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Who Wants to be a Millionaire Giveaway! (Gift Card & Other Prizes)

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I love to watch trivia type game shows on TV. If there is one thing that stands out about me is that I know a little about a lot of things. Or as my husband and I often refer to it as “useless information”. Most people might think its silly or useless but you never know when someone might need to know the answer to something. Or you might end up on a game show some day, in which case you’d wish you knew a little about a lot of things.

This September one of the popular trivia game shows, “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” enters into its 13th season. Wow! I can’t believe the show has been on the air for that long. I still remember when Regis Philbin hosted the show. Now its hosted by Meredith Vieira.

 

Beginning with the first episode of the new season which aired yesterday, September 13th, 2010, the new season of Millionaire is going to be a real game-changer! From the very first question, you’ll see more strategy, more unpredictability and more excitement. They are also introducing a new “lifeline” and making it a lot faster to reach the million dollar mark. 

Basically it’s the same great “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” with a few new twists and turns that will add even more risk, reward and fun.

This season contestants can go from $0 to $1,000,000 in just 14 questions. They have eliminated the $50,000 question. With the start of the new season, contestants will have one less hurdle to scale to reach to the one million dollar prize.

Millionaire will now be played in two rounds.

Round One will consist of the first ten questions. This is where they made some big changes to game play. For those questions, both difficulty and dollar values are now randomized to create greater drama, risk and reward for both contestants and viewers. Now, the first question of the game could be worth as much as $25,000, and quite possibly paired with the easiest question of the day.

There’s an added bonus to these first ten randomized questions – the dollars are cumulative, enabling contestants to make bigger money, faster.

Once a contestant gets past the first round of questions, they enter into  Round Two where the ultimate goal remains the same – to take home the million dollar grand prize. The contestants will still face the $100,000, $250,000 and $500,000 questions.

With winnings of this magnitude, Millionaire remains the richest game show on television.

To learn more or to check local listings please visit www.millionairetv.com.

To get you excited about the new season of Millionaire I have a Millionaire related giveaway for a lucky She Scribes reader. The winner will receive a $50 gift card and Millionaire related products (tee shirt, pen, mug & calculator). The prize package is valued at $80.00.

Since I love trivia and “useless information” (ha ha) I’m going to make the entry fun for everyone.

To enter please leave a comment for EITHER of these options:

1. Ask me a trivia question. It will give me something do to during my down time.

2. Tell me something interesting (aka “useless information”). You know what I mean, “Did you know that…”.

For extra entries you can do any or all of the following. Please be sure to leave a separate comment for each you have done. Extra entries are optional.  

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– Use any of the social networking sites found at the bottom of this post to promote this giveaway. Be sure to tell me what you did and if possible provide a name and/or URL so that I can see it too. If you tweet about this on Twitter please limit yourself to three tweets per day, spaced apart. You are also welcome to blog about this giveaway. Please link back to this post and provide me the link.

This giveaway is open to US residents and will end on September 23, 2010 at 11:59 PM (EST). The winner will be chosen at random using a random number generator from all eligible entries. The winner will be contacted via e-amil and will have three days to reply with a name and mailing address (no PO Box) or a new winner will be chosen.

Other great giveaways are found on the right side bar under “Win It”.

Kimberly

*I was not compensated in any way for this post. I posted this for the benefit and enjoyment of my site readers.

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  1. Did you know that the federal income tax during FDR’s presidency reached 96% at the top tax bracket? I thought that was interesting!

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  8. Did you know that The odds of becoming a lightning victim in the U.S. in any one year is 1 in 700,000. The odds of being struck in your lifetime is 1 in 3,000.

    Thanks so much…this is fun!

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  16. Did you know that Tennessee is called the Volunteer state because of the record number of volunteers the state provided during both the War of 1812 and the Mexican War?

  38. In 1499, a Spanish explorer travelling in the Caribbean, noticed the homes of Indians built over water on stilts, which reminded him of Venice. Thus he named the country “Little Venice.” What country was named in this manner?

  43. This is an awesome giveaway! My question is: The movie, ‘Catch me if you can’ was based on a book by which author? So…do you know it?….:)

  48. Destination Disney Trivia: What color does Disney paint backstage buildings and structures so they are more invisible to guests?

  60. Did you know that Crashplan is a great online backup service and that files sent to DropBox.com are versioned? 😉

    Seriously, though:
    Did you know that C3PO is the first character to speak in Star Wars?

  66. Did you know that a cleft chin is actually a “deformity”? It’s where the jaw bones didn’t fuse together properly and produce a crack/cleft. I
    guess I’m deformed then, cause mine is pretty prominent! lol 😉

  74. Did you know that you can only find seasons 1 and 2 of Eight Is Enough to watch on the internet? But the other seasons are nowhere to be found? Did you know that if you want to watch Fantasy Island on the web that you are out of luck? This upsets me

  93. Did you know that….your chances are better in a raffle if you roll your ticket into a ball? Humans intsinctively will reach for something round first.

