Tom thinks it's the Dalai Lama, but he wants to use a lifeline to make sure, so he asks the audience.
$125,000 (12 of 15) - Not Timed
Baseball's Ted Williams flew in the same Korean War fighter plane as what future astronaut? '50:50' lifeline used
⬥ A: John Glenn
⬥ B: Neil Armstrong
⬥ C: Alan Shepard
⬥ D: Buzz Aldrin
Tom isn't sure on this one either, and immediately regrets using a lifeline on the previous question. He decides to use the 50:50 and after B and C are eliminated, makes A his final answer, and wins $125,000.
$250,000 (13 of 15) - Not Timed
What architect designed the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame? 'Phone-a-Friend' lifeline used
⬥ A: Michael Graves
⬥ B: Frank Gehry
⬥ C: I.M. Pei
⬥ D: Walter Gropius
Tom eliminates D right away, and has an inkling, but with $93,000 on the line, decides to call his wife to make sure.
Before he can even read the choices she says it's I.M. Pei.
Tom goes with her answer and wins $250,000, but the klaxon sounds, and Tom'll have to return with no lifelines left to go for $500,000.
$500,000 (14 of 15) - Not Timed
Deciphered in 1952, Linear B is an early form of what language?
⬥ A: Greek
⬥ B: Latin
⬥ C: Russian
⬥ D: Arabic
Tom mulls over his choices before suddenly making A his final answer thus risking $218,000.
It's right, and he wins a half million bucks.
$1,000,000 (15 of 15) - Not Timed
Who is the only Nobel laureate to win an Academy Award?
⬥ A: John Steinbeck
⬥ B: Jean-Paul Sartre
⬥ C: George Bernard Shaw
⬥ D: Toni Morrison
Tom talks it out, but he doesn't know this, and won't risk $468,000 on a guess.
He would've guessed Toni Morrison.
The correct answer was C: George Bernard Shaw, who won an Oscar for Best Screenplay for Pygmalion in 1938.
Total Prize Money: $500,000
Trivia[]
Tom and Kevin Smith (on the syndicated version of Millionaire) are the only contestants to make a phone call after finishing their game. Meredith made a call to the mother of Brianne Sherman after her phone a friend lifeline was used but before she finished playing all her questions.
