Michelle Glover, from Rockledge, Florida, appeared on Season 3 of the U.S. syndicated version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? for Walk in and Win Week II on May 19–20, 2005. She blew all of her lifelines on the $200 and $300 questions, and decided to walk away with $300 on her $500 question.
Without including contestants who left with nothing, only one contestant on any version of Millionaire has fared worse. Common Wong blew all of his lifelines on his first and third questions and walked away on Question 3 on the Hong Kong version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, thus only winning HK$2,000.
WWTBAM Run[]
$100 (1 of 15) - Not Timed
What historic document has the heading "In Congress, July 4, 1776" written across its top?
⬥ A: Gettysburg Address
⬥ B: Magna Carta
⬥ C: Declaration of Independence
⬥ D: Ben Franklin's pre-nup
$200 (2 of 15) - Not Timed
In the kitchen, a small hourglass that usually runs between three and five minutes is called a what? "Ask the Audience" lifeline used
⬥ A: Egg timer
⬥ B: Toast timer
⬥ C: Pasta timer
⬥ D: Steak timer
Ask the Audience Results:
Studio: A: 95% ⬥ B: 2% ⬥ C: 2% ⬥ D: 1%
AOL: A: 73% ⬥ B: 15% ⬥ C: 5% ⬥ D: 7%
$300 (3 of 15) - Not Timed
Which of these types of footwear are usually at least 25 inches long and up to 12 inches wide? "50:50" and "Phone-a-Friend" lifelines used
⬥ A: In-line skates
⬥ B: Hiking boots
⬥ C: Galoshes
⬥ D: Snowshoes
She phoned her father, who said it was snowshoes. She goes for it and won $300. The klaxon called time, and Michelle would return with no remaining lifelines.
$500 (4 of 15) - Not Timed
Longtime pals Matt Damon and Ben Affleck attended highschool together in a suburb of what city?
⬥ A: Atlanta
⬥ B: Chicago
⬥ C: Detroit
⬥ D: Boston
Michelle wanted to guess Chicago, but her instincts were telling her that it was the wrong answer. She decided to take the $300, not wanting to take the risk and potentially leave empty handed. Her instincts were correct - the correct answer was D: Boston.
Total Prize Money: $300
Trivia[]
Michelle became the second syndicated Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? contestant to use the three available lifelines by 3rd question. On December 16, 2002, Kym Amesquita also used Ask the Audience on her 2nd question. She then used Phone-a-Friend and 50:50 on her 3rd question. However, Kym was able to correctly answer the next five questions in a row, and walked away with $8,000. 14 years later, Brooke Fleming become the second contestant in the classic format to use all her lifelines and walk away before the first safe level. She won $3,000.
