Todd Meierhans, a business analyst from New York, New York, was a contestant on Season 7 of the syndicated U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. He walked away with $50,000.
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Todd Meierhans's Run to the Million[]
| $100 (1 of 15) - 15 seconds Category: For Starters | |
| The exclamation "And they're off!" traditionally marks the start of which of these events? | |
| ⬥ A: Baseball game | ⬥ B: Horse race |
| ⬥ C: Boxing match | ⬥ D: Shoe sale |
| $200 (2 of 15) - 15 seconds Category: Bah, Humbug | |
| In a popular Christmas song, what fictional character is told, "You're a mean one"? | |
| ⬥ A: Jack Frost | ⬥ B: Rudolph the Reindeer |
| ⬥ C: Frosty the Snowman | ⬥ D: The Grinch |
| $300 (3 of 15) - 15 seconds Category: Higher Education | |
| In the U.S., which of the following is considered an example of "higher education"? | |
| ⬥ A: Medical school | ⬥ B: Elementary school |
| ⬥ C: Kindergarten | ⬥ D: Junior high school |
| $500 (4 of 15) - 15 seconds Category: Crayola | |
| In 2000, the name of the Crayola crayon color "Torch Red" was changed to what? | |
| ⬥ A: Indigo | ⬥ B: Jade |
| ⬥ C: Scarlet | ⬥ D: Beige |
| $1,000 (5 of 15) - 15 seconds Category: Rip-Offs | |
| By volume, which of these grocery products is made up largely of water and air? | |
| ⬥ A: Spam | ⬥ B: Cool Whip |
| ⬥ C: Velveeta | ⬥ D: Slim Jim |
| $2,000 (6 of 15) - 30 seconds Category: Surfing | |
| Which of these Internet search engine names is actually two Spanish words meaning "a view from above"? | |
| ⬥ A: AltaVista | ⬥ B: Yahoo! |
| ⬥ C: Google | ⬥ D: Lycos |
| $4,000 (7 of 15) - 30 seconds Category: Mangia! | |
| Named for Vittore Carpaccio, a painter known for his use of red and white, the Italian dish carpaccio is traditionally made from thin slices of what? | |
| ⬥ A: Red pappers | ⬥ B: Beets |
| ⬥ C: Strawberries | ⬥ D: Raw beef |
| $8,000 (8 of 15) - 30 seconds Category: Speed Reading | |
| Woody Allen once joked, "I took a course in speed reading and was able to read 'War and Peace' in twenty minutes. It's about" what? "Ask the Audience" lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Russia | ⬥ B: India |
| ⬥ C: Japan | ⬥ D: Germany |
| Ask the Audience Results: A: 73% ⬥ B: 5% ⬥ C: 8% ⬥ D: 14% | |
| $16,000 (9 of 15) - 30 seconds Category: Check Your Glands | |
| Where is your pituitary gland? | |
| ⬥ A: Inside your ribcage | ⬥ B: Inside your skull |
| ⬥ C: Inside your pelvis | ⬥ D: Inside your abdomen |
| $25,000 (10 of 15) - 30 seconds Category: Heaven Help Us | |
| Which of these whimsical phrases is not featured in the lyrics of the classic rock anthem "Stairway to Heaven"? "Ask the Expert", "Phone-a-Friend" and "Double Dip" lifelines used | |
| ⬥ A: My spirit is crying | ⬥ B: The maidens will dance |
| ⬥ C: The piper's calling you | ⬥ D: The forests will echo |
| Todd chooses to ask the expert at 18 seconds.
Pat: "The piper's calling you" seems familiar. That's pretty much all the help Pat could give, so Todd decides to phone a friend at 16 seconds. Standing by are his friends: John, Short Hills, NJ; He chooses to call John. John asks for the choices again after Todd paraphrases the question, and with 5 seconds says "The piper is calling you is, the maidens will dance I think is not, I'm not sure." Todd then chooses to double dip at 10 seconds, his first pick is correct. The klaxon then called time and Todd will return for $50,000 with no lifelines remaining. |
| $50,000 (11 of 15) - 45 seconds Category: Take the Oath | |
| Because he was regarded as a healer, which of these mythological deities' names appears in the classic version of the Hippocratic oath? | |
| ⬥ A: Zeus | ⬥ B: Apollo |
| ⬥ C: Hermes | ⬥ D: Prometheus |
| $100,000 (12 of 15) - 45 seconds Category: Pen Pals | |
| The U.S. Constitution was signed by how many men who went on to become U.S. president? | |
| ⬥ A: 2 | ⬥ B: 3 |
| ⬥ C: 4 | ⬥ D: 5 |
| Todd knows Jefferson and Madison signed it. He thinks Adams probably signed it and there might have been someone else. He decides to walk away with $50,000. The right answer was A. |