John Zimcosky appeared as a contestant on the 10th Anniversary Primetime Celebration of the U.S. version of the show. He won $25,000 after incorrectly answering his $50,000 question.
WWTBAM Run
Fastest Finger Question
| Fastest Finger Question | |
| Put these popular Web sites in the order they launched, starting with the earliest. | |
| ⬥ A: Hulu | ⬥ B: Google |
| ⬥ C: Facebook | ⬥ D: eBay |
| 6 of the 9 remaining contestants got the correct order: D-B-C-A, but John Zimcosky did it in 4.92 seconds, faster than the other contestants, and made it into the hot seat. |
John's Run to the Million (incomplete)
| $100 (1 of 15) - 15 seconds Category: Total Meltdown | |
| Cash4Gold is a business that pays consumers primarily for their unwanted what? | |
| ⬥ A: Clothing | ⬥ B: Jewelry |
| ⬥ C: Cars | ⬥ D: ABBA records |
| $200 (2 of 15) - 15 seconds Category: Look It Up | |
| In Roget's Thesaurus, what literary character's name is a synonym for the word "detective"? | |
| ⬥ A: Huckleberry Finn | ⬥ B: Anna Karenina |
| ⬥ C: Sherlock Holmes | ⬥ D: Lolita |
| $300 (3 of 15) - 15 seconds Category: What a Joke! | |
| What is the punch line to the old joke that asks, "What did the nut say when it sneezed? | |
| ⬥ A: "Cashew!" | ⬥ B: "Almond!" |
| ⬥ C: "Pecan!" | ⬥ D: "Walnut!" |
| $500 (4 of 15) - 15 seconds Category: The Graduate | |
| What famous world leader graduated from the University of Havana in 1950? | |
| ⬥ A: Nelson Mandela | ⬥ B: Mikhail Gorbachev |
| ⬥ C: Kim Jong-il | ⬥ D: Fidel Castro |
| $1,000 (5 of 15) - 15 seconds Category: The Dickens | |
| Which of these Charles Dickens novels shares its title with a popular book about pregnancy and childbirth? | |
| ⬥ A: A Tale of Two Cities | ⬥ B: David Copperfield |
| ⬥ C: Great Expectations | ⬥ D: Nicholas Nickleby |
| $2,000 (6 of 15) - 30 seconds Category: Diver Down | |
| In standard scuba diving hand signals, a slashing gesture at the throat communicates what? | |
| ⬥ A: Stay at this depth | ⬥ B: Where is the boat? |
| ⬥ C: Follow me | ⬥ D: I'm out of air |
| $4,000 (7 of 15) - 30 seconds Category: Common Ground | |
| Though they are very different, the movies "Spider-Man" and "Breakfast at Tiffany's" both feature what movie cliché? | |
| ⬥ A: Weepy deathbed scene | ⬥ B: Kiss in the rain |
| ⬥ C: High-speed car chase | ⬥ D: Mustachioed bad guy |
| $8,000 (8 of 15) - 30 seconds Category: Online Shopping | |
| Fittingly, the online retailer Zappos adapted its name from "zapatos," the Spanish word for what? | |
| ⬥ A: Toys | ⬥ B: Cookware |
| ⬥ C: Flowers | ⬥ D: Shoes |
| $16,000 (9 of 15) - 30 seconds Category: Rock Writing | |
| In 2007, Rolling Stone magazine wrote "Hip-hop was peanut butter; rock was chocolate" in reference to a 1986 remake of what song? "Ask the Audience" lifeline used. | |
| ⬥ A: Sweet Home Alabama | ⬥ B: Like a Virgin |
| ⬥ C: Walk This Way | ⬥ D: Thriller |
| Ask the Audience Results: A: 14% ⬥ B: 9% ⬥ C: 70% ⬥ D: 7% | |
| Music was not John's strong suit, so he asked the audience. 70% went for C: Walk This Way, which John then went for and got it right. |
| $25,000 (10 of 15) - 30 seconds Category: Exotic Cuisine | |
| Tagine, which refers both to a cone-shaped covered pot and to the food prepared in it, is traditional in the cuisine of which of these countries? "Ask the Expert" lifeline used. | |
| ⬥ A: India | ⬥ B: Turkey |
| ⬥ C: Indonesia | ⬥ D: Morocco |
| John has never heard of Tagine, so he asked the expert, George Stephanopoulos. George said he knew the answer, saying it was D: Morocco. John went with him and got it right.
After this question, John had to leave so that they would have time for Vanessa Williams to play her $50,000 question. He came back the next day to finish. |
| $50,000 (11 of 15) - 45 seconds Category: Long Strange Trip | |
| Before returning to the UK in July, controversial singer Amy Winehouse spent most of 2008 vacationing on what island nation? "Phone a Friend" and "Double Dip" lifeline used. | |
| ⬥ A: Saint Kitts & Nevis | ⬥ B: Saint Lucia |
| ⬥ C: Cyprus | ⬥ D: Kiribati |
| At nine seconds, John decides to Phone-a-Friend. He decides to call Bob from Grand Haven, MI. "Um... Don't have an answer for ya. Sorry, John. Double dipping. First answer is C... Wrong. Second answer is A.... Nope. So John leaves with $25,000. It was B. |
| Preceded by Michelle Ribeiro |
U.S. Contestant (10th Anniversary Special) John Zimcosky |
Succeeded by Brian Slope |