  97. Did you know that the people who were the voices for Mickey and Minnie Mouse (in the 1990’s) were married?

  101. Did you know that babies are experts at projectile pooping? (sorry in a gross mood)
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  108. Did you know that Hummingbirds are the only animal that can fly backwards? Thanks for the awesome giveaway!
    jackievillano at gmail dot com

  112. The banana is a fruit which can be found in more than five hundred varieties in different parts of the world. The banana plant is the largest plant in the world which does not have a stem made of wood.

  116. Did you know that the slogan for Stanhope, Iowa is A Slice of the Good Life?
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  121. Did you know that Silly Putty was “discovered” as the residue left behind after the first latex condoms were produced? It’s not widely publicized for obvious reasons.

  140. Did you know…Crayons got their name from the wife of one of the founders of Crayola. She combined the words craie (French for chalk) with the first part of the word oleaginous (the oily paraffin wax) to make the word “crayola.”
    ljatwood at gmail dot com

  143. Did you know that you have Demodex mites that live in and around the roots of your eyelashes called eyelash mites.

  145. At one time the entire Encyclopedia Britannica was banned in Texas because it contained a formula for making beer
    at home.
    waitressdani (at) hotmail (dot) com

  149. Did you know that the first potato chips were served in 1853 at the Moon Lake House Hotel in Saratoga Springs, NY. Cornelius Vanderbilt complained that the fried potatoes were too chunky, so the chef sliced the potatoes as thin as possible & fried them until they were crisp to teach Vanderbilt a lesson – but they proved extemely popular.

  152. Here’s my favorite piece of useless Hollywood knowledge – the fuel they used to burn the set in the burning of Atlanta scene in Gone With the Wind was the big fence from Skull Island that the natives used to keep King Kong out.

  153. Did you know that when I tried out for “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” (just as a fun thing to do with a friend) we were given a strange fake quarter with Meredith Vieira’s face on it as a “parting gift”? The funny thing is that my friend ended up getting on Millionaire and won $64,000! I got the lousy fake quarter! 🙂

    Thanks for the fun giveaway!!! 🙂

  157. Did you know that Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words…say that 3 times real fast…or even once for that matter haha

  172. Which plant, common around Christmas time, contains poisonous berries which can cause acute stomach irritation if eaten?

  190. Here’s a trivia question for you:
    What 80’s cartoon was a showcase for ‘New Wave’ Music videos?

  200. Did you know that new law for organic milk states that cows can’t over product milk. They also have to be outdoors a certain amount of time and only feed grass.

  201. Did you know that everyone thinks it was Whitcomb Judson who invented the zipper but it was really Elias Howe. Elias was so busy inventing the sewing machine that he didn’t get around to selling his zipper invention which he called a “clothing closure”.

  215. useless fact: Your finger nails grow twice as fast as your toenails…
    (but girls know that from how often we paint em’!)

  221. Did you know that in Kentucky, it’s the law that a person must take a bath once a year. It must have smelled pretty bad there if they needed to make it a law, lol.

  227. Did you know that “walking sticks” are insects? I just found this out last week when I freaked out when I seen a stick walking on my porch – LIKE what the heck. I took a picture and posted on facebook – I’m victoria lester on fb. It’s pretty crazy, but Kewl!

  232. Did you know that in the state of Virginia they have a law where no animal may be hunted on Sundays, except for raccoons, which may be hunted until 2 a.m.?

  251. What was the cost of the first tour arranged by travel entrepreneur Thomas Cook in 1841?

    Did you know two hundred pounds was eaten daily by Jumbo the famous 61/2 ton elephant?

  260. Did you know that The average human body contains enough: iron to make a three inch nail, sulfur to kill all fleas on an average dog, carbon to make 900 pencils, potassium to fire a toy cannon, fat to make 7 bars of soap, phosphorous to make 8 match heads, and water to fill a ten gallon tank .

    Thanks for the giveaway >^..^<

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  263. Did you know that the NY Giants were owned by a 14 yr old in 1931??? LOL… Hubby just shared that tidbit with me.

  269. Did you know that a guy in England (I think) set up a ticket taking booth and machine at a parking lot and showed up for ‘work’ very day for years collecting parking fees for cars and buses ($7/bus). Then he ‘retired’! The place with the parking lot called the city asking for his replacement, city said they’d never had anyone working there! Turns out, he didn’t work for either of the groups, just did it totally on his own! They figure he collected about 7 million! And, that he’s now retired in style somewhere!

  271. i love the mandatory entry! but then i also love useless info and game shows.

    here’s a ‘do you know’ for you: did you know that at ranch stores (in idaho, for instance, which is where i found this out) they sell cow magnets which are magnets they feed to cows so that the barbed wire fence the (dumb) cows eat will wrap around the magnets instead of shredding the cow’s stomach.

    hope you didn’t know that. 😉

  316. Forty six percent of the world’s water is in the Pacific Ocean. The Atlantic has 23.9 percent; the Indian, 20.3; the Arctic, 3.7 percent.

