The SHOCKING thing this Gen Xer did when facing the million dollar question on a 90s TV game show

Episode 1 of A 90s Story: Watch Gen Xer John Carpenter attempt to win one million dollars on Who Wants to Be A Millionaire. What did he do that shocked everyone -- even host Regis Philbin -- while facing the million dollar question? https://web.archive.org/web/20150822084520/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/08/15/millionaire-15-years_n_5673088.html https://web.archive.org/web/20150911013909/http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20132920,00.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2020/04/08/who-wants-be-millionaire-first-winner-john-carpenter/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPcap/1999-11/23/060r-112399-idx.html https://www.triviahalloffame.com/johncarpenter.php http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/529186.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/533280.stm