Sam Murray Qualifies for “Millionaire” Top Prize; Tournament of Ten Day Four Features Robin Schwartz
I have to be honest: some of the comments about Who Wants to be a Millionaire‘s Tournament of Ten have made me laugh a bit. When the show and I say that there is going to be a $1,000,000 and the confetti will fall and that someone answers the question correct, we’re not kidding. The naysayers can be relieved that on Wednesday, we finally got our first person to qualify to win the $1,000,000 top prize in the Tournament. Sam Murray from Philadelphia, PA, returned to the Hot Seat in the eighth seed with $50,000. His question was:
According to the Population Reference Bureau, what is the approximate number of people who have ever lived on earth?
A: 50 billion, B: 100 billion, C: 1 trillion, D: 5 trillion
Sam was the first person to gamble his initial winnings, and his answer was B, 100 billion. Sam Murray is also the first person since 2004 to answer a question worth $1,000,000 correctly. So as of now he is the person in the driver’s seat to win the million dollars. No matter what he has his $50,000. There are seven other people waiting to get in, though, and if one of them answers the question correctly they knock Sam out of the running. The good thing is we’re getting close to the end of the $50,000 qualifiers and it’s going to be really hard for those with $100,000 or $250,000 to risk it all. We’ll see, though. We’ll actually see if Sam’s already out of it when seed seven, Robin Schwartz, faces her million dollar question. Robin is unemployed from New York City so I’ll be a bit amazed if she wildly gambles her money but you really never know. Here’s a video supplied by ABC about Robin. Watch today to see if she’s going to knock Sam out of the running for the $1,000,000.
Video and photo courtesy of Valleycrest Productions Ltd.
All this one took was a little bit of thought and at worst it was a 50/50 shot at the correct answer–definately good enough to gamble $25K on. Now we just need to wait and see if the rest of the questions have really obvious incorrect answers.
Didn't I hear somewhere that, even if a player in the Tournament didn't win the million, their original winnings would still be doubled? Sam would, effectively, have $100,000 no matter what if that were the case…
…Oh. Well, I was only going by DOND's example.
And besides that, at least this show will finally give away $1,000,000* for the first time in five years.
* Denotes an amount that is awarded through "gimmicks" and not the show's normal rule structure.
…Oh. Well, I was only going by DOND's example.
And besides that, at least this show will finally give away $1,000,000* for the first time in five years.
* Denotes an amount that is awarded through "gimmicks" and not the show's normal rule structure.
Yay! Sam's in the running! Once Robin decided to walk after seeing the Gettysburg question, I would've done the same thing. Now he has to dodge 6 more bullets & the million is his! Bring on #6!
Yay! Sam's in the running! Once Robin decided to walk after seeing the Gettysburg question, I would've done the same thing. Now he has to dodge 6 more bullets & the million is his! Bring on #6!
The way this is could, Sam could very well actually win the million. Four out of five so far have walked, and everyone left would lose even more money should they go for it. It's still a bit early, so we'll see.
The way this is could, Sam could very well actually win the million. Four out of five so far have walked, and everyone left would lose even more money should they go for it. It's still a bit early, so we'll see.
The way this is could, Sam could very well actually win the million. Four out of five so far have walked, and everyone left would lose even more money should they go for it. It's still a bit early, so we'll see.
True, Ralph nearly scared me there for a sec on that painting question. We'll see what happens next week.
True, Ralph nearly scared me there for a sec on that painting question. We'll see what happens next week.