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All One Milion Zloty Questions in Polish WWTBAM - Milionerzy
Jan 6, 2019 17:51:14 GMT -5
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Post by Pyciek on Jan 6, 2019 17:51:14 GMT -5
Hello everybody. It’s my first big thread on that forum. Today I’ll show you every one million questions that occurred in Polish edition of WWTBAM between 1999 and 2018. For each question I also add an originally recorded fragment of this question. Unfortunately, It is very hard to find the complete video of final questions, especially those from 1999-2003, so sometimes movie I attach only shows reading the question or moment of walking away. I translated most of them to English. Keep in mind that I’m not a native speaker and I can make mistakes – please don’t correct me here in comments, only on PM. If you want to know something more about me, I include the link to my Welcome Post at the bottom. I wish you all pleasant reading and Happy New Year 2019.
Władysław Kostrzewski Date:
21 October 2000
Prize Won:
500 000 zloty
Question:
What country did Conan the Barbarian come from?
• A: from Rivia • B: from Land of Oz
• C: from Mordor • D: from Cimmeria
Short description of contestant:
Władysław Kostrzewski is an anesthesiologist from Gliwice. According to millionaire.wikia site, he was 52 years old back In 2000, so, if he’s alive, he turned 70 this year (2018). He also has two sons. After winning 500 000 złoty in an interview he said he wanted to spend this money for a trip around the world.
Description of the game:
He used All of his lifelines before 1 million zloty question. It is unknown on which questions were 50:50 and Ask The Audience used, but we know that both were used before 125 000 zl question. We also know that he used Phone’a’Friend on 12th question. He decided to walk away on his 15th question for a million zloty saying that 500 000 is enough for him.
Existing footage:
This is the only existing footage I could’ve found on the internet. It shows reading the question by the host, then short while of reflection and moment of walking away.
Zbigniew Chrzanowski
Date:
21 May 2001
Prize Won:
500 000 zloty
Question:
As in song by Kabaret Starszych Panów, repellent goon will get a double-barreled shotgun, will go out and...:
• A: one-two! • B: bang, bang!
• C: from two pipes • D: shoot into bottom
Short description of contestant:
Zbigniew Chrzanowski is a 61-year-old (44 in 2001) pensioner and security agent. His favorite band is The Beatles. His hobbies are books and crosswords
Description of the game:
His first 8 questions are unknown. He used two lifelines before 1 million question – Phone-a-Friend at 9th question and 50:50 at 12th question. He used the third lifeline – Ask The Audience – at one million zloty question. Results: A: 35% B: 44% C: 18% D: 3%. Zbigniew decided to walk away with 500 000 zlotys because, as he said, he has never seen amount of money that big.
Existing footage:
It shows reading the question by the host, then audience vote, and moment of walking away.
Jerzy Mirski
Date:
14 October 2001
Prize Won:
500 000 zloty
Question:
Comics "child" of drawer Bob Kane is:
• A: Superman • B: Batman
• C: Spiderman • D: Captain America
Short description of contestant:
Jerzy was born In 1943. He worked as a truck driver. It is known that earlier, in May 2000, he was in Fastest Finger First, but didn't make it to the Hot Seat. Unfortunately, he died on November 1, 2016.
Description of the game:
From Jerzy's game, we know only know last two questions - for 500,000 and for one million zloty. He used all of his lifelines before 14th question.
Existing footage:
I could only find footage showing winning 500 000 zlotys and reading the question for a million.
Filip Łapiński - children's special
Date:
1 June 2002
Prize Won:
32 000 zloty
Question:
Which of these animals is not a fish:
• A: Nase • B: Blue Bream
• C: Rudd • D: European Roller
Short description of contestant:
Filip was a contestant who appeared on 2002 Children's Day specials of Milionerzy winning 32 000 zlotys to a charity TVN Nie jesteś sam after answering the final question incorrectly. He was also the first non-American and European contestant to get to the final question without the use of any lifelines, and the fourth ever contestant to do this. The previous contestants to save their lifelines for question 15 were John Carpenter (the first ever Millionaire), David Goodman and Steve Perry. Perry was the only one to not win the top prize, up to Filip's game.
Description of the game:
As I mentioned before, fillip hasn’t used any lifelines before the final question. We only know his 250 000 and 1 000 000 zloty questions. He managed to correctly answer 14th question for half a million and returned next evening for his one million zloty question. He used 50:50 lifeline and went for the wrong answer. He lost 468 000 zloty with 2 lifelines left.
