Jeremy Blais Wins $250,000 on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”
Jeremy Blais, a Surf Rescue lifeguard and pharmacist from Matunuck, RI, became the newest mega money winner on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. On Wednesday Jeremy won the $250,000 prize, making him the third person this season to take home the third biggest amount of money the show can offer. Jeremy won by Jumping over the $100,000 question, reasoning out the $250,000 and finding the right answer, and finally walking away on the $500,000 question.
Jeremy cruised through the first round with $67,600 in his bank. He managed to retain one Jump the Question lifeline and Ask the Audience. His $100,000 question asked, “What media magnate claims he was the USS Enterprise’s radar operator when it tracked John Glenn’s space capsule in 1962?” He elected to Jump the Question and face the $250,000 question…
In October 2008, the Chicago-based Internet company Groupon sold its first discount deal, a two-for-one offer on what?
A: Teeth cleanings
B: Pizza
C: Yoga classes
D: Movie tickets
After realizing that the word “Chicago” in the question would most likely be a clue, Jeremy made B, Pizza, his final answer and scored the $250,000 prize. His $500,000 question was…
In the famous painting “Washington Crossing the Delaware,” what future U.S. President is depicted holding the flag?
A: John Quincy Adams
B: Thomas Jefferson
C: James Monroe
D: James Madison
Though he had a hunch that it was D, the audience thought the answer was B. Jeremy wisely decided to leave with $250,000. If he went for it he would have lost $225,000 and dropped back to the $25,000 level. The correct answer was C.
This win makes Jeremy Blais the third $250,000 winner this season, following celebrity Anthony Anderson and Noam Osband. Jeremy is the seventh person to win $250,000 since Millionaire switched to the current Super Mix format. No one has won higher yet. Keep checking the show out in the next few weeks. You never know when someone may.
Did you miss Jeremy’s amazing game? Here are a few highlights of his run. It was a great moment. I haven’t seen a reaction like his family’s in a while. It looked like they were about to pass out. Photo and video courtesy Valleycrest Productions Ltd.
Using the audience at $500K isn’t going to help much, but other than that, yeah we don’t see games like this much on WWTBAM.
I wish he would’ve used the Ask the Audience on the question when he used that first Jump. Then, he seriously might’ve seen the $1,000,000 question!
Altogether though, that was THE most exciting game of “Millionaire” I’ve seen in a long time! I really, REALLY thought he was going to go all the way! Great moment, great contestant, and just great all around!
LOVED seeing this!
I appeared as the audience contestant the day before. Unfortunately my episode didn’t air in my hometown because they were covering the Giants victory parade instead. But still, that was impressive winning a quarter million. Now how about a higher win?
How nice of the question writer to practically hand a 50/50 question for a $100K level.
Howard Hughes had started Playboy by then and Rupert Murdoch is from Australia…hmm, really leaves only two answers to choose from.
Now I don’t have a problem with this question, but this just proves my point as to why there hasn’t been a winner in so many years–it’s all about the writing. Even a 50/50 question is tough enough to jump, but realistic enough to give a guess if not known. If the writing was more consistent and in line with this $100K question, we would get more moments like this.
Great game Jeremy!
Thursday’s episode had the contestant pass on this $250K Question: What was the first letter Vanna turned over on WOF(T in the puzzle General Hospital). And the next contestant gets through her $100K question when time runs out. Another $250K question seen on tomorrow’ show.