<P> Special weeks have also included shows featuring questions concerning specific topics, such as professional football, celebrity gossip, movies, and pop culture . During a week of episodes in November 2007, to celebrate the 1,000 th episode of the syndicated Millionaire, all contestants that week started with $1,000 so that they could not leave empty - handed, and only had to answer ten questions to win $1,000,000 . During that week, twenty home viewers per day also won $1,000 each . </P> <P> In 2004, Philbin returned to host 12 episodes of a spin - off program titled Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire in which contestants could potentially win $10,000,000 . ABC aired five episodes of this spin - off during the week of February 22, 2004, and an additional seven episodes later that year in May . As usual, contestants had to answer a series of 15 multiple - choice questions of increasing difficulty, but the dollar values rose substantially . The first five questions for Super Millionaire were worth $1,000, $2,000, $3,000, $4,000, $5,000 (the first safe haven), the remaining ten questions were worth $10,000, $20,000, $30,000, $50,000, $100,000 (the second safe haven), $500,000, $1,000,000, $2,500,000, $5,000,000, and $10,000,000 . </P> <P> Contestants were given the standard three lifelines in place at the time (50: 50, Ask the Audience, and Phone - a-Friend) at the beginning of the game . However, after correctly answering the $100,000 question, the contestant earned two additional lifelines: Three Wise Men and Double Dip . The Three Wise Men lifeline involved a panel of three experts, one of whom was always a former Millionaire contestant and at least one of whom was female . When this lifeline was used, the contestant and panel had 30 seconds to discuss the question and choices before the audio and video feeds were dropped . Double Dip gave a contestant two chances to answer a question . Once used, no further lifelines could be used; moreover, if the "first final answer" was incorrect, the contestant could not walk away . If the "second final answer" was also wrong, the contestant left with $100,000 . </P> <P> To celebrate the tenth anniversary of Millionaire's U.S. debut, the show returned to ABC primetime for an eleven - night event hosted by Philbin, which aired August 9--23, 2009 . The Academy Award - winning movie Slumdog Millionaire and the 2008 economic crisis helped boost interest of renewal of the game show . </P>

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