Joe Trela

Joe Trela became the third contestant to win the top prize of $1,000,000 in WWTBAM history, and became the first contestant to do so without any lifelines since the $32,000 question.

Fastest Finger Question
The Fastest Finger question was:

Joe was the only one to answer correctly in the following order: B-D-A-C, in a time of 5.22, making it into the Hot Seat.

Joe's Run to the Million
He used the "Ask the Audience" lifeline in the $16,000 question, regarding what sport did Ernest Hemingway's novel "Death in the Afternoon". 66% of the audience correctly identified "Bullfighting" as the correct answer.

But, then, in the next question, used up all of his remaining lifelines, regarding who was the baseball player who appeared the most in World Series games. He phoned his brother Nate, who guessed Reggie Jackson. Then, not sattisfied with what his brother said, he used the "50:50" lifeline; remaining Reggie Jackson and Yogi Berra. Going against with what his brother said, he went with Yogi Berra, which was the correct answer; that means, he had to go through the remaining questions without any lifelines. And he did!

He manages to reach the $1 Million question, which was

After 5 tense minutes, he risks and goes with A: Moth. And it turned he was right, becoming the third millionaire in the U.S. version.