The Mother Of All Bored History Quizzes!

[littlebeast13]

Today is, of course, the eighth anniversary of the creation of The Bored As We Know It. Of course, I use that term because the Bored actually did exist as far back as August of 1999 when WWTBAM first went on the air, but that Bored came crashing down in the flames of a hacker attack, and the reborn Bored with whatever posts could be salvaged from the wreckage went back online on this day 8 years ago.

Since I usually try to do something special to celebrate the occasion, I decided to create a Bored history quiz. OK, so this is a bit more than a quiz, but what better way to celebrate our Bored than with a plethora of questions from its rich history!

Of course, the majority of the questions concern events from the Bored's first two years, and I did this over the course of several weeks, so hopefully I didn't repeat any questions. I also didn't get one of my patented doozy questions at the end.... I just stopped writing questions when I got tired and exhausted most of the resourses I have available....

So, if you have nothing to do on this wonderful Black Friday, test your Bored history IQ! Or just stand back and shake your head that I would even create such a monstrosity....




1. Who had the very first post in Bored history on the ABC Bored when it was recreated after a hacker attack on November 23, 1999?

A. 40love9236
B. MVLease
C. gusgerbils
D. helringer

2. Who had the very first post on the Love Boat when it was created on December 5, 2001?

A. tubadave
B. Corn9977
C. earendel100
D. Sir_Galahad

3. Who had the very first post on the Ugly Bored when it was created on May 12, 2004?

A. themanintheseersuckersuit
B. jtmattox
C. jarnon
D. RJS102254

4. On which of these temporary Boreds did Gary Love post the link to the new Bored he created for us?

A. The Colbys
B. Madigan Men
C. Travel
D. Astrology

5. Which of these BB's created the GC on April 14, 2000 at E-Groups as a new home to BB's tired of the Nazi Bored monitor tactics and PC attacks?

A. MVLease
B. Eyegor
C. Killer_Tomato
D. TomL30

6. Which of these BB's created the Lifeboat on January 29, 2001 as a new home for BB's if the impending Go.com shutdown were to claim our Bored?

A. DaveSenior
B. John9826
C. robertl30
D. TomMitch2

7. Which of these BB's created the Phoenix Bored on July 6, 2001 as a place for BB's to get away from the Morlocks who were attacking?

A. littlebeast13
B. Sir_Galahad
C. wild_bill_76
D. hbomb1947

8. Which of these BB's created the Phoenix 2 Bored on April 20, 2003 as a place for extra storage space after the original Phoenix's file space and photo album became too cluttered?

A. Ritterskoop
B. Linus_Tx
C. takinover
D. littlebeast13

9. Which of these BB's coined the term Love Boat for our Gary love created Bored?

A. kidtejas
B. HF_Jai
C. christie1111
D. deb_in_ga

10. Which of these BB's coined the term Ugly Bored for the new-format version of the Love Boat?

A. BackInTex
B. RJS102254
C. takinover
D. Eyegor

11. Which BB had the final post on the Love Boat when it was closed down on June 23, 2004?

A. Bob46187
B. themanintheseersuckersuit
C. 2121peacock
D. BackInTex

12. Which BB had the final known post on the Ugly Bored when the plug was pulled on October 2, 2007?

A. MarleysGh0st
B. BobJuch
C. gsn309
D. SportsFan68

13. Put the three major Boreds we occupied in order by the number of posts we made on each of them, starting with the most posts.

A. The PRoG
B. The Love Boat
C. The Ugly Bored

14. What did the acronym in our nickname for the ABC Bored, The PRoG, stand for?

15. What was the exact text that followed "&room=" in the url of the PRoG?

16. What was the exact text that followed "&room=" in the url of the Love Boat?

17. What was our forumID number in the url of the Ugly Bored?

18. What was the name in the url of the interface which was unflatteringly referred to as "The Bumblebee Bored"?

A. abc
B. go
C. money
D. mrshowbiz

19. Which of these better interfaces was in popular use by most BB's until it switched to a horrendous red and yellow dominated background during Labor Day weekend of 2000?

A. abc
B. go
C. money
D. mrshowbiz

20. As a result of this assault by the "Hot Dog Stand" Bored, which of these interfaces was recommended, which had that cool galaxy graphic above the message list?

A. abc
B. go
C. money
D. mrshowbiz

21. Who discovered the tea interface on July 1, 2001?

A. hbomb1947
B. traininvain
C. BackInTex
D. takinover

22. Which of these Boreds was provided as the link when the above BB introduced us to the tea interface?

A. Madigan Men
B. Making the Band
C. General Hospital
D. The Cellar

23. When the tea interface was yanked out from under us on October 12, 2001, all that could be seen was a blank white screen with what two words printed at the top?

24. From who did we learn of the affiliate interfaces, which we were forced to after the death of tea?

A. The Morlocks
B. Gary Love
C. The Bored Monitor
D. An unknown Merry Man

25. On October 18, 2001, who rescued us from the inferior affiliate interfaces with the discovery of the wnet interface?

A. Eyegor
B. TheCalvinator24
C. BackInTex
D. littlebeast13

26. What Merry Man was the link to wnet posted under?

27. Were it not for the brief foray onto the affiliate interfaces, Gary Love would not have noticed us and helped us out with the creation of the Love Boat. As it was, we were disallowed from using wnet or any of the old Go/ABC/Disney interfaces and were forced to use the affiliate interfaces to view the Love Boat after how long on our new Bored?

A. 1 month
B. 3 months
C. 6 months
D. 1 year

28. Which of the affiliate interfaces was the last one standing with a full functioning message Bored format when the Ugly Bored went down on October 2, 2007?

A. WPVI
B. KGO
C. WTVD
D. KTRK

29. Things began to get screwy with the Bored on August 27, 2007 which was related to a problem with a lack of communication between two servers. Who was the first to diagnose the problem and start the use of BB's who were on Server A and Server B?

A. 15QuestionsAway
B. littlebeast13
C. Eyegor
D. MarleysGh0st

30. Who coined the BB's who were located on Server A to be Hufflepuffs?

A. earendel100
B. Bob46187
C. Ritterskoop
D. PlacentiaSoccerMom

31. Who coined the BB's who were located on Server B to be Ravenclaws?

A. ladysoleil
B. MarleysGh0st
C. TheCalvinator24
D. BobJuch

32. The BB's on which server had access to the search function?

33. The BB's on which server were on the fast clock during the time warps that plagued the Bored from December 2000 to July 2001?

34. What was the longest time warp gap, in minutes, which was acheived just before the problem was fixed on July 23, 2001?

35. Who hosted the first Question of the Day contest in July 2000?

A. TankleToon
B. MMCJCL
C. pamjb
D. Catway

36. Who hosted the first Bored Game in December 2000?

A. littlebeast13
B. Eyegor
C. tubadave
D. Corn9977

37. Who hosted the first Timeline game in July 2001?

A. flockofseagulls104
B. adsarc
C. vandalrmc
D. ging5472

38. Who hosted the first Gender Defender game in November 2001?

A. ScrabbleTed
B. Sir_Galahad
C. TheCalvinator24
D. BeeMan521

39. Who hosted the first Lyrically Speaking in December 2001?

A. mrkelley23
B. BeeMan521
C. rubbersnail
D. otherindigo

40. Who hosted the first Seven Clues game on January 5, 2002?

A. gotribego26
B. Dr_J_427
C. SportsFan68
D. Ritterskoop

41. Who ran the Question of the Night contest as Merry Man KaRl_FuN_rOvE in March 2002?

A. Booch
B. mrkelley23
C. ScrabbleTed
D. wintergreen48

42. What was the answer to the very first Question of the Day game posted on July 1, 2000?

43. What was the answer to the very first Seven Clues game posted on January 5, 2002?

44. Which two BB's squared off in the first ever Gender Defender game on November 19, 2001?

45. Which two BB's split hosting the first ever game of The Battle of the Sexes in January 2002?

46. Who came up with the original concept for Gender Defender, but never hosted the game?

47. Who came up with the original concept for Lyrically Speaking, though did not host its first edition?

48. Who hosted the September 2002 QoD game, and decided to allow the top players from the previous month to each take a day to write the questions?

49. In May 2003, which BB hosted a game of Disney trivia?

A. rob_wilson
B. Buffacuse
C. minimetoo26
D. Timsterino

50. What is the most prodigious month in terms of number of posts in Bored history?

A. January 2001
B. April 2001
C. May 2001
D. March 2002

51. What was the most prodigious posting day in Bored history?

A. January 23, 2001
B. March 23, 2001
C. February 22, 2002
D. April 1, 2002

52. How many posts were made on that record day?

A. 1342
B. 1595
C. 1729
D. 1781

53. What was the least prodigious day in Bored history?

A. July 22, 2001
B. December 27, 2003
C. May 13, 2006
D. April 22, 2007

54. How many posts were made on that record day?

A. 14
B. 27
C. 31
D. 35

55. Who was the most prodigious poster on the PRoG?

A. SportsFan68
B. Sir_Galahad
C. TheCalvinator24
D. hbomb1947

56. Who was the most prodigious poster on the Love Boat?

A. SportsFan68
B. PEACOCK2121
C. MarleysGh0st
D. Ritterskoop

57. Who was the most prodigious poster on the Ugly Bored?

A. SportsFan68
B. 2121peacock
C. MarleysGh0st
D. silvercamaro


For each of the following old BB names, give the more well known handle they later used:

58. bigdrawman

59. web5709

60. 1818reed

61. bjh104

62. newtoyou

63. davexprice

64. nettlesl78

65. markster38


66. What was the name of the Bored's original Bored monitor?

67. What was the name of her replacement, whose tactics helped spur the move to the GC?

68. What was the name of the Bored monitor who posted the warning about war dialing and the use of the PIN generator on May 17, 2001?

A. Jen
B. Erica
C. Melissa
D. Tina

69. Which station's Bored monitor posted the message on the Love Boat of the link to the TUB on May 12, 2004?

A. WTVD
B. KGO
C. WTVG
D. WLS

70. Which station set up a WWTBAM Bored shortly after the death of the PRoG that we had discussed settling on, though fortunately stuck with the Love Boat?

A. WPVI
B. WLS
C. WABC
D. WJRT

71. How far back did the Rot that occured nearly continuously from September 2001 through January 2004 delete past posts?

A. 30 days
B. 60 days
C. 90 days
D. 120 days

72. Which of these BB's gave us behind the scenes insight into Kati Knudsen's infamous WWTBAM appearance?

A. walhal
B. tubadave
C. sjcornman
D. jetsong401

73. Which BB introduced the Bored to Fukola cola on March 20, 2001?

A. TheCalvinator24
B. BackIntex
C. hbomb1947
D. megaaddict

74. After Go disabled the link to poster profiles from the message list in August 2000, in what color did the names of posters on a person's Preferred list show up in?

75. What color did the names of posters on a person's Ignored list show up in?

76. Which BB was the first to break the news of the first WWTBAM auditions for regular shows in the infamous "The party is over" thread?

A. Sir_Galahad
B. TomMitch2
C. MVLease
D. Killer_Tomato

77. Name the seven cities this first round of auditions in the Fall of 2000 were held in.


Match each of the following March 2001 audition cities to the city which held a WWTBAm audition at the same time:

78. New Orleans
79. Miami
80. Philadelphia

A. Chicago
B. Dallas
C. San Diego

81. For each of the above pairs, identify which city had Sonny's AP team running the audition.

82. Which BB had all their previous posts deleted in April of 2000 for questioning the Bored monitor about her questionable deletions?

A. Jayhawker536
B. LoriNY
C. wrs1075
D. dr_evil50

83. Which BB had their account frozen and all their previous posts deleted in September of 2000 after jokingly telling a newbie they'd have to pay him for entry to the GC?

A. Todd_Rundgren
B. Sir_Galahad
C. macemace48
D. traininvain

84. The most famous account to get booched of course was that of booch1152. On the night of November 1, 2000 he posted 17 consecutive EOM's on which Go Bored?

A. Astrology
B. Dating
C. Pets
D. Travel

85. Which milestone post was he attempting to get?

A. 10,000
B. 20,000
C. 40,000
D. 80,000

86. Later that month, which BB got her account booched when, after being involved in a mini-flame debate, she tried to lighten the mood by talking about lingerie?

A. samcat23
B. aussiegirl828
C. WANNABE82
D. Corn9977

87. How many choices were available on the Go Bored poll feature?

88. Which BB hacked Go's poll feature in October 2000 to create a MegaPoll that allowed there to be up to 50 choices?

89. Which BB revamped the MegaPoll in April 2001 after the site the original MegaPoll feature was posted on was taken down?

90. Who posted the first MegaPoll on October 8, 2000?

A. TomMitch2
B. ScrabbleTed
C. macemace48
D. Todd_Rundgren

91. What was the question asked in the first MegaPoll?

92. The first poll to include WGAS in Gastonia as the final choice was posted on December 31, 2000 by who?

93. What was the station format of WGAS in Gastonia at the time it was discovered on November 15, 2000?

94. Which BB won the very first QoD contest held from July 1-14, 2000?

A. Catway
B. Killer_Tomato
C. TankleToon
D. boof8888

95. Which BB was the first to massively overhaul the QoD during their reign in September 2000?

96. Which BB did an even more radical overhaul of the game in April of 2001, which began a period of several months at which the QoD was at the height of its popularity?

97. Which BB was the first to award real prizes for order of finish in the final QoD standings?

98. Which city was originally scheduled to hold a stealth audition on September 12, 2001?

99. Which BB reported getting a call to be on the show in December 2001 shortly after Bixby returned with the news that the show was shutting down for the season?