Existing footage:
I’ve been able to find only footage that includes winning 250 000 zlotys, obviously in poor quality.
Paulina Kowalczyk
Date:
5 April 2008
Prize Won:
500 000 zloty
Question:
Who is the master of the same arms that Artemis specialises?
• A: Zorro • B: Legolas
• C: Don Quixote • D: Longinus Podbipięta
Short description of contestant:
Paulina comes from Łódź. She is the first women ever that got to the final question, and the first one to get there in new series of Milionerzy. (it had 5 years of break [2003-2008])
Description of the game:
She decided to use Phone-A-Friend lifeline and call her boyfriend on 10th question for 250 000 zloty. He knew the answer. She used 2 lifelines on her final question for one million. Ask the audience results: A. 22 B. 46 C.12 D.20. 50:50 left answers A and B . She decided to walk away with 500 000 zlotys.
Existing footage:
Dagna Sienko
Date:
18 May 2008
Prize Won:
500 000 zloty
Question:
Who of these actors was born in the same year in which the Lumiere brothers patented the cinematograph?
• A: Rudolph Valentino • B: Humphrey Bogart
• C: Charlie Chaplin • D: Fred Astaire
Short description of contestant:
When Dagna won 500 000 zlotys she was only 18 years old. She was very lucky. As she said later she didn't know most of the answers and she just randomly chose them.
Description of the game:
She used all of her lifelines before the final question and walked away because this time she didn't want to risk.
Existing footage:
Rafal Tomanski
Date:
22 November 2008
Prize Won:
500 000 zloty
Question:
Pro Archia Poeta turned into history as one of the brightest orations by:
• A: Isocrates • B: Cicero
• C: Demosthenes • D: Quintilian
Short description of contestant:
Rafał is a 35-year-old analyst of the Ministry of Finance from Warsaw. In 2013 Rafał won 5th episode of series 76 of Jeden z dziesięciu (polish version of Fifteen to One) with a result of 103 points which was not enough to advance to the grand final
Description of the game:
He only used Phone-A-Friend lifeline before one million zloty question. On his final question, he firstly used 50:50 and then Ask The Audience (results: A: 35% B: 65%). It wasn’t enough for him and he decided to walk away with 500 000 zlotys.
Existing footage:
I didn't translate footage I have yet so I just put a photo of Rafał on his final question. I'll probably update this thread soon.
Renata Dancewicz and Piotr Adamczyk - Celebrity Edition
Date:
7 December 2008
Prize Won:
500 000 zloty
Question:
Who was the painter in the court of King Philip IV of Spain?
• A: Marcello Bacciarelli • B: Jan van Eyck
• C: Diego Velasquez • D: Jacques-Louis David
Short description of contestant:
Renata Dancewicz (born 7 February 1969 in Leszno, Poland) is a Polish actress and member of the Polish Bridge Union. In 1988 she graduated from the 1st Mikołaj Kopernik High School in Lubin. In 2006 Dancewicz danced in the Taniec z Gwiazdami (Polish version of the Dancing with the stars).
Piotr Adamczyk (born March 21, 1972 in Warsaw) is a Polish actor. He portrayed Karol Wojtyła, who later became Pope John Paul II, in the movie Karol: A Man Who Became Pope and its sequel Karol: The Pope, The Man.
Description of the game:
I couldn’t find any footage of their game. I only know that they used 50;50 on their 1 000 000 zloty question. Answers left were C and D. They decided to walk away with 500 000 zlotys. The correct answer was C.
Existing footage:
The only thing I could find is an advertisement of Celebrity Special Episodes from 2008.
Marzena Rogowska
Date:
25 April 2009
Prize Won:
500 000 zloty
Question:
Maraschino liqueur is made of Marasca, which is a type of what?
• A: Cherry • B: Apple
• C: Fig • D: Pear
Short description of contestant:
Marzena is 32 years old. She studied law In 2009. She lives In Warsaw.
Description of the game:
It is unknown on which questions were all lifelines used. She decided to walk away with 500 000 zloty.
Existing footage:
Krzysztof Wojcik
Date:
28 March 2010
Prize Won:
1 000 000 zloty
Question:
Czesław Mozil is famous for playing on what instrument?
