wide stumper. I thought that maybe "June 4" would have steered somebody in the right direction. These are all phrases censored by Chinese Internet search engines.

8. HENRY KISSINGER / CHARLIE ROSE / HUGH LAURIE / JEFF BRIDGES

People who appeared in Stephen Colbert's video for Daft Punk's hit "Get Lucky".

9. SCHMETTERLING / FARFALLA / MARIPOSA / PAPILLON

Foreign words for "butterfly".

10. CHRISTOPHER KIMBALL / DAGWOOD BUMSTEAD / CHARLES OSGOOD / PEE WEE HERMAN

They all wear bowties. Christopher Kimball is the bowtied host of the long-running PBS series "America's Test Kitchen".

Bob J is leading the pack once again.

4/28 Scores (8 participants)
Bob Juch - 8
ShamelessWeasel - 7
smilergrogan - 3
franktangredi - 2
themanintheseersuckersuit - 2
Bob78164 - 1
jarnon - 1
kroxquo - 1

Pastor Fireball wrote:2. TIM ROBERTS / SKULL-PUNCHER / COMPROMISED COMPUTER / ROD ARGENT

Zombies. Wrestler Tim Roberts is known as "The Zombie", skull-puncher is another name for the zombie cocktail, a computer compromised by a hacker is called a zombie, and Rod Argent is the lead singer of the Zombies.

I just saw the zombies and Rod Argent is not the lead singer. That is Colin Blunstone. Rod plays keyboards and does backing vocals. He did sing for Argent.