Jon Olson, from Mendham, New Jersey, appeared as a contestant on the one hundred fifth and one hundred sixth episode of the original primetime run of the U.S. version of the show on May 28 & 30, 2000. He walked away with $32,000 after incorrectly answering his $125,000 question. He had previously appeared on the show as a Fastest Finger contestant on November 9, 1999, but did not make it to the Hot Seat.
Put these men in the order they were selected Time magazine's "Man of the Year," starting with the earliest.
⬥ A: Lech Walesa
⬥ B: Jimmy Carter
⬥ C: Nelson Mandela
⬥ D: Nikita Khrushchev
Out of 8 remaining contestants, 5 contestants got it right, but Jon (with a time of 1.46 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer D-B-A-C, making it to the hot seat.
Jon's Run to the Million[]
$100 (1 of 15) - Not Timed
According to a familiar proverb, "Where there's smoke, there's" what?
⬥ A: Bacon
⬥ B: Fire
⬥ C: Cigars
⬥ D: A smoker
$200 (2 of 15) - Not Timed
If you were born in the U.S. in the 1950s, which term best describes your generation?
⬥ A: Victorian
⬥ B: Generation X
⬥ C: Baby boomer
⬥ D: Neanderthal
$300 (3 of 15) - Not Timed
What is the common name for the area that a car driver cannot see in the rearview and side mirrors?
⬥ A: Danger zone
⬥ B: Blind spot
⬥ C: Dead end
⬥ D: Area 51
$500 (4 of 15) - Not Timed
By definition, in a play how many actors speak during a soliloquy?
⬥ A: One
⬥ B: Two
⬥ C: Four
⬥ D: None
$1,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed
According to the title of James Carville's book, "We're Right, They're" what?
⬥ A: Left
⬥ B: Stuck
⬥ C: Bald
⬥ D: Wrong
$2,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed
According to the United Negro College Fund slogan, what "is a terrible thing to waste"?
⬥ A: Education
⬥ B: Mind
⬥ C: Family
⬥ D: Hope
$4,000 (7 of 15) - Not Timed
In what type of puzzle are words and syllables represented by pictures?
⬥ A: Acrostic
⬥ B: Rubik's Cube
⬥ C: Sniglet
⬥ D: Rebus
$8,000 (8 of 15) - Not Timed
Pets.com's Sock Puppet is at the center of a legal dispute involving the puppet from whose late-night TV show?
⬥ A: David Letterman
⬥ B: Jay Leno
⬥ C: Conan O'Brien
⬥ D: Craig Kilborn
The klaxon called time and Jon would return on $8,000 with all 3 lifelines still available.
$16,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed
What psychologist invented a special box in which a rat could press a lever to get food? '50:50' lifeline used
⬥ A: Ivan Pavlov
⬥ B: Erik Erikson
⬥ C: B.F. Skinner
⬥ D: Stanley Milgram
$32,000 (10 of 15) - Not Timed
Who wrote the folk song "This Land Is Your Land"?
⬥ A: Woody Guthrie
⬥ B: Stephen Foster
⬥ C: Pete Seeger
⬥ D: Joan Baez
$64,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed
In the 1969 movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," the main characters are killed in what country?
⬥ A: Chile
⬥ B: Bolivia
⬥ C: Colombia
⬥ D: Paraguay
$125,000 (12 of 15) - Not Timed
Which national daily publication was originally called "Customers' Afternoon Letter"? 'Ask the Audience' lifeline used
Jon Olson's run to the million (Part 1)
Jon Olson's run to the million (Part 3)