Phil Fiddler, a pipefitter from Barry, Glamorgan, was a contestant on series 3 of the UK version of the show on 12 March, 1999. He walked away with £16,000. He became second contestant to walk away without using all of his lifelines and the first to do so without using the 50:50 lifeline.
WWTBAM Run
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Fastest Finger FirstEdit
| Fastest Finger First Question | |
| Starting with the earliest, put these four songs in order by when they first reached Number One in Britain. | |
| • A: Those Were The Days | • B: Living Doll |
| • C: 2 Become 1 | • D: Come On Eileen |
From the 9 remaining contestants, 2 got it right, but Phil (with a time of 9.05 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer B-A-D-C, making it into the Hot Seat.
Phil's Run to the MillionEdit
| £100 (1 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Before going solo which Gary was a singer with band Take That ? | |
| • A: Gary Numan | • B: Gary Glitter |
| • C: Gary Barlow | • D: Gary Lineker |
| £200 (2 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which measure is often abbreviated to 'oz.'? | |
| • A: Centimetre | • B: Hogshead |
| • C: Ounce | • D: Kilohertz |
| £300 (3 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| According to legend, Cleopatra was fatally bitten by which creature? | |
| • A: A tarantula | • B: An asp |
| • C: A lion | • D: Mark Anthony |
| £500 (4 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| What word can precede 'Face' and 'Girl' to give two film titles ? | |
| • A: Funny | • B: Ugly |
| • C: Lovely | • D: Lucky |
| £1,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which is Australia's only island state ? | |
| • A: South Australia | • B: Tasmania |
| • C: Queensland | • D: Victoria |
| £2,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| By what name was German aviator Manfred von Richthofen better known? | |
| • A: The Red Devil | • B: The Red King |
| • C: The Red Admiral | • D: The Red Baron |
| £4,000 (7 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which form of fastening was invented by George de Mestral, supposedly after seeing his dog's ears covered in burrs? 'Ask the Audience' lifeline used | |
| • A: Hook and Eye | • B: Zip Fastener |
| • C: Velcro | • D: Sellotape |
| Ask the Audience Results: A: 8% • B: 4% • C: 83% • D: 5% | |
| £8,000 (8 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Who composed the symphony, 'From The New World'? 'Phone a Friend' lifeline used | |
| • A: Beethoven | • B: Brahms |
| • C: Dvorak | • D: Haydn |
| Phil had no idea, so he decided to call his friend Laurie, who said Dvorak (and even told Phil how to pronounce it correctly). He decided to go with him, and won £8,000. |
| £16,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| What is the function of the 'scuppers' on a ship? | |
| • A: Propulsion | • B: Steering |
| • C: Shelter | • D: Drainage |
| £32,000 (10 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| What was George Stubbs particularly famous for painting? | |
| • A: Horses | • B: Landscapes |
| • C: Portraits | • D: Religious scenes |
| Phil had no idea, and even told Chris that using his 50:50 would be useless, so he decided to go away with £16,000. The correct answer was A: Horses. |
SourcesEdit
| Preceded by Mark Mills | UK Contestant (Series 3) Phil Fiddler | Succeeded by Roger Bannock |
