Joy Behar, a talk show host from New York City, known for being one of the co-hosts on “The View”, was a contestant on the U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? during the 2nd Celebrity Week of the show on November 16-19, 2000. Joy won $125,000 for the North Side Catholic Academy.
She reappeared on Season 11 of the syndicated version on November 6-7, 2012 and won $65,100, which was donated to Playing for Planned Parenthood.
Joy knows Ohm is a person. She’s not sure. Joy lists all of her phone-a-friends.
After a while on deciding who to call, Joy decides to call Leon. But Leon has no idea.
She then decides to go to the audience. Most of them say it’s Torque, with 55%. Ampere came in second with 31%.
Joy decides to walk away with $125,000 for her charity. She would have went against the audience and gone with Ampere, which is incorrect.
A: Torque was the correct answer.
Total Prize Money: $125,000
Second WWTBAM Run (Partial)[]
Joy on the show in 2012
Round 1[]
$2,000 (1 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Hunger Signs
In American Sign Language, making a fist and pretending to lick it is a sign for what food?
⬥ A: Hamburger
⬥ B: Scrambled egg
⬥ C: Pizza
⬥ D: Ice cream
Joy's Bank: $2,000
$25,000 (2 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Song of the South
A campy song by the Rednex asks, "Where did you come from, where did you go, where did you come from," who?
⬥ A: Beer Gut Moe
⬥ B: Corn High Beau
⬥ C: Cotton Eye Joe
⬥ D: Sweet Grits Flo
Joy's Bank: $27,000
$100 (3 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Italian Names
Saying the name was "ridiculous," an Italian court ruled that a couple couldn't name their child Venerdi, which translates to what?
⬥ A: Friday
⬥ B: Parmesan
⬥ C: Eight
⬥ D: Vespa
Joy's Bank: $27,100
$1,000 (4 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Famous Hands
In Texas Hold 'Em Poker, a starting hand of a 9 and a 5 is often nicknamed after what singer?
⬥ A: Shania Twain
⬥ B: Dolly Parton
⬥ C: Patsy Cline
⬥ D: Faith Hill
Joy's Bank: $28,100
$3,000 (5 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Symbols of Achievement
What famous medal depicts 3 naked men embracing one another? 'Jump the Question' lifeline used
⬥ A: Nobel Peace Prize
⬥ B: Medal of Honor
⬥ C: Pulitzer Prize
⬥ D: Presidential Medal of Freedom
Joy wasn't sure, so she jumped the question. The correct answer was A: Nobel Peace Prize. Joy's Bank: $28,100
$10,000 (6 of 14) - Not Timed Category: On the Telly
What American TV program, with a strikingly similar format, is the predecessor to a British talk show called "Loose Women"?
⬥ A: The Ellen DeGeneres Show
⬥ B: The View
⬥ C: Judge Judy
⬥ D: Rachel Ray
Joy's Bank: $38,100
$15,000 (7 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Relationship Slang
A harsh though common way of saying someone just broke up with me is to say "I just got" what?
⬥ A: Lambasted
⬥ B: Dumped
⬥ C: Zapped
⬥ D: Chucked
Joy's Bank: $53,100
$5,000 (8 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Smuggler
When guards at India's Indira Ghandi International Airport arrested a man with a loris in his pants, he was attempting to smuggle a what? 'Ask the Audience' lifeline used
$500 (9 of 14) - Not Timed Category: Take it or Leave it
Which of the following is the sanitized version of the profane phrase Mark Harmon used on a groundbreaking 1999 episode of "Chicago Hope"? 'Jump the Question' lifeline used
⬥ A: It out of luck
⬥ B: Up it creek
⬥ C: It happens
⬥ D: It hits the fan
Joy wasn't sure, so she jumped the question. She would have guessed D: It hits the fan, but the correct answer was C: It happens. Joy's Bank: $58,100
$7,000 (10 of 14) - Not Timed Category: All in The Family
What is a more efficient way to refer to your sister's father's brother's mother?
⬥ A: Second cousin
⬥ B: Great aunt
⬥ C: Great uncle
⬥ D: Grandma
Joy's Bank: $65,100 The klaxon called time and Joy would return the next day with no lifelines left.
