Joel Winkelsas

Joel Winkelsas, a special education teacher from Yonkers, New York, was a contestant on season 1 of the U.S. version of the show on November 8-9, 1999. He walked away with $64,000.

Fastest Finger Question
From the 8 contestants, 3 got it right, but Joel (with a time of 4.97 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer C-D-A-B, making it into the Hot Seat.