That distinction belongs to a man, nay, a trivia maven in the presence of mere mortals by the name of Roger Craig, who managed to earn a whopping $77,000 in a single night. Roger had accumulated $47,000 by the time the final question rolled around, which gives contestants the ability to bet a specific amount of their money (all of it, if they like) on the merit of their answer.
Roger had $47,000 in the bank when this question popped up.
His answer? The Bridge on the River Kwai, and he bet $30,000 and walked away with a $77,000 total, beating out the previous one-day total best of $75,000, a record previously held by Ken Jennings. You can watch the show’s historic moment, which has yet to be topped (as of this writing) below:
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