Suzanne Grodner, from New York, New York, was a contestant on the ninth season of the syndicated version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on May 2-3, 2011. She won $61,100.
Buffalo wings are traditionally served with celery sticks and a side of what dressing?
⬥ A: Thousand Island
⬥ B: Honey mustard
⬥ C: Italian
⬥ D: Blue cheese
Suzanne's Bank: $1,000
$2,000 (2 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Unusual Proposals
In 2010, the organization PETA offered to pay for Lindsay Lohan to enter rehab if she agreed to do what?
⬥ A: Wear a seatbelt
⬥ B: Gain weight
⬥ C: Quit smoking
⬥ D: Become a vegan
Suzanne's Bank: $3,000
$10,000 (3 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Strip Artist
After dropping an “L” in his first name “just to be different,” Bil Keane gained fame as the creator of what comic strip?
⬥ A: Doonesbury
⬥ B: Blondie
⬥ C: The Family Circus
⬥ D: Calvin and Hobbes
Suzanne's Bank: $13,000
$500 (4 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Wild Things
Road Runner nemesis Wile E. Coyote was inspired by what author, who once described coyotes as “a living, breathing allegory of want”? "Jump the Question" lifeline used
⬥ A: Mark Twain
⬥ B: John Steinbeck
⬥ C: Ernest Hemingway
⬥ D: Jack London
Suzanne jumped the question. The correct answer was A: Mark Twain.
Suzanne's Bank: $13,000
$100 (5 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Auto Motto
Mazda uses what nonsensical slogan to promote its line of automobiles?
⬥ A: Ding-Ding
⬥ B: Pow-Pow
⬥ C: Beep-Beep
⬥ D: Zoom-Zoom
Suzanne's Bank: $13,100
$3,000 (6 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Pipe Man
Having died prior to the widespread use of the piano, who created most of his Baroque compositions on an organ?
⬥ A: Johann Sebastian Bach
⬥ B: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
⬥ C: Ludwig van Beethoven
⬥ D: Johannes Brahms
Suzanne's Bank: $16,100
$25,000 (7 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Historic Land
To tour the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, you must visit what Hawaiian island?
⬥ A: Maui
⬥ B: Kauai
⬥ C: Oahu
⬥ D: Hawaii
Suzanne's Bank: $41,100
$5,000 (8 of 14) - Not Timed Category: TV Men
On the popular TV series “Two and a Half Men,” what are the names of the two-and-a-half men? "Ask the Audience" lifeline used
$7,000 (9 of 14) - Not Timed Category: In the Dirt
In 2010, a utility company digging in Southern California unearth a huge trove of 1.4-million-year-old what? "Jump the Question" lifeline used
⬥ A: Fossils
⬥ B: Mummies
⬥ C: Coins
⬥ D: Pottery
Suzanne comes from California, but northern California. She thinks it would be A, but is not sure. She jumps the question. The correct answer was A: Fossils.
Suzanne's Bank: $46,100
$15,000 (10 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Shore Thing
What is the only New England state without any coastline on the Atlantic Ocean?
⬥ A: Rhode Island
⬥ B: Vermont
⬥ C: Connecticut
⬥ D: New Hampshire
Suzanne's Bank: $61,100
Round 2[]
$100,000 (11 of 14) - Not Timed
What famous literary character's name is also the last name of the 1959 Nobel Prize winner for Literature?
⬥ A: Falstaff
⬥ B: Odysseus
⬥ C: Quasimodo
⬥ D: Gandalf
Suzanne figured Quasimodo and Odysseus would unlikely be last names at that time and would guess Gandalf. However, she made up her mind to walk. The correct answer was C: Quasimodo. The author in question was Salvatore Quasimodo.
