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Alek SkarlatosSpencer Stone and Anthony Sadler appeared on the first and second episodes of Hometown Heroes Week (36th and 37th overall) of the fifteenth season of the syndicated U.S. version of the show on October 31 and November 1, 2016. They walked away with $250,000.

In 2015, Alek competed on Season 21 of Dancing with the Stars, where he finished in third place.

In early 2020, Anthony & Spencer competed as a team on Season 33 of The Amazing Race. They survived the first three legs, but after production on the race was temporarily suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Anthony & Spencer were one of the four teams that were unable to return to the show when production continued in 2021.

Alek, Spencer and Anthony's Run to the Million[]

$500 (1 of 14) - Not Timed
In a clever design hidden inside the Tour de France logo, a stylized letter "R" depicts a person bent over, riding a what?
⬥ A: Donkey ⬥ B: Bicycle
⬥ C: Broom ⬥ D: Mechanical bull
$1,000 (2 of 14) - Not Timed
Speaking about his post-presidency plans, Barack Obama recently joked that he was going to get on what job search website "and see what comes up"?
⬥ A: LinkedIn ⬥ B: Amazon
⬥ C: Pinterest ⬥ D: PayPal
$2,000 (3 of 14) - Not Timed
Treating its products with a synthetic version of the natural chemical pyrethrin, Buzz Off makes EPA-approved clothes that keep you from getting what?
⬥ A: Bitten by mosquitoes ⬥ B: A military haircut
⬥ C: Slightly drunk ⬥ D: Hit on by an astronaut
$3,000 (4 of 14) - Not Timed
Set in Minnesota's Paisley Park Studios, what '90s PC video game had players complete a series of puzzles to unlock a famous musician's symbol?
⬥ A: Madonna Kombat ⬥ B: Rick James 3-D
⬥ C: Prince Interactive ⬥ D: Billy Ocean's Riptide Ride
$5,000 (5 of 14) - Not Timed
Since Wookie fur doesn't exist, to make Chewbacca for the original "Star Wars" movie, they primarily used the hair of what animal?
⬥ A: Koala ⬥ B: Tiger
⬥ C: Camel ⬥ D: Yak
$7,000 (6 of 14) - Not Timed
If it were converted to the phrase "the whole 9 yards" would be roughly what?
⬥ A: "The whole 3.8 meters" ⬥ B: "The whole 5.2 meters"
⬥ C: "The whole 8.2 meters" ⬥ D: "The whole 12.9 meters"
$10,000 (7 of 14) - Not Timed
A classic roll of Life Savers has how many flavors?
'Ask the Audience' lifeline used
⬥ A: Three ⬥ B: Four
⬥ C: Five ⬥ D: Six
Ask the Audience Results: A: 2% ⬥ B: 23% ⬥ C: 69% ⬥ D: 6%
$20,000 (8 of 14) - Not Timed
Taking its name from a Tamil word, a catamaran is a type of seacraft originally used in waters off the coast of what country?
'Plus One lifeline used
⬥ A: Iran ⬥ B: Somalia
⬥ C: India ⬥ D: Greenland
$30,000 (9 of 14) - Not Timed
Thanks to the lowest gas prices in a decade, the New York Times reported that last year, Americans set a new record by driving how many miles?
'Cut the Question' lifeline used
⬥ A: 3.15 million ⬥ B: 3.15 billion
⬥ C: 3.15 trillion ⬥ D: 3.15 quadrillion
$30,000 (9 of 14) - Not Timed
Switched question
Before she retired in 2014 after 56 years, the 88-year-old sister of which of these people could be found teaching classes at Spelman College?
⬥ A: Pope John Paul II ⬥ B: Mao Zedong
⬥ C: Martin Luther King, Jr. ⬥ D: Richard Nixon
The klaxon sounded and the episode finished. They returned the next day to play for $50,000 with one remaining lifeline.
$50,000 (10 of 14) - Not Timed
With one bill showing its interior and another showing its exterior, what building is depicted on two different denominations of U.S. paper currency?
'50:50' lifeline used
⬥ A: Capitol Building ⬥ B: The White House
⬥ C: Independent Hall ⬥ D: U.S. Treasury Building
$100,000 (11 of 14) - Not Timed
While it's usually an individual person, Time has picked all but which of the following groups as its "Time Person of the Year"?
⬥ A: 1984: "The Republicans" ⬥ B: 1975: "American Women"
⬥ C: 2002: "The Whistleblowers" ⬥ D: 1960: "US Scientists"
$250,000 (12 of 14) - Not Timed
Along with their space suits, Russian cosmonauts used to be equipped with a TP-82 for use upon re-entry into Siberia. What was the TP-82?
⬥ A: A personal jet pack ⬥ B: A triple-barreled gun
⬥ C: A miniature atomic bomb ⬥ D: A 2-way television wristwatch
$500,000 (13 of 14) - Not Timed
According to the New York Sun, the last American descendant of Napoléon Bonaparte died in 1945 after doing what in Central Park?
⬥ A: Being trampled by a horse ⬥ B: Tripping over a dog leash
⬥ C: Choking on a hot dog ⬥ D: Getting stung by a bee
Unsure, they decided to walk away. They would have guessed A: Being trampled by a horse, but the correct answer was B: Tripping over a dog leash.
Total Winnings: $250,000

Trivia[]

  • The show accidentally misspelled Alek's last name as "Scarlatos".
  • The trio were the men who stopped a gunman from committing a mass shooting terror attack on a Thalys (now Eurostar) train heading from Amsterdam to Paris in August 21st, 2015, and played themselves in the movie "15:17 to Paris", and were granted French citizenship and were awarded by both the US and French governments.
Preceded by
Daniel Greco
U.S. Contestants (Season 15, syndication)
Alek Skarlatos
Spencer Stone
Anthony Sadler
Succeeded by
Brandon Stanton