“Millionaire” 11/9/18

Ashley Durkin (Navy vet of 6yrs in De Soto, KS)

$500: W/ only about 1400 accepted each yr. most U.S. Air Force Academy applicants must be nominated by either a member of Congress or whom?

A: Their 6th grade volleyball coach
B: A 3rd cousin on their mother’s side
C: The V-P of the U.S.
D: One of the actors in “TOP GUN”

V-P– $

$1K: Musicians like Bob Dylan & Bruce Springsteen often use a hands-free neck device called a holder or rack so they can play what simultaneously w/ the guitar?

A: Harmonica
B: Triangle
C: Maracas
D: Ping-pong

Harmonica– $

$2K: In the wake of a slew of fashion designers pledging to STOP using it, in 2018 San Francisco became the 1st major U.S. city to officially BAN the sale of what?

A: Real animal fur
B: Deodorant
C: Birth control
D: Mayo

Real animal fur– $

$3K: Which of these ISN’T a type of message NOR a brand of car NOR another word for harikari but rather a puzzle where you insert numbers into a grid?

A: Subaru
B: Shiatsu
C: Seppuku
D: Sudoku

Sudoku– $

$5K: Which of the following pairs of countries are farthest from each other?

A: Afghanistan & Pakistan
B: Czech Republic & Central African Republic
C: Uruguay & Paraguay
D: Australia & Austria

Australia & Austria– $

$7K: Which pair of H names are the 1st name of boxing great “Macho” Camacho & a great Trojan warrior of myth respectively?

A: Horace & Horace
B: Hector & Hector
C: Hermes & Hermes
D: Homer & Homer

AtA

A: 8%
B: 61%
C: 23%
D: 8%

Hector & Hector– $

$10K: Which of the following contains ALL seven of the letters commonly used to form Roman numerals?

A: MILD MILL
B: DID I MIMIC DILL
C: VIVID VIM
D: MIX CIVIL LID

MIX CIVIL LID– $

$20K: Rarely occurring in the continental U.S. but prevalent in Latin America, Puerto Rico & parts of Asia, dengue’s transmitted by what?

A: Mosquitoes
B: UNCLEAN drinking water
C: Kissing
D: Dog bites

+1 (boyfriend Christopher)
Mosquitoes– $

$30K: In “Anchorman” what fictional TV station was home to Ron Burgundy?

A: KVWN
B: KBBL
C: WPBH
D: WQHG

LCLS– KVWN & WPBH
FA: BAILOUT (A: KVWN)

QotD: Called the “Dinosaur Capital of the World” for its many rich fossil beds Drumheller is a town 80 miles east of Calgary in what Canadian province?
A: British Columbia
B: Alberta
C: Saskatchewan
D: Manitoba

Thousandaire: Jennifer Vargas (A.F. vet after 26yrs)
Of the 80+ men to sail from Spain aboard Christopher Columbus’ ships the Nina, Pinta & Santa Maria, nearly one in four were named what?
A: Jayden
B: Max
C: Juan
D: Skyler

FA: Juan

“Millionaire” 11/8/18

Greg Anders (A.F. vet of 28yrs in Niceville, FL)

$500: Acc. to BusinessDictionary.com if your boss gives you a job to be completed by EOD they want it done by the “end of…” what?

A: The day
B: The decade
C: December
D: “THE DR. OZ SHOW”

“…the day”– $

$1K: W/ the 1st taking place in 1955 Operation Deep Freeze was the code name for a series of U.S. expeditions to where?

A: Amazon rainforest
B: Antarctica
C: The Sun
D: BEN & JERRY’S

Antarctica– $

$2K: Which of these’s a symbol used to indicate a ski slope for advanced skiers & NOT one of the original types of marshmallows in Lucky Charms cereal?

A: Pink heart
B: Yellow moon
C: Green clover
D: Black diamond

Black diamond– $

$3K: Inspiring the title of a ’02 movie starring EMINEM the M-102 highway in MI’s nicknamed what?

A: Catch Me If You Can Parkway
B: The Bourne Identity Turnpike
C: 8 Mile Road
D: Minority Report Boulevard

8 Mile Rd.– $

$5K: A literal translation of the Chinese word “zhilaohu” what animal-related term refers to something that seems fearsome but is actually weak?

