History Trivia / MillionSecondQuiz

* GenreKiller[=/=]StillbornFranchise: Did not lead to a revival of quiz shows as NBC had hoped thanks to the technical glitches and confusion, and also proved that "we '''can't''' do this all live" since no live game shows have been done since. NBC uncerimoniously euthanized the show and the idea behind it with no announcement. It also kept the game show genre's long DorkAge in effect.
** A contestant who lost on the first episode actually [[TemptingFate tempted fate]] and said that she'd be back next year to try again. Neither she, or ''Million Second Quiz'' itself, got a second chance.

* RealSongThemeTune: "All Night" by Icona Pop was used at the top of the show.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Multiple players; for example, Brandon Saunders (the runner-up) were contestants on ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' once (Saunders was specifically, on an episode with a [[Funny/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire funny moment]] where [[FreudWasRight 69%]] of the audience correctly voted that a late-night porn block on Creator/{{Cinemax}} had the FanNickname "Skinemax")
** Around midnight on Oct. 16, another ''Millionaire'' contestant found his way into the chair; namely, million-dollar winner Ed Toutant.
** The eventual winner, Andrew Kravis, lost in a quarter-final round during the ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' Teen Tournament in 2002, and won about $50,000 on a ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' College Week. He also, oddly enough, was a contestant on ''Millionaire''. Except he only won $1,000.

* GenreKiller: Did not lead to a revival of quiz shows as NBC had hoped thanks to the technical glitches and confusion, and also proved that "we '''can't''' do this all live" since no live game shows have been done since. It also kept the game show genre's long DorkAge in effect.

* StillbornFranchise: A contestant who lost on the first episode actually [[TemptingFate tempted fate]] and said that she'd be back next year to try again. Neither she, or ''Million Second Quiz'' itself, got a second chance; the show's failure led to NBC uncerimoniously euthanizing the show and the idea behind it with no announcement.

* StillbornFranchise: A contestant who lost on the first episode actually [[TemptingFate tempted fate]] and said that she'd be back next year to try ''Million-Second Quiz'' again. There was no try again; the show's failure led to NBC uncerimoniously euthanizing the show and the idea behind it with no announcement.

** Troper {{mimitchi33}}'s mom was one of the contestants on the show.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Multiple players; for example, Brandon Saunders (the runner-up) was a contestant on ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' once (specifically, an episode with a [[Funny/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire funny moment]] where [[FreudWasRight 69%]] of the audience correctly voted that a late-night porn block on Creator/{{Cinemax}} had the FanNickname "Skinemax")

* HeyItsThatGuy: Multiple players; for example, Brandon Saunders (the runner-up) was a contestant on ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' once. Conveniently, it was the same episode where [[FreudWasRight 69%]] of the audience correctly voted that a late-night porn block on Creator/{{Cinemax}} had the FanNickname "Skinemax" (which we, as TVTropes, actually list as one of its [[Funny/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire funny moments]]).

* HeyItsThatGuy: Multiple players; for example, Brandon Saunders was a contestant on ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' once. Conveniently, it was the same episode where [[FreudWasRight 69%]] of the audience correctly voted that a late-night porn block on Creator/{{Cinemax}} had the FanNickname "Skinemax" (which we, as TVTropes, actually list as one of its [[Funny/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire funny moments]]).

* HeyItsThatGuy: Multiple players: for example, Brandon Saunders was a contestant on ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' once; conveniently, the same episode where [[FreudWasRight 69%]] of the audience correctly voted that a late-night porn block on Creator/{{Cinemax}} had the FanNickname "Skinemax" (which we, as TVTropes, actually list as one of its [[Funny/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire funny moments]])
** Around midnight on the 16th, another Millionaire contestant found his way into the chair, namely million-dollar winner Ed Toutant.
** The eventual winner Andrew Kravis lost in a quarter-final round during the ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' Teen Tournament in 2002, and won about $50,000 on a ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' College Week. He also, oddly enough, was also on ''Millionaire''. Except he only won $1,000

* HeyItsThatGuy: Multiple players: for example, Brandon Saunders was a contestant on ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' once; conveniently, the same episode where [[FreudWasRight 69%]] of the audience correctly voted that a late-night porn block on Creator/{{Cinemax}} had the FanNickname "Skinemax"

** Around midnight on the 16th, another Millionaire contestant found his way into the chair, namely million-dollar winner Ed Toutant.

* HeyItsThatGuy: Brandon Saunders was a contestant on ''Series/WhoWantsToBeAMillionaire'' once; conveniently, the same episode where [[FreudWasRight 69%]] of the audience correctly voted that a late-night porn block on Creator/{{Cinemax}} had the FanNickname "Skinemax"