Anton Sutterlüty was the first winner of Die Millionenshow (Austrian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?) and the only winner of 10,000,000 Austrian schillings (about $964,500, €727,000, £646,000), because all the other winners won €1,000,000, since Austria has used the euro since 2002. Since 1999, he works as an art mediator at the Essl Museum in Klosterneuburg.
Die Millionenshow
Here are all his questions of his way to öS 10,000,000:
- First question for öS1,000
| What is the short form of circa? |
| • A: ci | • B: cr |
| • C: ck | • D: ca |
- Second question for öS2,000
| Master of the lamp is the mythical name for...? |
| • A: Bear | • B: Rabbit |
| • C: Wolf | • D: Fox |
- Third question for öS3,000
| What does the Newtonian axioms describe? |
| • A: Spelling rules | • B: Laws of mechanics |
| • C: Baseball rules | • D: Priority rules |
- Fourth question for öS5,000
| Where was Ludwig van Beethoven born? |
| • A: in Germany | • B: in Holland |
| • C: in Belgium | • D: in Austria |
- Fifth question for guaranteed öS10,000
| Who was the "mother" in "Taxi Orange" show? |
| • A: Max | • B: Linda |
| • C: Silke | • D: Robert |
- Sixth question for öS20,000
| How do you call the pictorial representation of an abstract concept? |
| • A: Alliteration | • B: Alraune |
| • C: Almanac | • D: Allegory |
- Seventh question for öS40,000
| Which ex-member of Die Hektiker cabaret was famous from Toni Polster parodies? |
| • A: Fifi Pissecker | • B: Florian Scheuba |
| • C: Mini Bydlinski | • D: Werner Sobotka |
- Eighth question for öS80,000
| As in the legend, the cruel King Watzmann will be transformed into what? |
| • A: Waterfall | • B: Dune |
| • C: Rock | • D: Inland sea |
- Ninth question for öS160,000
| Which of these actors didn't celebrate their seventieth birthday in 2000? |
| • A: Sean Connery | • B: Mario Adorf |
| • C: Otto Schenk | • D: Sir Peter Ustinov |
- Tenth question for guaranteed öS320,000
| Which American president tripped on the airstair when he arrived in Salzburg? |
| • A: Ronald Reagan | • B: Richard Nixon |
| • C: Jimmy Carter | • D: Gerald Ford |
- Eleventh question for öS640,000
| Which of these rivers are in New York? |
| • A: Mississippi and Hudson | • B: Hudson and East River |
| • C: Potomac and Hudson | • D: Missouri and Potomac |
- Twelfth question for öS1,250,000
| Austrian economist Dr. Emanuel Herrmann is famous because he invented what? |
| • A: Postcard | • B: Thermos |
| • C: Gelling | • D: Garden hose |
- Thirteenth question for öS2,500,000
| Where is the monastery church of "Santa Maria delle Grazie", in which there is Da Vinci's painting "The Last Supper"? |
| • A: Florence | • B: Roma |
| • C: Milan | • D: Bolzano |
- Fourteenth question for öS5,000,000
| Writer Samuel Langhorne Clemens was known as who? |
| • A: John Steinbeck | • B: Mark Twain |
| • C: John B. Priestley | • D: Sam Shepard |
- Fifteenth question for öS10,000,000
| Who is the Greek muse of lyrical music? |
| • A: Euterpe | • B: Musica |
| • C: Lyra | • D: Viola |
