Imagine you get the $500,000 question and it's this one
@historyinmemes What a trillion dollars in cash would look like
Carpenter took home around $600,000 in prize money, after taxes. Despite the whirlwind of media appearances that followed his game show victory, Carpenter kept his IRS job and still plays on a trivia team at a local brewery. As of 2022, no contestant has ever won the million-dollar prize without using a lifeline
@historyinmemes Absurd, he having never read Professor Tolkien's classic work.
@historyinmemes John Carpenter, the first ever $1 million winner on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" in November 1999, didn't use any lifelines until the final question. He then called his father not for help, but to tell him he was about to win the grand prize.
@historyinmemes Holy shit, I thought I'd be screwed. But most of us know Frodo.
@historyinmemes I think I’d of got that one and I don’t know a lick about any of it
@historyinmemes We all know frodo is from Chinpokomon