Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Results 1

WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE - Series 1 results

Shows

Contestants

Last question attempted

(correct answer in bold)

Result

Actual winnings

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

c) Cote d'Ivoire

b) Equatorial Guinea

d) Gabon

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

c) Dorset

b) Devon

d) Kent

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

c) Gas

b) Plastic

d) Alcohol

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%

c) 1%

b) 0.1%

d) 10%

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

c) London

b) Amsterdam

d) Venice

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

c) Portugal

b) Spain

d) Greece

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

c) Sears Tower

b) Berlin Wall

d) Pompidou Centre

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

c) UB40

b) Fleetwood Mac

d) Marvin Gaye

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

c) Lime

b) Larch

d) Beech

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

c) Earthquake

b) Flood

d) Hurricane

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

c) Rhodes

b) Majorca

d) Capri

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

c) 26.5

b) 11.5

d) 137.5

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

c) Churchill

b) Bailey

d) Mulberry

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

c) The Lancet

b) Old Moore's Almanac

d) The Stage

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

c) Pentathlon

b) Triathlon

d) Heptathlon

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

c) St. Francis

b) St. Vincent

d) St. Christopher

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