“Millionaire” 3/2/18

$30K: What’s the only U.S. state that borders a Canadian province that begins w/ the same letter?

A: MT
B: MN
C: MI
D: ME

OUT OF LLs (girlfriend Gina)- MT & MN
FA: WALKED (A: MN)

Barbara Butcher (death investigator in NY)

$500: Acc. to a Pew Research study 49% of Americans keep ALL of their important passwords where?

A: In a bus station locker
B: Buried deep underground
C: On a faraway planet
D: On a piece of paper

On a piece of paper– $

$1K: Instead of a trophy the winners of a 2017 cricket tournament in Vadodara, India were each given what animal that’s sacred to Hindus?

A: Kangaroo
B: Polar bear
C: Cow
D: Chihuahua

Cow– $

$2K: In recent yrs. what “buzz”-worthy Hasbro game has been updated to incl. such modern ailments as “Headphone headache” & “Gamer’s thumb”?

A: OPERATION
B: RISK
C: SORRY!
D: CONNECT 4

OPERATION– $

$3K: Which S word meaning “thin” can be found in the names of EMINEM’s alter-ego, Mexico’s richest person & a popular brand of beef jerky?

A: Skinny
B: Slim
C: Svelte
D: Slender

Slim– $

$5K: In ’84’s “GHOSTBUSTERS” Sigourney Weaver’s gravelly-voiced demonic line “There is no Dana, only Zuul” was actually spoken by the film’s director- who?

A: Ivan Reitman
B: Barry Levinson
C: John Landis
D: Robert Zemeckis

AtA & 50:50

A: 36% (LEFT)
B: 9%
C: 23%
D: 32% (LEFT)

Reitman– $

$7K: As part of a 6yr surveillance program in the ’60s & early ’70s the NSA spied on notable figures such as MLK, Jr. & which athlete?

A: Wilt Chamberlain
B: Jack Nicklaus
C: Muhammad Ali
D: Hank Aaron

Ali– $

$10K: Inspired by the logging industry what term for a poverty-stricken region of Seattle has come to mean the down-&-out section of any city?

A: Red-light district
B: Skid row
C: Tenderloin
D: Boondocks

Skid Row– $

$20K: Acc. to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, which of these top five most popular cosmetic surgeries of ’16 was performed the LEAST often?

A: Facelift
B: Liposuction
C: Rhinoplasty
D: Breast augmentation

Rhinoplasty– FA (A: Facelift)

QotD: Which pop diva was the only one of the following who DIDN’T marry & later DIVORCE a backup dancer?
A: Britney Spears
B: Jennifer Lopez
C: Lady GaGa
D: Mel B

Thousandaire: Latasha
As an ode to one of its most common exports the Chinese county of Meitan has a 240ft-tall museum shaped like a what?
A: Banana peel
B: Teapot
C: Diamond
D: Coffee bean

FA: Teapot

“Millionaire” 3/1/18

David Garcia (health/fitness blogger in Bloomfield Hills, MI)

$500: Acc. to Norse mythology what did Loki STEAL from Thor’s very beautiful & vain wife Sif while she was sleeping?

A: Her golden hair
B: Her phone charger
C: Her VISA card
D: Her AMBIEN

Golden hair– $

$1K: The day after Thanksgiving many animal shelters offer discounted dog adoptions in a promotion called what?

A: Bark Friday
B: Fetch Tuesday
C: Leash Wednesday
D: Paw Sunday

Bark Fri.– $

$2K: In 1917, decades before it was popularized in the ’70s, a prototype of which of these was patented by inventor Louis B. Woeste under the name “Myriad Reflector”?

A: Leisure suit
B: Disco ball
C: Pet Rock
D: Platform shoe

Disco ball– $

$3K: Containing hollow white seed coats that DIDN’T mature, which fruit’s seedless variety makes up a reported 92% of its total production in the U.S.?

A: Blueberry
B: Watermelon
C: Banana
D: Peach

Watermelon– $

$5K: In their official White House portraits the 18th-24th Presidents are ALL sporting which of these?

