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I am gonna take a chance and say "a," clarinet, final answer. >> it was trumpet. >> oh. >> trumpet, jay. >> i cant believe it. >> oh, geez. >> all right. >> im sorry. >> you win some; you lose some. >> you win some; you lose some. >> thank you. >> thank you, jay. take care. [dramatic music] ♪ and joining me now is andrew thomas from brooklyn, new york. [cheers and applause] hi, andrew. pleasure to meet you. >> thank you so much.ht, andrew. brooklyn, an architect. you like dissecting things and...

To millionaire. joining me now, jay hirschson from new york city. two little ones at home, right? nathan who is three and lily is six years old. >> thats right. >> theyre a handful i bet. >> oh, for sure. they keep me busy very much so. >> now, i know that lily likes to watch game shows with you, but you embarrass her. what do you do that could possibly embarrass a six-year-old? >> well, you know, sometimes you can get kind of carried away a little bit, and i will cheer and yell, "yes, you go it...

[laughter] "a," final answer. >> it is cracker barrel. nice job, audience. >> thank you, everybody. thank you. >> all right, jay, more money >> more >> more money. >> how much is behind this? $3,000. >> all right, there we go. >> $25,500. 4 questions left in round 1. >> fantastic. >> "antique instruments." in a 1939 performance at a cairo museum, a modern mouthpiece was used to play what instrument found in king tuts tomb? >> now, it seems unlikely that they were crafting trombones-- or trumpets...

A bunch of chess going on there, so im gonna say "a," curling, final answer. >> thats the one. curling was right. okay, jay, lets start building your bank. yeah, lets make it up for that jump. >> $7,000. >> all right. >> okay. >> there we go. >> 12 away from $1 million. $7,000 in the bank. "how stuff works" is your category. what once-popular fads primary component is a liquid crystal thermometer? >> well, im a little embarrassed to say i think ive had all of these things at one point or time, a...

Really was nice to get that $15,000 after jumping over the $25,000 and the $10,000. >> yeah. >> but you know what? youre in the game to win, you got 9 more questions left to make it to the million, 5 more in round 1, and you still have your "ask the audience." >> okay. >> ready to keep playing? >> ready to go. >> then lets play. >> all right. [dramatic musical flourish] ♪ to reduce waste, what restaurant chain no longer serves hot biscuits or corn muffins before your meal unless you ask for it...

This is one of those things where i certainly know that she was an author and she could have been a singer, she could have been a doctor, probably wasnt a soldier, so im gonna say that she is an author. so "c," authoress is my final answer. >> there you go. >> all right. >> authoress is the right one, jay, okay. put some more money in that bank. >> yeah, big money or biggish money. >> all right! there we go. >> up to $22,500. finally the break you wanted. we are gonna take a break. well be right...

0 to millionaire. joining me now, jay hirschson from new york city. two little ones at home, right? nathan who is three and lily is six years old. >> thats right. >> theyre a handful i bet. >> oh, for sure. they keep me busy very much so. >> now, i know that lily likes to watch game shows with you, but you embarrass her. what do you do that could possibly embarrass a six-year-old? >> well, you know, sometimes you can get kind of carried away a little bit, and i will cheer and yell, "yes, you go ...

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