These were times in Fast Money (or Big Money in the UK) where the first player got a very low score. Most of the time this prevented the second player from helping their family win, however a few won and some came very close.
Note: Only contestants who got 20 or less points are included.
United States [ ]
Aired Date
Family
R1 Score
Points
R2 Score
Points
Total
Money
Link
December 10, 1976
Mullet
7
2/2/3/Time
89
4/35/12/5/33
96
$480
Link
October 19, 1977
Speir
7
0/4/3/0/Time
45
27/15/0/3/0
52
$260
Link
November 25, 1977
Farrell
7
2/5/0/Time
121
0/43/9/26/43
128
$640
Link
March 1980
Jones
7
0/0/Pass/7
139
29/24/53/0/33
146
$730
Link
1991
Coelho
8
4/2/2/Pass/0
8
8/0/Time
16
$80
Link
February 18, 2014
Hodges
8
2/3/3/0/Time
73
21/14/0/2/36
81
$405
Link
September 7, 1976
Watson
11
2/9/0/0/0
85
0/4/9/46/26
96
$480
Link
1991?
Perme
12
12/0/0/0/Time
83
0/35/35/13/0
95
$475
Link
1993
Vontz
13
13/0/Pass/0/Time
197
41/37/17/48/54
210
N/A
Link
2013
Tracey
14
0/7/4/3/0
124
21/16/2/35/50
138
$690
Link
2016
?
14
0/0/0/10/4
76
0/0/24/0/52
90
$450
Link
1994
?
15
0/2/0/11/2
74
28/32/14/0/0
89
$445
Link
2016
Patterson
19
Pass/0/0/19/0
66
25/4/2/18/17
85
$425
Link
United Kingdom [ ]
Aired Date
Family
R1 Score
Points
R2 Score
Points
Total
Link
Main Game Total
Fast Money Total
Money
1997
9
9th January, 1983
Cohen
16
0/0/7/Pass/9
121
0/8/23/61/29
137
Link
392
274
$666
Australia [ ]
Aired Date
Family
R1 Score
Points
R2 Score
Points
Total
Money
Link
December 2015
10
0/0/0/10/0
11
0/0/11/0/0
21
$210
Link
May 2015
19
14/5/0/Pass/0
56
8/Pass/4/4/40
75
$750
Link
Russia [ ]
Aired Date
Team
R1 Score
Points
R2 Score
Points
Total
Source
October 25, 2020
Hockey Players
0
0/0/0/Time
156
36/33/35/27/25
156
Link
January 14, 2017
Gimme five!
0(+22)
0(+22)[1]
115
0/21/25/12/57
137
Link
January 13, 2001
Makarovna
2
1/0/0/1/0
90
4/18/3/32/33
92
Link
September 14, 2008
Purple Fog
2
0/2/0/0/0
88
20/12/23/7/25
90
Link
June 5, 2011
MUZ-TV Stars
5
0/4/0/1/0
51
12/32/0/4/3
56
Link
March 3, 2001
Russian Radio
6
0/0/1/2/3
5
0/0/1/3/1
11
Link
November 19, 2023
FC "Troitsk"
8
2/1/5/0/0
105
0/14/36/38/17
113
Link
December 21, 2008
Writers
9
0/0/7/2/Time
81
0/33/0/47/1
90
Link
June 15, 2008
Future Managers
11
11/0/0/0/0
71
0/12/5/0/54
82
Link
March 8, 2020
Constellation
12
2/3/0/0/7
72
1/19/24/2/26
84
Link
May 15, 2016
CTC[2]
14(+21)
4(+21)[3]
95
22/12/6/47/8
130
Link
November 19, 2017
Segafredo Coffee
14(+22)
0(+22)[1]
34
0/0/14/0/20
70
Link
February 16, 2014
Travellers
15
5/4/3/2/1
77
24/26/0/7/20
92
Link
November 13, 2022
Kings of the Feast
15
2/4/3/0/6
84
0/46/45/3/0
109
Link
December 28, 2008
Soloistesses
17
1/2/1/0/13
48
0/37/11/Time
65
Link
November 18, 2017
Vladimir Oblast
19(+22)
0(+22)[1]
124
41/18/19/22/24
165
Link
February 2, 2005
Anesthesiologists
20
19/0/0/1/Time
95
34/27/11/20/3
115
Link
(Note: In the Russian version, families are known as "teams". Winning 200 points in the "Big Game", as Fast Money is known in Russia, is mandatory to earn prize money; otherwise, the team does not win anything.)
↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 22 points to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the show; in reality, the first answer was worth 0 points.
↑ Short for "Yuri Gagarin Cosmonaut Training Centre".
↑ 21 bonus points to commemorate the 21st season of the show.