Adam Edgell, a student at the University of Mississippi., was a contestant on season 2 of the U.S. version of the show on April 27 & 29, 2001. He walked away with $250,000.
WWTBAM Run
Fastest Finger Question
Fastest Finger Question | |
Put these writers in order of their birth, starting with the earliest. | |
⬥ A: Edmund Spenser | ⬥ B: William Faulkner |
⬥ C: Jane Smiley | ⬥ D: Victor Hugo |
From the 10 contestants, 3 got it right, but Adam (with a time of 3.52 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer A-D-B-C, making it into the Hot Seat.
Adam's Run to the Million
$100 (1 of 15) - Not Timed | |
Crutches are useful for someone who has injured what part of his body? | |
⬥ A: Head | ⬥ B: Leg |
⬥ C: Arm | ⬥ D: Coordination |
$200 (2 of 15) - Not Timed | |
What is the main function of a refrigerator? | |
⬥ A: Keep food cold | ⬥ B: Hydrate food |
⬥ C: Cook food | ⬥ D: Paperweight |
$300 (3 of 15) - Not Timed | |
FBI surveillance sometimes involves doing what to a suspect's phone line? | |
⬥ A: Buffing | ⬥ B: Gigging |
⬥ C: Tapping | ⬥ D: Crocheting |
$500 (4 of 15) - Not Timed | |
The wood of an ebony tree is what color? | |
⬥ A: White | ⬥ B: Black |
⬥ C: Yellow | ⬥ D: Red |
$1,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed | |
What U.S. state's civil law is based on a French legal system known as the Napoleonic Code? | |
⬥ A: Florida | ⬥ B: Minnesota |
⬥ C: California | ⬥ D: Louisiana |
$2,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed | |
In his 1956 hit song, Chuck Berry sings "Roll over Beethoven, and tell" what composer "the news"? | |
⬥ A: Mozart | ⬥ B: Schubert |
⬥ C: Tchaikovsky | ⬥ D: Handel |
$4,000 (7 of 15) - Not Timed | |
In Norway, what are the narrow sea inlets enclosed by high cliffs called? | |
⬥ A: Estuaries | ⬥ B: Fjords |
⬥ C: Deltas | ⬥ D: Archipelagos |
$8,000 (8 of 15) - Not Timed | |
What group carried out the protest known as the "Boston Tea Party"? | |
⬥ A: Molly Maguires | ⬥ B: Sons of Liberty |
⬥ C: Green Mountain Boys | ⬥ D: Abolitionists |
$16,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed | |
In the 2001 Britney Spears commercial for Pepsi, what political figure makes an appearance? | |
⬥ A: Bob Dole | ⬥ B: Jimmy Carter |
⬥ C: Newt Gingrich | ⬥ D: Ted Kennedy |
$32,000 (10 of 15) - Not Timed | |
A person who makes barrels is called what? | |
⬥ A: Cobbler | ⬥ B: Fletcher |
⬥ C: Thatcher | ⬥ D: Cooper |
$64,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed | |
The device known as a Foucault pendulum is used to demonstrate what natural occurrence? '50:50' lifeline used | |
⬥ A: Electromagnetic induction | ⬥ B: Doppler effect |
⬥ C: Rotation of the Earth | ⬥ D: Deviation in Earth's orbit |
$125,000 (12 of 15) - Not Timed | |
Famous Sugar Loaf Mountain rises over the bay of which of these cities? | |
⬥ A: San Francisco | ⬥ B: Rio de Janeiro |
⬥ C: Tokyo | ⬥ D: Melbourne |
$250,000 (13 of 15) - Not Timed | |
What movie is based on the 1968 science fiction novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"? 'Ask the Audience' and 'Phone a Friend' lifelines used | |
⬥ A: Tron - 17% | ⬥ B: Scanners - 16% |
⬥ C: Altered States - 36% | ⬥ D: Blade Runner - 31% |
Adam did not know, so he decided to poll the audience, from which the top answer was Altered States with 36%, followed by Blade Runner with 31%. Adam had a strong feeling, but decided to call his ex-high school teacher Laura, who thought it was Blade Runner. He decided to go with her and won $250,000. Then, the klaxon called time and Adam would return on $250,000 with no lifelines available. |
$500,000 (14 of 15) - Not Timed | |
Who wrote Spiro Agnew's 1970 speech in which he called the press "nattering nabobs of negativism"? | |
⬥ A: John McLaughlin | ⬥ B: William Safire |
⬥ C: George Will | ⬥ D: Pat Buchanan |
Adam had an idea, but decided the risk outweighed it, so he decided to walk away with $250,000. He said that his gut was B, and the correct answer was indeed B: William Safire. |
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Preceded by T.L. Cubbage |
U.S. Contestant (Season 2) Adam Edgell |
Succeeded by Bob Combs |