Jacob Gabbard, from Las Vegas, NV, was a contestant who appeared on Season 16 of the U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on May 24, 2018 and left with $5,000 after missing the $10,000 question.
Jacob's Run to the Million[]
$500 (1 of 14) - Not Timed
According to new research, you can extend your life by as much as 7 hours with every hour you spend doing what?
⬥ A: Smoking cigars
⬥ B: Making YouTube videos
⬥ C: Running
⬥ D: Texting while driving
$1,000 (2 of 14) - Not Timed
Famous for invoking fear in others, Frankenstein's monster is himself often depicted as having a fear of what?
⬥ A: Flying
⬥ B: Fire
⬥ C: Clowns
⬥ D: Commitment
$2,000 (3 of 14) - Not Timed
On June 22, 1969, the day that what actress died, there was fittingly a tornado in Kansas?
⬥ A: Bette Davis
⬥ B: Katharine Hepburn
⬥ C: Judy Garland
⬥ D: Marilyn Monroe
$3,000 (4 of 14) - Not Timed
Recently one of Fortune's 40 Under 40, what is the punningly appropriate name of the CEO of the popular fitness franchise Soulcycle?
⬥ A: Melanie Joggin
⬥ B: Melanie Lifton
⬥ C: Melanie Swimmen
⬥ D: Melanie Whelan
$5,000 (5 of 14) - Not Timed
Which of these is neither a skewered meat dish, nor a piece of furniture similar to a love seat, NOR a word commonly used to describe a chimney sweep?
⬥ A: Sooty
⬥ B: Satie
⬥ C: Settee
⬥ D: Satay
$7,000 (6 of 14) - Not Timed
All but which of these hit songs were performed by artists with a chess piece in their names? 'Ask the Audience' lifeline used
NOTE: The four artists are: Queen, B.B. King, Gladys Knight and Chubby Checker.
$10,000 (7 of 14) - Not Timed
Which of the following methods of making coffee generally requires the finest-ground beans? '50:50' and 'Plus One' lifelines used
⬥ A: Cold brew
⬥ B: Espresso
⬥ C: Drip
⬥ D: French press
Jacob’s Plus One was his brother, Jeff. Neither of them were coffee drinkers (although Jeff did know Chubby Checker so that would have helped Jacob, as he could have used the audience here). Jeff remembered staying at a condo where the owner had a French Press and he thinks more-finely-ground beans would come through the filter, into the coffee, as you press them. Jacob believed the beans were in the filter and really finely-ground stuff would make it harder to press the water through. Jeff was 50% sure it's B and Jacob was 50% sure it's D.
