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Patrick Hackett, from East Haven, CT, was a contestant who appeared on the 12th season of the U.S. version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on November 1, 2013 and won $250,000.

Patrick's Run to the Million[]

Round 1[]

$3,000 (1 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: What a Gas
"Gas or no gas" is something a waiter in Italy is likely to ask when you're ordering what for the table?
⬥ A: A cheese plate ⬥ B: Water
⬥ C: Refried beans ⬥ D: Antipasto
Patrick's Bank: $3,000
$10,000 (2 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: Ladies Club
Sounding like a saucy reality show, Janet Armstrong, Joan Aldrin and Annie Glenn are the subjects of what 2013 book?
⬥ A: The Hollywood Wives Club ⬥ B: The Politics Wives Club
⬥ C: The Golf Wives Club ⬥ D: The Astronaut Wives Club
Patrick's Bank: $13,000
$2,000 (3 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: Slippery Slope
Found with 214 pounds of pot in her trunk, a 61 year-old Arizona grandmother told the jury she became a drug runner to fuel her addiction to what?
⬥ A: Knitting ⬥ B: Scrapbooking
⬥ C: Bingo ⬥ D: Video games
Ask the Audience Results: A: 7% ⬥ B: 13% ⬥ C: 71% ⬥ D: 9%
Patrick's Bank: $15,000
$100 (4 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: Guarding Secrets
Hearing that the NSA was possibly tapping into international communications, Russia's secret service reportedly ordered $15,000 worth of what in 2013?
⬥ A: Typewriter ⬥ B: Dry erase boards
⬥ C: Legal notepads ⬥ D: Post-its
Patrick's Bank: $15,100
$25,000 (5 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: Keep it Down
What courtroom mandate is meant to keep certain parties from sharing information?
⬥ A: Secret ultimatum ⬥ B: Gag order
⬥ C: Zip it demand ⬥ D: Shut it command
Patrick's Bank: $40,100
$500 (6 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: Strike
A 2012 teachers' strike in what city featured signs with slogans such as "There's the right way and then there's the Rahm way"?
⬥ A: San Francisco ⬥ B: New York
⬥ C: Chicago ⬥ D: Houston
Patrick's Bank: $40,600
$1,000 (7 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: Return Loop Hole
In a policy quirk, shoe retailer Zappos.com allows returns for up to 365 days unless you buy something on 2/29, in which case you have how long to return it?
⬥ A: 364 days ⬥ B: 366 days
⬥ C: 3 years ⬥ D: 4 years
Patrick's Bank: $41,600
$15,000 (8 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: Where in the World
In his 2013 song, rapper Ace Hood is where, exactly, when he brags that he "woke up in a new Bugatti"?
'Jump the Question' lifeline used
⬥ A: A sports car ⬥ B: A luxury boat
⬥ C: A private jet ⬥ D: A mansion
Patrick wasn't sure, so he jumped the question. The correct answer was A: A sports car.

Patrick's Bank: $41,600

$7,000 (9 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: There's the Rub
Suffering with breathing problems, what product's creator had his nurse give him daily whole-body rubdowns with it?
⬥ A: Vaseline ⬥ B: WD-40
⬥ C: Ivory soap ⬥ D: Kleenex tissues
Patrick's Bank: $48,600
$5,000 (10 of 14) - Not Timed
Category: That's Nuts
For which film did Tim Burton spend 5 months training 40 squirrels to crack nuts?
⬥ A: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory ⬥ B: Frankenweenie
⬥ C: Big Fish ⬥ D: Dark Shadows
Patrick's Bank: $53,600

Round 2[]

$100,000 (11 of 14) - Not Timed
If you went on an African safari, which of the following could you actually find in its wild habitat?
'Jump the Question' lifeline used
⬥ A: A piranha in Ghana ⬥ B: A baboon in Cameroon
⬥ C: A tiger in Niger ⬥ D: A border collie in Mali
Patrick wasn't sure, so he jumped the question. The correct answer was B: A baboon in Cameroon.
$250,000 (12 of 14) - Not Timed
Forever locked up on the classic Monopoly board, what is the official name of the man depicted behind bars?
⬥ A: Pete the Prisoner ⬥ B: Carl the Convict
⬥ C: Jake the Jailbird ⬥ D: Ike the Inmate
$500,000 (13 of 14) - Not Timed
In the very first MasterCard "Priceless" commercial in 1997, what is "priceless"?
⬥ A: Feeling better ⬥ B: Real conversation
⬥ C: True love ⬥ D: Coming home
Not wanting to risk all the money, Patrick decided to walk away. He was thinking towards D, but the correct answer was actually B: Real conversation.

Trivia[]

  • Patrick would later reappear on the show as Kevin Brady's Plus One on September 25, 2014.