Ashley Durkin
De Soto, KS
Ashley served in the Navy for 6 years.
$500: With only about 1,400 accepted each year, 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 third cousin on their mother's side
C - the Vice President of the United States
D - one of the actors in "Top Gun"
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Answer: C (the Vice President of the United States)
$1000: Musicians like Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen often use a hands-free neck device called a holder or rack so they can play what simultaneously with the guitar?
A - the harmonica
B - the triangle
C - the maracas
D - ping-pong
Ashley is
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a harmonica connoisseur
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Answer: A (the harmonica)
$2000: In the wake of a slew of fashion designers pledging to stop using it, in 2018 San Francisco became the first major U.S. city to officially ban the sale of what?
A - real animal fur
B - deodorant
C - birth control
D - mayonnaise
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Answer: A (real animal fur)
$3000: Which of these is not a type of massage, nor a brand of car NOR another word for harakiri, but rather a puzzle where you insert numbers into a grid?
A - subaru
B - shiatsu
C - seppuku
D - sudoku
Ashley doesn't know what harakiri is but she does know that
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sudoku is a puzzle that she's bad at
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Answer: D (sudoku)
$5000: 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
When Ashley was in the service she confused Uruguay & Paraguay.
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Answer: D (Australia & Austria)
$7000: Which pair of "H" names are the first name of boxing great "Macho" Camacho and a great Trojan warrior of myth, respectively?
A - Hórace and Horace
B - Héctor and Hector
C - Hérmes and Hermes
D - Hómer and Homer
Ashley is not savvy on boxers or the Trojan War. She is going to ask the audience.
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Ask the Audience results:
A - 8%
B - 61%
C - 23%
D - 8%
A - 8%
B - 61%
C - 23%
D - 8%
That's where Ashley was leaning.
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Answer: B (Héctor and Hector)
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For three years she was a radar signal analyst on a ship off the coast of Italy; she was also a cryptologic analyst.
$10,000: 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
She was originally excited to see "Roman" but then not so much. She knows
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I and X are Roman numerals
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Answer: D (MIX CIVIL LID)
$20,000: Rarely occurring in the continental U.S., but prevalent in Latin America, Puerto Rico and parts of Asia, dengue is transmitted by what?
A - mosquitoes
B - unclean drinking water
C - kissing
D - dog bites
Ashley says
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mosquitoes are the worst vector for everything, with unclean water a close second
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Puerto Rico would have had clean drinking water before the hurricane
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A
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Answer: A (mosquitoes)
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Next week the winner of the 4-day Disney cruise will be announced.
Ashley is now a veterinary technician and would use the money to invest in research for canine prosthetics; her dog lost one of its front legs.
$30,000: In "Anchorman," what fictional TV station is home to legendary newscaster Ron Burgundy?
A - KVWN
B - KBBL
C - WPBH
D - WQHG
Ashley doesn't know any of these; all she knows is "San Diego" (pronounced with an exaggerated accent). She decides to use her 50:50.
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"50:50 results": A & C
The one she thought it might be is no longer there. It's heartbreaking but she thinks she has to walk away.
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Answer: A (KVWN)
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MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": 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
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Answer: B (Alberta)
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