A. cbgorbett
B. lulu5123
C. Mo_Hillbilly
D. lilclyde's Baboo

100. Who received the first flyer tipping us off to the new method of stealth auditions in June 2001?

A. BobJuch
B. hbomb1947
C. jac070
D. traininvain

101. Who was the first BB to be called to appear in Syndicated WWTBAM on July 2, 2002?

A. Corn9977
B. taurus4848
C. peter5858
D. lilyvonschtupp26

102. Which BB started the legendary "Since We're Making Confession" thread on August 21, 2002?

A. Ritterskoop
B. PEACOCK2121
C. NE1410S
D. two_eagle_bdm

103. Which BB coined the term Ring of Fire for the 10 finalist seats in the WWTBAM studio?

A. MVLease
B. Eyegor
C. Killer_Tomato
D. TomMitch2

104. Which BB coined the term My Big Fat Fabulous Brain for the know-it-alls on the Bored?

A. DevilKitty100
B. silvercamaro
C. Bixby17
D. marrymeflyfree

105. In which BB's transcript thread was the above term coined?

106. Which BB's misspelling coined the term "taping my watch" on December 19, 2000?

A. ScrabbleTed
B. Im_Ace
C. Eyegor
D. TheCalvinator24

107. What was the BB above impatiently waiting for when he coined the above term?

108. Who was the first BB to ever receive double digit recommendations, which was given to their post made on May 12, 2000?

A. Jayhawker536
B. MVLease
C. walhal
D. jerr87

109. The post above made reference to a quirk in Go's message Bored code at the time that showed a false reccommendation when a post received ___ number of hits, and disappeared after a post made it to ___ hits.

110. What was the exact title of the subject line of Post #94789, walhal's 646th and final post made on the night of August 29, 2000?

111. How many times (the number of 5-day call in periods, not number of individual days) were the phone lines open for the Phone Player Pool during its short life?

112. Which of the following BB's did not make it on the show in 2001 via the PPP?

A. andrewjackson
B. gotribego26
C. kidtejas
D. rob_wilson

113. Who broke the news of the rule change to the PPP on March 16, 2001?

A. ScrabbleTed
B. hbomb1947
C. rhoadsc
D. kidtejas

114. Which BB participated in the final Round 2 game ever held on March 28, 2001?

A. bjh104
B. hbomb1947
C. HoosierHoopster
D. Sir_Galahad

115. Misplacing which music group in the final question cost the above BB a shot at going 5 for 5?

116. What was the handle used by a supposed WWTBAM insider who correctly predicted the date that the negative PC's would arrive from the first set of auditions in 2003, which was "Black Friday" July 25th?

117. Besides a gusgerbils PJ party, what was the main impetus behind the posting spike on what was termed Black Tuesday January 23, 2001?

118. Who was the first BB to post the news of the real Black Tuesday on September 11, 2001?

119. Which BB was the first to respond to that initial 9/11 post, and did not post again for almost 6 years?

120. Which PC was the impetus behind the day dubbed Wacky Wednesday, June 21, 2000?

A. jamesbriangriffin
B. teebee54
C. Hellpuzzy
D. Steve Russillo

121. Which BB posted on December 12, 2002 that they had been chosen to appear on SyndieBAM, one day after they taped their episode?

A. Amazonium
B. NE1410S
C. lilyvonschtupp26
D. takinover

122. Who brought the term "nihil obstat" to the Bored on September 14, 2004?

A. MarleysGh0st
B. Kazoo59
C. earendel100
D. NellyLunatic1980

123. Which BB posted TUB message #40649 on August 5, 2004, the first known message that did not show up in threaded view on the new TUB message Bored format?

124. You couldn't say the words Lohstroh and Geisler on the TUB starting in the Spring of 2005 without the words getting censored, and eventually it would not accept the post at all. While there was never any need to post those words on the Bored, there were 2 other taboo names that were much more commonly come across. What woman's first name and common surname were similarly banned from usage?


Below are a few famous drive-by posters. Briefly describe what they are best known for in their brief visit to the Bored:

125. Steve_Russillo

126. Cool_Eternity

127. gotscrewed69

128. FloridaPete37

129. Allentown7721

130. TVtrips_com

131. SOX404Guru

132. Keyondoway07


133. What Bored glitch did you suffer from on the PRoG if you had Spock's Disease?

134. Who is Janet Krause?

A. The real name of gusgerbils
B. The person who started the famous Jipted thread
C. The contestant sjcornman PAF'ed for
D. A Bored Monitor on the PRoG

135. Who is Jeanie Rae O?

A. The real name of gusgerbils
B. The person who started the famous Jipted thread
C. The contestant sjcornman PAF'ed for
D. A Bored Monitor on the PRoG

136. Who is Meg Hurley?

A. The real name of gusgerbils
B. The person who started the famous Jipted thread
C. The contestant sjcornman PAF'ed for
D. A Bored Monitor on the PRoG

137. Who is Judy Bartoletti?

A. The real name of gusgerbils
B. The person who started the famous Jipted thread
C. The contestant sjcornman PAF'ed for
D. A Bored Monitor on the PRoG

138. Which BB received a famous response from the Bored monitor mentioned in one of the questions above in September 2000 after a purge and string of deletions?

A. tgirl78
B. gailmail5
C. a1mamacat
D. samcat23

139. Which BB started the Question Tag game in late July 2000?

A. Killer_Tomato
B. Todd_Rundgren
C. macemace48
D. walhal

140. Which BB started Fast Tag, which was inspired by Question Tag after its questions became so long and tedious that people quit playing?

A. ndsuspock
B. Sir_Galahad
C. TankleToon
D. pamjb

141. Although he didn't start it, which BB became the host of the famous PRoG thread "Here's a toughy" from the summer of 2000 until the Bored was taken down?

A. Exeter571
B. adsarc
C. HoosierHoopster
D. dougie_monty

142. Which BB added "the Iron Thread" onto the thread's subject line, which stuck for the rest of its Bored life?

A. littlebeast13
B. Im_Ace
C. BackInTex
D. ndsuspock

143. In February of 2001, due to a glitch caused by some deleted posts, the Iron Thread temporarily got steered out of its main thread and into the thread of a RIP for which famous celebrity?

144. Who hosted a set of 5 FF questions on January 2, 2001, awarding prizes to the 5 BB's who answered each question the fastest?

A. Sir_Galahad
B. Killer_Tomato
C. ScrabbleTed
D. Im_Ace

145. Four of the prizes in the game above were won by regular BB's. One prize was won by a newbie making his first post, Cyder_Jack. Cyder_Jack's next appearance was two weeks later, after he'd done what?

146. There were many BB's posting callbacks during the audition callback week in December 2000. Which BB reported the first call on December 11?

A. aussiegirl828
B. macsdaddy1967
C. dr_amp
D. attyLP

147. Which BB created the concept of the Bored Novel, and started the first story in November 2001?

A. ging5472
B. kidtejas
C. vandalrmc
D. Ritterskoop


Below are the "plots" of the first four Bored Novels. Name the Bored Novel number that goes with each plot:

148. Phil Micklestein has an adventure to remember after getting tangled up with a woman named Naomi

149. Barry Runkel picks up Tracy Railsback while driving in his Camaro. Convolution ensues, and the former ends up kidnapping Pat Summerall

150. Miles Merryman buys a Hermillion watch and becomes a time traveller

151. Jacob Keyes and Lila Cole deal with the nefarious plan of Mayor Geezergut Bilco in Thermopolis


152. Which BB captured Post #50000 on the PRoG in April 2000 in a spirited pre-gusgerbils contest with the second of a double post?

A. Todd_Rundgren
B. footballguy17
C. SportsFan68
D. llama_master

153. Which BB captured Post #100000 on the PRoG on September 15, 2000 with the third of a series of posts in what was the first example of gusgerbils war-posting?

A. BackInTex
B. ScrabbleTed
C. SportsFan68
D. HoosierHoopster

154. Which BB captured Posts #50000, 100000, and 500000 (Using the new format's numbering system) on the TUB?

A. Ritterskoop
B. 2121peacock
C. SportsFan68
D. silvercamaro

155. The first stealth auditions for a Primetime WWTBAM show, which was the Fathers Day 2001 edition, were held where?

156. A Merry Man Arthur_King_of_the_Britons fired off a letter about what he (and most of the Bored) thought was an illegal practice by ABC in holding the above stealth auditions, and emailed it to ABC and which government agency?

157. On what grounds did he believe the auditions were unfair and illegal?

158. Which BB was not the first, but certainly sparked the biggest controversy, to challenge the ranting on MyBigFatFabulousBrain by posting that "You've Gone To Far!" on October 13, 2006?

A. lov2dish
B. auditioneer
C. greyhound_dude
D. centflaparrothead

159. Prior to SportsFan68 taking over the all time posting lead in February 2002, which BB held the number 1 spot in the rankings?

A. Sir_Galahad
B. Todd_Rundgren
C. TheCalvinator24
D. wild_bill_76

160. Which of these BB's never held the top spot in the rankings at any time since the first edition was posted on March 29, 2000?

A. Sir_Galahad
B. Killer_Tomato
C. Todd_Rundgren
D. hbomb1947

161. Which of these BB's was listed at the top of the very first rankings list posted on March 29, 2000?

A. jmcachran
B. SLK03
C. astrnomr
D. bbking52

162. How many BB's have posted at least 10,000 times in Bored history?

A. 29
B. 32
C. 34
D. 37

163. Which BB went to the San Diego audition with a stuffed hamster in their pocket?

164. What was the name of the horse Saucy took a tumble from in April 2001?

A. Julep
B. Sonny
C. Jamie
D. Saucy

165. In an April Fool's joke on Steve Beverly's website, who did he say was chosen to host the newly created Syndicated WWTBAM?


Below are some acronyms that have appeared on the Bored throughout its history. Name exactly what they stood for:

166. MAWG

167. PRoG

168. ToC

169. GC

170. PC (not postcard, the original definition)

171. OTC

172. APP

173. ESST

174. TMHBB

175. TBOTS

176. MBFFB

177. MMFF


178. The gusgerbils Post #456789 on the Love Boat was picked up by the BBTranscriptTeam. It was the transcript of whch memorable contestant?

A. His PAF had 9 college degrees
B. He was a cart pusher at a supermarket
C. He was billed as the Unknown Contestant
D. He falsely claimed to be a doctor on his audition application

179. ScrabbleTed began most mornings in the Dry Rot era (when posts were being slowly and randomly deleted from months back in Bored history) by putting the title of which song in the subject line of his first post?

180. Which BB has the honor of having the longest existing post in Bored history?

A. Corn9977
B. themanintheseersuckersuit
C. jtmattox
D. JaypunkRawk

181. When Eyegor announced he was giving up posting the rankings, which BB volunteered first to take over the task?

A. wild_bill_76
B. earendel100
C. TheCalvinator24
D. ShamelessWeasel

182. After the BB above gave up the task after a few weeks, I took over the job and have had it ever since. What Bored history event occured on the same day that I posted my first rankings edition?

A. The PRoG was axed
B. The Spring 2001 auditions were announced
C. The Morlock invasion began
D. The Great Purge wiped out 7 months worth of past posts

183. A post by which BB during the early morning hours of June 1, 2001 launched the infamous "Thread that would not die"?

A. BeetleManiac
B. otherindigo
C. okiepat2000
D. hbomb1947

184. The post above had several observations that BB had picked up from a conversation with the AP's at the audition he was at, which was part of the last pair of auditions from the legendary 2001 Spring run. Which city was it in?

185. What was the other city to hold one of these final old-style auditions?

186. Which BB threw together the PIN generator, a device able to call on multiple lines at the same time, which for several weeks in the late stages of the Spring auditions helped many BB's easily get PINs?

A. robertl30
B. 1DrunkenIdiot
C. RevDodd
D. ScrabbleTed

187. Which "cursed" RoF seat was populated by the likes of AlphaDummy, tubadave, and yours truly?

188. Which QoD Meister posted his QoD containing the answer to earendel's $125,000 question he missed on the show on the same day he taped that show?

A. ScrabbleTed
B. tubadave
C. Todd_Rundgren
D. TheCalvinator24

189. Which BB brought the addictive internet game Marbles to the Bored's attention in May of 2001?

A. okiepat2000
B. ShamelessWeasel
C. hbomb1947
D. kidtejas

190. Which song's title would the above BB post in a reply each time a BB admitted they were getting addicted to the game?

191. The Bored for which defunct ABC show was "hijacked" as a place for posting Marbles scores?

A. The Hughleys
B. Madigan Men
C. You Don't Know Jack
D. Bob Patterson

192. Which BB appeared in the intro to the short-lived game show You Don't Know Jack, as part of the background when Paul Reubens did a promo with Regis on WWTBAM?

A. John9826
B. AlphaDummy
C. ShamelessWeasel
D. vails11

193. On which soap opera's Bored did I post the link to the go interface, teh results of which I cross-posted here and caused a mini invasion by some of us of their Bored?

A. One Life To Live
B. All My Children
C. General Hospital

194. What did the jamesbriangriffin alter-ego ClaxtonTigers say his first name was?

195. What was artinma's main job on the PRoG?

196. Which BB took over the Gusgerbils list during the last year of the Love Boat after I gave up keeping track due to the many repetetive winners and MM's trying to get milestones?

A. TheCalvinator24
B. RJS102254
C. BackInTex
D. pcmaxey

197. HoosierHoopster's Round 2 try in July of 2000 was a failure due to his lack of knowledge of which TV show?

A. Suddenly Susan
B. Airwolf
C. Moesha
D. Murphy Brown

198. robertl30 came to the Bored for his short, but memorable stint to prepare as a PaF for which BB contestant?

A. vails11
B. ShamelessWeasel
C. John9826
D. TheCalvinator24

199. Which BB appeared in the Hot Seat back to back with their spouse in 2003?

200. Which BB appeared in this year's World Series of Poker?

201. Which BB appeared in the first paragraph of the New York Times story on the Bored last October?


Below are some BB handles from Bored history which are missing their trailing numbers. Give the numbers that appeared at the end of each BB's Bored ID:

202. HoltDad

203. etaoin

204. mwstevens

205. Tocqueville

206. CynCty

207. love (as in Gary Love)

208. TomL

209. slam

210. Reeg

211. okiebroker

212. Mellowmom

213. LLMax


214. Which BB won WWTBAM's AOL ATA contest in 2004?

215. Which BB's WWTBAM appearance story they posted was titled "Better Late Than Never"?

216. What was the significance of that title to their story?

217. Which one of jamesbriangriffin's alter-ego's was busted for cheating in the Question of the Day contest on November 13, 2000?

