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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? was the Irish version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? for English-speaking people. Broadcast on RTÉ One from October 17, 2000, to March 29, 2002.

Gameplay[]

Fastest Finger First[]

The 10 contestants are given a question and four answers, and must put those answers in the correct order, within 20 seconds. After the time is up, the computer will then give the correct order, check who got it right, and flash the contestant who got it in the fastest time, that contestant advances to the hot seat.

Lifelines[]

There were three lifelines available to all contestants.

Seasons[]

  • Season 1 (58 episodes, October 17, 2000 - December 31, 2001)
  • Season 2 (14 episodes, January 2 - March 29, 2002)

Money Trees[]

October 17, 2000 - December 31, 2001[]

Question No. Correct Answer Value Walk Away Value Miss Answer Value Amount Lost for a Wrong Answer
1 £100 £0 £0 £0
2 £200 £100 £100
3 £300 £200 £200
4 £500 £300 £300
5 £1,000 £500 £500
6 £2,000 £1,000 £1,000 £0
7 £4,000 £2,000 £1,000
8 £8,000 £4,000 £3,000
9 £16,000 £8,000 £7,000
10 £32,000 £16,000 £15,000
11 £64,000 £32,000 £32,000 £0
12 £125,000 £64,000 £32,000
13 £250,000 £125,000 £93,000
14 £500,000 £250,000 £218,000
15 £1,000,000 £500,000 £468,000

January 2 - March 29, 2002[]

Question No. Correct Answer Value Walk Away Value Miss Answer Value Amount lost for a Wrong Answer
1 €100 €0 €0 €0
2 €200 €100 €100
3 €300 €200 €200
4 €500 €300 €300
5 €1,000 €500 €500
6 €2,000 €1,000 €1,000 €0
7 €4,000 €2,000 €1,000
8 €8,000 €4,000 €3,000
9 €16,000 €8,000 €7,000
10 €32,000 €16,000 €15,000
11 €64,000 €32,000 €32,000 €0
12 €125,000 €64,000 €32,000
13 €250,000 €125,000 €93,000
14 €500,000 €250,000 €218,000
15 €1,000,000 €500,000 €468,000

Specials[]

Winners[]

For all winners see: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Ireland)/List of Winners

Video Game[]

PS1 Game Case for WWTBAM Irish Edition

PS1 Game Case for WWTBAM Irish Edition

An Irish Edition was released for the PlayStation 1 videogame which featured voice acting by Gay Byrne as well as Irish voice actors for Phone-a-Friend responses. The question stacks were tailored to include Irish history and general knowledge questions and a Euro money tree, but was otherwise a modified version of the UK edition.

Trivia[]

  • As one Irish punt pound was worth more than one British pound sterling and one US dollar, before the switch to the Euro, the Irish version was the most valuable Millionaire money tree anywhere in the world.
  • The biggest winning is £250,000, won by Roger Dowds on January 12, 2001, Paddy Courtney on June 7, 2001, and €250,000 won by Noel O'Connor on March 10, 2002.
  • Over a million viewers watched the first Irish edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on RTÉ One on Tuesday night. When Gay Byrne put the first questions to contestant Des O'Connor at 7.30pm, he was being watched by 1,220,000 people all over Ireland - or 73.8% of those watching television at that time. The figures were even higher for the second part of the quiz show, with an average 1,277,000 viewers, or just over a third of the Irish population.
  • In 1st season, 70 contestants appeared. Total winnings were £2,350,000.
  • In June 2001, a bad question appeared; Contestant Shane O'Doherty was asked for his £125,000 question What part of the body is the lunula in? (The actual question is not known), He didn't know what the answer was, so he used the Phone-a-Friend lifeline and called a physician who said the answer was the heart. He guessed and the right answer was the fingernail, therefore he lost £93,000, however the lunula refers to both the white crescent of the fingernail and a part of a valve in the heart. So, Shane said that the question was faulty and threatened the producers that he would sue him. He was later allowed back on the show, and he walked away with £125,000.

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