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Million Pound Questions

Can you win one million pounds by correctly answering every million pound question in the nearly 25 year history of the original British version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
Sources: https://millionaire.fandom.com/wiki/Who_Wants_to_Be_a_Millionaire%3F_(UK_version)/Final_Questions#Kate_Heusser:_2nd_November_2000 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwnzAQgVhkM
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Last updated: December 22, 2022
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1. Peter Lee (2000): Which county cricket side is based at Chester-Le-Street?
Warwickshire
Durham
Northants
Leicestershire
2. Kate Heusser (2000): Which monarch was known as "the wisest fool in Christendom"?
James I
Charles I
Edward I
Henry I
3. Judith Keppel (2000): Which king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?
Henry I
Henry II
Richard I
Henry V
4. John Randall (2000): Oberon is the satellite of which planet?
Mercury
Neptune
Uranus
Mars
5. Steve Devlin (2001): In 1912, former US President Theodore Roosevelt was a candidate for which political party?
Bull Moose
Bull Dog
Bull Elephant
Bull Frog
6. Mike Pomfrey (2001): Tomas Masaryk was the first president of which country?
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Hungary
Yugoslavia
7. David Edwards (2001): If you planted the seeds of 'Quercus robur', what would grow?
Trees
Flowers
Vegetables
Grain
8. Charles Ingram (2001) (No coughing allowed): A number one followed by one hundred zeros is known by what name?
Googol
Megatron
Gigabit
Nanomole
9. Robert Brydges (2001): Which scientific unit is names after an Italian nobleman?
Pascal
Ohm
Volt
Hertz
10. Peter Spyrides (2001): What was the profession of the composer Borodin?
Naval Captian
Chemist
Lawyer
Chef
11. Roger Walker (2002): Which of these is a butterfly, not a moth?
Mother Shipton
Red Underwing
Burnished Brass
Speckled Wood
12. Pat Gibson (2004): Which of these is not one of the American Triple Crown horse races?
Arlington Million
Belmont Stakes
Kentucky Derby
Preakness Stakes
13. Laurence and Jackie Llewellyn-Bowen (2006) (Revised Question): Who was the first man to travel into space twice?
Vladimir Titov
Michael Collins
Gus Grissom
Yuri Gagarin
14. Ingram Wilcox (2006): Which boxer was famous for striking the gong in the introduction to J. Arthur Rank films?
Bombardier Billy Wells
Freddie Mills
Terry Spinks
Don Cockell
15. John Robinson (2019): Which of these UK prime ministers never served as foreign secretary?
Winston Churchill
Alec Douglas-Home
Anthony Eden
Harold Macmillan
16. Davyth Fear (2019): Which of these people was born the same year as Queen Elizabeth II?
Audrey Hepburn
Judy Garland
Julie Andrews
Marilyn Monroe
17. Andrew Townsley (2020): 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
18. Donald Fear (2020): In 1718, which pirate died in battle off the coast of what is now North Carolina?
Calico Jack
Blackbeard
Bartholomew Roberts
Captain Kidd
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