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Haritha Challapalli, from Latham, NY, was a contestant who appeared on Season 12 of the syndicated U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on November 15, 2013 and walked away with $55,600.

WWTBAM Run[]

Round 1[]

$5,000 (1 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: Just a Reality Star
An act of "facial profiling," Jase Robertson was thrown out of an NYC hotel when a staffer assumed he was a vagrant rather than the star of what?
'Ask the Audience' lifeline used
⬥ A: Here Comes Honey Boo Boo ⬥ B: Duck Dynasty
⬥ C: Basketball Wives ⬥ D: Catfish
Ask the Audience Results: A: 7% ⬥ B: 62% ⬥ C: 20% ⬥ D: 11%
Haritha's Bank: $5,000
$10,000 (2 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: Go for the Gold
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's freshman roommate at Harvard competed in the London Olympics representing what country?
'Jump the Question' lifeline used
⬥ A: Gambia ⬥ B: Mexico
⬥ C: Haiti ⬥ D: France
Haritha wasn't sure, so she jumped the question. The correct answer was C: Haiti.
Haritha's Bank: $5,000
$500 (3 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: Constricted Rights
According to USA Today, etiquette experts believe that airline passengers in certain seats have a claim to both armrests, a benefit known as the what?
⬥ A: Window-seat entitlement ⬥ B: Middle-seat privilege
⬥ C: Aisle-seat advantage ⬥ D: Exit-row inalienable right
Haritha's Bank: $5,500
$7,000 (4 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: When in Rome
Long before the "roast" became tradition, in ancient Rome archimimes mocked people at their own what?
⬥ A: Funerals ⬥ B: Weddings
⬥ C: Trials ⬥ D: Excommunications
Haritha's Bank: $12,500
$2,000 (5 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: Animal Control
To keep their female gorilla populations at a reasonable number, zoos typically provide them with what?
⬥ A: Condoms ⬥ B: Birth control pills
⬥ C: Excuses ⬥ D: A hotter gorilla friend
Haritha's Bank: $14,500
$100 (6 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: In the Kitchen
Playing on one of his most famous lines, a T-shirt depicts Richard Nixon holding a spatula and saying which of the following?
⬥ A: Cut softly and carry a big fork ⬥ B: I had a cream filling
⬥ C: I am not a cook ⬥ D: Tear down this Waldorf salad
Haritha's Bank: $14,600
$25,000 (7 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: Drinking and Singing
What performer launched a brand of tequila called 901, which is the area code of his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee?
⬥ A: Aaron Neville ⬥ B: Justin Timberlake
⬥ C: Ludacris ⬥ D: Cee Lo Green
Haritha's Bank: $39,600
$3,000 (8 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: Total Recalls
Because it had a rear fuel tank like the exploding Pinto, what 1970s car model was preemptively recalled?
'Jump the Question' lifeline used
⬥ A: Mercury Bobcat ⬥ B: Dodge Spider Monkey
⬥ C: Chevy Ocelot ⬥ D: Plymouth Beaver
Haritha wasn't sure, so she jumped the question. The correct answer was A: Mercury Bobcat.
Haritha's Bank: $39,600
$1,000 (9 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: Artistic Cut-Ups
Toward the end of his life, what artist created a series of "Blue Nude" paper cutouts that he called "painting with scissors"?
⬥ A: Paul Gaugin ⬥ B: Henri Matisse
⬥ C: Vincent van Gogh ⬥ D: Claude Monet
Haritha's Bank: $40,600
$15,000 (10 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: Strange Phobias
If someone is koumpounophobic, they might have trouble getting dressed because they have a debilitating fear of what object?
⬥ A: Cotton ⬥ B: Pockets
⬥ C: Buttons ⬥ D: Zippers
Haritha's Bank: $55,600

Round 2[]

$100,000 (11 of 14) - Not Timed
On the TV series "Lost," Sawyer was never seen reading which of these classic novels?
⬥ A: A Farewell to Arms ⬥ B: The Fountainhead
⬥ C: Watership Down ⬥ D: A Wrinkle in Time
Haritha did not want to risk $30,600, so she walked away. She would have guessed C: Watership Down, but the correct answer was A: A Farewell to Arms.
Total Prize Money: $55,600

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