Doug Van Gundy

Doug Van Gundy, from Marlinton, West Virginia, was a contestant on season 1 of the U.S. version of the show on August 19th-20th, 1999. He walked away with $250,000, being the first American to do so. He was also the first contestant in Worldwide WWTBAM to use four lifelines in a single run (due to a bad question).

Fastest Finger Question
From the 9 contestants, 4 got it right, but Doug (with a time of 4.33 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer C-B-D-A, making it into the Hot Seat.