Who Wants To Be A Millionaire is a game show that rewards participants with cash prizes for answering multiple choice questions correctly. The further they go, the more money they would win.
On 19 November 1999, John Carpenter, an Internal Revenue Service employee from Hamden, CT, made history by being the first $1 million dollar winner of the incredibly popular game show. Carpenter is not only the first winner but the only one to ever not have to use a lifeline to get the correct answer. His final question required him to identify Richard Nixon as the president who appeared on "Laugh In," at which point he finally used a lifeline to call his father. "I don't really need your help. I just wanted to let you know that I'm gonna win the million dollars."
We've turned this exciting episode into a quiz. Test your general knowledge by answering the exact questions he answered to win. See if you could've won that million dollars!
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We Took Old Episode of Who Wants to Be Millionaire & Turned It into Quiz Questions
For $100: In the "Road Runner and Coyote" cartoons, what famous sound does the Road Runner make?
Beep! Beep!
Vroom! Vroom!
Ping! Ping!
Aooga! Aooga!
For $200: Where should choking victims place their hands to indicate to others that they need help?
On the hips
On the knees
Around the throat
Over the eyes
For $300: Which of these dance names is used to describe a fashionable dot?
Lambada
Polka
Swing
Hora
For $500: In what "language" would you say "ello-hay" to greet your friends?
Duck Latin
Pig Latin
Dog Latin
Bull Latin
For $1,000: What part of a chicken is commonly called the "drumstick"?
Gizzard
Breast
Wing
Leg
For $2,000: What is the only position on a football team that can be "sacked"?
Quarterback
Tight end
Center
Wide receiver
For $4,000: What god of love is often depicted as a chubby winged infant with a bow and arrow?
Cupid
Mercury
Poseidon
Zeus
For $8,000: What Steven Spielberg film climaxes at a place called Devil's Tower?
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Jurassic Park
E.T. The Extra Terrestrial
Raiders of the Lost Ark
For $16,000: In what U.S. town did the famous 1881 shoot-out at the O.K. Corral take place?
Dodge City
Tombstone
Laramie
El Paso
For $32,000: Which of the following months has no U.S. federal holiday?
February
August
November
September
For $64,000: What mythological beast is reborn from its own ashes?
Minotaur
Golem
Dragon
Phoenix
For $125,000: Who developed the first effective vaccine against polio?
Jonas Salk
Niels Bohr
Albert Sabin
Louis Pasteur
For $250,000: Which of the following is not a monotheistic religion?
Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Hinduism
For $500,000: What architect designed the glass pyramid in the courtyard of the Louvre?
Le Corbusier
Frank Gehry
Philip Johnson
I.M. Pei
Finally, for $1 Million: Which of these U.S. Presidents appeared on the television series "Laugh-In"?
Lyndon Johnson
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
2 Comments
I got 4 out of 15!
Unfortunately, you didn’t get the million dollars! At least you get to go home with some money.
Community Hero I would like my million dollars now.I would like to invest it in the booming stock market and make more money!!!!