Transcript 4/22/2016 - Donna DiBiase

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Donna DiBiase
Commock, NY
secretary

$500: Though he's keeping the black-and-white stripes, what McDonald's mascot has been recently made over as a fedora-clad suburban dad with stubble?
A - Hamburglar
B - Ronald McDonald
C - Grimace
D - Mayor McCheese

Donna has a couple of ideas; she decides to ask the audience.

Spoiler

Ask the Audience results:
A - 72%
B - 15%
C - 6%
D - 7%

That was one of her options.

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Answer: A (Hamburglar)

$1000: Which of the following two-syllable words can be made into a one-syllable word by adding the letters "sh" to the beginning?
A - lakeside
B - written
C - artist
D - rugged

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Answer: D (rugged)

$2000: Helaeomyea petrolei," a species of fly from CA, is known to develop in pools of what dark liquid, where it feeds on insects that get trapped there?
A - vodka
B - crude oil
C - rain water
D - Cheez Whiz

Donna says

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"petrolei" makes her think of "petroleum"

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Answer: B (crude oil)

$3000: Already a "Semi Pro" basketball player on the big screen, who spent a wild day at 2015 spring training by playing for ten different baseball teams?
A - Steve Carell
B - Vince Vaughn
C - Will Ferrell
D - Ben Stiller

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Answer: C (Will Ferrell)

$5000: Where would you most llikely be given a "scratch test"?
A - a computer repair store
B - the DMV
C - an allergist's office
D - a shoe store

Donna says

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she's done this because she has terrible allergies

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Answer: C (an allergist's office)

commercial break

$7000: With their pieces faded and stragetically tattered, what expensive brand of jeans takes its name from a peddler of used goods?
A - Dust and Dirt
B - Rag and Bone
C - Bags and Scraps
D - Mop and Box

Donna doesn't know so she brings down her +1, her nephew Frankie, hoping that he's heard of this. He hasn't. She reasons that

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peddlers would have lots of bags, so she makes C her final answer

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Answer: B (Rag and Bone)

commercial break


MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": Under the "Happy Monday System," Japan gives itself something to look forward to by doing what on that day of the week?
A - giving promotions
B - suspending taxes
C - celebrating holidays
D - getting married

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Answer: C (celebrating holidays)

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Donna DiBiase
Commock, NY
secretary

$500: Though he's keeping the black-and-white stripes, what McDonald's mascot has been recently made over as a fedora-clad suburban dad with stubble?
A - Hamburglar
B - Ronald McDonald
C - Grimace
D - Mayor McCheese

Donna has a couple of ideas; she decides to ask the audience.

Spoiler

Ask the Audience results:
A - 72%
B - 15%
C - 6%
D - 7%

That was one of her options.

Spoiler

Answer: A (Hamburglar)

Really? Maybe she was confused because Ronald McDonald has red stripes on his sleeves. But would he have stubble?

$7000: With their pieces faded and stragetically tatered, what expensive brand of jeans takes its name from a peddler of used goods?
A - Dust and Dirt
B - Rag and Bone
C - Bags and Scraps
D - Mop and Box

Donna doesn't know so she brings down her +1, her nephew Frankie, hoping that he's heard of this. He hasn't. She reasons that

Spoiler

peddlers would have lots of bags, so she makes C her final answer

.

Spoiler

Answer: B (Rag and Bone)

I first heard the term "rag and bone man" in one of the productions of "A Christmas Carol" - when Scrooge, accompanied by the Ghost of Christmas Future, sees his things being sold by the maid and undertaker. The buyer identifies himself as a "rag and bone man".

Nihil obstat®.

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3K: ATA

7K: Think its B, but 50/50

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MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": Under the "Happy Monday System," Japan gives itself something to look forward to by doing what on that day of the week?
A - giving promotions
B - suspending taxes
C - celebrating holidays
D - getting married

Spoiler

Answer: C (celebrating holidays)

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I never heard of this, but C does make the most sense.