A WHO Wants To Be A Millionaire player was forced to make a guess after burning through half their lifelines – would you have got it right?
Air traffic controller Mike Hayes from Altrincham made it through to the famous black chair and all the way up to the £125k question.
But it was the £32k question that left him momentarily stumped.
Host read: “Which literary character is the narrator of the J.D Salinger novel ‘The Catcher in the Rye’?
The choices were: Nick Carraway, Scout Finch, Holden Caulfield, Esther Greenwood.
Despite reading the novel 30 years ago, Mike struggled to recall the author.
After using half his lifelines on the previous question, Mike was reluctant to use up any more.
So, he took a punt without using any of his remaining lifelines and guessed Holden Caulfield.
Jeremy said: “It’s funny how these facts live in our heads. That was correct, well done.”;;
Later in the show, Mike reached the £125k question – but with no lifelines remaining.
So, he decided to happily walk away with the whopping amount money.
The episode also featured contestant Faridah Oyetunji, a bio medicalstudent from Abbey Wood.
She made it through to the famous black chair after winning fastest finger first.
Faridah struggled from the start and had to use her audience life line to answer the £300 question.
asked: “Which of these are traditionally swapped by opposing players at the end of amatch?
The choices were Shirts, Shorts,Bootsor Socks and not being a bigfan, the audience helped her correctly choose shirts.
She then had to use Jeremy as her second lifeline when she was asked to name the thoroughfare that connectsCastle to the Palace of Holyrood House.
But Faridah made it to her safety net of £1000 by confidently answering thenextquestion that came along.
However, the £2000 question confused her, when Jeremy asked: “Which recurring TV character has been played bysince 1995.”;;
The choices were Mandy Dingle, Kim Tate, Tracy Barlow or Sharon Mitchell.
Faridah said: “I’ve got absolutely no clue, I’m not a soap fan.”;;
She then decided to use her third lifeline and go 50-50 and was left with A and C – Faridah then took a guess at Mandy Dingle, which was correct.
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