good 'cause we have a great game going on. our returning contestant's husband made her audition for our show because he's sick and tired of listening to her scream at the tv. from fremont, california, please welcome back pauline weaver. [cheers and applause] >> thank you so much. >> come on over. ♪ i'm glad you got the blue memo. we match. >> yes, absolutely. >> we look great today. >> we do. we look like we're a couple. >> we look like a million-- [laughter] you remember prom? that was a good night. >> yes. [laughter] >> we look like a million bucks or we're going to here in about 20 minutes. >> let's hope so. >> um, okay, so your husband-- we should probably mention your husband. um, awkward now, but, uh... [laughter] he wanted you on the show because he just--you pull some crazy stuff around the house. >> well, i do. one halloween, we were painting the house we were living in, and i snuck out the backdoor and took off all my clothes, put on a trench cloat--coat,

came round to the front door, knocked on the door, and when he opened the door i yelled, "trick or treat," threw the-- [laughter] threw the coat open, and he said absolutely nothing. he just simply shut the door. [laughter] it was very embarrassing. >> that's not the response you were probably going for. >> no, it was not. [laughs] >> so he went for the trick, not the treat. >> he did. >> yeah. [laughter] >> well, we're in the mid-- >> well, it's been good for 42 years. what can you say? >> hey, there you go. congratulations on that, by the way. >> thank you. >> we're in the middle of a good game. you're at $7,000. you're 8 questions away from the $1 million. >> [exhales] >> you have all three of your lifelines: "the audience," "50/50," and the "plus one," so you're doing really, really good. so let's keep it up and let's add to that total right now. >> fingers crossed. >> let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic musical flourish] ♪ all right, pauline... [cheers and applause] we begin today with a $10,000 question. here it is. while he once wrote that

"one judges by the result," who is often misattributed as saying "the ends justify the means"? [dramatic music] >> okay. i don't think it's plato... ♪ and i also don't think it's voltaire. it's either sun tzu, who wrote "the art of war," or it's machiavelli, who was also a--kind of a political operative. ♪ well... let's do the "50/50." i think this is better-- this is--i don't think this is an audience question. >> okay. >> let's do the "50/50". >> is that your final? >> that's my final. >> okay. i'm gonna take away two incorrect answers. >> yeah. [laughter] >> well, you were right. >> yep. >> sun tzu or machiavelli. >> i'm thinking it's machiavelli. it doesn't sound like sun tzu.

♪ i'm going with--take a chance. machiavelli. final answer. >> took a shot, "50/50" chance, and you got it right. >> oh. >> you got it. way to go, pauline. good job. [cheers and applause] your gut led you in the right direction, and led you to $10,000. you still have two lifelines, and now a chance to double your money with a $20,000 question. [dramatic musical flourish] ♪ according to the "fog test," which of these is fake if you blow on it and the "fog" of your breath doesn't immediately disappear? [dramatic music] ♪ >> well, it would have to be a pretty big diamond for you to even see your breath on it.

don't think it's wedgewood, and i don't think it's mahogany because i don't think there'd be any difference between that and any other wood, so i'm going with c, sterling silver. final answer. ♪ >> unfortunately, it is a diamond. >> oh. >> it's b, but, pauline, you took a shot... >> i did. >> and you're walking out of here with $5,000. >> thank you so much. >> it was so nice to meet you. >> thank you. it was lovely to meet you too. thank you. >> head on up. bye, pauline. take care. [cheers and applause] ♪ hey, pauline took a shot and she's walking out of here with $5,000. so congratulations to her for that. i need to give away some more money, so i need a contestant. so how about from concord, california, we welcome darren munk. [cheers and applause] hi, darren, how you doing? >> how you doing? >> both: good to meet you. >> come on over. ♪ good to have you. welcome. >> thank you. good to be here. >> unbutton, relax. let me tell you how you're gonna make a million dollars today. >> all right.

