Who Wants to be a Millionaire November '99 series episode 2 -- 11/08/1999

[@NoriMori1992]

Wtf, I can't believe how badly Tom let John down 😭 I can understand a layperson not knowing the answer, especially back then, but a science teacher?! I'm just so glad for John's sake that the 50-50 ruled out those answers, and he then had the wisdom to walk away.

[@flyingchimp12]

Walking away is actually the complete opposite of wisdom on the 16k question after you already used your 50/50. lol It’s actually literally the single worst decision you can make according GTO assuming you’re not walking away on the first question or something dumb. Your average winnings if you just guess and keep playing are something like 50k and obviously by walking away he got 16k. That’s bad. Just bc he got the question wrong does make it the right decision. Most times you’re going to get it right

[@NoriMori1992]

37:27 This woman's excited face and enthusiastic nod about being ready to vote gives me life ❤

[@seikibrian8641]

I can't believe the phone-a-friend teacher didn't know that nitrogen is the most-abundant gas in the atmosphere. Carbon? Does he think there are chunks of coal floating around in the air? Or maybe Lucy really is in the sky with diamonds.

[@rogerscottcathey]

thinking of the gases, CO, CO2, etc. but, yeah, embarrassing.

[@raiusdaltar1483]

He was certain it wasn't the two answers that could possibly make sense

[@seikibrian8641]

@@rogerscottcathey "thinking of the gases, CO, CO2, etc." Those aren't elements, they're compounds.

[@seikibrian8641]

@@raiusdaltar1483 Yep. Oxygen makes up about 21% of the atmosphere, and nitrogen is about 79%. I say "about" because there is a tiny amount of other gases (argon, hydrogen, etc.), and the exact amounts vary somewhat by temperature, altitude, etc.

[@raiusdaltar1483]

@@seikibrian8641 Right, something commonly taught in high school chemistry class. Hope he teaches gym and not chemistry.

[@thekingbarrelmaker7642]

That $32000 question for John was ridiculously easy. Also, great that you’re back WWTBAMclassics!

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

I guarantee you John's friend misheard thinking the lowest.

[@PJErvin]

7:08 - Come on science man. The atmosphere is 78% N, 21% O.

[@seikibrian8641]

This video popped up in my feed again. Yes, Regis, Fettucine Alfredo is named for Alfredo di Lelio, who created it in the early 1900s by increasing the amount of butter in pasta al burro and developing a showy way of preparing it tableside for guests at his restaurant in Rome.

[@KiwiBird9701]

(42:54) Finally, a FULL credit roll for the primetime version of WWTBAM!

[@SilentNightBodomNight]

I was screaming nitrogen. Fun fact, nitrogen is the reason we see a blue sky because it makes up the majority of our atmosphere.

[@e-money5085]

The worst part is that he said "I know it's not nitrogen or oxygen" BRUH WHAT

[@donovansdenofgames4573]

That Jeff Siehl $125,000 question had the studio lights on like it was on the 2,000-32,000 range

[@vladtheinhaler8940]

That science teacher should be fired.

[@NoriMori1992]

3:59 I thought of "mortar and pestle" too!

[@dakotareeves3939]

This is episode #15 of the U.S. primetime era of Millionaire on ABC and it's the second episode of the November '99 run. Original airdate: November 8, 1999

[@Mahatheyew]

Regis is GOATed.

[@matthewcasiglio2539]

For those of you wondering the cast of a few good men is Tom cruise demi Moore Jack Nicholson Kevin bacon Kevin Pollak James Marshall j. T. Walsh and Kiefer Sutherland

[@Rainmaker205]

12:32 I completely misinterpreted that question. I assumed the 4-6-7-10 split and the 7-10 split were referring to how many pins you would knock down if you made the split, not to how many pins you initially hit on your first throw. Wording was too ambiguous

[@rogerscottcathey]

It is confusing thinking of the gaps rather than the existing pins. 10 pins standing, 4 pins standing, 2 pins standing, 0 pins standing. The answers are self sorting.

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

I'd be surprised if anyone in the history of bowling has knocked down the 7 and 10 pins without knocking anything else down.

[@goclbert]

Jeez man that was some science teacher if he heard the question right. Nitrogen and Oxygen are 1 and 2 in the atmosphere. I don't know what HS science he taught but I hope it was physics and not biology, earth science or chemistry. Lucky for the man in the chair that both of his guesses were eliminated.

[@IXSuperRadGamerXI]

Yeah even the look at his wife's face was like she realized then and there that her husband was a complete moron.

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

I bet he misheard, which is the least abundant.

[@jimduggan8962]

I think his friend was a school janitor but was embarrassed so told all his friends he taught science there.

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

Jeff should have asked the audience first.

[@Racelympics]

23:22 WHAT THE HELL IT IS TWELVE THESE RESEARCHERS HAVE BAD EYES Edit: Never mind, after researching. I have bad eyes.

