WWTBAM Bored

Barbie Formichella
Mesa, AZ

Preschool teacher

+1 is daughter Cailley

Shriners Hospitals for Children week, when WWTBAM will donate $10K whenever a contestant wins at least $50K

$500 :
Having a statue of a large reptile holding a “Jesus Saves” sign as its mascot, a church in the small town of Zillah, WA is popularly known as what?
A: Calvary Baptist Church-Zillah B: Church of God-Zillah
C: Church of the Nazarene-Zillah D: Kingdom Hall-Zillah

Spoiler

B: Church of God-Zillah

$1000 :
Though it deals with her childhood in another borough, what autobiographical novel by Betty Smith was actually written in Queens?
A: A Pigeon Pecks in Manhattan B: A Mugger Flees in the Bronx
C: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn D: A Trash Can Smells on Staten Island

Spoiler

C: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

$2000 :
What Vegas hotel shares its name with the Italian word for a solo singing performance, usually in opera?
A: Aria B: Bellagio
C: Palazzo D: Flamingo

50/50

Barbie said she is not sure there is a Las Vegas hotel named Aria, and she is not sure what Bellagio means.
50/50 left A and C
Based on that, Barbie breathed a sigh of relief and chose A.

Spoiler

A: Aria

$3000 :
The iconic label found on Land O'Lakes' butter packages shows a Native American woman holding butter while doing which of the following?
A: Laying on a red blanket B: Sitting on a tree stump
C: Standing waist-deep in water D: Kneeling on a grassy mound

ATA

A: 14% B: 17%
C: 30% D: 39%
Barbie said she was leaning D anyway

Spoiler

D: Kneeling on a grassy mound

First break

$5000 :
The First Book of Jazz was a Langston Hughes children’s book that had chapters with all but which of these titles?
A: Boogie-Woogie B: Honky Tonk
C: Louis Armstrong D: Bebop

Spoiler

B: Honky Tonk

$7000 :
According to Glamour.com, if you want to maintain and shape your eyebrows, a less-painful alternative to waxing is a process called what?
A: Weaving B: Polishing
C: Threading D: Framing

Spoiler

C: Threading

$10K :
Though he can literally afford a palace, what billionaire still resides in the Omaha, NE home he purchased for $31,500 in 1958?
A: Ross Perot B: Bill Gates
C: Larry Ellison D: Warren Buffett

Spoiler

D: Warren Buffett

Barbie said her son just graduated college and is going into teaching.

$20K :
In a 2015 YouTube video, Vice Admiral Vivek Murthy teamed up with Elmo from "Sesame Street" to encourage kids to do what?
A: Visit National Parks B: Get vaccinations
C: Learn math D: Conserve fossil fuels

+1

Barbie does not know and called up her daughter the +1 since her daughter is a You Tube girl
Her daughter Cailley did not know either and was inclined to guess B since vaccinations were a big issue last year
They mulled over whether it is worth the gamble. Barbie decided to risk it.

Spoiler

B: Get vaccinations

Second break

(At this point the Philly station ironically has an ad for the upcoming Flower Show with the National Parks as this year's theme)

$30K :
Spoon-Licker, Sausage-Swiper and Window-Peeper are folkloric trolls called Yule Lads who "visit" children of what country each Christmas season?
A: Croatia B: Iceland
C: Ireland D: Canada

Spoiler

Barbie said sorry to the Shriners that she does not know had has to walk short of the $50K level.
Asked if she had a guess, she said it would be A.

B: Iceland

Total prize $: $20,000

QotD: How many basic positions of the feet are there in traditional ballet?
A: Three B: Four
C: Five D: Six

QotD

C: Five

$1000 :
Though it deals with her childhood in another borough, what autobiographical novel by Betty Smith was actually written in Queens?
A: A Pigeon Pecks in Manhattan B: A Mugger Flees in the Bronx
C: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn D: A Trash Can Smells on Staten Island

Spoiler

C: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

I loved this book when I was a kid. My book club recently read The Boston Girl by Anita Diamont, reminding me powerfully of Ms. Smith's classic.

$10K :
Though he can literally afford a palace, what billionaire still resides in the Omaha, NE home he purchased for $31,500 in 1958?
A: Ross Perot B: Bill Gates
C: Larry Ellison D: Warren Buffett

Spoiler

D: Warren Buffett

ATA

$20K :
In a 2015 YouTube video, Vice Admiral Vivek Murthy teamed up with Elmo from "Sesame Street" to encourage kids to do what?
A: Visit National Parks B: Get vaccinations
C: Learn math D: Conserve fossil fuels

+1

Barbie does not know and called up her daughter the +1 since her daughter is a You Tube girl
Her daughter Cailley did not know either and was inclined to guess B since vaccinations were a big issue last year
They mulled over whether it is worth the gamble. Barbie decided to risk it.

B: Get vaccinations

Plus One.

$30K :
Spoon-Licker, Sausage-Swiper and Window-Peeper are folkloric trolls called Yule Lads who "visit" children of what country each Christmas season?
A: Croatia B: Iceland
C: Ireland D: Canada

Spoiler

Barbie said sorry to the Shriners that she does not know had has to walk short of the $50K level.
Asked if she had a guess, she said it would be A.

B: Iceland

50/50, but it doesn't help me, unless it's Canada, but I'm sure Canada won't be there. Sayonara.

3K: Having seen the juvenile folding & cutting little holes in the cardboard to place the knees where they look like breasts, its hard to forget

20K: Think vaccinations but never heard of this particular campaign. Use flawed 50/50

30K: Trolls are Norse mythology stuff: Iceland

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Barbie Formichella
Mesa, AZ

Preschool teacher

+1 is daughter Cailley

Shriners Hospitals for Children week, when WWTBAM will donate $10K whenever a contestant wins at least $50K

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$3000 :
The iconic label found on Land O'Lakes' butter packages shows a Native American woman holding butter while doing which of the following?
A: Laying on a red blanket B: Sitting on a tree stump
C: Standing waist-deep in water D: Kneeling on a grassy mound

ATA

A: 14% B: 17%
C: 30% D: 39%
Barbie said she was leaning D anyway

Spoiler

D: Kneeling on a grassy mound

I might well have gone with A and left with zero dollars. I thought sure there was something red in the logo. Turns out it's the lettering.

Spoiler

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$7000 :
According to Glamour.com, if you want to maintain and shape your eyebrows, a less-painful alternative to waxing is a process called what?
A: Weaving B: Polishing
C: Threading D: Framing

Spoiler

C: Threading

Never heard of this - had I still been here I'd have used my 50:50 and hope that A and C weren't the two remaining answers.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$20K :
In a 2015 YouTube video, Vice Admiral Vivek Murthy teamed up with Elmo from "Sesame Street" to encourage kids to do what?
A: Visit National Parks B: Get vaccinations
C: Learn math D: Conserve fossil fuels

+1

Barbie does not know and called up her daughter the +1 since her daughter is a You Tube girl
Her daughter Cailley did not know either and was inclined to guess B since vaccinations were a big issue last year
They mulled over whether it is worth the gamble. Barbie decided to risk it.

Spoiler

B: Get vaccinations

I'd have been torn between B and C. I've already used my 50:50 so I'll ATA.