Test Your Knowledge: Can You Answer Every £1M Question from Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

WHO Wants To Be A Millionaire is famed for it’s tough questions and tantalisingly few life lines that have left many contestants brutally axed from the show.

The show, now hosted by , has only been won five times in the 16 years that it’s been on air.

Once dubbed the most challenging quiz show on television, it’s had no shortage of contestants attempt to take on the mammoth task but

to the million pound question – but could you get it right?

Once you’ve had a crack the questions, check out if you would be a millionaire with the answers revealed below.

1. Which county cricket team plays at Chester-Le-Street?

There have only ever been FIVE winners of the show with many contestants being stumped at the last hurdleCredit: PA:Press Association

Warwickshire

Durham

Northants

Leicestershire

2. Which sovereign bore the moniker ‘the wisest fool in Christendom’?

James I

Charles I

Edward

Henry I

3. Which King was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?

Judith Keppel was the first ever contestant to win the show, her victory even cemented her spot as an expert on the BBC gameshow EggheadsCredit: ITV

Henry

Henry II

Richard

Henry V

4. Oberon orbits which celestial body?

The Sun’s Jeremy Clarkson has been hosting the show since 2018Credit: ITV

Mercury

Neptune

Uranus

Mars

5. In the year 1912, which party did ex-US President Theodore Roosevelt run for?

Bull Frog

Bull Elephant

Bull Dog

Bull Moose

6. Tomas Masaryk was the founding President of which nation?

Pat Gibson, was ecstatic after he aced the million pound questionCredit: ITV

Poland

Czechoslovakia

Hungary

Yugoslavia

7. Sowing ‘Quercus robur’ seeds would sprout what?

Flowers

Trees

Grain

Vegetables

8. A number one followed by one hundred zeros is known by which name?

Charles Ingram scooped the million pound prize back in 2003Credit: Rex

Googol

Megatron

Gigabit

Nanomole

9. The name of which measurement unit hails from an Italian aristocrat?

Ohm

Pascal

Hertz

Volt

10. Outside of music, what profession did composer Borodin hold?

No celebrity has ever won the million pound prize – Stephen Fry has been the closest bagging £250,000Credit: Stellify Media

Chemist

Chef

Lawyer

Naval Captain

11. Which of these is a butterfly, not a moth?

Mother Shipton

Red Underwing

Burnished Brass

Speckled Wood

12. Which of these is not one of the American Triple Crown horse races?

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Belmont Stakes

Arlington Million

Kentucky Derby

Preakness Stakes

13. Which boxer was famous for striking the gong in the introduction to J. Arthur Rank films?

Freddie Mills

Terry Spinks

Don Cockell

Bombardier Billy Wells

14. Which of these UK prime ministers never served as foreign secretary?

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? first began in September 1998Credit: Unknown

Winston Churchchill

Alec Douglas-Home

Anthony Eden

Harold Macmilan

15. Which of these people was born the same year as Queen Elizabeth II?

Davyth Fear was axed from the competition after he picked the wrong answer – he still managed to bag £500,000Credit: @MillionaireUK / Youtube

Audrey Hepburn

Judy Garland

Julie Andrews

Marilyn Monroe

16. In the history of motor sport, which of these iconic races was held first?

Le Mans 24 Hours

Monaco Grand Prix

Indy 500

Isle of Man TT

17. In 1718, which pirate died in battle off the coast of what is now North Carolina?

Blackbeard

Calico Jack

Captain Kidd

Bartholomew Roberts

recentlytitled Millionaire Hotseat which airs on ITV1.