<Tr> <Td> C: Jimmy Carter </Td> <Td> D: Gerald Ford </Td> </Tr> <P> Carpenter was originally uninterested in Millionaire but eventually tuned in one night after dinner while having friends over at his house . When he found the show's higher - tier questions to not be, in his words, "any more difficult" than the lower - tier ones, he decided to call in to the show's hotline for a chance to become a contestant . Carpenter answered all of the hotline questions correctly and was on the show within two days . </P> <P> Host Regis Philbin described Carpenter as having "cruised right through those first fourteen questions," he had proceeded to reach the final question without using any of his lifelines . The $1 million question was, "Which of these U.S. Presidents appeared on the television series' Laugh - In'?", with the choices being A) Lyndon Johnson, B) Richard Nixon, C) Jimmy Carter, and D) Gerald Ford . Carpenter used his Phone - A-Friend lifeline to call his father not for help, but rather to inform him that he knew the answer . Carpenter later explained, "I thought I'd look so cocky if I didn't use any lifelines, so I faked it ." </P> <P> With his win, Carpenter became the first contestant in the worldwide Millionaire franchise to win the show's top prize . He said that the only question that had flustered him was one which asked for the location of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral . Carpenter eventually remembered that the film Tombstone included the gunfight, and he replied correctly with the answer' Tombstone, Arizona' . While taking a vacation after his win, Carpenter considered quitting his job with the IRS, but eventually decided against it . He explained to Kiplinger's Personal Finance that "after the taxes, it's not change - your - life kind of money if you want to eat every day ." Carpenter also described the fame as having a bigger impact on his life than the money, later stating: "The money doesn't change your life . What happens afterwards might ." </P>

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