Mike Feinberg

Mike Feinberg, a financial planner from Sterling, Virginia, was a contestant on season 1 of the U.S. version of the show on November 12-13, 1999. He walked away with $64,000.

Fastest Finger Question
From the 10 contestants, 6 got it right, but Mike (with a time of 3.70 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer C-D-A-B, making it into the Hot Seat.

Trivia

 * Regis' slip up during the $100 question marked the first time the answer of a question had been given before locking an answer. It sort of went like this:


 * Regis (after Mike had chosen B as his answer but hadn't lock it in yet): "Box of chocolates. What a great line. You're absolutely-- Final answer??"
 * Mike: "Yes it is!"
 * Regis: "Oh, my gosh!"
 * Mike: "It is now!"
 * Regis: "Yes, it is now!" (Regis breaks up laughing) "Oh, you're gonna get me in trouble! No, it was your answer, wasn't it?"
 * Mike: "Yes."
 * Regis: "Yeah, of course. A hundred bucks, I'll give it to you myself! You got it!"