Nathaniel Zylstra

Nathaniel Zylstra, a law student from Sioux Center, IA was a contestant on season 1 of the U.S. version of the show on January 20th, and 23rd, 2000. He walked away with $32,000 after incorrectly answering his $250,000 question.

He was one of the five contestants on the most disastrous American episodes of all time, a show in which four contestants, including Brian Fodera, took home a combined $3,000. Nathaniel said that the group, whom he dined with after his first appearance, gave themselves the nickname "the legion of doom."