• A: Cornet • B: Accordion
• C: Djembe • D: Xylophone
Short description of contestant:
Krzysztof was the first ever top prize winner on Poland's version of Millionaire, Milionerzy, when he won the top prize of 1 000 000 zł on March 28, 2010, ending the show's 11-year drought of winners starting from the very first episode, with nine contestants getting to the final question and eight of them walking away and even one getting the final question wrong
He was also the second top prize winner under the 12-question format after Mohammad Hamzeh on the Arab version less than a week earlier.
Description of the game:
He used “Ask The Expert” lifeline on 7th question about Pulp Fiction. Then he used 50:50 on the 8th question, and Ask The Audience lifeline on 9th question.
Existing footage:
Katarzyna Zaręba
Date:
24 October 2010
Prize Won:
500 000 zloty
Question:
Which of these Juliusz Słowacki's poems is written in prose?
• A: Godzina myśli • B: W Szwajcarii
• C: Anhelli • D: Arab
Short description of contestant:
Katarzyna is 27 years old now. She was only 19 years old when she won 500 000 zlotys In Milionerzy. She studied economy.
Description of the game:
Katarzyna chose a risk mode. She used "switch the question" lifeline and 50:50 at 11th question. She used Ask The Expert and Ask The Audience before winning 40 000 zlotys.
Existing footage:
Michal Pirog and Karolina Korwin-Piotrowska - Celebrity Edition
Date:
19 December 2010
Prize Won:
500 000 zloty
Question:
Which of the following does not have a dorsal fin?
• A: Basking shark • B: Common thresher
• C: Killer whale • D: Bowhead whale
Short description of contestant:
Michał Piróg is Polish dancer and choreographer.
Karolina Korwin Piotrowska is Polish journalist.
Description of the game:
They had no lifelines at their final question. They decided to walk away with 500 000 zlotys.
Existing footage:
Sonia Ciuk
Date:
15 March 2017
Prize Won:
500 000 zloty
Question:
"Wątróbka z cebulką (...) jest zakąską doskonałą. Aby ją przyrządzić, należy kupić samochód i pędzić nim póty, aż się kogoś przejedzie". This is Lem and...
• A: "Solaris" • B: "Tales of Pirx the Pilot"
• C: "Dyktanda czyli…" • D: "Hospital of the Transfiguration"
Short description of contestant:
Sonia, a 31-year-old consultant from Warsaw, was a contestant of Milionerzy on 14th & 15th March 2017 and was the first person since 2010 to win 500 000 zł and to see the final question.
Description of the game:
F-F-F question:
Put these words in order: unit of mass, unit of time, unit of force, monetary unit.
• A: a gram • B: a cruzeiro
• C: a newton • D: a year
From the 6 contestants, five got it right but Sonia (with a time of 4.86 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer A-D-C-B thus making it to the hot seat. She used 50:50 and Ask The Audience lifelines at 9th question for 125 000 zlotys. At 10th question Sonia wasn't sure, so she decided to call Tymoteusz from Warsaw, who thought it was D. Sonia went with her friend and won 250 000 zł. Then, klaxon called time and Sonia would return on 250 000 zł with no lifelines left. On the final question Sonia said that she read only one of the books listed, but other than that, she had no idea and decided to walk away with half-a-million. Although she would've guessed D, the correct answer was C, "Dyktanda czyli…"
Existing footage:
Kinga Rusin and Piotr Krasko - Celebrity Edition
Date:
15 April 2017
Prize Won:
500 000 zloty
Question:
Polish Lynx, Rostov Swan, Saxon Stork and Smolensk Tipper are:
• A: pigeon breed • B: chicken breed
• C: beetles • D: skateboard tricks
Short description of contestant:
Kinga Rusin (born March 9, 1971) is a popular Polish TV presenter.
She was born in Warsaw. She pursued Italian studies at Warsaw University but never graduated. She began her career working for TVP (Polish National Television) as a program announcer. She left Poland in 1994 with her husband, Tomasz Lis, and worked as a women's magazines correspondent in the United States of America.
Piotr Kraśko - Polish journalist and TV presenter.
Description of the game:
They used 50:50 lifeline on 7th question for 40 000 zl. Then they used ask the audience on 11th question and finally phone a friend at the final question. On 10th April official website of Milionerzy uploaded a fragment of this question. Kinga and Piotr called Bartosz Węglarczyk. Kinga has read the question and answer twice, leaving Bartosz with only 7 seconds. Bartosz said it is an easy question, but time has run out.
