WWTBAM - Dan Blonsky's Run To $1,000,000 - Part 4

Dan Blonsky appeared in the hot seat on January 16th and 18th of 2000 and became WWTBAM's second $1,000,000 winner. A couple of people have requested that I post his run, and I just recently caught the rerun on GSN, so I'm happy to post it for those who requested it and for the rest of my subscribers.
This is the final part of his run which shows, in my opinion, the easiest $1,000,000 question ever on the American WWTBAM. :)

[@sammiejohnson5264]

I IMMEDIATELY knew this answer because I learned it in science class and all I remember thinking was “93 million miles-that’s crazy.” Little did I know that would be the million dollar question. Heard that question and told my mom: “It’s 93 million miles. Let me know when he picks it.” She looked at me like “How do you know that?!?!? 😐” 😂😅🤣

[@jamedlock83]

same here. I remember the question popping up and I immediately yelled out "93 MILLION" even before the 4 possible answers showed.

[@97jakew]

Quite an easy million dollar question but the rest of his run's questions were quite difficult

[@arielgonzalez5296]

U think it is

[@pacifist1360]

I agree with you. It also seems like you are an alien based on your profile picture 😂. I wish I can visit other solar systems, please give us some tips on how to travel to different parts of space, that would be awesome. I love learning about space.

[@irrellevents]

Yeah that's actually the first one I probably would have missed (had the lifelines gone the same way for me as for him.)

[@suzannepeck5610]

@@pacifist1360 llmnkkkek

[@aph613]

I saw this when I was 9 and was like this is maybe 32k value at best. When a fucking NINE YEAR OLD knows it then the value should be lower.

[@erikmenendez7491]

This was the 2nd time I had ever watched this show when I was 13. I'll never forget this guy haha.

[@RealJackHQ]

That was probably the loudest and most enthusiastic I’ve ever heard a Millionaire audience cheer.

[@RedFenril]

I think Joe Trela's was slightly more, considering he had to get to the last five questions without a lifeline to fall back on.

[@RealJackHQ]

@@RedFenril I think you’re right.

[@Computerman859]

It's always been the case for a huge win like this. In this show no one won the top prize until John Carpenter played, and Kevin Olmstead was the biggest jackpot winner, with roughly 2.2 million dollars won.

[@Computerman859]

@@RedFenril John Carpenter hardly used the purposely-built lifelines.

[@chaoscontrolASH]

i loved his expression once Regis said "you won a million dollars!!"

[@arielgonzalez5296]

Its actually "you just won a million dollars!!!".

[@zcm007attack]

This is probably the easiest 1,000,000 question ever shown!

[@Marik7453]

hmm i think about his dentist

[@TheCatlover192]

"Who did artist Grant Wood use as the model for the farmer in his classic painting 'American Gothic'?"

[@GeneralSirDouglasMcA]

Ken Basin’s million dollar question is an exception (that rhymed).

[@lorddalek]

Bullshit. Even I knew the Laugh-In one back in '99

[@matthewhorton2229]

I knew this one when I was a kid. Most of them I have no idea (Laugh-In was before my time) but another contestant walked away on one about the pre-Gregorian calendar that I knew the answer to.

[@Zoomer30_]

Watched this one live. The last question floored me. They may as well have asked me my birthday or social security number. Could not believe that they gave such a softball question for a million.

[@Sabreboy48]

I was 8 years old when I watched this when it first aired with my Mom and I knew the friggin answer, it was unbelievable. And the guy who had that Paddington Bear question for 1.000.000, I knew that one too and I was screaming at the TV haha

[@CouveTJ]

This is an un-believably easy million dollar question. I remember watching this when I was 10 years old and i knew the question then. 10 years old!

[@markymark443]

Yeah…compare this to Steve Perry’s MDQ which maybe like 0.0001% of the population knows, if that.

[@NeWtoN9751]

I remember that the light is going for 8 minuetes from the sun! This guy is astonishing! Questions were difficult, he wasn't really nervous. Love him!

[@crpsaiyan]

I think the highlight of John Carpenter was when he used his phone a friend to call his dad to tell him that he was gonna win the million. THAT was classic! :)

[@jessyleppert2]

I remember this and I was running around the house yelling "Somebody won the Million!!"

[@IofielNinaMarieFaller]

YOU JUST WON $1 MILLION Congrats, Dan Blonsky!!!!!!!!!