A. ClaxtonTigers
B. unstabler
C. Uniplatinum
D. Couch_Potato24

218. Which BB did the above PC copy his answer off of?

A. littlebeast13
B. Sir_Galahad
C. ndsuspock
D. earendel100

219. When SyndieBAM debuted on September 16, 2002, which BB gave the first review of the show?

A. silvercamaro
B. PEACOCK2121
C. kayrharris
D. minimetoo26

220. Under what MM handle (since he was Booched at the time) did RevDodd first post of "toffee and chreads"?

221. Put the following classes in order of their respective eras, starting with the earliest.

A. Morose Class
B. New Class
C. Old Class
D. Verbose Class

222. Who was the first Merry Man to post in the First Annual Merry Men parade on November 21, 2001?

A. Barney_Texas_Fife
B. AmericasCupWinnerTigerWoods
C. Prof_Roy_Hinkley
D. Nine_Horizontal_Rows_Of_Stars

223. Which BB introduced us to the ESPN profiles link in December 2000 that gave the real name that was registered with each handle?

A. ScrabbleTed
B. TomMitch2
C. Todd_Rundgren
D. takinover

224. The BB above revealed this tool after he was chastised for revealing the real identity of which handle?

A. the_civil_tongue
B. ImWaiting
C. Boris_Godunov
D. lookingforspace

225. The profile tool was used to our advantage during the Morlock invasion in July 2001, but it was modified by Go after it was slipped to the Morlocks by which Merry Man?

A. FordPrefect982
B. dog_sisiger
C. Im_Jack
D. buyerbeware

226. Which number in the official rules for PT WWTBAM dealt with the Future Player Pool (which, to the best of anyone' knowledge, was never invoked), which basically gave TPTB the opportunity to randomly select past R1 qualifiers to play in a specially set-up Round 2?

227. Which BB was involved in a Round 2 screwup in December of 2000 in which they were given the wrong phone number to call for their Round 2 game?

A. bigdrawman
B. tubadave
C. earendel100
D. AlphaDummy

228. Which BB was NOT called to appear on Super Millionaire in May of 2004?

A. mikehardware
B. jarnon
C. jtmattox
D. sfbazodee

229. Which famous person was shocked and aghast to find out that he had a "doppelganger" on this Bored, which was of course just someone's Merry Man, and posted about his fake on his blog on June 29, 2005?

230. Which BB's son received an email from Ken Jennings just prior to him starting his legendary 74 episode run on Jeopardy! in 2004?

231. What did I list as the #1 event in Bored history when I posted my first Top 100 list on November 23, 2001?

A. The Morlock Invasion
B. Walhal's appearance and lesson
C. The move towards auditions
D. Creation of the GC

232. What did I list as the #1 event in Bored history when I updated my Top 100 list for the Bored's 5th anniversary in 2004?

A. Creation of the Love Boat
B. Beginning of SyndieBAM
C. Marley's happy postcard
D. The beginning of Seven Clues

233. The first on-Bored PAF demonstration (The Go Bored, not the GC) occured on January 11, 2001 when which BB successfully PAF'ed for John9826?

A. Bob46187
B. ScrabbleTed
C. Killer_Tomato
D. hbomb1947

234. On October 20, 2004, which BB was credited with making the Bored's one millionth post in history?

A. christie1111
B. BobJuch
C. earendel100
D. MarleysGh0st

235. Define Spock's Law as it pertained to the old phone game?

236. In February 2002, a major firestorm of a debate began over the effect of which game on the Bored's health?

237. Two months later, the same debate popped up about which newly created game?

238. Which of these Booch-owned handles posted 809 times over a few days in late February 2002 in a protest over the debate mentioned in #236?

A. Hellpuzzy
B. KrisPKreme
C. S_N_A_F_U
D. BigAudioDynamite

239. While about half of the millionaires in WWTBAM history have posted on the Bored at some point, how many of them have posted enough times (300+) to have made it into the rankings?

240. Between artinma and the formation of the BBTranscriptTeam, which BB temporarily took over transcription duties for WWTBAM shows?


Define the following terms as they relate to the Bored and its community:

241. The EOS Bar & Grille

242. The Moratorium Lounge

243. Three Hour Tour

244. PJ Party

245. War Dialing

246. Where Else/What Else?


247. Which BB created a series of ordered lists in late 2000 to help out in answering phone game and early audition test FF type questions?

248. What is the title of the novel vandalrmc began writing 2 years ago?

249. On the first night of the PPP, April 15, 2001, what glitch hampered the attempts of most callers to answer all 5 questions correctly?

250. RDelo5 (later nestle79) claimed in the subject line of his posts that which actress had no left breast?

251. What two words were were in each of the above poster's posts

252. Which BB had strange troubles in January 2001 with some of his posts being attributed to the name d00d00?

A. earendel100
B. lilclyde54
C. skypilate
D. wild_bill_76

253. What sport was contained in the question that brought a premature end to walhal's Hot Seat appearance?

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

How long did it take you to write this quiz?

[ne1410s]

253. Volleyball

lb, you are truly da man...what a walk down memory lane!!

[peacock2121]

I loved just reading the questions.

I will go back and answer the ones I think I know.

[earendel]

Today is, of course, the eighth anniversary of the creation of The Bored As We Know It. Of course, I use that term because the Bored actually did exist as far back as August of 1999 when WWTBAM first went on the air, but that Bored came crashing down in the flames of a hacker attack, and the reborn Bored with whatever posts could be salvaged from the wreckage went back online on this day 8 years ago.

Since I usually try to do something special to celebrate the occasion, I decided to create a Bored history quiz. OK, so this is a bit more than a quiz, but what better way to celebrate our Bored than with a plethora of questions from its rich history!

Of course, the majority of the questions concern events from the Bored's first two years, and I did this over the course of several weeks, so hopefully I didn't repeat any questions. I also didn't get one of my patented doozy questions at the end.... I just stopped writing questions when I got tired and exhausted most of the resourses I have available....

So, if you have nothing to do on this wonderful Black Friday, test your Bored history IQ! Or just stand back and shake your head that I would even create such a monstrosity....

It's not a monstrosity - and I went through and answered the questions, but then for some reason when I posted my answers I was taken to a login screen and couldn't go back to save what I had so painstakingly typed. I'm not going through it a second time.

[hermillion]

I can't wait to see this answered in its entirety. There are so many things I don't know about the Bored, its history, its acroynms, its previous participants, etc. Even after posting for 4 1/2 years, there are often times I feel like an outsider.

lb - you are truly The Man!

[Rexer25]

Dude, lb, thanks, bro.

I couldn't even begin to answer most of the questions.

I guess the football blow-outs yesterday left you with a lot of free time.

It's was fun rying to remember.

[tanstaafl2]

Today is, of course, the eighth anniversary of the creation of The Bored As We Know It. Of course, I use that term because the Bored actually did exist as far back as August of 1999 when WWTBAM first went on the air, but that Bored came crashing down in the flames of a hacker attack, and the reborn Bored with whatever posts could be salvaged from the wreckage went back online on this day 8 years ago.

Since I usually try to do something special to celebrate the occasion, I decided to create a Bored history quiz. OK, so this is a bit more than a quiz, but what better way to celebrate our Bored than with a plethora of questions from its rich history!

Of course, the majority of the questions concern events from the Bored's first two years, and I did this over the course of several weeks, so hopefully I didn't repeat any questions. I also didn't get one of my patented doozy questions at the end.... I just stopped writing questions when I got tired and exhausted most of the resourses I have available....

So, if you have nothing to do on this wonderful Black Friday, test your Bored history IQ! Or just stand back and shake your head that I would even create such a monstrosity....

Wow, that's a lot of questions! Although I found the bored in the spring of 2000 just shortly before the creation of the GC I spent most of my time at the clubhouse in the GC until the last two or three years ago and don't have a clue about most of these questions.

Maybe 1 and 5 are B but that is about the extent of my guessing in the early going.

[takinover]

240. Between artinma and the formation of the BBTranscriptTeam, which BB temporarily took over transcription duties for WWTBAM shows?

Spoiler

There are two answers. Tubadave did for a while and then his real life got busy and I did about 2 month's worth under the handle Transcriptmeister, but with one of the i's altered because the handle with the normal i was already taken by Tubadave. Then Tubadave came back but got busy again and then the Transcript team was formed. Everyone used to post them under their own handles until I suggested using one handle to make it easier to find the transcripts.

[peacock2121]

Some of these I know, some, not so much. I'll do some now and keep on clicking off as days go on.

Very fun, lb. Thanks for doing this!

1. Who had the very first post in Bored history on the ABC Bored when it was recreated after a hacker attack on November 23, 1999?

D. helringer

2. Who had the very first post on the Love Boat when it was created on December 5, 2001?


B. Corn9977

3. Who had the very first post on the Ugly Bored when it was created on May 12, 2004?

D. RJS102254

4. On which of these temporary Boreds did Gary Love post the link to the new Bored he created for us?

C. Travel


5. Which of these BB's created the GC on April 14, 2000 at E-Groups as a new home to BB's tired of the Nazi Bored monitor tactics and PC attacks?

A. MVLease

6. Which of these BB's created the Lifeboat on January 29, 2001 as a new home for BB's if the impending Go.com shutdown were to claim our Bored?

A. DaveSenior
(what with him being Navy and all

7. Which of these BB's created the Phoenix Bored on July 6, 2001 as a place for BB's to get away from the Morlocks who were attacking?

B. Sir_Galahad

8. Which of these BB's created the Phoenix 2 Bored on April 20, 2003 as a place for extra storage space after the original Phoenix's file space and photo album became too cluttered?

D. littlebeast13

9. Which of these BB's coined the term Love Boat for our Gary love created Bored?

A. kidtejas

10. Which of these BB's coined the term Ugly Bored for the new-format version of the Love Boat?

A. BackInTex

11. Which BB had the final post on the Love Boat when it was closed down on June 23, 2004?

B. themanintheseersuckersuit

12. Which BB had the final known post on the Ugly Bored when the plug was pulled on October 2, 2007?

B. BobJuch

13. Put the three major Boreds we occupied in order by the number of posts we made on each of them, starting with the most posts.
BAC
A. The PRoG
B. The Love Boat
C. The Ugly Bored

14. What did the acronym in our nickname for the ABC Bored, The PRoG, stand for? People's Republic of Go

15. What was the exact text that followed "&room=" in the url of the PRoG? no idea

16. What was the exact text that followed "&room=" in the url of the Love Boat? nope

17. What was our forumID number in the url of the Ugly Bored? nope

18. What was the name in the url of the interface which was unflatteringly referred to as "The Bumblebee Bored"?

A. abc

19. Which of these better interfaces was in popular use by most BB's until it switched to a horrendous red and yellow dominated background during Labor Day weekend of 2000?

D. mrshowbiz

20. As a result of this assault by the "Hot Dog Stand" Bored, which of these interfaces was recommended, which had that cool galaxy graphic above the message list?

C. money

21. Who discovered the tea interface on July 1, 2001?

B. traininvain

[kayrharris]

Amazed at the questions.

Amazing how few of these of which I know the correct answer.

Great job, LB. Thanks again for all the hard work.

[MarleysGh0st]

So what's the cosmic significance of having 253 questions, beast?

I'm overwhelmed by this test and couldn't begin to answer more than a tiny percentage of them. But reading this brings back many fond memories.

Instead of just waiting until beast gives us the answers, perhaps we could work on this collectively, the way they do those elaborate games on the GC?

[jayhawker536]

Wow LB, you Rock!!! No way could I answer more than a few, however

82.

Spoiler

To set the record straight, what really happened was that I fired off an e-mail to abc asking that jamesbriangriffin's vulgar post be deleted. Some of them were outright lewd. Instead she deleted every post of mine. Goes to show I should mind my own business

I tried to get this as a spoiler, more than once, if it doesn't work this time, too bad

[ne1410s]

Spoiler

104. C--Bixby17

121. B--NE1410S

[christie1111]

Hey Beast?

Have I told you lately that you really need to get a life?



That is just amazing.

I don't think I am the answer to any, but thanks for including me in as a distractor!

I am going to try to get one or two, but that is probably all I have a chance at.

[littlebeast13]

So what's the cosmic significance of having 253 questions, beast?

The significance is that's how many questions I was at when I finally decided to quit trying to dig up more questions!

I'm overwhelmed by this test and couldn't begin to answer more than a tiny percentage of them. But reading this brings back many fond memories.

Instead of just waiting until beast gives us the answers, perhaps we could work on this collectively, the way they do those elaborate games on the GC?

It will probably be at least a week before I go through it again to post the answers, so if anyone wants to tackle it by themselves, or as a team, go for it. I will say that the vast majority of the answers to these questions could be found if one knows all the places to look for them....

lb13

[MarleysGh0st]

I will say that the vast majority of the answers to these questions could be found if one knows all the places to look for them....

It's an open book test? That makes it a little easier!

[littlebeast13]

I will say that the vast majority of the answers to these questions could be found if one knows all the places to look for them....

It's an open book test? That makes it a little easier!

I believe the Bored Game was always in open book format....

I can remember a lot of Bored Game questions that were basically in scavenger hunt form....

lb13

[christie1111]

4. On which of these temporary Boreds did Gary Love post the link to the new Bored he created for us?

B. Madigan Men


5. Which of these BB's created the GC on April 14, 2000 at E-Groups as a new home to BB's tired of the Nazi Bored monitor tactics and PC attacks?

A. MVLease

6. Which of these BB's created the Lifeboat on January 29, 2001 as a new home for BB's if the impending Go.com shutdown were to claim our Bored?

C. robertl30

7. Which of these BB's created the Phoenix Bored on July 6, 2001 as a place for BB's to get away from the Morlocks who were attacking?