A: Glass dragon
B: Clay lion
C: Cardboard bear
D: Paper tiger

Paper tiger– $

$7K: Mike Post combined seven different sound effects to create which show’s famous opening “dunn-dunn” rattle which he referred to as “The Clang”?

A: “60 MINUTES”
B: “STRANGER THINGS”
C: “LAW & ORDER: SVU”
D: “Game of Thrones”

“LAW & ORDER: SVU”– $

$10K: Three of these women’s names appear w/o interruption somewhere in the names of the 50 U.S. state capitals- which one DOESN’T?

A: Ann
B: June
C: Leigh
D: Deb

AtA

A: 3%
B: 5%
C: 21%
D: 71%

Deb– $

$20K: Which of the following events happened most recently in 1992?

A: A man walked on the Moon
B: 27th Amendment was added to the Constitution
C: Berlin Wall came down
D: A U.S. President resigned

FA: Berlin Wall came down (A: 27th Amendment)

John Butler (Marine Corps vet of 6yrs in Ft. Walton Beach, FL)

$500: Launched in ’10 AT&T’s “It Can Wait” campaign’s aimed at discouraging people from texting while doing what?

A: Deep-sea fishing
B: Driving
C: Watching TV
D: Chewing gum

Driving– $

$1K: When an athlete’s removed from play it’s often said that they’ve been what?

A: Couched
B: Chaired
C: Benched
D: Reclinered

Benched– $

$2K: In 2002 Sara Perry wrote a popular cookbook titled Everything Tastes Better with what?

A: Bacon
B: Cod liver oil
C: Stale bread crusts
D: Raw chicken that’s been left out in the sun

Bacon– $

$3K: Invented in the early 1800s by a French army officer as a way to let soldiers communicate silently in the dark “night writing” is considered to be an early forerunner of what?

A: Braille
B: Pig Latin
C: Skywriting
D: Telepathy

Braille– $

$5K: Which of these’s BOTH the name of the longtime host of “FOX NEWS SUNDAY” & the real name of the late rapper Biggie Smalls?

A: Chuck Todd
B: Charles Gibson
C: Scott Pelley
D: Chris Wallace

Chris Wallace– $

$7K: Your eye color’s determined by the amt. of pigment contained in what part of your eye?

A: Iris
B: Cornea
C: Lens
D: Pupil

+1 (Melanie)
Iris– $

QotD: A possible cause of “yellow vision” excessive absinthe ingestion was one theory behind what artist’s dominant use of yellow in his final yrs.?
A: Pablo Picasso
B: Vincent van Gogh
C: Henri Matisse
D: Paul Cezanne

$10K: Working for half a yr. in late 1969 the Army Corps of Engineers managed to accomplish an incredible feat by temporarily doing what?

A: Moving Mt. Rushmore
B: Turning off Niagara Falls
C: Dismantling the Golden Gate Bridge
D: Filling in the Grand Canyon

Turning off Niagara Falls– $

$20K: The name of which of these countries can be dialed using only the buttons in the center column of a standard telephone keypad- 2, 5 & 8?

A: Albania
B: Latvia
C: Jamaica
D: Tuvalu

AtA

A: 30%
B: 15%
C: 36%
D: 19%

FA: Albania

“Millionaire” 11/7/18

$7K: While touching it right now might be impolite the wall of bone & cartilage that divides the nasal cavity in half’s called the what?

A: Philtrum
B: Septum
C: Uvula
D: Pharynx

AtA

A: 7%
B: 93%

Septum– $

$10K: If you renamed NFL teams using terms for the groups of animals in their names which of these WOULDN’T be the correct name of a team?

A: Miami Pod
B: Detroit Pride
C: Denver Herd
D: Chicago Swarm

50:50– DETROIT PRIDE & CHICAGO SWARM
Chicago Swarm– $

$20K: Though he only scored an OSCAR nom for one of ’em which actor starred in BOTH “Hotel Rwanda” & “Hotel for Dogs”?

A: Forest Whitaker
B: Mark Ruffalo
C: Don Cheadle
D: Viggo Mortensen

Cheadle– $

$30K: What’s the only continent that BOTH the Tropic of Cancer & Tropic of Capricorn pass through?

