Swarthmore, PA
Peter's goal is to win more money than his sister did last year (she won $100,000). If Peter answers the $5,000 question correctly he wins 2 tickets to see the Backstreet Boys and meet them backstage.
$500: Suggesting that a person can't change their basic character, a common idiom states that "a leopard cannot change its" what?
A - spots
B - contact lenses
C - underwear
D - data plan
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Answer: A (spots)
$1000: Fittingly, "The Plowshere" is an official magazine published by what company for "collectors and enthusiasts" of its products?
A - Macy's
B - John Deere
C - Crayola
D - 7-Eleven
Spoiler
Answer: B (John Deere)
$2000: While its influence on the country's reggae music is well-known, only 1.1% of Jamaicans are actually documented as being of what religious denomination?
A - Seventh Day Adventist
B - Baptist
C - Rastafarian
D - Pentecostal
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Answer: C (Rastafarian)
$3000: Stam Train Maury, Frisco Jack and Connecticut Slim are a few of the legendary vagabonds celebrated at what Britt, IA landmark?
A - National Prospector Museum
B - National Farmer Museum
C - National Inventor Museum
D - National Hobo Museum
Frank says that all three of these sound like men Peter's sister has dated.
Spoiler
Answer: D (National Hobo Museum)
$5000: On MSNBC, the stylized version of the title of the political talk show "Hardball with Chris Matthews" features what two letters appropriately colored red and blue, respectively?
A - H and A
B - R and D
C - B and A
D - L and L
Peter says the clue is "appropriately colored".
Spoiler
Answer: B (R and D)
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$7000: Born in 1564 like the famous astronomer, what great Renaissance mind is said to allude to Galileo's discovery of Jupiter's moons in his play "Cymbeline"?
A - John Milton
B - Voltaire
C - William Shakespeare
D - Martin Luther
Peter knows one person who was born in 1564 and wrote a play named "Cymbeline".
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Answer: C (William Shakespeare)
$10,000: Contrary to popular belief, National Geographic confirms that you can't completely sink in ordinary quicksand, due to your body's relatively lower what?
A - density
B - volume
C - mass
D - surface area
Peter says
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surface area doesn't make sense; he has a lower surface area than a swimming pool but that doesn't keep him from sinking. "Mass" depends upon the amount of quicksand. He's tempted by A
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Answer: A (density)
$20,000: Receiving the awards in 1969 and 1977, respectively, who is the only Best Actress Oscar winner to also win an Oscar for Best Original Song?
A - Julie Andrews
B - Barbra Streisand
C - Liza Minnelli
D - Cher
Peter is tempted to do impersonations but refrains. He knows that
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the Best Actress Oscar was a tie in 1969 between Katherine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand
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Answer: B (Barbra Streisand)
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$30,000: Authentic champagne, as produced in France, is traditionally made from only three types of grapes. Which of these is NOT one of them?
A - pinot
B - meurier
C - chardonnay
D - zinfandel
Peter loves champagne but never thought about the grapes. He uses his 50:50 to narrow it down.
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"50:50 results": B & D
Peter was leaning toward
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B
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Ask the Audience results:
A - %
B - 69%
C - %
D - 31%
A - %
B - 69%
C - %
D - 31%
Peter hopes he didn't persuade them the wrong way.
Spoiler
Answer: D (zinfandel)
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MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": Unabomber Ted Kaczynski was a former Math professor at what college?
A - U. of Washington
B - Columbia
C - Berkeley
D - Brown
Spoiler
Answer: C (Berkeley)
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