Transcript 12/23/2016 - Alicea Acevado
Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2017 7:43 am
Alicea Acevado
Tallahassee, FL
Alicea has run a restaurant business for 17 years and needs the money because she's having to change location. Her Plus 1 is her sister Destiny.
$500: A tagline often heard in monster truck and pro wrestling ads boasts, "We'll sell you the whole seat, but you'll only need the" what?
A - edge
B - lumbar support
C - legs
D - anchor bolts
$1000: To make cheap wine more tasty, Marie Claire suggests "hyperaerating" it by pouring it into your what and running it for 30 seconds?
A - vacuum cleaner
B - blender
C - toaster
D - particle accelerator
$2000: Originally releasing it in the 1980s, in 2016 Hi-C once again began selling its classic Ecto Cooler flavor, as a tie-in with what movie?
A - Finding Dory
B - X-Men: Apocalypse
C - Ghostbusters
D - Independence Day: Resurgence
$3000: Held every spring in New Mexico, the Gathering of Nations attracts people from all across the US and Canada, and bills itself as the country's largest what?
A - powwow
B - comic book convention
C - rodeo
D - flea market
Alicea says she feels that it must be because it's in New Mexico.
$5000: If you wanted to take a pleasantly verdant stroll, you'd be best off walking where?
A - in the snow
B - through a park
C - in a city center
D - along a pier
commercial break
$7000: Since many were hired en masse after a famous 1981 labor dispute, a flood of retirees may leave what profession alarmingly short-staffed?
A - coal miners
B - air traffic controllers
C - MLB umpires
D - UPS drivers
Alicea says this is a tough one. She has a guess but doesn't want to say what it is because she's going to ask the audience.
That's what she thought.
commercial break
$10,000: Which of the following classic books has a title character whose last name is "Woodhouse"?
A - "Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier
B - "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
C - "Heidi" by Johann Spyri
D - "Emma" by Jane Austen
Alicea is sure it isn't but hasn't read any of the others. She saw the Heidi movie. She doesn't think her sister can help, so Alicea uses her 50:50.
Alicea says that .
$20,000: Including Tesla, LinkedIn and Yelp, seven different $1 billion startups have so far been created by a powerful of group of ex-co-workers nicknamed the what?
A - Venmo Cartel
B - PayPal Mafia
C - Google Wallet Gang
D - Square Cash Posse
Alicea has and thinks it is later than the others. She starts to rule out but then reconsiders. She calls down her +1; Destiny has no idea. Alicea says it's maybe . She isn't going to walk away because she's a gambling girl. Destiny tries to talk her into walking.
commercial break
$30,000: While we often refer to the country's many dialects as "Spanish", in Spain one dialect is spoken more than any other. What is it?
A - Andalusian
B - Gallicean
C - Murcian
D - Castilian
Alicea says that before the answers came up she thought it was. She says she has a 1 in 4 chance of winning $30,000. She says that she must have heard this, which is why came to mind. She goes with that answer.
commercial break
MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY" In medicine, the Latin phrase "oculus dexter" refers to what part of the human body?:
A - left leg
B - left ear
C - right arm
D - right eye
Tallahassee, FL
Alicea has run a restaurant business for 17 years and needs the money because she's having to change location. Her Plus 1 is her sister Destiny.
$500: A tagline often heard in monster truck and pro wrestling ads boasts, "We'll sell you the whole seat, but you'll only need the" what?
A - edge
B - lumbar support
C - legs
D - anchor bolts
Spoiler
Answer: A (edge)
A - vacuum cleaner
B - blender
C - toaster
D - particle accelerator
Spoiler
Answer: B (blender)
A - Finding Dory
B - X-Men: Apocalypse
C - Ghostbusters
D - Independence Day: Resurgence
Spoiler
Answer: C (Ghostbusters)
A - powwow
B - comic book convention
C - rodeo
D - flea market
Alicea says she feels that it must be
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A
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Answer: A (powwow)
A - in the snow
B - through a park
C - in a city center
D - along a pier
Spoiler
Answer: B (through a park)
$7000: Since many were hired en masse after a famous 1981 labor dispute, a flood of retirees may leave what profession alarmingly short-staffed?
A - coal miners
B - air traffic controllers
C - MLB umpires
D - UPS drivers
Alicea says this is a tough one. She has a guess but doesn't want to say what it is because she's going to ask the audience.
ATA
Ask the Audience results:
A - 18%
B - 75%
C - 4%
D - 1%
A - 18%
B - 75%
C - 4%
D - 1%
Spoiler
Answer: B (air traffic controllers)
$10,000: Which of the following classic books has a title character whose last name is "Woodhouse"?
A - "Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier
B - "Matilda" by Roald Dahl
C - "Heidi" by Johann Spyri
D - "Emma" by Jane Austen
Alicea is sure it isn't
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B
50:50 results"
A and D
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A sounds French
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Answer: D ("Emma" by Jane Austen)
A - Venmo Cartel
B - PayPal Mafia
C - Google Wallet Gang
D - Square Cash Posse
Alicea has
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the Square cash app
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C
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B or C
Spoiler
Answer: B (PayPal Mafia)
$30,000: While we often refer to the country's many dialects as "Spanish", in Spain one dialect is spoken more than any other. What is it?
A - Andalusian
B - Gallicean
C - Murcian
D - Castilian
Alicea says that before the answers came up she thought it was
Spoiler
Andalusian
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A
Spoiler
Answer: D (Castilian)
MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY" In medicine, the Latin phrase "oculus dexter" refers to what part of the human body?:
A - left leg
B - left ear
C - right arm
D - right eye
Spoiler
Answer: D (right eye)