Question of the Day?

[The Ancient Warrior]

All right, then.  Here's the results:

A: Thailand: 44%
B: France: 28%
C: Swaziland: 19%
D: Liechtenstein: 9%

$100,000 is still an excellent score if that's not doing it for you.

[The Silver Monkey]

I still don't have a clue, so I think I'll walk away.

[The Ancient Warrior]

Well, that wraps up Session 3.  The answer, by the way, was actually Swaziland— a few-months-old Sobkhuza II gained to the right to the throne in 1899 and ruled until his death in 1982.

Final standings for Session 3:
The Silver Monkey: $100,000 total winnings
Purple Parrots Fan: $100,000 total winnings
The Bandit King: $100,000 total winnings
The Viper: $7500 total winnings
The Headless King: $1000 total winnings
PurpleParrot319: $1000 total winnings

Cumulative scores:
The Silver Monkey: $1,101,000
The Headless King: $502,000
The Bandit King: $375,050
Purple Parrots Fan: $126,000
PurpleParrot319: $27,000
The Viper: $7500
JTH1: $1000

Session 4, anyone?

[Purple Parrots Fan]

I'm game!

[PurpleParrot319]

I'll go again.

[The Headless King]

I'm in.

[The Silver Monkey]

Hell yeah!

[The Bandit King]

Let's do it!

[The Ancient Warrior]

Okay, so it looks like we've got at least five people participating in this session.  The money and question difficulties have been randomized for Round 1, and each of you gets the three lifelines to start off:

Participants in Session 4:
Purple Parrots Fan: $0 in bank; Ask the Audience and two Jump the Question lifelines remaining
PurpleParrot319: $0 in bank; Ask the Audience and two Jump the Question lifelines remaining
The Headless King: $0 in bank; Ask the Audience and two Jump the Question lifelines remaining
The Silver Monkey: $0 in bank; Ask the Audience and two Jump the Question lifelines remaining
The Bandit King: $0 in bank; Ask the Audience and two Jump the Question lifelines remaining

As with the last session, anyone else may still choose to join before the answer to this first question is revealed, but if you do, just remember that you'll need to be around to answer one question every day for the next two weeks.  That said, here's the first question of Session 4:

After retiring from basketball, Michael Jordan played one season of Minor League baseball and hit how many home runs in his 436 at-bats?

A: Zero
B: One
C: Two
D: Three

[The Headless King]

My inclination is to say A: Zero, but I'm not too sure and I don't want to risk going out on the first question.

I'll jump this question.

[PurpleParrot319]

I honestly have no clue. I want to say 0, but it could be 1, 2, or 3.

I hate to do this so early, but I'll have to jump this question.

[The Bandit King]

Wow...tough question to start with.

I think I'll jump too...I honestly have no idea.

[Purple Parrots Fan]

I hate to go along with the crowd, but I'm also gonna jump this question. I just have no idea.

[The Silver Monkey]

Yeah, I hate to burn one of my lifelines so early, but I'm going to jump, too.

[The Ancient Warrior]

Can't blame everyone, honestly.  The answer was not A, but rather D: Three.

Participants in Session 4:
Purple Parrots Fan: $0 in bank; Ask the Audience and one Jump the Question remaining
PurpleParrot319: $0 in bank; Ask the Audience and one Jump the Question remaining
The Headless King: $0 in bank; Ask the Audience and one Jump the Question remaining
The Silver Monkey: $0 in bank; Ask the Audience and one Jump the Question remaining
The Bandit King: $0 in bank; Ask the Audience and one Jump the Question remaining

You know how Jump the Question is like a double-edged sword, since the money behind the question is no longer available to you.  The bad news is the question was worth $25K, but the good news is none of you got knocked out on the first question and are all closer to the million.  The second question will be coming some time this afternoon, so keep an eye on this topic for it.