A: Military uniforms
B: Facial hair
C: Eyeglasses
D: Powdered wigs

+1 (Chuck)
Facial hair– $

$7K: “Mork & Mindy”, “Dynasty”, “Community” & “Last Man Standing” were ALL primarily set in which U.S. state?

A: FL
B: VA
C: CO
D: WI

CO– $

$10K: Because it narrows blood vessels the Mayo Clinic suggests drinking small amts. of which type of beverage can help relieve pain at the onset of a migraine?

A: Carbonated
B: Caffeinated
C: Alcoholic
D: Citrus

Alcoholic– L (A: Caffeinated)

Josh Moradzadeh (customer service rep in Saugus, CA)

$500: Acc. to an old adage “When the going gets tough, the tough get…” what?

A: Ice cream
B: Going
C: 50% off at the register
D: A disturbing rash

“…going”– $

$1K: Founded in ’10 the Streamy Awards honor achievement in what 21st C. field?

A: Fly-fishing
B: Whitewater rafting
C: Web video production
D: Rowboat maintenance & repair

Web video production– $

$2K: Of the following creatively-named food brands which is the only one that DOESN’T include a MISSPELLED English word?

A: FROOT LOOPS
B: Kool-Aid
C: CHEEZ-IT
D: Minute Maid

Minute Maid– $

$3K: A recent study found that due to bacteria getting sucked into the lungs, people who DON’T get regular dental checkups are 86% more likely to contract what?

A: Malaria
B: Hepatitis
C: Gastritis
D: Pneumonia

Pneumonia– $

$5K: Born Thomas DeCarlo Burton, what singer says his unusual stage name stems from an abbrev. of his middle name?

A: 50 Cent
B: CeeLo Green
C: Dr. Dre
D: Drake

CeeLo Green– $

$7K: Slate.com ran the headline “50.Qh6+!!” to recap the thrilling conclusion of what ’16 event decided by a special head-to-head tiebreaker match?

A: Westminster Dog Show
B: World Series of Poker
C: Masters Golf Tournament
D: World Chess Championship

AtA

A: 7%
B: 14%
C: 6%
D: 73%

World Chess Championship– $

QotD: Which of the following pairs of terms refer to the exact same plant, but at different stages during its development?
A: Parsley & mint
B: Cilantro & coriander
C: Basil & chives
D: Dill & sage

$10K: Symbolizing the beauty & honor of a short life, what flower was often emblazoned on the planes of Japanese kamikaze pilots in WWII?

A: Orchid
B: Cherry blossom
C: Sunflower
D: Daisy

Cherry blossom– $

To Come Back: Turning 91 last yr., what well-known TV host once worked as a pimp, managing a bordello business in France in the ’50s?

A: Larry King
B: Regis Philbin
C: James Lipton
D: Jerry Springer

James Lipton– $

“Millionaire” 2/26/18

Dea Abruzzo (Mar Vista, CA)

$500: A recent study found that driving w/ what in your car’s 12 times more distracting than talking on a cellphone?

A: Spare tire
B: Air freshener
C: Groceries
D: Kids

Kids– $

$1K: When General MacArthur famously uttered the phrase “I shall return” in 1942 he was promising to go back to where?

A: Cali
B: The future
C: The Philippines
D: Bed

The Philippines– $

$2K: In showbiz slang the electrician who works on a set is fittingly known as what?

A: Teapot
B: Juicer
C: Waffle maker
D: Wok

Juicer– $

$3K: They say you SHOULDN’T date people from work, but in ’15 Gwen Stefani started dating which of her costars on “the Voice”?

A: Carson Daly
B: Blake Shelton
C: Adam Levine
D: Usher

AtA

A: 2%
B: 94%
C:  4%

Blake– $

$5K: “I don’t have an ante meridiem chronotype” is a more scientific way of saying what?

