Robert Kim, a digital marketing professional from New York, NY, was a contestant on the seventeenth season of the syndicated U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on September 24, 2018. He won $20,000 after walking away from his $30,000 question.
WWTBAM Run[]
$500 (1 of 14) - Not Timed
The North American eel is one example of a catadromous fish, which spends most of its life in fresh water, then migrates where to breed?
⬥ A: A Motel 6
⬥ B: The back sear of a Ford Fiesta
⬥ C: The sea
⬥ D: Vegas!
$1,000 (2 of 14) - Not Timed
After spending 152 days aboard the International Space Station, Clayton Anderson wrote a children's book fittingling titled what?
⬥ A: A is for Astronaut
⬥ B: B is for Boring Space Experiments
⬥ C: C is for Crushing Loneliness
⬥ D: D is for Don't Become and Astronaut
$2,000 (3 of 14) - Not Timed
Used to keep track of prayers, a standard Dominican-style rosary includes 5 strings of beads called "decades" -- fittingly having how many beads?
⬥ A: 2
⬥ B: 5
⬥ C: 7
⬥ D: 10
$3,000 (4 of 14) - Not Timed
Though it could easily be confused with the other choices, which of these words refers to the roof of your mouth?
⬥ A: Palate
⬥ B: Pallet
⬥ C: Palette
⬥ D: Pallitt
$5,000 (5 of 14) - Not Timed
What wealthy American family, co-namesakes of a Pittsburgh university, built their fortune not in the fruit business, but in banking?
⬥ A: Lemmon
⬥ B: Mellon
⬥ C: Peech
⬥ D: Barry
$7,000 (6 of 14) - Not Timed
Which of these music acts is a solo artist, NOT a group?
⬥ A: Sugar Ray
⬥ B: Portugal. The Man
⬥ C: Lady Antebellum
⬥ D: The Weeknd
$10,000 (7 of 14) - Not Timed
Because it's super hard and almost impossible to melt, w hat element does a BBC.com article call "the perfect metal for bullets and missiles"? 'Ask the Audience' and '50:50' lifelines used.
Robert ruled out Tungsten and Iron. He said that he's put Aluminum in his oven and it stayed cold, but decided to Ask the Audience to be sure. Unfortunately the results they gave were a bit spread out so he then decided to use his 50:50 which left Tungsten and Nickel. He still didn't think it was Tungsten but decided to go with the Audience anyway and won $10,000.
$20,000 (8 of 14) - Not Timed
Boasting an impressive record of sitcom success, which actress has starred on two TV series that lasted exactly nine seasons each? 'Plus One' lifeline used.
⬥ A: Julia Lous-Dreyfus
⬥ B: Patricia Heaton
⬥ C: Courteney Cox
⬥ D: Teri Hatcher
Robert ruled out Courteney Cox and Julia Louis-Dreyfus but wasn't sure so he used his Plus One to bring his friend David down. David thought it was Patricia Heaton after ruling out the others so Robert went with it and won $20,000.
$30,000 (9 of 14) - Not Timed
In the Universal Numbering System used by the American Dental Association, the four wisdom teeth are referred to as what?
⬥ A: #1, #2, #31, #32
⬥ B: #1, #2, #27, #28
⬥ C: #1, #15, #16, #30
⬥ D: #1, #16, #17, #32
Despite having all his wisdom teeth removed Robert didn't know but narrowed it down to either A or D. Not wanting to guess he decided to walk away. He thought it was D and if he has made it his final answer he would've been right.
Trivia[]
In 2006 he donated one of his kidneys to his mother who was suffering from kidney failure at the time.
