Paddy Spooner

Paddy Spooner, from Hampshire, England, is notable for appearing on three international versions of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - the Australian, British and Irish versions. He won $250,000 on the Australian version, the same amount in pounds on the British version, and €1,000 on the Irish version.

Australian version
Paddy appeared on Australia's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on April 28, 1999, in its first season, when the money tree consisted of only 11 questions. He answered 9 questions correctly to win $250,000 and become Australia's biggest winner for one year and five months until Trevor Sauer won $500,000 on September 4, 2000.

British version
Paddy was residing in his home country when he appeared on their version of the show on March 30, 2000. He won £250,000, the same amount of money he won in Australia, but in a different currency. He was the fifth person in the UK to see the £500,000 question.

Irish version
Paddy made his third international appearance when he was a contestant on Ireland's version of the show in 2002. He only won €1,000 though, as he got his €4,000 question wrong after flipping an old £1 coin to decide the answer.