>> 14 questions between you and that $1 million. you have three lifelines. you know how those work... >> yeah. >> so let's jump right into your game. >> all right, let's do it. >> let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." all right, darren, $500 question. which of these is not listed as one of the "time's" "abcds of making a good first impression"? >> i think i'm gonna go with d, drooling, is not, uh, an "abcd of making a good first impression." d, final answer. >> yeah, we've all done it. it's never--never impressive. you got it. that's right. $500. [cheers and applause] $1,000 question. in a game in 1953, the aptly-named willie thrower made history as one of the first african-american what? >> well, if he's aptly-named

with a name like thrower, i would assume that he would be "a," an nfl quarterback. final answer. >> makes the most sense. that's right for $1,000. >> all right. [cheers and applause] >> here's your $2,000 question. an exception made only for catholic queens and princesses, "il privilegio del bianco" allows them to wear what color during an audience with the pope? >> uh, i know that "bianco" in italian would be "white," so i'm gonna go with c, white. final answer. >> exactly right. there you go, $2,000. >> all right. >> well done. darren, you're off and running. good game. all the lifelines are there. we're gonna try and get to $5,000 when we come back. [cheers and applause] ♪ as the strip's first stand-alone boutique hotel, the cromwell emphasizes personalized experiences. enjoy the views from celebrity

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[cheers and applause] >> welcome back to "who wants to be a millionaire." darren munk just getting going in his game, but he's going good so for. up to $2,000. >> so far so good. >> three questions in. you have all of your lifelines. so let's get back to work. >> all right, let's do it. >> let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic musical flourish] ♪ we return with a $3,000 question. at about 96% per volume, what often-pickled food has a higher proportion of water than a watermelon? >> all right, i think you could probably pickle a few of these, but i'm pretty sure that the most often pickled food is a cucumber, so i'm gonna go with c, cucumber. final answer.

>> definitely makes the most sense. that's right. >> all right. >> $3,000. next step, that first threshold you can get to of $5,000 with this question. the letters in the word "parsed" can be rearranged to spell words that refer to all but what? >> all right, um... so let me see here. a synonym for curtains would so i think that's uh, the way butter in put on bread would be "spread," which would work also, so that's out. uh, we'll skip c for a minute because i think d would be james "spader," so-- oh, there's--yeah, s-p-a-d-e-r. yeah, so, uh, that would

eliminate all three of those, so i'm gonna go with c, a ford car model. final answer. >> it's that simple. that's all that's left. >> all right, all right. >> you got it. you got it, "drapes," "spread," and "spader." >> yeah. >> $5,000. >> awesome, yeah. >> that money is safe. all of you lifelines are there. >> great. >> now a shot at $7,000 with this question. [dramatic musical flourish] ♪ preserved by the national archives, the white house's first official website has a link labeled "the first family" that features pictures of whom? >> okay, um... so the white house's first official website. i'm gonna guess that would be in the mid-90s. so that would be during the clinton administration. so...

boy, that's a little tricky, but i don't think they would have waited until, like, 2000 or later to have the first white house website. so i'm pretty confident. i'm go--i'm gonna go for it. i'm gonna say it's gonna be c, bill and hilary. final answer. >> i mean, al gore invented the internet. >> right. >> i mean, it had to be bill and hilary. yeah, it debuted in 1994. >> yeah. >> $7,000. >> all right. >> all right, darren, you're on a roll. >> yeah. let's keep it going. >> chance to get to five figures with a $10,000 question right here. [dramatic musical flourish] ♪ "seventeen" magazine recently ranked what author's film adaptation on its "cry-o-meter," with "a walk to remember" topping the list as a "full-on-ugly-cry"? >> [chuckles softly] so i'm familiar with this person's work. uh, my wife, uh, is a big fan of

"the notebook." so i am pretty confident that the answer to this is b, nicholas sparks. final answer. >> i mean, that's the--the bible of ugly-cry movies right there. >> right, yeah, yeah. >> gets me every time. >> yeah, yeah, yeah. >> you got it, nicholas sparks. >> that's what a pocket square's for. >> i'm gonna cry right now just thinking about it. $10,000, darren. you're playing a good game, man. >> thank you, thank you. >> when we come back, he's just 3 away from that $50,000. we'll be back. [dramatic music] ♪ well done. >> thank you. [cheers and applause]

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[dramatic music] ♪ >> welcome back to "millionaire." darren munk making easy work of these questions thus far. he's at $10,000. [cheers and applause] feeling good, looking good, you have all three of your lifelines available, and now a shot at doubling your money. let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic musical flourish] all right, darren, $20,000 question is on the board. which of the following is the only set of islands listed in descending order from largest to smallest? >> i know i can rule out c

because i was just in hawaii on the big island, and i know it's the largest hawaiian island. so that one's definitely out. uh, let's see. um... [dramatic music] you know, let's use a "50/50." >> okay, final? >> final. >> all right, we're gonna use one of those lifelines and take two incorrect answers away. ♪ jamaica, cuba, puerto rico or great britain, ireland, sicily. >> okay, jamaica, i think would be smaller than cuba, so i'm pretty sure it's going to be b, great britain, ireland, sicily. so let's go for it. i'm gonna go b, great britain, ireland, sicily. final answer. >> taking a bit of a gamble for $20,000... and it paid off. >> yeah. >> you got it. >> all right. >> that's right. >> all right. >> $20,000.