A: South America
B: Asia
C: Africa
D: Australia

FINAL LL (brother Doc)
Africa– $

$50K: Surprisingly it WASN’T until ’98 that a solo artist w/ which of these common surnames scored a #1 single on the Billboard Hot 100?

A: Adams
B: Williams
C: Smith 
D: Brown

FA: WALKED (A: Smith)

QotD: Since 1925 what animals have taken a historic annual swim to VA’s Chincoteague Island?
A: Ponies
B: Wolves
C: Deer
D: Sea otters

Thousandaire: Bill Dowin (Army vet of 10yrs)
This yr. a man set the Guinness World Record for fastest marathon run in a film character costume while fittingly dressed up like who?
A: Vito Corleone
B: Chewbacca
C: “Forrest Gump”
D: “SHAFT”

FA: Chewbacca (A: “Forrest Gump”)

“Millionaire” 11/6/18

$20K: The unwritten code of silence among pro wrestlers & industry insiders in regard to the legitimacy of matches is known as what?

A: Besa
B: Ninkyo
C: Omerta
D: Kayfabe

OTHER LLs (son Chris)- BESA & KAYFABE
O&D

Chuck Tessman (Navy vet for 11yrs in Le Roy, MI)

$500: Though they were all traditional rather than official ALL BUT which of these were the first three mottos of the U.S. Marine Corps?

A: To the shores of Tripoli
B: By sea & by land
C: Fortitudine
D: Buzzcuts rule!

Buzzcuts rule!– $

$1K: Which of these moves at a speed of 299,792,458 meters per sec. in a vacuum?

A: CHEEZ-IT crumbs
B: Cat hair
C: Coins & paperclips
D: Light

Light– $

$2K: Acc. to the Village People’s hit song “Macho Man” a macho man did ALL BUT which of these things?

A: Likes to be the leader
B: Lives a life of freedom
C: Possesses the strength of confidence
D: Cries like a baby at weddings

Cries like a baby at weddings– $

$3K: Which of these’s the name of a top fighter in the UFC & NOT that of a famous fashion designer?

A: Hubert du Givenchy
B: Georges St-Pierre
C: Jean-Paul Gaultier
D: Christian Lacroix

AtA

A&D: 9% EACH
B: 66%
C: 16%

Georges St-Pierre– $

$5K: Having as many as 250 of ’em what animal uses its teeth to catch its prey but then swallows it whole w/o chewing?

A: Cow
B: Cat
C: Dolphin
D: Panda

Dolphin– $

$7K: What movie series was once said to have a “curse” where the odd-numbered films (like #9 “Insurrection”) were seen as inferior to the even ones (like #4 “The Voyage Home”)?

A: “THE TERMINATOR”
B: “STAR TREK”
C: “ALIEN”
D: “TRANSFORMERS”

“STAR TREK”– $

$10K: What signer of the Declaration of Independence was BOTH the father of a future President & the great-grandfather of another?

A: Horatio Bush
B: Samuel Adams
C: Benjamin Harrison
D: Hannibal Roosevelt

Samuel Adams– L

Anne Benovil-Murphy (A.F. vet of 8yrs in Lorton, VA)

$500: Though it’s now made w/ soybean oil instead the name of the popular shortening brand Crisco is an acronym derived from what original main ingredient?

A: Christmas cookies
B: Christopher Columbus
C: Crispy cockatoos
D: Crystallized cottonseed oil

Crystallized cottonseed oil– $

$1K: Until the practice was ended in 1978 the sedia gestatoria (Latin for “chair of carrying”) was a portable throne used to move whom through the masses?

A: Queen Latifah
B: Larry King
C: Cesar Millan
D: The pope

Pope– $

$2K: On “SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DaNCe” Nigel Lythgoe utters what simple phrase to let dancers (and the control room) know he’d like a routine to begin?

A: Cue music
B: Giddyup
C: Play ball!
D: So I think you can start now, Baryshnikov

Cue music– $

QotD: What’s the term for the rich mixture of chocolate & whipped cream that’s often used as cake frosting?
A: Fondant
B: Ganache
C: Mascarpone
D: Marzipan

$3K: The T13 Beano Grenade used during WWII was designed to resemble what iconic American object since U.S. soldiers were already skilled at throwing ’em?

