Moe Cain on Who Wants to be a Millionaire (Full Run)

[@joshshipp2001]

I've been enjoying these episodes and also watching it in two full episodes all together is so great

[@WWTBAMclassics]

Thanks! Glad you're enjoying them!

[@joshshipp2001]

WWTBAMclassics me too looking forward to seeing more

[@caterinascarcella]

He’s more pissed he didn’t get a perfect score than winning half a million.

[@luisespinosajr.714]

2:42 Going out at $300 🏦🏦🏦🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Kevin-bu7nz]

Son was clearly looking up the answer lol

[@jptwentyfour887]

Kevin who are you referring to?

[@TheUsherrrr]

JP Twenty Four What he means is is that James was looking for the answer

[@MrWildcat2009]

You can hear the keyboard in the background. Internet wasn’t very fast back then so you’d be lucky to get anything within the time limit.

[@GamingFanactic911]

@@MrWildcat2009 oh yeah, I agree. Google, nowadays, will basically have the answer in front of you after searching before looking up a weboage lol

[@mavenofmacau6391]

nice catch, keyboard was clattering away for sure

[@DakotaReeves-v7e]

From the American "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" show, this is the full run of contestant Moe Cain. It's from a May 1, 2001 episode in season two of the primetime version. 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[@brandonvladovic4194]

you can hear his son typing on the computer trying to find the answer lmao

[@TheRyanMan2194]

10:52 Half million dollars! You got it, Moe!

[@lonewolfx499]

Ripped through those questions easier than a bear ripping paper.

[@BV-Auto]

This dude is a fucking Savage.

[@robbyosborne9708]

Moe Cain became the 4th contestant in the history of the show to make it to the $500,000 question with all three lifelines in tact.

[@nicholasmedovich8691]

Bernard Welt also is from Bethesda MD. He was a former jeopardy contestant from 1992.

[@bellabliss1860]

Fuck I was grappling with 354 even before he used his lifelines, and I might have actually gone for it in his position. because I thought 365 would be too obvious for a million dollar question, since that's the amount of days on the Gregorian and Julian calendars. I figured it wouldn't be 400 either since it just seems like too much of a "milestone" number, or something the writers would throw in. My other line of thinking was that 365 was the median and mean between 354 and 376, and that perhaps it's one of those numbers. And then, since 376 had the lowest amount of audience votes, that likely would have led me to rule that out too. But I remembered something similar happened with Steve Perry's run, and the choice with the least amount of votes ended up being the right answer... so honestly I probably would have walked too, and I certainly don't blame Moe for making the decision to walk. But damn it, I would have wished that I trusted my instincts better.

[@singhss2820]

Yep 365-11, 365+11 was a dead giveaway for me too

[@KyrieFortune]

Unless you knew the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar which is shorter than a Western solar calendar - then 354 would be the only possible answer and this would become the easiest 1mil dollar question ever asked

[@munem61]

Islamic calendar is a 12 month lunar calender, where a month is either of 29 or 30 days.

[@kenlott263]

It doesn't matter they're all lost anyway without faith in Jesus Christ as God and Savior. In Islam you have to be willing to die for your god, in the true religion of Christianity God died for my sins. In Christianity we serve one God with three manifestations to the believer God the Father God the son and God the Holy Spirit and these three are one...(1 John 5:7). Oh yes to repent and to receive the true biblical Jesus as God and Savior Is the only way to heaven and they only life worth living for faithful assurance to heaven.

[@FinSasuke]

@@kenlott263 Well Jesus boy didn't help him win a million so doesn't matter

[@markheying2830]

That $1 Million Question was a toughie.

[@glitchedblood]

But you can clearly hear his son typing in the computer

[@TheUltimateRare]

once the group voted on it, i knew 365 was high only because people thought of their own system. SO i knew C was clearly the answer.

[@moaoun1304]

The way I think of it is that I know for sure in Islam, the holy month of Ramadan starts somewhere around ten days earlier than the previous year (April 23 in 2020 and April 12 in 2021). So if it starts around ten days earlier each year, then that means there has to be 10 days less. But I definitely understand that it would be tough if someone didn’t know too much about world religions

[@themanwhoknewtoomuch6667]

Unless you are Osama Bin Laden

[@ChiSportsNut18]

$500,000 and a name that rhymes with "cocaine". What more could you ask for?

