Hello and welcome to "Millionaire," I'm Meredith Vieira. You know, this is our third season of the weekday version of "Millionaire" and the first year we had two millionaires, two people who walked away with a million dollars, and then last season we had so many wonderful contestants. A lot of them made a lot of money but nobody got a million dollars. And now here we are in the third season and if anybody could do it, it is the man sitting across from me. "Jeff Gross" from "Leucadia, CA" (Meredith: Jeff ...) (Meredith: You are .. First of all, ...) (Meredith: ... you're a mortgage loan consultant in California.) (Jeff: That's right.)
(Meredith: Just a nice guy, real nice guy ...) (Meredith: ... who still remembers way back when he graduated from college ...) (Meredith: ... and went for a job with "Bill Gates." Didn't know it was "Bill Gates," ...) (Meredith: ... Didn't get the job. You froze during the interview.) (Meredith: And you've lived with that all these years, but you made a decision ...) (Meredith: ... that you were going to come on this show and do one thing and one thing only: ...) (Meredith: ... and that's to win the million dollars. For those who have not been watching, ...) (Meredith: You had a montra. Repeat it again because you say it, you just said it before this show.) (Meredith: Ten times, right?)
(Jeff: I did. Ten times just before I came on.) (Meredith: You stare in a mirror and what do you say?) (Jeff: I stare in a mirror and I say: "I'm going to answer all fifteen questions, I'm going to ..." (Jeff: ... "win one million dollars, and I'm going to be the best contestant 'Millionaire' has ever seen.") [Audience Clapping] (Meredith: And so far you've done that, you've done fourteen of them, but beyond the montra, ...) (Meredith: ... this may be your destiny. ) (Jeff: Yeah, after I found out I was a contestant on "Millionaire," ...) (Jeff: ... I went out for chinese food. Just had a nice meal ...) (Jeff: ... with my family and I got a fortune cookie at the end ...) (Jeff: ... and the fortune cookie said:) (Jeff: "A big fortune will decend upon you this year.") (Meredith: Wow!) (Meredith: Well...) (Meredith: Jeff, I'm only sorry that you don't have any companion here with you today.) (Jeff: Yeah, I know.)
(Person in Audience: We're here!) (Meredith: Oh, well that's right! Somebody in the audience just went "we're here!" We're all companions!) [Audience cheers and applauds] (Meredith: Jeff, you have $500,000. You're one question away from a million.) (Meredith: You have no lifelines left, but you have that fortune, you have that montra ...) (Meredith: ... you have the love of everybody in this room going for you.) (Jeff: Thank you!)
(Meredith: Are you ready to play?) (Jeff: Yes, Meredith.) (Meredith: Audience, are you ready?) [Audience cheers & applauds] (Meredith: Alright, let's play "Millionaire!") [Audience Applauds] (Meredith: For one million dollars, jeff.) [SUSPENSFUL HEART BEAT MUSIC] (Meredith: "Now used to refer to a cat, the word 'tabby' is derived from the ...) (... name of a district of what world capital?") A: Baghdad B: New Delhi C: Cairo D: Moscow (Jeff: Well, they used to worship cats in Egypt.) (Jeff: So Cairo is a possibility.) (Jeff: Meredith, $500,000 is jsut a fantastic amount of money for me.) (Jeff: And, I have an inkling but it's just not strong enough.) (Meredith: What is your inkling?) (Jeff: I think it's Cairo.) (Meredith: You know the irony of this is that "Millionaire" is a hit all over the world ...) (Meredith: ... so in one of these countries, this would probably be ...) (Jeff: All shouting at their TV!)
(Meredith: Exactly! This would be a $100 question ...) (Meredith: ... and in this country it's a million dollar question!) (Jeff: Oh my God.) (Jeff: Well, Meredith, at least I've seen the fifteen questions, ...) (Jeff: ... and $500,000 is a fortune as far as I'm concerned. ) (Meredith: Yeah)
(Jeff: I'm going to take the money.) [Audience Applauds]
(Meredith: Final?) (Jeff: Final answer.) (Meredith: I don't blame you, Jeff! You thought it was Cairo, let's see.) (Meredith: It was Baghdad!) (Meredith: Congratulations! Unbelievable!) (Meredith: You did great! They are standing for you, kiddo!) (Subtitles by "Mecha03")
