Mark McDermott

Mark McDermott, from Park Forest, Illinois, was a contestant on season 1 of the U.S. version of the show on January 12-13, 2000. He walked away with $32,000 after incorrectly answering his $500,000 question, being the first contestant to do so.

Fastest Finger Question
From the 8 remaining contestants, 7 got it right, but Mark (with a time of 3.42 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer B-C-A-D, making it into the Hot Seat.

Trivia

 * Mark became the first contestant to ever answer incorrectly the penultimate question.