Barbara Gao Shapiro, an assistant principal from New York City, was a contestant who appeared in Season 17 of the U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on April 12-15, 2019. She left with $5,000 after she missed the $30,000 question.
Barbara's Run To The Million[]
$500 (1 of 14) - Not Timed
After displaying a warning screen, an iPhone will shut itself down until the situation normalizes in which of these cases?
⬥ A: It's in extreme heat or extreme cold
⬥ B: It considers your selfie unflattering
⬥ C: You're texting someone too soon after a date
⬥ D: Siri's drunk
$1,000 (2 of 14) - Not Timed
Traditionally sitting to the conductor's left and serving as their liaison to the other musicians, what term is commonly used to refer to a symphony's first-chair violinist?
⬥ A: Concertmaster
⬥ B: Dungeon master
⬥ C: View-master
⬥ D: Thighmaster
Barbara played violin for 12 years and was first chair for one year.
$2,000 (3 of 14) - Not Timed
Hoping to save the planet by changing eating habits, what non-profit campaign was launched by Paul, Mary and Stella McCartney in 2009?
⬥ A: Meat Free Monday
⬥ B: Waffle Wednesday
⬥ C: Seasoned Curly Fry Friday
⬥ D: Snausages Sunday
Barbara's husband is vegetarian and likes to mention when celebrities are also.
$3,000 (4 of 14) - Not Timed
Currently boasting about 60,000 objects in its collection, which Smithsonian museum's earliest offerings included an exhibit of traditional Chinese kites?
⬥ A: National Air and Space Museum
⬥ B: National Postal Museum
⬥ C: National Museum of the American Indian
⬥ D: National Portrait Gallery
Barbara started to eliminate A until she considered the other answers.
$5,000 (5 of 14) - Not Timed
What famous collection of poetry did Walt Whitman first publish anonymously in 1855?
⬥ A: Grains of Sand
⬥ B: Leaves of Grass
⬥ C: Needles of Pine
⬥ D: Shards of Pottery
Barbara watched every episode of "Breaking Bad" and that helps.
Question of the Day[]
Question of the Day
The interior of a fiber-optic cable is usually made out of what substance?
⬥ A: Glass
⬥ B: Rubber
⬥ C: Copper
⬥ D: Aluminum
$7,000 (6 of 14) - Not Timed
Given that the bases are all 90 feet apart, about how many full laps would you have to run around a baseball diamond in order to run one mile?
⬥ A: 5
⬥ B: 10
⬥ C: 15
⬥ D: 20
Barbara loves baseball but wasn't expecting a baseball question and a math question at the same time. She knows a mile is slightly over 5,000 feet. She starts to divide the figures but opts to multiply instead.
$10,000 (7 of 14) - Not Timed
Because today he uses his middle name as his last, Thomas Mapother IV is better known as what?
⬥ A: Tom Hanks
⬥ B: Tom Brady
⬥ C: Tom Cruise
⬥ D: Tom Selleck
Barbara just watched Mission: Impossible.
The klaxon called time and Barbara would come back on Monday with $10,000 and all three lifelines left.
$20,000 (8 of 14) - Not Timed
With over 115,000 people per square mile -- about 50% more crowded than Manhattan -- the world's most densely-populated city is Dhaka, located where?
⬥ A: Nigeria
⬥ B: Bangladesh
⬥ C: Oman
⬥ D: Kazakhstan
Barbara recently downloaded an app that the kids at school have that utilizes flashcards, and geography was one of the subjects she studied. She is 80% sure it is B: Bangladesh and makes that her final answer.
$30,000 (9 of 14) - Not Timed
In Hawaiian Pidgin slang, what phrase is used to describe a meal that was so incredibly delicious, it might have actually caused physical harm? 'Ask the Audience' lifeline used
