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Arvind Venkataraman
Dallas, TX

$500: Also known as "Ferberization," the "CIO" method for getting babies to sleep on their own suggests that parents let their children do what?
A - cry it out
B - crochet it out
C - canoe it out
D - cha-cha it out

Arvind says that a baby who could

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crochet it out

would be amazing.

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Answer: A (cry it out)

$1000: In 2013, the Coca-Cola company made headlines for allegedly firing a veteran delivery driver who committed what disloyal act while on break?
A - eating a Big Mac
B - drinking a Pepsi
C - using a PC
D - switching to AT&T

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Answer: B (drinking a Pepsi)

$2000: Attended by seafood lovers every year, what Ocean City, NJ pageant's past winners have included Crabopatra, Crabunzel and Crabahontas?
A - Miss Crustacean
B - World's Sexiest Mollusk
C - All-American Orca
D - Scallop of the Year

Arvind thinks it's between

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A and B

but then says that

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crabs aren't mollusks

.

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Answer: A (Miss Crustacean)

commercial break

Chris comments on how calm Arvind looks. He tells Chris that a mentor once told him to go slow and take it easy and that's how he's approaching the game.

$3000: The first and most-often sung verse of what patriotic song begins and ends with a question?
A - You're a Grand Old Flag
B - My Country 'Tis of Thee
C - Star Spangled Banner
D - America the Beautiful

Arvind says that he's very patriotic and loves this country.

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Answer: C (Star Spangled Banner)

$5000: Starring Priyanka Chopra as Alex Parrish, the ABC thriller "Quantico" is named for the Virginia city where which of the following is located?
A - the FBI Academy
B - Secret Service headquarters
C - CIA headquarters
D - the U.S. Naval Academy

Arvind says that Priyanka is his soulmate (but she doesn't know it) and it's one of his favorite shows.

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Answer: A (the FBI Academy)

$7000: The Oxford Dictionary defines room temperature, in metric terms, as "a comfortable ambient temperature, generally taken as about" what?
A - 5℃
B - 20℃
C - 35℃
D - 50℃

Arvind says that coming from Texas, he knows that if it gets any lower than this, people break out their sweaters.

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Answer: B (20℃)

$10,000: Letting people take pictures with it while holding a fake leg, the Visitors Center in Fargo, ND, has a replica of what infamous movie prop?
A - a bulldozer
B - a wood chipper
C - a riding mower
D - a combine harvester

Arvind asks the audience for help.

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Ask the Audience results:
A - 6%
B - 77%
C - 4%
D - 13%

Arvind says that he's clumsy and could lose a leg on any of these.

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Answer: B (a wood chipper)

commercial break

$20,000: The name of what country's capital contains the name of its official state religion?
A - Kenya
B - Brazil
C - Pakistan
D - Japan

Arvind says this one is in his wheelhouse.

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Answer: C (Pakistan)

$30,000: All of these musicians appeared on the 1985 charity single "We Are the World". For which of them has that been their only #1 hit on Billboard's Hot 100 chart?
A - Billy Joel
B - Stevie Wonder
C - Cyndi Lauper
D - Bruce Springsteen

Arvind tries to reason it through, thinking that it isn't

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B or D

. He doesn't know who Cyndi Lauper is. He brings down Tommy, his +1; they're in a musical group together and Tommy knows a lot about music. He and Arvind have been friends since 7th grade. They do a rap before working on the question. Tommy says that Billy Joel was a doo wop singer early in his career (the audience laughs). He's 60% sure that it's

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C

and 50% sure it's

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A

. Arvind hates to do it but he uses his 50:50.
[spoiler="50:50 results":]A and D[/spoiler]Arvind decides to go for it and makes

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A

his final answer.

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Answer: D (Bruce Springsteen)

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MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": In the !Kung language of southern Africa, the symbol before the "K" in "!Kung" represents what type of sound, which they use as a consonant?
A - beep
B - click
C - whistle
D - grunt

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Answer: B (click)

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BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Arvind Venkataraman
Dallas, TX

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$7000: The Oxford Dictionary defines room temperature, in metric terms, as "a comfortable ambient temperature, generally taken as about" what?
A - 5oC
B - 20oC
C - 35oC
D - 50oC

Arvind says that coming from Texas, he knows that if it gets any lower than this, people break out their sweaters.

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Answer: B (20oC)

35 is close to body temperature and 50 is much higher, while 5 is close to zero. Even without converting the degrees, the answer seems obvious.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:$30,000: All of these musicians appeared on the 1985 charity single "We Are the World". For which of them has that been their only #1 hit on Billboard's Hot 100 chart?
A - Billy Joel
B - Stevie Wonder
C - Cyndi Lauper
D - Bruce Springsteen

Arvind tries to reason it through, thinking that it isn't

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B or D

. He doesn't know who Cyndi Lauper is. He brings down Tommy, his +1; they're in a musical group together and Tommy knows a lot about music. He and Arvind have been friends since 7th grade. They do a rap before working on the question. Tommy says that Billy Joel was a doo wop singer early in his career (the audience laughs). He's 60% sure that it's

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C

and 50% sure it's

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A

. Arvind hates to do it but he uses his 50:50.
[spoiler="50:50 results": A and D[/spoiler]Arvind decides to go for it and makes

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A

his final answer.

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Answer: D (Bruce Springsteen)

I'd ATA and then 50:50.

30K: I'm guessing The Boss, but 50/50 it.

I guess both he and his Plus One are too young to remember the 80s. Never heard of Cyndi Lauper???Have no clue what kind of music Billy Joel is famous for??I wanted to throw my entire collection of Billy Joel CDs at the TV after watching this. I had it down to either him or Springsteen, but I remember that Joel had LOTS of songs that made the charts back then.

$7000: The Oxford Dictionary defines room temperature, in metric terms, as "a comfortable ambient temperature, generally taken as about" what?
A - 5℃
B - 20℃
C - 35℃
D - 50℃

Arvind says that coming from Texas, he knows that if it gets any lower than this, people break out their sweaters.

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Answer: B (20℃)

Plus One. I do not think the audience will know this, and the 50/50 will leave B and C.

$30,000: All of these musicians appeared on the 1985 charity single "We Are the World". For which of them has that been their only #1 hit on Billboard's Hot 100 chart?
A - Billy Joel
B - Stevie Wonder
C - Cyndi Lauper
D - Bruce Springsteen

Arvind tries to reason it through, thinking that it isn't

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B or D

. He doesn't know who Cyndi Lauper is. He brings down Tommy, his +1; they're in a musical group together and Tommy knows a lot about music. He and Arvind have been friends since 7th grade. They do a rap before working on the question. Tommy says that Billy Joel was a doo wop singer early in his career (the audience laughs). He's 60% sure that it's

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C

and 50% sure it's

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A

. Arvind hates to do it but he uses his 50:50.
[spoiler="50:50 results":]A and D[/spoiler]Arvind decides to go for it and makes

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A

his final answer.

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Answer: D (Bruce Springsteen)

We know this! Thanks to that long-ago Celebrity Millionaire Q. Now I can't remember the celebrity.