Prior to appearing on Millionaire, Erin was a contestant in the Jeopardy! College Championship in 2010, winning the tournament and the $100,000 prize. As a result, she proceeded to compete in the 2011 Tournament of Champions, where she was eliminated in the semifinals. In 2024, Erin and her two fellow finalists in the College Championship (Sam Spaulding and Hans von Walter), reunited for the first Pop Culture Jeopardy! tournament, playing under the team name "Esprit Top 3".
Erin's Run to the Million[]
$500 (1 of 14) - Not Timed
The FDA says that after losing electricity, a full freezer will keep an adequate temperature for 48 hours as long as what?
⬥ A: You don't look at it
⬥ B: You pray before it
⬥ C: The door remains closed
⬥ D: You turn it upside down
$1,000 (2 of 14) - Not Timed
At 1:20:40, multitasking athlete Michael Kopral holds the half-marathon record for joggling, a sport that consists of running while what?
⬥ A: Playing Boggle
⬥ B: Juggling
⬥ C: Cleaning goggles
⬥ D: Being jiggled
$2,000 (3 of 14) - Not Timed
According to Merriam-Webster, which of the following names of animals is NOT both a noun and a verb?
⬥ A: Seal
⬥ B: Snake
⬥ C: Giraffe
⬥ D: Bear
$3,000 (4 of 14) - Not Timed
With a clunky engine that made "the sound of virginity," Jon Stewart says his first car was what widely disparaged model named for a mythical creature?
⬥ A: AMC Gremlin
⬥ B: Ford Goblin
⬥ C: Chrysler Ogre
⬥ D: GMC Sasquatch
$5,000 (5 of 14) - Not Timed
Reacting to the news that it will finally end after 15 seasons, Season 1 co-host tweeted "I knew" what "would never last without me"? 'Ask the Audience' lifeline used
As it's nearly impossible due to high winds and thin air, National Geographic says fighter pilot Didier Delsalle is the only person to land a helicopter where?
⬥ A: The summit of Mt. Everest
⬥ B: The floor of the Grand Canyon
⬥ C: The South Pole
⬥ D: The Sahara Desert
$10,000 (7 of 14) - Not Timed
Fifty-year-old Sandra Bullock is the oldest person ever to grace the cover of People's "Most Beautiful" issue. Who was the youngest, in 1998, at age 23?
⬥ A: Halle Berry
⬥ B: Matthew McConaughey
⬥ C: Leonardo DiCaprio
⬥ D: Scarlett Johansson
$20,000 (8 of 14) - Not Timed
Now one of the world's most well-known electronics companies, which of these began in the 1930s as an export business selling dried Korean fish? '50:50' lifeline used
