Dan Hotchin, a chef from Liversedge won £125,000 on October 30th, 2000.
Fastest Finger First Question
| Fastest Finger First | |
| Starting with the closest, put these countries in order of their standard time ahead of GMT. | |
| ⬥ A: Egypt | ⬥ B: Japan |
| ⬥ C: Seychelles | ⬥ D: Thailand |
From the 10 contestants, 3 got it right. But, Dan, with a time of 6.60 seconds, was the fastest to correctly answer A-C-D-B, making it into the Hot Seat.
Dan's Run to the Million
| £100 (1 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of these is a large breed of dog? | |
| ⬥ A: Big Swede | ⬥ B: Great Dane |
| ⬥ C: Mighty Finn | ⬥ D: Enormous Norwegian |
| £200 (2 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which expression refers to a large country house and estate belonging to an aristocratic family? | |
| ⬥ A: Country club | ⬥ B: Country mile |
| ⬥ C: Country life | ⬥ D: Country seat |
| £300 (3 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of these is part of a chicken? | |
| ⬥ A: Priest's chin | ⬥ B: Vicar's ear |
| ⬥ C: Parson's nose | ⬥ D: Curate's tongue |
| £500 (4 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| 'I'll Be Missing You' was a UK number one single in 1997 for Faith Evans and who else? | |
| ⬥ A: Gust Mummy | ⬥ B: Pant Granny |
| ⬥ C: Gasp Auntie | ⬥ D: Puff Daddy |
| £1,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| What nationality is the racing driver Michael Schumacher? | |
| ⬥ A: Brazilian | ⬥ B: Italian |
| ⬥ C: Finnish | ⬥ D: German |
| £2,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Who is the creator of Dame Edna Everage? | |
| ⬥ A: Harry Enfield | ⬥ B: Danny La Rue |
| ⬥ C: Ronnie Barker | ⬥ D: Barry Humphries |
| £4,000 (7 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of these is a major Australian river? 'Ask the Audience' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Pet - 1% | ⬥ B: Doll - 4% |
| ⬥ C: Love - 3% | ⬥ D: Darling - 92% |
| £8,000 (8 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which TV soap is set in a fictitious suburb of Chester? | |
| ⬥ A: Family Affairs | ⬥ B: Brookside |
| ⬥ C: Emmerdale | ⬥ D: Hollyoaks |
| £16,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| “When shall we three meet again” is the first line of which Shakespeare play? Phone-a-Friend' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Hamlet | ⬥ B: Macbeth |
| ⬥ C: Pericles | ⬥ D: Coriolanus |
| Dan didn't know, so he phoned his friend Pat, who said B: Macbeth. Dan went with this answer and won £16,000. |
| £32,000 (10 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of these volcanoes is in Indonesia? | |
| ⬥ A: Krakatoa | ⬥ B: Stromboli |
| ⬥ C: Popocatepetl | ⬥ D: Erebus |
| £64,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of these is a table of the chemical elements? | |
| ⬥ A: Periodic table | ⬥ B: Cyclical table |
| ⬥ C: Sporadic table | ⬥ D: Recurrent table |
| £125,000 (12 to 15) - Not Timed | |
| What does an ichthyologist study? '50:50' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Birds | ⬥ B: Insects |
| ⬥ C: Fish | ⬥ D: Reptiles |
| £250,000 (13 to 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which building is known by the address 'No.1 London'? | |
| ⬥ A: Buckingham Palace | ⬥ B: Lambeth Palace |
| ⬥ C: Clarence House | ⬥ D: Apsley House |
| Dan didn't know, so he walked away with £125,000. He said he would have said C: Clarence House had he played the question. The correct answer was D: Apsley House. |