Anyone correctly answering the $5000 question gets a private cabin and champagne toast on the high roller observation wheel at the Linq Hotel and dinner for two at BLT Steak.
Sara Lehmann
server
Albuquerque, NM
Last time she reached $30,000 but missed on a question that her +1 would have known.
$500: The San Diego Zoo says that if you're trying to tell them apart, the most obvious difference between butterflies and moths is that butterflies have wha?
A - long, smooth antennas
B - rock-hard six-pack abs
C - Macs, not PCs
D - pretentious British accents
Spoiler
Answer: A (long, smooth antennas)
$1000: In a centuries-old U.S. Navy tradition, "pollywogs" are ceremonially hazed by more experienced sailors the first time they sail across what famous line?
A - the conga line
B - the offensive line
C - the buffet line
D - the Equator
Spoiler
Answer: D (the Equator)
$2000: Game designer Leslie Scott created the prototype for which game using wooden blocks that her family bought from a local sawmill while living in Ghana in the '70s?
A - football
B - Go Fish
C - Jenga
D - tag
Sara says she's terrible at that game.
Spoiler
Answer: C (Jenga)
$3000: Most likely because they're less common than the others, a recent study found that cars of what color tend to depreciate in value the least over time?
A - white
B - yellow
C - silver
D - black
Sara says she sees
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white cars everywhere she goes
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Answer: B (yellow)
$5000: Though Jay Leno reclaimed his old job shortly afterward, which current late-night star hosted NBC's "Tonight Show" for about 8 months in 2009 and 2010?
A - Stephen Colbert
B - Samantha Bee
C - Conan O'Brien
D - Bill Maher
Sara hears that he's still bitter about it.
Spoiler
Answer: C (Conan O'Brien)
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$7000: Besides Q, which letter is the only one NOT to appear in any of the official two-letter state postal codes currently used by the U.S. Postal Service?
A - B
B - Z
C - Y
D - J
Sara knows
Spoiler
there's a Y in New York and a J in New Jersey. "Alberta" isn't a state. She says, "of course it's Z" and makes that her final answer
Spoiler
Answer: A (B)
After Chris tells her there's a Z for Arizona, Sara says, "I drove through there on the way here"
After Chris tells her there's a Z for Arizona, Sara says, "I drove through there on the way here"
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MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": Which of the following animals must constantly move in order to get enough oxygen to its bloodstream?
A - killer whale
B - hummingbird
C - great white shark
D - goldfish
Spoiler
Answer: C (great white shark)
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