Eddie Quintaro
Rosemead, CA
Social studies teacher
$500: Someone working in which of the following occupations typically has a tip jar?
A - mall security guard
B - jackhammer operator
C - barista
D - judge
Spoiler
Answer: C (barista)
$1000: One of the highest honors a Garden State native can receive, all but which of these are names of rest stops on the New Jersey Turnpike?
A - Thomas Edison Service Area
B - Woodrow Wilson Service Area
C - Walt Whitman Service Area
D - Nicole "Snookie" Polizzo Service Area
Spoiler
Answer: D (Nicole "Snookie" Polizzo Service Area)
$2000: Only discovered in 1961 and thought to be possessed by fewer than 100 people on Earth, Rh-null is an extremely rare what?
A - British sports car
B - Van Gogh painting
C - Aerosmith album
D - blood disorder
Spoiler
Answer: D (blood disorder)
$3000: In the name of the airline QANTAS, what does the "Q" stand for?
A - Queensland
B - Quebec
C - Qatar
D - Quemoy
Spoiler
Answer: A (Queensland)
$5000: With Cameron seemingly losing herself in Seurat's pointilism, what '80s movie did Smithsonian say "perfectly illustrates the power of art museums"?
A - Rage
B - Sixteen Candles
C - Say Anything
D - Ferris Bueller's Day Off
Spoiler
Answer: D (Ferris Bueller's Day Off)
commercial break
$7000: Of what relation to you is your mother's sister's daughter's daughter's sister's mother?
A - first cousin
B - niece
C - aunt
D - second cousin once removed
Spoiler
Answer: A (first cousin)
$10,000: After creating her award-winning web series "The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl", Issa Rae went on to star on what acclaimed HBO series?
A - Divorce
B - The Leftovers
C - Insecure
D - Westworld
Spoiler
Answer: C (Insecure)
$20,000: Since it takes the Earth just over 365 days to orbit the sun, which calendar makes up for it by periodically adding a "leap month" called "Adar Alef"?
A - Hindu calendar
B - Hebrew calendar
C - Inuit calendar
D - Islamic calendar
Eddie asks the audience.
Spoiler
Ask the Audience results:
A - 14%
B - 62%
C - 6%
D - 18%
A - 14%
B - 62%
C - 6%
D - 18%
Spoiler
Answer: B (Hebrew calendar)
commercial break
MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": What part of the body is composed of thyroid cartilege?
A - outer ear
B - chin
C - elbow
D - Adam's apple
Spoiler
Answer: D (Adam's apple)
$30,000: According to the U.S. Department of Justice, approximately what percentage of police officers in the U.S. are female?
A - 31%
B - 20%
C - 12%
D - 4%
Eddie uses his 50:50.
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50:50 results: B & C
Spoiler
B
Spoiler
Answer: C (12%)
Eddie leaves with $5,000.