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Choyon Manjrekar, from Pawtucket, RI, was a contestant who appeared on Season 17 of the U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on May 21, 2019 and left with $5,000 after he missed the $30,000 question.

Choyon's Run to the Million[]

$500 (1 of 14) - Not Timed
When lots of family comes over for Thanksgiving dinner, it’s common to set up a second (often smaller) dinner table for whom?
⬥ A: Those who forgot to bathe ⬥ B: People allergic to gravy
⬥ C: Kids ⬥ D: Early-arriving Christmas guests
$1,000 (2 of 14) - Not Timed
Balto was a legendary Siberian Husky who in 1925 led a group of sled dogs 658 miles to deliver a life-saving diphtheria serum where?
⬥ A: Miami, Florida ⬥ B: Nome, Alaska
⬥ C: New Orleans, Louisiana ⬥ D: San Antonio, Texas
$2,000 (3 of 14) - Not Timed
Though deemed by the Justice Department to be ineffective and possibly harmful to youth, “Scared Straight” programs usually involve teenagers visiting where?
⬥ A: A dentist’s office ⬥ B: Their creepy aunt’s house
⬥ C: A prison ⬥ D: An area with no Wi-Fi
$3,000 (4 of 14) - Not Timed
Which of these is neither an open porch, nor a city 65 miles west of Venice, Italy, NOR an insufferable brat in the book “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”?
⬥ A: Verona ⬥ B: Veranda
⬥ C: Veruca ⬥ D: Verboten
$5,000 (5 of 14) - Not Timed
Born in 1877, Ulrich Salchow is a 10-time world champion still remembered today for his contributions to what sport?
'Ask the Audience' lifeline used
⬥ A: Cycling ⬥ B: Ice skating
⬥ C: Tennis ⬥ D: Horse racing
Ask the Audience Results: A: 8% ⬥ B: 73% ⬥ C: 2% ⬥ D: 17%
$7,000 (6 of 14) - Not Timed
According to a recent USC survey, each week Americans spend 23.6 hours (or nearly one full day) doing what — up from 9.4 hours a week in 2000?
⬥ A: Playing video games ⬥ B: Watching TV
⬥ C: Reading books ⬥ D: Surfing the internet
$10,000 (7 of 14) - Not Timed
Which classic song has a title that, surprisingly, doesn’t appear in the lyrics until late in the song — at the 3:23 mark of its 4:11 running time?
'50:50' lifeline used
⬥ A: Eye Of The Tiger ⬥ B: I Just Called To Say I Love You
⬥ C: We Didn’t Start The Fire ⬥ D: Don’t Stop Believin’
$20,000 (8 of 14) - Not Timed
What name comes next in this sequence: Marilyn, Tipper, Lynne, Jill, ____?
'Plus One' lifeline used
⬥ A: Karen ⬥ B: Laura
⬥ C: Betsy ⬥ D: Barbara
$30,000 (9 of 14) - Not Timed
Chemists might get a chuckle from what Trader Joe’s product that reads, “Admittedly there aren’t 6.0221367 x 10²³” of a certain food item “in here”?
⬥ A: Planck’s Constant Ketchup ⬥ B: Avocado’s Number Guacamole
⬥ C: Boyle’s Law Boil-in-Bag Brown Rice ⬥ D: Lamm Equation Lamb Vindaloo
Total Prize Money: $5,000

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