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Dee Phillips, an emergency room nurse from Miami, Florida, was a contestant on season 2 of the U.S. version of the show on August 25 & 28, 2001. She walked away with $32,000 after incorrectly answering her $250,000 question.

WWTBAM Run

Fastest Finger Question

Fastest Finger Question
Put these TV series in order by the number in their tiles, starting with the highest.
⬥ A: Party of Five ⬥ B: 227
⬥ C: Car 54, Where Are You? ⬥ D: Three's Company
From the 8 remaining contestants, Dee was the fastest to correctly answer B-C-A-D, making it into the Hot Seat.

Dee's Run to the Million

$100 (1 of 15) - Not Timed
A tough and unrelenting person is said to be "as tough as" what?
⬥ A: Pencils ⬥ B: Nails
⬥ C: Candy ⬥ D: Calculus
$200 (2 of 15) - Not Timed
When a movie storyline gets more complicated, it is said that "the plot" does what?
⬥ A: Thins ⬥ B: Mutates
⬥ C: Thickens ⬥ D: Self-destructs
$300 (3 of 15) - Not Timed
A football player punts the ball by doing what to it?
⬥ A: Catching ⬥ B: Kicking
⬥ C: Throwing ⬥ D: Deep-frying
$500 (4 of 15) - Not Timed
Which of the following vehicles might commonly be "glass-bottomed"?
⬥ A: Train ⬥ B: Plane
⬥ C: Boat ⬥ D: Bus
$1,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed
Which of these TV series consists mainly of improvisational comedy?
⬥ A: Drew Carey Show ⬥ B: Malcolm In The Middle
⬥ C: Will and Grace ⬥ D: Whose Line Is It Anyway
The klaxon called time and Dee would return on $1,000 with all 3 lifelines still available.
$2,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed
Yankee pot roast is traditionally made with what meat?
⬥ A: Chicken ⬥ B: Pork
⬥ C: Beef ⬥ D: Fish
$4,000 (7 of 15) - Not Timed
Which of the following types of fabric is not typically made from animal hair?
⬥ A: Cashmere ⬥ B: Merino
⬥ C: Angora ⬥ D: Velvet
$8,000 (8 of 15) - Not Timed
In the 1979 single "The Rose," what does Bette Midler compare to "a river, that drowns the tender reed"?
⬥ A: Love ⬥ B: Peace
⬥ C: Power ⬥ D: Jealousy
$16,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed
Blaise Pascal is famous for his work in which of these fields?
'Ask the Audience' lifeline used
⬥ A: Anthropology ⬥ B: Mathematics
⬥ C: Psychiatry ⬥ D: Chemistry
Ask the Audience Results: A: 8% ⬥ B: 61% ⬥ C: 13% ⬥ D: 18%
$32,000 (10 of 15) - Not Timed
Historic activist Carrie Nation is famous for using a hatchet to attack what places?
⬥ A: Saloons ⬥ B: Banks
⬥ C: Hospitals ⬥ D: Courthouses
$64,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed
Monrovia is the capital of what African country?
⬥ A: Cameroon ⬥ B: Liberia
⬥ C: Senegal ⬥ D: Ghana
$125,000 (12 of 15) - Not Timed
Halley's comet appeared in the skies right before what historic battle?
'50:50' lifeline used
⬥ A: Hastings ⬥ B: Verdun
⬥ C: Lexington ⬥ D: Waterloo
$250,000 (13 of 15) - Not Timed
In 1913, what movie was the first full-length feature film to be shot in Hollywood?
⬥ A: The Great Train Robbery ⬥ B: Intolerance
⬥ C: The Floorwalker ⬥ D: The Squaw Man

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Preceded by
Douglas Collum
U.S. Contestant (Season 2)
Dee Phillips
Succeeded by
Willard Smith
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