Louisville, KY
Fireman
Jeff is raising two boys as a single dad - a very very busy guy. Jeff needed two lifelines to reach the $25,000 question, he never thought he'd make it to $100,000.
Sometimes Jeff gets is told he looks like David Duchovney. The day after his first Millionaire appearance aired, Jeff was stopped by someone at a convenience store who actually recognized him from Millionaire.
Jeff will have 4min 7sec of think time.
$1,000,000
"Nephelococcygia" is the practice of doing what?
A: Finding shapes in clouds B: Sleeping with your eyes open
C: Breaking glass with your voice D: Swimming in freezing water
Jeff quietly focuses on the word for several seconds, and mentions that his first impulse upon seeing the question was an answer that didn't appear among the choices.
When prompted by Meredith, he explains that he was looking at "neph-" and thinking kidney, "cocc" a la the tailbone, so he was expecting something in the base of the spine perhaps. i.e. nothing that matches the choices at hand.
"Jeff: I'm also thinking a sweater was a really bad choice."
"Meredith: They've always called you a hot fireman..." Ba-dum-DUMP!
"I'm not getting the bold out of the blue that I was hoping for. The only thing that's looking good is the $100,000 that I already have."
With 1min 25sec remaining on the clock, Jeff decides to walk away with his $100,000.
Jeff's "just for fun" guess that he kept coming back to but couldn't justify was