Raj Dhuwalia, from Valley Village, CA was the contestant to appear on the 16th season of the U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on November 2 & 3, 2017. He became the first person to win $250,000 on this season.
In mythology, which of these was NOT one of Hercules' twelve labors?
⬥ A: Slay the Nemean Lion
⬥ B: Capture the Erymanthian Boar
⬥ C: Take the Golden Apples of the Hesperides
⬥ D: Alphabetize Zeus' DVD collection
$1,000 (2 of 14) - Not Timed
According to Parenting.com, audiobooks, origami, and letting them "spy on row 25 with...binoculars" are all good ways to get you child through what?
⬥ A: Puberty
⬥ B: A long airplane flight
⬥ C: A haunted house
⬥ D: Harvard Law School
$2,000 (3 of 14) - Not Timed
Though they led different kinds of teams, legendary lawman John Coffee Hays and legendary MLB pitcher Nolan Ryan were both what?
⬥ A: Texas Rangers
⬥ B: Milwaukee Brewers
⬥ C: Pittsburgh Pirates
⬥ D: San Francisco Giants
$3,000 (4 of 14) - Not Timed
Due to her frightening performance as an obsessed mistress in "Fatal Attraction," what actress says that men often tell her, "You saved my marriage"?
⬥ A: Sharon Stone
⬥ B: Meryl Streep
⬥ C: Glenn Close
⬥ D: Sally Field
$5,000 (5 of 14) - Not Timed
To reflect the impact of human activity on the Earth, a group of scientists has proposed which of these names for the current geological epoch?
⬥ A: Pliocene
⬥ B: Anthropocene
⬥ C: Miocene
⬥ D: Eocene
$7,000 (6 of 14) - Not Timed
Though some claim it's misogynistic, what rap song's lyrics actually reference an incident in which Jay-Z narrowly evaded a female dog from a K-9 unit?
⬥ A: Nuthin' But a G Thang
⬥ B: In Da Club
⬥ C: Mama Said Knock You Out
⬥ D: 99 Problems
$10,000 (7 of 14) - Not Timed
Due largely to their ownership of oil rights, in the late 1800's what Oklahoma-based tribe was considered "the richest people per capita in the world"?
⬥ A: Sioux
⬥ B: Osage
⬥ C: Iroquois
⬥ D: Seminole
$20,000 (8 of 14) - Not Timed
In a standard set of billiard balls, what's the sum of all the numbers that appear on the striped balls?
⬥ A: 28
⬥ B: 56
⬥ C: 73
⬥ D: 84
$30,000 (9 of 14) - Not Timed
Marvel's first openly gay superhero, Northstar debuted in 1979, came out as gay in 1992, and got married 20 years later, while a member of which group? "Plus One" lifeline used.
⬥ A: The X-Men
⬥ B: The Guardians of the Galaxy
⬥ C: The Avengers
⬥ D: The Justice League
The klaxon called time. He will be back tomorrow with 2 lifelines available.
$50,000 (10 of 14) - Not Timed
Wildly outnumbering humans and boasting about 1 million species, an estimated 4 out of 5 of all living animals on earth are nematodes, a type of what?
⬥ A: Fish
⬥ B: Mosquito
⬥ C: Worm
⬥ D: Ant
$100,000 (11 of 14) - Not Timed
Before fingerprinting became widespread, law enforcement relied heavily on the Bertillon System, which identified criminals how?
⬥ A: By measuring various body parts
⬥ B: By recording their voices
⬥ C: By measuring exact weight
⬥ D: By taking hair samples
$250,000 (12 of 14) - Not Timed
One of the longest words in the Bible, Mahershalalhashbaz is the name of a character in which book? "50:50" lifeline used.
⬥ A: Exodus
⬥ B: Job
⬥ C: Isaiah
⬥ D: Judges
$500,000 (13 of 14) - Not Timed
Saying they didn't have room for it, in 1956 New York's Museum of Modern Art rejected a free Andy Warhol drawing of what? "Ask the Audience" lifeline used.
He walked away on this question, His guess would not gone with the audience but his answer would have been A dog, but the correct answer is B: A shoe.
Trivia[]
Raj won $125,000 besting Mark Labbett, on his show The Chase. Also, he appeared in the pilot episode with Ken Basin, Jamie Rosler and Dan and was the only one caught by "the Beast".
Errors[]
During the $2,000 question, there is no letter L on "Milwaukee Brewers" as seen in the choices.