[@razakhan23465]

That's what made it difficult. Because the difference was in the decimal point's position, and most of us would remember the number, but be unsure of the decimal point in this situation.

[@Kimkim-mq8kh]

It was easy for me since I knew the right answer in kilometers

[@markymark443]

I don’t think so. Most people know it’s 93.

[@fredysanmiguel4488]

education , guts, risk , cojones is what a difference from the others!!! I salute you sir!!!

[@BestMuscleVideo]

AMAZING guy

[@arielgonzalez5296]

Rest in peace, Regis Philbin. The greatest tv icon. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@unnaturalatrophy8073]

greatest m 0l ster 🤡

[@aph613]

Yeah Alex Trebek is greater than Regis.

[@2kjax007]

This guy is one cool cookie. I saw all 4 parts and gee he's so cool. I know things in his head are going whoa! but you can never read it from his expressions

[@Iruotnem]

And Brian Fodera would miss the $100 in the next episode...

[@GeneralSirDouglasMcA]

The same thing happened during Super Millionaire’s run; after Bob-o won $1,000,000 (the highest amount of any contestant), the next contestant left with nothing.

[@Poundcakebowler]

I remember watching this episode....and when the question was read, I was screaming the answer at the TV. LOL! I was only 15 at the time.

[@hippopotaman075]

It was certainly an easy answer, i think maybe a third of the population would get that right.😊😊😊😊😊😊😊🌏

[@CoyoteBongwater]

i love how they try to enduce contestant's potential dyslexia on this show

[@justinm.1]

@2:04 lol the one time Dan says “Final Answer” before Regis asks that, and it had already been locked in, and he still asks him that

[@johnathonwaggoner358]

Justin M. I think Regis didn’t hear him when he was asking the question.

[@GeneralSirDouglasMcA]

At 2:05, could the answer he locked in have been undone? After it was locked in, Regis asked him again if it was his final answer.

[@isaacmemtorie3347]

I thought that was funny too, but perhaps just to make the moment more dramatic.

[@kplewisvox]

Final answer means final answer. If Dan had tried to take it back, it wouldn't have worked. Regis probably only did that because he knew Dan was confident in his answer. Honestly, Regis might have known this answer himself. As others have said, it wasn't terribly difficult.

[@occono3543]

Regis had an awkward habit of doing that it seemed, but it's possible the TV edit showed it going orange before it actually did in the computer.

[@belengullod5047]

Dan Blonsky MILYONARYO

[@danielhetue6968]

I knew the million dollar question in the blink of an eye. Dan Blonsky was one of my favorite millionaire winners along with John Carpenter, Bernie Cullen, Ed Toutant, David Goodman, and Kevin Olmsted.

[@tyjones5019]

I knew it before the answers were shown, hell even before he finished reading the question. I win!

[@danielhetue6968]

👍 Like Dan Blonsky said, he took Astronomy in college long time ago

[@Blitz_Ace_]

lol, thank you middle school science and my curiosity of planets. i actually got it.

[@Chris778]

Yes, that was Kevin Olmstead's question and I was surprised at how easy that question was for 2.18 million dollars lol!

[@johnathonwaggoner358]

It seams easy nowadays but back then, there wasn’t the internet to search up these answers

[@Telanis6]

I bet the people that wrote the question thought it was going to trick someone into doubting their own answer, especially by writing all the answers around 93 million miles, and luring them into a false sense of security on the question. Good thing Dan called their bluff!

[@ryderzachary8909]

2:08 *REGIS PHILBIN: You just won a million dollars!* *REGIS PHILBIN: WOW!!!* *REGIS PHILBIN: Fabulous!* *RYAN CHAR: YOU MADE IT SIR, WHOA!!!* *RYAN CHAR: ⭐ (CORRECT!)*

[@osraz707]

what happened to the audio clips for DAVID GOODMAN about a month ago? I know there was no video but worth a listen. I cant seem to find them.

[@Empressoftheflames]

I love his expression when he finds out he gets a big question right!!!

[@tpir1972]

Was Regis still working with Kathie Lee Gifford by this point?

[@arielgonzalez5296]

They were.

[@rroberts909]

The bottom line is the guy won the million dollars with the questions that were set before him, no matter how "easy" we think they might be. We should stop analyzing the difficulty of the questions and saying "this question was too easy or difficult for a particular dollar level" and just enjoy the damn show.

