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Patrick was a male cheerleader in college and now uses his voice to announce wrestling matches. Cedric asks Patrick how he would announce himself as the next millionaire. Patrick demonstrates.
Topic Tree (randomized):
That's Nuts
There's the Rub
Where in the World
Return Loop Hole
Strike
Keep it Down
Guarding Secrets
Slippery Slope
Ladies Club
What a Gas
Question #1 (What a Gas):
"Gas or no gas" is something a waiter in Italy is likely to ask when you're ordering what for the table?
A - a cheese plate
B - water
C - refried beans
D - antipasto
Patrick jokes that he'd like to have
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Value: $3,000
Bank: $3,000
Sounding like a saucy reality show, Janet Armstrong, Joan Aldrin and Annie Glenn are the subjects of what 2013 book?
A - The Hollywood Wives Club
B - The Politics Wives Club
C - The Golf Wives Club
D - The Astronaut Wives Club
Patrick says the last names seem to be pointing him in one direction.
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Value: $10,000
Bank: $13,000
Found with 214 pounds of pot in her trunk, a 61 year-old Arizona grandmother told the jury she became a drug runner to fuel her addiction to what?
A - knitting
B - scrapbooking
C - bingo
D - video games
Patrick says they all seem to be something that a grandmother might do. He says the audience looks like a bunch of smart people so he's going to ask them.
Ask the Audience results
B - 13%
C - 71%
D - 9%
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Value: $2,000
Bank: $15,000
Hearing that the NSA was possibly tapping into international communications, Russia's secret service reportedly ordered $15,000 worth of what in 2013?
A - typewriters
B - dry erase boards
C - legal notepads
D - Post-its
Patrick says this is tough because it could be a couple of them. He chooses
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Value: $100
Bank: $15,100
What courtroom mandate is meant to keep certain parties from sharing information?
A - secret ultimatum
B - gag order
C - zip it demand
D - shut it command
Patrick says his mother would tell him to "zip it".
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Value: $25,000
Bank: $40,100
Shayna, Patrick's fiancee is in the relationship seat. She says Patrick is doing awesome.
Question #6 (Strike):
A 2012 teachers' strike in what city featured signs with slogans such as "There's the right way and then there's the Rahm way"?
A - San Francisco
B - New York
C - Chicago
D - Houston
Patrick is pretty sure that
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Value: $500
Bank: $40,600
In a policy quirk, shoe retailer Zappos.com allows returns for up to 365 days unless you buy something on 2/29, in which case you have how long to return it?
A - 364 days
B - 366 days
C - 3 years
D - 4 years
Patrick knows that
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Value: $1,000
Bank: $41,600
In his 2013 song, rapper Ace Hood is where, exactly, when he brags that he "woke up in a new Bugatti"?
A - a sports car
B - a luxury boat
C - a private jet
D - a mansion
Patrick has heard the song but he hasn't paid enough attention to the lyrics. He does say that
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Value: $15,000
Bank: $41,600 (unchanged)
Suffering with breathing problems, what product's creator had his nurse give him daily whole-body rubdowns with it?
A - Vaseline
B - WD-40
C - Ivory soap
D - Kleenex tissues
Patrick says he doesn't think someone would want to rub down with
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Value: $7,000
Bank: $48,600
"Millionaire" runs a plug for Celebrity Week which starts Monday. Celebrities include Niecy Nash from "The Soul Man", Josh Malina from "Scandal", Boris Kodjoe from "Real Husbands of Hollywood" and Brad Garrett, "comedian".
Question #10 (That's Nuts):
For which film did Tim Burton spend 5 months training 40 squirrels to crack nuts?
A - Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
B - Frankenweenie
C - Big Fish
D - Dark Shadows
"Oh, man," Patrick breathes. He hasn't seen "Frankenweenie" but he thinks he remembers the scene from
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Value: $5,000 (by default)
Bank: $53,600
$100K -
If you went on an African safari, which of the following could you actually find in its wild habitat?
A - a piranha in Ghana
B - a baboon in Cameroon
C - a tiger in Niger
D - a border collie in Mali
Patrick said he feared this would happen - getting a geography question. He decides to use his last lifeline and jump the question.
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Forever locked up on the classic Monopoly board, what is the official name of the man depicted behind bars?
A - Pete the Prisoner
B - Carl the Convict
C - Jake the Jailbird
D - Ike the Inmate
Patrick loves Monopoly - it's one of his favorite games - and he has a strong feeling that it's
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Cedric asks what this money would mean to Patrick. He says that he's getting married and having this to start out would solve a lot of the money issues. He adds that Cedric is invited to the wedding.
$500K -
In the very first MasterCard "Priceless" commercial in 1997, what is "priceless"?
A - feeling better
B - real conversation
C - true love
D - coming home
Patrick says, "Wow". Something is pointing Patrick toward
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END OF SHOW "NOISE"
MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY":
What common gesture is thought to have originated in the early ages as a means of displaying that no weapons were present?
A - high five
B - curtsey
C - handshake
D - cheek kiss