Clemmons, NC
teacher
$500: With federal resources not what they used to be, in 1993 the Smithsonian Institution began asking visitors to do what, for the first time in its 147-year history?
A - feed tour guides scraps from their lunches
B - handle locking the place up at night
C - donate money
D - bring their own dinosaur bones
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Answer: C (donate money)
$1000: If milk is heated to 280 degrees for 2 seconds, then rapidly cooled, it will be 99.9% free of bacteria because it's just been what?
A - ultra-pasteurized
B - totes-dehydrated
C - pickled to the 10th power
D - supermega-offended
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Answer: A (ultra-pasteurized)
$2000: Which of the following is not one of the three supernatural beings found in the classic 1962 book (and 2018 movie) "A Wrinkle in Time"?
A - Mrs. Who
B - Mrs. Which
C - Mrs. Whatsit
D - Mrs. Whaaasuuuuup?
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Answer: D (Mrs. Whaaasuuuuup?)
$3000: Though it hopefully doesn't just constantly repeat the word "Nevermore" as it does in Edgar Alla Poe's famous poem, which of these birds can be trained to talk?
A - hummingbird
B - bald eagle
C - raven
D - falcon
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Answer: C (raven)
$5000: The first documented baby to have been born in Antarctica, Emilio Palma had a mother from what country -- the closest to Antarctica of these four?
A - Argentina
B - Colombia
C - Peru
D - Venezuela
Joni isn't afraid to admit what she's not good at, and that's geography. She wants to ask the audience.
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Ask the Audience results:
A - 48%
B - 11%
C - 27%
D - 14%
A - 48%
B - 11%
C - 27%
D - 14%
Joni doesn't want to burn through two lifelines and 48% is pretty strong, but she isn't sure so she calls on her +1, her father James. He knows
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Colombia and Venezuela are in the north and Peru isn't right either
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Answer: A (Argentina)
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Joni's husband of 10 years is in the military and currently deployed. She wants to have the money for when he retires from active duty.
$7000: As the sole person who's at least 21 years old, as of today, which of these celebrities is the only one who could legally play blackjack here in a Las Vegas casino?
A - Jaden Smith
B - Elle Fanning
C - Malia Obama
D - Kendall Jenner
Joni is pretty sure
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Malia Obama isn't 21 and doesn't think Jaden Smith is, nor Elle Fanning. She doesn't know anything about the Kardashians or Jenners
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"50:50 results": B & D
Joni guesses.
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Answer: D (Kendall Jenner)
$10,000: Which of these people is the most likely to be described as "risible"?
A - mountain climber
B - stand-up comedian
C - police officer
D - chef
Joni says these questions are harder than she thought they'd be. She says
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mountain climbers "rise", and stand-up comedians "rise" before the audience
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A and C
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C
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Answer: B (stand-up comedian)
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