Jeff Gross

Jeff Gross, a mortgage consultant living in Richmond, Surrey and Leucadia, California was a contestant on both the UK and US versions of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire on October 30 2001 and November 19 2004. He won £64,000 and $500,000

American version
1. ($100) What rodents share their name with an exclaimation commonly used to express displeasure?

A: Shrews

B: Hamsters

C. Rats

D: Corporate lawyers

Correct Answer: C

2. ($200) According to a common piece of advice, "Waste not," what?

A: Win not

B: Worry not

C: Work not

D: Want not

Correct Answer: D

3. ($300) In the term "PIN number," the "I" stands for what?

A: Information

B: Identification

C: Interest

D: Index

Correct Answer: B

''' 4. ($500) What nationwide chain sells coffee tables with names such as Markör, Drömme and Fröjista? '''

 A: IKEA 

 B: Sears 

 C: Wal-Mart 

 D: Kmart 

 Correct Answer: A 

''' 5. ($1,000) What classic tv character usually calls his son-in-law "Meathead"? ''' A: George Jefferson

B: Howard Cunningham

C: Archie Bunker

D: Mr. Roeper

Correct Answer: C

6. ($2,000) Peter Frampton's 1976 best-selling live album is titled "Frampton" what?

A: Lives Forever!

B: Comes Alive!

C: Is on Fire!

D: Here and Now!

Correct Answer: B

7. ($4,000) In which of these sports can a player make a mistake called a "foot fault"?

A: Tennis

B: Baseball

C: Golf

D: Soccer

Correct Answer: A

8. ($8,000) What type of poem consists of an octave followed by a sestet?

A: Haiku

B: Limerick

C: Ode

D: Sonnet   Correct

Answer: D

9: ($16,000) In 1994, Oliver North fell less than three percentage points short of winning the U.S. Senate seat of which state?

A: Kansas

B: North Carolina

C: Virginia

D: Nebraska

Correct Answer: C

10: ($25,000) In March 2004, rebel leader Guy Phillipe declared himself the "military chief" of which country?

A: Nicaragua

B: Dominican Republic

C: Panama

D: Haiti

Correct Answer: D

11: ($50,000) Often said to be the resting place of Noah's Ark, Mount Ararat lies in which country?

A: Egypt

B: Turkey

C: Lebanon

D: Syria

Correct Answer: B

12: ($100,000) What is the first name of Agatha Christie's spinster sleuth Ms. Marple?

A: Jane

B: Abigail

C: Edith

D: Beatrice

Correct Answer: A   (At this point, Jeff uses his first lifeline, Ask The Audience:   Studio: A-37% B-39% C-14% D-10% AOL: A-20% B-36% C-19% D-25%   He isn't confident with his poll numbers, so he uses his next lifeline, Phone A Friend. His friend Todd is 100% precent sure the answer is Jane, which is the right answer)

13-A: ($250,000) What ex-president wrote about his love for fishing in the book "Fishing for Fun and to Wash your Soul"?

A: Harry Truman

B: Richard Nixon

C: Herbert Hoover

D: Dwight Eisenhower

Correct Answer: C (Jeff has no idea of the answer, and uses his Switch The Question lifeline)

13-B: ($250,000) What is the highest note on a standard 88-key piano?

A: C

B: B flat

C: F sharp

D: A

Correct Answer: A

14: ($500,000) After nitrogen and oxygen, what is the third most abundant gas in air?

A: Xenon

B: Argon

C: Helium

D: Neon

Correct Answer: B (Jeff uses his last lifeline, 50:50, eliminating A and C. He had been leaning towards B, and makes it his final answer, making him a half millionaire)

15: ($1 Million) Now used to refer to a cat, the word "tabby" is derived from the name of a district of what world capital?

A: Baghdad

B: New Dehli

C: Cairo

D: Moscow

Correct Answer: A (Jeff notes that the Egyptians used to worship cats, making him lean towards Cairo, but his inkling isn't strong enough, and he decides to walk away with $500,000)