In 1998, a new game show came onto British television. It has become very popular. Towards the end of the first series, it had more than 18 million viewers. The show has now started in America, Singapore, and Malaysia, as well as European countries. It's called Who wants to be a Millionaire?
Ten contestant take part in each programme. The person who answers a question in the shortest time is chosen to get the million pound prize.
The contestant must answer 15 multiple choice questions. The questions come from a computer. it chooses them from a list of 2,500 possible questions. The contestant may leave the show at any time and keep the money he has won.
If he gets the wrong answer, he falls back to either 1,000 pounds or 32,000 pounds. Then the game is over. At any point, the person may use one of their three lifelines. They are:
50:50 - two of the four possible answers are taken away.
Phone a friend - the person may speak to a friend on the phone for 30 seconds to discuss the question.
Ask the audience - the audience votes on the answer.
Each lifeline may only be used once during a person's whole game.
here is an example of the easiest question for £100:
the top of a mountain is also called a ...
a)summit b)summary c)summons d)sump
probably every one would know the answer—summit.
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