A Naples native earned his 15 minutes of fame, and a cool $25,000, on “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” on Monday afternoon.

Tim Smart, who graduated from Lake Region High School in 1985, bowed out on a question concerning postage stamps during the show, which aired Monday afternoon at 12:30 p.m. on WCSH Channel 6.

The question that ended Smart’s chances at $1 million was: “To accommodate its 2006 postage hike, the U.S. Postal Service reissued its 2-cent stamp featuring an image of what?”

After taking about 30 seconds to ponder the four possible answers – which included Amish quilts, toy cars, Navajo jewelry, and wildflowers – Smart answered, “wildflowers.” The correct answer was Navajo jewelry.

While Smart’s time in the hot seat ended on the postage question, he lived up to his surname by correctly answering 10 previous questions. Smart went through the first five questions rapidly to earn $1,000. The $100 question was: “An attractive person is said to be easy on the…” Smart answered: “Eyes.”

The $200 question concerned the “Flintstones,” and asked Smart what TV show included Bedrock City and Mt. St. Wilma.

The $300 question asked Smart which medical instrument stops bleeding, which Smart correctly answered “tourniquet.”

The $500 question asked, “In Internet lingo, L8R is short for what word?” Smart correctly answered “Later.”

The $1,000 question asked what city is mentioned in the folk song “This Land is Your Land?” To secure $1,000, Smart answered “New York.”

The $2,000 question read: “In its written form, which of these languages has over 50,000 characters?” In answering the question, Smart used the first of his four lifelines by requesting a poll of the audience. With 86 percent of the audience responding with “Chinese,” Smart quickly sided with the audience and was rewarded with $2,000.

With one lifeline used, next up was the $4,000 question: “Since 1982, who has co-hosted the tabloid television program “Entertainment Tonight?” Smart thought for a moment and then correctly answered “Mary Hart.”

Smart dispensed with the $8,000 question just about as easily as the previous question. It read: “The popular ‘Americanized’ version of Sicilian pizza is known for what physical characteristic?” Smart correctly answered: “Rectangular shape.”

After a commercial break, the show’s host, Rhode Island native Meredith Vieira, made small talk with Smart, referencing how his last name was “perfect” for the show. She also mentioned Smart’s connection with New England, to which Smart replied, “I’m a Mainer, you’re a Rhody!”

After the brief interchange, Smart moved onto the $16,000 question, which read: “At the end of the 2005 film ‘Batman Begins,’ Batman is presented with the calling card of what unseen villain?” Without much need to reflect, Smart correctly answered “the Joker.”

The $25,000 question, which posed a little more trouble for the Naples native, read as follows: “Under FDA regulations, a food labeled low fat may contain a maximum of how much total fat per serving? Smart was dealt four answers: 1 gram, 3 grams, 5 grams and 7 grams. Not too sure how to answer, Smart chose to use another lifeline, “Phone a Friend.”

A slow-talking Susan of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. came on the line and was quickly deemed by Vierra to sound “very-relaxed,” which Vieira added, was a good influence for the nervous Smart.

After stumbling through reading the question to Susan, Smart wasn’t convinced that his friend had the correct answer, which she guessed was 5 grams. Smart then used another lifeline, 50/50 and two of the wrong answers were taken off the board. “One gram” and “three grams” were left as possible answers. After correctly picking three grams, Smart threw up both arms in celebration. He had guaranteed he would leave the show with no less than $25,000.

That was as good as it got for Smart.

The next question, worth $50,000, was: “‘All’s Well that Ends Well’ and ‘1805’ were possible titles for what famous novel?” Smart decided to use his final lifeline “Switch the Question” and as a result was given another question. The new question was the postage question, which Smart failed to answer correctly.

Tim Smart, a Naples native, will appear on the Oct. 2 episode of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire.” The show can be seen locally on WCSH Channel 6.On Monday, Oct. 2, local residents can see how Naples native Tim Smart did on the syndicated version of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire.” The show airs on WCSH Channel 6 at 12:30 p.m.