[@R2242V]

This must be a joke, right? In our country there was only one person who answered 13th question correctly. Some of the questions were so difficult, that we couldn't find answers even in books, internet etc.

[@markymark443]

wow what an easy million dollar question!!!!!

[@krader66]

okay that was such a simple million dollar question.....i think they can come up with a question better than that

[@anthparsons1]

as soon Regis read the question he just thought to himself "nigga are you serious with this question?!"

[@dakotareeves3939]

On this January 18, 2000 episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (the primetime version on ABC) in the U.S., Dan Blonsky is the second person to win $1 million. 🇺🇲 🇺🇲

[@loxoos]

don't they have euro's now? Or is poland one of the countries not changing their valuta?

[@wilsonkm]

I swear....this is the easiest million dollar question I have seen in my life.

[@pickler_pickler]

He blew off that Million Dollar Accolade like dust of his jacket. Just another tuesday for this fuckin Boss.

[@ericl.massey7254]

2:03 And the correct answer is…

[@tmc359]

i dont think as some posters do that this is such an easy question, but what makes it a bit "tilted" is in dan's own comment that "everything revolves around that number", in that you have 9.3, 93, 193. You get rid of the 2 extremes, and that may have influenced his decison.

[@Shawnananah]

I don't get the UK vs. USA feud. It's a never-ending battle, so why bother? Honestly, it verges on the same level of taste as "yo' mama" jokes. Thanks for posting this video. Loved it!

[@alster724]

@komedydude As Dan Blonsky said, this could have been the $4000 question

[@matthaddock1817]

How could he tell this could've been the $4,000? Could be a little lower of an amount or higher.

[@frankiezzi1359]

I knew the answer to this question Thank you to 2XL The toy robot For teaching me this It is on the voyage to outer space tape For the tiger electronic version of the toy

[@Kid-Pink_88.]

To this day I think the Lone reason this question was easy was because of the choices given. If the writers gave say 83, 93, 103 & 113 million miles as the choices, I think Dan would have a harder time answering this

[@Svennetony]

Why is the American who wants to be a milionaire easier then most others?

[@ussjealousy]

@oomblikkies I agree, even though two-thirds of John carpenter's questions were way too easy.

[@crpsaiyan]

I thought when he won, it was much more exciting that when John Carpenter. The IRS guy one looked too easy, and it wasn't really all that exciting. This was just a matter of, "are you willing to risk it all?", which made it much more fun. But also the way his mother reacted when he won was just powerful. :)

[@jefodo1]

dude that million dollar question...EASY!!!!!

[@lazlochatter]

No joke. That is grade school knowledge.

[@segasonic623]

god the million dollar question is too easy, i learned about it back in eighth grade

[@holyshitlolz]

A better question: What is the distance, in light years, Neptune to Mercury?

[@samus251]

3of11 is not lying. They take away 400 to 500 grand. But hey, don't let that spoil the fun of the show :-)

[@rohankasiviswanathan1116]

i knew the answer to this question when i was like 10.......

[@markheying2830]

On that particular Million Dollar Question I probably would have gone with either 93 Million or 193 Million.

[@BCMN123]

the answer is really easy to a child or teenager cause they're just learning it in school. This guy learned it a long long time ago so its a hard question for him.

[@mistkeyblade]

The easier one for me was the Helicopter million dollar question, I didn't even have to think about the answer.

[@JoeyFlyBoy]

I had this similar question for $250,000 on the Millionaire game on the switch

[@Whitewolf122688]

wow, his million dollar question is easy and dissapointing. I find his $500,000 question more enjoyable to watch

[@Ejexion]

Not to take away from the guy, but that is the easiest million dollar question the show has ever had.

[@Horse125]

@Morphixx So did I, when can I get my check?

[@christopherflowers6583]

That was a million dollar question on the syndicated version as well

[@talic864]

john had balls of steel to do that. id piss my pants at that question xD

[@TheCultivatedMind]

The Earth's distance from the sun is called an Astronomical Unit, abbreviated AU. Funny how this was a million dollar question.

[@TheSpookyKing]

Should have been more like a $125,000 question. Seriously. The answer choices made it almost obvious too.

[@stark102088]

by far the easiest question ever. i knew it the second i saw the question (its actually 92.3 million miles)

[@johnnysama]

That was a rather easy million dollar Q.

