Justin Ray Castillo

Justin Ray Castillo, a dishwashing-machine operator from Kent, Washington, was a contestant on season 2 of the US version of the show on November 22nd & 26th, 2000. He walked away with $500,000.

Fastest Finger Question
From the 8 remaining contestants, 5 got it right, but Justin (with a time of 3.74 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer C-D-B-A, making it into the Hot Seat.

Trivia

 * In the interim between Justin's first and second original appearance, two separate Thanksgiving special episodes were broadcast, resulting in two "contestant timelines" as seen below.
 * Justin is one of the few contestants in the show's history to call a child as part of the Phone a Friend lifeline.