A: Baseball
B: Hot dog
C: Apple pie
D: Statue of liberty

Baseball– $

$5K: Sarah Hale, the author of the 1830 nursery rhyme Mary Had a Little Lamb, was also known for later helping convince whom to make Thanksgiving a national holiday?

A: Washington
B: Lincoln
C: Roosevelt
D: Jefferson

Lincoln– $

“Millionaire” 11/5/18

Lori Bailey (A.F. vet of 6yrs from Spokane)

$500: BOTH believed to have been 29yrs old when they died Comanche & Black Jack were the only two what to be given an Army funeral w/ full military honors?

A: Horses
B: Crickets
C: Guppies
D: Amoebas

Horses– $

$1K: Acc. to a tip on today.com if you soak paper towels in water & wine vinegar & add a few drops of essential oil you can make your very own what?

A: Business suit
B: Bedsheets
C: Wet wipes
D: Legal U.S. paper currency

Wet wipes– $

$2K: Which of the following ISN’T an actual phase of the Moon but rather something that was “Rising” in a classic song by Creedence Clearwater Revival?

A: Bad moon
B: Last-quarter moon
C: Waxing crescent moon
D: Waning gibbous moon

“Bad Moon”– $

$3K: Which of these words can refer to an arrest, an economic depression & a sculpture of the head & shoulders?

A: Collar
B: Bust
C: Freeze
D: Crunch

Bust– $

$5K: In ’15 which icon on facebook’s home page was altered to put the silhouetted woman in front of the man?

A: Friend Requests
B: Like
C: Weather
D: Quick Help

Friend Requests– $

$7K: At 12 letters long the MLB team w/ the longest name plays in what U.S. state?

A: TX
B: FL
C: IL
D: AZ

AtA

A: 9%
B: 7%
C: 5%
D: 79%

AZ– $

$10K: If you wanted to decorate a rm. exclusively in red & white which of these countries’ flags would add an extra color (RUINING your décor)?

A: Japan
B: China
C: Switzerland
D: Canada

Switzerland– L (A: China)

Eileen Lanzarone (Army vet of 4yrs from Fredericksburg, VA)

$500: At 560ft the USS Pennsylvania, one of the U.S. Navy’s largest submarines, is the same length as how many 12″ submarine sandwiches laid end-to-end?

A: Seven
B: 560
C: 14,378.29
D: 1M

560– $

$1K: Not merely decorative, an elephant’s large floppy ears provide it w/ the evolutionary advantage of being better able to do what?

A: Crack safes
B: Wear cute earrings
C: Regulate its body temperature
D: Fly

Regulate body temp.– $

$2K: Potentially igniting a rap feud w/ rival restaurants, in ’18 what fast food chain dropped “We Beefin’?”, a “Hot ‘N Juicy” mixtape?

A: IHOP
B: Wendy’s
C: DUNKIN’ DONUTS
D: KFC

Wendy’s– $

$3K: Fittingly Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper & Alan Shepard were present at what futuristic Disneyland attraction’s grand opening in ’77?

A: The Matterhorn Bobsleds
B: Space Mountain
C: The Hall of Presidents
D: “Pirates of the Caribbean”

Space Mountain– $

$5K: Three of these choices define anagrams of the word “baste”- which one DOESN’T?

A: The motel in “Psycho”
B: A non-human animal
C: Headphones made by Dr. Dre
D: To speak w/ excessive pride

To speak w/ excessive pride– $

$7K: Which quote from “SOLO: A STAR WARS STORY” was a clever reversal of a catchphrase uttered by Han Solo in later chapters?

A: “I’ve got a really good feeling about this”
B: “May the force be against you”
C: “These are in fact the droids you’re looking for”
D: “I am your mother”

“I’ve got a really good feeling about this”– $

QotD: It would be fitting if a born-again Christian had what first name because the name derives from the term “born again”?
A: Rene
B: Eric
C: Andres
D: Sean

$10K: The 1st & 2nd-most populous cities in three of these four states BOTH begin w/ the same letter- which state’s the odd one out?