  331. Okay, trivia time…

    On “Welcome Back, Kotter” what dish did Mrs. Kotter insist on making that her husband absolutely hated?

    give up? the answer is below – backwards! 🙂
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  345. Did you know raw honey, from you Local bee hives, will give aid to combat your allergies? It has to be from youLocal area and not from accross the country. The honey has these benefits because of the pollen collected by the local bees will strenghten your resistance and help prevent Sinusitis, Allergic Rhinitis and other ailments. Your body will build up an immunity to lopcal pollen, dust or mold that is causing your trouble in the first place.
    Here in my local area allergies are prevalent and so many people are going to their doctors for help several times a yr. By taking tsp of raw honey at least once per day (can be used in tea, coffee, etc) your body starts building up your tolerance to help protect you.

    I found this out yrs ago but did go online to http://www.reallyrawhoney.com/healthfacts.php for more information.
    If you have allergies in spring and fall try this and see if it helps you.

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  351. Did you know there are more babies born in August than any other month of the year? Merry Christmas! 🙂
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  359. Did you know that Hawaii’s 137 land masses, islands and atolls stretch across 1,500 miles – technically making Hawaii the widest state in the nation

  360. Did you know that…. during the chariot scene in ‘Ben Hur’ a small red car can be seen in the distance.

    Thanks for this fun giveaway. I learned a lot from the other comments!

  368. Useless fact: Right handed people live, on average, nine years longer than left handed people do (which is about the only thing I’ll probably ever beat my sister in..she’s left-handed)

  381. did you know that rachel ray is having her first guest on her show to celebrate her 5th season?

    autumn398 @yahoo.com

  393. Did you know that our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.

  428. Did you know that there is a small tribe in Africa whose word for “dog” is “dog”? No other word in their language resembles English. I wish I could remember where the tribe was located, but a missionary tells me this is true. A missionary would never pull my leg, right?

  437. TRIVIA QUESTION: What actress does Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, Dumbo, Cinderella, Lady and the Tramp, Alice in Wonderland, and The Jungle Book have in common?

  446. Did you know that more than 80% of a bear’s diet is vegetarian in nature? Love that Discovery Channel!

  452. Did you know that the first successful parachute jump to be made from a moving airplane was made by Captain Berry at St. Louis, Missouri, in 1912.

  463. Did you know this fun fact…”of America” in the name “United States of America” actually refers to the Americas and not any country called “America”.

  472. Did you know that dogs can’t differentiate between 5 minutes and an hour? That’s why they are just as excited when you come back from work and when you come back from being outside for just a few minutes.

  491. Just an interesting fact:

    Did you know that cats have over 100 vocal sounds while dogs only have about 10.

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  499. Did you know that the Mackinac Bridge is one of the longest suspension bridges in the world. Connecting the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan, it spans 5 miles over the Straits of Mackinac, which is where Lake Michigan and Lake Huron meet. The Mighty Mac took 3 years to complete and was opened to traffic in 1957.

  523. How many triangles can be found on the dollar bill?

    Thank you for the lovely giveaway.

    sewmuchstuff at ymail dot com

  540. Do yoy know how an inkjet printer can take little sprays of ink and make letters and pictures. That’s always puzzled me as to how it does it.

  550. Here’s a good piece of trivia I found online:

    Why was the Animal Crackers box designed with a string handle?

    A: The animal-shaped cookie treats were introduced in 1902 as a Christmas novelty–and packaged so they could be hung from Christmas trees.

  560. Approximately 60% of the water used by households during the summer is used for watering flowers and lawns. I really thought that this was interesting. thank you!

  591. Did you know that Hugh Hefner served as circulation manager for Children’s Activies magazine while he was raising money to launch Playboy? eeeeeeew!

  602. Beards are the fastest growing hairs on the human body. If the average man never trimmed his beard, it would grow to nearly 30 feet long in his lifetime.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

  605. did you know that similac was just recalled for having bugs in it ? only powder form
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  623. Did you know that the man that invented the Eveready battery gave away the company so that he could play with his model trains?

  659. Did you know that the lifespan of a fly is between 2-4 weeks in the wild!

    ardy22 at earthlink dot net

  670. Do you know how many years it takes plastic bottles and plastic grocery bags to decompose when they are in the dump? If you don’t then the answer will shock you!

  678. Thanks for the giveaway…

    A bit of trivia for you: the only legitimate child of the poet Lord Byron, Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852), born Augusta Ada Byron, is credited with the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine i.e. computer program; as such she is regarded as the world’s first computer programmer.

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  711. Did you know that President Ford became Vice President and President withou ever receiving a vote for either position.

  714. What is the longest lifespan of a frog that was ever recorded?

    A: 10 years
    B: 6 months
    C: 27 years
    D: 8 weeks

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  721. Did you know that giant anteaters have the longest tongue (in relation to body size) of any mammal. It is about 2 feet long and narrow like spaghetti.

  725. It’s possible to nurse twins for two years without any formula or bottles! I found this out personally LOL

  726. #2. 21 years ago my son & were shot by 2 home intruders. One got away was caught,spent 7 months in jail & the other one I shot back & killed that day. My son & I received Indiana awards for it.
    it. Does that still count as interesting?

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