who wants to be a millionaire
- triviaUnimportant miscellaneous facts
- lifelineEssential connection to safety
- phoneHandheld communication device
- friendNon-kin mutual bond
- audienceGathered viewers collectively
million · prize · hot seat · final answer · contestant · questions · suspense · spotlight · quiz · host · money · ladder · nervous · jackpot · walk away · fifty-fifty · ask the audience · tension
aspirational vs anti-materialist media
who wants to be a millionairevow of poverty
Pledge to forsake wealth
anti-materialism · monastic life · asceticism · into the wild · minimalism
game show format - high stakes vs low stakes
who wants to be a millionairematch game
Competition between opponents
knowledge-based vs chance-based competition
who wants to be a millionairewheel of fortune
Symbol of fate's fickleness