"Millionaire" 10/3

Today's first player is graduate student Allison Lowe from Metairie, LA; her brother-in-law reminds us of the "finger on Uranus" incident from the first season of the "Super Mix" era (& we even see a clip of it!).

Pre-Randomized Categories: Periodical People, Movie Remakes, Amazing Africans, By Special Request, Award Winners, Poetry Reading, Classifying Catastrophes, Spacey Names, Rap Read & Alabama Hot Spot
Randomized Menu: Award Winners, Periodical Pledge, Rap Read, Movie Remakes, Alabama Hot Spot, Amazing Africans, Poetry Reading, Spacey Names, By Special Request & Classifying Catastrophes

1. Given its gay relationship storyline, some were stunned when what TV show won a 2012 award from the Catholics in Media Associates?

A: "Two and a Half Men"
B: "Modern Family"
C: "30 Rock"
D: "The Big Bang Theory"

FA: "Modern Family"- $500

2. According to its mission statement, O: The Oprah Magazine aims to "speak and connect to" whom "...in way no other publication ever has"?

A: Women
B: Grandfathers
C: College students
D: War veterans

FA: Women- $2K ($2.5K)

3. Last year, what rapper published his first young adult book entitled Playground: The Mostly True Story of a Former Bully?

A: Lil' Wayne
B: Ice Cube
C: Kanye West
D: 50 Cent

FIRST JUMP USED (A: 50 Cent- she never would've guessed him)- $100

4. What classic film character's the protagonist of the 2012 film "Mirror Mirror"?

A: "Pinocchio"
B: "Bambi"
C: "Snow White"
D: "Cinderella"

FA: "Snow White"- $25K ($27.5K)

5. Tuskegee, AL is not only home of the legendary Tuskegee Airmen, but also the birthplace of what civil rights hero?

A: Rosa Parks
B: Jesse Jackson, Sr.
C: Julian Bond
D: Martin Luther King, Jr.

ASK THE AUDIENCE

A: 32%
B: 29%
C: 12%
D: 27%

OTHER JUMP USED (A: Rosa)- $15K

6. Often compared to Marco Polo, 14th-Century African Ibn Battuta's thought to have accomplished what feat in his lifetime?

A: Fighting 100 battles
B: Painting 2K frescos
C: Traveling 75K miles
D: Writing 100K poems

FA: Traveling 75K miles- $7K ($34.5K)

7. "On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five" is a line from what classic poem?

A: The Raven
B: Casey at the Bat
C: The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
D: A Visit from St. Nicholas

FA: The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere- $3K ($37.5K)

8. Sarasa Comet, Telescope & Celestial Eye are all varieties of which of these animals?

A: Frogs
B: Goldfish
C: Owl
D: Lizard

FA: Owl- LOSES $36.5K (A: Goldfish)

Jason Faris from Rohnert Park, CA's a member of the U.S. Coast Guard for 18 yrs. (although he was originally in the Army).

Topics: Branded Travel, Party Pooper, Famous Phrases, Children Who Hunt, Gross Marriage, Off Broadway, Ask Not Notes, Play It Again, Robot, Hitmaker & At the Pet Store

1. Catering to thrill-seekers who wish to walk on lava fields & ice sheets, a National Geographic cruise will circumnavigate what country next yr.?

A: Iceland
B: Vanuatu
C: Tonga
D: St. Lucia

ATA

A: 78%
B: 12%
C: 7%
D: 3%

FA: Iceland- $2K

2. Rachel Dratch made what perpetually negative character famous on "SNL"?

A: Sally Stinker
B: Gloria Gloomy
C: Betty Bleak
D: Debbie Downer

FIRST JUMP USED (A: Debbie Downer)- $100

3. What expression served as the title of a popular '78 Donna Summer Disco film?

A: "A Case of the Mondays"
B: "Working for the Weekend"
C: "Sunday Funday"
D: "Thank God It's Friday"

OUT OF LIFELINES ALREADY (A: "Thank God It's Friday"- he would've been out by saying "Working for the Weekend")- $10K

4. Which of these holidays often involves sending children into a field to hunt?

A: Christmas
B: Fourth of July
C: Hanukkah
D: Easter

FA: Easter- $3K ($5K)

5. Before marrying Mark Antony, it's believed that Cleopatra was married to both Ptolemy XIII & Ptolemy XIV, who were her what?

A: Uncles
B: Brothers
C: Nephews
D: Cousins

FA: Brothers- $25K ($30K)

6. W/ a 17-block span of theaters holding over 12K seats, what city boasts its theater district is second in the nation to NY's Broadway?

A: Seattle
B: Minneapolis
C: Houston
D: Miami

WALKS W/ 15 GRAND (A: Houston, which he would've said)

Q of the Day: A 2010 study claims that the maximum number of moves needed to solve a Rubik's Cube from any starting position's what?

A: 9
B: 20
C: 43
D: 72

A: 20

$1K Contestant #8: Deborah G. Green (Philadelphia)

According to a new book, whose famous "Ask not" line was inspired by the headmaster at his prestigious prep school?

A: John F. Kennedy
B: Harry Truman
C: Franklin D. Roosevelt
D: Richard Nixon

FA: JFK

EPISODE RATING: 7