<Tr> <Td> A: Lyndon Johnson </Td> <Td> B: Richard Nixon </Td> </Tr> <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>

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