Las Vegas, NV
Katelyn invented a soundproof mask that a person can sing into but no one else can hear it.
$500: In high school, a whiz kid like you will probably take AP classes. What does "AP" stand for?
A - advanced placement
B - apple pie
C - animal planet
D - Amy Poehler
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Answer: A (advanced placement)
$1000: Which of these actual appetizingly-named Crayola colors is NOT a shade of orange?
A - vivid tangerine
B - cotton candy
C - mango tango
D - macaroni & cheese
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Answer: B (cotton candy)
$2000: With the exception of Doc, all of the dwarfs in Snow White & the Seven Dwarfs have names that are what part of speech?
A - verbs
B - prepositions
C - adjectives
D - conjunctions
Spoiler
Answer: C (adjectives)
$3000: While they were all ultimately rejected, at one point which device's suggested names included CPG (for Cyber Playground) and EHQ (for Entertainment Headquarters)?
A - Segway scooter
B - Xbox
C - Beats headphones
D - fidget spinner
Katelyn uses her 50:50.
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50:50 results: A & B
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Answer: B (Xbox)
commercial break
$5000: Which of these elements contains the name of another element within it?
A - rutherfordium
B - mercury
C - platinum
D - phosphorus
Spoiler
Answer: C (platinum)
$7000: Showing that Hannibal's legendary journey really could have been done, British explorer John Hoyt crossed the Alps in 1959, led by what animal?
A - Bengal tiger
B - elephant
C - hippopotamus
D - grizzly bear
Katelyn asks the audience.
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Ask the Audience results:
A - 17%
B - 67%
C - 4%
D - 12%
A - 17%
B - 67%
C - 4%
D - 12%
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Answer: B (elephant)
$10,000: One trick to curing insomnia is to distract yourself by counting backwards from 300 to 0 by 3's, during which you'd count all but which of these numbers?
A - 267
B - 201
C - 163
D - 96
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Answer: C (163)
$20,000: Which of the following scales categorizes the likelihood of asteroids impacting Earth?
A - Beaufort scale
B - Torino scale
C - Saffir-Simpson scale
D - Fujita scale
Katelyn uses her Cut the Question lifeline.
Spoiler
Answer: B (Torino scale)
commercial break
$20,000: This question might seem atrocious, but in "Mary Poppins", how many letters are in the famously long word that starts with "super" and ends with "docious"?
A - 28
B - 31
C - 34
D - 37
Katelyn uses her +1, teacher aide Jenny. They work through the spelling,
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although they count "ex" as just "x"
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Answer: C (34)
commercial break
MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": Apparently obsessed with the higher education system, Kanye West has titled his albums all of the following, except what?
A - Late Registration
B - Finals Week
C - The College Dropout
D - Graduation
Spoiler
Answer: B (Finals Week)
$30,000: Which of the following totals closest to 21, without going over?
A - countries on the South American continent + [3]
B - U.S. states east of the Mississippi + [2]
C - Canadian provinces + [9]
D - main islands of Hawaii + [10]
Heather can't come up with an answer so she walks away with $20,000.
Spoiler
Answer: C (Canadian provinces + [9])