A: PA
B: NJ
C: WI
D: OH

AtA

B: 73%
C: 17%
D: 10%

NJ– $

“Millionaire” 11/2/18

Because Mickey Mouse’s 90th Anniv. is this weekend they offered special bonus prizes in addition to Mickey’s appearance- being right on the $5K Q won a $5K Disney GC & answering the $50K Q right would also win a trip to NYC to see “Mickey: The True Original Exhibition”.

Kyle Foster (6th grade math teacher)

$500: Free iPhone tip! Dragging a text message to the left reveals what?

A: The meaning of life
B: The winner of next yr.’s Super Bowl
C: What happened to Amelia Earhart
D: Its time stamp

Time stamp– $

$1K: W/ a body the size of a softball & blades spinning at nearly 3K RPM what does NASA plan to send to Mars in 2020 to give ’em an overview of the terrain?

A: A tiny high-tech helicopter
B: A bee w/ a video camera
C: A flying blender
D: A talking parrot w/ an eye for detail

Tiny high-tech helicopter– $

$2K: To protect its brand instead of selling off its older signature brown trucks what co. simply repaints ’em white & uses ’em for internal tasks?

A: Domino’s
B: UPS
C: U-HAUL
D: Good Humor

UPS– $

$3K: Because many dogs get scared & run away the night before what’s generally considered the busiest day of the yr. at dog shelters?

A: 2/15
B: 4/16
C: 7/5
D: 12/26

7/5– $

$5K: In the same way that Donald Duck has Huey, Dewey & Louie Micky Mouse has two what named Morty & Ferdie?

A: Grandfathers
B: Lawyers
C: Nephews
D: Mechanics

Nephews– $

$7K: Acc. to the official MLB rules in Spanish first base’s called “primera”. ALL BUT which of these are the Spanish words for the other three bases?

A: Segunda
B: Plato
C: Tercera
D: Pelota

Pelota– $

$10K: Bill of Rights nerds know that “probable cause” is a phrase found in which amendment to the Constitution?

A: 1st
B: 4th
C: 5th 
D: 9th

+1 (Jessica)
4th– $

$20K: A Russian estate where a specific type of fruit’s grown provided the setting for what last play written by Anton Chekhov?

A: “The Strawberry Garden”
B: “The Cherry Orchard”
C: “The Cranberry Dog”
D: “The Orange Grove”

“The Cherry Orchard”– $

$30K: Currently the longest nonstop flight originating in the U.S. is the 8700-mile United Airlines jaunt from LAX to Changi Airport, the main airport in which country?

A: The Philippines
B: Vietnam
C: China
D: Singapore

AtA

A: 7%
B: 17%
C: 25%
D: 51%

Singapore– $

$50K: The largest crowd in TX history to assemble for a one-day event an est. 400K people gathered in San Antonio in Sept. 1987 to see whom?

A: Michael Jackson
B: President Ronald Reagan
C: Queen Elizabeth II
D: Pope John Paul II

FINAL HELP– M.J. & POPE JOHN PAUL II
Pope John Paul II– $

$100K: ALL BUT which of the following are true of Tony the Tiger as he currently appears on boxes of KELLOGG’S Frosted Flakes?

A: The “whites” of his eyes are yellow
B: His whiskers are orange
C: His ears are black & white
D: The tip of his nose’s blue

Whiskers are orange– $

QotD: While “Steamboat Willie” was more famous the 1st Mickey Mouse cartoon ever made was actually a Charles Lindbergh-inspired short called what?
A: “Railroad Madness”
B: “Driving in Circles”
C: “Plane Crazy”
D: “Silly Submarine”

$250K: In May 1849 Lincoln was granted what was still the only patent ever obtained by an American President for what invention?

A: A plow designed to cut through dense soil
B: An inexpensive plug for wine bottles
C: A mechanism to increase a ship’s buoyancy
D: A writing desk for left-handed children

FA: DONE (A: Mechanism to increase a ship’s buoyancy)

Everybody in the audience also got to eat some chocolate.

“Millionaire” 11/1/18

$10K: Keeping on the move & one step ahead of his enemies what former leader of the PLO reportedly NEVER spent two nights in the same place?

