Doug Van Gundy

Doug Van Gundy
Born	Date of birth unknown Elkins, West Virginia, U.S.
Occupations	Musician, poet, teacher
Instruments	Fiddle, guitar, mandolin, banjo
Associated acts	Born Old

Doug Van Gundy is a poet and musician from Elkins, West Virginia. His first book of poems, A Life Above Water, was published by Red Hen Press in 2007. He also plays fiddle, guitar, mandolin, and banjo in the old-time string band, Born Old.

In August 1999, Van Gundy was a contestant of ABC's Who Wants to be a Millionaire, and became the first contestant to win $250,000 on the show. On the $100 question he used the 'ask the audience' lifeline, but the question was later deemed ambiguous, and his lifeline was returned to him. He would later win $64,000 without using another lifeline. The $125,000 question asked where Oswald was arrested for Kennedy's assassination—answer, a movie theater. He asked the audience and got the correct answer. On the $250,000 question, he was asked where the Iditarod Dogsled race ends. He used the 50/50, and then called his friend Ross, and also got the correct answer, Nome.

External links

• Web site of Doug Van Gundy

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