Amanda Peet (born January 11, 1972) is an American actress. She appeared as a contestant on the 2020-21 U.S. revival season of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and won $125,000 for her charity, "Big Sunday".
WWTBAM Run[]
Amanda's Run to the Million[]
| $100 (1 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| On average, the human body has seven billion billion billion what? | |
| ⬥ A: Bones | ⬥ B: Eyelashes |
| ⬥ C: Atoms | ⬥ D: Ill-advised lower back tattoos |
| $200 (2 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of these U.S. attractions boasts a popular souvenir shop called MouseGear? | |
| ⬥ A: Graceland | ⬥ B: Walt Disney World |
| ⬥ C: National Air & Space Museum | ⬥ D: Metropolitan Museum of Art |
| $300 (3 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Won by Arnold Schwarzeneggar seven times, Mr. Olympia is a title awarded at an annual competition between whom? | |
| ⬥ A: Bartenders | ⬥ B: Figure skaters |
| ⬥ C: Scuba divers | ⬥ D: Bodybuilders |
| $500 (4 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Competitors squeal, grunt and snuffle at an annual contest in France to crown the "world's best" what? | |
| ⬥ A: Pig imitator | ⬥ B: Birdhouse builder |
| ⬥ C: Grocery bagger | ⬥ D: Butter chumer |
| $1,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| During the Revolutionary War, British soldiers were known by what colorful nickname? | |
| ⬥ A: Redcoats | ⬥ B: Blackbeards |
| ⬥ C: Yellowbellies | ⬥ D: Blueboots |
| $2,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Thanks to its extra adhesive footpads, which of these animals can walk up a wall and across a ceiling? | |
| ⬥ A: Antelope | ⬥ B: Penguin |
| ⬥ C: Gecko | ⬥ D: Chicken |
| $4,000 (7 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| The aptly-titled 2020 film "Radioactive" tells the story of Marie Curie, a winner of the Nobel Prize for which of the following? | |
| ⬥ A: Literature | ⬥ B: Economics |
| ⬥ C: Peace | ⬥ D: Chemistry |
| $8,000 (8 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Not to be outdone by Pennsylvania's Punxsutawney Phil, Ohio also has a weather-predicting groundhog with which of these fitting names? | |
| ⬥ A: Dairyland Donald | ⬥ B: Buckeye Chuck |
| ⬥ C: Hoosier Howie | ⬥ D: Bluegrass Gus |
| $16,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| In 2020, when an 8-year-old named Corona was getting bullied because of his name, Tom Hanks sent him a vintage Corona, a classic brand of what? | |
| ⬥ A: Typewriter | ⬥ B: Record player |
| ⬥ C: Telephone | ⬥ D: Camera |
| $32,000 (10 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Especially popular during election season, the website FiveThirtyEight.com has a name inspired by what? | |
| ⬥ A: Number of U.S. Congressional ditricts | ⬥ B: Area code of Washington, D.C. |
| ⬥ C: Number of electors in the Electoral College | ⬥ D: Number of days in the election cycle |
| The klaxon called time and Amanda will return for the next episode with all 3 lifelines intact. |
Amanda now has to decide if she wants to keep Dan, who was the co-creator of Game of Thrones by exchanging him for another lifeline. She swaps out the Ask the Host.
| $64,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Before they built airplanes, the Wright brothers owned a store that sold and repaired what? "Phone-a-Friend" lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Mining headlamps | ⬥ B: Grandfather clocks |
| ⬥ C: Bicycles | ⬥ D: Eyeglasses |
| Amanda doesn't know the answer, so she calls her friend Craig, who incidentally was previously Kaitlin Olson's Phone-a-Friend lifeline on her $64,000 question; Amanda jokes that Craig is a "Phone-a-Friend slut" after Jimmy Kimmel tells her about this.
Phone-a-Friend result: Craig is fairly certain that the answer is C: Bicycles. Amanda goes with his answer and wins $64,000, meaning that Craig has correctly answered twice in a row. |
| $125,000 (12 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of these palindromes translates to a Spanish word that is also a palindrome? "Ask the Guest" lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Dad | ⬥ B: Noon |
| ⬥ C: Boob | ⬥ D: Eye |
| Explanation: "Dad" in Spanish is padre or papa; "noon", or rather, midday, in Spanish is mediodia; "boob", or breast, in Spanish is pecho or pechuga, depending on whether one is referring to either a woman's breasts or poultry meat (chicken or turkey breasts); and "eye" in Spanish is ojo. |
| $250,000 (13 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| In "The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part", Emmet teams up with Rex Dangervest, the tough-guy captain of what time-traveling spaceship? "50:50" lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: The Rexcursion | ⬥ B: The Rexpedition |
| ⬥ C: The Rexcelsior | ⬥ D: The Rexpletive |
| Amanda has no clue about the question, even through her son did watch the movie. She don't even know who Emmet is. She thinks "50:50" doesn't help but need to take a guess. After a while, Amanda finally asks for "50:50", which leaves B and C. Jimmy hints that he knew the answer, but since "Ask the Host" lifeline has been swapped for Dan, Amanda can't ask him for help. Amanda did not want to risk $93,000, so she decides to "surrender" (walk away) with $125,000. Her guess would have been C, and had she went with it, she would have won $250,000.
Total Charity Winnings: $125,000 |
| Preceded by Rebel Wilson |
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (2020-2021 season, U.S.) Amanda Peet |
Succeeded by Zachary Quinto |