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Would you have won $1 million? Find out by answering these final questions!
1
On February 22, 1989, what group won the first Grammy award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance?
Jethro Tull
AC/DC
Living Colour
Metallica
11% got this right
This was the very first $1,000,000 question in the US. The contestant didn't know and chose $500k instead of attempting.
2
Which of these U.S. Presidents appeared on the television series "Laugh-In"?
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Lyndon Johnson
32% got this right
The contestant used his Phone-a-Friend to call his dad that he was going to win the top prize.
3
Who was the first president to have electricity in the White House?
Benjamin Harrison
Andrew Jackson
Chester A. Arthur
Ulysses S. Grant
47% got this right
American restaurateur, author, and television personality David Chang won $1 million for charity with this question.
4
Now used to refer to a cat, the word "tabby" is derived from the name of a district of what world capital?
Baghdad
Cairo
Moscow
New Dehi
20% got this right
Jeff Gross, who competed on the US and UK versions, chose to walk away with $500,000.
5
In the children's book series, where is Paddington Bear originally from?
Peru
Canada
Iceland
India
26% got this right
David Goodman was 1 of the only 3 American contestants to reach the million-dollar question with all 3 lifelines.
6
Who is the only Nobel laureate to win an Academy Award?
George Bernard Shaw
Jean-Paul Sartre
John Steinbeck
Toni Mor
35% got this right
George Bernard Shaw won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for Pygmalion in 1938. Contestant Tom Hoobler chose $500k.
7
In what language was Anne Frank's original diary first published?
Dutch
English
French
German
44% got this right
David was the only US contestant to see the million-dollar question after using a lifeline on a $100 one. He walked away
8
According to the Population Reference Bureau, what is the approximate number of people who have ever lived on earth?
100 billion
1 trillion
5 trillion
50 billion
29% got this right
Sam Murray, a bartender from Philadelphia, became the US. version's first millionaire since 2003 by answering correctly.
