game contestant born american game contestant agent best known prize winner united_states version wants millionaire held record largest single win united_states game history broken won million carpenter prize winner international versions wants millionaire series november episode carpenter proceeded advance million dollar question phone friend father help tell going win game carpenter answered question correctly millionaire win gave national recognition led multiple talk appearances millionaire career family carpenter massachusetts father tom worked computer program analyst mother served administrative assistant enrolled graduated degree economics january joined completing government exams tests november carpenter met future wife studying master degree worked manager branch married august time appearance millionaire years old revealed profession officer millionaire carpenter audience wants millionaire carpenter originally millionaire eventually tuned night dinner having friends house found higher tier questions words difficult lower tier ones decided chance contestant carpenter answered questions correctly days host described carpenter having cruised right fourteen questions proceeded reach final question million question presidents appeared television series laugh choices richard_nixon carpenter phone friend father help inform knew answer carpenter later explained thought look didn use faked win carpenter contestant worldwide millionaire franchise win prize said question asked location carpenter eventually remembered film included replied correctly answer arizona taking vacation win carpenter considered job eventually decided explained personal finance taxes change life kind money want eat day carpenter described fame having bigger impact life money later stating money doesn change life happens later work shortly winning millionaire carpenter played saturday night live played announced carpenter running mate presidential election afterward carpenter pretended father shouted live new_york saturday night carpenter appeared live late david_letterman carpenter appeared second half fourth season plays contestant fictional game called prisoners watching hosted appearing celebrity participants carpenter authored book entitled matching million dollar mind world hardest america millionaire book published game appearances carpenter appeared wants millionaire champions edition previous contestants won played half additional champions edition going charity choice carpenter won bringing total millionaire carpenter participated wise men episode won later participated mob nbc october contestant game network game carpenter appeared august episode millionaire prime time tenth anniversary audience dad wife son additionally expert ask expert eighth season syndicated series
John Carpenter (game show contestant)