Pat Thompson

Pat Thompson, a graphic designer from St. Paul, Minnesota, was a contestant on season 1 of the US version of the show on August 11th, 2000. She walked away with $500,000.

Fastest Finger Question
From the 10 contestants, 2 got it right, but Pat (with a time of 6.64 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer D-B-C-A, making it into the Hot Seat.