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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire ()

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Contestants are chosen based on their ability to arrange 4 answers to a question in the correct order the fastest. They then have 15 multiple-choice questions correctly to win increasing amounts of money, the largest is $1,000,000.
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John Carpenter ...
  Self - Hot Seat Contestant / ... (8 episodes, 1999-2009)
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Michael Shutterly ...
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Ed Toutant ...
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Stephanie Girardi ...
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Tom Ashton ...
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Doug Van Gundy ...
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Rick Rosner ...
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Joe Trela ...
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Rob Coughlin ...
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Tim Shields ...
  Self - Hot Seat Contestant / ... (4 episodes, 2000)
Dan Blonsky ...
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Robby Roseman ...
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Steve Perry ...
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Joe Roberts ...
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Kevin Simcox ...
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Andy Aaron ...
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Contestants, selected by calling a phone number, are chosen based on their ability to arrange 4 answers to a question in the correct order the fastest. They then have to answer 15 multiple-choice questions correctly to win increasing amounts of money, the largest of which is $1,000,000. They can choose to use three "lifelines": 50/50: two incorrect answers are eliminated; Ask the audience: the studio audience votes on the correct answer; and phone a friend: they can call one of 5 pre-arranged friends who can help with the answer. Written by Jon Reeves

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Trivia John Carpenter, the first million-dollar winner, got all the way to the final question without using any lifelines. The question was, "Who was the only U.S. President to appear on 'Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In'?" When Regis Philbin asked him the question, John decided to call his father, Tom, using the "phone-a-friend" lifeline. Instead of asking his father for help, he told him "Um...I don't really need your help. I just wanted to let you know that I'm going to win the million dollars." See more »
Movie Connections Edited into Pilot (2021). See more »
Crazy Credits The show originally aired on ABC. When an episode ended on there, Regis would typically make a remark about what show was going to be on there next (for example, Dharma and Greg) right before the credits ended. Strangely, these are NOT edited out in Game Show Network airings! See more »
Quotes Regis Philbin: [to every contestant] Is that your final answer?
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