Chris Barker, a software analyst from Elkridge, Maryland, was a contestant who appeared on the U.S. version of the show on April 25, 2000. He walked away with $250,000.
What film director was a spokesman for Paul Masson wines?
⬥ A: John Huston
⬥ B: Alfred Hitchcock
⬥ C: Orson Welles
⬥ D: Robert Altman
$32,000 (10 of 15) - Not Timed
If you found yourself in the state capital of Kentucky, where would you be?
⬥ A: Paducah
⬥ B: Frankfort
⬥ C: Louisville
⬥ D: Lexington
$64,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed
What city is the primary setting for the 1999 movie "The Sixth Sense"?
⬥ A: Boston, MA
⬥ B: Baltimore, MD
⬥ C: Philadelphia, PA
⬥ D: Washington, D.C.
$125,000 (12 of 15) - Not Timed
In the 1945 novel "Brideshead Revisited," what is Brideshead? "50:50" lifeline used
⬥ A: Family estate
⬥ B: Town
⬥ C: Rocky crag
⬥ D: Ship
$250,000 (13 of 15) - Not Timed
The Beaufort scale measures which of the following? "Phone-a-Friend" lifeline used
⬥ A: Atmospheric pressure
⬥ B: Precipitation
⬥ C: Electric charge
⬥ D: Wind velocity
He decides to call his friend Dave, then Dave said Wind velocity. after that, he went for it and got it right for $250,000.
$500,000 (14 of 15) - Not Timed
What French president once asked, "How can you govern a nation which has 246 varieties of cheese?"?
⬥ A: Georges Pompidou
⬥ B: Charles de Gaulle
⬥ C: Francois Mitterrand
⬥ D: Jacques Chirac
Chris has no idea on this question, so he decides to walk away with $250,000. his guess would been B: Charles de Gaulle, which was indeed the correct answer.