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6 unusual facts about Who Wants to Be a Millionaire


Cleverdicks

He had a big score in the first round but lost to Rob Hannah (from Eggheads, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and other shows).

Love Connection

For many years it was third behind Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy! for longest lasting game show in syndication, but since has been surpassed by Family Feud and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

Paulo Laserna Phillips

Since 2000 Laserna is the presenter of the Colombian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

Sony Music Studios

The complex hosted the first US version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire for ABC in 1999 (on a one-day delay), before the current syndicated version and occasional specials moved to ABC-owned studios further north on the West Side of Manhattan.

Thom McKee

The wins and consecutive days records were broken by 100% contestant Ian Lygo in 1998, while the winnings record was broken by Michael Shutterly during the original 15-night run of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in 1999, where he won $500,000.

He faced John Carpenter of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire fame in a first-round matchup, but lost.


¿Quién quiere ser millonario?

¿Quién quiere ser millonario? is the title of several Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? franchise game shows in Spanish-speaking countries.

Andy Walmsley

Later, he moved into television set design, developing the set for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, So You Think You Can Dance, and America's Got Talent.

Anna Ryder Richardson

She appeared alongside fellow I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! contestant and eventual winner, Christopher Biggins, on a Celebrity Version of the ITV show Who wants to be a Millionaire?, which aired on 1 January 2008, in which Anna and Christopher shared a £50,000 prize for their chosen charities.

Ellis Watson

Prior to this, Ellis spent three years as the CEO of Celador, where he was largely responsible for the spread of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? format, spanning some 100 countries.

Fame For 15

People covered include Donato Dalyrmple, the fisherman who rescued Elián González, Scott O'Grady, Jim Morris, Darva Conger, John Wayne Bobbitt, Ellie Nesler, Divine Brown, Tommie Smith, George Holliday, the man who filmed the Rodney King video, and Who Wants to be a Millionaire winner John Carpenter.

Frame story

This approach is also demonstrated in the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire (adapted from the 2005 novel Q & A), about a poor street kid Jamal coming close to winning Kaun Banega Crorepati (the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?) and then being suspected of cheating.

Googol

Googol is notable for being the subject of the £1 million question in the infamous episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, when contestant Charles Ingram cheated his way through the show by getting help from his wife, who was in the audience, and fellow contestant Tecwen Whittock.

Icelolly.com

Icelolly.com are regular contributors of holiday prizes to a number of prime time TV shows including Deal or No Deal, All Star Family Fortunes, All Star Mr & Mrs, Peter Andre’s Bad Boyfriend Club, Red and Black, Ant & Decs Takeaway, Keith Lemon’s Lemonaid and Who Wants to be a Millionaire.

John Grochowski

He also had a moment in the limelight as a game show contestant, winning $125,000 in July 2000 on ABC's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire with Regis Philbin.

KLFY-TV

KLFY airs syndicated programs, including Live! with Kelly and Michael, Dr. Phil, Judge Judy, Who Wants to be a Millionaire, Entertainment Tonight and The Insider.

KMCI-TV

Syndicated programming on this station includes The Simpsons, That '70s Show, The King of Queens, Family Guy, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and How I Met Your Mother.

KNVN

KNVN airs all NBC-produced and most syndicated shows in HD, such as Live! with Kelly and Michael, Anderson, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, NUMB3RS, The New Adventures of Old Christine, and Without a Trace.

KNWA-TV

Syndicated programming on KNWA includes Anderson, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Entertainment Tonight, Judge Judy, The People's Court, and The Doctors.

KOHD

Syndicated programming on KOHD includes: Inside Edition, The Insider, Entertainment Tonight, and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

In January 2006, Llewelyn-Bowen and his wife Jackie were offered a place on the Valentine's Day celebrity couples edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? They appeared on the show managing to reach the £1 million question, before answering it incorrectly and dropping down to £32,000 (a loss of £468,000).

Lucy Pargeter

In the summer of 2011, she appeared on a celebrity edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, with on-screen son Aaron (Danny Miller).

Ludia

The company works with the owners of game show properties such as FremantleMedia, Sony, CBS, BBC Worldwide, Mark Burnett Productions and Disney to create video games based on game shows such as The Price Is Right, Family Feud/Family Fortunes, Press Your Luck, Pyramid, Hollywood Squares, Hole In The Wall, Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?, The Weakest Link and Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

Millionaire

Millionaire is also a common nickname of the international quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, first hosted in the UK by Chris Tarrant, and later in the U.S. by Regis Philbin and Meredith Vieira.

Richard Easter

Richard Easter is a British writer who has written scripts for many mainstream TV shows, including Top of the Pops 2, You've Been Framed, EastEnders, Coronation Street and Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Tsui Po-ko

In October 2001, Tsui and his wife appeared together in a couples version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on ATV and won HK$60,000, and they claimed they would donate some of the money to charity.

UWink

Games included "challenge games" such as "Zillionaire" (a trivia game similar to "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?") as well as multi-player games such as Pong-style games that groups could play away from their tables while they were awaiting their orders.

Valleycrest Productions

It went on to earn even greater success as the production company and copyright holder of several American game shows of the late 1990s and 2000s, which included Win Ben Stein's Money on Comedy Central, and more famously, the American versions of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire and the spin-off program Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire.

WCSH

Syndicated programming on WCSH includes: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, The Doctors, Katie and Inside Edition.

William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle

He is also the great-great-grandfather of the current Earl, Lord Rufus Keppel, 10th Earl of Albemarle and of Her Royal Highness Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and the modern-day television celebrity and Who Wants to be a Millionaire? champion Judith Keppel.

Winnebago language

So far, he’s worked up a language quiz game based on the show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?} and has been using Facebook and YouTube videos to get young people engaged. "The world is moving so fast with technology, and our youth are the ones who are going to carry the language on,” he said.

WKOW

Programming on WKOW includes the ABC lineup, local news, and syndicated programming including The Dr. Oz Show, Ellen, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Live! with Kelly and Michael and The Doctors.

WMBF-TV

Syndicated programming on WMBF includes: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Family Feud, Access Hollywood, and The Doctors.


see also

Company Picnic

The "SlumDunder Mifflinaire" sketch is a reference to the 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire; references to the film included the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, the torture scenes intercut with the game show and Carell's impersonation of Slumdog actor Dev Patel's voice.

Hot seat

Millionaire Hot Seat, the 2009 relaunch of the Australian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.

Jellyvision

They also partnered with Michael Davies, the executive producer who imported and developed the TV show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, to launch a television show based on Jellyvision's latest game invention, Smush.

Milionar

Milionář, the Czech version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Orange Bicycle

He received an out of court settlement from Celador Productions, ITV and five Individuals after claiming they plagiarised his game show format, 'Millionaire', and called theirs, Who wants to be a Millionaire?

Steve Knight

Steven Knight (born 1959), British writer and co-creator of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.