A: “I don’t like Mondays”
B: “I try not to live in the past”
C: “I’m not a morning person”
D: “I’m not getting any younger”

“I’m not a morning person”– $

$7K: Though born over 400yrs before The Art of the Deal was published what Dutch colonial governor was said to have bought Manhattan for a mere 60 guilders?

A: John Rolfe
B: Roger Williams
C: Peter Minuit
D: Myles Standish

Minuit– $

$10K: The flag for which of the following nations is made up of more than just two colors?

A: Sweden
B: Greece
C: Indonesia
D: South Africa

+1 (Mark)
South Africa– $

$20K: Acc. to a USDA report in 2016 more than 85% of the country’s domestic population of ALL BUT which of these crops was grown in CA?

A: Avocados
B: Grapes
C: Pears
D: Strawberries

Pears– $

$30K: In which classic Disney film did the prince character NOT have a name, but instead was called simply “The Prince”?

A: “Cinderella”
B: “Sleeping Beauty”
C: “The Little Mermaid”
D: “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”

LCLS– “SLEEPING BEAUTY” & “SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS”
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”– $

$50K: Which of these statements about a world leader’s true?

A: Kenya’s president is named Kenyatta
B: Peru’s president is named Peruva
C: Yemen’s president is named Yementi
D: Fiji’s president is named Fijimoto

FA: Fiji’s president is named Fijimoto (A: Kenya’s president is named Kenyatta)

QotD: Tied for the tallest player in NBA history, 7’7″ Manute Bol was slightly shorter than what feature on the Statue of Liberty?
A: Right arm
B: Eye
C: Tablet
D: Index finger

Thousandaire: Lexington
Often bred for their hypoallergenic qualities the many varieties of poodle crossbreeds incl. ALL BUT which of the following?
A: Cavapoo
B: Saint Berdoodle
C: Yankeedoodle
D: Poochon

FA: Cavapoo (A: Yankeedoodle)

“Millionaire” 11/30/15

Ron Colonna (East Windsor, NJ)
+1: Christine (mom)

$500: What common automobile feature was believed to have debuted in 1911 at the first Indy 500, allowing the winning driver to keep other cars in sight?

A: Airbags
B: Rear-view mirror
C: Satellite radio
D: Seat warmers

Rear-view mirror– $

$1K: Michelangelo’s “The Creation of Adam” has been the subject of religious debate for centuries because the Sistine Chapel painting depicted Adam w/ what feature?

A: Tattoo
B: Giant beer gut
C: Nostril piercing
D: Navel

Navel– $

$2K: Assembling at the annual BrickCon convention, classic toy fans calling themselves “AFOLs” are also known as what?

A: Animal Friends of “Lassie”
B: Adult Fans of LEGO
C: Artists of Flowers on Lite-Brite
D: Agile Freaks on Lionel Trains

Adult Fans of LEGO– $

$3K: When President Obama sent his first tweet using the handle @POTUS, who responded “Does that username stay with the office? #askingforafriend”?

A: John Kerry
B: Condoleeza Rice
C: Bill Clinton
D: Sonia Sotomayor

Clinton– $

$5K: Acc. to Emily Post couples should send thank you notes for wedding gifts no later than how long after receiving ’em?

A: One day
B: Two wks.
C: Three months
D: Four yrs.

AtA

A&D: 2% EACH
B: 39%
C: 57%

Three months– $

$7K: While Michael Keaton ended up getting the part, Tim Burton orig. wanted Sammy Davis, Jr. to play the title role in what film?

A: “BATMAN”
B: “Mr. Mom”
C: “Edward Scissorhands”
D: “Beetlejuice”

“Beetlejuice”– $

$10K: A BBC documentary showed dolphins engaging in “apparent recreational drug use” by ingesting neurotoxins given off by what?

A: Sea turtles
B: Pufferfish
C: Horseshoe crabs
D: Giant squid

Pufferfish– $

$20K: ALL BUT which of these music artists have had a Top 10 Billboard hit w/ a song titled “Crazy”?