A. littlebeast13


18. What was the name in the url of the interface which was unflatteringly referred to as "The Bumblebee Bored"?

A. abc




24. From who did we learn of the affiliate interfaces, which we were forced to after the death of tea?

A. The Morlocks

25. On October 18, 2001, who rescued us from the inferior affiliate interfaces with the discovery of the wnet interface?

A. Eyegor


29. Things began to get screwy with the Bored on August 27, 2007 which was related to a problem with a lack of communication between two servers. Who was the first to diagnose the problem and start the use of BB's who were on Server A and Server B?


B. littlebeast13


32. The BB's on which server had access to the search function?

A?



53. What was the least prodigious day in Bored history?

D. April 22, 2007

55. Who was the most prodigious poster on the PRoG?

A. SportsFan68

56. Who was the most prodigious poster on the Love Boat?

B. PEACOCK2121

For each of the following old BB names, give the more well known handle they later used:

58. bigdrawman - BDM


72. Which of these BB's gave us behind the scenes insight into Kati Knudsen's infamous WWTBAM appearance?


C. sjcornman

82. Which BB had all their previous posts deleted in April of 2000 for questioning the Bored monitor about her questionable deletions?

Wow! That is amazing! No idea though

A. Jayhawker536
B. LoriNY
C. wrs1075
D. dr_evil50


86. Later that month, which BB got her account booched when, after being involved in a mini-flame debate, she tried to lighten the mood by talking about lingerie?

A. samcat23

88. Which BB hacked Go's poll feature in October 2000 to create a MegaPoll that allowed there to be up to 50 choices?

TomMitch

90. Who posted the first MegaPoll on October 8, 2000?

A. TomMitch2

93. What was the station format of WGAS in Gastonia at the time it was discovered on November 15, 2000?

I thought it was religious in nature so I will say gospel

97. Which BB was the first to award real prizes for order of finish in the final QoD standings?

I think it was SirG. I got a book


104. Which BB coined the term My Big Fat Fabulous Brain for the know-it-alls on the Bored?


C. Bixby17


105. In which BB's transcript thread was the above term coined?

106. Which BB's misspelling coined the term "taping my watch" on December 19, 2000?

B. Im_Ace

107. What was the BB above impatiently waiting for when he coined the above term?

QoD

120. Which PC was the impetus behind the day dubbed Wacky Wednesday, June 21, 2000?

B. teebee54

122. Who brought the term "nihil obstat" to the Bored on September 14, 2004?

C. earendel100


124. You couldn't say the words Lohstroh and Geisler on the TUB starting in the Spring of 2005 without the words getting censored, and eventually it would not accept the post at all. While there was never any need to post those words on the Bored, there were 2 other taboo names that were much more commonly come across. What woman's first name and common surname were similarly banned from usage?

I thought one was Connor.


Below are a few famous drive-by posters. Briefly describe what they are best known for in their brief visit to the Bored:

131. SOX404Guru -

132. Keyondoway07 - THE unanswered Q of the Bored!

134. Who is Janet Krause?

B. The person who started the famous Jipted thread

147. Which BB created the concept of the Bored Novel, and started the first story in November 2001?

D. Ritterskoop


158. Which BB was not the first, but certainly sparked the biggest controversy, to challenge the ranting on MyBigFatFabulousBrain by posting that "You've Gone To Far!" on October 13, 2006?

C. greyhound_dude



Below are some acronyms that have appeared on the Bored throughout its history. Name exactly what they stood for:

166. MAWG - Middle Aged White Guy (Girl)


169. GC - Gated Community

171. OTC - On the Clock

173. ESST - Eyegors school of spellin and typing

175. TBOTS - The Battle of the Sexes

176. MBFFB - You! My big fat fabulous brain

177. MMFF - Marry me fly free

181. When Eyegor announced he was giving up posting the rankings, which BB volunteered first to take over the task?

B. earendel100

187. Which "cursed" RoF seat was populated by the likes of AlphaDummy, tubadave, and yours truly?

9

188. Which QoD Meister posted his QoD containing the answer to earendel's $125,000 question he missed on the show on the same day he taped that show?

D. TheCalvinator24 - what a weird thing that was!

189. Which BB brought the addictive internet game Marbles to the Bored's attention in May of 2001?

B. ShamelessWeasel

191. The Bored for which defunct ABC show was "hijacked" as a place for posting Marbles scores?

D. Bob Patterson


214. Which BB won WWTBAM's AOL ATA contest in 2004?

BobJuch
217. Which one of jamesbriangriffin's alter-ego's was busted for cheating in the Question of the Day contest on November 13, 2000?

C. Uniplatinum


218. Which BB did the above PC copy his answer off of?


B. Sir_Galahad



232. What did I list as the #1 event in Bored history when I updated my Top 100 list for the Bored's 5th anniversary in 2004?

A. Creation of the Love Boat


235. Define Spock's Law as it pertained to the old phone game?

If you don'at know it, it is the most recent


Define the following terms as they relate to the Bored and its community:

241. The EOS Bar & Grille - hey, is it open? Eternal Optimist Society

242. The Moratorium Lounge - Where I go when political debates break out

244. PJ Party - Posting at night in your PJs (or Underoos)

246. Where Else/What Else? NY actor

[peacock2121]

22. Which of these Boreds was provided as the link when the above BB introduced us to the tea interface?

A. Madigan Men

23. When the tea interface was yanked out from under us on October 12, 2001, all that could be seen was a blank white screen with what two words printed at the top? Server Busy

24. From who did we learn of the affiliate interfaces, which we were forced to after the death of tea?

A. The Morlocks

25. On October 18, 2001, who rescued us from the inferior affiliate interfaces with the discovery of the wnet interface?

C. BackInTex


26. What Merry Man was the link to wnet posted under? nope

27. Were it not for the brief foray onto the affiliate interfaces, Gary Love would not have noticed us and helped us out with the creation of the Love Boat. As it was, we were disallowed from using wnet or any of the old Go/ABC/Disney interfaces and were forced to use the affiliate interfaces to view the Love Boat after how long on our new Bored?

C. 6 months

28. Which of the affiliate interfaces was the last one standing with a full functioning message Bored format when the Ugly Bored went down on October 2, 2007?

D. KTRK

29. Things began to get screwy with the Bored on August 27, 2007 which was related to a problem with a lack of communication between two servers. Who was the first to diagnose the problem and start the use of BB's who were on Server A and Server B?

B. littlebeast13

30. Who coined the BB's who were located on Server A to be Hufflepuffs?

C. Ritterskoop

31. Who coined the BB's who were located on Server B to be Ravenclaws?

A. ladysoleil

32. The BB's on which server had access to the search function? Hufflepuffs

33. The BB's on which server were on the fast clock during the time warps that plagued the Bored from December 2000 to July 2001? A

34. What was the longest time warp gap, in minutes, which was acheived just before the problem was fixed on July 23, 2001? 5 minutes

35. Who hosted the first Question of the Day contest in July 2000?

C. pamjb


36. Who hosted the first Bored Game in December 2000?

B. Eyegor

37. Who hosted the first Timeline game in July 2001?

A. flockofseagulls104

38. Who hosted the first Gender Defender game in November 2001?

C. TheCalvinator24

39. Who hosted the first Lyrically Speaking in December 2001?

A. mrkelley23

40. Who hosted the first Seven Clues game on January 5, 2002?

C. SportsFan68

[wintergreen48]

Dang, 253 questions, and I can answer four. But I know all four are right, two of them for specific reasons:


5. Which of these BB's created the GC on April 14, 2000 at E-Groups as a new home to BB's tired of the Nazi Bored monitor tactics and PC attacks?

A. MVLease


217. Which one of jamesbriangriffin's alter-ego's was busted for cheating in the Question of the Day contest on November 13, 2000?

C. Uniplatinum


223. Which BB introduced us to the ESPN profiles link in December 2000 that gave the real name that was registered with each handle?

B. TomMitch2


224. The BB above revealed this tool after he was chastised for revealing the real identity of which handle?

C. Boris_Godunov

[/u][/i]

[jarnon]

Wow, what a List! I know a few of them (from memory).

Spoiler

2. Who had the very first post on the Love Boat when it was created on December 5, 2001?
B. Corn9977

4. On which of these temporary Boreds did Gary Love post the link to the new Bored he created for us?
B. Madigan Men

5. Which of these BB's created the GC on April 14, 2000 at E-Groups as a new home to BB's tired of the Nazi Bored monitor tactics and PC attacks?
A. MVLease

7. Which of these BB's created the Phoenix Bored on July 6, 2001 as a place for BB's to get away from the Morlocks who were attacking?
B. Sir_Galahad

14. What did the acronym in our nickname for the ABC Bored, The PRoG, stand for?
People's Republic of Go

15. What was the exact text that followed "&room=" in the url of the PRoG?
a_Who_Wants_to_B

17. What was our forumID number in the url of the Ugly Bored?
26

28. Which of the affiliate interfaces was the last one standing with a full functioning message Bored format when the Ugly Bored went down on October 2, 2007?
D. KTRK

58. bigdrawman
Two Eagle BDM

70. Which station set up a WWTBAM Bored shortly after the death of the PRoG that we had discussed settling on, though fortunately stuck with the Love Boat?
B. WLS

72. Which of these BB's gave us behind the scenes insight into Kati Knudsen's infamous WWTBAM appearance?
C. sjcornman

104. Which BB coined the term My Big Fat Fabulous Brain for the know-it-alls on the Bored?
C. Bixby17

158. Which BB was not the first, but certainly sparked the biggest controversy, to challenge the ranting on MyBigFatFabulousBrain by posting that "You've Gone To Far!" on October 13, 2006?
C. greyhound_dude

166. MAWG
Middle aged white guy

167. PRoG
People's Republic of Go

169. GC
Gated Community

171. OTC
On the clock

175. TBOTS
The Battle of the Sexes

176. MBFFB
My Big Fat Fabulous Brain

177. MMFF
Marry Me Fly Free

186. Which BB threw together the PIN generator, a device able to call on multiple lines at the same time, which for several weeks in the late stages of the Spring auditions helped many BB's easily get PINs?
A. robertl30

193. On which soap opera's Bored did I post the link to the go interface, teh results of which I cross-posted here and caused a mini invasion by some of us of their Bored?
A. One Life To Live

214. Which BB won WWTBAM's AOL ATA contest in 2004?
Bob Juch

228. Which BB was NOT called to appear on Super Millionaire in May of 2004?
C. jtmattox

235. Define Spock's Law as it pertained to the old phone game?
The choice you don't know is usually the earliest or latest.

239. While about half of the millionaires in WWTBAM history have posted on the Bored at some point, how many of them have posted enough times (300+) to have made it into the rankings?
2

249. On the first night of the PPP, April 15, 2001, what glitch hampered the attempts of most callers to answer all 5 questions correctly?
Choices were spoken quickly, with no numbers in between.

[traininvain]

Spoiler

1. Who had the very first post in Bored history on the ABC Bored when it was recreated after a hacker attack on November 23, 1999?

A. 40love9236
B. MVLease
C. gusgerbils
D. helringer

2. Who had the very first post on the Love Boat when it was created on December 5, 2001?

A. tubadave
B. Corn9977
C. earendel100
D. Sir_Galahad

3. Who had the very first post on the Ugly Bored when it was created on May 12, 2004?

A. themanintheseersuckersuit
B. jtmattox
C. jarnon
D. RJS102254

4. On which of these temporary Boreds did Gary Love post the link to the new Bored he created for us?

A. The Colbys
B. Madigan Men
C. Travel
D. Astrology

5. Which of these BB's created the GC on April 14, 2000 at E-Groups as a new home to BB's tired of the Nazi Bored monitor tactics and PC attacks?

A. MVLease
B. Eyegor
C. Killer_Tomato
D. TomL30

6. Which of these BB's created the Lifeboat on January 29, 2001 as a new home for BB's if the impending Go.com shutdown were to claim our Bored?

A. DaveSenior
B. John9826
C. robertl30
D. TomMitch2

7. Which of these BB's created the Phoenix Bored on July 6, 2001 as a place for BB's to get away from the Morlocks who were attacking?

A. littlebeast13
B. Sir_Galahad
C. wild_bill_76
D. hbomb1947

8. Which of these BB's created the Phoenix 2 Bored on April 20, 2003 as a place for extra storage space after the original Phoenix's file space and photo album became too cluttered?

A. Ritterskoop
B. Linus_Tx
C. takinover
D. littlebeast13

9. Which of these BB's coined the term Love Boat for our Gary love created Bored?

A. kidtejas
B. HF_Jai
C. christie1111
D. deb_in_ga

10. Which of these BB's coined the term Ugly Bored for the new-format version of the Love Boat?

A. BackInTex
B. RJS102254
C. takinover
D. Eyegor

11. Which BB had the final post on the Love Boat when it was closed down on June 23, 2004?

A. Bob46187
B. themanintheseersuckersuit
C. 2121peacock
D. BackInTex

12. Which BB had the final known post on the Ugly Bored when the plug was pulled on October 2, 2007?

A. MarleysGh0st
B. BobJuch
C. gsn309
D. SportsFan68

13. Put the three major Boreds we occupied in order by the number of posts we made on each of them, starting with the most posts.

A. The PRoG
B. The Love Boat
C. The Ugly Bored

14. What did the acronym in our nickname for the ABC Bored, The PRoG, stand for? People's Republic of Go

15. What was the exact text that followed "&room=" in the url of the PRoG? a_WHO_WANTS_TO_B

16. What was the exact text that followed "&room=" in the url of the Love Boat? kabc_bored

17. What was our forumID number in the url of the Ugly Bored?

18. What was the name in the url of the interface which was unflatteringly referred to as "The Bumblebee Bored"?

A. abc
B. go
C. money
D. mrshowbiz

19. Which of these better interfaces was in popular use by most BB's until it switched to a horrendous red and yellow dominated background during Labor Day weekend of 2000?

A. abc
B. go
C. money
D. mrshowbiz
20. As a result of this assault by the "Hot Dog Stand" Bored, which of these interfaces was recommended, which had that cool galaxy graphic above the message list?

