Transcript 4/22/2016 - Matt Zazzarino (carryover)
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2016 8:01 am
Matt Zazzarino
Matt wants to write a book. He heard about Millionaire from his girlfriend, who heard about it from her mother. But it was his girlfriend's sister who orchestrated the whole thing because she wanted to meet Chris Harrison. She's in the audience and gets her chance. Matt has banked $7,000 but he has no lifelines remaining.
$10,000: What president started the tradition of leaving notes to his successor, penning a message that included the line, "I'll miss our Thursday lunches"?
A - Harry Truman
B - Herbert Hoover
C - Lyndon Johnson
D - Ronald Reagan
Matt doesn't know but he looks at who these presidents' successors were. He doesn't know who Hoover's successor was.
$20,000: According to the "pyramid of numbers" developed by ecologist Charles Elton, as you go up the food chain, the animals are larger in size, and what?
A - they live shorter lives
B - they consume less energy
C - there are fewer of them
D - they have smaller habitats.
Mat says it can't be.
$30,000: Introducing her at the 2015 Country Music Awards, Kelly Clarkson said of what legend, "I have the coolest mother-in-law and you all can suck it"?
A - Reba McEntire
B - Naomi Judd
C - Emmylou Harris
D - Faith Hill
Matt says he would need to know who her father was and who he married. He doesn't know, so he walks away.
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Matt wants to write a book. He heard about Millionaire from his girlfriend, who heard about it from her mother. But it was his girlfriend's sister who orchestrated the whole thing because she wanted to meet Chris Harrison. She's in the audience and gets her chance. Matt has banked $7,000 but he has no lifelines remaining.
$10,000: What president started the tradition of leaving notes to his successor, penning a message that included the line, "I'll miss our Thursday lunches"?
A - Harry Truman
B - Herbert Hoover
C - Lyndon Johnson
D - Ronald Reagan
Matt doesn't know but he looks at who these presidents' successors were. He doesn't know who Hoover's successor was.
Spoiler
Answer: D (Ronald Reagan)
A - they live shorter lives
B - they consume less energy
C - there are fewer of them
D - they have smaller habitats.
Mat says it can't be
Spoiler
B or D; A is plausible but bears live longer than mice
Spoiler
Answer: C (there are fewer of them)
A - Reba McEntire
B - Naomi Judd
C - Emmylou Harris
D - Faith Hill
Matt says he would need to know who her father was and who he married. He doesn't know, so he walks away.
Spoiler
Answer: A (Reba McEntire)