A: Kelly Clarkson
B: Seal
C: Patsy Cline
D: Gnarls Barkley

50:50– KELLY CLARKSON & PATSY CLINE
Kelly– $

$30K: The old “Red, White and Blue” can actually refer to ANY BUT which of the following countries’ flags as they ALL consist of just those colors?

A: Norway
B: South Korea
C: Chile
D: Australia

+1
FA: WALKED (A: South Korea)

QotD: Seeking customers w/ a sense of humor, what bank in MO is named after the funny-sounding town where it’s located?
A: Unlocked Bank
B: Hell Bank
C: Tightwad Bank
D: Illegal Bank

Thousandaire: Sophia Gattenbean
They may appear tranquil but Yellowstone’s website warns that what animals “can be aggressive, are agile, and can run up to 30 mph”?
A: Alligators
B: Sheep
C: Otters
D: Bison

FA: Bison

“Millionaire” 2/19/16- LOST EP.

Blake Leeper (Chula Vista, CA)(Shriner’s Hospitals for Children)
+1: Hunter Woodall

$500: The American Chemical Society says the foaming agent sodium lauryl sulfate is the reason why orange juice tastes HORRIBLE right after you’ve done what?

A: Put on deodorant
B: Cut your toenails
C: Brushed your teeth
D: Trimmed your nose hair

Brushed teeth– $

$1K: Though your winnings AREN’T paid in pork products the Hoosier Lottery recently introduced an aromatic scratch-off ticket called what?

A: Cock-a-Doodle Dough!
B: Bringin’ Home the Bacon
C: Mega Moooo-lah
D: Goat Big or Goat Home

Bringin’ Home the Bacon– $

$2K: When Apple’s Beats 1 service was released in ’15 the media dubbed it a what?

A: skype killer
B: Snapchat killer
C: Spotify killer
D: tinder killer

Spotify killer– $

$3K: Despite what you might have seen in cartoons what does WebMD say you should NEVER give to your cat since most full-grown ones are lactose-intolerant?

A: Milk
B: Vegetables
C: Fish
D: Chicken

Milk– $

$5K: What superhero’s alter-ego shared his first name w/ a candy bar brand & his last name w/ a cigarette brand?

A: “BATMAN”
B: “Spider-Man”
C: “IRON MAN”
D: “SUPERMAN”

AtA

A: 6%
B: 9%
C: 12%
D: 73%

“SUPERMAN”– $

$7K: Prompting many to wonder who John Stephens & Lonnie Lynn were, the Academy used whose birth names when awarding the ’15 OSCAR for Best Original Song?

A: Mos Def & Usher
B: will.i.am & Fergie
C: John Legend & Common
D: Ludacris & Macklemore

John Legend & Common– $

$10K: What was the first word of the first verse in the first book of the King James Bible?

A: Adjective
B: Verb
C: Proper noun
D: Preposition

OUT OF HELPS– ADJECTIVE & PREPOSITION
Preposition– $

$20K: On its reverse side which of the following bills DOESN’T depict an actual building in Washington, D.C.?

A: $1
B: $5
C: $10
D: $20

BAILED FOR SOME STRANGE REASON (A: $1)

Thousandaire for Blake & Hunter: Literally meaning “daddy’s beard”, “barbe a papa” is French for what?
A: Corn dog
B: Fried dough
C: Cotton candy
D: Bubblegum

FA: Cotton candy

“Millionaire” 11/27/15

$30K: W/ its 30 teams playing 162 games against each other how many individual games are played in a single season of MLB?

A: 1210
B: 2430
C: 4860
D: 5670

2430– $

$50K: Which of the following often-quoted movie lines was the only one that was actually quoted correctly?

A: “Luke, I am your father.”
B: “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”
C: “Mrs. Robinson, are you trying to seduce me?”
D: “We’re gonna need a bigger boat.”

