Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Results 1
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- | ==Show 1: Graham Elwell== | + | ==Series 1, Show 1: Graham Elwell== |
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d) Gabon<br/> | d) Gabon<br/> | ||
- | ==Shows 1-2: Rachel Da Costa== | + | ==Series 1, Shows 1-2: Rachel Da Costa== |
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d) Kent<br/> | d) Kent<br/> | ||
- | ==Show 2: Arlene Harper== | + | ==Series 1, Show 2: Arlene Harper== |
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'''d) Alcohol''' | '''d) Alcohol''' | ||
- | ==Shows 2-3: Ross Jackson== | + | ==Series 1, Shows 2-3: Ross Jackson== |
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'''d) 10%''' | '''d) 10%''' | ||
- | ==Show 3: Tina Bird== | + | ==Series 1, Show 3: Tina Bird== |
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'''d) Venice''' | '''d) Venice''' | ||
- | ==Shows 3-4: Samantha Thomas== | + | ==Series 1, Shows 3-4: Samantha Thomas== |
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'''d) Greece''' | '''d) Greece''' | ||
- | ==Shows 4-5: John Stewart== | + | ==Series 1, Shows 4-5: John Stewart== |
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d) Pompidou Centre | d) Pompidou Centre | ||
- | ==Shows 5-6: John McKeown== | + | ==Series 1, Shows 5-6: John McKeown== |
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d) Marvin Gaye | d) Marvin Gaye | ||
- | ==Show 6: Craig Logue== | + | ==Series 1, Show 6: Craig Logue== |
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d) Beech | d) Beech | ||
- | ==Shows 6-7: Judith Beacroft== | + | ==Series 1, Shows 6-7: Judith Beacroft== |
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d) Hurricane | d) Hurricane | ||
- | ==Show 7: David McNab== | + | ==Series 1, Show 7: David McNab== |
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'''d) Capri''' | '''d) Capri''' | ||
- | ==Shows 7-8: Matthew Asbury== | + | ==Series 1, Shows 7-8: Matthew Asbury== |
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d) 137.5 | d) 137.5 | ||
- | ==Show 8: David Thompson== | + | ==Series 1, Show 8: David Thompson== |
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d) Mulberry | d) Mulberry | ||
- | ==Shows 8-9: Eva Whittam== | + | ==Series 1, Shows 8-9: Eva Whittam== |
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d) The Stage | d) The Stage | ||
- | ==Shows 9-10: Derek McMorrow== | + | ==Series 1, Shows 9-10: Derek McMorrow== |
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'''d) Heptathlon''' | '''d) Heptathlon''' | ||
- | ==Show 10: Donna Minors== | + | ==Series 1, Show 10: Donna Minors== |
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'''d) St. Christopher''' | '''d) St. Christopher''' | ||
- | ==Xmas: Dave Reagan== | + | ==Series 1, Xmas: Dave Reagan== |
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d) A pantomime dame | d) A pantomime dame | ||
- | ==Xmas: Andy Woodcock== | + | ==Series 1, Xmas: Andy Woodcock== |
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d) 59th Street | d) 59th Street | ||
- | ==Xmas: Donna Clark== | + | ==Series 1, Xmas: Donna Clark== |
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'''d) Italian''' | '''d) Italian''' | ||
- | ==Xmas: Cheryl Turner== | + | ==Series 1, Xmas: Cheryl Turner== |
'''£1,000:''' | '''£1,000:''' |
Revision as of 02:19, 30 December 2010
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE - Series 1 results
Includes results for the 1998 Christmas Day special.
Shows
Contestants
Last question attempted
(correct answer in bold)
Result
Actual winnings
Series 1, Show 1: Graham Elwell
£125,000:
Q) Which country is sandwiched between Ghana and Benin?
Used the "phone a friend" lifeline to ring his grandad, but he didn't know.
Took the money.
£64,000
a) Togo
b) Equatorial Guinea
c) Cote d'Ivoire
d) Gabon
Series 1, Shows 1-2: Rachel Da Costa
£16,000:
Q) Which county of England borders only one other?
Used the "phone a friend" lifeline to ring her dad, but he didn't know.
Took the money.
£8,000
a) Cornwall
b) Devon
c) Dorset
d) Kent
Series 1, Show 2: Arlene Harper
£8,000:
Q) Ethanol is the most common form of which substance?
Uses the 50:50 and the "phone a friend" lifelines. Chooses "plastic".
Wrong answer - loses everything but £1,000.
£1,000
a) Oil
b) Plastic
c) Gas
d) Alcohol
Series 1, Shows 2-3: Ross Jackson
£125,000:
Q) Roughly what proportion of the people who have ever lived are alive today?
