Charlie Branson, from Las Vegas, NV, was a contestant who appeared on Season 16 of the U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? during Las Vegas Restaurant Week on April 11-12, 2018 and left with $5,000 after he missed the $50,000 question.
Charlie's Run to the Million[]
$500 (1 of 14) - Not Timed
Thanks to the 2010 Affordable Care Act, what do restaurants with more than 20 locations now have to post about the food on their menus?
⬥ A: How tasty it is
⬥ B: What color it is
⬥ C: How many calories it has
⬥ D: What it rhymes with
$1,000 (2 of 14) - Not Timed
In 2017, CNN Money reported that the average cost for a married U.S. couple to do which of these things was about $233,000?
⬥ A: Hire a wedding photographer
⬥ B: Go on a honeymoon
⬥ C: Raise a child
⬥ D: Mail thank-you notes
$2,000 (3 of 14) - Not Timed
Simultaneously welcoming travelers and celebrating local cuisine, Baltimore-Washington Int’l Airport is home to a 500-pound stained glass what?
⬥ A: Crab
⬥ B: Orange tree
⬥ C: Avocado
⬥ D: Squirrel
$3,000 (4 of 14) - Not Timed
Just like “PEPSI” becomes “PPS,” three of these are best-selling soda brands with their vowels and any spaces removed. Which one is NOT?
⬥ A: MNTNDW
⬥ B: BCRD
⬥ C: DTCK
⬥ D: SPRT
$5,000 (5 of 14) - Not Timed
Equally adept at portraying both heroes and villains, English actor Ian McKellen has famously played which of the following pairs of roles?
⬥ A: Gandhi & Darth Vader
⬥ B: Gandalf & Magneto
⬥ C: Superman & Adolf Hitler
⬥ D: Robin Hood & Genghis Khan
$7,000 (6 of 14) - Not Timed
Although they’re all made of metal, which of these household items is the only one that would strongly attract a magnet?
⬥ A: Lead pipe
⬥ B: Cast-iron skillet
⬥ C: Aluminum foil
⬥ D: Brass candlestick
The klaxon called time and Charlie would return on $7,000 with all 3 lifelines still available.
$10,000 (7 of 14) - Not Timed
If you've just had Tommy John surgery, your occupation is most likely what? 'Ask the Audience' lifeline used
Though you might expect it to start with "Thou Shalt," in Exodus 20, verse 2 of the King James Bible, the actual first word of the first of the Ten Commandments is what?
⬥ A: On
⬥ B: Honor
⬥ C: Remember
⬥ D: I
$30,000 (9 of 14) - Not Timed
A financial whiz as well as a former notoriously hard partier, what band's bassist Duff McKagan was an early investor in Starbucks, Microsoft and Amazon? '50:50' and 'Plus One' lifelines used
⬥ A: Metallica
⬥ B: Aerosmith
⬥ C: AC/DC
⬥ D: Guns N' Roses
$50,000 (10 of 14) - Not Timed
Though she later withdrew under pressure from the military, which woman once ran for vice president on her husband's ticket?
