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Bonus Question Cue

Composed by

Ramon Covalo

Description

Question 16 (Australia and [India (once)])
Question 6 (Czech Republic 2008 and Italy 2018 - once)
Question 15 (Colombia 2008-2013 and India [Tamil, after Flip the Question])
Question 3 (Poland early 2008 and 2010)
Switch the Question (Colombia - sometimes, along with the Q15 one)

First Country

Poland

First Date

19th January 2008

First Contestant

Maciej Kautz

Latest Country

Brazil

Latest Date

October 20, 2024

Latest Contestant

Kousalya Kharthika S A

The bonus question cue is one of the rarest music cues in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Unlike Keith & Matthew Strachan, Ramon Covalo and Nick Magnus did create the bonus question music (usually for the 16th question).

Played[]

Colombia[]


Czech Republic[]


Poland[]

India (Hindi)[]


Italy[]

India (Tamil)[]

Brazil[]


Unplayed[]

Those are those are the times the music could’ve been played, but wasn’t.

India (Hindi)[]

  • 2018-present

Turkey[]

  • 2023

Trivia[]

  • Like the £1,000,000 question music by Ramon Covalo, this one plays during the Switch the Question in Colombia. Also, it was played during Tonight's Viewer Question in that country.
  • Unlike the Ramon Covalo soundtrack, the Keith & Matthew Strachan soundtrack does not contain a bonus question cue; in cases when using the Strachan soundtrack for a Money Tree with a bonus 16th question, the 15th question cue will instead be similar to the 14th question cue, except bumped up a semitone, and then the 16th question cue will be the traditional final question cue. The non-safety net version of the Strachan soundtrack 15th question cue was used in Turkey in 2008, and for Sweden's 500th episode on 16 September 2011.
  • On January 21, 2020 in Kodeeswari, Kousalya Kharthika S A when asked the Top Prize Question, the original cue plays as expected, but after she used Flip the Question and when the new question comes, this music plays.
  • This was played on Anamika Majumdar's 7 crore rupee question, but hasn’t been played again since.
  • The partial of this music can be heard two of these promos in Albania: [1]
  • It is used as the Fastest Finger First question bed in Brazil since its introduction in 2022.[2]
  • The Polish version had changed periodically with the original and current question musics below. Here’s the table:
Question Amount January-February 2008, March-December 2010 February 2008-December 2009 February 2017-June 2023
50,000 zł Q10 (Current) Q10 (Original) Q10 (Current)
20,000 zł Q9 (Current) Q9 (Original) Q9 (Current)
10,000 zł Q8 (Current) Q8 (Original) Q8 (Current)
5,000 zł Q7 (Current) Q7 (Original) Q7 (Current)
2,000 zł Q16 Q6 (Original) Q6 (Current)