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[cheers and applause] >> welcome back to "who wants to be a millionaire." we are here with a teacher who saved all 15 of her students during the tragedy at sandy hook back in 2012. kaitlin roig-debellis has gotten up to $5,000. [cheers and applause] it's good to have you here. >> great to be here. >> and you're finding out what every contestant finds out; it's difficult under the lights. >> very difficult. >> um, h--when did you know you wanted to be a teacher? >> oh, my entire life. my earliest memories-- three and four, acting out being a teacher with my stuffed animals. at five, i asked my dad if i could babysit our neighbor who was three. i was told no, which was very discouraging. i started out as a mother's helper at 10. literally held every job imaginable until leaving for college. got my masters in elementary ed and-- >> so you had blinders on? just like, this is what you were meant to do. >> i had tunnel vision 100%. >> you were meant to be a teacher. >> absolutely. >> well, we are all the better for it, and glad you're here today. >> so happy to be here. >> i'm glad you're doing so well at $5,000. you only ud

and you can only add to that bank now. >> okay. >> so let's do it, and let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic musical flourish] ♪ $7,000 question. >> okay. >> which of the following types of cloud would you find not in our atmosphere, but millions of miles away surrounding our solar system? >> well, my gut instinct is altostratus. stratus-- uh, stratosphere, uh-- i don't know, it just sounds like that would be not in our atmosphere. i know it's not cirrus. i do not believe it's cumulonimbus, 'cause that is in ours. i have no idea what an oort cloud is, so it could also be that. >> you do have the lifelines. you have "50/50" and "plus one." >> let's, um...

i mean, let's-- let's do "50/50." >> okay. final? >> oh, yes. final. >> okay. i'll take away two incorrect answers. see if this clears it up. [crowd groans] >> this is what happens. >> so... >> so... >> it's c or d. >> oh, gosh. here's where they say, "are you going to"-- >> well, here's-- here's the good news: you're going to go for it because you can't lose any money. >> right, yes. >> so the pressure's off as far as that. where the pressure is on is we want you to stay in the game and keep going. you still have your "plus one." >> [sighs] [tense music] ♪ [groans] ♪ i think... i think i have to use my "plus one." >> okay. >> i really don't want to, but i'm trying to... >> stay in the game. >> well, and--yes, i want to give as much money as i can to my nonprofit. >>ig

final? ♪ >> yeah. >> yeah? okay. all right, craig, come on down. [cheers and applause] how you doing? >> i am excellent. how are you? >> doing good. >> all right. >> how's it going? >> tell me you know about clouds. >> i know a thing or two about clouds. >> more than i do. maybe. >> all right. fair enough. um, all right, here's the story. >> okay. please. >> in any science class i ever took where we talked about our atmosphere, i never heard the word "oort." >> me neither. >> i would say it's oort. >> [laughs] >> and, um, if it's not, i will give you my firstborn. >> [laughs] your wife is-- she's here, you know. [laughs] >> she's probably fine with it. >> she's okay with that, yeah. she's all right. >> oh, my god. okay. i--yeah. okay. wait, so which one are we going for? >> i would say oort. >> okay. d, oort. final answer. i can't watch.

>> shh. let's all leave. let's just leave-- i was gonna have everybody leave while your eyes were closed. >> oh. [laughs] >> you got it! you got it right! [cheers and applause] >> thank you, craig. >> way to go, craig. stick around. kaitlin, you got there. $7,000. when we come back, she'll be going for $10,000. it's teacher appreciation week here on "millionaire." [applause]

[cheers and applause] >> welcome back to "who wants to be a millionaire" teacher appreciation week, and we are here with a teacher who saved all 15 of her students during the tragedy at sandy hook in 2012; kaitlin roig-debellis. got a little help from her lifeline and got to $7,000. [cheers and applause] guess what you'll be teaching next time you're in a classroom. clouds. all about clouds. [laughs] >> totally. not typically the first grade curriculum, but-- >> right. well, now you have a chance to get to five figures with this next question-- halfway to $1 million. you ready to jump back into your game? >> yes. >> all right, let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic musical flourish] ♪ $10,000 question. >> no big deal. >> in 2016, author elizabeth gilbert announced she was separating from her husband of 12 years, known to readers as

in what best-selling memoir? >> "in 2016, author elizabeth gilbert announced she was separating from her husband of 12 years, known to readers as 'felipe' in what best-selling memoir?" well, it's definitely not "how stella got her groove back." it's not "the bridges of madison county." she definitely wrote "eat, pray, love." i don't know that she wrote "nights in ro"-- who wrote "nights in rodanthe"? did she-- would they put-- if i know she wrote "eat, pray, love," would they put two books that she's written up there? would they do that to me? [laughter] would you do that to me? you didn't do-- >> [laughs] >> [sighs] $7,000's a lot of money. "eat, pray, love", a. final answer.

