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Kira Kazantsev
Manhattan, NY
Miss America 2015 and former goodwill ambassador for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals

All of Kira’s winnings will go to the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

Kira’s Plus one is Kirsten Haglund, Miss America 2008.

$500 In what animal beauty pageant do entrants score points with the judges by having long legs, a solid torso and ample production of fresh dairy?
A. Miss Homing Pigeon
B. Miss Milk Cow
C. Miss Welsh Corgi
D. Mess Teen Crocodile

Spoiler

B. Miss Milk Cow

$1K Someone who is gullible is often said to have “just fallen off” what vegetable-related conveyance?
A. The turnip truck
B. The green bean rickshaw
C. The asparagus all-terrain vehicle
D. The squash lunar lander

ATA

ATA results

85% A. The turnip truck
5% B. The green bean rickshaw
6% C. The asparagus all-terrain vehicle
4% D. The squash lunar lander

Spoiler

A. The turnip truck

$2K Said to be inspired by a real-life answer in an actual beauty pageant, in “Miss Congeniality,” Miss Rhode Island answers “April 25th” when asked what?
A. “Where would you most like to travel?”
B. “Who is your role model?”
C. “Describe your perfect date.”
D. “Tell us your greatest weakness.”

Spoiler

C. “Describe your perfect date.”

commercial break

$3K By definition, when would you drink an alcoholic beverage called a digestif?
A. During a sunrise
B. While watching TV
C. In the middle of exercising
D. After a meal

Spoiler

D. After a meal

$5K “Zayn leaving… literally ripped a part of my soul away from me” was one of many tweets posted when Zayn Malik announced he was leaving what band?
A. Maroon 5
B. One Direction
C. Imagine Dragons
D. Mumford & Sons

Spoiler

B. One Direction

$7K Which of the following NFL teams doesn’t play its home games in its home city, and technically doesn’t even play them in its home state?
A. Indianapolis Colts
B. St. Louis Rams
C. New York Giants
D. Kansas City Chiefs

Spoiler

C. New York Giants

$10K Native speakers of which of these languages generally say “pronto” when answering the phone?
A. German
B. Italian
C. French
D. Greek

Spoiler

B. Italian

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$20K Found in the tropics of Africa and Sri Lanka, Rhipsalis baccifera is the only naturally occurring what to exist outside of the Americas?
A. Cactus
B. Olive tree
C. Mushroom
D. Root vegetable

50/50

50/50 leaves

A. Cactus
C. Mushroom

+1

Kirsten says her gut feeling is

Spoiler

cactus.

Spoiler

A. Cactus

commercial break

QOTD
(Question read by CMN Hospitals patient ambassador Nate.)
What gaseous element makes up about 70 percent of the mass of the Sun?
A. Oxygen
B. Helium
C. Neon
D. Hydrogen

Spoiler

D. Hydrogen

$30K Taking his real last name and spelling it backwards, Dr. Seuss wrote a number of books using what surname?
A. Klop
B. Von Itsu
C. LeSieg
D. Du Atra

Kira decides to walk.

Spoiler

C. LeSieg
Kira wins $20K for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

end of show

7K: Only sense-maker is C but I'd ATA to be surer

20K: By elimination (olive trees are mideast, mushrooms are everywhere, there are other root veggies, such as carrots, than potatoes) has to be cactus.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Kira Kazantsev
Manhattan, NY
Miss America 2015 and former goodwill ambassador for Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals

All of Kira’s winnings will go to the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

Kira’s Plus one is Kirsten Haglund, Miss America 2008.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$1K Someone who is gullible is often said to have “just fallen off” what vegetable-related conveyance?
A. The turnip truck
B. The green bean rickshaw
C. The asparagus all-terrain vehicle
D. The squash lunar lander

ATA

ATA results

85% A. The turnip truck
5% B. The green bean rickshaw
6% C. The asparagus all-terrain vehicle
4% D. The squash lunar lander

Spoiler

A. The turnip truck

Has she never heard the expression "just fell off the turnip truck"?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$20K Found in the tropics of Africa and Sri Lanka, Rhipsalis baccifera is the only naturally occurring what to exist outside of the Americas?
A. Cactus
B. Olive tree
C. Mushroom
D. Root vegetable

50/50

50/50 leaves

A. Cactus
C. Mushroom

+1

Kirsten says her gut feeling is

Spoiler

cactus.

Spoiler

A. Cactus

Kira originally said that she knew that there were mushrooms in Russia, so why would she would have to use 2 lifelines on this one?

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$30K Taking his real last name and spelling it backwards, Dr. Seuss wrote a number of books using what surname?
A. Klop
B. Von Itsu
C. LeSieg
D. Du Atra

Kira decides to walk.

Spoiler

C. LeSieg
Kira wins $20K for the Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals.

Theodore Geisel. I guess she didn't know that.

$5K “Zayn leaving… literally ripped a part of my soul away from me” was one of many tweets posted when Zayn Malik announced he was leaving what band?
A. Maroon 5
B. One Direction
C. Imagine Dragons
D. Mumford & Sons

Spoiler

B. One Direction

ATA