Pat Gibson

Patrick Gibson was born and educated in Ireland but has lived in the United Kingdom for many years, and has represented England in international quiz contests.

In recent years he has become one of the most recognisable faces from British quizzingFact|date=September 2008: on 24 April 2004 he became the fourth player to win the £1m jackpot on the quiz show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?". On the question below, he still had his 50:50 and phone a friend. He used the 50:50 first, where B. Belmont Stakes and D. Preakness Stakes disappeared. He then used his phone a friend, a man called Mark who said he was 90% sure the answer was Arlington Million, which was Pat's instinct in the first place.

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

In 2005 he was crowned champion of "Mastermind": his specialist subjects included Father Ted, the books of Iain M. Banks and the films of Quentin Tarantino.

On 25 December 2006 he won the highly prestigious BBC Radio 4 quiz show "Brain of Britain", becoming only the fourth person after Roger Pritchard, Kevin Ashman and Chris Hughes to win both that and "Mastermind".

In 2007 Gibson won the World Quizzing Championship.

Despite winning a million pounds, he still works part-time as a software designer for the gambling organisation The Tote.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb_h4Egneaw&feature=related Video of his £1 million win]