Dallas, TX
Former president of the Harvard Boxing Club
Mom Judy is in the Audience
Andrew's bank is $30,000. He has one jump the Q lifeline remaining.
Topic Tree: (Randomized)
Food Display
Athlete's Feet
Job Opportunities
Musical Names
Bag Family
Angry Origins
$3,000 (Stressful Times)
jumped ($10,000 - Sign of the Times)
$25,000 (007 For Kids)
$2,000 (TV Buzz - ATA)
Question 5 - Angry Origins
What act of civil disobedience is taken from the surname of a 19th century land agent who was ostracized in Ireland for refusing to reduce rents?
A: Boycott
B: Embargo
C: Riot
D: Picket
Spoiler
He associated Boycott with "civil" disobedience. A riot would not be civil.
Answer and value
A: Boycott (Meredith thought it was Picket.)
Value: $100
Bank: $30,100
Value: $100
Bank: $30,100
What high-end fashion label began as a small family business in Florence, selling leather bags to horsemen in the 1920s?
A: Louis Vitton
B: Gucci
C: Jimmy Choo
D: Balenciaga
Answer and value
B: Gucci
Value: $500
Bank: $30,600
Value: $500
Bank: $30,600
Daniel Ek came up with what company's name after mishearing a suggestion and then finding it had zero hits when he searched it on Google?
A: Pandora
B: Spotify
C: Grooveshark
D: SoundCloud
Spoiler
Pandora is definitely going to be on Google. He's leaning Spotify. He doesn't think it would bring anything up on Google.
Answer and value
B: Spotify
Value: $7,000
Bank: $37,600
Value: $7,000
Bank: $37,600
In 1958, thousands of employees of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics went to work for what newly-formed U.S. agency?
A: IRS
B: USDA
C: NASA
D: FCC
Answer and value
C: NASA
Value: $1,000
Bank: $38,600
Value: $1,000
Bank: $38,600
Involving quick footwork, the "Ali Shuffle" was a famous maneuver used by a legend in what sport?
A: Tennis
B: Basketball
C: Boxing
D: Golf
Even before Meredith finishes reading the question, the audience goes all a-twitter ...
...
recognizing the connection between the answer and Andrew's college club presidency.
Answer and value
C: Boxing
Value: $15,000
Bank: $53,600
Value: $15,000
Bank: $53,600
Andrew is doing medical research on MS. Meredith mentions her husband has MS, and encourages Andrew's research.
Question 10 - Food Display ($5,000)
Avocados, tomatos and limes are depicted on the plates and bowls of a Martha Stewart six piece set meant to serve what?
A: Flan
B: Hummus
C: Guacamole
D: Polenta
Spoiler
He knows hummus is chickpeas, and flan is a dessert. He's stuck between guacamole and polenta.
Answer and value
C: Guacamole
Value: $5,000
Bank: $58,600
Value: $5,000
Bank: $58,600
CLASSIC MILLIONAIRE
Question 11 - $100K
What did Mitt Romney reportedly choose as his Secret Service codename?
A: Javelin
B: Stormcloud
C: Coyote
D: Harley
JTQ
Answer
A: Javelin
Commercial Break.
Question 12 - $250K
What playwright was literally born on Broadway, with his mother giving birth in a NYC hotel room situated at 43rd Street and Broadway?
A: Eugene O'Neill
B: Tennessee Williams
C: Edward Albee
D: Arthur Miller
Spoiler
He's leaning toward Eugene O'Neill.
Spoiler
A
Answer
A: Eugene O'Neill (That's near where the Eugene O'Neill Theatre is located.
Millionaire QOTD:
Which of the retail chains was named after a bar in Paris?
A: Express
B: Old Navy
C: Hot Topic
D: Victoria's Secret
Spoiler
B
In the center of our Milky Way galaxy is a black hole that appears from Earth to be in what constellation?
A: Orion
B: Ursa Major
C: Cassiopeia
D: Sagittarius
He talks like he knows a little bit about astonomy.
Spoiler
He rules out Ursa Major and Cassiopeia and Ursa Major as being high up, flanking Polaris. He's between Orion and Sagittarius, , leaning toward Sagittarius.
Answer
D: Sagittarius
