Jamie Smarr, from New York, New York appeared as a contestant of Season 8 of the U.S. version on June 14, 2010. Jamie won $25,000 after missing his $50,000 question.
Jamie’s Run to the million[]
| $500 (1 of 15) - 0:15 Time Limit Category: Common Sayings | |
| According to a common saying, “the grass is always greener” where? ’Ask the Audience’ lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Under the shady tree | ⬥ B: On the other side of the fence |
| ⬥ C: At the bottom of the hill | ⬥ D: In Al Gore’s backyard |
| Ask the Audience Results: A: 1% ⬥ B: 97% ⬥ C: 0% ⬥ D: 2% | |
| $1,000 (2 of 15) - 0:15 Time Limit Category: Medicine | |
| Used to describe medical treatments put directly into the veins, the word “intravenous” is commonly abbreviated how? | |
| ⬥ A: IN | ⬥ B: IT |
| ⬥ C: IV | ⬥ D: IS |
| $2,000 (3 of 15) - 0:15 Time Limit Category: Fruits & Veggies | |
| What fruit commonly ranges in size from the five-pound “Sugar Baby” variety to the forty-pound “Jubilee” variety? | |
| ⬥ A: Kiwi | ⬥ B: Banana |
| ⬥ C: Watermelon | ⬥ D: Strawberry |
| $3,000 (4 of 15) - 0:15 Time Limit Category: Little League | |
| Played by children as a way to learn baseball, Tee Ball omits what aspect of the grown-up version of the sport? | |
| ⬥ A: Batting | ⬥ B: Catching the ball |
| ⬥ C: Base-running | ⬥ D: Pitching |
| $5,000 (5 of 15) - 0:15 Time Limit Category: Band Names | |
| What popular band chose its name partly as a joke, as it was also the name of a Swedish fish cannery? | |
| ⬥ A: Queen | ⬥ B: ABBA |
| ⬥ C: Bee Gees | ⬥ D: Def Leppard |
| $7,500 (6 of 15) - 0:30 Time Limit Category: American Icons | |
| “Hoist” and “fly” are the technical terms for the width and length of what U.S. symbol? | |
| ⬥ A: Dollar bill | ⬥ B: U.S. passport |
| ⬥ C: U.S. flag | ⬥ D: Social Security card |
| $10,000 (7 of 15) - 0:30 Time Limit Category: CELEBRITY Q | |
| Both my grandfather, John S. McCain Sr., and my father, John S. McCain Jr., held what job? | |
| ⬥ A: Fortune 500 CEO | ⬥ B: U.S. Representative |
| ⬥ C: University president | ⬥ D: Four-star Navy admiral |
| $12,500 (8 of 15) - 0:30 Time Limit Category: How Do You Say? | |
| According to the Broadcast Pronunciation Guide of the Associated Press, what state capital’s name is pronounced “PEER”? | |
| ⬥ A: Idaho | ⬥ B: Wyoming |
| ⬥ C: South Dakota | ⬥ D: Nebraska |
| $15,000 (9 of 15) - 0:30 Time Limit Category: World Cultures | |
| Also known as the Sami, the once nomadic people known as the Lapps primarily herded what animal for survival? ’Double Dip’ lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Bison | ⬥ B: Reindeer |
| ⬥ C: Moose | ⬥ D: Horse |
| $25,000 (10 of 15) - 0:30 Time Limit Category: Airports | |
| In 2005, an international airport serving Baltimore, MD was renamed to honor what former Supreme Court justice? | |
| ⬥ A: Thurgood Marshall | ⬥ B: Earl Warren |
| ⬥ C: Oliver Wendell Holmes | ⬥ D: Louis Brandels |
| $50,000 (11 of 15) - 0:45 Time Limit Category: Women Authors | |
| Of the following literary women, who is the only one ever to have gotten married? | |
| ⬥ A: Emily Dickinson | ⬥ B: Edith Wharton |
| ⬥ C: Jane Austen | ⬥ D: Louisa May Alcott |