Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Canadian Edition is a Canadian game show that is based on the British version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. It was taped on the ABC Television Network set of the American version of the show and lasted only for two days in September 13–14, 2000. The show was hosted by Pamela Wallin.
Lifelines[]
In this version, three lifelines are used:
Money tree[]
The money tree in Canadian Edition is similar to the money tree in America Edition (Primetime Edition in 1999 - 2002 and Daytime Edition in 2002 - 2004).
The money tree.
| Question No. |
Correct Answer Value |
Walk Away Value |
Miss Answer Value |
Amount Lost for a Wrong Answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CA$100 | CA$0 | CA$0 | CA$0 |
| 2 | CA$200 | CA$100 | CA$100 | |
| 3 | CA$300 | CA$200 | CA$200 | |
| 4 | CA$500 | CA$300 | CA$300 | |
| 5 | CA$1,000 | CA$500 | CA$500 | |
| 6 | CA$2,000 | CA$1,000 | CA$1,000 | CA$0 |
| 7 | CA$4,000 | CA$2,000 | CA$1,000 | |
| 8 | CA$8,000 | CA$4,000 | CA$3,000 | |
| 9 | CA$16,000 | CA$8,000 | CA$7,000 | |
| 10 | CA$32,000 | CA$16,000 | CA$15,000 | |
| 11 | CA$64,000 | CA$32,000 | CA$32,000 | CA$0 |
| 12 | CA$125,000 | CA$64,000 | CA$32,000 | |
| 13 | CA$250,000 | CA$125,000 | CA$93,000 | |
| 14 | CA$500,000 | CA$250,000 | CA$218,000 | |
| 15 | CA$1,000,000 | CA$500,000 | CA$468,000 |
Episodes[]
- Night 1 and Night 2 (September 13, and September 14, 2000)
Bill Shizas (CA$1,000 - lost on CA$8,000) François Laramée (CA$64,000) Shannon Sullivan (CA$1,000 - lost on CA$16,000) Andrew Heaman (CA$1,000 - lost on CA$16,000) Curtis Arnold (CA$16,000)
The total amount of money won: CA$83,000
Trivia[]
- The host of the US version, Regis Philbin, was shown in Times Square during the intro of the first of two nights.
- Coincidentally, all three contestants who each incorrectly answered their questions and left with $1,000 all used the 50:50 lifeline on those questions.