A: Hamad Karzai
B: Yasser Arafat
C: Menachem Begin
D: Gamal Abdel Nasser

50:50– ARAFAT & BEGIN
Arafat– $

$20K: Which of the following actually describes cattle that are “polled”?

A: They have NO horns
B: They’re branded
C: They’re a mixed breed
D: They’re black

FINAL LL

A: 15%
B: 71%
C: 10%
D: 4%

They’re branded– AUDIENCED OUT (A: NO horns)

John Beerling (V-P of international business development in Bloomington, MN)

$500: Inside the Lincoln Memorial the 19ft statue of the seated President’s wearing ALL BUT which of these things?

A: Jacket
B: Tie
C: Vest
D: Lycra bike shorts

Lycra bike shorts– $

$1K: Which type of table typically has a comfortable horseshoe-shaped cushion to rest your face & forehead on?

A: Poker
B: Dining rm.
C: Massage
D: Pool

Massage– $

$2K: After a glitch-filled debut in early 2018 beef patties at an L.A.-area restaurant named Caliburger are once again being cooked by a robot fittingly named what?

A: Skippy
B: Whippy
C: Flippy
D: Clippy

Flippy– $

$3K: In our solar system more planets’ names end w/ what letter than any other?

A: S
B: R
C: N
D: E

S– $

$5K: Still spoken today in parts of central Mexico the Nahuatl language originated in which ancient culture?

A: Persian
B: Greek
C: Aztec
D: Mesopotamian

C– $

$7K: What actor who played the role of Stringer Bell on HBO’s “The Wire” shares his last name w/ a historic island off the coast of Tuscany?

A: Idris Ibiza
B: Idris Elba
C: Idris Malta
D: Idris Corsica

Idris Elba– $

$10K: While the ESRB has primary jurisdiction in the U.S. it’s part of the IARC, an internationally-recognized rating system for what?

A: Movies
B: TV shows
C: Song lyrics
D: Video games

AtA

A: 21%
B: 22%
C: 14%
D: 43%

VGs– $

$20K: The name of which car co. means “I roll” in Latin?

A: Audi
B: FIAT
C: Maserati
D: VOLVO

VOLVO– $

$30K: What’s the fissure of Rolando?

A: Famous geyser in Spain
B: Part of the brain
C: Thin center part of an hourglass
D: Deadly crevasse on Mt. Everest

Famous geyser in Spain– L (A: Part of brain)

QotD (read by lady from KSNB): Mickey Mouse’s faithful pet Pluto’s what type of dog?
A: Beagle
B: Great Dane 
C: Bloodhound
D: German shepherd

Thousandaire: Bryan Ignozzi (partner at consulting firm)
Because of their low moisture content & durability which type of food were Apollo astronauts able to snack on in space w/o ’em being freeze-dried?
A: I.C. cones
B: Watermelons
C: BBQ pork ribs
D: Pecans

FA: Pecans

“Millionaire” 10/31/18

Andrew Bloomberg (Madison, WI; orig. from MN)

$500: In his nomination acceptance speech in ’32 FDR famously said “I pledge you, I pledge myself, to a new…” what “…for the American people”?

A: Deal
B: Kitten
C: Flat-screen TV
D: JAY-Z album

“…deal”– $

$1K: Doing it over 200 times since the 1940s (& NOT afraid of the needle), 95-yr.-old Beatrice “Granny Bea” Janyk is known as Canada’s oldest what?

A: Political donor
B: Blood donor
C: Food donor
D: Organ donor

Blood donor– $

$2K: The advertising for which of the following often features the tagline “As Much Fun To Make As It Is To Eat!”?

A: Campbell’s soups
B: SPAM
C: Jiffy Pop
D: ICE

Jiffy Pop– $

$3K: Though he NEVER did in fact fall down a well in any of the 500+ eps. which of these classic TV shows starred a young boy named Timmy & his Collie friend?

A: “Mr. Ed”
B: “DRAGNET”
C: “Lassie”
D: “The Honeymooners”

“Lassie”– $

$5K: A dusting brush, extension wand & crevice tool are ALL common pieces of what?

A: Art kit
B: Vacuum cleaner
C: Magic set
D: SCUBA equip.

