Chicago, IL
poor actor, can't always contribute to the "help mom and dad fund"
Topic Tree (pre-randomized):
10. For the Birds
9. Family Politics
8. Business Tycoons
7. Animal Services
6. Vacation Days
5. Note to Self
4. Mountain View
3. Sweat Safely
2. Dangerous Liquids
1. Knot So Fast
Topic Tree: (Randomized)
7. Animal Services
10. For the Birds
2. Dangerous Liquids
9. Family Politics
4. Mountain View
6. Vacation Days
3. Sweat Safely
5. Note to Self
8. Business Tycoons
1. Knot So Fast
Question 1 - Level 1. Knot So Fast
Kids often learn how to tie their shoelaces using a technique commonly known as what?
A: Bunny ears
B: Lamb ears
C: Kitty ears
D: Piglet ears
Answer and value
A: Bunny ears
Value: $25,000!
Bank: $25,000
Value: $25,000!
Bank: $25,000
Before founding the bank that bears their names, Henry Wells and William Fargo co-founded what other major business still in existence?
A: Alcoa
B: American Express
C: State Farm
D: General Mills
Nothing is jumping out at him, so he jumps the question.
Answer and value
B: American Express
Value: $7,000
Bank: $25,000
Value: $7,000
Bank: $25,000
A jokey nod to one of his earlier hits, who sings "Every cake you bake" in the 1985 hit "Love is the Seventh Wave"?
A: Billy Joel
B: Phil Collins
C: Sting
D: George Michael
Answer and value
C: Sting
Value: $5,000
Bank: $30,000
Value: $5,000
Bank: $30,000
Water intoxication occurs in marathon runners when too much water is consumed without replacing what?
A: Salt
B: Vitamin D
C: Iron
D: Sugar
Answer and value
A: Salt
Value: $1,000
Bank: $31,000
Value: $1,000
Bank: $31,000
Of the ten Federal Holidays recognized in the U.S., how many are in celebration of someone's birth?
A: 1
B: 3
C: 5
D: 7
"It's practically a math question! (Which I hate.)"
He asks the audience,
Spoiler
after mentioning that Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays have been combined into Presidents Day, and mentioning MLK. The audience gives him
A: 11%
B: 69%
C: 17%
D: 3%
A: 11%
B: 69%
C: 17%
D: 3%
Answer and value
It is. B: 3 (The third one is Christmas. Tricky.)
Value: $10,000
Bank: $41,000
Value: $10,000
Bank: $41,000
Dan also runs a rooftop baseball club across from Wrigley Field.
Question 6 - Level 4 Mountain View
Before its eruption in 1980, what mountain was known as "the Fuji of America"?
A: Mount St. Helens
B: Mount Shasta
C: Pikes Peak
D: Mount McKinley
Answer and value
A: Mount St. Helens
Value: $15,000
Bank: $56,000
Value: $15,000
Bank: $56,000
Though she only did it to please her socialist grandfather, what female star has an FBI file because she registered as a Communist in 1936?
A: Judy Garland
B: Gracie Allen
C: Rita Hayworth
D: Lucille Ball
This is great trivia he does not know. He jumps the question.
Answer and value
D: Lucille Ball
Value: $100
Bank: $56,000
Value: $100
Bank: $56,000
What beverage was known as the "devil's wine" because it had a tendency to explode in the bottle?
A: Rum
B: Champagne
C: Vodka
D: Gin
Answer and value
B: Champagne
Value: $2,000
Bank: $58,000
Value: $2,000
Bank: $58,000
Who popularized a myth by writing "The Storks," a story about birds who fetch babies from a pond and deliver them to their parents?
A: Hans Christian Andersen
B: Lewis Carroll
C: J.M. Barrie
D: Washington Irving
Spoiler
He's leaning toward Hans Christian Andersen.
He's gonna walk.
Answer and value
A: Hans Christian Andersen
Value: $not revealed
Bank: (half of) $58,000
Value: $not revealed
Bank: (half of) $58,000
Commercial Break.
