Americo Mariota

Americo Mariota, a teacher from Miami, Florida, was a contestant on season 3 of the U.S. version of the show on October 4, 2001. He walked away with $125,000.

Fastest Finger Question
From the 10 contestants, only Americo (with a time of 8.03 seconds) correctly answered C-A-D-B, making it into the Hot Seat.