Ike Barinholtz makes history winning ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?’ after dominating ‘Celebrity Jeopardy’
nypost.com“Celebrity Jeopardy” last year and then advancing to “Tournament of Champions,” the “Mindy Project” star, 47, made history on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” Tuesday night.
Ike and his dad, Alan, who appeared in the mockumentary comedy “Jury Duty” last year, became the first pair to win the $1,000,000 grand prize on the revamped celebrity version of the long-running game show.
The father-son duo took home the million dollars for their choice of charity, ASL Program at Los Encinos School.During the episode, the Barinholtzs correctly answered questions about raccoons, “Tangled,” Renaissance art, sleep apnea and more to reach the final two questions.For the first time, they used one of their lifelines on Question 14, which asked where explorer Ferdinand Magellan died.
They narrowed down the options with their 50/50 lifeline and then used their phone a friend lifeline to confirm the Philippines as the right answer.
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