Thread: The 2000s: A New Reality

Synopsis: The story of the first half of a turbulent decade; controversial election; story of Elian Gonzalez; the hit series "Survivor''; the Gary Condit scandal; the events of September 11, 2001 and more.

✯✯ PART 1 ✯✯

What did an actor do, in a scene from "Mission: Impossible II," after the narrator noted that the film featured a single by Metallica?
Slid down the side of a rock

What did contestants do in a scene from "Survivor," after a reporter noted that the show brought out "all of the worst" of human nature?
Covered themselves with mud

What did Dick Cheney say his secret service agent did on the morning of September 11, after Tucker Carlson noted that there was a "sense of total panic"?
Lifted him out of his chair

What did Donato Dalrymple say he did, after he noted that he and his cousin were out fishing on Thanksgiving morning in 2000?
Spotted a figure floating in an inner tube

What did Dr. Hatfill say the FBI wanted to do, after the narrator noted that Hatfill was asked to submit to a polygraph test?
Search through his apartment

What did federal officers do in footage, after the narrator noted when negotiations with Elian Gonzalez's family failed, armed officers were sent into his home?
Climbed over a chain-link fence

What did Jesse Neal say that he had never done, after he noted that he had to carry his friend Mark off of the USS Cole in a body bag?
Gotten his broken watch repaired

What did the narrator say "prominent targets" in New York did, before Tom Brokaw said he was mostly "very angry," in a clip from 2001?
Received letters laced with anthrax

What did protesters do in footage, before a man in a green shirt said that he "used to be a Democrat" up until the time of the Elian Gonzalez incident?
Threw garbage cans into the street

What did Steve Jobs do in video footage, after the narrator noted that one month after September 11, technology was "back in business"?
Held up a digital music player

✯✯ PART 2 ✯✯

What did Andy Serkis do in footage from the 2003 Academy Awards, before Michael Moore gave an acceptance speech?
Held up a sign on the red carpet

What did animated characters do in footage from "The Simpsons: Special Edna"?
Stood in line for a theme park ride

What were animated characters doing in footage from a 2006 episode of "South Park"?
Playing video games on computers

What did Chief Moose discuss John Allen Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo doing in press conference footage?
Shooting a child at a school

What did Col. Wilkerson say Pres. George W. Bush feared Al-Qaeda could do which would end U.S. democracy?
Obtain a small nuclear weapon

What did Colin Powell do as he spoke at a United Nations Security Council meeting in footage from February 5, 2003?
Held up a vial containing anthrax

What did Ozzy Osbourne do in footage from "The Osbournes" after Greg Johnston said "mundane things" were his favorite part of the show?
Carried around a trash bag

What did Ozzy Osbourne do during his musical performance in footage from "The Tonight Show With Jay Leno"?
Clutched on to a microphone

What did Sherron Watkins say Enron officials did as she discussed the corporations corruption in footage?
Created shell companies without assets

What did U.S. forces and Iraqi citizens do in footage from April 9, 2003, after Dan Rather said the scene was a staged event?
Pulled down a statue with rope

In a "Did You Know" segment during this show, what did you learn about overseas military bases, before an insurance company was noted?
How their stores did not accept pennies as payment
USAA

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