Rorri Burton is an American ASL Interpreter. She appeared as a contestant on the 2020-21 U.S. revival season of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on November 15, 2020 and walked away with $125,000.
WWTBAM Run[]
Rorri Burton's Run to Million[]
| $100 (1 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Elton John's rise to stardom is chronicled in what 2019 movie? | |
| ⬥ A: Rocketman | ⬥ B: Hustlers |
| ⬥ C: Shazam! | ⬥ D: Someone Wasted My Time Tonight |
| Rorri didn't see the movie but she knows it was named for one of Elton John's songs. |
| $200 (2 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| In 2020, the U.S. Postal Service began putting paw print stickers on some malboes to warn mail carriers about what? | |
| ⬥ A: Traffic | ⬥ B: Dogs |
| ⬥ C: Bad Weather | ⬥ D: High Voltage |
| $300 (3 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| According to the U.S. Coast Guard, which of these states is not home to a lighthouse? | |
| ⬥ A: North Dakota | ⬥ B: South Dakota |
| ⬥ C: Rhode Island | ⬥ D: New Jersey |
| Rorri says that three of these are coastal states. |
| $500 (4 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Never stated in the original nursery rhyme, Lewis Carroll's "Through the Looking-Glass" was likely the first to identify what character as an egg? | |
| ⬥ A: The Mad Hatter | ⬥ B: Tweedledee |
| ⬥ C: The Red Queen | ⬥ D: Humpty Dumpty |
| $1,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| What medical equipment can be seen in the logo of the American Society of Acupuncturists? | |
| ⬥ A: Forceps | ⬥ B: Tongue depressors |
| ⬥ C: Needles | ⬥ D: Scalpels |
| $2,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| What is the last name of the politician whose official presidential campaign website in 2020 was peteforamerica.com? | |
| ⬥ A: Sanders | ⬥ B: Booker |
| ⬥ C: Buttigieg | ⬥ D: Bloomberg |
| Rorri doesn't want to mispronounce the name, so Jimmy asks her how it would be done in sign language; Rorri says she would have to spell it out, and Jimmy asks her to do it. He says it's probably easier to sign it than to say it. |
| $4,000 (7 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| "To Spin or Not to Spin"? is the title of an economics paper analyzing the perfect strategy for playing what game show's "Showcase Showdown"? | |
| ⬥ A: The Price Is Right | ⬥ B: The $100,000 Pyramid |
| ⬥ C: Jeopardy! | ⬥ D: Match Game |
| Rorri's mother was a big game show fan and Rorri watched all of these. |
| $8,000 (8 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Retelling an earlier novel from a vampire's point of view, the 2020 bestseller "Midnight Sun" is the latest installment in the widely popular series? | |
| ⬥ A: The Hunger Games | ⬥ B: Divergent |
| ⬥ C: A Song of Ice and Fire | ⬥ D: The Twilight Saga |
| Rorri doesn't know anything about vampires, so she calls on Neil, who tells her what the answer is. |
| $16,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Where on a golf course would a golfer typically use a club engraved with an "S"? "Ask The Host" lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Tee box | ⬥ B: Fairway |
| ⬥ C: Bunker | ⬥ D: Putting green |
| Rorri is clueless and asks Neil if he knows anything about golf. He says he doesn't. She's going to use a lifeline; she says that Jimmy looks like he knows about golf so she uses that lifeline.
Ask The Host Result: Jimmy says he's not a golfer, but he knows this. "S" means sand wedge and it would be used in a bunker. Rorri goes with that answer. |
| $32,000 (10 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Famously shouted at the end of the movie "Se&en," what is the answer to Brad Pitt's frantic question, "What's in the box?!" | |
| ⬥ A: A note | ⬥ B: A head |
| ⬥ C: A photograph | ⬥ D: A bomb |
| Rorri isn't a movie fan, and neither is Neil. At one point she was a big Brad Pitt fan because of "Brangelina"; she didn't watch this movie because it was scary. She knows there was a head in the box, but doesn't know if that was the answer to the question. She knows there was a head in the box so that was the answer to the question. |
Rorri now has to decide if she wants to trade one of her remaining lifelines to use Neil one more time. Neil says that the lifelines she has are good ones. She decides not to use him.
| $64,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| How do you spell the name of the third largest city in Ohio? | |
| ⬥ A: C-I-N-N-C-I-N-A-T-I | ⬥ B: C-I-N-C-I-N-N-A-T-I |
| ⬥ C: C-I-N-C-I-N-N-A-T-T-I | ⬥ D: C-I-N-N-C-I-N-A-T-T-I |
| Rorri says that words are funny - you can read them and spell them all the time but when you look at them they look funny. She says that the sign for the city is C-I-N, so it isn't A or D. Jimmy asks her for the signs for Cleveland and Columbus, and she shows them. He asks if every city has its own sign. She says it depends on many factors. She shows the sign for Akron but doesn't know the sign for Toledo. She knows how to spell the city and spell-signs it. |
| $125,000 (12 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| The author of what children's book was inspired to write his classic work after meeting a girl in the hospital who just had her appendix removed? "50:50" lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Matilda | ⬥ B: Blueberries for Sal |
| ⬥ C: Madeline | ⬥ D: The Velveteen Rabbit |
| Rorri loves books but she hasn't read any of these, and never heard of "Blueberries for Sal" so she tentatively eliminates that one because "how could it be a classic if I've never heard of it?" She doesn't know the answer so she uses a lifeline, the "50:50".
50:50 leaves B and C. Rorri says that changes everything. She says "Sal" is a boy's name. She doesn't think it's a classic. Deductive reasoning says it must be "C". Either way she has to go home and read them. She makes "C" her final answer. |
| $250,000 (13 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| While U.S. banknotes depict past political leaders like Hamilton and Lincoln, the banknotes for Euros depict examples of European what? "Phone-a-Friend" lifeline used Contestant chose to walk away | |
| ⬥ A: Mountain ranges | ⬥ B: Paintings |
| ⬥ C: Architectural styles | ⬥ D: Inventions |
| Rorri says she has no clue. She's never been to Europe and never handled a Euro. She's handled foreign currency but only that from the Western Hemisphere. She will have to phone a friend, her uncle Marvin. He's a traveler, plays piano on cruise ships that travel all over the world. He lives in Denver.
Phone-a-Friend result: Rorri asks "What are on Euros?" then reads the choices. She repeats the choices. Marvin would say "inventions" but he's not sure. Rorri says, "Ay dios mio." Since her uncle didn't know, and she doesn't, either, she decides to walk away. "You've got to know when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em. It's too risky." She would have guessed C but her guess turns out to be correct. Total Prize Money: $125,000 |
Sources[]
| Preceded by Tom Miller (USA, 2020-21) |
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (2020-2021 season, U.S.) Rorri Burton |
Succeeded by David Chang |