Vacuum cleaner– $

$7K: Leaving his hometown team as a free agent for the 2nd time in his career, in ’18 LeBron James signed a 4yr $154M deal w/ what NBA franchise?

A: Knicks
B: Lakers
C: Spurs
D: Bulls

Lakers– $

$10K: Some buildings in China skip floors that contain the unlucky number four. Such a building that bills itself as “100 stories” would really have how many floors?

A: 69
B: 77
C: 81
D: 92

AtA

A: 1%
B: 7%
C: 69%
D: 23%

81– $

$20K: If you keep your cool & correctly answer this Q despite the pressure you’ll be demonstrating the quality embodied by which of these French items?

A: Noblesse oblige
B: Sangfroid
C: Esprit de corps
D: Carte blanche

Sangfroid– $

$30K: Of the four layers that make up a rainforest which is highest in elevation?

A: Canopy
B: Emergent
C: Forest floor
D: Understory

+1 (Nathan)
Canopy– 50:50 WASTED (A: Emergent)

Miles McMahon (children’s drama teacher in K.C.)

$500: Which of the following’s NOT an ingredient in Martha Stewart’s recipe for key lime pie?

A: Butter
B: Sugar
C: Egg yolks
D: Keys

Keys– $

$1K: The largest city & biggest seaport in Tanzania Dar es Salaam’s name is Arabic for what?

A: “Abode of Peace”
B: “Home of the Whopper”
C: “Africa’s Seattle”
D: “Does this salami taste weird?”

“Abode of Peace”– $

$2K: Though several airlines in the U.S. board their planes the same way British Airways came under harsh criticism in ’17 for boarding its passengers in what order?

A: By looks, most attractive to least attractive
B: By IQ, lowest to highest
C: By seat price, most expensive to cheapest
D: By odor, smelliest to least smelly

By seat price– $

$3K: When reciting the alphabet what’s the longest streak you’ll come across of consec. letters that rhyme w/ each other- two, three, four or five?
Four– $

$5K: Walter White’s school ID, the Heisenberg hat & a lighter from Saul Goodman’s office were ALL featured in a recent EW article on famous props from what aMC series?

A: “The Sopranos”
B: “Breaking Bad”
C: “SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DaNCe”
D: “How I Met Your Mother”

“Breaking Bad”– $

QotD: On maps lines of latitude are also known as what?
A: Vectors
B: Tangents
C: Secants
D: Parallels

$7K: Which of these was the title of a song made famous by Coldplay’s Chris Martin & NOT one written by 16th C. religious leader Martin Luther?

A: “All Praise to Thee, Eternal Lord”
B: “A Mighty Fortress is Our God”
C: “Hymn for the Weekend”
D: “From Depths of Woe I Raise to Thee”

“Hymn for the Weekend”– $

“Millionaire” 10/30/18

$10K: In honor of his friend & wartime ally what prominent French historical figure named his only son Georges Washington?

A: Napoleon
B: Marquis de Lafayette
C: Louis XIV
D: Charles de Gaulle

Marquis de Lafayette– $

$20K: Acc. to space.com, like the Earth’s, the moon’s core is believed to be made primarily of what?

A: Copper
B: Lead
C: Iron
D: Zinc

Iron– $

$30K: Maha Vajiralongkorn Bodindradebayavarangkun is the name of what?

A: World’s hottest pepper
B: Current king of Thailand
C: World’s 3rd-tallest mountain in Nepalese
D: IKEA in Singapore

50:50– CURRENT KING OF THAILAND & WORLD’S 3RD-TALLEST MOUNTAIN IN NEPALESE
King of Thailand– $

$50K: In ’96 Fred Rogers made one of his only appearances as a fictional character playing a minister on an ep. of what TV show?

A: “FULL HOUSE”
B: “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”
C: “Family Matters”
D: “NORTHERN EXPOSURE”

REMAINDER OF LLs (Ed)

A: 41%
B: 42%
C: 17%

“Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”– $

$100K: Acc. to the U.S. Flag Code when a new state’s admitted to the Union the new star “shall take effect” when?

