Statistics for Million Pound Questions

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General Stats

  • This quiz has been taken 21 times
  • The average score is 8 of 18

Answer Stats

QuestionAnswer% Correct
Charles Ingram (2001) (No coughing allowed): A number one followed by one hundred zeros is known by what name?Googol
83%
Donald Fear (2020): In 1718, which pirate died in battle off the coast of what is now North Carolina?Blackbeard
61%
Robert Brydges (2001): Which scientific unit is names after an Italian nobleman?Volt
61%
Steve Devlin (2001): In 1912, former US President Theodore Roosevelt was a candidate for which political party?Bull Moose
56%
Mike Pomfrey (2001): Tomas Masaryk was the first president of which country?Czechoslovakia
56%
Judith Keppel (2000): Which king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?Henry II
56%
John Randall (2000): Oberon is the satellite of which planet?Uranus
56%
Peter Spyrides (2001): What was the profession of the composer Borodin?Chemist
50%
Davyth Fear (2019): Which of these people was born the same year as Queen Elizabeth II?Marilyn Monroe
50%
Peter Lee (2000): Which county cricket side is based at Chester-Le-Street?Durham
44%
Pat Gibson (2004): Which of these is not one of the American Triple Crown horse races?Arlington Million
39%
Kate Heusser (2000): Which monarch was known as "the wisest fool in Christendom"?James I
39%
John Robinson (2019): Which of these UK prime ministers never served as foreign secretary?Winston Churchill
39%
Andrew Townsley (2020): In the history of motor sport, which of these iconic races was held first?Isle of Man TT
33%
Roger Walker (2002): Which of these is a butterfly, not a moth?Speckled Wood
33%
Ingram Wilcox (2006): Which boxer was famous for striking the gong in the introduction to J. Arthur Rank films?Bombardier Billy Wells
28%
David Edwards (2001): If you planted the seeds of 'Quercus robur', what would grow?Trees
22%
Laurence and Jackie Llewellyn-Bowen (2006) (Revised Question): Who was the first man to travel into space twice?Gus Grissom
17%

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