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Instant Millionaire Week

Mary Gunnell
Provo, UT

Mary’s Plus One is her brother-in-law, Brad.

This week, the show has put potential contestants, all of whom have passed the qualification test and met the eligibility requirements, into different hotel rooms around Vegas. They will get the call to be on the show by receiving a knock on his or her room’s door.

$500 Which of the following are NOT powered by radioactive decay processes triggered by induced nuclear fission?
A. Nuclear power plants
B. Nuclear submarines
C. Nuclear bombs
D. Nuclear families

Spoiler

D. Nuclear families

$1K Designed “to give you an easy creative boost,” the app Hipstersound plays ambient noise to simulate working where?
A. At a construction site
B. In a coffee shop
C. On a WWI battlefield
D. In an MRI scanner

Spoiler

B. In a coffee shop

$2K According to “The Science of Good Food,” a pint of what “premium” treat can weigh the same as two pints of a cheaper brand because it contains less air?
A. Gravy
B. Milk
C. Ice cream
D. Soup

Spoiler

C. Ice cream

$3K Honoring the instrument famously played by Charlie Parker, Bill Clinton and Lisa Simpson, November 6th is what unofficial holiday?
A. Trombone Day
B. Saxophone Day
C. Piano Day
D. Cello Day

Spoiler

B. Saxophone Day

$5K Despite being known as “The Underground,” what city’s public transit system is actually only 45% underground?
A. Paris
B. Boston
C. London
D. San Francisco

Spoiler

C. London

commercial break

$7K Overall, approximately 1.3 million American soldiers have died in wars, with about half of those casualties coming from what one single conflict?
A. The Civil War
B. World War I
C. World War II
D. The Vietnam War

Mary says initially she was thinking

Spoiler

World War II. She’s pretty sure it isn’t the Civil War.

50/50

50/50 leaves

A. The Civil War
C. World War II

Mary makes

Spoiler

World War II her final answer.

Spoiler

A. The Civil War
Mary leaves with $5K.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:This week, the show has put potential contestants, all of whom have passed the qualification test and met the eligibility requirements, into different hotel rooms around Vegas. They will get the call to be on the show by receiving a knock on his or her room’s door.

Oooh! The contestants are going to be soooooooo surprised! That's why she and her whole family are clustered around the hotel room door when she answers it, and why her BIL is already waiting in the +1 seat.

I call bullsh*t on this week's gimmick.

Try the "Walk In and Win" week again, if you want spontaneity, TPTB.

So far so good.

In the eyes of the Union, all the dead, both sides, were Americans.

I'm guessing all these players went through the legal briefing, rehearsal, and practice with the producers as well?

I'd lay 2:1 odds that every contestant this week was going to be a contestant anyway. That is, I don't think any "potential contestants" will not get the knock on the door.

So far, so good.

BBTranscriptTeam wrote:Instant Millionaire Week

Mary Gunnell
Provo, UT

Mary’s Plus One is her brother-in-law, Brad.

This week, the show has put potential contestants, all of whom have passed the qualification test and met the eligibility requirements, into different hotel rooms around Vegas. They will get the call to be on the show by receiving a knock on his or her room’s door.

Nihil obstat®.