A. abc
B. go
C. money
D. mrshowbiz

21. Who discovered the tea interface on July 1, 2001?

A. hbomb1947
B. traininvain
C. BackInTex
D. takinover

22. Which of these Boreds was provided as the link when the above BB introduced us to the tea interface?

A. Madigan Men
B. Making the Band
C. General Hospital
D. The Cellar

23. When the tea interface was yanked out from under us on October 12, 2001, all that could be seen was a blank white screen with what two words printed at the top?

24. From who did we learn of the affiliate interfaces, which we were forced to after the death of tea?

A. The MorlocksB. Gary Love
C. The Bored Monitor
D. An unknown Merry Man

25. On October 18, 2001, who rescued us from the inferior affiliate interfaces with the discovery of the wnet interface?

A. Eyegor
B. TheCalvinator24
C. BackInTex
D. littlebeast13

26. What Merry Man was the link to wnet posted under?

27. Were it not for the brief foray onto the affiliate interfaces, Gary Love would not have noticed us and helped us out with the creation of the Love Boat. As it was, we were disallowed from using wnet or any of the old Go/ABC/Disney interfaces and were forced to use the affiliate interfaces to view the Love Boat after how long on our new Bored?

A. 1 month
B. 3 months
C. 6 months
D. 1 year

28. Which of the affiliate interfaces was the last one standing with a full functioning message Bored format when the Ugly Bored went down on October 2, 2007?

A. WPVI
B. KGO
C. WTVD
D. KTRK

29. Things began to get screwy with the Bored on August 27, 2007 which was related to a problem with a lack of communication between two servers. Who was the first to diagnose the problem and start the use of BB's who were on Server A and Server B?

A. 15QuestionsAway
B. littlebeast13
C. Eyegor
D. MarleysGh0st

30. Who coined the BB's who were located on Server A to be Hufflepuffs?

A. earendel100
B. Bob46187
C. Ritterskoop
D. PlacentiaSoccerMom

31. Who coined the BB's who were located on Server B to be Ravenclaws?

A. ladysoleil
B. MarleysGh0st
C. TheCalvinator24
D. BobJuch

32. The BB's on which server had access to the search function?
B

33. The BB's on which server were on the fast clock during the time warps that plagued the Bored from December 2000 to July 2001?
B

34. What was the longest time warp gap, in minutes, which was acheived just before the problem was fixed on July 23, 2001?
3

35. Who hosted the first Question of the Day contest in July 2000?

A. TankleToon
B. MMCJCL
C. pamjb
D. Catway

36. Who hosted the first Bored Game in December 2000?

A. littlebeast13
B. Eyegor
C. tubadave
D. Corn9977

37. Who hosted the first Timeline game in July 2001?

A. flockofseagulls104
B. adsarc
C. vandalrmc
D. ging5472

38. Who hosted the first Gender Defender game in November 2001?

A. ScrabbleTed
B. Sir_Galahad
C. TheCalvinator24
D. BeeMan521

39. Who hosted the first Lyrically Speaking in December 2001?

A. mrkelley23
B. BeeMan521
C. rubbersnail
D. otherindigo

40. Who hosted the first Seven Clues game on January 5, 2002?

A. gotribego26
B. Dr_J_427
C. SportsFan68
D. Ritterskoop

41. Who ran the Question of the Night contest as Merry Man KaRl_FuN_rOvE in March 2002?

A. BoochB. mrkelley23
C. ScrabbleTed
D. wintergreen48

42. What was the answer to the very first Question of the Day game posted on July 1, 2000?

43. What was the answer to the very first Seven Clues game posted on January 5, 2002?

44. Which two BB's squared off in the first ever Gender Defender game on November 19, 2001?

45. Which two BB's split hosting the first ever game of The Battle of the Sexes in January 2002?

46. Who came up with the original concept for Gender Defender, but never hosted the game?

47. Who came up with the original concept for Lyrically Speaking, though did not host its first edition?

48. Who hosted the September 2002 QoD game, and decided to allow the top players from the previous month to each take a day to write the questions? tgirl

49. In May 2003, which BB hosted a game of Disney trivia?

A. rob_wilson
B. Buffacuse
C. minimetoo26
D. Timsterino

50. What is the most prodigious month in terms of number of posts in Bored history?

A. January 2001
B. April 2001
C. May 2001
D. March 2002

51. What was the most prodigious posting day in Bored history?

A. January 23, 2001
B. March 23, 2001
C. February 22, 2002
D. April 1, 2002

52. How many posts were made on that record day?

A. 1342
B. 1595
C. 1729
D. 1781

53. What was the least prodigious day in Bored history?

A. July 22, 2001
B. December 27, 2003
C. May 13, 2006
D. April 22, 2007

54. How many posts were made on that record day?

A. 14
B. 27
C. 31
D. 35

55. Who was the most prodigious poster on the PRoG?

A. SportsFan68
B. Sir_Galahad
C. TheCalvinator24
D. hbomb1947

56. Who was the most prodigious poster on the Love Boat?

A. SportsFan68
B. PEACOCK2121
C. MarleysGh0st
D. Ritterskoop

57. Who was the most prodigious poster on the Ugly Bored?

A. SportsFan68
B. 2121peacock
C. MarleysGh0st
D. silvercamaro


For each of the following old BB names, give the more well known handle they later used:

58. bigdrawman BDM

59. web5709

60. 1818reed

61. bjh104 flockofsegulls

62. newtoyou

63. davexprice

64. nettlesl78

65. markster38


66. What was the name of the Bored's original Bored monitor?

67. What was the name of her replacement, whose tactics helped spur the move to the GC?

68. What was the name of the Bored monitor who posted the warning about war dialing and the use of the PIN generator on May 17, 2001?

A. Jen
B. Erica
C. Melissa
D. Tina

69. Which station's Bored monitor posted the message on the Love Boat of the link to the TUB on May 12, 2004?

A. WTVD
B. KGO
C. WTVG
D. WLS

70. Which station set up a WWTBAM Bored shortly after the death of the PRoG that we had discussed settling on, though fortunately stuck with the Love Boat?

A. WPVI
B. WLS
C. WABC
D. WJRT

71. How far back did the Rot that occured nearly continuously from September 2001 through January 2004 delete past posts?

A. 30 days
B. 60 days
C. 90 days
D. 120 days

72. Which of these BB's gave us behind the scenes insight into Kati Knudsen's infamous WWTBAM appearance?

A. walhal
B. tubadave
C. sjcornman
D. jetsong401

73. Which BB introduced the Bored to Fukola cola on March 20, 2001?

A. TheCalvinator24
B. BackIntex
C. hbomb1947
D. megaaddict

74. After Go disabled the link to poster profiles from the message list in August 2000, in what color did the names of posters on a person's Preferred list show up in?
Blue

75. What color did the names of posters on a person's Ignored list show up in?
Grey

76. Which BB was the first to break the news of the first WWTBAM auditions for regular shows in the infamous "The party is over" thread?

A. Sir_Galahad
B. TomMitch2
C. MVLease
D. Killer_Tomato

77. Name the seven cities this first round of auditions in the Fall of 2000 were held in.


Match each of the following March 2001 audition cities to the city which held a WWTBAm audition at the same time:

78. New Orleans C. San Diego
79. Miami B. Dallas
80. Philadelphia A. Chicago

81. For each of the above pairs, identify which city had Sonny's AP team running the audition. Philadelphia, Miami, San Diego

82. Which BB had all their previous posts deleted in April of 2000 for questioning the Bored monitor about her questionable deletions?

A. Jayhawker536
B. LoriNY
C. wrs1075
D. dr_evil50

83. Which BB had their account frozen and all their previous posts deleted in September of 2000 after jokingly telling a newbie they'd have to pay him for entry to the GC?

A. Todd_Rundgren
B. Sir_Galahad
C. macemace48
D. traininvain

84. The most famous account to get booched of course was that of booch1152. On the night of November 1, 2000 he posted 17 consecutive EOM's on which Go Bored?

A. Astrology
B. Dating
C. Pets
D. Travel

85. Which milestone post was he attempting to get?

A. 10,000
B. 20,000
C. 40,000
D. 80,000

86. Later that month, which BB got her account booched when, after being involved in a mini-flame debate, she tried to lighten the mood by talking about lingerie?

A. samcat23
B. aussiegirl828
C. WANNABE82
D. Corn9977

87. How many choices were available on the Go Bored poll feature?
5

88. Which BB hacked Go's poll feature in October 2000 to create a MegaPoll that allowed there to be up to 50 choices?
A. TomMitch2

89. Which BB revamped the MegaPoll in April 2001 after the site the original MegaPoll feature was posted on was taken down?
BiT

90. Who posted the first MegaPoll on October 8, 2000?

A. TomMitch2
B. ScrabbleTed
C. macemace48
D. Todd_Rundgren

91. What was the question asked in the first MegaPoll?

92. The first poll to include WGAS in Gastonia as the final choice was posted on December 31, 2000 by who?
littlebeast

93. What was the station format of WGAS in Gastonia at the time it was discovered on November 15, 2000?
Country

94. Which BB won the very first QoD contest held from July 1-14, 2000?

A. Catway
B. Killer_Tomato
C. TankleToon
D. boof8888

95. Which BB was the first to massively overhaul the QoD during their reign in September 2000?
Todd_Rundgren

96. Which BB did an even more radical overhaul of the game in April of 2001, which began a period of several months at which the QoD was at the height of its popularity?
robertl30

97. Which BB was the first to award real prizes for order of finish in the final QoD standings?

98. Which city was originally scheduled to hold a stealth audition on September 12, 2001?

99. Which BB reported getting a call to be on the show in December 2001 shortly after Bixby returned with the news that the show was shutting down for the season?

A. cbgorbett
B. lulu5123
C. Mo_Hillbilly
D. lilclyde's Baboo

100. Who received the first flyer tipping us off to the new method of stealth auditions in June 2001?

A. BobJuch
B. hbomb1947
C. jac070
D. traininvain

101. Who was the first BB to be called to appear in Syndicated WWTBAM on July 2, 2002?

A. Corn9977
B. taurus4848
C. peter5858
D. lilyvonschtupp26

102. Which BB started the legendary "Since We're Making Confession" thread on August 21, 2002?

A. Ritterskoop
B. PEACOCK2121
C. NE1410S
D. two_eagle_bdm

103. Which BB coined the term Ring of Fire for the 10 finalist seats in the WWTBAM studio?

A. MVLease
B. Eyegor
C. Killer_Tomato
D. TomMitch2

104. Which BB coined the term My Big Fat Fabulous Brain for the know-it-alls on the Bored?

A. DevilKitty100
B. silvercamaro
C. Bixby17
D. marrymeflyfree

105. In which BB's transcript thread was the above term coined?

106. Which BB's misspelling coined the term "taping my watch" on December 19, 2000?

A. ScrabbleTed
B. Im_Ace
C. Eyegor
D. TheCalvinator24

107. What was the BB above impatiently waiting for when he coined the above term?
QoD

108. Who was the first BB to ever receive double digit recommendations, which was given to their post made on May 12, 2000?

A. Jayhawker536
B. MVLease
C. walhal
D. jerr87

109. The post above made reference to a quirk in Go's message Bored code at the time that showed a false reccommendation when a post received ___ number of hits, and disappeared after a post made it to ___ hits.

110. What was the exact title of the subject line of Post #94789, walhal's 646th and final post made on the night of August 29, 2000?
One of the idiots speaks

111. How many times (the number of 5-day call in periods, not number of individual days) were the phone lines open for the Phone Player Pool during its short life?
8

112. Which of the following BB's did not make it on the show in 2001 via the PPP?

A. andrewjackson
B. gotribego26
C. kidtejas
D. rob_wilson

113. Who broke the news of the rule change to the PPP on March 16, 2001?

A. ScrabbleTed
B. hbomb1947
C. rhoadsc
D. kidtejas

114. Which BB participated in the final Round 2 game ever held on March 28, 2001?

A. bjh104
B. hbomb1947
C. HoosierHoopster
D. Sir_Galahad

115. Misplacing which music group in the final question cost the above BB a shot at going 5 for 5?
LFO

116. What was the handle used by a supposed WWTBAM insider who correctly predicted the date that the negative PC's would arrive from the first set of auditions in 2003, which was "Black Friday" July 25th?

117. Besides a gusgerbils PJ party, what was the main impetus behind the posting spike on what was termed Black Tuesday January 23, 2001?
"The party is over" thread

118. Who was the first BB to post the news of the real Black Tuesday on September 11, 2001?

119. Which BB was the first to respond to that initial 9/11 post, and did not post again for almost 6 years?

120. Which PC was the impetus behind the day dubbed Wacky Wednesday, June 21, 2000?

A. jamesbriangriffin
B. teebee54
C. Hellpuzzy
D. Steve Russillo

121. Which BB posted on December 12, 2002 that they had been chosen to appear on SyndieBAM, one day after they taped their episode?

A. Amazonium
B. NE1410S
C. lilyvonschtupp26
D. takinover

122. Who brought the term "nihil obstat" to the Bored on September 14, 2004?

A. MarleysGh0st
B. Kazoo59
C. earendel100
D. NellyLunatic1980

123. Which BB posted TUB message #40649 on August 5, 2004, the first known message that did not show up in threaded view on the new TUB message Bored format?

124. You couldn't say the words Lohstroh and Geisler on the TUB starting in the Spring of 2005 without the words getting censored, and eventually it would not accept the post at all. While there was never any need to post those words on the Bored, there were 2 other taboo names that were much more commonly come across. What woman's first name and common surname were similarly banned from usage?
Dyke


Below are a few famous drive-by posters. Briefly describe what they are best known for in their brief visit to the Bored:

125. Steve_Russillo

126. Cool_Eternity

127. gotscrewed69

128. FloridaPete37

129. Allentown7721

130. TVtrips_com

131. SOX404Guru

132. Keyondoway07


133. What Bored glitch did you suffer from on the PRoG if you had Spock's Disease?

134. Who is Janet Krause?

A. The real name of gusgerbils
B. The person who started the famous Jipted thread
C. The contestant sjcornman PAF'ed for
D. A Bored Monitor on the PRoG

135. Who is Jeanie Rae O?

A. The real name of gusgerbils
B. The person who started the famous Jipted thread
C. The contestant sjcornman PAF'ed for
D. A Bored Monitor on the PRoG

136. Who is Meg Hurley?

A. The real name of gusgerbils
B. The person who started the famous Jipted thread
C. The contestant sjcornman PAF'ed for
D. A Bored Monitor on the PRoG

137. Who is Judy Bartoletti?

A. The real name of gusgerbils
B. The person who started the famous Jipted thread
C. The contestant sjcornman PAF'ed for
D. A Bored Monitor on the PRoG

138. Which BB received a famous response from the Bored monitor mentioned in one of the questions above in September 2000 after a purge and string of deletions?

