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“Millionaire” 1/23/18

Steve Stoffle (Decatur, GA)

$500: A person walking the streets in relentless pursuit of employment’s commonly said to be what?

A: Pounding the drum
B: Pounding the pavement
C: Pounding the veal
D: Pounding the margaritas

Pounding the pavement$

$1K: In an attempt to prevent money laundering the IRS requires banks to report any customer who does what?

A: Immediately eats their ATM receipt
B: Wears an I ♥ TAX FRAUD t-shirt
C: Withdraws over $10K
D: Asks for the money laundering discount

Withdraws over $10K$

$2K: As you might guess from the clue in its last name, what type of animal is Marlon Bundo, the pet of V-P Mike Pence’s family?

A: Bunny rabbit
B: Snake
C: Goldfish
D: Saber-toothed tiger

Bunny$

$3K: “Did you ever know” that Idina Menzel & Nia Long starred in a ’17 LIFETIME remake of what classic ’88 Bette Midler/Barbara Hershey tearjerker?

A: “Ordinary People”
B: “Beaches”
C: “Ghost”
D: “Mystic Pizza”

“Beaches”$

$5K: Usually presenting NO symptoms, dextrocardia is a medical condition where the human heart’s located in what unusual position?

A: In the lower abdomen
B: On the right side of the chest
C: Outside the body
D: Upside-down

Right side of the chest$

$7K: Calling to mind a famous series of battles for the English throne, “York and Lancaster” is a variety of what flower?

A: Orchid
B: Tulip
C: Rose
D: Daisy

Rose$

$10K: An epistolophobic entomophobe would be most likely to be frightened of doing which of the following?

A: Taking a flight through a thunderstorm
B: Writing a letter about insects
C: Going to church on Fri. the 13th
D: Singing in front of a crowd

Writing a letter about insects$

$20K: Which of these is NOT a Snoop Dogg album?

A: “The Doggfather”
B: “Doggumentary”
C: “No Limit Top Dogg”
D: “Sleeping Doggs Lie”

AtA

A: 11%
B: 18%
C: 25%
D: 46%

“Sleeping Doggs Lie”– $

$30K: Impressive enough to be seen from outer space, the Ob in Russia is one of the world’s what?

A: Longest rivers
B: Largest stadiums
C: Deepest gorges
D: Most extensive solar panel farms

+1 (nephew Brian)
Deepest gorgesL (A: Longest rivers)

Kat Deabill (19)(New Boston, NH)

$500: In addition to language & gender options Apple’s Siri can be set to have ALL BUT which of these accents?

A: American
B: British
C: Australian
D: Jersey

Jersey$

$1K: Both thought to be essential to life “vodka” is derived from the Russian word “voda” which means what?

A: Water
B: NETFLIX
C: Cheese fries
D: A good conditioner

Water$

$2K: Because it’s extremely difficult to wash RealSimple.com suggests cleaning what by dusting some baking soda on it & then vacuuming it off?

A: Mattress
B: Sweatshirt
C: Beach towel
D: Your back

Mattress$

QotD: In ’18 Henry Ford narrowly LOST an election for a U.S. Senate seat in his home state of what?
A: VA
B: TX
C: NY
D: MI

$3K: Explaining the title to movie execs what ’97 action film’s co-writer said “Without the slash, people are going to think the movie’s about hockey”?

A: “TOTAL/RECALL”
B: “DIE/HARD”
C: “FACE/OFF”
D: “RUSH/HOUR”

“FACE/OFF”$

$5K: The woman behind such books as The Mouse and the Motorcycle & Ramona’s World, in ’17 what beloved children’s author turned 101 yrs. old?

A: Astrid Lindgren
B: Beverly Cleary
C: Madeleine L’Engle
D: Judy Blume

AtA

A: 4%
B: 62%
C: 5%
D: 29%

Beverly$

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