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1999 South African TV series or program
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? | |
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| Created by | Celador |
| Presented by | Jeremy Maggs |
| Country of origin | South Africa |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Running time | 60 minutes including commercials |
| Production company | Videovision Entertainment |
| Original release | |
| Network | M-Net, SABC 3 |
| Release | 7 November 1999 (1999-11-07) – 2005 (2005) |
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a South African game show hosted by Jeremy Maggs and based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The goal of the game was to win one million rand by answering fifteen multiple choice questions correctly. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? was shown on the South African TV station M-Net, which also used their logo in the programme's logo. The program was shown on Wednesdays and Sundays. Six series of the show were made. There was a project to make another version of the quiz show in Afrikaans, which launched on 27 October 2021 as Wie Word 'n Miljoenêr? airing on KykNET.
Payout structure
| Question number | Question value |
|---|---|
| (Yellow zones are the guaranteed levels) | |
| 1 | R100 |
| 2 | R200 |
| 3 | R300 |
| 4 | R500 |
| 5 | R1,000 |
| 6 | R2,000 |
| 7 | R4,000 |
| 8 | R8,000 |
| 9 | R16,000 |
| 10 | R32,000 |
| 11 | R64,000 |
| 12 | R125,000 |
| 13 | R250,000 |
| 14 | R500,000 |
| 15 | R1,000,000 |
Top prize winners
David Paterson was the only million rand winner, on 19 March 2000. He was the first winner outside the United States.
| R1,000,000 (15 of 15) – no time limit | |
| Which famous musical star was known as Baby Frances Gumm early in her career? | |
| ⬥ A: Ginger Rogers | ⬥ B: Deanna Durbin |
| ⬥ C: Doris Day | ⬥ D: Judy Garland |
| Paterson's one million rand question | |
External links
References
- "PE brainbox becomes TV millionaire". Archived from the original on 6 June 2011.
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