FA: “We’re gonna need a bigger boat.” (A: “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”)

Chris Duffy (Queens)

$500: Calling to mind a slightly-more famous publication what actual magazine orig. as an advertising medium for Canadian cattle breeders?

A: N-ews-week
B: Goats Illustrated
C: Cowsmopolitan
D: Good Mousekeeping

Cowsmopolitan– $

$1K: Boating a guest verse from Dr. Dre what classic ’90s R&B hit feat. Blackstreet singing “I like the way you work it”?

A: “No Diggity”
B: “Hardly Any Diggity”
C: “A Fair Amount of Diggity”
D: “An Overwhelming Surplus of Diggity”

“No Diggity”– $

$2K: Feat. on BusinessInsider.com a survey to determine the most popular pizza topping in each state found that the top choice in every single state was what?

A: Sausage
B: Pepperoni
C: Mushrooms
D: Anchovies

Pepperoni– $

$3K: Which of these slang terms is used to describe a particular vast rural area located mainly in the Appalachian region?

A: Floregon
B: Pennsyltucky
C: Texakota
D: Michikansas

Pennsyltucky– $

$5K: Telling him “I’m now giving you a license to save” the UN’s Ban Ki-Moon recently named whom as the first global advocate for mine elimination?

A: Brad Pitt
B: Matt Damon
C: Daniel Craig
D: Chris Hemsworth

Daniel Craig– $

$7K: Fittingly written in perfect poetic meter what author’s will simply stated “My Chest of Books divide among my friends”?

A: John Keats
B: Mark Twain
C: Charles Dickens
D: Leo Tolstoy

Keats– $

$10K: NOT incl. the word “the”, when referred to by their full titles which of the following pairs of well-known organizations share a word in their names?

A: IBM & BBC
B: CDC & CNN
C: NASCAR & NYSE
D: FEMA & NAACP

AtA

A: 3%
B: 46%
C: 42%
D: 9%

CDC & CNN– AUDIENCED OUT

QotD: An icon himself, whose silhouette’s used for the “artists” icon in the Apple iPhone music app?
A: Sting
B: Bruce Springsteen
C: Bono
D: Paul McCartney

Thousandaire: Arianna Johnson
A breakfast staple dating back centuries, which of the following got its name from an old German word for “bracelet”?
A: Bagel
B: Waffle
C: Biscuit
D: Pop-Tart

FA: Waffle (A: Bagel)

“Millionaire” 11/26/15

$100K: Which of the following’s the ONLY pair of people who were ever BOTH alive at the same time?

A: Charlie Chaplin & Pharrell
B: JFK & J.K. Rowling
C: Pablo Picasso & James Franco
D: Johnny Carson & Honey Boo-Boo

FINAL LL
FA: JFK & J.K. Rowling (A: Charlie Chaplin & Pharrell)

Reshan Richards (Nutley, NJ)
+1: Wife Jennifer

$500: Which of the following refers to the child of a Jackson 5 band member & NOT to a way you might address a member of royalty?

A: Your highness
B: My lord
C: Your grace
D: Jermajesty

AtA RIGHT OFF THE TOP

A&C: 5% EACH
B: 10%
D: 80%

Jermajesty– $

$1K: Allergies bothering you? You can thank city planners, who often avoid planting female trees that produce fruit in favor of male trees that release what?

A: Cat dancer
B: Peanuts
C: Pollen
D: Shellfish

Pollen– $

$2K: Said to have gotten its name after a woman overheard the famous golfer order it at a bar an Arnold Palmer’s made by adding what to lemonade?

A: Coca-Cola
B: TABASCO
C: Iced tea
D: Coffee

Iced tea– $

$3K: Its title a reference to the Gershwin music featured in the co.’s commercial, Rhapsody is a star-studded new literary journal offered where?

A: United Airlines flights
B: Jiffy Lube waiting areas
C: Holiday Inn hotel lobbies
D: STARBUCKS bathrooms

United flights– $

$5K: SCABBLE mavens will have to come up w/ a new strategy when playing in what language where the “z” in words like “ziemia” are only worth 1pt?

