Who Wants To Be A Millionaire contestant loses $166K after audience gives wrong answer
<p>Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in the UK saw an unlucky contestant lose £93,000 ($116,450 AUD) because he decided to side with the audience on a literature question.</p>
<p>As Oliver Blake, 24, got closer towards the end of the game show, the questions increased in difficulty. He had already won £125,000 ($223,723 AUD) and could’ve walked away with the cash.</p>
<p>However, Blake was interested in doubling his money to £250,000 ($447,451 AUD) and decided to stay and see what the question was.</p>
<p>The tricky literature question said:</p>
<p>"3 May. Bistritz. Left Munich at 8:35pm" are the opening words to which novel?</p>
<ol>
<li>Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy</li>
<li>Dracula</li>
<li>Heart of Darkness</li>
<li>Frankenstein</li>
</ol>
<p>As the financial analyst had not read any of the four books that were the answers, he used his 50:50 lifeline that allowed him to remove two wrong answers.</p>
<p>As the answers were removed, Blake still had no idea and decided to ask the audience for their thoughts. With UK host, Jeremy Clarkson, egging on the contestant by saying:</p>
<p>“If you get it right you've got a quarter of a million and you're two questions from the big one.”</p>
<p>It’s clear that tensions were high and Blake explained that:</p>
<p>“I imagined many of them would have read at least one of the books and would known the answer.”</p>
<p>With the audience voting in extremely highly favoured odds for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, that’s the answer that Blake went with – 81% of the audience voted in favour of that answer.</p>
<p>He said: “I think let's go with... let's do it. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, final answer.”</p>
<p>The audience, Blake and Clarkson waited with anticipation to see what answer was the correct one. As the audience groaned, the correct answer flashed across the screen: Dracula.</p>
<p>Clarkson stated: “It's the wrong answer. What an absolute nightmare, it's Dracula.”</p>
<p>However, the contestant took it in his stride as well, saying that “it’s something I now know”. As he walked off the stage, he went home with reduced winnings of £32,000 pounds ($57,000 AUD).</p>
<p>Not a bad haul, but not as good as what he could have had.</p>
<p>Did you know the correct answer? Let us know in the comments.</p>
