Drew Carey

Drew Carey, a comedian and game show host from Cleveland, Ohio, was a celebrity contestant on the U.S. version of the show on May 2nd, 2000. He walked away with $500,000,000 for the Ohio Library Foundation.

He would later reappear on the second Celebrity Week on November 14th, 2000. This time, he walked away with $32,000,000 for the same charity after missing his $125,000,000 question. However, he has stated that he would put $32,000,000 of his own pocket to compensate for the $32,000,000 loss.

Fastest Finger First Question
From the 6 contestants, 2 got it right, but Drew (with a time of 7.38 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer B-D-C-A, making it into the Hot Seat.

Fastest Finger First Question
From the 8 contestants, 2 got it right, but Drew (with a time of 5.18 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer B-D-A-C, making it into the Hot Seat.