A. tgirl78
B. gailmail5
C. a1mamacat
D. samcat23

139. Which BB started the Question Tag game in late July 2000?

A. Killer_Tomato
B. Todd_Rundgren
C. macemace48
D. walhal

140. Which BB started Fast Tag, which was inspired by Question Tag after its questions became so long and tedious that people quit playing?

A. ndsuspock
B. Sir_Galahad
C. TankleToon
D. pamjb

141. Although he didn't start it, which BB became the host of the famous PRoG thread "Here's a toughy" from the summer of 2000 until the Bored was taken down?

A. Exeter571
B. adsarc
C. HoosierHoopster
D. dougie_monty

142. Which BB added "the Iron Thread" onto the thread's subject line, which stuck for the rest of its Bored life?

A. littlebeast13
B. Im_Ace
C. BackInTex
D. ndsuspock

143. In February of 2001, due to a glitch caused by some deleted posts, the Iron Thread temporarily got steered out of its main thread and into the thread of a RIP for which famous celebrity?

144. Who hosted a set of 5 FF questions on January 2, 2001, awarding prizes to the 5 BB's who answered each question the fastest?

A. Sir_Galahad
B. Killer_Tomato
C. ScrabbleTed
D. Im_Ace

145. Four of the prizes in the game above were won by regular BB's. One prize was won by a newbie making his first post, Cyder_Jack. Cyder_Jack's next appearance was two weeks later, after he'd done what?

146. There were many BB's posting callbacks during the audition callback week in December 2000. Which BB reported the first call on December 11?

A. aussiegirl828
B. macsdaddy1967
C. dr_amp
D. attyLP

147. Which BB created the concept of the Bored Novel, and started the first story in November 2001?

A. ging5472
B. kidtejas
C. vandalrmc
D. Ritterskoop


Below are the "plots" of the first four Bored Novels. Name the Bored Novel number that goes with each plot:

148. Phil Micklestein has an adventure to remember after getting tangled up with a woman named Naomi

149. Barry Runkel picks up Tracy Railsback while driving in his Camaro. Convolution ensues, and the former ends up kidnapping Pat Summerall

150. Miles Merryman buys a Hermillion watch and becomes a time traveller

151. Jacob Keyes and Lila Cole deal with the nefarious plan of Mayor Geezergut Bilco in Thermopolis


152. Which BB captured Post #50000 on the PRoG in April 2000 in a spirited pre-gusgerbils contest with the second of a double post?

A. Todd_Rundgren
B. footballguy17
C. SportsFan68
D. llama_master

153. Which BB captured Post #100000 on the PRoG on September 15, 2000 with the third of a series of posts in what was the first example of gusgerbils war-posting?

A. BackInTex
B. ScrabbleTed
C. SportsFan68
D. HoosierHoopster

154. Which BB captured Posts #50000, 100000, and 500000 (Using the new format's numbering system) on the TUB?

A. Ritterskoop
B. 2121peacock
C. SportsFan68
D. silvercamaro

155. The first stealth auditions for a Primetime WWTBAM show, which was the Fathers Day 2001 edition, were held where?
NYC

156. A Merry Man Arthur_King_of_the_Britons fired off a letter about what he (and most of the Bored) thought was an illegal practice by ABC in holding the above stealth auditions, and emailed it to ABC and which government agency?
FCC

157. On what grounds did he believe the auditions were unfair and illegal?

158. Which BB was not the first, but certainly sparked the biggest controversy, to challenge the ranting on MyBigFatFabulousBrain by posting that "You've Gone To Far!" on October 13, 2006?

A. lov2dish
B. auditioneer
C. greyhound_dude
D. centflaparrothead

159. Prior to SportsFan68 taking over the all time posting lead in February 2002, which BB held the number 1 spot in the rankings?

A. Sir_Galahad
B. Todd_Rundgren
C. TheCalvinator24
D. wild_bill_76

160. Which of these BB's never held the top spot in the rankings at any time since the first edition was posted on March 29, 2000?

A. Sir_Galahad
B. Killer_Tomato
C. Todd_Rundgren
D. hbomb1947

161. Which of these BB's was listed at the top of the very first rankings list posted on March 29, 2000?

A. jmcachran
B. SLK03
C. astrnomr
D. bbking52

162. How many BB's have posted at least 10,000 times in Bored history?

A. 29
B. 32
C. 34
D. 37

163. Which BB went to the San Diego audition with a stuffed hamster in their pocket?
Sir_Galahad

164. What was the name of the horse Saucy took a tumble from in April 2001?

A. Julep
B. Sonny
C. Jamie
D. Saucy

165. In an April Fool's joke on Steve Beverly's website, who did he say was chosen to host the newly created Syndicated WWTBAM?


Below are some acronyms that have appeared on the Bored throughout its history. Name exactly what they stood for:

166. MAWG Middle-Aged White Guy

167. PRoG People's Rebublic of Go

168. ToC

169. GC Gated Community

170. PC (not postcard, the original definition)

171. OTC

172. APP

173. ESST (something about typing)

174. TMHBB

175. TBOTS

176. MBFFB

177. MMFF Marry Me Fly Free


178. The gusgerbils Post #456789 on the Love Boat was picked up by the BBTranscriptTeam. It was the transcript of whch memorable contestant?

A. His PAF had 9 college degrees
B. He was a cart pusher at a supermarket
C. He was billed as the Unknown Contestant
D. He falsely claimed to be a doctor on his audition application

179. ScrabbleTed began most mornings in the Dry Rot era (when posts were being slowly and randomly deleted from months back in Bored history) by putting the title of which song in the subject line of his first post?

180. Which BB has the honor of having the longest existing post in Bored history?

A. Corn9977
B. themanintheseersuckersuit
C. jtmattox
D. JaypunkRawk

181. When Eyegor announced he was giving up posting the rankings, which BB volunteered first to take over the task?

A. wild_bill_76
B. earendel100
C. TheCalvinator24
D. ShamelessWeasel

182. After the BB above gave up the task after a few weeks, I took over the job and have had it ever since. What Bored history event occured on the same day that I posted my first rankings edition?

A. The PRoG was axed
B. The Spring 2001 auditions were announced
C. The Morlock invasion began
D. The Great Purge wiped out 7 months worth of past posts

183. A post by which BB during the early morning hours of June 1, 2001 launched the infamous "Thread that would not die"?

A. BeetleManiac
B. otherindigo
C. okiepat2000D. hbomb1947

184. The post above had several observations that BB had picked up from a conversation with the AP's at the audition he was at, which was part of the last pair of auditions from the legendary 2001 Spring run. Which city was it in?

185. What was the other city to hold one of these final old-style auditions?

186. Which BB threw together the PIN generator, a device able to call on multiple lines at the same time, which for several weeks in the late stages of the Spring auditions helped many BB's easily get PINs?

A. robertl30
B. 1DrunkenIdiot
C. RevDodd
D. ScrabbleTed

187. Which "cursed" RoF seat was populated by the likes of AlphaDummy, tubadave, and yours truly?
#9

188. Which QoD Meister posted his QoD containing the answer to earendel's $125,000 question he missed on the show on the same day he taped that show?

A. ScrabbleTedB. tubadave
C. Todd_Rundgren
D. TheCalvinator24

189. Which BB brought the addictive internet game Marbles to the Bored's attention in May of 2001?

A. okiepat2000
B. ShamelessWeasel
C. hbomb1947
D. kidtejas

190. Which song's title would the above BB post in a reply each time a BB admitted they were getting addicted to the game?

191. The Bored for which defunct ABC show was "hijacked" as a place for posting Marbles scores?

A. The Hughleys
B. Madigan Men
C. You Don't Know Jack
D. Bob Patterson

192. Which BB appeared in the intro to the short-lived game show You Don't Know Jack, as part of the background when Paul Reubens did a promo with Regis on WWTBAM?

A. John9826
B. AlphaDummy
C. ShamelessWeasel
D. vails11

193. On which soap opera's Bored did I post the link to the go interface, teh results of which I cross-posted here and caused a mini invasion by some of us of their Bored?

A. One Life To Live
B. All My Children
C. General Hospital

194. What did the jamesbriangriffin alter-ego ClaxtonTigers say his first name was?
jimmmy

195. What was artinma's main job on the PRoG?
WWTBAM transcriptions

196. Which BB took over the Gusgerbils list during the last year of the Love Boat after I gave up keeping track due to the many repetetive winners and MM's trying to get milestones?

A. TheCalvinator24
B. RJS102254
C. BackInTex
D. pcmaxey

197. HoosierHoopster's Round 2 try in July of 2000 was a failure due to his lack of knowledge of which TV show?

A. Suddenly Susan
B. Airwolf
C. Moesha
D. Murphy Brown

198. robertl30 came to the Bored for his short, but memorable stint to prepare as a PaF for which BB contestant?

A. vails11
B. ShamelessWeasel
C. John9826
D. TheCalvinator24

199. Which BB appeared in the Hot Seat back to back with their spouse in 2003?

200. Which BB appeared in this year's World Series of Poker?

201. Which BB appeared in the first paragraph of the New York Times story on the Bored last October?


Below are some BB handles from Bored history which are missing their trailing numbers. Give the numbers that appeared at the end of each BB's Bored ID:

202. HoltDad

203. etaoin

204. mwstevens

205. Tocqueville

206. CynCty

207. love (as in Gary Love)

208. TomL

209. slam

210. Reeg

211. okiebroker

212. Mellowmom

213. LLMax


214. Which BB won WWTBAM's AOL ATA contest in 2004?
BobJuch (I may have the wrong Bob here)

215. Which BB's WWTBAM appearance story they posted was titled "Better Late Than Never"?

216. What was the significance of that title to their story?

217. Which one of jamesbriangriffin's alter-ego's was busted for cheating in the Question of the Day contest on November 13, 2000?

A. ClaxtonTigers
B. unstabler
C. Uniplatinum
D. Couch_Potato24

218. Which BB did the above PC copy his answer off of?

A. littlebeast13
B. Sir_Galahad
C. ndsuspock
D. earendel100

219. When SyndieBAM debuted on September 16, 2002, which BB gave the first review of the show?

A. silvercamaro
B. PEACOCK2121
C. kayrharris
D. minimetoo26

220. Under what MM handle (since he was Booched at the time) did RevDodd first post of "toffee and chreads"?

221. Put the following classes in order of their respective eras, starting with the earliest.

C. Old Class
B. New Class
D. Verbose Class
A. Morose Class

222. Who was the first Merry Man to post in the First Annual Merry Men parade on November 21, 2001?

A. Barney_Texas_Fife
B. AmericasCupWinnerTigerWoods
C. Prof_Roy_Hinkley
D. Nine_Horizontal_Rows_Of_Stars

223. Which BB introduced us to the ESPN profiles link in December 2000 that gave the real name that was registered with each handle?

A. ScrabbleTed
B. TomMitch2
C. Todd_Rundgren
D. takinover

224. The BB above revealed this tool after he was chastised for revealing the real identity of which handle?

A. the_civil_tongue
B. ImWaiting
C. Boris_Godunov
D. lookingforspace

225. The profile tool was used to our advantage during the Morlock invasion in July 2001, but it was modified by Go after it was slipped to the Morlocks by which Merry Man?

A. FordPrefect982
B. dog_sisiger
C. Im_Jack
D. buyerbeware

226. Which number in the official rules for PT WWTBAM dealt with the Future Player Pool (which, to the best of anyone' knowledge, was never invoked), which basically gave TPTB the opportunity to randomly select past R1 qualifiers to play in a specially set-up Round 2?

227. Which BB was involved in a Round 2 screwup in December of 2000 in which they were given the wrong phone number to call for their Round 2 game?

A. bigdrawman
B. tubadave
C. earendel100
D. AlphaDummy

228. Which BB was NOT called to appear on Super Millionaire in May of 2004?

A. mikehardware
B. jarnon
C. jtmattox
D. sfbazodee

229. Which famous person was shocked and aghast to find out that he had a "doppelganger" on this Bored, which was of course just someone's Merry Man, and posted about his fake on his blog on June 29, 2005?

230. Which BB's son received an email from Ken Jennings just prior to him starting his legendary 74 episode run on Jeopardy! in 2004?

231. What did I list as the #1 event in Bored history when I posted my first Top 100 list on November 23, 2001?

A. The Morlock Invasion
B. Walhal's appearance and lesson
C. The move towards auditions
D. Creation of the GC

232. What did I list as the #1 event in Bored history when I updated my Top 100 list for the Bored's 5th anniversary in 2004?

A. Creation of the Love Boat
B. Beginning of SyndieBAM
C. Marley's happy postcard
D. The beginning of Seven Clues

233. The first on-Bored PAF demonstration (The Go Bored, not the GC) occured on January 11, 2001 when which BB successfully PAF'ed for John9826?

A. Bob46187
B. ScrabbleTed
C. Killer_Tomato
D. hbomb1947

234. On October 20, 2004, which BB was credited with making the Bored's one millionth post in history?

A. christie1111
B. BobJuch
C. earendel100
D. MarleysGh0st

235. Define Spock's Law as it pertained to the old phone game?
If you've never heard of it, it is likely to be the most recent

236. In February 2002, a major firestorm of a debate began over the effect of which game on the Bored's health?
Seven Clues

237. Two months later, the same debate popped up about which newly created game?

238. Which of these Booch-owned handles posted 809 times over a few days in late February 2002 in a protest over the debate mentioned in #236?

