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"Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" Winners Quiz

They worked hard and struggled to get there and eventually, eleven contestants managed to pull it off. This quiz will test your memory regarding how the eleven winners of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" became millionaires.

A multiple-choice quiz by CountSolo. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
CountSolo

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
174,028

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Very Difficult

Avg Score
3 / 10

Plays
1796

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of these million-dollar winners, excluding their winnings during the 'Tournament of Champions', has accumulated a larger amount of money? Hint

Ed Toutant

Joe Trela

Dan Blonsky

Kevin Smith

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Question 2 of 10

2. What did Regis Philbin exclaim to Kim Hunt's mother before announcing that her son just won a million dollars? Hint

"Put the turkey in the oven, Mama!"

"This is stunning!"

"You can buy a new car!"

"Get that closet ready, Mama!"

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which two winners used all their lifelines before reaching the $32,000 level? Hint

Joe Trela and Nancy Christy

John Carpenter and Nancy Christy

Joe Trela and Kevin Smith

John Carpenter and Kevin Smith

4. Which letter has never been the correct answer for any of the eleven million-dollar winner's fifteenth question? (NOTE: The 'fifteenth question' is synonymous to the 'million-dollar question'.) Hint

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which of these lifelines did Bob House NOT have intact for the last question? Hint

50:50

He still had all his lifelines

Phone-A-Friend

Ask the Audience

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Question 6 of 10

6. On which question did Dan Blonsky use his last lifeline? Hint

$64,000

$1,000,000

$250,000

$500,000

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which of these winners asked either Regis Philbin or Meredith Vieira to re-read their final question? Hint

Kevin Smith

Bernie Cullen

Dan Blonsky

Ed Toutant

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is the first name of the person whom Bob House phoned for the million-dollar question? Hint

Nina

He already used his Phone-A-Friend before the million-dollar question

Donna

Jenna

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these winners did NOT bring along his mother with him during his million-dollar win? Hint

David Goodman

Kevin Olmstead

Kim Hunt

Joe Trela

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Question 10 of 10

10. During her explanation for the answer to the million-dollar question, Nancy Christy stated that she lived where "...for a whole lot of years"? Hint

Washington, D.C.

Montgomery, Alabama

Portland, Oregon

The Sooner State

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these million-dollar winners, excluding their winnings during the 'Tournament of Champions', has accumulated a larger amount of money?

Answer: Ed Toutant

Dan Blonsky, Joe Trela, and Kevin Smith all won the traditional prize of $1,000,000. Ed Toutant won $1,860,000 after returning to the show due to the fact that he was ruled incorrectly on a question.

2. What did Regis Philbin exclaim to Kim Hunt's mother before announcing that her son just won a million dollars?

Answer: "Get that closet ready, Mama!"

Regis: "Okay, we're gonna do it again. Is that your final answer?" Kim: "Yes." Regis: "Get that closet ready, Mama, he just won a million dollars!"

3. Which two winners used all their lifelines before reaching the $32,000 level?

Answer: Joe Trela and Nancy Christy

Joe Trela used his last lifeline on the $32,000 question, while Nancy Christy used hers on the $16,000 question.

Answer: D

These are the answers to the questions that made them millionaires: John Carpenter - B: Richard Nixon; Dan Blonsky - C: 93 million; Joe Trela - A: Moth; Bob House - C: Isaac Newton; Kim Hunt - A: Lesotho; David Goodman - B: Peru; Kevin Olmstead - A: Igor Sikorsky; Bernie Cullen - A: N; Ed Toutant - C: Insecticide; Kevin Smith - A: Meat Inspector; Nancy Christy - C: His dentist.

5. Which of these lifelines did Bob House NOT have intact for the last question?

Answer: Ask the Audience

He used his Ask the Audience lifeline for the $32,000 question.

6. On which question did Dan Blonsky use his last lifeline?

Answer: $500,000

His last lifeline was the Phone-A-Friend.

7. Which of these winners asked either Regis Philbin or Meredith Vieira to re-read their final question?

Answer: Kevin Smith

Kevin asked Meredith Vieira to read the question for a second time, and he quickly answered thereafter.

8. What is the first name of the person whom Bob House phoned for the million-dollar question?

Answer: Donna

Donna was "real sure" that the answer to the question is C: Isaac Newton.

9. Which of these winners did NOT bring along his mother with him during his million-dollar win?

Answer: David Goodman

David Goodman brought along his sister.

10. During her explanation for the answer to the million-dollar question, Nancy Christy stated that she lived where "...for a whole lot of years"?

Answer: Washington, D.C.

Nancy Christy was the first woman to win $1,000,000.

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