Mark RyderProfessor of dentistry
San Francisco, Cal.$500
Because machines are too rough and can bruise the delicate fruit, since 1963 Chiquita has placed what trademark item on its bananas by hand?
A: Sunglasses B: A tiny sombrero
C: An anti-theft alarm D: The brand’s blue sticker
D: The brand’s blue sticker
$1,000
Fittingly, if you use Lyft for a ride in which of these locations, you might be picked up in a vehicle they call a “Minnie” Van?
A: Central Park B: Walt Disney World
C: The Grand Canyon D: Kennedy Space Center
$2,000
If a pirate, using classic sailing lingo, tells you to be “Yare at the helm,” what does he want you to do?
A: React quickly at the wheel B: Bathe the captain’s parrot
C: Drink an entire cask of rum D: Keep an eye out for a sail-thru Starbucks
A: React quickly at the wheel
Commercial break$3,000
Forbes recently named Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar as the three highest-paid what?
A: Celebrity chefs B: Bollywood actors
C: NFL football coaches D: Country singers
$5,000
Not surprisingly, in 1948, what popular tune did the 33rd President of the U.S. use as his campaign song?
A: Louie Louie B: Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
C: I’m Just Wild About Harry D: You Can Call Me Al
C: I’m Just Wild About Harry
$7,000
Hoping to avoid furious comments in reply, Twitter users often preface a controversial statement with which phrase?
A: Don’t @ me B: Don’t % me
C: Don’t $ me D: Don’t * me
A: 81% B: 2% C: 5% D: 12%
$10,000
In 2018, who became the first rapper to win a Pulitzer Prize for Music, for his album “DAMN.”?
A: Kanye West B: Jay-Z
C: Kendrick Lamar D: Drake
Commercial break with a plug for the Celebration Sweepstakes$20,000
In Latin, Palatinus, Capitolinus, Quirinalis, Viminalis, Esquilinus, Caelius and Aventinus are known collectively as what?
A: The 7 Worst Roman Emperors B: The 7 Cardinal Virtues
C: The 7 Hills of Rome D: The 7 Circles of Hell
$30,000
In men’s athletics, which of the following does NOT generally weigh approximately the same amount as the others?
A: Shot put B: Curling stone
C: Ball at the end of the wire in the hammer throw D: Heaviest regulation bowling ball
$50,000
According to HowStuffWorks.com, the “soda can and chocolate method” is a way to do what in the wilderness?
A: Purify water B: Start a fire
C: Disinfect a wound D: Determine magnetic north
Mark’s +1 is his friend Joe. [NOTE: We can’t hear what Joe says because at that moment, FEMA conducts a test of the National Emergency Alert System. Joe was the third $1M winner, in March 2000.]
B: Start a fire
Chris explains that you rub chocolate on the bottom of a can to make it shiny and reflect the sun.
Commercial breakQotD (presented by KSNV in Las Vegas)
The reddish color of Mars is often attributed to its soil being rich in what element?
A: Nickel B: Mercury
C: Iron D: Carbon
$100,000
If Barbie were a head of state, she’d probably prefer that it be in which country, where the president works in the Casa Rosada, or Pink House?
A: Cuba B: Argentina
C: Portugal D: Mexico
The hornMark will be back on Thursday.