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Rosie O’Donnell and Lisa Ann Walter

Lisa Ann plays a Philadelphia teacher on “Abbott Elementary.” Rosie won $500K on Millionaire in 2000, and Lisa Ann won $1M on Celebrity Jeopardy. Rosie’s charity is Guide Dogs of America. Lisa Ann’s is the Fund for Women’s Equality.

$100
Just weeks after moving to Los Angeles in 1973, Henry Winkler landed the role of Arthur Fonzarelli on what classic TV show?
A: The Brady Bunch B: Happy Days
C: Three’s Company D: Little Fonz on the Prairie

Answer

B: Happy Days

$200
Which of these famous paintings depicts an event taking place during the American Revolution?
A: The Creation of Adam B: Washington Crossing the Delaware
C: Girl with a Pearl Earring D: The Last Supper

Answer

B: Washington Crossing the Delaware

$300
During baseball season in Japan, broken bats are collected and used to make which of the following items?
A: Chopsticks B: Sweatshirts
C: License plates D: Desk lamps

Answer

A: Chopsticks

$500
In 2023, Kathleen Corradi became New York City’s first-ever citywide director of rodent mitigation, a job widely nicknamed what?
A: Tax Czar B: Trash Czar
C: Rat Czar D: Fire Czar

Answer

C: Rat Czar

$1,000
Emma Stone said that while filming “The Favourite” her internal organs temporarily shifted because she had to wear what tight-fitting garment?
A: Muumuu B: Overalls
C: Corset D: Apron

Answer

C: Corset

$2,000
To make the gesture known as a “chef’s kiss,” you begin by kissing your what?
A: Elbow B: Kneecap
C: Shoulder D: Fingertips

Answer

D: Fingertips

$4,000
On your next trip to CVS, which of these products would you most likely purchase to protect against transepidermal water loss?
A: Moisturizer B: Antacid
C: Reading glasses D: Mouthwash

Answer

A: Moisturizer

$8,000
Europe’s most active volcano, Mount Etna is known for puffing smoke rings into the sky over Sicily, earning it comparisons to what movie character?
A: Hannibal Lecter B: Wolverine
C: Indiana Jones D: Gandalf

ATA

Lisa Ann thinks it’s Wolverine. She knows Gandalf is a wizard.
A: 0% B: 12% C: 7% D: 81%

Answer

D: Gandalf

Commercial break

$16,000
For years, punsters have parodied what classic song by reinterpreting it as a tune about a variety of eel?
A: Danny Boy B: That’s Amore
C: This Land Is Your Land D: You Are My Sunshine

Answer

B: That’s Amore

$32,000
Regarded as one of the worst lines in cinema history, “Is it still raining? I hadn’t noticed” is uttered in what film that turned 30 in 2024?
A: The English Patient B: Scent of a Woman
C: Four Weddings and a Funeral D: The Bridges of Madison County

50/50

The 50/50 leaves B & C.

ATH

Rosie can see Andie MacDowell saying the line. Jimmy agrees.

Answer

C: Four Weddings and a Funeral

$64,000
Despite being approximately 4,475 miles away from the Hawaiian capital, what NFL team wears a shade of blue officially called “Honolulu blue”?
A: Detroit Lions B: Miami Dolphins
C: Dallas Cowboys D: Seattle Seahawks

PAF

Lisa Ann says the Cowboys’ uniforms are blue and the mileage makes sense. Their PAF, Autumn Chiklis (daughter of Lisa Ann’s friend Michael Chiklis) is really smart. She’s pretty sure it’s the Lions.

Answer

A: Detroit Lions

Commercial break

$125,000
Unbeknownst to JoBeth Williams, real human remains were used for the bloodcurdling pool scene at the end of what ’80s horror film?
A: The Lost Boys B: A Nightmare on Elm Street
C: The Evil Dead D: Poltergeist

Answer

D: Poltergeist

$250,000
The only one-word country whose name contains all five vowels is located on what continent?
A: Asia B: Europe
C: Africa D: South America

Answer

They name a number of countries and settle on Mozambique.
C: Africa

$500,000
Which of the following is a character from the Charles Dickens novel “Great Expectations” and not a former contestant on “RuPaul’s Drag Race”?
A: Dusty Ray Bottoms B: Rebecca Glasscock
C: Victoria “Porkchop” Parker D: Belinda Pocket

Answer

They decide to take the money. They would have answered D.
D: Belinda Pocket
Roșie and Lisa Ann win $250,000 for their charities.

$16,000
For years, punsters have parodied what classic song by reinterpreting it as a tune about a variety of eel?
A: Danny Boy B: That’s Amore
C: This Land Is Your Land D: You Are My Sunshine

Answer

B: That’s Amore

For once, playing as a team really paid off here.

Rosie: What varieties of eel are there?
Lisa Ann: Moray-- [a lightbulb goes off in her head] That's Amore!

$250,000
The only one-word country whose name contains all five vowels is located on what continent?
A: Asia B: Europe
C: Africa D: South America

Answer

They name a number of countries and settle on Mozambique.
C: Africa

To give credit where credit is due, Lisa Ann came up with the right answer. And fairly quickly, too, at least as we saw it in the edited version. (I have no idea if TPTB had to edit this for time or not.) But they had identified the proper strategy to find this answer: you just have to go through the list of every country you can think of until you find the right answer, no matter how long it takes and how much the host might try to distract you with banter.

$500,000
Which of the following is a character from the Charles Dickens novel “Great Expectations” and not a former contestant on “RuPaul’s Drag Race”?
A: Dusty Ray Bottoms B: Rebecca Glasscock
C: Victoria “Porkchop” Parker D: Belinda Pocket

Answer

They decide to take the money. They would have answered D.
D: Belinda Pocket
Roșie and Lisa Ann win $250,000 for their charities.

I don't like celebrity episodes and I don't like the additional advantage they're given in playing with a partner, but I'll congratulate Rosie and Lisa Ann for a job well done.