Phil Gibbons, a salesman for an internet company from Santa Monica, California, was a contestant on the U.S. version of the show on August 13th & 15th, 2000. He walked away with $500,000.
Put the following songs in order of their first release, starting with the earliest.
⬥ A: Don't Stop
⬥ B: Don't Stop Believin'
⬥ C: Don't Make Me Over
⬥ D: Don't Worry Be Happy
From the 6 remaining contestants, 2 got it right, but Phil (with a time of 8.24 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer C-A-B-D, making it into the Hot Seat.
Phil's Run to the Million[]
$100 (1 of 15) - Not Timed
Improvising in a situation for which you are unprepared is commonly called what?
⬥ A: Slapping it
⬥ B: Painting it
⬥ C: Winging it
⬥ D: First day at work
$200 (2 of 15) - Not Timed
A thin piece of wood or other device used to immobilize a body part is known as a what?
⬥ A: Splint
⬥ B: Cradle
⬥ C: Page
⬥ D: Ouchey stick
$300 (3 of 15) - Not Timed
An ornamental fixture that hangs from the ceiling and often holds many lights is called a what?
⬥ A: Lavaliere
⬥ B: Gondolier
⬥ C: Chandelier
⬥ D: Mouseketeer
The klaxon called time and Phil would return on $300 with all 3 lifelines still available.
$500 (4 of 15) - Not Timed
Which of the following liquids would be correctly described as "potable"?
⬥ A: Rubbing alcohol
⬥ B: Gasoline
⬥ C: Shampoo
⬥ D: Ginger ale
$1,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed
Which British queen has the famous nickname "Bloody"?
⬥ A: Queen Anne
⬥ B: Queen Mary I
⬥ C: Queen Victoria
⬥ D: Queen Elizabeth I
$2,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed
The Razor is the name for a type of popular new what? 'Ask the Audience' lifeline used
19th century stage lighting methods included the flame heating of what chemical compound to spotlight actors? '50:50' lifeline used
⬥ A: Carbonic oxide
⬥ B: Lime
⬥ C: Potash
⬥ D: Boric acid
$8,000 (8 of 15) - Not Timed
What actor made his motion picture debut as the star of the 1970 movie "Hercules in New York"? 'Phone-a-Friend' lifeline used
⬥ A: Robert Duvall
⬥ B: Nick Nolte
⬥ C: Robert De Niro
⬥ D: Arnold Schwarzenegger
Phil thought it was Schwarzenegger, but decided to call his friend and movie fan Chris, who was 100% sure it was Arnold Schwarzenegger too. Therefore, he decided to go with him, and won $8,000.
$16,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed
What musician sings the theme song for the TV series "Dawson's Creek"?
⬥ A: Tori Amos
⬥ B: Paula Cole
⬥ C: Sarah McLachlan
⬥ D: Alanis Morissette
$32,000 (10 of 15) - Not Timed
The annual Pulitzer Prize awards are bestowed by what university?
⬥ A: Harvard
⬥ B: Yale
⬥ C: Columbia
⬥ D: Northwestern
$64,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed
Which of these is not a novel by trend-watching author Douglas Coupland?
⬥ A: Generation X
⬥ B: Shampoo Planet
⬥ C: Microserfs
⬥ D: High Fidelity
$125,000 (12 of 15) - Not Timed
In 1997, the national organization Students Against Drunk Driving changed the last two words of its name to what?
⬥ A: Discrimination & Denial
⬥ B: Drugs & Drinking
⬥ C: Danger & Delinquency
⬥ D: Destructive Decisions
$250,000 (13 of 15) - Not Timed
Which country encompasses all of Asia Minor?
⬥ A: Turkey
⬥ B: Indonesia
⬥ C: Iran
⬥ D: Ukraine
$500,000 (14 of 15) - Not Timed
What Russian prime minister was deposed by the Bolsheviks in October 1917?
⬥ A: Lavr Kornilov
⬥ B: Aleksandr Kerensky
⬥ C: Leon Trotsky
⬥ D: Nikolai Bulganin
$1,000,000 (15 of 15) - Not Timed
In the U.S., the Sony Walkman personal cassette player was originally marketed in 1979 under what name?
⬥ A: Soundabout
⬥ B: Listener
⬥ C: Eardrummer
⬥ D: Stowaway
Phil's "first logic" was Stowaway, but he was not 100% sure. Therefore, he decided to walk away with $500,000. The correct answer was A: Soundabout.
Total Prize Money: $500,000
Trivia[]
Phil managed to correctly answer 6 questions without having access to any of his lifelines, even resorting to pure guesses at some moments.
He is the only contestant in the history of the show to see a million dollar question without having access to a lifeline after the eighth question.
If Kati Knudsen had answered her $500,000 question correctly, she would have shared that feat with Phil, even preceding him.
