Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Results 1

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

Contents

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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