Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Hong Kong game show)

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Chinese: 百萬富翁; Cantonese Yale: baak3 maan6 fu3 yung1, lit. The Millionaire) is a Hong Kong game show, based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show's first host was Kenneth Chan. The main goal of the game is to win HK$1 million (US$129,000) by correctly answering 15 multiple-choice questions. There are three lifelines: 50:50, Phone-a-Friend and Ask-the-Audience. It first aired on April 29, 2001. It was broadcast by Hong Kong's ATV.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire
Logo
Original title	百萬富翁
Presented by	Kenneth Chan (2001–2005) Stephen Chan (2018)
Country of origin	Hong Kong
Original language	Cantonese
Production
Production companies	Celador International (2001–2005) 2waytraffic International (2018)
Original release
Network	ATV Home (2001–2005) Asia Television Digital Media (2018)
Release	April 29, 2001 (2001-04-29) – March 20, 2005 (2005-03-20)

Contestant and money tree

Fragment of the earlier edition of the show; host shows the correct order for the Fastest Finger question

It is notable in ATV's 58-year history for being one of its few viewership successes over its rival station TVB.^[1]

As ATV returned broadcasting as an OTT provider in December 2017, a revival of the show was announced. The new series is hosted by Stephen Chan.^[2]

Money Tree

Payout structure[3]
Question number	Question value
	2001–2005	2018
1	$1,000
2	$2,000
3	$3,000
4	$4,000
5	$8,000	$6,000
6	$10,000
7	$20,000
8	$30,000
9	$40,000
10	$60,000
11	$80,000
12	$150,000
13	$250,000
14	$500,000
15	$1,000,000

Notable Contestants

Top Prize Winners

• James Wong and Petrina Fung, 15 July 2001 (celebrity edition)

HK$1 million (15 of 15) – no time limit, Ask the Audience used
The Xinjiang people can enjoy their self-produced hairy crabs. From which lake are these crabs artificially bred?
⬥ A: Chaiwopu Lake (85%)	⬥ B: Ayding Lake (9%)
⬥ C: Lop Nur (2%)	⬥ D: Heaven Lake (4%)

• Stephen Chow and Erica Li [zh], 21 August 2001 (celebrity edition)

HK$1 million (15 of 15) – no time limit
From which disease did western composer Chopin die of?
⬥ A: Heart attack	⬥ B: Tuberculosis
⬥ C: Renal failure	⬥ D: Stomach cancer

• Chan Hon-cheung (陳漢翔), 2 November 2001

HK$1 million (15 of 15) – no time limit, 50:50 used
Where is the Chinese tourist attraction Butterfly Spring located?
⬥ A: Guangdong	⬥ B: Sichuan
⬥ C: Yunnan	⬥ D: Xinjiang

• Cheng Tak-cheung (鄭德璋), 7 February 2003 (million dollar tournament)

Top Prize Losers (People who answered the final question incorrectly)

• Ling Wing Kuen (凌永權) and Ling Shuk Ling (凌淑玲), 9 November 2001 (lost HK$440,000)

HK$1 million (15 of 15) – no time limit
Which of the nine planets has only sixteen satellites?
⬥ A: Mars	⬥ B: Saturn
⬥ C: Jupiter[4]	⬥ D: Uranus

• Peggy Cash and Rose Money, 1 June 2018^[5]

HK$1 million (15 of 15) – no time limit
In Thai, what does "Till La Ma" mean in Cantonese?
⬥ A: Come on	⬥ B: Do not fight
⬥ C: Play again	⬥ D: I do not know