Qui Veut Gagner Des Millions ? - "Is That Your Final Answer?"

"Is That Your Final Answer?"

The Millionaire franchise's catchphrase is "Is that your final answer?" (more commonly said by some versions' hosts as "Final answer?" or simply "Final?"), a question derived from a rule requirement that the players must clearly indicate their choices before being made official (since the nature of the game allows the player to think aloud about the options before committing to an answer). As a side effect, once a final answer has been given, it cannot be changed. Many parodies of the game show capitalized on this phrase.

Players can prevent the host from asking this question by themselves stating "final answer" or some variant.

Another hallmark of the show is using dramatic pauses before the host acknowledges whether or not the answer was correct. Occasionally, on some versions, if it is time to go for a commercial break, the host will take the final answer but not announce if it is correct until after the break.

The Australian version's host, Eddie McGuire, uses "Lock it in?" as his on-air catchphrase rather than "Is that your final answer?". The host of the New Zealand version, Mike Hosking, adopted this catchphrase as well. This phrase is also used in the game show Don't Forget the Lyrics, where contestants "lock in" lyrics, and on quiz show Are You Smarter Than a 10 Year Old? (UK)/Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?

The Indian version Kaun Banega Crorepati also uses a famous catchphrase - "Lock kiya jaye?" (Lock it?). It is similar to the Australian catchphrase, and was introduced by Amitabh Bachchan with the first season of the show in India. The phrase proved to be hugely popular, and has now become part of the Indian patois. The third season saw Shah Rukh Khan step in as anchor, and he changed to the phrase "Freeze kare?" (Freeze it?). Amitabh Bachchan returned in Season 4, and with him returned "Lock kiya jaye?".

The Italian version's host, Gerry Scotti, uses "La accendiamo?" (translated as "Shall we light it up?"), referring to the graphic resolution of emphasizing the player's answer by illuminating it.

The Turkish version's host, Kenan Işık, uses "Son kararınız mı?" (translated as "Your final decision?"), and the participant responds as "Son kararım." (translated as "My final decision.").

The French version's host, Jean-Pierre Foucault, asks "C'est votre dernier mot ?", and the participant answers, "C'est mon dernier mot, Jean-Pierre".

The Arabic version's host, George Kurdahi, asks "Jawab niha'yi ?" (translated as "Final Answer?").

In Venezuela, Eladio Lárez uses the catchphrase too, asking "¿Respuesta definitiva?" (translated as "Definitive Answer?"). In the fourth question, almost always referred to a song, he tries to make the participant sing a part of the mentioned song.

The Colombian version's host, Paulo Lasserna, used the phrase "¿última palabra?" (translated as "Final word?").

The Finnish version's host, Ville Klinga, uses the "Lukitaanko vastaus?" (translated as, "to lock as the answer?").

The Israeli version's host, Yoram Arbel, uses the catchphrase, asking "Sofi?" (translated as "Finally?").

The Russian version's host, Dmitry Dibrov, uses the catchphrase, asking "Это Ваш окончательный ответ?" ("Eto vash okonchatelʹnyy otvet?," translated as "Is that your final answer?").

The Spanish version's first host, Carlos Sobera, was well known in Spain for lifting his left eyebrow and asking "¿La marcamos?" ("Shall we check it?"). Other hosts after him have used the same question but not the eyebrow raise.