Decision and correct answer have been revealed on 15th April - Kinga and Piotr decided to walk away with 500 000 zł. Also, this is the first time, when contestant(s) used Phone A Friend lifeline in a million złotys question.
Existing footage:
Remigiusz Skubisz
Date:
16 October 2017
Prize Won:
500 000 zloty
Question:
According to Leszek Kołakowski, what is "sklepieniem domu, w którym duch ludzki mieszka" (vault of the house in which the human spirit lives)?
• A: Mind • B: God
• C: Love • D: Time
Short description of contestant:
There is not much known about him.
Description of the game:
He used ask the audience on his final question. Results: A: 34% B: 17% C: 34% D: 18%. Remigiusz had no idea and decided to walk away with 500 000 zlotys. The correct answer was D.
Existing footage:
Zbigniew Zamachowski and Borys Szyc - Celebrity Edition
Date:
7 December 2017
Prize Won:
500 000 zloty
Question:
The icon of the June 1989 elections was a photo with Wałęsa signed "Vote for ...". Who from the so-called Lech team did not have it?
• A: Jacek Kuroń • B: Hanna Suchocka
• C: Jaroslaw Kaczynski • D: Lech Kaczyński
Short description of contestant:
Zbigniew Zamachowski (born July 17, 1961) is a Polish actor.
Zamachowski graduated from the actor's faculty in "PWSFTViT" in Łódź. He began his acting career in 1981 and in 1989 had a co-starring role in Part Ten (Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Neighbor's Goods) of director Krzysztof Kieślowski's film series, Dekalog. Four years later, Kieślowski cast him as the lead character, "Karol Karol", in Three Colors: White, the second of his acclaimed Three Colors trilogy.
Borys Szyc (born Borys Michalak; 4 September 1978) is a Polish actor and musician.
Description of the game:
I couldn't find any short fragment of their game.
Existing footage:
Random photo of their game:
Maria Romanek
Date:
21 March 2018
Prize Won:
1 000 000 zloty!
Question:
How much is 1111 multiplied by 1111, if 1 multiplied by 1 is 1 and 11 multiplied by 11 is 121?
• A: 12 321 • B: 1 234 321
• C: 111 111 111 • D: 123 454 321
Short description of contestant:
Maria Romanek is the second top prize winner of Milionerzy and the first female winner in Poland. She is a 63-year old retired Polish teacher from Bezmiechowa Dolna.
Description of the game:
F-F-F Question:
Put the words of Hermit from Adam Mickiewicz's IV part of "Forefathers' Eve" in correct order
• A: i noc ma spokojną, • B: ten żyje szczęśliwy,
• C: i dzień nietęskliwy. • D: Kto miłosci nie zna,
From 6 contestants, 3 got it right, but Maria (in 4.89 seconds) was the fastest to answer D-B-A-C, making it to the Hot Seat. At 8th question Maria didn't know the answer, so she decided to use her first lifeline - Ask the Audience. Most of the audience voted B, so Maria made it as her final answer. And it was the right answer. After this question klaxon called time and Maria would return on 75 000 zł with 2 lifelines remaining. At 9th question, Maria was not sure. She decided to call her daughter, Katarzyna. She immediately answered A, what helped her mother to win 125 000 zł. At 10th question Maria was stuck between C and D, so she decided to use her last lifeline - 50:50. Despite she wasn't sure, she made D as her final answer and won quarter of a million. She got to her final question with no lifelines left, but she calculated the answer and won 1 000 000 zlotys.
Existing footage:
Dominik Komorek
Date:
10 September 2018
Prize Won:
500 000 zloty
Question:
Which of these instruments is tuned by a musician?
'Ask the Audience' and 'Phone-a-Friend' lifelines used
• A: tambourine • B: kettle-drum ('kocioł')
• C: ocarina • D: cymbals ('czynele')
Short description of contestant:
He is 32 years old. He lives in Warsaw. He works as a government official.
Description of the game:
He only used 50:50 before the final question, so he had 2 lifelines left. At 1 000 000 question, he asked the audience. Results: A: 9% B: 44% C: 4% D: 43%. He wasn’t sure, so Dominik phoned to his father Tadeusz, who said B. kettle-drum. Dominik thought also about answer B, but walked away. B. Kettle-drum was the correct answer.
Existing footage:
So, that's all for today. I'll upload more threads about Polish "Milionerzy" if this one won't be rated bad.
Translated questions: millionaire.wikia.com
Contestants descriptions: millionaire.wikia.com + wikipedia
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