Wikipedia

Let's see how pwnage Wikipedia can easily get you rich. ;)

We shall use my PlayStation game Who Wants To Be A Millionaire as a simulation.

1st question for $100:
What do kangaroos keep in their pouches?
A. Baby kangaroos
B. Fish and chips
C. Lottery tickets
D. Pocket money

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pouch_(marsupial)
Answer is A

2nd question for $200:
Which of these is associated with Comic Relief?
A. Green chin
B. Red nose
C. Orange ear
D. Blue forehead

Red Nose Day is the main way in which Comic Relief raises money. It is held in the spring every other year and is often treated as a semi-holiday, with, for example, schools having non-uniform days. The day culminates in a live television event on BBC1 starting in the evening and going through into the early hours of the morning, but other money-raising events take place.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comic_Relief
Answer is B

3rd question for $300:
Tokyo is the capital city of which country?
A. Italy
B. Japan
C. Australia
D. Ireland

Tokyo, the seat of the Government of Japan and home of the Emperor, is the capital of Japan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_of_Japan
Answer is B.

4th question for $500:
What are you most likely to do with 'mackerel'?
A. Slap it
B. Fly in it
C. Eat it
D. Paint with it

They are prized (and are highly harvested) for their meat, which is often very oily, are known for their fighting ability, and are an important recreational and commercial fishery. The meat can spoil quickly, especially in the tropics, causing scombroid food poisoning - it must be eaten on the day of capture, unless cured.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackerel
Answer is C.

5th question for $1000:
Which of these do Americans call 'drapes'?
A. Chimney
B. The Caribbean
C. Vegetables
D. Curtains

A curtain (also known as a drape or drapery) is a piece of cloth intended to block or obscure light.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtain
Answer is D.

6th question for $2000:
Which shape is particularly associated with Pythagoras' theory?
A. Elipse
B. Circle
C. Star
D. Triangle

In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem or Pythagoras' theorem is a relation in Euclidean geometry among the three sides of a right triangle.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythagorean_theorem
Answer is D.

7th question for $4000:
The rook or castle is a piece in which board game?
A. Chess
B. Ludo
C. Draughts
D.Backgammon

A rook (borrowed from Sanskrit "Rath" which means "chariot", Persian رخ rokh, "chariot") is a piece in the strategy board game of chess.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rook_(chess)
Answer is A.

8th question for $8000:
The Massif Central is an area in which country?
A. Turkey
B. France
C. Australia
D. Canada

The Massif Central (Occitan: Massís Central / Massís Centrau) is an elevated region in south-central France, consisting of mountains and plateaux.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massif_Central
Answer is B.

9th question for $16 000:
Pelé was a famous player of which sport?
A. Badminton
B. Football
C. Cricket
D. Tennis

Edson Arantes do Nascimento, KBE (born October 23, 1940 in Três Corações, Brazil), best known by his nickname Pelé, is a former Brazilian football player, and widely regarded to be the greatest of all time.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pel%C3%A9
Answer is B.

10th question for $32 000:
Which of these is one of Sabrina the Teenage Witch's aunts?
A. Imelda
B. Golda
C. Hilda
D. Valda

Sabrina, who's really a witch (or a half-witch—her mother was a "mortal", as the comics called ordinary humans, while her father was a warlock), lives with her two aunts, Hilda and Zelda (both witches themselves), in the fictional town of Greendale, which was located somewhere near Riverdale, the home of Archie Andrews.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabrina,_the_Teenage_Witch
Answer is C.

11th question for $64 000:
What type of vegetable is a shallot?
A. Onion
B. Potato
C. Asparagus
D. Cauliflower

Unlike onions where each plant normally forms a single bulb, shallots form clusters of offsets, rather in the manner of garlic.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shallot
Answer is A.

12th question for $125 000:
On which continent is the country of Ecuador?
A. South America
B. Asia
C. Africa
D. Europe

Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador (Spanish: República del Ecuador, short form Ecuador, IPA [re'puβlika ðel ekwa'ðoɾ]) is a representative democratic republic in South America, bounded by Colombia on the north, by Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean on the west.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecuador
Answer is A.

13th question for $250 000:
What was the nationality of the painter Vincent Van Gogh?
A. Italian
B. English
C. Russian
D. Dutch

Vincent van Gogh ([væn goʊ]; Dutch: [vɪnˈsɛnt vɑnˈxɔx] (help·info)) (March 30, 1853 in Zundert – July 29, 1890 in Auvers-sur-Oise) was a Dutch draughtsman and painter, classified as a Post-Impressionist.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent_van_Gogh
Answer is D.

14th question for $500 000:
Who partnered Starsky in the title of a TV series?
A. Kennel
B. Basket
C. Hutch
D. Cage

Starsky and Hutch was a 1970s American television series that consisted of 89 episodes of 60 minutes and a single-90 minute pilot, created by William Blinn and broadcast between April 30, 1975 and May 15, 1979 on the ABC network, distribuited by Metromedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starsky_and_Hutch
Answer is C.

15th question for $1 000 000:
In which month during 1981 did Prince Charles marry Diana Spencer?
A. August
B. May
C. June
D. July

On 29 July 1981, The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana were married at St Paul's Cathedral before 3,500 invited guests and an estimated 750 million people around the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles,_Prince_of_Wales
Answer is D.

15 questions, 1 million, no lifeline. :D

There, free million just like that. Everyone is rich, poverty is solved. :D

Then everyone wakes up from the fantasy and realizes that it is just a PlayStation game.

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