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Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

Contestants try to answer 15 multiple-choice questions of escalating difficulty to win a cash prize of up to $1 million.

 

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (1999)

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.

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Status : Running Edit Status
Running Time : 1 hour
Premiered : August 16, 1999
Number of Episodes : 149
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Language : English
TV Station : ABC
Country : United States
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Audio Format : Stereophonic Sound
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Caption : Closed Caption
Genre : Game Show

Tags : Non-Fiction, Remake, Contest, Audience Participation, Millionaire, Contestant, Winner, Dollar, Offer