Adrian Beckley

Adrian Beckley
From	Santa Barbara, CA
Appearance	January 24-25, 2008
Money won	$25,000

Adrian Beckley, a systems engineer from Santa Barbara, California, was a contestant on the sixth U.S. syndicated season of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. He won $25,000 after incorrectly answering his $50,000 question.

WWTBAM Run

Adrian Beckley's Run to Million

$100 (1 of 15) - Not Timed
"Goo-goo," "ba-ba" and "da-da" are three examples of the kind of "talk" called what?
⬥ A: Baby talk	⬥ B: Teenager talk
⬥ C: Adult talk	⬥ D: Weird pillow talk

$200 (2 of 15) - Not Timed
Which of these "colorful" phrases once appeared in a print for Clorox regular bleach?
⬥ A: Keep your greens green	⬥ B: Keep your whites white
⬥ C: Keep your purples purple	⬥ D: Keep your yellows yellow

$300 (3 of 15) - Not Timed
What former U.S. president was often referred to as "Tricky Dick"?
⬥ A: Nixon	⬥ B: Eisenhower
⬥ C: FDR	⬥ D: LBJ

$500 (4 of 15) - Not Timed
An extinct relative of the elephant, the hair-covered Siberian mammoth is better known as the what?
⬥ A: Fuzzy mammoth	⬥ B: Curly mammoth
⬥ C: Shaggy mammoth	⬥ D: Woolly mammoth

$1,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed
Silicon is often the chief component of which of these items?
⬥ A: Fishing rod	⬥ B: Styrofoam cup
⬥ C: Computer microchip	⬥ D: Automobile airbag

The klaxon called time and Adrian will return for the next episode with all 3 lifelines intact.

$2,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed
Since 1935, Washington, D.C. has held a popular spring festival to celebrate the blossoming of what trees?
⬥ A: Cherry	⬥ B: Peach
⬥ C: Apple	⬥ D: Apricot

$4,000 (7 of 15) - Not Timed
Derived from Latin roots meaning "removal of meat", what word commonly refers to the period preceding Lent?
⬥ A: Jubilee	⬥ B: Festival
⬥ C: Revelry	⬥ D: Carnival

$8,000 (8 of 15) - Not Timed
Mary J. Blige's double-platinum album "The Breakthrough" features the song "One", originally a hit for what band?
⬥ A: Coldplay	⬥ B: U2
⬥ C: Pearl Jam	⬥ D: Matchbox Twenty

$16,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed
The Bundestag and the Bundesrat are the two houses of parliament in what European nation? "Ask the Audience" lifeline used
⬥ A: Poland	⬥ B: Finland
⬥ C: The Netherlands	⬥ D: Germany
Ask the Audience Results: A: 8% ⬥ B: 4% ⬥ C: 15% ⬥ D: 73%

$25,000 (10 of 15) - Not Timed
In 2007, LA Weekly's Jonathan Gold became the first newspaper critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for writing about what? "Phone-a-Friend" lifeline used
⬥ A: Food	⬥ B: Cars
⬥ C: Television	⬥ D: Web sites

Adrian knew he was going to get tripped up on a question about recent events. He has a guess but he wants to use his "Phone-a-Friend". He starts to say he wants to call Olivia but then changes his mind and asks to call Kyle in Santa Barbara. Adrian reads the question twice and with seconds to spare Kyle says, "Food - 100% sure." Adrian says Kyle knows his stuff and goes with that answer.

$50,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed
What is the minimum altitude to which a U.S. Air Force pilot must fly in order to be awarded astronaut wings? "Switch the Question" lifeline used
⬥ A: 25 miles	⬥ B: 50 miles
⬥ C: 125 miles	⬥ D: 150 miles

Adrian wanted to save his "Switch the Question" lifeline but he doesn't want to miss the question so he decides to use it.

$50,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed (Switched Question)
Celebrating sixty years on the throne in 2006, Bhumibol Adulyedej is the reigning monarch of what country? "50:50" lifeline used
⬥ A: Nepal	⬥ B: Thailand
⬥ C: Cambodia	⬥ D: Malaysia

Adrian believes that Nepal just had some sort of upheaval and Thailand just had a coup. He guarantees that the computer will leave C and D because it always leaves the two most likely answers. Meredith says that would be conspiratorial. Adrian uses the "50:50" anyway, leaving B and C. Meredith says, "Well, well, well, Mr. Smarty Pants. What do you have to say now?" Adrian admits he was wrong. This helps and he goes with "C" as his final answer, leaving with $25,000.

Sources

• Adrian's Run on WWTBAM Bored (Part 1)
• Adrian's Run on WWTBAM Bored (Part 2)