A. Hellpuzzy
B. KrisPKreme
C. S_N_A_F_U
D. BigAudioDynamite

239. While about half of the millionaires in WWTBAM history have posted on the Bored at some point, how many of them have posted enough times (300+) to have made it into the rankings?
2

240. Between artinma and the formation of the BBTranscriptTeam, which BB temporarily took over transcription duties for WWTBAM shows?


Define the following terms as they relate to the Bored and its community:

241. The EOS Bar & Grille

242. The Moratorium Lounge

243. Three Hour Tour

244. PJ Party

245. War Dialing

246. Where Else/What Else?


247. Which BB created a series of ordered lists in late 2000 to help out in answering phone game and early audition test FF type questions?
Sir _Galahad

248. What is the title of the novel vandalrmc began writing 2 years ago?

249. On the first night of the PPP, April 15, 2001, what glitch hampered the attempts of most callers to answer all 5 questions correctly?
The time to answer was shorter

250. RDelo5 (later nestle79) claimed in the subject line of his posts that which actress had no left breast?

251. What two words were were in each of the above poster's posts

252. Which BB had strange troubles in January 2001 with some of his posts being attributed to the name d00d00?

A. earendel100
B. lilclyde54
C. skypilate
D. wild_bill_76

253. What sport was contained in the question that brought a premature end to walhal's Hot Seat appearance?
Tennis

Wow Beast, you really out did yourself on this one.
I hope the passing is graded on a curve.

And as aways, thanks

[peacock2121]

41. Who ran the Question of the Night contest as Merry Man KaRl_FuN_rOvE in March 2002?

B. mrkelley23

42. What was the answer to the very first Question of the Day game posted on July 1, 2000? no idea

43. What was the answer to the very first Seven Clues game posted on January 5, 2002? St Lawrence Seaway

44. Which two BB's squared off in the first ever Gender Defender game on November 19, 2001? sprots and taurus

45. Which two BB's split hosting the first ever game of The Battle of the Sexes in January 2002? kid and beeman (aka cutiepatootie and nekkid buddy)

46. Who came up with the original concept for Gender Defender, but never hosted the game? scrabbleted?

47. Who came up with the original concept for Lyrically Speaking, though did not host its first edition? vandal?

48. Who hosted the September 2002 QoD game, and decided to allow the top players from the previous month to each take a day to write the questions? aussie

49. In May 2003, which BB hosted a game of Disney trivia?

A. rob_wilson


50. What is the most prodigious month in terms of number of posts in Bored history?

B. April 2001

[a1mamacat]

1. Who had the very first post in Bored history on the ABC Bored when it was recreated after a hacker attack on November 23, 1999?

C. gusgerbils

2 Who had the very first post on the Love Boat when it was created on December 5, 2001?

D. Sir_Galahad

3. Who had the very first post on the Ugly Bored when it was created on May 12, 2004?

A. themanintheseersuckersuit

4. On which of these temporary Boreds did Gary Love post the link to the new Bored he created for us?

B. Madigan Men

5. Which of these BB's created the GC on April 14, 2000 at E-Groups as a new home to BB's tired of the Nazi Bored monitor tactics and PC attacks?

A. MVLease

6. Which of these BB's created the Lifeboat on January 29, 2001 as a new home for BB's if the impending Go.com shutdown were to claim our Bored?

A. DaveSenior

7. Which of these BB's created the Phoenix Bored on July 6, 2001 as a place for BB's to get away from the Morlocks who were attacking?

B. Sir_Galahad

8. Which of these BB's created the Phoenix 2 Bored on April 20, 2003 as a place for extra storage space after the original Phoenix's file space and photo album became too cluttered?

D. littlebeast13

9. Which of these BB's coined the term Love Boat for our Gary love created Bored?

B. HF_Jai

10. Which of these BB's coined the term Ugly Bored for the new-format version of the Love Boat?

A. BackInTex

11. Which BB had the final post on the Love Boat when it was closed down on June 23, 2004?

B. themanintheseersuckersuit

12. Which BB had the final known post on the Ugly Bored when the plug was pulled on October 2, 2007?

A. MarleysGh0st

13. Put the three major Boreds we occupied in order by the number of posts we made on each of them, starting with the most posts.

A. The PRoG
B. The Love Boat
C. The Ugly Bored
A C B

14. What did the acronym in our nickname for the ABC Bored, The PRoG, stand for?

Peoples Republic of Go

15. What was the exact text that followed "&room=" in the url of the PRoG?

NAC

16. What was the exact text that followed "&room=" in the url of the Love Boat?

NAC

17. What was our forumID number in the url of the Ugly Bored?

NAC

18. What was the name in the url of the interface which was unflatteringly referred to as "The Bumblebee Bored"?

A. abc

19. Which of these better interfaces was in popular use by most BB's until it switched to a horrendous red and yellow dominated background during Labor Day weekend of 2000?

B. go

20. As a result of this assault by the "Hot Dog Stand" Bored, which of these interfaces was recommended, which had that cool galaxy graphic above the message list?

C. money

21. Who discovered the tea interface on July 1, 2001?

A. hbomb1947

22. Which of these Boreds was provided as the link when the above BB introduced us to the tea interface?

A. Madigan Men

23. When the tea interface was yanked out from under us on October 12, 2001, all that could be seen was a blank white screen with what two words printed at the top?

Not Found

24. From who did we learn of the affiliate interfaces, which we were forced to after the death of tea?

A. The Morlocks

25. On October 18, 2001, who rescued us from the inferior affiliate interfaces with the discovery of the wnet interface?

D. littlebeast13

26. What Merry Man was the link to wnet posted under?

NAC

27. Were it not for the brief foray onto the affiliate interfaces, Gary Love would not have noticed us and helped us out with the creation of the Love Boat. As it was, we were disallowed from using wnet or any of the old Go/ABC/Disney interfaces and were forced to use the affiliate interfaces to view the Love Boat after how long on our new Bored?

D. 1 year

28. Which of the affiliate interfaces was the last one standing with a full functioning message Bored format when the Ugly Bored went down on October 2, 2007?

D. KTRK

29. Things began to get screwy with the Bored on August 27, 2007 which was related to a problem with a lack of communication between two servers. Who was the first to diagnose the problem and start the use of BB's who were on Server A and Server B?

A. 15QuestionsAway

30. Who coined the BB's who were located on Server A to be Hufflepuffs?

C. Ritterskoop

31. Who coined the BB's who were located on Server B to be Ravenclaws?

D. BobJuch

32. The BB's on which server had access to the search function?

B

33. The BB's on which server were on the fast clock during the time warps that plagued the Bored from December 2000 to July 2001?

A

34. What was the longest time warp gap, in minutes, which was achieved just before the problem was fixed on July 23, 2001?

23

35. Who hosted the first Question of the Day contest in July 2000?

C. pamjb


36. Who hosted the first Bored Game in December 2000?

C. tubadave


37. Who hosted the first Timeline game in July 2001?


C. vandalrmc


38. Who hosted the first Gender Defender game in November 2001?

A. ScrabbleTed


39. Who hosted the first Lyrically Speaking in December 2001?


C. rubbersnail


40. Who hosted the first Seven Clues game on January 5, 2002?

B. Dr_J_427


41. Who ran the Question of the Night contest as Merry Man KaRl_FuN_rOvE in March 2002?


C. ScrabbleTed

42. What was the answer to the very first Question of the Day game posted on July 1, 2000?

NAC

43. What was the answer to the very first Seven Clues game posted on January 5, 2002?

NAC

44. Which two BB's squared off in the first ever Gender Defender game on November 19, 2001?

NAC

45. Which two BB's split hosting the first ever game of The Battle of the Sexes in January 2002?

NAC

46. Who came up with the original concept for Gender Defender, but never hosted the game?

NAC

47. Who came up with the original concept for Lyrically Speaking, though did not host its first edition?

TR

48. Who hosted the September 2002 QoD game, and decided to allow the top players from the previous month to each take a day to write the questions?

CAL

49. In May 2003, which BB hosted a game of Disney trivia?

A. rob_wilson

50. What is the most prodigious month in terms of number of posts in Bored history?


B. April 2001

51. What was the most prodigious posting day in Bored history?


B. March 23, 2001


52. How many posts were made on that record day?


D. 1781

53. What was the least prodigious day in Bored history?


D. April 22, 2007

54. How many posts were made on that record day?

B. 27


55. Who was the most prodigious poster on the PRoG?

A. SportsFan68


56. Who was the most prodigious poster on the Love Boat?

A. SportsFan68


57. Who was the most prodigious poster on the Ugly Bored?

A. SportsFan68


For each of the following old BB names, give the more well known handle they later used:

58. bigdrawman 2eaglebdm

59. web5709 eyegor

60. 1818reed nac

61. bjh104 flock

62. newtoyou oldernow

63. davexprice davesenior

64. nettlesl78 nad

65. markster38 nac


66. What was the name of the Bored's original Bored monitor?
ABCWendy

67. What was the name of her replacement, whose tactics helped spur the move to the GC?
ABCJEN

68. What was the name of the Bored monitor who posted the warning about war dialing and the use of the PIN generator on May 17, 2001?

D. Tina

69. Which station's Bored monitor posted the message on the Love Boat of the link to the TUB on May 12, 2004?

A. WTVD

70. Which station set up a WWTBAM Bored shortly after the death of the PRoG that we had discussed settling on, though fortunately stuck with the Love Boat?

C. WABC


71. How far back did the Rot that occured nearly continuously from September 2001 through January 2004 delete past posts?

C. 90 days


72. Which of these BB's gave us behind the scenes insight into Kati Knudsen's infamous WWTBAM appearance?


C. sjcornman

73. Which BB introduced the Bored to Fukola cola on March 20, 2001?

C. hbomb1947

74. After Go disabled the link to poster profiles from the message list in August 2000, in what color did the names of posters on a person's Preferred list show up in?

Green is good

75. What color did the names of posters on a person's Ignored list show up in?

Grey

76. Which BB was the first to break the news of the first WWTBAM auditions for regular shows in the infamous "The party is over" thread?

D. Killer_Tomato

77. Name the seven cities this first round of auditions in the Fall of 2000 were held in.
NAC


Match each of the following March 2001 audition cities to the city which held a WWTBAm audition at the same time:

78. New Orleans
79. Miami
80. Philadelphia

A. Chicago
B. Dallas
C. San Diego

81. For each of the above pairs, identify which city had Sonny's AP team running the audition. NAC

82. Which BB had all their previous posts deleted in April of 2000 for questioning the Bored monitor about her questionable deletions?

A. Jayhawker536

83. Which BB had their account frozen and all their previous posts deleted in September of 2000 after jokingly telling a newbie they'd have to pay him for entry to the GC?

A. Todd_Rundgren

84. The most famous account to get booched of course was that of booch1152. On the night of November 1, 2000 he posted 17 consecutive EOM's on which Go Bored?


B. Dating


85. Which milestone post was he attempting to get?

B. 20,000

86. Later that month, which BB got her account booched when, after being involved in a mini-flame debate, she tried to lighten the mood by talking about lingerie?

C. WANNABE82


87. How many choices were available on the Go Bored poll feature?

5

88. Which BB hacked Go's poll feature in October 2000 to create a MegaPoll that allowed there to be up to 50 choices?

lb

89. Which BB revamped the MegaPoll in April 2001 after the site the original MegaPoll feature was posted on was taken down?

TR

90. Who posted the first MegaPoll on October 8, 2000?

A. TomMitch2

91. What was the question asked in the first MegaPoll?

NAc

92. The first poll to include WGAS in Gastonia as the final choice was posted on December 31, 2000 by who?

LB

93. What was the station format of WGAS in Gastonia at the time it was discovered on November 15, 2000?

Country

94. Which BB won the very first QoD contest held from July 1-14, 2000?

TankleToon


95. Which BB was the first to massively overhaul the QoD during their reign in September 2000?

TR

96. Which BB did an even more radical overhaul of the game in April of 2001, which began a period of several months at which the QoD was at the height of its popularity?

CAL

97. Which BB was the first to award real prizes for order of finish in the final QoD standings?

STED

98. Which city was originally scheduled to hold a stealth audition on September 12, 2001?

NY

99. Which BB reported getting a call to be on the show in December 2001 shortly after Bixby returned with the news that the show was shutting down for the season?

D. lilclyde's Baboo

100. Who received the first flyer tipping us off to the new method of stealth auditions in June 2001?


C. jac070


101. Who was the first BB to be called to appear in Syndicated WWTBAM on July 2, 2002?

A. Corn9977

102. Which BB started the legendary "Since We're Making Confession" thread on August 21, 2002?

C. NE1410S

103. Which BB coined the term Ring of Fire for the 10 finalist seats in the WWTBAM studio?

C. Killer_Tomato

104. Which BB coined the term My Big Fat Fabulous Brain for the know-it-alls on the Bored?

C. Bixby17

105. In which BB's transcript thread was the above term coined?

NAC

106. Which BB's misspelling coined the term "taping my watch" on December 19, 2000?


B. Im_Ace


107. What was the BB above impatiently waiting for when he coined the above term?

QOD

108. Who was the first BB to ever receive double digit recommendations, which was given to their post made on May 12, 2000?

C. walhal

109. The post above made reference to a quirk in Go's message Bored code at the time that showed a false reccommendation when a post received ___ number of hits, and disappeared after a post made it to ___ hits.

nac

110. What was the exact title of the subject line of Post #94789, walhal's 646th and final post made on the night of August 29, 2000?

One of the idiots speaks

111. How many times (the number of 5-day call in periods, not number of individual days) were the phone lines open for the Phone Player Pool during its short life?

