New York, NY
actor
He's wanted to be on the show since "before [Meredith]"
"We don't talk about that."
Topic Tree (pre-randomized):
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Topic Tree: (Randomized)
Odd Patents
Irksome Idioms
Everyone's a Critic
Ship, Ship, Hooray
Food Fun
Campaign Tactics
Solar Shuffle
Perfect Parody
Urban Life
Fictional Kids
Question 1 - Fictional Kids
Which of these characters from Charles Dickens novels is not an orphan?
A: Tiny Tim
B: David Copperfield
C: Pip
D: Oliver Twist
Spoiler
He's played Scrooge many times, and he knows Tiny Tim is a Cratchit.
Answer and value
A: Tiny Tim
Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000
Value: $2,000
Bank: $2,000
Started in South Central Los Angeles in the 1990s, krumping is an urban style of what?
A: Dancing
B: Painting
C: Poetry
D: Singing
Spoiler
He's a fan of TV dance shows.
Answer and value
A: Dancing
Value: $25,000
Bank: $27,000
Value: $25,000
Bank: $27,000
Commercial break.
The gentleman getting the hug was Tony's partner Earl. They've been together 18 years in January. They may be getting married.
Question 3 - Perfect Parody
"Anthroparodie" is a satirical website poking fun at retail chain Anthropologie's whimsical descriptions of what?
A: Art supplies
B: Sporting goods
C: Gourmet foods
D: Women's clothing
Answer and value
D: Women's clothing
Value: $15,000
Bank: $42,000
Value: $15,000
Bank: $42,000
A rare but predictable phenomenon, what planet passed directly between the Earth and the Sun in June 2012, for the last time until December 2117?
A: Saturn
B: Nepune
C: Mercury
D: Venus
JTQ
Answer and value
D: Venus
Value: $100
Bank: $42,000
Value: $100
Bank: $42,000
Though is sounds like it might describe an unplanned pregnancy, which of these is a term for an unforseen event that can influence an election's outcome?
A: Eleventh hour ambush
B: Pitchback maneuver
C: October surprise
D: Last minute visit
He doesn't know. ATA
Spoiler
A: 15%
B: 2%
C: 77%
D: 6%
B: 2%
C: 77%
D: 6%
Answer and value
C: October surprise
Value: $7,000
Bank: $49,000
Value: $7,000
Bank: $49,000
As apple pie didn't originate in America, what pie of Floridian origin would be the more accurate end of the phrase "as American as"?
A: Cherry pie
B: Key lime pie
C: Lemon meringue pie
D: Rhubarb pie
He lived in Florida for almost 30 years, and he hates this pie.
Answer and value
B: Key lime pie (originated in Key West in the 1850s.)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $54,000
Value: $5,000
Bank: $54,000
Enlisting in the U.S. Navy in the 1940s, what civil rights figure had a Naval vessel named after him in 2011?
A: Malcolm X
B: Paul Robeson
C: Cesar Chavez
D: Martin Luther King Jr.
Spoiler
He knows Paul Robeson was an actor and he thinks he was in the service and he sang Old Man River. He wants to go with his gut, but...
Answer and value
C: Cesar Chavez
Value: $10,000
Bank: $54,000
Value: $10,000
Bank: $54,000
In 2012, a reviewer for what summer film featured the subtitle, "Four-score and Seven Corpses"?
A: Prometheus
B: Dark Shadows
C: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
D: Snow White & the Huntsman
Answer and value
C: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Value: $500
Bank: $54,500
Value: $500
Bank: $54,500
Question 9 - Irksome Idioms
A person who offers to stop being an inconvenience to another will commonly say "I'll get out of your" what?
A: Teeth
B: Lips
C: Hair
D: Eyebrows
Answer and value
C: Hair
Value: $1,000
Bank: $55,500
Value: $1,000
Bank: $55,500
In 2010, tech entrepreneur Jeff Bezos filed a patent for mini protectgive air bags designed to protect what?
A: Chicken eggs
B: Teeth
C: Cell phones
D: Eyewear
Spoiler
He thinks it might be eyewear but he's not sure. Also, maybe chicken eggs.
Answer and value
C: Cell phones
Value: $27,750
Bank: known to be $3,000
Value: $27,750
Bank: known to be $3,000
Millionaire QOTD (from I don't know when)
Before it was used to refer to tall buildings, the word "skyscraper" usually refered to what?
A: Sail of a ship
B: Mountain peak
C: Thundercloud
D: Type of umbrella
Spoiler
A
