Jaroslav Beňovič

Jaroslav Beňovič, a former technician from Trenčianské Teplice appeared as a contestant in the third season of Milionár on December 3, 2002 and won 5,000 Sk after incorrectly answering his 6th question.

After his game, he believed that the computer had made a mistake on his 10,000 Sk question.

WWTBAM Run[]

Fastest Finger First[]

Fastest Finger First Question
Arrange these sports by the year of first world championship:
⬥ A: figure skating	⬥ B: light athletics
⬥ C: football	⬥ D: swimming

From the 10 contestants, only Jaroslav got it right (with a time of 8.89 seconds) to correctly answer A-C-D-B, making it to the hot seat.

Jaroslav's Run to the Million[]

500 Sk (1 of 15) - Not Timed
How do you say to the non-adult girl?
⬥ A: little fish	⬥ B: little frog
⬥ C: little fox	⬥ D: little mouse

1,000 Sk (2 of 15) - Not Timed
Free part of the screw with internal coil is:
⬥ A: nut	⬥ B: daddy
⬥ C: bedbug	⬥ D: heel

2,000 Sk (3 of 15) - Not Timed
From where in the 16th century were potatoes to the Europe imported? 'Ask the Audience' lifeline used
⬥ A: from Australia	⬥ B: from Asia
⬥ C: from America	⬥ D: from Africa
Ask the Audience Results: A: 11% ⬥ B: 4% ⬥ C: 73% ⬥ D: 12%

3,000 Sk (4 of 15) - Not Timed
Interview made only for one newspaper is:
⬥ A: exotic	⬥ B: extravagant
⬥ C: examplary	⬥ D: exclusive

5,000 Sk (5 of 15) - Not Timed
Who created a theory about conditioned reflexes?
⬥ A: Popov	⬥ B: Metchnikoff
⬥ C: Mendeleev	⬥ D: Pavlov

10,000 Sk (6 of 15) - Not Timed
Salume mortadella has form made of: 'Phone-a-Friend' and '50:50' lifelines used
⬥ A: cylinder	⬥ B: dice
⬥ C: pyramid	⬥ D: ball

Jaroslav knew about mortadella but he didn't remember it. He phoned his friend Ján Súrovský, who would go for cylinder, but Jaroslav also used a 50:50. He then decided to go for cylinder and got it wrong.

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Jaroslav Beňovič's run to the million