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Adam Engst, from Bellingham, WA, was a contestant who appeared on Season 12 of the syndicated U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on April 16-17, 2014 and walked away with $15,250.

WWTBAM Run[]

Round 1[]

$100 (1 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: Stupid Is as Stupid Does
Teen girls approved when they were told that Justin Bieber pimped his Bentley with tires made from baby seals in a "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" segment called what?
⬥ A: Perjury Report ⬥ B: Lie Witness News
⬥ C: Fake the Nation ⬥ D: Psych Center
Adam wasn't sure, so he jumped the question. The correct answer was B: Lie Witness News.
Adam's Bank: $0
$7,000 (2 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: What a Waist
What famous literary heroine has a "seventeen-inch waist, the smallest in three counties"?
'Jump the Question' lifeline used
⬥ A: Madame Bovary ⬥ B: Lolita
⬥ C: Scarlett O'Hara ⬥ D: Anna Karenina
Adam wasn't sure, so he jumped the question. The correct answer was C: Anna Karenina.
Adam's Bank: $0
$10,000 (3 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: Mona Lisa Lover
What art lover once removed The Mona Lisa from The Louvre so that he could hang it in his own bedroom?
'Ask the Audience' lifeline used
⬥ A: Louis XVI ⬥ B: Charles de Gaulle
⬥ C: Maximilien Robespierre ⬥ D: Napoléon Bonaparte
Ask the Audience Results: A: 26% ⬥ B: 12% ⬥ C: 4% ⬥ D: 58%
Adam's Bank: $10,000
$2,000 (4 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: Don't Tell Anyone
What term did writer Chuck Klosterman define as "something I pretend to like ironically but in truth I really just like"?
⬥ A: Quiet secret ⬥ B: Dirty hobby
⬥ C: Guilty pleasure ⬥ D: Ugly habit
Adam's Bank: $12,000
$500 (5 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: Chump Change
While the highest-grossing opening day for a film was $91 million, what video game made $800 million on the day of its release?
⬥ A: Call of Duty: Black Ops II ⬥ B: World of Warcraft
⬥ C: Halo 4 ⬥ D: Grand Theft Auto V
Adam's Bank: $12,500
The klaxon called time and Adam would return the next day with no lifelines left.
$15,000 (6 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: Hand it Over
With stories involving a nun who had to hand over a smuggled sausage, what star's first job was as a language interpreter for customs at a Miami airport?
⬥ A: Mariah Carey ⬥ B: Gloria Estefan
⬥ C: Celine Dion ⬥ D: Kylie Minogue
Adam's Bank: $27,500
$3,000 (7 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: No Can Do
The position of the larynx prevents all humans from doing what at the same time?
⬥ A: Laughing and talking ⬥ B: Breathing and swallowing
⬥ C: Hiccuping and crying ⬥ D: Humming and chewing
Adam's Bank: $30,500
$? (8 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: Eye Candy
While all of these words could be used now to describe George Clooney, which term originally meant "easy to manipulate"?
⬥ A: Virile ⬥ B: Handsome
⬥ C: Debonair ⬥ D: Suave
Adam did not want to risk $14,250, so he walked away. He would have guessed C: Debonair, but the correct answer was B: Handsome.
The categories for questions 9 and 10 would have respectively been Just Chillin' and Time Well Spent.
Total Prize Money: $15,250

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