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Grace MacMillan
Derry, NH
teacher

$500: Using the border fence that separates the town as a net, for years Neco, Arizona famously played Neco, Mexico, in a game of what?
A - volleyball
B - golf
C - kickball
D - Chinese checkers

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Answer: A (volleyball)

$1000: Despite what you may have heard, the USDA says you can "shield" your food with a small sheet of what to prevent overcooking in the microwave?
A - aluminum foil
B - kryptonite
C - lead paint
D - enriched uranium

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Answer: A (aluminum foil)

$2000: During a visit to the Bavarian Alps in 2015, President Obama joked to the traditionally dressed locals, "I forgot to bring my" what?
A - dashiki
B - lederhosen
C - hakama
D - serape

Grace says she should know this but she's nervous, so she asks the audience.

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Ask the Audience results:
A - 13%
B - 73%
C - 7%
D - 7%

She agrees with the audience.

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Answer: B (lederhosen)

$3000: What wrestler was once drafted for France's peacetime army, but ended up not joining because they didn't have beds big enough for him?
A - "Macho Man" Randy Savage
B - "Stone Cold" Steve Austin
C - André the Giant
D - The Rock

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Answer: C (André the Giant)

$5000: What common prescription drug was named after a chemist's wife Marguerite, who frequently took the stimulant before playing tennis?
A - Ambien
B - Prozac
C - Dramamine
D - Ritalin

Grace thinks that

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Prozac is a stimulant

but isn't certain. She calls down her +1, her mother, Barbara. Barbara thinks she knows because

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she worked with pediatric patients and knows what was prescribed for ADHD

.

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Answer: D (Ritalin)

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$7000: In one of his earliest parodies, Weird Al riffed on a 1979 hit with the lyrics, "Oooh I think the toast is done, the toast is done, top it off with a little of" what?
A - my grilled swordfish
B - my string cheese
C - my bologna
D - my Greek salad

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Answer: C (my bologna)

$10,000: When their acronyms are fully written out, all but which of the following end up having a redundant word in them?
A - ATM machine
B - PIN number
C - LCD display
D - DVR remote

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Answer: D (DVR remote)

$20,000: Which human body part is the hardest?
A - fingernails
B - tooth enamel
C - bone
D - hair

Grace isn't sure, so she uses her 50:50.

50:50 results

: A and B

Grace chooses

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A

as her final answer.

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Answer: B (tooth enamel)

MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": Saying it helps keep her powerful vocal cords in top shape, what singer once told interviewers that she sleeps up to 15 hours per night?
A - Mariah Carey
B - Nikki Minaj
C - Katy Perry
D - Madonna

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Answer: A (Mariah Carey)

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Grace MacMillan
Derry, NH
teacher

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$2000: During a visit to the Bavarian Alps in 2015, President Obama joked to the traditionally dressed locals, "I forgot to bring my" what?
A - dashiki
B - lederhosen
C - hakama
D - serape

Grace says she should know this but she's nervous, so she asks the audience.

Spoiler

Ask the Audience results:
A - 13%
B - 73%
C - 7%
D - 7%

She agrees with the audience.

Spoiler

Answer: B (lederhosen)

A pity she used her ATA so soon.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$5000: What common prescription drug was named after a chemist's wife Marguerite, who frequently took the stimulant before playing tennis?
A - Ambien
B - Prozac
C - Dramamine
D - Ritalin

Grace thinks that

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Prozac is a stimulant

but isn't certain. She calls down her +1, her mother, Barbara. Barbara thinks she knows because

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she worked with pediatric patients and knows what was prescribed for ADHD

.

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Answer: D (Ritalin)

"Rita" points to Marguerite.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000: When their acronyms are fully written out, all but which of the following end up having a redundant word in them?
A - ATM machine
B - PIN number
C - LCD display
D - DVR remote

Spoiler

Answer: D (DVR remote)

Not to be too pedantic, but these aren't acronyms, they're initialisms.

Nihil obstat®.

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000: When their acronyms are fully written out, all but which of the following end up having a redundant word in them?
A - ATM machine
B - PIN number
C - LCD display
D - DVR remote

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Answer: D (DVR remote)

Not to be too pedantic, but these aren't acronyms, they're initialisms.

You say PIN number funnily.

Estonut wrote:

earendel wrote:

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$10,000: When their acronyms are fully written out, all but which of the following end up having a redundant word in them?
A - ATM machine
B - PIN number
C - LCD display
D - DVR remote

Spoiler

Answer: D (DVR remote)

Not to be too pedantic, but these aren't acronyms, they're initialisms.

You say PIN number funnily.

You're right - I should have said that A, C and D are initialisms.

So far so good

So far, so good.