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Kim Hunt, a high school math teacher from Collierville, Tennessee, was a contestant on the U.S. version of the show on June 18-July 6, 2000. He became the fifth American contestant to win $1,000,000. He also participated in the show's second ever tiebreaker during the Fastest Finger competition. This makes him the only contestant in the history of the Millionaire franchise to win in a Fastest Finger tiebreaker and collect the top prize.

WWTBAM Run[]

Fastest Finger Question[]

Fastest Finger Question
Put the following stringed instruments in order according to their size, starting with the smallest.
⬥ A: Double bass ⬥ B: Violin
⬥ C: Cello ⬥ D: Viola
5 out of 9 remaining contestants got it right. For the second time in the American version of the show, there was a tie in the Fastest Finger Question, as both Kim Hunt and Beth Rohr answered correctly B-D-C-A in 4.69 seconds. Therefore, they went on to play the show's second ever tiebreaker.
Fastest Finger Tie-breaker
Put these states in the order in which they were admitted into the Union, starting with the earliest.
⬥ A: New Jersey ⬥ B: Alaska
⬥ C: California ⬥ D: Louisiana
Kim (in a time of 4.68 seconds, one hundredth of a second faster than in the previous one) correctly answered A-D-C-B, beating Beth's time of 6.38 seconds, making it into the Hot Seat.

Kim's Run to the Million[]

$100 (1 of 15) - Not Timed
By definition, an egg-white omelet is made by removing what from the eggs?
⬥ A: Grease ⬥ B: Whites
⬥ C: Yolks ⬥ D: Fun
$200 (2 of 15) - Not Timed
Something that sets off great disaster is said to be the what "that breaks the camel's back"?
⬥ A: Sheik ⬥ B: Straw
⬥ C: Saddle ⬥ D: Chiropractor
$300 (3 of 15) - Not Timed
According to the title of a 1965 Dean Martin song, "You're Nobody 'Til Somebody" what?
⬥ A: Dumps you ⬥ B: Mugs you
⬥ C: Loves you ⬥ D: Casts you in a sitcom
$500 (4 of 15) - Not Timed
Rounding the number 263 to the nearest hundred results in what number?
⬥ A: 200 ⬥ B: 265
⬥ C: 1,000 ⬥ D: 300
$1,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed
Pediatricians specialize in treating whom?
⬥ A: Children ⬥ B: Pets
⬥ C: Veterans ⬥ D: Bicyclists
$2,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed
The art of arranging and gluing images and objects to a surface is called what?
⬥ A: Stenciling ⬥ B: Collage
⬥ C: Embossing ⬥ D: Linocut
$4,000 (7 of 15) - Not Timed
On what monument can you find the inscription that includes "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses"?
⬥ A: Eiffel Tower ⬥ B: Statue of Liberty
⬥ C: Golden Gate Bridge ⬥ D: Washington Monument
$8,000 (8 of 15) - Not Timed
Steve Rubell was an owner of what New York disco known for its celebrity guests?
⬥ A: Copacabana ⬥ B: Cotton Club
⬥ C: Studio 54 ⬥ D: Viper Room
$16,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed
In a relay race, what do you call the runner who runs the race's last leg?
⬥ A: Anchor man ⬥ B: Rubber man
⬥ C: Cleanup man ⬥ D: Lap man
$32,000 (10 of 15) - Not Timed
Which of the following TV series was not produced by Aaron Spelling?
"Ask the Audience" lifeline used
⬥ A: Charlie's Angels ⬥ B: Dynasty
⬥ C: Family ⬥ D: Baywatch
Ask the Audience Results: A: 2% ⬥ B: 3% ⬥ C: 28% ⬥ D: 67%
The klaxon called time and Kim would return on $32,000 with 2 lifelines still available.
$64,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed
Which of the following would not be a considered a hardwood tree?
⬥ A: Pine ⬥ B: Oak
⬥ C: Beech ⬥ D: Maple
$125,000 (12 of 15) - Not Timed
Who was the first African-American mayor of Chicago?
⬥ A: Carl Stokes ⬥ B: Harold Washington
⬥ C: Andrew Young ⬥ D: Marion Barry
$250,000 (13 of 15) - Not Timed
Which planet features a phenomenon called the Great Red Spot?
⬥ A: Saturn ⬥ B: Mars
⬥ C: Jupiter ⬥ D: Pluto
$500,000 (14 of 15) - Not Timed
In the 1964 movie "My Fair Lady," who dubbed in the singing voice for the character Eliza Doolittle?
"50:50" and "Phone-a-Friend" lifelines used
⬥ A: Julie Andrews ⬥ B: Roberta Peters
⬥ C: Shirley Jones ⬥ D: Marni Nixon
Kim decided to use his 50:50, eliminating A and B. He then decided to phone the mother of one of his friends Janice, who was 60% sure it was Nixon. He then decided to go with her, and won $500,000
$1,000,000 (15 of 15) - Not Timed
Which of the following landlocked countries is entirely contained within another country?
⬥ A: Lesotho ⬥ B: Burkina Faso
⬥ C: Mongolia ⬥ D: Luxembourg
Kim had narrowed it down to A and B, and was confident enough about Lesotho to risk the $468,000, and made that his final answer. Regis would then say: "Get that closet ready mommy, you won a million dollars!"

Kim Hunt: Millionaire

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Preceded by
Jim Stewart
U.S. Contestant (Season 1)
Kim Hunt
Succeeded by
Omer Poirier