Nguyễn Lê Anh, a construction engineer working for LILAMA 3 from Hà Tĩnh (later as an artist), appeared as a contestant on Ai Là Triệu Phú on September 9, 2008. He was the first ever contestant in the show to answer the Penultimate Question correctly and won 80,000,000₫. He also held the record for being the biggest winner ever in Ai Là Triệu Phú's history (which hasn't been broken till now). About two months later, Bùi Thị Hà Thanh and Đào Hồng Vũ equaled his record as they also won 80,000,000₫.
Due to his performance, he was later invited as one of two special expects (along with Phạm Cao Long) for the Two Wise Men lifeline on the 20th Anniversary Special episode on January 7, 2025.
Put these phrases in the correct order to form a verse.
⬥ A: Thương nhau
⬥ B: Mấy sông cũng lội
⬥ C: Mấy núi cũng trèo
⬥ D: Mấy đèo cũng qua
From the 9 remaining contestants, 4 got it right, but Nguyễn Lê Anh (with a time of 4.00 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer A-C-B-D, making it into the Hot Seat.
Nguyễn Lê Anh's Run[]
100,000₫ (1 of 15) - Not timed
"Gầm" is the sound of which animal?
⬥ A: Cat
⬥ B: Chicken
⬥ C: Mouse
⬥ D: Elephant
200,000₫ (2 of 15) - Not timed
Traditionally, what is usually done to help cure a cold?
⬥ A: Steam leaves
⬥ B: Go for a swim
⬥ C: Wash your hair
⬥ D: Get dressed
300,000₫ (3 of 15) - Not timed
Complete the saying: "Máu chảy ruột ..."?
⬥ A: Mềm
⬥ B: Đau
⬥ C: Non
⬥ D: Già
500,000₫ (4 of 15) - Not timed
The fruit of which tree can produce water?
⬥ A: Khaya wood
⬥ B: Pine
⬥ C: Sea almond
⬥ D: Coconut
1,000,000₫ (5 of 15) - Not timed
In which country was Doraemon created?
⬥ A: Japan
⬥ B: Denmark
⬥ C: Australia
⬥ D: Thailand
2,000,000₫ (6 of 15) - Not timed
Which of these films is the newest (in the recording time) sequel in Indiana Jones franchise? "Ask the Audience" lifeline used.
In World Cup 1994, Oleg Salenko was awarded the top scorer along with who?
⬥ A: Romário
⬥ B: Hristo Stoichkov
⬥ C: Bebeto
⬥ D: Roberto Baggio
15,000,000₫ (10 of 15) - Not timed
"Hát Khắp Loong toong" (singing in the field) is a traditional singing of which ethnic group? "Three of the Audiences" and "Phone-A-Friend" lifelines used.
⬥ A: Tay
⬥ B: Nung
⬥ C: Thai
⬥ D: H'Mong
He didn't know about this question, so he used his "Three of the Audiences". All three audiences advised him 3 different answers (C, A and B). This made him feel nervous, so he used his "Phone-A-Friend" lifeline to call his mother-in-law (named Lại Thị Tỉnh) - who has experience about this. At first, she thought it could be Tày or Nùng, but after her son-in-law asked if the answer was Thái, she told him to go for Thái afterwards. He decided to go for his mother-in-law and locked in C, which was correct. The only audience who advised him C was awarded 600,000₫.
25,000,000₫ (11 of 15) - Not timed
How is number 3 written in binary?
⬥ A: 0
⬥ B: 1
⬥ C: 11
⬥ D: 100
35,000,000₫ (12 of 15) - Not timed
The printing method invented by a German inventor is called what? "50:50" lifeline used.
⬥ A: Lithography
⬥ B: Letterpress printing
⬥ C: Rotogravure
⬥ D: Color printing
50,000,000₫ (13 of 15) - Not timed
"Chị Hòa", "Một Đảng viên", "Ni cô Đàm Vân" are dramas written by which playwright?
⬥ A: Học Phi
⬥ B: Nguyễn Huy Tưởng
⬥ C: Thế Lữ
⬥ D: Nguyễn Đình Nghi
After a few seconds of thinking, he decided to ask his wife for advice. His wife advised him to continue to play. Although he had no lifelines remaining, he decided to go with his wife's advice and risk 20,000,000₫, locked in A. With the option A, he became the second contestant ever in the show to answered the 13th question correctly.
80,000,000₫ (14 of 15) - Not timed
In ancient literature, which part is not included in a layout of an oration?
⬥ A: Lung khởi
⬥ B: Thích thực
⬥ C: Luận
⬥ D: Kết
Once again, he asked for advice from his wife. His wife advised him to walk away with 50,000,000₫, but he decided to go against his wife's advice, he went for option C. After the correct answer was revealed, the audience cheered (in Vietnamese, the audiences almost "made the studio exploded") and host Lại Văn Sâm left his seat to handshake the contestant and announced that he was the first person in Vietnam to correctly answer the 14th question in the show.
120,000,000₫ (15 of 15) - Not timed
"Đời thừa" ("Redundant life") written by Nam Cao was first published on which newspaper?
⬥ A: Today
⬥ B: Saturday Novels
⬥ C: Causeries sur l'agriculture et le commerce
⬥ D: Women's News
Right after the question was revealed, he eliminated option C as he knew that it was a commercial newspaper. His first instinct was B, but then he thought option A could also have been right. He wasn't sure about the question, and he didn't want to risk again (after risking 3 questions in a row), so he decided to walk away with 80,000,000₫. When asked which option he would have chosen, he chose B. Unfortunately, with his guess of the option B, plus his decision of walking away, he had lost his chance to be the first ever Top Prize Winner of the show (B is the correct answer).
Before becoming the show's biggest winner, he became the third contestant on the show to answer the 13th question correctly.
He's now still holding the record for going farthest in the show, along with Bùi Thị Hà Thanh and Đào Hồng Vũ and Lê Văn Tuân in the Hot Seat version. He also the first ever contestant in Vietnam to see the Top Prize Question.
He was the Phone-a-Friend partner of Trần Anh Sơn on June 12, 2018. However, he couldn't help him to answer the 8th question about Olympic.
Gallery[]
Nguyễn Lê Anh and Phạm Cao Long in the expert's seat in the 20th Annivery Special episode
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