“Millionaire” 10/12/16

$10K: Not including the fictional character Tea Leoni plays on “Madam Secretary”, how many women have served as U.S. Secretary of State- one, two, three or four?

AtA

1: 1%
2: 62%
3: 35%
4: 2%

Two– O & D (A: Three)

Next Tall Contestant: Owen Panno (Burbank)

$500: Though nearly all the other characters have four on theirs, on “The Simpsons”, God’s depicted as having five what?

A: Tattoos on his neck
B: Apps on his phone
C: Fingers on his hand
D: Tonys on his mantle

Fingers on his hand– $

$1K: According to GQ, what celebratory beverage should you NOT leave for hrs. in a bucket of ice, as it’s best NOT served “ice cold”?

A: Prune juice
B: Champagne
C: Herbal tea
D: Cough syrup

Champagne– $

$2K: Featuring her infamous swan dress, a ’15 exhibit at NY’s Museum of Modern Art was devoted to what Icelandic singer?

A: Fergie
B: Adele
C: Shakira
D: Bjork

Bjork– $

$3K: Which of the following’s NEITHER a name for a small grocery store, nor the capital of Colombia, nor a high-end luxury car brand?

A: Bugatti
B: Bodega
C: Bogota
D: Beluga

Beluga– $

$5K: Though it passes for Normandy on the big screen, the famous beach scene in which of these movies was actually filmed in County Wexford, Ireland?

A: “Planet of the Apes”
B: “The Shawshank Redemption”
C: “Saving Private Ryan”
D: “Chariots of Fire”

“Saving Private Ryan”– $

$7K: Shakespeare’s often credited w/ inventing the name “Jessica”, as one of its first known uses was as the name of Shylock’s daughter in which play?

A: “Julius Caesar”
B: “The Comedy of Errors”
C: “Macbeth”
D: “The Merchant of Venice”

“The Merchant of Venice”– $

$10K: According to criteria used by Pew Research Center, how old was the oldest Millenial on New Yr.’s Eve, Dec. 31, 1999?

A: One
B: Eight
C: 18
D: 28

AtA

A: 22%
B: 32%
C: 39%
D: 7%

Eight– MAJORITY WAS RIGHT THAT TIME

Final Civilian of Day: Alyson Aurigemma (San Juan Capistrano, CA)

$500: According to etymologists, which word referred to a fruit hundreds of yrs. before it referred to a color?

A: Blue
B: Yellow
C: Red
D: Orange

Orange– $

$1K: fitbit & Jawbone both make high-tech bracelets that encourage users to set the common fitness goal of 10K what per day?

A: Sit-ups
B: Push-ups
C: Steps
D: Pull-ups

Steps– $

$2K: To increase their cars’ gas mileage by lowering their weight, many automakers have begun eliminating what once-standard feature?

A: Engine hoods
B: Spare tires
C: Rear axles
D: Mirrors

Spare tires– $

$3K: According to legend, when his pet billy goat was kicked out of Wrigley Field in ’45, a local bartender placed a hex on what long-suffering baseball team?

A: Cubs
B: Mariners
C: Phillies
D: Tigers

Cubs– $ (they just made it back to the NLCS last night)

$5K: At an annual awards show, what TV network reveals the winner of the category “Best Club Banger”?

A: Travel Channel
B: History
C: BET
D: food network

BET– $

QotD: W/ a famous case involving Helen Keller’s The Frost King, cryptomnesia’s the term for what unfortunate act?

A: Destroying a manuscript
B: Committing libel
C: Unconsciously plagiarizing
D: Running out of ink

$7K: Studies have found that Americans are more likely to get skin cancer on the left side of their head, while people where are more likely to get it on the right?

A: Spain
B: Norway
C: The United Kingdom
D: Germany

U.K.– $

To Return: One for each meter of Mont Blanc’s nearly 3-mile height, how many pave diamonds were on the limited-edition $125K Montblanc Solitaire Royal fountain pen?

A: 1,810
B: 2,810
C: 3,810
D: 4,810

4,810– $