A: Polish
B: Italian
C: Swedish
D: Welsh

50:50– POLISH & WELSH
Polish– $

$7K: To honor their homegrown talent Canada Post recently released a series of stamps feat. ALL BUT which of the following comedians?

A: Martin Short
B: Mike Myers
C: Steve Martin
D: Jim Carrey

+1
Steve Martin– $

QotD: Which of these companies’ corporate logos was based on one of its founders’ tattoos?
A: Arby’s
B: TARGET
C: chili’s
D: macy’s

$10K: If you’ve seen in it The Met then you likely know that which of these paintings is over 21ft wide & larger than the other three combined?

A: “The Starry Night”
B: “Girl with a Pearl Earring”
C: “The Mona Lisa”
D: “Washington Crossing the Delaware”

“Washington Crossing the Delaware”– $

To Continue to Next Ep.: Taking travelers from sea to shining sea I-90 connects Seattle to Boston traveling through ALL BUT which of these cities?

A: Sioux Falls
B: Provo
C: Chicago
D: Albany

Provo– $

“Millionaire” 11/25/15

Brennan Mulligan (feminist superhero comic book writer in Hell’s Kitchen, NY)
+1: Godfather Stewart Wolpin

$500: Once used to refer to the inspection of racehorses by animal doctors, what term describes the background checks political candidates undergo?

A: Vetting
B: Dentisting
C: Podiatristing
D: Otolaryngologisting

Vetting– $

$1K: Owning brands such as Ray-Ban & Oakley the massive Luxottica corporation has come under fire for using its near-monopoly to keep prices high on what?

A: Handbags
B: Glasses
C: Sportscars
D: Exotic pets

Glasses– $

$2K: Though it sounds like a little kid’s pronunciation which of these was once an accepted way of spelling a certain Shakespeare comedy?

A: “Fiff Night”
B: “Ninfe Night”
C: “Twelfe Night”
D: “‘This Many’ Nights”

“Twelfe Night”– $

$3K: Acc. to Carol Spinney what beloved character was invited on the ’86 Challenger mission but DIDN’T go because the costume was too large?

A: Big Bird
B: Ronald McDonald
C: Tinky-Winky
D: Winnie the Pooh

Big Bird– $

$5K: Made for those who like their drinks BOTH cold & spicy hot Rogue Ales recently used what beer brewed w/ a popular Thai chili sauce?

A: Cholula Hot Porter
B: Tapatio Hot Hefeweizen
C: Tabasco Hot Pilsner
D: Sriracha Hot Stout

Sriracha Hot Stout– $

$7K: A doctor would likely say you’ve got a mild case of obdormition followed by paraesthesia if you visited him w/ complaints about your what?

A: Eyes that keep twitching
B: Shoulder that throbs painfully
C: Leg that falls asleep
D: Stomach that grows loudly

50:50 & AtA– LEG THAT FALLS ASLEEP (74%) OVER SHOULDER THAT THROBS PAINFULLY
Leg that falls asleep– $

$10K: Adopting its subject’s alias for its title the ’14 OSCAR-winning documentary “Citizenfour” was about what CONTROVERSIAL person?

A: Glenn Beck
B: Donald Rumsfeld
C: David Miscavige
D: Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden– $

$20K: What two cities which have BOTH held the Games since were set to host the 1940 & ’44 Summer Olympics until they were CANCELED due to the war?

A: Paris & NYC
B: Tokyo & London
C: Moscow & Toronto
D: Buenos Aires & Barcelona

Tokyo & London– $

$30K: Acc. to the U.S. Census Bureau, after English the language most commonly spoken in HI is what?

A: French
B: Tagalog
C: Yupik
D: Korean

Tagalog– $

QotD: Acc. to Real Simple you can get a bottle of flat champagne to regain some of its carbonation by dropping what into it?
A: Kosher salt
B: A pinch of rice
C: An almond
D: A raisin

$50K: Among its many responsibilities the FDA’s charged w/ “assuring the safety, efficacy and security” of ALL BUT which of the following?

