Tony Hightower, from Astoria, NY was the second contestant to appear on the 14th season of the U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on September 15 & 16, 2015. He became the first contestant to walk away with $250,000 on the revival version of the classic format.
Tony's Run To The Million[]
$500 (1 of 14) - Not Timed
Meaning that they will sustain you for quite a while, people commonly describe hearty comfort foods by saying they'll do what?
⬥ A: Bond to your chin
⬥ B: Cling to your trachea
⬥ C: Adhere to your spine
⬥ D: Stick to your ribs
$1,000 (2 of 14) - Not Timed
To make more money from your "yard sale," This Old House recommends calling it a what instead?
⬥ A: Bake Sale
⬥ B: White Sale
⬥ C: Estate Sale
⬥ D: Toyotathon
$2,000 (3 of 14) - Not Timed
In 2011, what former three-term mayor was probably "feelin' groovy" when New York City's 59th Bridge was renamed in his honor?
⬥ A: Richard Daley
⬥ B: Marion Barry
⬥ C: Ed Koch
⬥ D: Gavin Newsom
$3,000 (4 of 14) - Not Timed
In the 1960s, the volcanic field at Arizona's Cinder Lake was blasted with dynamite to replicate what place that would soon be encountered?
⬥ A: The Moon
⬥ B: Vietnam
⬥ C: The Mariana Trench
⬥ D: Cuba
$5,000 (5 of 14) - Not Timed
Better known for being funny, what "Mean Girls" screenwriter admitted to Entertainment Weekly that she was a mean girl herself in her younger years?
⬥ A: Ellen DeGeneres
⬥ B: Tina Fey
⬥ C: Amy Schumer
⬥ D: Kristen Wiig
$7,000 (6 of 14) - Not Timed
After debuting in 1950 as a mere 4-year-old, by 1979 which famous comic strip character had grown to the ripe old age of 8½?
⬥ A: Little Orphan Annie
⬥ B: Li'l Abner
⬥ C: Calvin of Calvin and Hobbes
⬥ D: Charlie Brown
$10,000 (7 of 14) - Not Timed
If you get regular checkups, you've likely had your doctor use a sphygmomanometer on you, as that's just fancy word for a what?
⬥ A: Syringe
⬥ B: Blood pressure monitor
⬥ C: Stethoscope
⬥ D: Tongue depressor
$20,000 (8 of 14) - Not Timed
A "temple" for thirsty travelers, the Angkor What? Bar is aptly located in which of these countries?
⬥ A: Indonesia
⬥ B: Thailand
⬥ C: Laos
⬥ D: Cambodia
$30,000 (9 of 14) - Not Timed
Which of the following singers' stage names is not their given first name? "50:50" lifeline used
⬥ A: Madonna
⬥ B: Usher
⬥ C: Rihanna
⬥ D: Prince
$50,000 (10 of 14) - Not Timed
Though now used extensively for food, what was used during WWII as a way to preserve blood plasma for use on the battlefield? "Plus One" lifeline used
⬥ A: The Ziploc bag
⬥ B: Freeze-drying technology
⬥ C: Ball mason jars
⬥ D: Tupperware
$100,000 (11 of 14) - Not Timed
Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn is perhaps best known for flipping the bird at the camera in an 1886 photo of what?
⬥ A: Baseball players
⬥ B: Congressmen
⬥ C: Harvard graduates
⬥ D: NYC police officers
The klaxon called time. He will be back tomorrow with his "Ask the Audience" lifeline available.
$250,000 (12 of 14) - Not Timed
In Wikipedia's current logo, depicting a spherical jigsaw puzzle, which Greek letter is seen on the piece immediately to the left of the one bearing a "W"? "Ask the Audience" lifeline used
