Joni Russell, from Clemmons, NC, was a contestant who appeared on Season 17 of the U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on February 1, 2019 and left with $5,000 after she missed her $10,000 question.
Joni's Run to the Million[]
$500 (1 of 14) - Not Timed
With federal resources not what they used to be, in 1993 the Smithsonian Institution began asking visitors to do what, for the first time in its 147-year history?
⬥ A: Feed tour guides scraps from their lunches
⬥ B: Handle locking the place up at night
⬥ C: Donate money
⬥ D: Bring their own dinosaur bones
$1,000 (2 of 14) - Not Timed
If milk is heated to 280 degrees for 2 seconds, then rapidly cooled, it will be 99.9% free of bacteria because it's just been what?
⬥ A: Ultra-pasteurized
⬥ B: Totes-dehydrated
⬥ C: Pickled to the 10th power
⬥ D: Supermega-offended
$2,000 (3 of 14) - Not Timed
Which of the following is not one of the three supernatural beings found in the classic 1962 book (and 2018 movie) "A Wrinkle in Time"?
⬥ A: Mrs. Who
⬥ B: Mrs. Which
⬥ C: Mrs. Whatsit
⬥ D: Mrs. Whaaasuuuuup?
$3,000 (4 of 14) - Not Timed
Though it hopefully doesn't just constantly repeat the word "Nevermore" as it does in Edgar Alla Poe's famous poem, which of these birds can be trained to talk?
⬥ A: Hummingbird
⬥ B: Bald eagle
⬥ C: Raven
⬥ D: Falcon
$5,000 (5 of 14) - Not Timed
The first documented baby to have been born in Antarctica, Emilio Palma had a mother from what country -- the closest to Antarctica of these four? 'Ask the Audience' and 'Plus One' lifelines used
As the sole person who's at least 21 years old, as of today, which of these celebrities is the only one who could legally play blackjack here in a Las Vegas casino? '50:50' lifeline used
⬥ A: Jaden Smith
⬥ B: Elle Fanning
⬥ C: Malia Obama
⬥ D: Kendall Jenner
$10,000 (7 of 14) - Not Timed
Which of these people is the most likely to be described as "risible"?