A: Child safety seats
B: Cosmetics
C: Vaccines
D: Medical devices

Child safety seats– $

“Millionaire” 11/24/15

$7K: Though new international food safety measures have made deaths rare, what disease’s considered 100% FATAL once it enters the human brain?

A: Botulism
B: E. coli
C: Mad cow disease
D: Salmonella

50:50– BOTULISM & MAD COW DISEASE
Mad cow disease– $

$10K: If Disney’s “Snow White” was made in the same language as the fairytale on which it was based the heroine’s name would be what?

A: Schneewittchen
B: Snovit
C: Blanche Neige
D: Belosnezhka

AtA

A: 27%
B: 30%
C: 34%
D: 9%

Blanche Neige– AUDIENCED OUT (A: Schneewittchen)

Alex Jeffrey (Columbia, MD)

$500: Though it’s only true under laboratory conditions most Purell bottles claim that the hand sanitizer kills what amt. of germs?

A: “Barely Any”
B: “One or two”
C: “A Few Here and There”
D: “99.99%”

“99.99%”– $

$1K: W/ the owners hoping someone would make an “offer they couldn’t refuse”, in ’14 the Staten Island home featured in what movie was put on the market?

A: “ROCKY”
B: “The Exorcist”
C: “The Godfather”
D: “Chinatown”

“The Godfather”– $

$2K: Warning that if you go any darker “you run the risk of looking like Groucho Marx”, Cosmopolitan said you should match what to the color of your roots?

A: Your shoes
B: Your lips
C: Your fingernails
D: Your eyebrows

Eyebrows– $

$3K: A ’12 SUPERMAN comic book feat. a guest appearance by Neil deGrasse Tyson, who helped the “Man of Steel” do what?

A: Land an out-of-control airplane
B: Design a new cape
C: Locate his home planet
D: Bake a wedding cake

Locate his home planet– $

$5K: Fittingly the letters in what material’s name can be rearranged into a word that Merriam-Webster defines as meaning “increases in size, range or amount”?

A: Polyester
B: Rayon
C: Keviar
D: Spandex

Spandex– $

$7K: To solve a mystery that has plagued art historians for over a century researchers are using 3-D printers to try & determine what was once held by what statue?

A: Christ the Redeemer
B: The Thinker
C: Michelangelo’s Moses
D: Venus de Milo

Venus de Milo– $

$10K: W/ ALL its space shuttles RETIRED NASA’s now requiring ALL future U.S. astronauts to learn what foreign language?

A: Chinese
B: Russian
C: Hindu
D: Japanese

Russian– $

$20K: Though it’s NOT clear if anyone in the band had ever set foot there, in ’75 Led Zeppelin released a song named after what region bordering Pakistan?

A: Burma
B: Tibet
C: Kashmir
D: Bhutan

Kashmir– $

$30K: BOTH serving in the 20th C., what was the only surname shared by a U.S. President & U.K. PM?

A: Kennedy
B: Wilson
C: Coolidge
D: Carter

+1 (Marcus)
Wilson– $

QotD: Way more dangerous than your expired mayo, vials of what eradicated disease were found sitting in an unsecured FDA refrigerator in ’14?
A: Hepatitis
B: Tuberculosis
C: Smallpox
D: Rubella

$50K: Now having many applications outside of food the pH scale was invented in a laboratory that focused specifically on making tastier what?

A: Cheese
B: Beer
C: Soup
D: Applesauce

LAST TWO LLs

A: 10% (LEFT)
B: 75% (LEFT)
C: 6%
D: 9%

FA: WALKED (audience was correct)

“Millionaire” 11/23/15

Caitlyn McDougall (Buffalo)
+1: Rob Katz

$500: In which of his hits did Frank Sinatra sing of traveling each & every highway & carefully charting the byway, albeit NOT in a shy way?