[@donovansdenofgames4573]

Have Pat Thompson and Justin ray castillo ?

[@P15GsWWTBAM]

Next time, check his videos carefully before commenting.

[@donovansdenofgames4573]

Paweł Gulatowicz I will

[@KanjoosLahookvinhaakvinhookvin]

It doesn't hurt to ask

[@yisheng3634]

They think that 365 is just many days than a calendar

[@felixcroc]

I would have got the million dollar question but only because I know Ramadan moves back a bit every year, thus the year must be shorter than 365 days. Since there's only one number there less than 365, it had to be 354.

[@cameronlounsbury5745]

I guess whoever came up with the 200 dollar question wasn't a DnD player.

[@RyderZachary23]

12:34 *MOE CAIN VS BOBOIBOY ($1,000,000) "THE END"*

[@TheUltimateRare]

He shoulda got the million dollar question. he should have known people who didn't know were picking 365 "cause that's how i grew up on it" so the A would clearly be unnaturally high. These kind of things are important to know when you ask them anything. Which means the next highest answer is likely the people who knew the real answer.

[@bellabliss1860]

yeah, 365 was far too obvious for a million dollar question.

[@DanTheStripe]

You would still have to be insane to go for it on that little audience share though.

[@kplewisvox]

I imagine more than a few people voting 365 were throwing away their vote. "He'll never think it's 365, so I'll go there and not skew the vote."

[@ChiSportsNut18]

The problem with that thinking is that Moe himself thought it was 365.

[@ExinerisLP]

3:24 Jim Halpert

[@jetnut89]

Am I the only one that was hoping when he called his son he was going to say "Son, I don't really need your help. I just wanted to let you know im going to win the million dollars because the a non islamic leap year is C. 354 and thats my final answer."

[@tobyjaffe270]

This guy is crazy smart

[@anthonymatute6057]

$500,000 is a big amount for a smart man!!!

[@ThePeterDislikeShow]

It's non-leap so it's going to be less than 365.243, and it's probably not going to be the 365 day calendar.

[@BRNRDNCK]

FortNikitaBullion you’re assuming the Islamic calendar aligns with the 365 calendar which isn’t true. The Islamic calendar may well have been 401 days and 400 non leap year.

[@excellenceka]

Fact: the Islamic calender aligns with the phases of the moon over twelve months. The new crescent moon appears every 29.53 days, so 354 and some change is what 12 times 29.53 is, hence the rounded down 354

[@TheUltimateRare]

@@BRNRDNCK They voted high on A only because people were use to their own system. so they went for it. with this logic. it's easy to see the next highest Answer HAS TO BE the correct answer. reading the mood is important.

[@RyderZachary23]

6:43 *MOE CAIN vs RYAN CHAR ($64,000)*

[@koshka02]

That sucks that he uses 2 lifelines on 1 question and they didn't even help him.

[@MindMan424]

15:38 "Aaah God" ... Someone was complaining in a whispering way ...

[@RyderZachary23]

8:25 *MOE CAIN vs AELITA SCHAEFFER ($125,000)*

[@TheKeyboardKing1]

For the million dollar question I initially thought it was C because I thought Ramadan was not part of the calendar, so the only choice that was below 365 was right. I had the right answer, but for the wrong reason.

[@occono3543]

The $300 question was unusually self-referential.

[@theblitz9]

354 is obvious. Islamic calendar is shorter than the normal one. That's why their festivals move around the seasons.

[@KyrieFortune]

Omg, this is probably the easiest 1mil dollar question I have ever seen, being about a major detail of a major religion: the Islamic calendar is lunar and based on the moon cycles, which are always 28/29 days. A lunar calendar would always be shorter than our solar calendar, meaning 354, the only number lower than 365, was the only possible right answer. If that doesn't give it away, the fact Ramadan is always around 10ish days early each year would have.

[@romanemul1]

Polish version has much easier question. Something about convertng the number bases.

[@danielhetue6968]

The million dollar question was a nail biter.

[@cherylcampbell9369]

Moe Cain sounds like a rapper's name.

[@canadianmike711]

Favourite late bloomer. Regis Philbin. RIP Millionaire

[@COWBOYMACLEOD]

Who's late bloomer? Was Moe Cain late for game shows?

