Oakland, CA
$500: Which of these is NOT one of the body parts you might be instructed to place on a colored dot in the classic game of Twister?
A - left foot
B - right foot
C - left hand
D - right kidney
Spoiler
Answer: D (right kidney)
$1000: What New York attorney headed west in 1884 to check the legal titles on some mineral claims, and ended up the namesake of a beloved national monument?
A - Charles E. Rushmore
B - Guyzer O'Faithful
C - Saul T. Lake
D - Graham Canyon
Spoiler
Answer: A (Charles E. Rushmore)
$2000: What do Americans call the medical device that Australians call a "humidicrib"?
A - stethoscope
B - incubator
C - pacemaker
D - catheter
Spoiler
Answer: B (incubator)
$3000: The word "marinade" is borrowed from the French word "mariner," which means what?
A - to steam
B - to slice
C - to burn
D - to pickle
Spoiler
Answer: D (to pickle)
$5000: Though a 1990 film version was dismissed as "paranoid poppycock," critics hailed the 2017 Hulu series based on what dystopian Margaret Atwood novel?
A - Presumed Innocent
B - Bright Lights, Big City
C - The Handmaid's Tale
D - Bonfire of the Vanities
Brandon opts to ask the audience.
Spoiler
Ask the Audience results:
A - 7%
B - 11%
C - 77%
D - 5%
A - 7%
B - 11%
C - 77%
D - 5%
Brandon goes with the audience.
Spoiler
Answer: C (The Handmaid's Tale)
$7000: Given that the Earth is essentially a circle, what is its approximate rate of rotation in terms of degrees?
A - 5 degrees per hour
B - 15 degrees per hour
C - 30 degrees per hour
D - 60 degrees per hour
Brandon decides to use his 50:50.
Spoiler
"50:50 results": A & B
Spoiler
Answer: B (15 degrees per hour)
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$10,000: Which of these is the name of the backing band for hip-hop legend Grandmaster Flash and NOT the title of a street racing action movie starring Vin Diesel?
A - Fast 5
B - The Furious Five
C - The Fast and the Furious
D - Furious 7
Spoiler
Answer: B (The Furious Five)
$20,000: Innovating fashion by dressing women in separates, what American designer's eponymous sportswear brand founded in 1968 features a lion in its logo?
A - Anne Klein
B - Tom Ford
C - Liz Claiborne
D - Isaac Mizrahi
Spoiler
Answer: A (Anne Klein)
Brandon makes B his final answer and leaves with $5000.
Brandon makes B his final answer and leaves with $5000.
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MILLIONAIRE "QUESTION OF THE DAY": In 1983, Guion Bluford became the first African-American to do what?
A - run for president
B - direct a Best Picture nominee
C - fly in outer space
D - manage a World Series champion
Spoiler
Answer: C (fly in outer space)