NAC

112. Which of the following BB's did not make it on the show in 2001 via the PPP?

D. rob_wilson

113. Who broke the news of the rule change to the PPP on March 16, 2001?

D. kidtejas

114. Which BB participated in the final Round 2 game ever held on March 28, 2001?


B. hbomb1947

115. Misplacing which music group in the final question cost the above BB a shot at going 5 for 5?

NAC

116. What was the handle used by a supposed WWTBAM insider who correctly predicted the date that the negative PC's would arrive from the first set of auditions in 2003, which was "Black Friday" July 25th?

117. Besides a gusgerbils PJ party, what was the main impetus behind the posting spike on what was termed Black Tuesday January 23, 2001?

The phone lines were quirky

118. Who was the first BB to post the news of the real Black Tuesday on September 11, 2001?

gsn

119. Which BB was the first to respond to that initial 9/11 post, and did not post again for almost 6 years?

NAC

120. Which PC was the impetus behind the day dubbed Wacky Wednesday, June 21, 2000?


B. teebee54


121. Which BB posted on December 12, 2002 that they had been chosen to appear on SyndieBAM, one day after they taped their episode?

A. Amazonium

122. Who brought the term "nihil obstat" to the Bored on September 14, 2004?

D. NellyLunatic1980

123. Which BB posted TUB message #40649 on August 5, 2004, the first known message that did not show up in threaded view on the new TUB message Bored format?

NAC

124. You couldn't say the words Lohstroh and Geisler on the TUB starting in the Spring of 2005 without the words getting censored, and eventually it would not accept the post at all. While there was never any need to post those words on the Bored, there were 2 other taboo names that were much more commonly come across. What woman's first name and common surname were similarly banned from usage?
NAC


Below are a few famous drive-by posters. Briefly describe what they are best known for in their brief visit to the Bored:

125. Steve_Russillo

126. Cool_Eternity

127. gotscrewed69

128. FloridaPete37

129. Allentown7721

130. TVtrips_com

131. SOX404Guru- being stupid

132. Keyondoway07


133. What Bored glitch did you suffer from on the PRoG if you had Spock's Disease?

134. Who is Janet Krause?

B. The person who started the famous Jipted thread

135. Who is Jeanie Rae O?

D. A Bored Monitor on the PRoG

136. Who is Meg Hurley?

C. The contestant sjcornman PAF'ed for


137. Who is Judy Bartoletti?

A. The real name of gusgerbils

138. Which BB received a famous response from the Bored monitor mentioned in one of the questions above in September 2000 after a purge and string of deletions?

B. gailmail5

139. Which BB started the Question Tag game in late July 2000?


C. macemace48


140. Which BB started Fast Tag, which was inspired by Question Tag after its questions became so long and tedious that people quit playing?


B. Sir_Galahad


141. Although he didn't start it, which BB became the host of the famous PRoG thread "Here's a toughy" from the summer of 2000 until the Bored was taken down?

B. adsarc

142. Which BB added "the Iron Thread" onto the thread's subject line, which stuck for the rest of its Bored life?

A. littlebeast13

143. In February of 2001, due to a glitch caused by some deleted posts, the Iron Thread temporarily got steered out of its main thread and into the thread of a RIP for which famous celebrity?

NAC

144. Who hosted a set of 5 FF questions on January 2, 2001, awarding prizes to the 5 BB's who answered each question the fastest?


C. ScrabbleTed

145. Four of the prizes in the game above were won by regular BB's. One prize was won by a newbie making his first post, Cyder_Jack. Cyder_Jack's next appearance was two weeks later, after he'd done what?

Appeared on BAM

146. There were many BB's posting callbacks during the audition callback week in December 2000. Which BB reported the first call on December 11?

A. aussiegirl828

147. Which BB created the concept of the Bored Novel, and started the first story in November 2001?


D. Ritterskoop


Below are the "plots" of the first four Bored Novels. Name the Bored Novel number that goes with each plot:

148. Phil Micklestein has an adventure to remember after getting tangled up with a woman named Naomi I

149. Barry Runkel picks up Tracy Railsback while driving in his Camaro. Convolution ensues, and the former ends up kidnapping Pat Summerall 3

150. Miles Merryman buys a Hermillion watch and becomes a time traveller 4

151. Jacob Keyes and Lila Cole deal with the nefarious plan of Mayor Geezergut Bilco in Thermopolis 2


152. Which BB captured Post #50000 on the PRoG in April 2000 in a spirited pre-gusgerbils contest with the second of a double post?


B. footballguy17

153. Which BB captured Post #100000 on the PRoG on September 15, 2000 with the third of a series of posts in what was the first example of gusgerbils war-posting?

B. ScrabbleTed


154. Which BB captured Posts #50000, 100000, and 500000 (Using the new format's numbering system) on the TUB?

D. silvercamaro

155. The first stealth auditions for a Primetime WWTBAM show, which was the Fathers Day 2001 edition, were held where?

NAC

156. A Merry Man Arthur_King_of_the_Britons fired off a letter about what he (and most of the Bored) thought was an illegal practice by ABC in holding the above stealth auditions, and emailed it to ABC and which government agency?

CIA

157. On what grounds did he believe the auditions were unfair and illegal?

He didn’t get one?

158. Which BB was not the first, but certainly sparked the biggest controversy, to challenge the ranting on MyBigFatFabulousBrain by posting that "You've Gone To Far!" on October 13, 2006?


C. greyhound_dude


159. Prior to SportsFan68 taking over the all time posting lead in February 2002, which BB held the number 1 spot in the rankings?

A. Sir_Galahad

160. Which of these BB's never held the top spot in the rankings at any time since the first edition was posted on March 29, 2000?

C. Todd_Rundgren


161. Which of these BB's was listed at the top of the very first rankings list posted on March 29, 2000?

C. astrnomr


162. How many BB's have posted at least 10,000 times in Bored history?

D. 37

163. Which BB went to the San Diego audition with a stuffed hamster in their pocket?

Serge

164. What was the name of the horse Saucy took a tumble from in April 2001?

B. Sonny – aka the horse from hell!!!!!


165. In an April Fool's joke on Steve Beverly's website, who did he say was chosen to host the newly created Syndicated WWTBAM?

Kathy Lee


Below are some acronyms that have appeared on the Bored throughout its history. Name exactly what they stood for:

166. MAWG Middle Age White Guy

167. PRoG Peoples Republic of Go

168. ToC Tournament of Champions

169. GC Gated Community

170. PC (not postcard, the original definition) Phone Call

171. OTC On the Clock

172. APP

173. ESST Eyegors School for Spelling Tutoring

174. TMHBB The most hated Bored Buddy

175. TBOTS The battle of the Sexes

176. MBFFB My Big Fat Fabulous Brain

177. MMFF Marry Me Fly Free


178. The gusgerbils Post #456789 on the Love Boat was picked up by the BBTranscriptTeam. It was the transcript of whch memorable contestant?

C. He was billed as the Unknown Contestant


179. ScrabbleTed began most mornings in the Dry Rot era (when posts were being slowly and randomly deleted from months back in Bored history) by putting the title of which song in the subject line of his first post?

NAC

180. Which BB has the honor of having the longest existing post in Bored history?

C. jtmattox

181. When Eyegor announced he was giving up posting the rankings, which BB volunteered first to take over the task?


D. ShamelessWeasel

182. After the BB above gave up the task after a few weeks, I took over the job and have had it ever since. What Bored history event occured on the same day that I posted my first rankings edition?

D. The Great Purge wiped out 7 months worth of past posts

183. A post by which BB during the early morning hours of June 1, 2001 launched the infamous "Thread that would not die"?

C. okiepat2000


184. The post above had several observations that BB had picked up from a conversation with the AP's at the audition he was at, which was part of the last pair of auditions from the legendary 2001 Spring run. Which city was it in? San Antonio

185. What was the other city to hold one of these final old-style auditions? Seattle

186. Which BB threw together the PIN generator, a device able to call on multiple lines at the same time, which for several weeks in the late stages of the Spring auditions helped many BB's easily get PINs?

A. robertl30


187. Which "cursed" RoF seat was populated by the likes of AlphaDummy, tubadave, and yours truly?
9

188. Which QoD Meister posted his QoD containing the answer to earendel's $125,000 question he missed on the show on the same day he taped that show?


D. TheCalvinator24

189. Which BB brought the addictive internet game Marbles to the Bored's attention in May of 2001?

A. kidtejas

190. Which song's title would the above BB post in a reply each time a BB admitted they were getting addicted to the game?

191. The Bored for which defunct ABC show was "hijacked" as a place for posting Marbles scores?

D. Bob Patterson

192. Which BB appeared in the intro to the short-lived game show You Don't Know Jack, as part of the background when Paul Reubens did a promo with Regis on WWTBAM?

A. John9826

193. On which soap opera's Bored did I post the link to the go interface, teh results of which I cross-posted here and caused a mini invasion by some of us of their Bored?

B. All My Children

194. What did the jamesbriangriffin alter-ego ClaxtonTigers say his first name was?

195. What was artinma's main job on the PRoG?


196. Which BB took over the Gusgerbils list during the last year of the Love Boat after I gave up keeping track due to the many repetetive winners and MM's trying to get milestones?

B. RJS102254


197. HoosierHoopster's Round 2 try in July of 2000 was a failure due to his lack of knowledge of which TV show?

C. Moesha

198. robertl30 came to the Bored for his short, but memorable stint to prepare as a PaF for which BB contestant?

B. ShamelessWeasel


199. Which BB appeared in the Hot Seat back to back with their spouse in 2003?

200. Which BB appeared in this year's World Series of Poker?

201. Which BB appeared in the first paragraph of the New York Times story on the Bored last October?

Kay


Below are some BB handles from Bored history which are missing their trailing numbers. Give the numbers that appeared at the end of each BB's Bored ID:

202. HoltDad

203. etaoin11

204. mwstevens

205. Tocqueville13

206. CynCty

207. love (as in Gary Love)

208. TomL30

209. slam01

210. Reeg

211. okiebroker26

212. Mellowmom

213. LLMax13


214. Which BB won WWTBAM's AOL ATA contest in 2004?

215. Which BB's WWTBAM appearance story they posted was titled "Better Late Than Never"?

216. What was the significance of that title to their story?

217. Which one of jamesbriangriffin's alter-ego's was busted for cheating in the Question of the Day contest on November 13, 2000?

C. Uniplatinum

218. Which BB did the above PC copy his answer off of?

B. Sir_Galahad


219. When SyndieBAM debuted on September 16, 2002, which BB gave the first review of the show?

A. silvercamaro

220. Under what MM handle (since he was Booched at the time) did RevDodd first post of "toffee and chreads"?

221. Put the following classes in order of their respective eras, starting with the earliest.

A. Morose Class
B. New Class
C. Old Class
D. Verbose Class

C,a,d,b

222. Who was the first Merry Man to post in the First Annual Merry Men parade on November 21, 2001?


C. Prof_Roy_Hinkley

223. Which BB introduced us to the ESPN profiles link in December 2000 that gave the real name that was registered with each handle?

B. TomMitch2

224. The BB above revealed this tool after he was chastised for revealing the real identity of which handle?

C. Boris_Godunov

225. The profile tool was used to our advantage during the Morlock invasion in July 2001, but it was modified by Go after it was slipped to the Morlocks by which Merry Man?

C. Im_Jack

226. Which number in the official rules for PT WWTBAM dealt with the Future Player Pool (which, to the best of anyone' knowledge, was never invoked), which basically gave TPTB the opportunity to randomly select past R1 qualifiers to play in a specially set-up Round 2?

227. Which BB was involved in a Round 2 screwup in December of 2000 in which they were given the wrong phone number to call for their Round 2 game?


B. tubadave


228. Which BB was NOT called to appear on Super Millionaire in May of 2004?

D. sfbazodee

229. Which famous person was shocked and aghast to find out that he had a "doppelganger" on this Bored, which was of course just someone's Merry Man, and posted about his fake on his blog on June 29, 2005?

Manolo

230. Which BB's son received an email from Ken Jennings just prior to him starting his legendary 74 episode run on Jeopardy! in 2004?

231. What did I list as the #1 event in Bored history when I posted my first Top 100 list on November 23, 2001?

A. The Morlock Invasion


232. What did I list as the #1 event in Bored history when I updated my Top 100 list for the Bored's 5th anniversary in 2004?

B. Beginning of SyndieBAM

233. The first on-Bored PAF demonstration (The Go Bored, not the GC) occured on January 11, 2001 when which BB successfully PAF'ed for John9826?

B. ScrabbleTed

234. On October 20, 2004, which BB was credited with making the Bored's one millionth post in history?

D. MarleysGh0st

235. Define Spock's Law as it pertained to the old phone game? The one you don’t know is the most recent

236. In February 2002, a major firestorm of a debate began over the effect of which game on the Bored's health? 7 clues

237. Two months later, the same debate popped up about which newly created game?

Last Player Standing

238. Which of these Booch-owned handles posted 809 times over a few days in late February 2002 in a protest over the debate mentioned in #236?

C. S_N_A_F_U


239. While about half of the millionaires in WWTBAM history have posted on the Bored at some point, how many of them have posted enough times (300+) to have made it into the rankings?

4

240. Between artinma and the formation of the BBTranscriptTeam, which BB temporarily took over transcription duties for WWTBAM shows?


Define the following terms as they relate to the Bored and its community:

241. The EOS Bar & Grille – where everybody knows your name

242. The Moratorium Lounge – refusing to discuss a touchy situation anymore

243. Three Hour Tour

244. PJ Party

245. War Dialing Many people dialing for a PIN for one person

246. Where Else/What Else? Actors from new york on the show


247. Which BB created a series of ordered lists in late 2000 to help out in answering phone game and early audition test FF type questions?

248. What is the title of the novel vandalrmc began writing 2 years ago?

249. On the first night of the PPP, April 15, 2001, what glitch hampered the attempts of most callers to answer all 5 questions correctly?

250. RDelo5 (later nestle79) claimed in the subject line of his posts that which actress had no left breast?

251. What two words were were in each of the above poster's posts

252. Which BB had strange troubles in January 2001 with some of his posts being attributed to the name d00d00?

C. skypilate

253. What sport was contained in the question that brought a premature end to walhal's Hot Seat appearance?

Tennis?