Rye, NY
Johanna has been waiting a long time for this moment. She hasn't really prepared a lot, a few trivia games on the computer but not much.
Topic Tree: (randomized)
Home Base
Useful Gadgets
Bargain Name
Observe and Report
Book Debate
Illegal Action
Something Borrowed
Eat Your Veggies
Never Ending Game
In Other Words
Question #1 (In Other words)
If someone is practicing the art of scrying, what are they most likely looking into?
A - crystal ball
B - crowd of people
C - someone's eyes
D - telescope
Johanna knows this because of a show she liked to watch. Her husband knows it well.
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Answer: A (crystal ball)
Value: $3,000
Bank: $3,000
Value: $3,000
Bank: $3,000
Updating his 18 and a half hour documentary, "Baseball," in 2010, Ken Burns added another four hours with an epilogue titled what?
A - Double Overtime
B - Sudden Death
C - The Tenth Inning
D - Tiebreaker
The only one that has anything to do with baseball is
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The Tenth Inning
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Answer: C (The Tenth Inning)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $13,000
Value: $10,000
Bank: $13,000
What vegetable is commonly grouped into two types, slicing and pickling?
A - pumpkins
B - cucumbers
C - red peppers
D - carrots
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Answer: B (cucumbers)
Value: $2,000
Bank: $15,000
Value: $2,000
Bank: $15,000
Johanna's husband Nick is in the relationship seat. They've been married 31 years. They didn't celebrate their 30th and with the money she wins she hopes to be able to take Nick to Italy because he's never been.
Question #4 (Something Borrowed)
Because they mate for life, what animal was traditionally given by Korean grooms to the mother of the bride?
A - dove
B - dragonfish
C - turtle
D - wild goose
Johanna has no idea what animal mates for life so she's going to jump the question.
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Answer: D (wild goose)
Value: $100
Bank: $15,000 (no change)
Value: $100
Bank: $15,000 (no change)
A book or movie that's been illegally downloaded from the Internet is said to be what?
A - vampired
B - pirated
C - ninja'd
D - zombied
Johanna laughs at the answers.
Spoiler
Answer: B (pirated)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $40,000
Value: $25,000
Bank: $40,000
In 2011, parents engaged in a heated debate over a new children's book called "Maggie Goes on a" what?
A - cruise
B - diet
C - date
D - rampage
Johanna isn't sure and she has a lot of money to guess. But she thinks that if it was a heated debate it was probably about
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dieting
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Answer: B (diet)
Value: $500
Bank: $40,500
Value: $500
Bank: $40,500
Where will you find the appropriately named Stratosphere Tower, the tallest freestanding observation tower in the U.S.?
A - Las Vegas
B - Seattle
C - Atlanta
D - Dallas
Johanna laughs because this is her favorite city in the whole world. She gives her answer and Meredith says, "I have to read them first."
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Answer: A (Las Vegas)
Value: $1,000
Bank: $41,500
Value: $1,000
Bank: $41,500
Millionaire "Question of the Day":
According to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, what was the average cost of producing a new currency note in 2010?
A - 3.6 cents
B - 6.6 cents
C - 9.6 cents
D - 12.6 cents
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C (9.6 cents)
Which of these is the slang term for getting two items for the price of one, and not the first name of a celebrity?
A - Topher
B - Rumer
C - Kiefer
D - Twofer
Johanna laughs. "I like that," she says.
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Answer: D (Twofer)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $56,500
Value: $15,000
Bank: $56,500
After winning the 1960 election, John F. Kennedy said about what invention, "We wouldn't have had a prayer without that gadget"?
A - television
B - telegraph
C - radio
D - telephone
Johanna knows
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that JFK was said to have done well in the debate because of Nixon's 5-o'clock shadow
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Answer: A (television)
Value: $7,000
Bank: $63,500
Value: $7,000
Bank: $63,500
Johanna will be back on Monday with $63,500 in her bank and two lifelines (ATA and JTQ) remaining.