At this stage, Ross had used up all his lifelines.
Took the money.
£64,000
a) 0.01%
b) 0.1%
c) 1%
d) 10%
Series 1, Show 3: Tina Bird
£2,000:
Q) From which city did Marco Polo set out on his journey to explore the East?
Uses the 50:50 to leave "Seville" and "Venice".
Wrong answer - loses everything but £1,000.
£1,000
a) Seville
b) Amsterdam
c) London
d) Venice
Series 1, Shows 3-4: Samantha Thomas
£32,000:
Q) Which country does the famous pine-scented wine Retsina come from?
No lifelines left by this stage.
Took the money.
£16,000
a) Italy
b) Spain
c) Portugal
d) Greece
Series 1, Shows 4-5: John Stewart
£16,000:
Q) Which of these was built in 1961?
No lifelines left by this stage.
Took the money.
£16,000
a) Post Office Tower
b) Berlin Wall
c) Sears Tower
d) Pompidou Centre
Series 1, Shows 5-6: John McKeown
£125,000:
Q) Which of these artistes never had a UK number one hit single?
Rang a friend, who didn't know for sure.
Took the money.
£64,000
a) Genesis
b) Fleetwood Mac
c) UB40
d) Marvin Gaye
Series 1, Show 6: Craig Logue
£4,000:
Q) What is the other name for a linden tree?
No lifelines left by this stage.
Took the money.
£2,000
a) Willow
b) Larch
c) Lime
d) Beech
Series 1, Shows 6-7: Judith Beacroft
£8,000:
Q) An "inundation" is which of these natural occurrences?
Uses the 50:50 lifeline. Chooses "earthquake".
Wrong answer - loses everything but £1,000.
£1,000
a) Fire
b) Flood
c) Earthquake
d) Hurricane
Series 1, Show 7: David McNab
£4,000:
Q) Which of these islands belongs to Italy?
Neglects to use remaining lifeline.
Wrong answer - loses everything but £1,000.
£1,000
a) Corsica
b) Majorca
c) Rhodes
d) Capri
Series 1, Shows 7-8: Matthew Asbury
£125,000:
Q) How many miles separates Russia and the USA at their closest point?
No lifelines left by this stage.
Took the money.
£64,000
a) 2.5
b) 11.5
c) 26.5
d) 137.5
Series 1, Show 8: David Thompson
£16,000:
Q) Which of these was an air-raid shelter in World War Two?
No lifelines left by this stage.
Took the money.
£8,000
a) Anderson
b) Bailey
c) Churchill
d) Mulberry
Series 1, Shows 8-9: Eva Whittam
£125,000:
Q) What is the oldest weekly periodical in Britain?
No lifelines left by this stage.
Took the money.
£64,000
a) The Spectator
b) Old Moore's Almanac
c) The Lancet
d) The Stage
Series 1, Shows 9-10: Derek McMorrow
£32,000:
Q) Which of these Olympic events is for women only?
Answered "Pentathlon".
Wrong answer - loses everything but £1,000.
£1,000
a) Biathlon
b) Triathlon
c) Pentathlon
d) Heptathlon
Series 1, Show 10: Donna Minors
£4,000:
Q) Who is the patron saint of travellers?
No lifelines left by this stage.
Took the money.
£2,000
a) St. Luke
b) St. Vincent
c) St. Francis
d) St. Christopher
Series 1, Xmas: Dave Reagan
£125,000:
Q) In 1847, the Illustrated London News carried the first known pictures of what?
Used the "phone a friend" lifeline, but his friend didn't know.
Took the money.
£64,000
a) A Christmas tree
b) A Christmas cracker
c) Rudolph
d) A pantomime dame
Series 1, Xmas: Andy Woodcock
£2,000:
Q) Complete the title of this Christmas film - "Miracle on..."
Chooses "24th Street".
Wrong answer - loses everything but £1,000.
£1,000
a) 24th Street
b) 34th Street
c) 42nd Street
d) 59th Street
Series 1, Xmas: Donna Clark
£4,000:
Q) Buon Natale is Merry Xmas in which language?
Uses the 50:50 lifeline to leave "Portuguese" and "Italian". Chooses "Portuguese".
Wrong answer - loses everything but £1,000.
£1,000
a) Portuguese
b) German
c) Spanish
d) Italian
Series 1, Xmas: Cheryl Turner
£1,000:
Q) What nationality was Handel, composer of the Christmas oratorio Messiah?
At this stage, Cheryl had used up all her lifelines.
She didn't know, and took the money.
£500
a) British
b) French
c) German
d) Austrian
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