Adam Edgell, a student at the University of Mississippi, was a contestant on the U.S. version of the show on April 27 & 29, 2001. He walked away with $250,000.
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
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.
