Jeff Tarr appeared as a contestant in Millionaire Hot Seat and won AU$1,000 on 28 September 2009 after answering the AU$1,000,000 question wrong, becoming the second person to do so. Before that, he became the first contestant in "Hot Seat" history to reach the million dollar mark with answering all the first 14 questions.
Jeff's Run to a Million[]
A$100 (1 of 15) - 15 seconds
When children are well behaved, we say they are good as what?
⬥ A: Credit
⬥ B: Gold
⬥ C: Money in the bank
⬥ D: Mortgage payments
A$200 (2 of 15) - 15 seconds
Which of these is a common term for sound effects often added to sitcoms?
⬥ A: Bozed tears
⬥ B: Tinned gasps
⬥ C: Canned laughter
⬥ D: Pickled applause
A$300 (3 of 15) - 15 seconds
What kind of clock is right twice a day, according to folklore?
⬥ A: Cuckoo
⬥ B: Grandfather
⬥ C: Backward
⬥ D: Stopped
A$500 (4 of 15) - 15 seconds
In 1972, the ALP campaigned in the Federal election with the slogan 'It’s' what?
⬥ A: Good
⬥ B: Excellent
⬥ C: Time
⬥ D: Weird
A$1,000 (5 of 15) - 15 seconds
Sydneysider Alex Perry is a renowned...?
⬥ A: Architect
⬥ B: Barrister
⬥ C: Fashion designer
⬥ D: Playwright
A$1,500 (6 of 15) - 30 seconds
The title of a Savage Garden Hot does not contain which of these words?
⬥ A: Nightly
⬥ B: Madly
⬥ C: Deeply
⬥ D: Truly
A$2,500 (7 of 15) - 30 seconds
The term 'furphy', for a false story or rumour, derives from a brand of what?
⬥ A: Seat
⬥ B: Fence
⬥ C: Saddle
⬥ D: Water cart
A$4,000 (8 of 15) - 30 seconds
Related to royalty, the British branch of the Battenberg family changed their surname to what?
⬥ A: Norfolk
⬥ B: Spencer
⬥ C: Mountbatten
⬥ D: Cumberland
A$6,000 (9 of 15) - 30 seconds
The story of late photojournalist Sydney Schanberg is gold in which film?
⬥ A: The Last Emperor
⬥ B: The Killing Fields
⬥ C: Platoon
⬥ D: JFK
A$10,000 (10 of 15) - 30 seconds
'Absolute zero' is zero on which scale?
⬥ A: Kelvin
⬥ B: Celsius
⬥ C: Fahrenheit
⬥ D: Scoville
A$20,000 (11 of 15) - 45 seconds
By definition, what does a carpophagous animal eat?
⬥ A: Fruit
⬥ B: Leaves
⬥ C: Fish
⬥ D: Insect
A$50,000 (12 of 15) - 45 seconds
The point at which the prime or Greenwich meridian of longitude meets the equator falls within where?
⬥ A: Algeria
⬥ B: Mali
⬥ C: Ghana
⬥ D: Atlantic Ocean
A$100,000 (13 of 15) - 45 seconds
Which body part is also known as the pollex?
⬥ A: The chin
⬥ B: The knee
⬥ C: The ankle
⬥ D: The thumb
A$250,000 (14 of 15) - 45 seconds
How many times in total has Hollywood legend Elizabeth Taylor been married?
⬥ A: Three
⬥ B: Six
⬥ C: Eight
⬥ D: Nine
A$1,000,000 (15 of 15) - 45 seconds
Horowitz is the original surname of which American actor?
⬥ A: Matt Damon
⬥ B: Johnny Depp
⬥ C: Julia Roberts
⬥ D: Winona Ryder
Jeff was leaning towards A: Matt Damon and D: Winona Ryder. He was about to go with Winona Ryder, but, after realizing that he hadn’t answered option A in a while (since question 11), he decided to go with Matt Damon. Unfortunately, that answer is incorrect and his first instinct was correct.
Before he had his 15 minutes of fame on Hot Seat, he was a Fastest Finger First contestant on the final episode of the regular show in 2005, which was better known for Martin Flood becoming the second million dollar winner, and a FFF failure right after it.
