Jen: Hello, New York, I'm Jen Masterson and tonight is the premiere of the most exciting, most dramatic, most intense quiz show you and I will ever see. We have 10 lucky contestants ready to go to the hot seat and play for $1,000,000. This... is... WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONIARE!
(Intro plays and Crowd cheers)
Jen: Thank you, Thank You, and welcome to Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
I am so glad to be your host for this series because the producers thought that the rest of my friends weren't able to take the show seriously and my sister, well would just be my sister
(Crowd laughing)
Jen: I'm just kidding, I'm not the only person excited our audience is too
(Crowd cheering)
Jen: And, our 10 contestants, AND THEY ARE,
Carl Hill- Houston, Texas
Lisa Jones- Austin, Texas
Paul Butler- Virginia Beach, Virginia
Laura Hernandez- Huntington, New York
Julie Wilson- Minneapolis, Minnesota
Howard Walker- Nashville-Davidson, Tennessee
Timothy Bryant- Madison, Wisconsin
Joan Peterson- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Clarence Bennett- Washington, D.C
Albert Thomas- San Francisco, California
Jen: Hello, contestants
Contestants: Hello, Jen
Jen: They look happy on the outside, but they are nervous on the inside, because our fastest finger question is coming, they have to put the facts in the correct order in the fastest time, Good luck to all of you, Here it is...
Put in the following order of these holiday mascots as their respective holidays are celebrated during the year:
A: Easter Bunny
B: Santa Claus
C: Cupid
D: Leprechaun
(Contestants put in their answers)
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(Time's up)
Jen: Let's see the correct order, Starting With...
C: Cupid
D: Leprechaun
A: Easter Bunny
B: Santa Claus
Jen: Who got it in the fastest time,
Carl- 5.11
Lisa- 5.04
Paul- 5.53
Laura- No answer
Julie- 5.26
Howard- 5.01
Timothy- No answer
Joan- No answer
Clarence- No answer
Albert- 5.46
Jen: The winner, Howard Walker
Howard: YESSS!
(Jen and Howard go to the hot seat)
Jen: Alright, Howard how are you?
Howard: I'm fine Ma'am
Jen: Are you excited?
Howard: Very
Jen: Who's in the audience with you tonight?
Howard: My wife Tammy
Jen: Tammy, how are you?
Tammy: Excited as he is
Jen: Well that's great to know, Okay I want you to take a look at our money tree
15. $1 MILLION
14. $500,000
13. $250,000
12. $125,000
11. $64,000
10. $32,000
9. $16,000
8. $8,000
7. $4,000
6. $2,000
5. $1,000
4. $500
3. $300
2. $200
1. $100
Jen: If you can answer 15 questions correctly, you will win $1,000,000
Howard: ALRIGHT!, I LIKE THAT!
Jen: If you win $1,000 or $32,000, you are guaranteed to go home with that much money
Howard: Ok
Jen: To help you, you have three lifelines,
Phone-A-Friend: Our friends at AT&T will call one of your friends to see if they know the answer
Ask The Audience: We will poll our live studio audience to see if they know the answer
50-50: The computer will take away two of the wrong answers, leaving one wrong answer and the right answer
Jen: Are you ready to play?
Howard: YES!
Jen: Okay, Let's play Millionaire
(The lights dim)
Jen: For $100, What kind of animal is Walt Disney's Dumbo?
A: Deer
B: Rabbit
C: Elephant
D: Deer
Howard: I'll say C, final answer
Jen: You got, $100
Jen: For $200, According to folklore, what does the sandman help children to do?
A: Sleep
B: Grow
C: Cross the road
D: Build sandcastles
Howard: It is A, final answer
Jen: You got $200
Jen: For $300, What is New York's best-known nickname?
A: The Big Tomato
B: The Big Apple
C: The Big Banana
D: The Big Bagel
Howard: Obviously, it's B, final answer
Jen: You got $300
Jen: For $500, Which state shares a border with North Dakota?
A: South Dakota
B: Florida
C: Arizona
D: Vermont
Howard: A, final answer
Jen: You have $500
Jen: For $1,000, Which Australian throwing stick is supposed to return to the thrower?
A: Wallaby
B: Boomerang
C: Didgeridoo
D: Jumbuck
Howard: That will be B, final answer
Jen: You've just won $1,000 and we are going to take a break
(Cuts to commercial)
Jen: Welcome back to Millionaire, I'm here with Howard Walker, and we were talking during the break about traveling places and he said that he would love to go to Orlando
Howard: Yes, Orlando is a dream of mine since I was a little boy, always wanted to go there
Jen: Tammy, is that true
Tammy: Yep, can't stop talking about it
Jen: Well good news is that you won $1,000 and still have three lifelines, now let's see if you can win $32,000, are you ready?
