Joyce Thomas, an epidemiologist from New Hyde Park, New York, was a contestant on Season 7 of the syndicated U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. She won $1,000 after missed on her $4,000 question.
WWTBAM Run[]
Joyce Thomas's Run to the Million[]
| $100 (1 of 15) - 15 seconds Category: Pants on Fire | |
| A person who knowingly fails to tell the truth is said to be "lying through his" what? | |
| ⬥ A: Teeth | ⬥ B: Eyebrows |
| ⬥ C: Belly button | ⬥ D: Term in Congress |
| $200 (2 of 15) - 15 seconds Category: Tutus | |
| A short, funny skirt known as a "tutu" is commonly worn by what type of performer? | |
| ⬥ A: Trapeze artist | ⬥ B: Mime |
| ⬥ C: Pianist | ⬥ D: Ballet dancer |
| $300 (3 of 15) - 15 seconds Category: The Partridge Family | |
| In a 1970 song by The Partridge Family, David Cassidy croons, "I think I" what? | |
| ⬥ A: Love you | ⬥ B: Remember you |
| ⬥ C: Hear you | ⬥ D: Forgive you |
| $500 (4 of 15) - 15 seconds Category: Now Insulting! | |
| "You must have been something before electricity" is a playful jab at a person's what? "Ask the Audience" lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Income | ⬥ B: Age |
| ⬥ C: Fashion sense | ⬥ D: Intelligence |
| Ask the Audience Results: A: 0% ⬥ B: 78% ⬥ C: 4% ⬥ D: 18% | |
| $1,000 (5 of 15) - 15 seconds Category: What's the Word? | |
| What's the singular form of the word "criteria"? | |
| ⬥ A: Criteriate | ⬥ B: Criterious |
| ⬥ C: Criterion | ⬥ D: Criteriand |
| $2,000 (6 of 15) - 30 seconds Category: Going Nowhere Fast | |
| A controversial project debated by Congress for years, the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere" was actually a bridge to where? | |
| ⬥ A: Escanaba, MI | ⬥ B: Strawberry Island, MA |
| ⬥ C: Ketchikan, AK | ⬥ D: Islesford, ME |
| $4,000 (7 of 15) - 30 seconds Category: Tonic | |
| Tonic water is distinctively flavored because it contains what chemical? "Double Dip" lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Ephedrine | ⬥ B: Codeine |
| ⬥ C: Morphine | ⬥ D: Quinine |
| Joyce chooses to Double Dip at 20 seconds. Her first answer in C, which is incorrect. Joyce then asks for the expert, but Meredith reminds her that the expert can't be used after a first DD answer. Joyce then guesses B at 4 seconds, which is also incorrect, as the right answer was D. |