But there have been a few tweaks to account for cultural differences. A similar challenge faced the Hungarian producers. Belgium has a culture of professional quiz-show contestants who the show's producers had to buy off to stop them from sneaking into the show and winning top prizes straight away, Bigg said. In Holland and Germany, where the Protestant work ethic reigns supreme, the questions had to be made more difficult to make people feel like they were earning their money. The questions that are run in America would never be allowed in Holland.
Contestants play differently from country to country, too.
In Poland, host Hubert Urbanski has turned the question into a statement. Urbanski is one of Millionaire's greatest successes. But Urbanski was a complete unknown who is now one of the most famous men in Poland. Everyone laughs at his jokes now. He gets the best tables in restaurants.