Overview
- The episode that aired on Monday, Sept. 28 showed 25-year-old Toni Hackel from Saxony reach the 125,000-euro question and opt to walk away with €64,000.
- Hackel used his biology training to answer a 32,000-euro question about bifacial solar panels by explaining how two-sided designs can capture more light.
- The 125,000-euro question asked where Bermuda sits on a map of the Bermuda Triangle and Hackel declined to answer, with published reports saying the correct choice would have been the northern point.
- Profile coverage highlighted Hackel's unusual hobbies: he cultivates ornamental plants on rented plots and keeps a collection of tarantulas, with outlets reporting roughly 20 to 30 adult spiders.
- The show aired on RTL and is available on RTL+ and featured longtime host Günther Jauch; Hackel told the program he will use the prize money to buy a greenhouse rather than more spiders.