Jerry Halpin

Jerry Halpin, a junior high assistant principal from Cypress, California, was a contestant on season 1 of the U.S. version of the show on February 13, 2000. He walked away with $32,000 after incorrectly answering his $64,000 question.

Fastest Finger Question
From the 8 remaining contestants, 2 got it right, but Jerry (with a time of 5.07 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer B-A-D-C, making it into the Hot Seat.

Trivia

 * Jerry is the first contestant to call Rosie O'Donnell during a question. However, he is not the first one to have her on the call list; it was Stephen Fox.