Pat Gibson

Pat Gibson
Pat Gibson at the European Quizzing Championship 2011 in Bruges, Belgium
Born	(1961-07-19) 19 July 1961 (age 55) Galway, County Galway, Ireland
Known for	Eggheads, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, Mastermind

Pat Gibson

Medal record
Quizzing
Representing England
British Championships (BQC)
	2004 Old Trafford	Singles
	2006 Shrewsbury	Singles
	2006 Shrewsbury	Pairs
	2007 Staveley	Singles
	2009 Derby	Singles
	2010 Derby	Singles
	2011 Lichfield	Pairs
	2011 Lichfield	Singles
	2013 Hilton	Singles
	2014 Rothwell	Singles
	2015 Newark	Singles
World Championships
	2003 Villa Park	Singles
	2004 Old Trafford	Singles
	2005 Silverstone	Singles
	2006 Newport	Singles
	2007 Irthlingborough	Singles
	2010 Peterborough	Singles
	2011 Lichfield	Singles
	2012 Lichfield	Singles
	2013 Masham	Singles
European Championships
	2004 Ghent	Singles
	2004 Ghent	National Team
	2005 Tallinn	Singles
	2005 Tallinn	Pairs
	2005 Tallinn	National Team
	2006 Paris	Singles
	2006 Paris	National Team
	2006 Paris	Club
	2007 Blackpool	Singles
	2007 Blackpool	National Team
	2008 Oslo	Singles
	2008 Oslo	National Team
	2008 Oslo	Club
	2009 Dordrecht	Singles
	2009 Dordrecht	Pairs
	2009 Dordrecht	National Team
	2010 Derby	Singles
	2010 Derby	Pairs
	2010 Derby	National Team
	2011 Bruges	Singles
	2011 Bruges	Pairs
	2012 Tartu	Pairs
	2012 Tartu	National Team
	2013 Liverpool	Pairs
	2013 Liverpool	National Team
	2013 Liverpool	Club
	2013 Liverpool	Masters
	2014 Bucharest	Pairs
	2014 Bucharest	National Team

Patrick 'Pat' Gibson (born 19 July 1961 Galway, Ireland) is an Irish quizzer. On 24 April 2004 he became the fourth contestant to win the £1m jackpot on the quiz show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. He is a multiple world champion in quizzing and one of the world's most successful quiz players. He is best known for winning several quiz shows and being a panelist on Eggheads. He was born and educated in Ireland but has lived in the United Kingdom for many years and competes as part of the England quiz team. Gibson is currently the No. 1 (as of 28 November 2016) ranked quizzer in the world.

Pat was born in Galway in 1961. He moved to Letterkenny, County Donegal in the early 1970s. He was educated at Scoil Colmcille and Saint Eunan's College in Letterkenny. Pat holds an engineering degree from University College Galway.

On his one million pound question below, he still had his 50:50 and phone a friend. The question was "Which of these is not one of the American Triple Crown horse races?" Gibson used the 50:50 first, where B. "Belmont Stakes" and D. "Preakness Stakes" disappeared. He then used his phone-a-friend option, phoning Mark Kerr (a highly ranked British quiz player and winner of TV's "Brainiest Estate Agent" title, as well as winner of £250,000 on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire) who said he was 90% sure the answer was Arlington Million, which was Pat's original instinct. He was the only person in the United Kingdom to reach the one million pound question with two lifelines remaining. He used his Ask-the-Audience on the £64,000 question, and kept 50:50 and phone a friend back until the final question.

He correctly answered 'Arlington Million' to win £1 million.

These are the questions Pat faced to win £1,000,000.

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