Episode
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?: Millionaire Bowl 2000
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Details
- Series
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 48
- Air date
- 2000-01-29
Episode context
Millionaire Bowl 2000 is Episode 48 in Season 1 of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. It aired on 2000-01-29.
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