Adam Engst, from Bellingham, WA, was a contestant who appeared on Season 12 of the syndicated U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on April 16-17, 2014 and walked away with $15,250.
WWTBAM Run[]
Round 1[]
| $100 (1 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Stupid Is as Stupid Does | |
| Teen girls approved when they were told that Justin Bieber pimped his Bentley with tires made from baby seals in a "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" segment called what? | |
| ⬥ A: Perjury Report | ⬥ B: Lie Witness News |
| ⬥ C: Fake the Nation | ⬥ D: Psych Center |
| Adam wasn't sure, so he jumped the question. The correct answer was B: Lie Witness News. Adam's Bank: $0 |
| $7,000 (2 of 14) - Not Timed Category: What a Waist | |
| What famous literary heroine has a "seventeen-inch waist, the smallest in three counties"? 'Jump the Question' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Madame Bovary | ⬥ B: Lolita |
| ⬥ C: Scarlett O'Hara | ⬥ D: Anna Karenina |
| Adam wasn't sure, so he jumped the question. The correct answer was C: Anna Karenina. Adam's Bank: $0 |
| $10,000 (3 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Mona Lisa Lover | |
| What art lover once removed The Mona Lisa from The Louvre so that he could hang it in his own bedroom? 'Ask the Audience' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Louis XVI | ⬥ B: Charles de Gaulle |
| ⬥ C: Maximilien Robespierre | ⬥ D: Napoléon Bonaparte |
| Ask the Audience Results: A: 26% ⬥ B: 12% ⬥ C: 4% ⬥ D: 58% | |
| Adam's Bank: $10,000 |
| $2,000 (4 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Don't Tell Anyone | |
| What term did writer Chuck Klosterman define as "something I pretend to like ironically but in truth I really just like"? | |
| ⬥ A: Quiet secret | ⬥ B: Dirty hobby |
| ⬥ C: Guilty pleasure | ⬥ D: Ugly habit |
| Adam's Bank: $12,000 |
| $500 (5 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Chump Change | |
| While the highest-grossing opening day for a film was $91 million, what video game made $800 million on the day of its release? | |
| ⬥ A: Call of Duty: Black Ops II | ⬥ B: World of Warcraft |
| ⬥ C: Halo 4 | ⬥ D: Grand Theft Auto V |
| Adam's Bank: $12,500 The klaxon called time and Adam would return the next day with no lifelines left. |
| $15,000 (6 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Hand it Over | |
| With stories involving a nun who had to hand over a smuggled sausage, what star's first job was as a language interpreter for customs at a Miami airport? | |
| ⬥ A: Mariah Carey | ⬥ B: Gloria Estefan |
| ⬥ C: Celine Dion | ⬥ D: Kylie Minogue |
| Adam's Bank: $27,500 |
| $3,000 (7 of 14) - Not Timed Category: No Can Do | |
| The position of the larynx prevents all humans from doing what at the same time? | |
| ⬥ A: Laughing and talking | ⬥ B: Breathing and swallowing |
| ⬥ C: Hiccuping and crying | ⬥ D: Humming and chewing |
| Adam's Bank: $30,500 |
| $? (8 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Eye Candy | |
| While all of these words could be used now to describe George Clooney, which term originally meant "easy to manipulate"? | |
| ⬥ A: Virile | ⬥ B: Handsome |
| ⬥ C: Debonair | ⬥ D: Suave |
| Adam did not want to risk $14,250, so he walked away. He would have guessed C: Debonair, but the correct answer was B: Handsome. The categories for questions 9 and 10 would have respectively been Just Chillin' and Time Well Spent. Total Prize Money: $15,250 |