After graduating university, Paquet wrote trivia questions for the online service Prodigy[1] and Seth Godin.
In addition, he has written for Trivial Pursuit, Uncle John's Bathroom Reader, the Canadian game show Instant Cash and many others.
In 2007, Paquet won the North American leg of the World Quizzing Championships.
[6] A team he coached at Lisgar Collegiate also won the Ottawa championship for Reach for the Top.
He has also hosted the game "Smartypants" at various Game Show Congress and Trivia Championships of North America events beginning in 2005 [7] In 2023, Paquet celebrated 25 years of running trivia nights in Ottawa.