Andy Aaron

Andy Aaron, from Great Neck, New York appeared on the U.S. version of the show on December 12 & 13, 2000. He walked away with $250,000.

Andy’s Run to the Million
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 * value = $64,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed
 * question = The Bloomsday celebration pays homage to what author?
 * a = George Bernars Shaw
 * b = Oscar Wilde
 * c = James Joyce
 * d = William Butler Yeats |cstyle = correct
 * value = $125,000 (12 of 15) - Not Timed
 * question = Which of the following cells is at the center of a controversy regarding human embryonic research?
 * a = Stem cell
 * b = Guard cell
 * c = Macrophage
 * d = Osteocyte
 * astyle = correct
 * value = $250,000 (13 of 15) - Not Timed
 * question = Canonized by Pope Paul VI, who became the first U.S.-born saint?
 * a = Edith Stein
 * b = Maria Goretti
 * c = Elizabeth Ann Seton
 * d = Katharine Drexel
 * astyle = 5050
 * bstyle = 5050
 * cstyle = correct
 * caption = The klaxon called time and Andy will be back with one lifeline left.
 * value = $500,000 (14 of 15) - Not Timed
 * question = The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through which of the following countries?
 * a = Mexico
 * b = Sudan
 * c = Saudi Arabia
 * d = Taiwan
 * caption = Andy is sure that the Tropic of Cancer runs through Mexico and Taiwan. He decides to call Alex, a Columbia law student. Alex does not give a response, so Andy decides to walk with $250,000.

If he went for it, he would have B: Sudan. And he would have won $500,000 had he gone for it. }} {{S-start}} {{Succession box }} {{S-end}}
 * title = U.S. Contestant (Season 1)
 * before = Chris Gum
 * years = Andy Aaron
 * after = Curtis Hane