>> no, it's not. she wrote two books. >> you got it right! you got it! [cheers and applause] $10,000! >> oh, my god. this show is nuts. >> you know what's funny is, you're like adoringly sweet, but i got just, like, a glimpse of your stink-eye. i got just a little bit of your teach-- >> i didn't mean to. >> a little bit of your teacher stink-eye of, like, i was acting up and it was like, "shoomp." and it, like-- >> i didn't mean to. >> my inner eight-year-old just shut down. i was like, "i'm sorry." >> oh, time-out. >> "miss kaitlin." you got to $10,000. you are halfway to $1 million. >> oh, my gosh. >> now a chance to double your money... >> whew. >> and get to $20,000 with this question. [dramatic musical flourish] ♪ as it's a member of the genus oreamnos, and not capra, which of these statements is true?

>> well, reindeer... aren't deer. [tense music] ♪ wildcats are definitely cats. ♪ mountain goats are goats. ♪ water buffalo are buffalo. you know--ugh. >> [chuckles] you're at $10,000. >> i know. i'm at $10,000, and that's way farther than i could have ever hoped to get. that money means a real lot to our charity, so... >> where's this money going? >> classes 4 classes. so i am going to say... >> that's your nonprofit? >> that i'm gonna walk. final answer. >> is that your final--okay. >> yes. >> congratulations. [cheers and applause] >> [sighs, laughs] oh. whoo. >> you were leaning towards d? >> yes.

>> oh, thank god! >> so there you go. $10,000. >> thank you. >> thank you so much for being here. >> thank you. thank you so much. >> thank you for everything that you've done. >> thank you. thanks for having me. >> many, many blessings to you. >> thank you. >> hopefully this $10,000 will make a huge difference for her nonprofit. we're gonna come back. more teachers, more fun right after this. ♪ mmm, you know what that needs? hey, l'eggo my eggo. uh uh. not c-c-c - cause i have the and i - i. that's a lot. raisins. really? what just happened here? you know the rules. i make the rules. know the rules. keep your eggo.

i'm doing this for you, dad. thanks son. >> here's your question of the day. if you only got a c+ on your c++ exam, your teacher probably thinks you're mediocre at what? providing first aid, editing newspaper copy, computer programming, or translating hebrew to english?

>> the answer to that question was computer programming. [cheers and applause] welcome back. we're about to make one of our audience members very happy and give them a little taste of the "who wants to be a millionaire" experience, and hopefully give away $1,000 right here. [cheers and applause] i need melanie brelsford. melanie brelsford. where's melanie? melanie? [cheers and applause] hey, melanie. how you doing? chris. good to meet you. >> good to meet you. >> welcome to "millionaire." where you from, melanie? >> i'm from plano, texas. >> oh, no way. right up the road. i'm from dallas. >> love it. >> hometown girl. what do you do?

manufacturer and i'm on the merchandising team. >> well, you could probably use $1,000. >> i could. >> here's how it's gonna happen: i'm gonna ask you a question. you get it right, i'll give you $1,000 cash right now. >> ooh. hope so. >> you ready to go, melanie? >> i'm--i'm ready. >> all right, let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic musical flourish] $1,000 question. an avid baseball fan, 19th-century inventor william gray developed "gray's patent body protector" to be worn by the player at which position? [tense music] ♪ >> c, catcher. final answer. >> $1,000 winner. that's right! you got it, melanie! way to go! i love ending a show like that! special thanks to our teachers-- all of the teachers out there, thank you for what you do. for everyone who's been a part of this one, i'm chris harrison. we'll see you next time.

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tally screws me and leaves the show. what happened? oh, his appendix burst. where are we gonna find a masculine stanley kowalski type in his 40s in such little time? just letting you know i turned the water off. and i helped out with the whole righty-tighty, lefty-loosy business. excuse me, have you ever acted? i was the star in a nativity play once, literally the star. ah, but you weren't talking to me. me? oh, i haven't acted before. oh, but honey, you could. you should be in victoria's play. i mean, you're between jobs right now, and this might be just the thing to get you going. and you look like an actor. i mean, that's half of it. 80%, really. i'm afraid i would embarrass myself. come on. on my radio show, i am always telling people, fears about embarrassment almost never come true.