Joel McElvain

Joel McElvain, a tax attorney from Washington, D.C., was a contestant on season 1 of the U.S. version of the show on November 8th, 1999. He walked away with $32,000 after incorrectly answering his $64,000 question.

Fastest Finger Question
From the 10 contestants, 6 got it right, but Joel (with a time of 4.25 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer D-A-B-C, making it into the Hot Seat.