Who Wants To Be A Millionaire!?

[winkyduck]

This was the $1M question. On the UK version of the show. Seriously. The guy has 2 lifelines left: 50/50 and Phone a Friend. I know many here will be stunned when they see the question and knowing it is worth $1M. But keep in mind this show is done in England. And if you start from the beginning you will see they had some questions that none of us here would have had a clue about. But it is interesting to see what the $1M question is.......and the guy did the right thing using both lifelines here

 

[Sportsrmylife]

A bit of an unfair post here Winky.

The American version could have the same type of question in a sport like cricket, darts, or korean baseball that the people of that country would say is a lay up but we would consider to be hard.

But the guy did do a good job of working through the answers. Good for him.

 

[winkyduck]

A bit of an unfair post here Winky.

The American version could have the same type of question in a sport like cricket, darts, or korean baseball that the people of that country would say is a lay up but we would consider to be hard.

But the guy did do a good job of working through the answers. Good for him.

I did say that we would find it easy but if you go back and see some past ???? they were very British in nature and we would have been clueless.

I have never seen anyone get that far and have 2 lifelines left

 

[Sportsrmylife]

I did say that we would find it easy but if you go back and see some past ???? they were very British in nature and we would have been clueless.

I have never seen anyone get that far and have 2 lifelines left

very true on the lifeline part.

that means he was a smart dude to not rely on others to get to that point.

 

[Rockfish]

i wonder what the tax is over there on game show winnings. 1 million pounds is about 1,250,000 us dollars. Nice score.

 

[raycabino]

Not sure what was worse, the question or the fact that they left the kentucky derby up as one of the choices as apposed to the preakness when he took his 50/50.

 

[Neveragain]

i wonder what the tax is over there on game show winnings. 1 million pounds is about 1,250,000 us dollars. Nice score.

According to the internet, for game shows, lottery winnings, gambling, etc. it’s tax free in the UK. Nice score.

 

[FairWarning]

Pretty sweet video.

 

[winkyduck]

Not sure what was worse, the question or the fact that they left the kentucky derby up as one of the choices as apposed to the preakness when he took his 50/50.

Supposedly the 2 wrong answers are removed at random. But I do agree here. But if you watch he does mention he knows the 3 races as is. He just had the lifelines so might as well use them on the last question since they are worthless if not used

 

[winkyduck]

i wonder what the tax is over there on game show winnings. 1 million pounds is about 1,250,000 us dollars. Nice score.

Knowing what taxes are like there my guess is around 50%.

 

[raycabino]

Supposedly the 2 wrong answers are removed at random. But I do agree here. But if you watch he does mention he knows the 3 races as is. He just had the lifelines so might as well use them on the last question since they are worthless if not used

No he knew the answer from the beginning, jsut thinking in general that preakness is the obv race to leave up their in a 50/50. If random then that's the answer but i always thought they took the 2 most obvious no's out in the past.

 

[Heisenberg]

The second to last question seemed like a layup as well.

 

[TheGuesser]

My favorite is still the first guy who used his phone a friend to tell his dad he's winning a million bucks.

 

[winkyduck]

^^^^^^^^^^ Not that hard of a question. Even I knew it was Tricky Dick

 

[WildBill]

Knowing what taxes are like there my guess is around 50%.

Gambling winnings are not taxable as income in most countries, that's a pure US IRS money grab. In most other countries the only way its taxed is if you are a professional. The issue is just based in logic, when you gamble you are supposed to lose over the long run so its a form of entertainment you are paying for. Indeed think about lottery prizes, all those people who bought losing lottery tickets don't get a tax deduction, so why should the winner have to pay tax like its income?

That issue came up when Joe Cada from Australia won the WSOP World Championship. He went pro after he won the tournament, but he could prove he never won enough to sustain himself from poker in the years before he won the big one, so that year would be his last as an amateur poker player.

 

[Neveragain]

That issue came up when Joe Cada from Australia won the WSOP World Championship.

Hey Bill, you must be referring to Joe Hachem from Australia.
While both poker players have won the WSOP Main, Joe Cada is an American from Detroit area.

 

[TheGuesser]

^^^^^^^^^^ Not that hard of a question. Even I knew it was Tricky Dick

Yeah, I did also. A shockingly easy 1 Million Dollar question, but I guess if one was a 20 something, they might not have known.

 

[ComptrBob]

Hey Bill, you must be referring to Joe Hachem from Australia.
While both poker players have won the WSOP Main, Joe Cada is an American from Detroit area.

Who can forget the chants of "Aussie, Aussie, Aussie" as Hachem made his way to the WSOP title?