Fun trivia notes about this week's Millionaire
Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:48 pm
No gameplay spoilers in this original post, but based on the preview photos featured this week on Twitter, one of this week's players will be former Jeopardy College Champion and ToC semifinalist Erin McLean. This is fun trivia for fans of both shows for two reasons:
1) Erin has a chance to become only the third person* to win $100,000+ on both Millionaire and Jeopardy, behind Bill Macdonald and Ken Jennings.
2) Since her two opponents in the College Championship have also appeared on Millionaire (Sam Spaulding and Hans von Walter,) that College Championship will now be a rare case of all three players being contestants on both shows. I'm not sure if it's ever happened, although I imagine somebody else might.
Either way, as a Jeopardy and Millionaire fan, I'm looking forward to it.
* = Only the third person to my knowledge anyway. Someone can possibly correct me on this.
1) Erin has a chance to become only the third person* to win $100,000+ on both Millionaire and Jeopardy, behind Bill Macdonald and Ken Jennings.
2) Since her two opponents in the College Championship have also appeared on Millionaire (Sam Spaulding and Hans von Walter,) that College Championship will now be a rare case of all three players being contestants on both shows. I'm not sure if it's ever happened, although I imagine somebody else might.
Either way, as a Jeopardy and Millionaire fan, I'm looking forward to it.
* = Only the third person to my knowledge anyway. Someone can possibly correct me on this.