Erwin Escobar, from Levittown, NY, was a contestant on the ninth season of the syndicated version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on November 9-10, 2010. He won $32,000.
WWTBAM Run[]
Round 1[]
| $2,000 (1 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Safety First | |
| According to the Center for Injury Research and Policy, what high school sport has the highest incidence of concussions? | |
| ⬥ A: Baseball | ⬥ B: Football |
| ⬥ C: Swimming | ⬥ D: Football |
| Erwin's Bank: $2,000 |
| $25,000 (2 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Movie Islands | |
| In the 2010 movie "Shutter Island," Shutter Island is primarily home to a what? | |
| ⬥ A: Casino | ⬥ B: Mental institution |
| ⬥ C: Game preserve | ⬥ D: Circus |
| Erwin's Bank: $27,000 |
| $100 (3 of 14) - Not Timed Category: JFK | |
| John F. Kennedy's famous inaugural address did not include which of these phrases? "Jump the Question" lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Shoulder any load | ⬥ B: Meet any hardship |
| ⬥ C: Oppose any foe | ⬥ D: Pay any price |
| Erwin jumped the question. The correct answer was A. Shoulder any load.
Erwin's Bank: $27,000 |
| $15,000 (4 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Band Names | |
| Popular with the MTV crowd, which of these rock bands derives its unusual name from "The Simpsons"? | |
| ⬥ A: Panic! at the Disco | ⬥ B: Death Cab for Cutie |
| ⬥ C: Vampire Weekend | ⬥ D: Fall Out Boy |
| Erwin's Bank: $42,000 |
| $5,000 (5 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Facial Hair | |
| The handlebar mustache was named for its resemblance to a part of what machine? | |
| ⬥ A: Typewriter | ⬥ B: Bicycle |
| ⬥ C: Locomotive | ⬥ D: Vacuum cleaner |
| Erwin's Bank: $47,000 |
| $10,000 (6 of 14) - Not Timed Category: International Cuisine | |
| Available overseas, artichoke spread, Asiago cheese and pancetta are ingredients in a limited line of McDonald's sandwiches called what? | |
| ⬥ A: McSpain | ⬥ B: McFrance |
| ⬥ C: McGermany | ⬥ D: McItaly |
| Erwin's Bank: $57,000 |
| $3,000 (7 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Population Control | |
| To control the rodent population, the grounds of which of these museums have been famously "guarded" by cats for over 200 years? "Jump the Question" lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: State Hermitage | ⬥ B: British Museum |
| ⬥ C: Uffizi Gallery | ⬥ D: Louvre |
| Erwin jumped the question. The correct answer was A. State Hermitage.
Erwin's Bank: $57,000 |
| $7,000 (8 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Celebrities | |
| In 2010, what openly graying sitcom star revealed, "I dyed my hair the whole time I was on "Friends"? "Ask the Audience" lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: David Schwimmer | ⬥ B: Courtney Cox |
| ⬥ C: Matt LeBlanc | ⬥ D: Lisa Kudrow |
| Ask the Audience Results: A: 27% ⬥ B: 19% ⬥ C: 46% ⬥ D: 8% | |
| Erwin pondered whether to go with the crowd or take the money, and then he suddenly declared he was going with the crowd C final answer.
Audience cheers. Mere tells the audience not to cheer like that when they are wrong... ... but this time they are right. The klaxon called time and Erwin will return tomorrow with $64,000 and no lifelines. Erwin's Bank: $64,000 |
| ? (9 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Case Closed | |
| To honor his retirement in 2010, admirers of Supreme Court justice John Paul Stevens showed up in court wearing what? | |
| ⬥ A: Fedoras | ⬥ B: Suspenders |
| ⬥ C: Bowties | ⬥ D: Argyle socks |
| Erwin just doesn't know. Erwin decided to walk away with $32,000. The correct answer was C. Bowties.
TOTAL WINNINGS: $32,000 |