Paul Fajman, a meteorologist from Albion, NE was a contestant on Season 17 of the syndicated U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. He won $5,000 after incorrectly answering his $10,000 question.
Paul's Run to the Million[]
$500 (1 of 14) - Not Timed
Paleontologists in New Mexico recently became the first to unearth fossils, from a baby pentraceratops, a dinosaur that had five what?
⬥ A: Best-selling slef-help books
⬥ B: DUI convictions
⬥ C: Beverly Hills mansions
⬥ D: Horns
$1,000 (2 of 14) - Not Timed
Since 2017, Staples had used the slogan "It's Pro Time," but many still remember which popular slogan it used for a decade?
⬥ A: That Was Stupid
⬥ B: That Was Expensive
⬥ C: That Was Easy
⬥ D: That Was The Worst Paper Cut I've Ever Had
$2,000 (3 of 14) - Not Timed
In a tribute to the abundant flowers at Augusta National Golf Club, where he won the 2017 Masters, Sergio Garcia named his daughter what?
⬥ A: Azalea
⬥ B: Putter
⬥ C: Divot
⬥ D: Double Bogey
$3,000 (4 of 14) - Not Timed
Though he's often credited with getting there first in 1909, many historians now believe that explorer Robert Peary may have come a few miles short of reaching what?
⬥ A: The North Pole
⬥ B: Atlantis
⬥ C: Hawaii
⬥ D: New York City
$5,000 (5 of 14) - Not Timed
All but which of these are slang terms commonly used by craps dealers when the dice are showing 12?
⬥ A: Midnight
⬥ B: Nina
⬥ C: Six-Packs
⬥ D: Boxcars
$7,000 (6 of 14) - Not Timed
Which of these celebrities is or was married to a famous Monégasque?
⬥ A: Michael Douglas
⬥ B: Heidi Klum
⬥ C: Ryan Reynolds
⬥ D: Grace Kelly
The claxon called time and Paul would return the following day with $7,000 and all 3 lifelines remaining.
$10,000 (7 of 14) - Not Timed
On standard clothing care labels in the U.S., a single open circle with an "X" through it means what? 'Plus One' and 'Ask the Audience' lifeline used.
Paul decided to bring use his Plus One to bring his friend Brian down. Brian had a feeling it was C but it was only a hunch. Paul then decided to Ask the Audience, with most of them also going with C, Paul went with the Audience and Brian and made his final answer C: Do not wash, but it turned out that the correct answer was Do not dry clean.
