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Harsh Jain
Jersey City, NJ

No chit-chat.

Question #1:
Named for a famous literary character, what feature of women's fashion was popularized when actress Maude Adams cross-dressed for a play in 1905?
A - Oliver Twist cardigan
B - Peter Pan collar
C - Paul Bunyan pencil skirt
D - Long John Silver long johns

Harsh says

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it doesn't look like Long John Silver long johns, nor does it look like Peter Pan collar

. He's not 100% sure so he decides to jump the question.

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Answer: B (Peter Pan collar)
Value: $2,000 (jumped)
Bank: $0

Question #2:
Given the birth dates of Lincoln and FDR, one could argue that the best presidents are born under what sign in the standard zodiac?
A - Aquarius
B - Virgo
C - Gemini
D - Scorpio

Harsh is not a history buff - he wasn't a fan growing up. He asks the audience.

Ask the Audience results

A - 58%
B - 11%
C - 16%
D - 15%

That's a number Harsh can live with.

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Answer: A (Aquarius)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $15,000

commercial break

Question #3:
Not surprising considering his body of work, which star is an alumnus of École Phillippe Gaulier clown school?
A - Sacha Baron Cohen
B - Daniel Day-Lewis
C - Terrence Howard
D - Ryan Reynolds

Clown school means that one should be funny.

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Answer: A (Sacha Baron Cohen)
Value: $25,000
Bank: $40,000

Question #4:
All but which of these is a correct way to refer to more than one octopus?
A - octopi
B - octopices
C - octopuses
D - octopodes

There's one that's jumping out at him and it's

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octopuses because he doesn't think there should be a second "s" after the first one

. He decides to use his +1, his older sister Janiqua. She says that

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B and D

are sticking out to her because she's never heard of

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octopodes

. She's about 75% sure of this but it's ultimately up to him. Since they're both unsure he's going to walk away.

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Answer: B (octopices)
Value: unrevealed
Bank: $20,000 (half the bank)

MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY":
Literally meaning "speak from the stomach," what word initially referred to people who summoned spirits from their belly?
A - buffoonery
B - clowning
C - troubadour
D - ventriloquism

Question of the Day answer

D (ventriloquism)

OK up to the octopus question. I doubt the audience would know, and unless my plus1 is a trivia nut, I use JTQ on this one.

Question #1:
Named for a famous literary character, what feature of women's fashion was popularized when actress Maude Adams cross-dressed for a play in 1905?
A - Oliver Twist cardigan
B - Peter Pan collar
C - Paul Bunyan pencil skirt
D - Long John Silver long johns

Harsh says

Spoiler

it doesn't look like Long John Silver long johns, nor does it look like Peter Pan collar

. He's not 100% sure so he decides to jump the question.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Peter Pan collar)
Value: $2,000 (jumped)
Bank: $0

A Peter Pan collar is the only real one. B, final answer.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Harsh Jain
Jersey City, NJ

No chit-chat.

I was pretty sure that Harsh wouldn't carry over - the show seems to be edited so as to prevent a weekend carryover. It was a matter of whether he'd lose or walk away.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #2:
Given the birth dates of Lincoln and FDR, one could argue that the best presidents are born under what sign in the standard zodiac?
A - Aquarius
B - Virgo
C - Gemini
D - Scorpio

Harsh is not a history buff - he wasn't a fan growing up. He asks the audience.

Ask the Audience results

A - 58%
B - 11%
C - 16%
D - 15%

That's a number Harsh can live with.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Aquarius)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $15,000

You don't have to be a history buff to know that Lincoln was born in February, so it's a matter of which sign of the zodiac covers February.

Nihil obstat®.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Question #2:
Given the birth dates of Lincoln and FDR, one could argue that the best presidents are born under what sign in the standard zodiac?
A - Aquarius
B - Virgo
C - Gemini
D - Scorpio

Harsh is not a history buff - he wasn't a fan growing up. He asks the audience.

Ask the Audience results

A - 58%
B - 11%
C - 16%
D - 15%

That's a number Harsh can live with.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Aquarius)
Value: $15,000
Bank: $15,000

You don't have to be a history buff to know that Lincoln was born in February, so it's a matter of which sign of the zodiac covers February.

Nihil obstat®.

That's how I got it. If Pisces had also been one of the choices, it would have been considerably harder.