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Tonya Matthews-Wal
Raleigh, NC

No chit-chat.

Question #1:
To ensure the perfect engagement ring selfie, Cosmopolitan says many brides-to-be are electing to undergo what kind of procedure?
A - hand lifts
B - toe shaving
C - butt implants
D - back tattoo removal

Spoiler

Answer: A (hand lifts)
Value: $5,000
Bank: $5,000

Question #2:
After he took Bitcoin payments for his album "Animal Ambition," The Wall Street Journal noted that what musician's name converted to about .0007 Bitcoins?
A - 50 Cent
B - Johnny Cash
C - CeeLo Green
D - Eddie Money

Tonya isn't very sure about this question. She does say that

Spoiler

"coin" makes her think of 50 Cent

. She thinks the audience will know so she asks them.

Ask the Audience results

A - 69%
B - 7%
C - 12%
D - 12%

That makes sense to her now.

Spoiler

Answer: A (50 Cent)
Value: $500
Bank: $5,500

Question #3:
Costing about $9000 each, IKEA famously sells what energy-producing products in their U.K. stores?
A - wind turbines
B - gasoline generators
C - solar panels
D - nuclear reactors

Tonya says that wind turbines and solar panels produce energy. She goes with

Spoiler

A

as her final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: C (solar panels)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

commercial break

MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY":
Which of these is an actual event at the Iowa State Fair?
A - Hog Makeover Contest
B - Hay Eating Contest
C - Decorated Diaper Contest
D - Sheep Square Dancing

Question of the Day answer

C (Decorated Diaper Contest)

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:[Question #3:
Costing about $9000 each, IKEA famously sells what energy-producing products in their U.K. stores?
A - wind turbines
B - gasoline generators
C - solar panels
D - nuclear reactors

Tonya says that wind turbines and solar panels produce energy. She goes with

Spoiler

A

as her final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: C (solar panels)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

A typical British homeowner should recoup his investment in just 338 years. Actually, IKEA's website says 8 years. And I used google.co.uk to find that out, and came across a Google doodle for Christoper Wren's birthday (it's already Monday in England).

So far, so good.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #2:
After he took Bitcoin payments for his album "Animal Ambition," The Wall Street Journal noted that what musician's name converted to about .0007 Bitcoins?
A - 50 Cent
B - Johnny Cash
C - CeeLo Green
D - Eddie Money

Tonya isn't very sure about this question. She does say that

Spoiler

"coin" makes her think of 50 Cent

. She thinks the audience will know so she asks them.

Ask the Audience results

A - 69%
B - 7%
C - 12%
D - 12%

That makes sense to her now.

Spoiler

Answer: A (50 Cent)
Value: $500
Bank: $5,500

Can the name convert to anything when it isn't proper English?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #3:
Costing about $9000 each, IKEA famously sells what energy-producing products in their U.K. stores?
A - wind turbines
B - gasoline generators
C - solar panels
D - nuclear reactors

Tonya says that wind turbines and solar panels produce energy. She goes with

Spoiler

A

as her final answer.

Spoiler

Answer: C (solar panels)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $1,000 (consolation prize)

IKEA famously sells this product? In the U.K.?

Unless they've got an early release of the Mr. Fusion, we can eliminate D. While I went with C as the most likely answer, I'd also have raised an objection that one couldn't really figure this out without knowing the rated power output of the product, since $9000 might buy a very high output gasoline generator or a low output wind turbine. And I'm afraid I've never heard of this famous product of theirs.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Tonya Matthews-Wal
Raleigh, NC

No chit-chat.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #2:
After he took Bitcoin payments for his album "Animal Ambition," The Wall Street Journal noted that what musician's name converted to about .0007 Bitcoins?
A - 50 Cent
B - Johnny Cash
C - CeeLo Green
D - Eddie Money

Tonya isn't very sure about this question. She does say that

Spoiler

"coin" makes her think of 50 Cent

. She thinks the audience will know so she asks them.

Ask the Audience results

A - 69%
B - 7%
C - 12%
D - 12%

That makes sense to her now.

Spoiler

Answer: A (50 Cent)
Value: $500
Bank: $5,500

$500 or .07 Bitcoin

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Tonya Matthews-Wal
Raleigh, NC

No chit-chat.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #2:
After he took Bitcoin payments for his album "Animal Ambition," The Wall Street Journal noted that what musician's name converted to about .0007 Bitcoins?
A - 50 Cent
B - Johnny Cash
C - CeeLo Green
D - Eddie Money

Tonya isn't very sure about this question. She does say that

Spoiler

"coin" makes her think of 50 Cent

. She thinks the audience will know so she asks them.

Ask the Audience results

A - 69%
B - 7%
C - 12%
D - 12%

That makes sense to her now.

Spoiler

Answer: A (50 Cent)
Value: $500
Bank: $5,500

$500 or .07 Bitcoin

Either that's an old conversion, or bitcoin is way more volatile than I thought. It currently (5 hours later) converts to 1.3 Bitcoin.