Paul Locharernkul

Paul Locharernkul, a college student from Wyckoff, New Jersey, was a contestant on season 1 of the U.S. version of the show on August 29th, 1999. He walked away with $32,000 after incorrectly answering his $125,000 question.

Fastest Finger Question
From the 10 contestants, 5 got it right, but Paul (with a time of 5.52 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer C-D-B-A, making it into the Hot Seat.

Trivia

 * He was the last official contestant of the August run, because David Hodnea, originally a victim of a bad $64,000 question, was going to come back and play after he finished his run.