Howard: Yes, I am
Jen: Alright, Let's play more Millionaire
(Lights dim)
Jen: For $2,000, Why did colonists hold the Boston Tea Party of 1773?
A: To welcome the French
B: To protest against taxes
C: To celebrate independence
D: To smuggle in liquor
Howard: I'm not into history all that much, but I know the answer is B, final answer
Jen: You got it for $2,000
Jen: For $4,000, The three witches appear in which play by William Shakespeare?
A: Hamlet
B: Macbeth
C: Othello
D: Julius Caesar
Howard: I'm not into Shakespeare, I've heard only three of those plays, so by process of elimination, I'm going to say B, final answer
Jen: That was tough, but you got $4,000
Jen: For $8,000, Which gas acts as a shield against the Sun's ultraviolet radiation?
A: Nitrogen
B: Ozone
C: Carbon Monoxide
D: Carbon Dioxide
Howard: I've heard of the Ozone Layer, and I'm going to say B, final answer
Jen: You got it right for $8,000
Jen: For $16,000, Which city replaced Calcutta as India's capital in 1912?
A: Delhi
B: Bombay
C: Colombo
D: Madras
Howard: I don't know about this one, it's between A or B, I'm going to use a lifeline
Jen: Which lifeline?
Howard: Ask The Audience, final answer
Jen: Alright, audience get your keypads now and start voting
(Audience starts to vote)
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(Audience stops voting)
Jen: Majority of the audience says it's A
Howard: I kinda figured that, A, final answer
Jen: That's right, you got $16,000
Jen: For $32,000, Which of these never hosted Saturday Night Live?
A: Henny Youngman
B: Sid Caesar
C: Rodney Dangerfield
D: Milton Berle
Howard: Huge SNL fan, I know the answer is A, final answer
Jen: You've just won $32,000 and we are going to take a break
(Cuts to commercial)
Jen: Welcome back to Millionaire, Howard is five questions away from a million dollars
Howard: That's very exciting
Jen: Tammy, how are you now
Tammy: Not that calm
Jen: Okay, good news is you won $32,000 and still have two lifelines left, Are you ready to play
Howard: Yep
Jen: Okay, Let's play Millionaire
(Lights dim)
Jen: For $64,000, In 1924, who composed the song "Rhapsody in Blue"?
A: Irving Berlin
B: George Gershwin
C: Oscar Hammerstein
D: Richard Rodgers
Howard: Okay, this is way before my time, so I'm going to use a lifeline
Jen: Which lifeline?
Howard: Phone-A-Friend, final answer
Jen: Who would you like to call?
Howard: My friend that's in to older music, Janet
Jen: Okay AT&T, let's get Janet on the line
(Calling Janet)
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Janet: Hello
Jen: Hi Janet, this is Jen Masterson from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Janet: Oh My God!, I'm a huge 6teen fan and like you more than Courtney
Jen: Oh thank you, and please don't let my sister hear that, Anyway your friend Howard is here and he's won $32,000, and he needs your help answering this question
Janet: Ok
Jen: The next voice you will hear is Howard's, Howard you have 30 seconds starting now
(30)
Howard: Janet, In 1924 who composed the song "Rhapsody in Blue"?
A: Irving Berlin
B: George Gershwin
C: Oscar Hammerstein
D: Richard Rodgers
(24)
Janet: Has to be Berlin, so I say A
(21)
Howard: You say A
(17)
Janet: I say A
(13)
Howard: Okay, I trust you Janet, thank you
(9)
Janet: No problem
(3)
(2)
(1)
Howard: I trust my friend, A, final answer
Jen: Your friend got you $64,000
Howard: YES!
Jen: For $125,000, Which architect designed the World Trade Center in New York City?
A: J.A. Roebling
B: Mirioru Yamazuki
C: Calvert Vaux
D: Donald Trump
Howard: I know it's not D, I'm guessing A and I don't want to do that
Jen: You have one lifeline left
Howard: Yeah, I know, I don't wanna guess, so here's what I'm going to do, I want to leave with $64,000
Jen: Is that your final answer?
Howard: Yes, final answer
Jen: Alright, Howard Walker is going home with $64,000
Howard: Thank you, it was a pleasure being on
Jen: Please to have you, here's the check
Howard: Thank you
HOWARD WALKER
$64,000
Jen: Well, that's all the time we have tonight, tune in next Thursday for more WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE!, Good Night
Well, that was S1, E1 of my Who Wants To Be A Millionaire series, hope you like it, please leave a comment and like this story. Thank You :)