Out of all the money that Carpenter won on Millionaire, he won a grand total of $1,250,000. He was a contestant on series 10, scheduled for broadcast on 15 & 18 September, 2001. He managed to make it through four rounds but lost to Michelle Kitt in the fifth round. Charles William Ingram is an English fraudster, novelist and former British army major from Derbyshire, who gained infamy for his appearance on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. He didn’t use any clues until the last question when he called his father and just said he was going to be a millionaire now.
He managed to go home with $250,000 on that episode.Īfter his Millionaire winnings, Carpenter went on to play Grand Slam. In 1999, on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, John Carpenter became the first contestant to win a 1 million prize in the history of the game show. A year after his victory, he played in the Champions Edition episode of Millionaire. He picked the right answer and won the million, becoming the first top prize winner on the US Millionaire, and the first top prize winner for any version of Millionaire. Surprisingly, he did not ask his father for help he instead told him that he was going to win the million dollars. John Carpenter became the first millionaire on the United States version of the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire on November 19, 1999. When he got to the final question, he decided to use his Phone-a-Friend lifeline to call his dad. On November 19, 1999, John went on Millionaire and managed to make it through all 15 questions.
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