[@souviendra]

I'm shook that I got the octave question wrong

[@Solonas-gv8ib]

Because the answer is wrong the right answer is eight not six.

[@afelix]

@@Solonas-gv8ib An octave is an interval of 7 notes (counting in music can be weird, they start on 1 instead of 0), and usually two pairs of consecutive notes will be one semitone apart instead of a whole tone. So that's 6 tones or 12 semitones. That's also why the piano has a pattern where sometimes you'll see two white keys next to each other with no black key in between.

[@marshalljimduncan]

Dharma and Greg, lol

[@keithfeyen9173]

Ya gonna add more November 1999 episodes on here?

[@seanevelsizor4966]

43:26 Buena Vista Television's logo reminds of Walt Disney World.

[@elijahmoses5675]

Thanks for posting these WWTBAMclassics BTW, I'm the first comment and first like on this video

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

I bet John's friend misheard, thinking it's the gas that makes up the least.

[@seikibrian8641]

Carbon isn't a gas; carbon dioxide is. He probably wasn't think "in the atmosphere," but most abundant in the earth.

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

I will always love Greed (with Chuck Woolery) a million times better than Millionaire or any other game show for that matter but i gotta tell tell ya, the PRIMETIME version of Millionaire is a whole lot better and more fun to watch than the daily syndicated version that's on today. I also liked it better when Meredith Viera was hosting! This show did work a lot better as an hour-long-episode primetime series, so when Greed got axed by FOX, WWTBAM should've went with it. That said, i'm glad at least Greed didn't go syndie, because it would've sucked. Both Greed and WWTBAM are both better as primetime game shows.

[@jonathanashbeck3740]

Greed certainly isn’t better than Jeopardy because Jeopardy is far more successful and that along with Wheel of Fortune and Price is Right are the longest running game shows in America with TPIR being the longest

[@hiltonlive32grnrngr]

@@jonathanashbeck3740 So you think Jeopardy is better than Greed because Jeopardy lasted longer? 🤨 I mean, if you like Jeopardy more than Greed, that's your opinion and I respect it wholeheartedly. I personally like both shows but it's the other way around for me. I find it worth mentioning though, the only reason Greed was cancelled so prematurely is because Fox got a new president over the summer of 2000 as the network was airing its last batch of episodes and she apparently wanted the network to focus more on scripted stuff and wasn't a big fan of game shows.

[@occono3543]

Would you have wanted to go on Greed instead of WWTBAM? Being paired up with strangers who can screw you over with wrong guesses and Terminator randomness eliminating you? Also the questions on Greed were often flaky surveys and other subjective information. WWTBAM was hard facts during this era. WWTBAM would always attract contestants who cared less about just being on TV. The contestants were less interesting people from what I watched of it, generally. I always find it odd nobody else seems to care about the fairness and dignity and lack of random BS on WWTBAM, it's why I rewatch it and struggle to see the love for Greed. Sure it may be more exciting at home, but for the contestants Greed was a lot more random and unfair.

[@markymark443]

The 50/50 saved John from losing $15k. The phone-a-friend was sure it was neither oxygen nor nitrogen, so if it left one of the other two then John would've surely gone for that and lost $15k. Sometimes it can help you get the right answer, but in this case it can save you from giving the wrong answer.

[@JoeyFlyBoy]

0:36 Night 2? I thought it was Night 15.

[@elijahmoses5675]

Night 15 was 11/21/1999.

[@JoeyFlyBoy]

@@elijahmoses5675 huh that's weird because according to the wwtbam wikia, Night 15 occurred on November 8, so maybe this is the second episode of the second series. The first series had 13 episodes

[@WWTBAMclassics]

Night 2 of the November run. Was the 15th episode overall.

[@JoeyFlyBoy]

@@WWTBAMclassics ahh that makes sense. Say, r gonna upload the 3rd episode tomorrow

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

It's too bad JOHN didn't have the ask the audience.

[@flyingchimp12]

Very basic math says you should NEVER leave at the 16k question especially when you have the 50/50!! I calculate the average you leave with if you go for it at somewhere around 50k when instead you’re just taking 16k it’s such a horrible decision. Now obviously the one time value of that money might be high enough to play as risk averse but unless you have a specific need for it just play optimized game theory and guess. Math: 50% of the time you get it wrong and get 1k. The other 50% are split between all the tiers. You get a free guess at the 32k question but if you’re smart and have a 50% chance to get that right, that’s good enough to outweigh taking the money right there!!! No to mention if you get that right you have like a 33% chance of knowing the 64k question answer, so that’s like 21k more added to 16k. And then the chance you know the 125k is more minimal maybe 10-15% or something still worth like 16k. Add all those numbers up and you get your expected return by just guessing randomly AND getting a free guess on the next question!!

[@markheying2830]

For the Squid Question I would have gone with either Ten or Eight.

[@Wesley_C]

He looked like Bryon Mann lol 11:17

[@davidbennett5894]

A squid usually has ten arms, including tentacles.

