Questions of First Person To Win Who Wants to Be a Millionaire

John Carpenter was the first person ever to win the contest – Who wants to be a Millionaire? He was also the most unique, because he did it without the use of any helplines. In fact, he only used the ‘phone-a-friend’ helpline to call his father to tell him that he was going to win. Cheeky bastard!

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• Question of

  $100: In the “Road Runner and Coyote” cartoons, what famous sound does the Road Runner make?

  • Ping! Ping!
  • Beep! Beep!
  • Aooga! Aooga!
  • Vroom! Vroom!
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  $200: Where should choking victims place their hands to indicate to others that they need help?

  • On their hips
  • Over their eyes
  • On the knees
  • Around their throat
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  $300: Which of these dance names is used to describe a fashionable dot?

  • Polka
  • Hora
  • Swing
  • Lambada
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  $500: In what “language” would you say “ello-hay” to greet your friends?

  • Bull Latin
  • Dog Latin
  • Pig Latin
  • Duck Latin
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  $1,000: What part of a chicken is commonly called the “drumstick”?

  • Breast
  • Wing
  • Leg
  • Gizzard
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  $2,000: What is the only position on a football team that can be “sacked”?

  • Quarterback
  • Wide Receiver
  • Tight End
  • Center
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  $4,000: What god of love is often depicted as a chubby winged infant with a bow and arrow?

  • Zeus
  • Cupid
  • Mercury
  • Poseidon
• Question of

  $8,000: What Steven Spielberg film climaxes at a place called Devil’s Tower?

  • ET: Extra Terrestrial
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark
  • Jurassic Park
  • Close Encounters of the Third Kind
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  $16,000: In what US town did the famous 1881 shoot-out at the O.K. Corral take place?

  • El Paso
  • Tombstone
  • Dodge City
  • Laramie
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  $32,000: Which of the following months has no US federal holiday?

  • August
  • February
  • September
  • November
• Question of

  $64,000: What mythological beast is reborn from its own ashes?

  • Golem
  • Minotaur
  • Phoneix
  • Dragon
• Question of

  $125,000: Who developed the first effective vaccine against polio?

  • Albert Sabin
  • Neils Bohr
  • Louis Pasteur
  • Jonas Salk
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  $250,000: Which of the following is not a monotheistic religion?

  • Islam
  • Hinduism
  • Judaism
  • Christianity
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  $500,000: What architect designed the glass pyramid in the courtyard of the Louvre?

  • Frank Gehry
  • Le Corbusier
  • Philip Johnson
  • I.M. Pei
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  $1,000,000: Which of these US presidents appeared on the television series “Laugh-In”? (Here’s where John used the “Phone a Friend” lifeline, but as you know, he didn’t actually ask for any help.)

  • Lynold Johnson
  • Richard Nixon
  • Jimmy Carter
  • Gerald Ford

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