[@ninjapirate123]

This question was quite easy for a million dollars

[@harshgokhale8547]

The correct approximate value is 149.5 million kilometres actually

[@colBoh]

I think this question WAS easy, but because of the answer choices, not because of the question itself. If the choices were something like 55M, 64M, 79M, and 93M, Dan might not have gone for it, because, as Dan noted, all of the choices revolve around the right answer.

[@Ben22Racing]

I have watched a few of the US versions of this show, so much easier than the UK version!!

[@holyshitlolz]

Hes pretty lucky to get a question like that. When I first saw it, I thought it meant from Betelgeuse to the sun or something.

[@galacticinquisitor]

the last question was so freakn easy, i remember almost peeing my pants when it came on tv

[@tonzerHP]

I know I learned that it was 93 million miles away from the sun when I took science my freshman year in high school

[@PlutoTheSecond]

The music sounds a little different here than usual.

[@BNSF36542]

I have to agree with you mrjohnnynitro. Even though I wouldn't know that question.

[@ryderzachary8909]

0:35 *DAN BLONSKY VS RYAN CHAR ($1,000,000)* *"THE END"* *The earth is approximately how many miles away from the sun?*

[@secretAZNman_]

@travisvshero you knew this.. but not how to spell the word 'since'?

[@zachmassacre]

lol! i learned that on a kids computer game! that should've been like an 8,000 or 16,000 dollar question

[@ihonestlydontevenknow4359]

i knew this as soon as the question hit. i knew it was between 85m and 110m. 9.3, we would be in a fucking inferno, and same with 39. 193 would be cooler. 93’s the only one that makes any sense.

[@ChainChomp2]

Probably an easy Million dollar question but I think the rest of the questions must have been really hard like on uncommon stuff nobody knows about...

[@MetallicaBLS]

Don't thumbs down him. Distance = Rate x Time the speed of light and how long it takes light to reach earth from the sun are relatively common knowledge if you graduated high school or watch the discovery channel. Thus, if you're not an invalid, you should be able to figure it out.

[@leonenaj]

I immediately thought 150 million kilometers, and 93 million miles was closest. Too easy.

[@tpir1972]

That's why this as an EASY $1,000,000 question the 14th one was TOUGH, the producers thought no one would EVER get it

[@danbarker4857]

His mom was more excited over the win, then Dan.

[@RealJackHQ]

Dan Barker Which Dan? 😂😂😂

[@jmiller297]

+Dan Barker I just love how you overstate the obvious in like... EVERY game show video on KZbin... Really, I do. -_-

[@danbarker4857]

no, DAN Blonsky, he was the million, and no emotion.

[@RealJackHQ]

Dan Barker I'm just being silly.

[@Morphixx]

I knew the million dollar question. :)

[@RajaMCool]

I learned this in Eighth Grade and in Earth Science in 10th and in Physics. Even I remembered it and I was awful at anything science related.

[@AxelFire619]

wow that SCHOULD be a $4,000 question

[@Sidney600]

omg! that's tha esiest 1 million question ever xD

[@sibenikkk]

you just dont get it.. this is a very hard question, a tricky one.. this is what would be happening in your head: "omg i know its 93 but this is a 1M dollar question.. what if its somekind of a trap ? what if its not?!?" and eventualy you would take the 0.5 and go home with a smile on your face

[@goe5]

@MarioLink106 usually the million dollar question is easy, the questions getting there were extremely hard.

[@redskinsfreak614]

WOW, this is a million dollar question?

[@arielgonzalez5296]

Yes.

[@trinhmanh]

In my country, have this game show too. And the question same this usually stands at 10th. It so easy for 1 Million USD.

[@pacifist1360]

This question was very easy - of course the distance between Earth and Sun is 93 million miles. I learned astronomy in school and that's the first thing that was taught besides of course the nine planets in our solar system and that our solar system is part of the Milky Way Galaxy. And in case you don't know the answer, it takes light about 8 minutes to travel from Earth to Sun. Light travels 186,000 miles per second, multiply this number by about 500 seconds and you get close to 93 million miles. That was a very easy question but the rest of his questions were very difficult so he had to earn that $1 million for sure because I only knew about the ameba (being the one celled organism), what's a pink slip, Panama bordering Columbia, the World Trade Center question and this one, that's it. Dan is a very smart guy. No way I could be on this show.

[@probium2832]

More like a thousand dollars isn't it

[@EazzyBeezie]

His mom was dead set on kissing Regis and she followed through haha

[@cnlaw]

10 years ago today.