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Marcey Rawitscher, a high school English and social studies teacher from Amherst, New Hampshire, was a contestant on Season 7 of the syndicated U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. She walked away with $50,000.

WWTBAM Run[]

Marcey Rawitscher's Run to the Million[]

$100 (1 of 15) - 15 seconds
Category: It's Not a Tumor
Arnold Schwarzenegger plays an undercover policeman coping with a classroom of six-year olds in what movie?
⬥ A: University Cop ⬥ B: Junior High Cop
⬥ C: Kindergarten Cop ⬥ D: Terminator 4: Nap Time
$200 (2 of 15) - 15 seconds
Category: Trained Animals
Dogs known as "ratters" are specially trained to do what?
⬥ A: Catch rodents ⬥ B: Aid the blind
⬥ C: Perform tricks ⬥ D: Pull sleds
$300 (3 of 15) - 15 seconds
Category: Sweet Relief
Due to the calendar schedule of the typical school year, many teachers are on vacation for the entirety of which of these months?
⬥ A: March ⬥ B: July
⬥ C: October ⬥ D: April
$500 (4 of 15) - 15 seconds
Category: Electronics
The "smile shutter" feature is one of the latest technological advancements on what kind of electronic device?
"Ask the Audience" lifeline used
⬥ A: iPod ⬥ B: Laptop computer
⬥ C: High-def television ⬥ D: Digital camera
Ask the Audience Results: A: 3% ⬥ B: 8% ⬥ C: 0% ⬥ D: 89%
$1,000 (5 of 15) - 15 seconds
Category: What's in a Name?
Which of these "Desperate Housewives" has a first name that is also a noun meaning "happiness"?
⬥ A: Teri Hatcher ⬥ B: Felicity Huffman
⬥ C: Marcia Cross ⬥ D: Eva Longoria
$2,000 (6 of 15) - 30 seconds
Category: Big Words
"Polyethylene" and "polypropylene" are names for two common varieties of what substance?
⬥ A: Wood ⬥ B: Metal
⬥ C: Paper ⬥ D: Plastic
$4,000 (7 of 15) - 30 seconds
Category: Celebrity Headlines
In 2008, what celebrity couple made even more headlines than usual with the birth of their twins, Max and Emmie?
⬥ A: J Lo & Marc ⬥ B: Katie & Tom
⬥ C: Demi & Ashton ⬥ D: Jennifer & Ben
$8,000 (8 of 15) - 30 seconds
Category: The Freedom Trail
The famous patriotic warning "One if by land, and two if by sea" referred to lanterns hanging in a what?
⬥ A: Barn ⬥ B: Church
⬥ C: Courthouse ⬥ D: Tree
$16,000 (9 of 15) - 30 seconds
Category: Bon Voyage
On his trip around the globe in the classic novel "Around the World in 80 Days," Phileas Fogg travels primarily in what direction?
"Ask the Expert" lifeline used
⬥ A: North ⬥ B: South
⬥ C: East ⬥ D: West
Meredith says that as an English teacher Marcey might know this, but Marcey shakes her head and with 22 seconds remaining decides to Ask the Expert.

Nancy says it's going to be east or west. She thinks he goes east. He crosses the date line and gets there a day early, even though he thinks he messed up and arrived late. He left from London and didn't go west because he went to India and other places. Marcey trusts Nancy and goes with her answer. Meredith says she thought it was west.

The klaxon called time and Marcey will return for $25,000 with two lifelines remaining.

$25,000 (10 of 15) - 30 seconds
Category: Foreign Phrases
Meaning “never seen,” what French phrase refers to the odd feeling of not recognizing something that should be familiar?
"Phone-a-Friend" lifeline used
⬥ A: Jamais vu ⬥ B: Toujours vu
⬥ C: Encore vu ⬥ D: Souvent vu
Marcey decides to phone a friend at 22 seconds. Her phone a friend team consist of:

Gary from Jefferson, MD - Marcey’s brother, a Sr. Analyst at NASA
Bruce from Hoboken, NJ – Marcey’s b-i-l
Linda from Amherst, NH – a high school French teacher

Marcey decides to call Linda.

Marcey reads the question and choices.
Linda: Ok, and it means never seen?
Marcey: Never seen.

She then starts to repeat the choices.
As soon as she says jamais vu, Linda says that is it.

$50,000 (11 of 15) - 45 seconds
Category: Famous Paintings
Which of the following is not visible in the background of Leonardo da Vinci’s famous painting “Mona Lisa”?
"Double Dip" lifeline used
⬥ A: A road ⬥ B: A mountain
⬥ C: An aqueduct ⬥ D: A bird
$100,000 (12 of 15) - 45 seconds
Category: History of Film
Commissioned by Thomas Edison, the earliest surviving copyrighted motion picture depicts a man doing what?
⬥ A: Firing a rifle ⬥ B: Sneezing
⬥ C: Biting an apple ⬥ D: Laughing
Marcey says she has no idea and decides to leave with $50,000. The right answer was B: Sneezing.

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