Shannon McGehee

Shannon McGehee, a graduate student from San Diego, California, was a contestant on season 1 of the U.S. version of the show on January 12, 2000. She walked away with $1,000 after incorrectly answering her $2,000 question.

Fastest Finger Question
From the 9 remaining contestants, 4 got it right, but Shannon (with a time of 0.87 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer C-B-D-A, making it into the Hot Seat.

Trivia

 * Shannon holds the record for the fastest time posted on a Fastest Finger question during the game, 0.87 seconds; and became the first person anywhere in the world to post a time of less than 1 second.
 * She also became the first contestant to incorrectly answer a $2,000 question.