Doug Szafran

Doug Szafran, a high school math teacher from Frederick, Maryland, was a contestant on season 1 of the U.S. version of the show on August 21st-22nd, 1999. He walked away with $64,000.

Fastest Finger Question
From the 10 contestants, 3 got it right, but Doug (with a time of 3.45 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer D-A-C-B, making it into the Hot Seat.