[cheers and applause] only one lifeline down. you still have two left, and now a shot at $30,000. here's the question. [dramatic musical flourish] ♪ to avoid sharing his name with another famous al, when he became and adult, actor albert brooks changed his name from what? >> so it just so happens that i know this. uh, one of the things i did preparing for the show was to look up some people and--famous people that had changed their names at some point. >> really? >> yeah. >> that crossed your mind? >> it did 'cause i-i feel like you guys like to ask those kinds of questions. >> i don't think we would ever do that. >> well... all it takes is this one time. uh, so i'm gonna go with b, albert einstein. final answer. >> darren, that little homework

project just paid off to the tune of $30,000. >> yeah! [cheers and applause] >> i can't believe you just happened to look that up. >> i know, me either, but i'm really glad i did. >> that's a good--yeah, me too now, and when we come back, we're gonna go for $50,000. that's next. [cheers and applause] [dramatic music] ♪ when you get a cold, you need medicine that works fast. jim! you're in! coricidin hbp is the only brand that gives powerful cold symptom relief without raising your blood pressure. coricidin hbp. look at you, saving money on your medicare part d prescriptions. at walgreens we make it easy for you to seize the day by helping you get more out of life and medicare part d. now with zero-dollar copays on select plans... ...and rewards points on all prescriptions, walgreens has you covered. so drop by and seize the savings!

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here today. darren munk is now at $30,000. [cheers and applause] >> all right. >> you still have two lifelines, and you're on the doorstep of that next threshold of $50,000. you get there and then you get that free look at $100,000. are you ready to go? >> let's do it. >> all right, good luck. let's play "who wants to be a millionaire." [dramatic musical flourish] ♪ all right, $50,000 question. in a practical application of the so-called "concussion theory," legend has it napoléon would fire artillery into the air, hoping his enemies would be what? >> so i don't think that you would think that somebody would cause an earthquake by firing something into the air. i mean, i guess when it lands, but... uh, rained on sounds like it would be plausible. i mean, you could, you know, try and shoot the clouds and make

it rain. struck by lightning... mmm. not--not totally convinced on that one, but i-i could be persuaded. blown over by wind... i think that's actually possibly the most likely, but i-i can't really differentiate too much between any of these, so, uh, i'm gonna go ahead and... i think i'm gonna ask the audience. >> okay, final? >> final. >> okay, audience, if you would, pick up those keypads, enter your vote now. [percussive music] ♪ all right, darren, let's take a look. see what the audience thinks. right at 50%, blown over by wind, and then you have, uh, a couple kind of split in second place there: struck by lighting got 21%, rained on 23%. >> yeah, i'm a little concerned that my--the way i talked through that may--may have

influenced them a little bit. um... [sighs] oh, boy, this is a big gamble too. >> yeah. >> i mean, i really wanna get to that $50,000, but, uh-- >> here's where you are. yeah, you're at $30,000. this is to get to that $50,000 threshold, but you are risking $25,000 with an incorrect answer, and you still have your "plus one," should you choose to use it. >> right. well, i mean, i definitely don't wanna go home with any lifelines on the board, so let's bring down my plus one. >> okay, who is your plus one, by the way? >> uh, my plus one is ron. he is a member of my online trivia league. >> ron, come on in. how you doing? >> how are you, chris? >> pleasure. >> nice to meet you. >> how you doing? [cheers and applause] [scattered laughter] >> all right, ron. >> uh, you didn't influence me by talking it out before submitting it for the audiences choices. i really like blown over by wind. 75%. earthquake, that part of europe is not really too much of a seismic danger zone.

>> yeah. >> rained on makes no sense. >> yeah. >> and i can't see concussion instigating a lightning strike. >> yeah. [dramatic music] >> uh, well, as mu--i really wanted to keep going, but i think i'm gonna have to walk away. >> final? >> final. >> all right, well, congratulations. [cheers and applause] all right, ron and darren, since we're here, do you think it was "a"? >> probably. >> probably not. c, rained on. >> good call. >> yes. >> good choice, boys. >> good call. >> thank you, thank you. >> ron, you can hang around. >> thank you. >> congratulations. leaving here with $30,000. thank you so much for watching. for everyone who's been a part of this one, i'm chris harrison. we'll see you next time. [cheers and applause] ♪ closed captioning sponsored by:

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