Matt Silcox, a financial assistant from Kettering, Ohio, was a contestant who appeared on the U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on September 17-19, 2000. He walked away with $64,000.
Put these gulfs in geographical order, starting in Hawaii and going east.
⬥ A: Gulf of California
⬥ B: Gulf of Thailand
⬥ C: Persian Gulf
⬥ D: Gulf of Mexico
From 8 remaining contestants, 4 got it right, but Matt (with a time of 5.14 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer A-D-C-B, making it into the Hot Seat.
Matt's Run to the Million[]
$100 (1 of 15) - Not Timed
According to the slang phrase, what should a person do if he is told to "shake a leg"?
⬥ A: Slow down
⬥ B: Hurry up
⬥ C: Clean the house
⬥ D: Bake chicken
$200 (2 of 15) - Not Timed
Which of the following phrases is a common description for a meager amount of money?
⬥ A: Small potatoes
⬥ B: Can of beans
⬥ C: Steamed clams
⬥ D: Tax refund
$300 (3 of 15) - Not Timed
What color is the cartoon character Tweety?
⬥ A: Red
⬥ B: Blue
⬥ C: Yellow
⬥ D: Puce
$500 (4 of 15) - Not Timed
When camping in the forest, where is it recommended to put food at night to keep it from animals? 'Ask the Audience' lifeline used
The klaxon called time and Matt would return on $500 with two lifelines left.
$1,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed
Which of the following gambling words is also the name of a type of fish?
⬥ A: Fluke
⬥ B: Chance
⬥ C: Luck
⬥ D: Chip
$2,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed
All of NASA's manned lunar landings have been under what program name?
⬥ A: Mercury
⬥ B: Gemini
⬥ C: Apollo
⬥ D: Columbia
$4,000 (7 of 15) - Not Timed
According to a slogan for their TV show, which of these judges dispenses "justice with an attitude"?
⬥ A: Judge Jerry Sheindlin
⬥ B: Judge Judy Sheindlin
⬥ C: Judge Mills Lane
⬥ D: Judge Joe Brown
$8,000 (8 of 15) - Not Timed
In the 2000 Summer Olympics, in which of these events do individual men and women compete against each other? '50:50' and 'Phone-a-Friend' lifelines used
⬥ A: Archery
⬥ B: Shooting
⬥ C: Marathon running
⬥ D: Equestrian sports
He was thinking between A and B, so he asked for the 50:50 with the remaining answers:
B: Shooting D: Equestrian sports.
Although A has been eliminated, he wanted to call his mom. She said equestrian sports as time expired.
He then chose to go with D and won $8,000.
$16,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed
What band is featured in the 1979 movie "Rock 'n' Roll High School"?
⬥ A: The Who
⬥ B: The Ramones
⬥ C: The Cars
⬥ D: The Stooges
$32,000 (10 of 15) - Not Timed
What was the name of the first child of English parents to be born in America?
⬥ A: Hannah Callowhill
⬥ B: James Lancaster
⬥ C: Virginia Dare
⬥ D: Samuel Daniel
$64,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed
Where was the first successful human heart transplant performed?
⬥ A: Wellington, New Zealand
⬥ B: Houston, Texas
⬥ C: Salt Lake City, Utah
⬥ D: Cape Town, South Africa
$125,000 (12 of 15) - Not Timed
The father of which of the following celebrities was once Poet Laureate of England?
⬥ A: Andrew Lloyd Webber
⬥ B: Daniel Day-Lewis
⬥ C: Kristin Scott Thomas
⬥ D: Helena Bonham Carter
At first Matt didn't think it's D, but he did not want to risk $32,000, so he walked away. He would have guessed C: Kristin Scott Thomas, but the correct answer was B: Daniel Day-Lewis.
