New photo Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? contestant loses £93k

An unlucky Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Contestant threw away £93,000 last night after following the audience's advice on a tricky literature questions.

Oli from Canterbury, had successfully made it as far as £125,000 in the popular quiz show and could have walked away with the cash.

But he faced a question about opening lines from great works of fiction which could have doubled his money to £250,000.

He was asked which novel begins with the words: '3 May. Bistritz. Left Munich at 8:35PM.'

With £125,000 in winnings his for the taking, Oli faced a literature question to get to £250,000

Having not read any of the four novels Oli used his 50/50 lifeline but remained none the wiser

He asked the studio audience, but by a ratio of more than four to one, they recommended the wrong answer

Oli responded to the loss of £93,000 with good grace, saying 'It's something I now know'

The four options were Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Dracula, Heart of Darkness and Frankenstein.

The confused contestant admitted to not having read any of the four novels.

Talking through the options he found himself unable to hazard a guess, so he asked presenter Jeremy Clakrson if he could use his '50/50' lifeline to remove two wrong answers.

The computer removed the novels by Joseph Conrad and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley leaving him with just Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Dracula to choose from.

Jeremy Clarkson said to him: 'If you get it right you've got a quarter of a million and you're two questions from the big one.'

Host Jeremy Clarkson was sympathetic when the gamble didn't pay off, saying 'What an absolute nightmare'

The Correct Answers

The cold war spy novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy  Spy, by John Le Carre, published in 1974, begins: 'The truth is, if old Major Dover hadn't dropped dead at Taunton races, Jim would never have come to Thursgood's at all.'

Dracula, by Bram Stoker, first published in 1897, opens with 'JONATHAN HARKER'S JOURNAL (Kept in shorthand.) 3 May, Bistritz. Left Munich at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at Vienna next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was an hour late.'

The 1899 short novel telling the story of a trip on the Congo River, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, begins: 'The Nellie, a cruising yawl, swung to her anchor without a flutter of the sails, and was at rest.'

And Frankenstein, written by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley in a single weekend when she was just 18 and published in 1818, starts with a letter from the narrator: 'You will rejoice to hear that no disaster has accompanied the commencement of an enterprise which you have regarded with such evil forebodings.'

Knowing he could still walk away with £125,000 - and that he would lose £93,000 and drop to winnings of 'just' £32,000 if he got it wrong - Oli went a step further and asked the studio audience.

He said he imagined many of them would have read at least one of the books and would know the answer.

The audience overwhelmingly voted for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, with 81 per cent giving him that answer.

He said: 'I think let's go with... let's do it. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, final answer,' he said.

But with a devastating negative sound effect, the correct answer - Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy - flashed green on the screen and Mr Clarkson said: 'It's the wrong answer.

'What an absolute nightmare, it's Dracula.'

Oli seemed to take the reduction in his winnings with good grace, responding, 'It's something I now know.'

He went home with winnings of £32,000.

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