A: The day after it’s officially admitted
B: One yr. from the day it’s admitted
C: The next January 1st
D: The next 4th of July

Next 4th of Jul.– $

QotD (read by two people from WTVD in Raleigh): The word “discotheque” came from a French word meaning what?
A: Music stage
B: Rhythm market
C: Record library
D: Dance ticket

$250K: Denali’s the tallest mountain in the U.S. What’s the name of the 2nd-tallest mtn. in the U.S.?

A: Mt. Bear
B: Mt. Rainier
C: Mt. Elbert
D: Mt. Saint Elias

FA: Rainier (A: Mt. Saint Elias)

“Millionaire” 10/29/18

Mat Baxt (Syosset, NY)

$500: Acc. to a common saying “The proof is in the…” what?

A: Pudding
B: Creamsicle
C: Frozen yogurt
D: Pineapple upside-down cake

“…pudding”– $

$1K: Most early ones were named for big cats but recent versions of the Mac OS X operating system have been named after grandiose natural features incl. ALL BUT what?

A: Yosemite
B: El Capitan
C: High Sierra
D: Tim Cook’s 12-car garage

Tim Cook’s 12-car garage– $

$2K: To locate earring backs or other tiny items lost somewhere on the floor Good Housekeeping suggests putting pantyhose over the end of your what?

A: Head
B: SUV
C: Vacuum hose
D: Chimney

Vacuum hose– $

$3K: What’s 80% of 100 divided by eight?

A: Two
B: Five 
C: Seven
D: 10

10– $

$5K: In ’18 Beyoncé & Jay-Z released a surprise joint album called “Everything is Love” which they recorded under what name assoc. w/ their family?

A: The Nixons
B: The Fords
C: The Carters
D: The Reagans

Carters– $

$7K: Translating the words “pine” & “black” to French creates the name of a popular variety of what?

A: Steak
B: Cheese
C: Wine
D: Tea

Wine– $

$10K: Long before she won an OSCAR in ’18 for playing Tonya Harding’s mom what actress was herself a serious figure skater as a child?

A: Allison Janney
B: Helen Hunt
C: Susan Sarandon
D: Michelle Pfeiffer

Allison Janney– $

$20K: Someone who goes to school to get an MMH degree’s apparently interested in a career managing a what?

A: Hospital
B: Hotel
C: Hair salon
D: Health club

AtA

A: 26%
B: 65%
C: 9%

Hotel– $

$30K: Throughout To Kill a Mockingbird Scout, Dill & Jem referred to him as “Boo” but what was the reclusive Boo Radley’s real 1st name?

A: William
B: Truman
C: Arthur
D: Jeremy

LL DEPARTMENT CLOSED (brother Dan)- WILLIAM & ARTHUR
FA: WALKED (A: Arthur)

Robin Richards (HS history teacher in Athens, GA)

$500: Which R name’s NOT represented by one of the four middle initials used by famed science fiction authors George R.R. Martin & J.R.R. Tolkien?

A: Ronald
B: Raymond
C: Richard
D: Rihanna

Rihanna– $

$1K: Although NZ upheld the practice until 1990 the U.S. stopped issuing its sailors a daily ration of which beverage in 1862?

A: Red Bull
B: Dr Pepper
C: Rum
D: Bartles & Jaymes wine coolers

Rum– $

$2K: In the ’18 sequel to MARVEL’s “Ant-Man” Evangeline Lilly played what superhero sidekick who shared her name w/ a certain type of stinging insect?

A: The Wasp
B: The Stinkbug
C: The Boll Weevil
D: The Roly Poly

The Wasp– $

$3K: Acc. to lifehacker.com what baking aisle staple’s useful not only as a thickening agent in soups & sauces but as an aid in loosening stubborn knots?

A: Cornstarch
B: Cake frosting
C: Cinnamon
D: Chocolate chips

Cornstarch– $

$5K: Which of the following’s NOT the name of an actual body of water you can find on a world map?

A: Black Sea
B: Yellow Sea
C: Blue Sea
D: Red Sea

Blue Sea– $

QotD: Which of these unpleasant words is also the term for a flock of crows?
A: Slaughter
B: Torture
C: Murder
D: Famine

$7K: From first word to last how many words within this question have their letters in alphabetical order- one, two, three or four?
Three– $