John LaMantia

John LaMantia, an actuarial associate for a health insurance company from Chicago, Illinois, was a contestant on season 1 of the U.S. version of the show on November 11-12, 1999. He walked away with $125,000.

Fastest Finger Question
From the 9 contestants, 4 got it right, but John (with a time of 4.18 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer C-B-D-A, making it into the Hot Seat.

Trivia

 * John is the first contestant to keep all of his lifelines past the $125,000 question.