Lance Bass leaves with $125,000
Lance Bass, from Jackson, Mississippi, was a celebrity contestant on the U.S. version of the show on May 4th, 2000. He walked away with $125,000 for the Childs for the Children Foundation.
This episode aired on Lance's birthday.
WWTBAM Run
Fastest Finger First
| Fastest Finger First Question | |
| Put these musical groups in the order they had their first top 40 hit, starting with the earliest. | |
| ⬥ A: Smashing Pumpkins | ⬥ B: Sugarhill Gang |
| ⬥ C: Salt-N-Pepa | ⬥ D: James Brown |
From the 2 contestants, only Lance (with a time of 5.55 seconds) correctly answered D-B-C-A, making it into the Hot Seat.
Lance's Run to the Million
| $100 (1 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| According to a proverb, if you ask a silly question, what do you get? | |
| ⬥ A: Smacked | ⬥ B: Silly answer |
| ⬥ C: Silly String | ⬥ D: Silly Putty |
| $200 (2 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| By definition, if you buy a "baker's dozen" how many items will you have? | |
| ⬥ A: 3 | ⬥ B: 12 |
| ⬥ C: 13 | ⬥ D: Too many |
| $300 (3 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| The moat of a castle is most often spanned by which of the following structures? | |
| ⬥ A: Covered bridge | ⬥ B: Drawbridge |
| ⬥ C: Dental bridge | ⬥ D: A bridge too far |
| $500 (4 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Coined in the 1980s, the term "yuppie" refers to "young" what? | |
| ⬥ A: Unsettled professionals | ⬥ B: Urban professionals |
| ⬥ C: Uber professionals | ⬥ D: Unscrupulous professionals |
| $1,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Who is the voice of Darth Vader in the "Star Wars" trilogy? | |
| ⬥ A: James Earl Jones | ⬥ B: Ben Kingsley |
| ⬥ C: Robert Urich | ⬥ D: Patrick Stewart |
| $2,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of these metals is traditionally associated with a 50th wedding anniversary? | |
| ⬥ A: Copper | ⬥ B: Bronze |
| ⬥ C: Silver | ⬥ D: Gold |
| $4,000 (7 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| What Mary Shelley novel bears the subtitle "The Modern Prometheus"? | |
| ⬥ A: Frankestein | ⬥ B: Grendel |
| ⬥ C: Atlas Shrugged | ⬥ D: Dracula |
The $8,000 question is unavailable, but he did not use a lifeline in there.
| $16,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| In the 1999 film "The Insider," whistle-blower Jeffrey Wigand worked for what company? '50:50' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: R.J Reynolds | ⬥ B: Brown & Williamson |
| ⬥ C: American Tobacco | ⬥ D: Phillip Morris |
| $32,000 (10 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of the following actors was never a real-life member of the clergy? 'Ask the Audience' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Sam Kinison - 8% | ⬥ B: Della Reese - 9% |
| ⬥ C: Jackie Mason - 13% | ⬥ D: Steve Martin - 70% |
| $64,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| In 1999, letters written by what reclusive author were sold at Sotheby's for $156,500? | |
| ⬥ A: Kurt Voneegut | ⬥ B: Emily Dickinson |
| ⬥ C: J.D. Salinger | ⬥ D: Thomas Pynchon |
| $125,000 (12 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| From what site did Charles Lindbergh begin his historic 1927 transatlantic flight? 'Phone a Friend' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Prussia Field | ⬥ B: Roosevelt Field |
| ⬥ C: Paramus Field | ⬥ D: Robinson Field |
| Lance did not know, so he decided to phone his teacher Chuck, who feels Roosevelt Field is right, but he is not certain. He went with him, and won $125,000 |
| $250,000 (13 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| On the 1925 debut cover of "The New Yorker" magazine, what is the top-hatted male figure holding? | |
| ⬥ A: Monocle | ⬥ B: Martini |
| ⬥ C: Cigarette | ⬥ D: Butterfly |
| Lance "sees" the male figure holding a Martini, but also thinks it could be a Cigarette. Leaning towards Cigarette, but thinking $125,000 is good enough, he decides to walk away with that, stating he would guess Cigarette. The correct answer was A: Monocle |