WWTBAM Bored

Andre Boustani
First year medical student
Nashville, TN


Meredith complements him on his big eyebrows


$2000- The classic ads for the drugstore brand Nair starred scantily-clad women chanting "We wear" what?
A. Hot pants B. Short shorts
C. Teeny tops D. Tight skirts

$4000- The phrase "meeting your Waterloo" is a reference to a historic defeat of what military leader?
A. Napoleon Bonaparte B. Julius Caesar
C. Alexander the Great D. William the Conqueror

$8000- The reality TV series "Kid Nation," in which kids form an adult-free "society," has been widely compared to what classic novel?
A. The Jungle B. Lord of the Flies
C. The Call of the Wild D. Watership Down

$16,000
Gambrel, helm, and catslide are all types of what?
A. Cabinets B. Fireplaces
C. Doors D. Roofs

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Says this is a big "I Don't Know" but thinks there are some smart people in the audience.

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ATA 7-7-11-75 in favor of D (Roofs)


Commercial break
Edit: Adding Grand Giveaway winners
Brian Beer, State College, PA
Colleen Fawcett, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Holly Grimm, Fairbanks, AK
Michael McLane, Clarks Summit, PA
Phillip Stacy, Jacksonville, FL


$25,000
Mavis Beacon is the fictional spokeswoman for a best-selling line of computer software that teaches what?
A. Typing B. Guitar
C. Investment strategies D. Foreign languages


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He thought it was typing but then saw both C and D come up.
PAF cousin Sylvia asks him to reread, then (he says five seconds) "I have no idea I'm so sorry... Typing, typing!" (buzz buzz)



Time is up and Andre will return tomorrow.




Answers
$2000- B. Short shorts
$4000- A. Napoleon Bonaparte
$8000- B. Lord of the Flies
$16K- D. Roofs
$25K- A. Typing

Edit: Adding Grand Giveaway winners
Sydney Bantel, Saylorsburg, PA
Virginia Cauthen, Lyles, TN
Eleanor Drain Philadelphia, PA
Nancy Graf, Poughquag, NY (about 70 miles N of midtown NYC)
Ken Kaplan, Venice, FL

looks like TPTB have selected as contestants for their 1,000 show week those applicants whose IQ is somewhere below ambient room temperature...

BBTranscriptTeam wrote: Meredith complements him on his big eyebrows

They are impressive eyebrows. Like Groucho Marx eyebrows.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:
$8000- The reality TV series "Kid Nation," in which kids form an adult-free "society," has been widely compared to what classic novel?
A. The Jungle B. Lord of the Flies
C. The Call of the Wild D. Watership Down

Aha! I told y'all there'd be a question about Kid Nation!

Of course, this question was apparently drawn from the publicity that preceded the premiere of the show and not from anything on the show, itself.

7yrscollegedownthedrain wrote:looks like TPTB have selected as contestants for their 1,000 show week those applicants whose IQ is somewhere below ambient room temperature...

And it's cold in that studio!

There we go. I batted a perfect score on the 11/6/07 show.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Andre Boustani
First year medical student
Nashville, TN


Meredith complements him on his big eyebrows

He should learn to do some Groucho stuff with those brows.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$16,000
Gambrel, helm, and catslide are all types of what?
A. Cabinets B. Fireplaces
C. Doors D. Roofs

I would have had no idea, either, but I'm not sure I'd trust the audience, so once again it's time to PAF for me.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$25,000
Mavis Beacon is the fictional spokeswoman for a best-selling line of computer software that teaches what?
A. Typing B. Guitar
C. Investment strategies D. Foreign languages

Several of my sons tried to learn to type using Mavis Beacon, with mixed results.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:He thought it was typing but then saw both C and D come up.
PAF cousin Sylvia asks him to reread, then (he says five seconds) "I have no idea I'm so sorry... Typing, typing!" (buzz buzz)

Either she was Googling and the answer came up at the last second or someone else in the room was.

At least Andre didn't fritter away a lifeline.

Phil Stacy - isn't he an American Idol guy.

Poughquag - Meredith butchered the name. It is the only such named town in the country. I thought it was closer to 90 miles from NYC.

I guess if you have eyebrows like this guy, you might as well use them.

Strange what you know and why. The $16K was easy for me from doing what we call "exact values" on homes when we insure them. We have to know the type of roof.