Rob Gelbman

Rob Gelbman, from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, was a contestant on season 1 of the U.S. version of the show on August 19th, 1999. He walked away with $1,000 after incorrectly answering his $32,000 question.

Fastest Finger Question
From the 10 contestants, 4 got it right, but Rob (with a time of 7.58 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer A-B-C-D, making it into the Hot Seat.

Pos-WWTBAM
Rob tried to sue the show for breach of contract, and negligent and intentional infliction of severe emotional distress after being eliminated from the game for incorrectly answering a question which, according to Gelbman, was ambiguous. According to him, Aquarius is indeed the last sign of the Zodiac, and it also starts in January. Hence, the question could be interpreted two ways, with Rob's interpretation being a valid one, because the question did not specify what type of year it was referring to. However, Celador refused to bring him back to the show.

Since Rob signed a contract stating that Celador had the final say on everything on the show, the court dismissed Rob's action.