David Poltorak

David Poltorak was a Sale of the Century grand champion in Australia in 1986. In his eight episodes, he won a grand total of A$376,200, including $244,000 in cash and $132,200 in prizes. At the time, this total was a world record for winnings on a television game show.

Poltorak holds three records for Australian Sale:

• Highest number of questions answered correctly in one episode: 35 out of 55.
• Highest winning score: $200.
• Most number of questions answered correctly in 60 second fast money: 16.

(All of these records were achieved on Poltorak's last night as champ on episode number 1443.)

In 1991, Poltorak replaced Fran Powell as question writer/adjudicator for Sale and held the position until the show's end in 2001. He then became (and still is) the lead compiler of questions for Australian Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.

References

• Tarica, Elisabeth (2003-05-29). "Putting a million on the line". The Age. http://www.theage.com.au/cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2003/05/29/1053801478272.html. 

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