Episode
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?: Episode 26
Overview
John Carpenter, the carryover contestant from the previous episode, is already at $200 with all 3 lifelines. He works his way up the Money Tree without a single trouble along the way. He makes it to the $1,000,000 question still with all 3 lifelines. He uses his phone-a-friend just to say hi to his dad, then he answers his million-dollar question to make television history as the first game show millionaire. Also in this episode was Stephen Fox, who ran out of time after his Fastest Finger Question.
Details
- Series
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 29
- Air date
- 1999-11-19
Episode context
Episode 26 is Episode 29 in Season 1 of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. It aired on 1999-11-19.
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Episode 27: Episode 24
Episode 31: Episode 28
Episode 26: Episode 23
Episode 32: Episode 29
Episode 25: Episode 22
Episode 33: Episode 30
Episode 24: Episode 21
Episode 34: Episode 31
Episode 23: Episode 20
Episode 35: Episode 32
Jim Meyer is the first hot seat contestant in the year 2000. He cruises on up to $2,000, but needed his 50:50 on his $4,000 question. He then works his way to the $16,000 question where he hits another roadblock. He asks the audience on this question and wins. His $32,000 question was no problem, but his $64,000 question was the last roadblock he hit. He used his Phone-a-Friend and went with his answer, only to figure out he was wrong. At least he didn't lose anything. Jim leaves with $32,000. Next in the hot seat, Joe Roberts. He uses his Phone-a-Friend on his $4,000 question. He then uses the other two on his $16,000 question about what St. Petersburg used to be known as (Leningrad). Without any lifelines, he works his way up to $250,000. He has a slight idea on his $500,000 question about who was credited with designing the uniforms worn by the Vatican's Swiss guards (Michelangelo), but he didn't want to risk it. However, his instinct would have been right. Last one in the hot seat,