Gregor Ritter, from Hennersdorf, Vienna, appeared as a contestant on Series 8 of Die Millionenshow, the Austrian version of the show, on 11 September 2006. He won €15,000 after answering his €30,000 question incorrectly.
DM Run[]
Fastest Finger First[]
| Fastest Finger First Question | |
| Form the literary animals according to the book title: Möwe, Kater, Fipps, Reineke! | |
| ⬥ A: Jonathan | ⬥ B: Fuchs |
| ⬥ C: Murr | ⬥ D: der Affe |
| The correct order is A-C-D-B. Out of 10 contestants, 5 answered correctly, the fastest being Gregor in 4.52 seconds. |
Gregor's Run to the Million[]
| €100 (1 of 15) - Not timed | |
| With photo negatives one makes... | |
| ⬥ A: Additions | ⬥ B: Subtractions |
| ⬥ C: Supplements | ⬥ D: Copies |
| €200 (2 of 15) - Not timed | |
| Someone who finds themselves in a conflict of interest sits, idiomatically... | |
| ⬥ A: under the table | ⬥ B: between two stools |
| ⬥ C: behind the sofa | ⬥ D: next to the cupboard |
| €300 (3 of 15) - Not timed | |
| A catastrophic engine failure is caused by a... | |
| ⬥ A: Piston seizure | ⬥ B: Motor grater |
| ⬥ C: Cylinder shaver | ⬥ D: Axle sharpener |
| €400 (4 of 15) - Not timed | |
| The Renaissance castle Schallaburg lies south of... | |
| ⬥ A: Schröpf | ⬥ B: Tank |
| ⬥ C: Zapt | ⬥ D: Melk |
| €500 (5 of 15) - Not timed | |
| One recognises a particularly precious olive oil by the description... | |
| ⬥ A: Cooked hot | ⬥ B: Stirred cool |
| ⬥ C: Pressed cold | ⬥ D: Shaken warm |
| €1,000 (6 of 15) - Not timed | |
| What do you call the car on the Tour de France that drives at the back of the crowd of racers? | |
| ⬥ A: Closing bus | ⬥ B: Return carriage |
| ⬥ C: Brushing cart | ⬥ D: Broom wagon |
| €2,000 (7 of 15) - Not timed | |
| What does someone who works hard on the issue of transparency make? | |
| ⬥ A: Homo novus | ⬥ B: Paucis verbis |
| ⬥ C: Tabula rasa | ⬥ D: Lapsus memoriae |
| €5,000 (8 of 15) - Not timed | |
| In all the three 'Mission Impossible' films, Tom Cruise is called... 'Ask the Audience' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Ethan Hunt | ⬥ B: Jonathan Foose |
| ⬥ C: Brendan Bine | ⬥ D: Weston Knee |
| Ask the Audience Results: A: 94% ⬥ B: 0% ⬥ C: 4% ⬥ D: 2% | |
| €10,000 (9 of 15) - Not timed | |
| With which instrument did Lionel Hampton become a jazz legend? '50:50' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Harp | ⬥ B: Vibraphone |
| ⬥ C: French horn | ⬥ D: Double bass |
| €15,000 (10 of 15) - Not timed | |
| How large is Austria in square kilometres? 'Phone-a-Friend' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: 122,345 | ⬥ B: 95,615 |
| ⬥ C: 83,870 | ⬥ D: 52,750 |
| €30,000 (11 of 15) - Not timed | |
| Who did Daniel Kehlmann portray meeting each other in his novel 'Die Vermessung der Welt'? | |
| ⬥ A: Archimedes and Plato | ⬥ B: Descartes and Columbus |
| ⬥ C: Humboldt and Gauss | ⬥ D: Einstein and Freud |
| Gewinnsumme: € 15.000 |
Sources[]
| Preceded by ? |
Austrian Contestant (Series 8) Gregor Ritter |
Succeeded by ? |