Kim Hunt, from Collierville, Tennessee, was a contestant on the U.S. version of the show on June 18th-July 6th, 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 |
| 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 second, 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 Bridges | • 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 have 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 |
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