GOP candidates revealed which women they'd put on the $10 bill - and some of their answers were absurd

The primetime Republican presidential debate got lighthearted Wednesday when CNN's Jake Tapper asked the 11 contenders which woman they'd put on the $10 bill.

Several of the candidates seemed not to take the question seriously, or declined to answer it at all. Here were their answers, per Business Insider's live blog:

• US Sen. Rand Paul - Susan B. Anthony
• Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee - "my wife"
• US Sen. Marco Rubio - Rosa Parks
• US Sen. Ted Cruz - Rosa Parks (but he would put her on the $20 bill and keep Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill)
• Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson - "my mother"
• Real-estate magnate Donald Trump - Either his daughter Ivanka Trump or Rosa Parks
• Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush - Margaret Thatcher (former prime minister of the United Kingdom)
• Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker - Clara Barton (founder of the Red Cross)
• Former Hewlett Packard CEO Carly Fiorina - She would keep the currency as is
• Ohio Gov. John Kasich - Mother Theresa
• New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie - Abigail Adams

Additional reporting by Peter Jacobs.

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