A: “My Way”
B: “Love and Marriage”
C: “Come Fly With Me”
D: “Strangers in the Night”

“My Way”– $

$1K: What long-running TV show spiced things up recently by feat. hunky prize models Robert Scott Wilson & James O’Halloran?

A: “60 MINUTES”
B: “The Price is Right”
C: “Meet the Press”
D: “Judge Judy”

“Price”– $

$2K: Vowing only to enter property for the protection of people & their possessions, what profession abides by what’s known as the Baldomeric Oath?

A: Locksmith
B: Plumber
C: Real estate broker
D: Cat burglar

50:50– LOCKSMITH & REAL ESTATE BROKER
Locksmith– $

$3K: Able to measure the glucose levels in wearers’ tears, Google recently announced the development of smart contact lenses designed to assist whom?

A: Epileptics
B: Insomniacs
C: Hemophiliacs
D: Diabetics

Diabetics– $

$5K: The Oxford Companion to Sugar and Sweets credited 19th C. NYC immigrants w/ developing the I.C. flavor Tutti Frutti, which’s Italian for what?

A: Seedless fruits
B: Sour fruits
C: All fruits
D: Red fruits

All fruits– $

$7K: In ’15 NETFLIX began adding audio descriptions to select shows to aid the visually-impaired, fittingly starting w/ what series feat. a blind lead character?

A: “Bloodline”
B: “Daredevil”
C: “Orange is the New Black”
D: “House of Cards”

AtA

A: 5%
B: 69%
C: 10%
D: 16%

“Daredevil”– $

$10K: A brand you’re probably wearing right now, Tokyo’s YKK was recently ordered to pay a multimillion-dollar fine for operating a what?

A: Deodorant monopoly
B: Zipper cartel
C: Disposable contact lens ring
D: Tube sock pyramid scheme

Zipper cartel– $

$20K: Having once said her “dream job” was to be NFL Commissioner which former Cabinet member was on the College Football Playoff Selection Committee?

A: Madeleine Albright
B: Janet Reno
C: Condoleeza Rice
D: Hillary Clinton

FINAL LL
Condoleeza– $

$30K: The name of a present-day city, what Canadian famously discovered in AK in 1880?

A: William Anchorage
B: Pierre Fairbanks
C: Joseph Juneau
D: Kenneth Kodiak

FA: BAILOUT (A: Juneau)

Holly Gray (LOU)

$500: Blame it on your smartphone- acc. to the Huffington Post ALL BUT which of the following are “things you can’t remember anymore thanks to technology”?

A: How to give directions
B: How to tie your shoes
C: How to write a check
D: Phone numbers

How to tie your shoes– $

$1K: Increased aerodynamic efficiency’s commonly cited as a reason why many pro male cyclists do what?

A: Wear bras
B: Use blush
C: Shave their legs
D: Get hair extensions

Shave legs– $

$2K: “The Second Time Around”, “Is 35 the Magic Number?” & “Hot Tubs and Saunas” were ALL found in what health-related book’s table of contents?

A: Gray’s Anatomy
B: The Oxford Dictionary of Psychology
C: What to Expect When You’re Expecting
D: Acne for Dummies

What to Expect When You’re Expecting– $

QotD: Before indoor plumbing & widespread literacy outhouse doors typically had cutouts of what shapes to distinguish the men’s from the women’s?
A: Suit & dress
B: Sun & moon
C: Sword & chalice
D: Stag & cow

$3K: Although it’s been in use since at least the ’70s, in ’06 Walmart tried unsuccessfully to claim that it owned the rights to which of the following?

A: The letter W
B: The “&” symbol
C: The smiley face symbol
D: The phrase “Cleanup in Aisle 7”

Smiley face– $

$5K: Sharing his name w/ Steve Carell’s character on “The Office” who became Apple’s 1st CEO when Steve Jobs & Steve Wozniak founded the co.?

A: Jim Halpert
B: Dwight Schrute
C: Toby Flenderson
D: Michael Scott

Michael Scott– $