22 Year old boy won $1M Online game contest

The game required players to answer questions about music, movies and other elements of popular culture using clues scattered throughout CBS programming, as well as in magazines, radio and on AOL.com. The Gold Rush finale taped Tuesday was to air Thursday on "Entertainment Tonight" and be shown on the Gold Rush site throughout November. The game that started in September was hosted by "Entertainment Tonight" co-anchor Mark Steines. Michael Kearney, 22, of Nashville, with a resume that includes a college degree before he became a teenager and two master’s degrees by age 18, emerged as the winner Thursday after 18 finalists were brought to Los Angeles to compete face-to-face. Twelve players, including Kearney, won US$100,000 in early rounds that lead them to gold bars. Six wild-card players joined in the final rounds