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Mick Deery, from Birmingham, England, was a contestant on the UK version of the show on January 21, 2000. He walked away with £8,000.

WWTBAM Run

Fastest Finger First

Fastest Finger First Question
Starting with the most, put these four creatures in order according to the number of legs they have.
⬥ A: Spider ⬥ B: Rabbit
⬥ C: Parrot ⬥ D: Grasshopper

From the 10 contestants, 6 got it right, but Mick (with a time of 7.17 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer A-D-B-C, making it into the Hot Seat.

Mick's Run to the Million

£100 (1 of 15) - Not Timed
Which of these would write a problem page in a newspaper?
⬥ A: Swing sister ⬥ B: Agony aunt
⬥ C: Glamorous granny ⬥ D: Reverend mother


£200 (2 of 15) - Not Timed
Big Ben is part of which London building?
⬥ A: Houses of Parliament ⬥ B: Buckingham Palace
⬥ C: Westminster Abbey ⬥ D: St Paul's Cathedral


£300 (3 of 15) - Not Timed
Which of these words is a slang term for the nose?
⬥ A: Bonce ⬥ B: Lughole
⬥ C: Schnozzle ⬥ D: Chops


£500 (4 of 15) - Not Timed
Which of these countries shares its name with a US state?
⬥ A: Bulgaria ⬥ B: Georgia
⬥ C: Romania ⬥ D: Estonia


£1,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed
What is the name for individual leaves of grass, irises or gladioli?
'Ask the Audience' lifeline used
⬥ A: Shoots - 6% ⬥ B: Needles - 2%
⬥ C: Twigs - 2% ⬥ D: Blades - 90%


£2,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed
Which department is in charge of issuing passports?
⬥ A: Home Office ⬥ B: Foreign and Commonwealth Office
⬥ C: Office of Fair Trading ⬥ D: Civil Aviation Authority


£4,000 (7 of 15) - Not Timed
In which cuisine are bagels a traditional food?
'50:50' lifeline used
⬥ A: Southeast Asian ⬥ B: Jewish
⬥ C: Turkish ⬥ D: Scandinavian


£8,000 (8 of 15) - Not Timed
Which American Indian was the subject of a poem by Longfellow?
'Phone a Friend' lifeline used
⬥ A: Crazy Horse ⬥ B: Pocahontas
⬥ C: Sitting Bull ⬥ D: Hiawatha
Mick did not know, so he decided to phone his friend David, who was 75-80% it was D: Hiawatha. He went with him and won £8,000.


£16,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed
The crosses of how many saints make up the Union Jack?
⬥ A: Two ⬥ B: Three
⬥ C: Four ⬥ D: Five
Mick was fairly sure it was C: Four, but not enough to risk it, and already felt happy with what he won, so he decided to walk away with £8,000. The correct answer was B: Three.
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