Tom Hatfield

Tom Hatfield, a member of the World's Largest Trivia contest and a sports information hotline agent from Stevens Point, Wisconsin, was a contestant on season 2 of the U.S. version of the show on March 1, 2001. He walked away with $1,000 after incorrectly answering his $8,000 question.

Fastest Finger Question
From the 10 contestants, 8 got it right, but Tom (with a time of 3.67 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer C-B-D-A, making it into the Hot Seat.

Trivia

 * Tom Hatfield was the first contestant to play for at least $2,000,000; this was during the time the U.S. version offered a $10,000 bonus for each episode there was no millionaire.
 * However, the first person to actually play a $2+ million question was the next contestant, Gary Gambino.