Harrisburg, PA
retired schoolteacher
Topic Tree (pre-randomized):
10. Before the Mall
9. Record Breakers
8. Wealthy Choice
7. When in Rome
6. Campaign Trail
5. Same Name
4. Clean Up Your Act
3. Holy Hat
2. Bodies of Water
1. First and Last
Topic Tree: (Randomized)
1. First and Last
10. Before the Mall
9. Record Breakers
5. Same Name
8. Wealthy Choice
7. When in Rome
3. Holy Hat (MAYTAG)
6. Campaign Trail
2. Bodies of Water
4. Clean Up Your Act
Question 1 - Level 4. Clean Up Your Act
Though Ponch from "CHiPs" might not approve, Vietnamese police officers have recently been banned from wearing what accessory?
A: Earring B: Hats
C: Sunglasses D: Bandanas
Answer and value
Value: $3,000
Bank: $3,000
Question 2 - Level 2. Bodies of Water
Thanks to its high salt content, the Great Salt Lake is often called "America's" what?
A: Panama Canal B: Dead Sea
C: Strait of Magellan D: Lake Geneva
Answer and value
Value: $5,000
Bank: $8,000
During a presidential election cycle, what event in Ames, Iowa serves as an early litmus test for Republican candidates?
A: Town hall B: National Convention
C: Straw poll D: Stump speech
She's stuck between 2, so she asks the audience.
Spoiler
B: 14%
C: 70%
D: 5%
Straw poll was one of her thoughts.
Answer and value
Value: $500
Bank: $8,500
In 2011, an Australian man was allowed to wear a colander in his driver's license photo after claiming he subscribed to what fake religion?
A: Velveetican B: Pretzeltarian
C: Crispianity D: Pastafarianism
Spoiler
Answer and value
Value: $7,000 + Maytag
Bank: $15,500
Question 5 - Level 7. When in Rome
If invoking Roman instead of Greek mythology, what would the 1972 disaster film, "The Poseidon Adventure" be called?
A: The Neptune Adventure B: The Apolloe Adventure
C: The Mercury Adventure D: The Hercules Adventure
Answer and value
Value: $1,000
Bank: $16,500
Question 6 - Level 8. Wealthy Choice
Started by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, what campaign encourages billionaires to give the majority of their wealth to charity?
A: Donor's Circle B: Hope Promise
C: Billionaire's Oath D: Giving Pledge
She has an idea that it is
Spoiler
Answer and value
Value: $10,000
Bank: $16,500
Which animal name is shared by an NFL team and a 6-time Grammy-Award winning rock band?
Can you get it without the multiple choices?
C: Eagles D: Broncos
Answer and value
Value: $15,000
Bank: $31,500
With his 2011 win, 97-year-old blues musician Pinetop Perkins beat out what comedian for the honor of oldest Grammy winner?
A: Milton Berle B: George Burns
C: Bob Hope D: Jack Benny
She jumps it. No idea.
Answer and value
Value: $2,000
Bank: $31,500
Long before it became the name of a popular retailer, the term "banana republic" was coined by what "Cabbages and Kings" author?
A: O. Henry B: T.S. Eliot
C: Mark Twain D: W.B. Yeats
She has no idea. She walks away.
Answer and value
Value: $not revealed.
Bank: (Half of)$31,500
End of show noise.