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Alex Marino, from New York City, NY, was a contestant who appeared on the 14th season of the U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on May 6, 2016. He walked away with $30,000.

Alex's Run To The Million[]

$500 (1 of 14) - Not Timed
A tax haven and playground for the rich, the Caribbean island of Antigua and Barbuda lives up to its reputation by having what as one of its national sports?
⬥ A: Extreme thrift shopping ⬥ B: Team dumpster diving
⬥ C: Sailboat racing ⬥ D: Synchronized ramen eating
$1,000 (2 of 14) - Not Timed
Throwing in a bunch of number 2s along with the regular O-shaped pieces, in late 1999 General Mills released what "once in a lifetime" cereal?
⬥ A: Calculus Crunch ⬥ B: Millenios
⬥ C: Frosted Mathy-Wheats ⬥ D: Raisin Algebran
$2,000 (3 of 14) - Not Timed
Gloria Steinem once described a Liberated Woman as one who has "sex before marriage and" what "afterward"?
⬥ A: A bunch of cats ⬥ B: Credit card debt
⬥ C: A job ⬥ D: A model railroading club
$3,000 (4 of 14) - Not Timed
According to DefensiveDriving.com, you can get your windshield to defrost faster in the morning by parking your car facing what direction?
⬥ A: North ⬥ B: East
⬥ C: South ⬥ D: West
$5,000 (5 of 14) - Not Timed
Having a lawyer and a forestry scientist as two of its founding directors, the anti-nuclear Don't Make a Wave Committee later morphed into what?
⬥ A: The Salvation Army ⬥ B: UNICEF
⬥ C: Greenpeace ⬥ D: Doctors Without Borders
$7,000 (6 of 14) - Not Timed
Which statement is true about the music videos for Iggy Azalea's "Fancy," Britney Spears' "Baby One More Time" and Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"?
⬥ A: They take place in schools ⬥ B: They're in black and white
⬥ C: They're animated ⬥ D: No people appear in them
$10,000 (7 of 14) - Not Timed
Based on the lunar calendar, in which country is the Tet holiday celebrated not only as New Year's but traditionally also as everyone's birthday?
'Ask the Audience' lifeline used
⬥ A: Cambodia ⬥ B: Japan
⬥ C: South Korea ⬥ D: Vietnam
Ask the Audience Results: A: 28% ⬥ B: 24% ⬥ C: 15% ⬥ D: 33%
$20,000 (8 of 14) - Not Timed
According to IMDB.com, of the many "Tony" roles Tony Danza has played on TV, which did he play on his first series, "Taxi"?
⬥ A: Tony Micelli ⬥ B: Tony Banta
⬥ C: Tony Canetti ⬥ D: Tony DiMeo
$30,000 (9 of 14) - Not Timed
According to Johns Hopkins Medicine, about 90% of Asian-Americans and 75% of African-Americans and Mexican-Americans have which genetic trait?
'50:50' and 'Plus One' lifelines used
⬥ A: Dimples ⬥ B: Lactose intolerance
⬥ C: Double-jointedness ⬥ D: Red/green colorblindness
Alex says "Yeah" a couple times. This is close to the opposite of what he was thinking. He decides to use his Plus One, his friend Lauren Smith. Lauren says she's African-American but isn't sure. She knows that her sister and her former roommate, who was Chinese, were lactose intolerant.
$50,000 (10 of 14) - Not Timed
With 18 of them to his name, Michael Phelps has won more Olympic gold medals than all but which of the following countries?
⬥ A: Mexico ⬥ B: Iran
⬥ C: Jamaica ⬥ D: New Zealand
Alex doesn't even know how to approach this question without wild speculation. He's going to walk away. The correct answer was New Zealand.

Total Winnings: $30,000

Question Of The Day[]

Question of the Day
Channeling rage toward one of its most famous exports, Finland hosts the annual world championship in what competitive event?
⬥ A: Laptop hurling ⬥ B: Mobile phone throwing
⬥ C: Priner tossing ⬥ D: ATM flinging

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