[@canadianmike711]

@@COWBOYMACLEOD regis Philbin, final answer

[@RyderZachary23]

9:10 *MOE CAIN vs NATE ADAMS ($250,000)*

[@ArmHeavySoCal]

MOE GOT MONEY. $500,000.

[@rogerscottcathey]

most the audience knew no. of days. impressive.

[@rogerscottcathey]

@* * : haha, yes, youre right!

[@TheUltimateRare]

@Wubba Wubba the main reason they voted 365 was because of their own system. which was a stupid way to answer the question, if it's a million dollar question, clearly there's a trick to it. 365 would be too easy.

[@ichmagheringway89]

@@TheUltimateRare Or maybe the trick is that you might think it's too easy and that's why it's the right answer. I definitely see where you're coming from but if you sit there playing for 32.000 or 1.000.000 while having secured 500 you probably wouldn't go for it either if you weren't at least 80% sure.

[@matthaddock1817]

@@TheUltimateRare That is obvious, because he would've been thinking more of the Gregorian calendar we are in, consisting of 365 days with no leap days.

[@KyrieFortune]

I highly doubt the audience knew the exact number of days: what they most likely knew is that the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar, which is shorter than a Western solar calendar of 365 days, which means 354 was the only possible answer

[@josephscafetta6544]

Have you gotten Andrea Stout or Michelle Delpriore's runs?

[@WWTBAMclassics]

Nope, still don't have either.

[@DosBear]

How hard is it to google Islamic leap year?

[@RyderZachary23]

10:05 *MOE CAIN VS RYDER ($500,000)*

[@rogerscottcathey]

Guess the lunar calendar has 12 x 29.5 days. Hunh.

[@ammarh.6742]

There is a formula to determine leap Islamic calendar. An extra day is in last Dzulhijjah.

[@BlackStarASMR]

It's strange that he is not happy about a whopping HALF A MILLION DOLLARS. It's also strange that after the kisses with his wife she takes her hand and whipes his mouth. Probably lipstick, but maybe she should have done that off-camera.

[@dndna2713]

Omg the 1 million question is the easiest one million question ever I knew the answers before it came up... 400 is just not it 365 is the normal calendar year so its either 354 which is 11 days less than 365 or 376 which is 11 days days more... but the correct answer is 354 because every month in islamic calendar is 29 or 30 days also all holidays in islam come 11 days earlier than the previous year like ramadan and eid each year they are 11 days earlier so its obvious its 354

[@themanwhoknewtoomuch6667]

I know lot of weird obscure stuffs reading the dictionary and encyclopedia... but the thing is since I immigrated here at 16 I am very green about lot of basic stuffs. For instance, I know the first 100$ question I know bellyaching has to do with complaining but am I 100% sure? Similarly I would have guessed "boards" not "planks" for the branches of politics question. A lot of "Americana" is involved which makes it tricky. (On the other hand, if a Yank went to the British version they would struggle with a lot of "basic" questions - "which everyone must know". I mean for a devout Muslim I guess Islamic calender question would be a breeze. It's all matter of context and I hate when people say "Can't believe you don't know that".

[@hummer-k1k]

6:02 say what ?

[@tomr1056]

The Islamic calendar goes by 12 moon cycles of 29.5 days each.

[@markymark443]

365 was just way too obvious for a million dollar question, I knew it'd be 354

[@ChiSportsNut18]

It had to be A or C.

[@Scottwilkie18]

Should’ve went with the audience

[@ammarh.6742]

Islamic Calendar leap year : 355 days

[@briandunning1290]

If you miss u will $468,000 back down too $32,000

[@KirbyMasterArchives]

The son coulda googled that answer in 5 seconds

[@jameshumphreys9715]

Not in 2001, and plus you have to connect it by telephone.

[@jeffjadrich8464]

@@jameshumphreys9715 Have the internet already connected when the contestant calls you.

[@jameshumphreys9715]

@@jeffjadrich8464 How old were you back then ? People couldn't call you and your mobile wouldn't be a help either

[@jameshumphreys9715]

@@jeffjadrich8464 Unless you give them their mobile number

[@jameshumphreys9715]

@@jeffjadrich8464 if you were ringing a phone line number, you couldn't be on the internet and if you were on the internet the phone couldn't be use