[@rogerscottcathey]

Isnt it six whole tones, two half tones? Say C scale: C-D whole, D-E, whole, E-F, half, F-G, whole, G-A, whole, A-B, whole, B-C, half.

[@ahayes9675]

in an octave scale yes, but in between each whole step is a half step. C-C#, C#-D, and so on, which adds up to 12.

[@andimuhammadrifkialqadri4001]

dewar WWTBAMclassics, have you seen my latest recreation(s) of the Millionaire classic graphics? hope it will be the inspiration, alongside the late 1999-April 2002 UK episodes, for the U.S. version to get back to the classic formats and graphics...

[@rogerscottcathey]

Dean Cain?

[@rogerscottcathey]

Actually, re-seeing this, I think he looks like a husky Val Kilmer. 15:40.

[@martinvannostrand8488]

NITROGEN

[@justwhydoiexist5570]

Oh God her face...37:30

[@occono3543]

She studied Squids for 10 years let her have her moment

[@Solonas-gv8ib]

An octave is EIGHT notes EIGHT idk how the hell they got this wrong bit it's not the first time I see a mistake on Millionaire either way I got this right and I am always right and btw it comes from the Greek word Okto which means Eight

[@JudaiEldritch]

There are eight notes in an octave, but they're asking for whole tones. In music theory, a whole tone is a two-note step. That means twelve semitones, one for each key, including the ones not part of the octave. Basically 12 divided by 2. It's complicated, but that's how it works.

[@tarantala111]

.... and here's John with two massive chins!

[@danielhetue6968]

23:23 Okay. That was embarrassing

[@mustapahasim9056]

😊Not clever at all😅

[@creepmike77]

These jerks don't wanna use their lifelines.

[@rogerscottcathey]

science teacher, hunh? this is why flat earthism still hangs around all over the globe today. Atmosphere: Nitrogen. ~78% Crust: Oxygen.~46% Spoiler alert: ans. expansions below: Hoover dam is Boulder dam. whole-tone scale has six degrees of separation per octave, seven notes, with three sharps. Perfect octave, 6 whole steps or 12 half steps: Augmented octave, 6 1/2 whole steps or 13half steps: Diminished octave, 5 1/2 whole steps or 11 half steps. (teoria.com). Squid: eight arms, two tentacles.

[@rogerscottcathey]

10 original ammendments, 27 to date.

[@rogerscottcathey]

The real London bridge fell long ago in England. Arizona got an 1800's replacement.

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

I bet he misheard the question, he probably thought least abundant in the atmosphere or most abundant in the earth's crust.

[@davidbennett5894]

The Bill Of Rights has 10 amendments with 27 up-to-date.

[@davidbennett5894]

Nitrogen is the most abundant element in the Earth's atmosphere.

[@morganlaughlin6571]

As someone who gets frustrated easily, I was absolutely frustrated that the computer left John with Oxygen and Nitrogen instead of Hydrogen and Carbon, since he (and his phone-a-friend for that matter) thought it was between Hydrogen and Carbon. BUT...to be fair, I think I've heard on a clip of the syndicated version that Nitrogen and Oxygen were the two most abundant gases of air, so...I don't know what to think.

[@WWTBAMclassics]

Yeah, you're thinking of Jeff Gross's $500K question (the choices FWIW were Argon, Neon, Xenon & Helium) Science isn't really my strong suit, but I do remember, when I saw the rerun of this ep on GSN, I was thinking Nitrogen just because Oxygen seemed kinda obvious.

[@morganlaughlin6571]

Also... 23:19 WHAAAAAT?!?!?! ARE YOU CRAZY?!?!?! If an octave has six notes, shouldn't it be called a "hexave"? I know I just made up a word, but the reason I ask this is because I (and Joel, possibly) was thinking of the term "octo" meaning eight sides while "hexa" means six.

[@EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

@@morganlaughlin6571 They key word is "whole" tones. If you listen closely, Regis emphasizes this word twice. Two of them are only half-tones (E to F, and B to C). Thus, the term "whole-tone scale."

[@EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

And to be fair, I can understand why John took his $16,000. It's not the best money for a graduate student, sure, but it's better than $1,000.

[@seikibrian8641]

Why would that frustrate you? They were wrong, and the 50-50 took away two of the three wrong answers. Obviously it doesn't take away the right answer. And the phone-a-friend was an idiot for thinking carbon was a possibility because the question didn't ask what's the most abundant element on earth, it asked what's the most-abundant in the atmosphere; carbon is a solid, like in coal, graphite, diamonds, etc. (Carbon dioxide is a gas, but that's not an element.) As for what to think, the answer is nitrogen. The most-abundant elements in the atmosphere are nitrogen at about 78%, oxygen at about 21%, argon at about 1%, and trace amounts of neon and helium. There are also trace amounts of carbon dioxide, methane, and water vapor, but those aren't elements.