Baak Maan Fu Yung

百萬富翁

Logo of Baak Maan Fu Yung
Presented by Kenneth Chan(2001–2005)
Country of origin Hong Kong
Release
Original network ATV Home(2001–2005)
Original release April 29, 2001-March 20, 2005
External links
Website web.archive.org/web/20081007232229/http://www.hkatv.com/infoprogram/millionaire/
Contestant and 百萬富翁 money tree
Fragment of the earlier edition of the show; host shows the correct order for the Fastest Finger question

Baak Maan Fu Yung (Chinese: 百萬富翁, Cantonese Yale: baak3 maan6 fu3 yung1, Jyutping: baak3 maan6 fu3 jung1, literally The Millionaire, also had the English words of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire surrounding the Chinese title) was a game show from Hong Kong, based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show's host was Kenneth Chan. The main goal of the game was to win 1 million Hong Kong dollars (US$129,000) by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly. There were three lifelines: 50:50, Phone-a-Friend and Ask-the-Audience. Baak Maan Fu Yung first aired on April 29, 2001. It was broadcast by Hong Kong's ATV.

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

Money Tree

  1. question • HK$1,000
  2. question • HK$2,000
  3. question • HK$3,000
  4. question • HK$4,000
  5. questionHK$8,000 (guaranteed sum)
  6. question • HK$10,000
  7. question • HK$20,000
  8. question • HK$30,000
  9. question • HK$40,000
  10. questionHK$60,000 (guaranteed sum)
  11. question • HK$80,000
  12. question • HK$150,000
  13. question • HK$250,000
  14. question • HK$500,000
  15. questionHK$1,000,000

Notable Contestants

Top Prize Winners

HK$1 million (15 of 15) – no time limit
The Xinjiang people can enjoy their self-produced hairy crabs. From which lake those crabs are artificially bred?
• A: Chaiwopu Lake • B: Ayding Lake
• C: Lop Nur • D: Heaven Lake
HK$1 million (15 of 15) – no time limit Ask the Audience used
Which disease western composer Chopin died of?
• A: Heart attack • B: Tuberculosis
• C: Renal failure • D: Stomach cancer
HK$1 million (15 of 15) – no time limit
Where is Chinese attraction Butterfly Spring located?
• A: Guangdong • B: Sichuan
• C: Yunnan • D: Xinjiang

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

HK$1 million (15 of 15) – no time limit
Which of the nine planets has only sixteen satellites?
• A: Mars • B: Saturn
• C: Jupiter[2] • D: Uranus

Notes

  1. Law, Shirley (28 August 2001). "ATV tastes early success in quiz shows audience battle". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
  2. Jupiter had 28 discovered satellites then, only 16 were named, which the question did not specify.
Preceded by
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Singaporean version. April 19, 2000)
Asian versions of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Succeeded by
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Malaysian version. June 5, 2000)
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