A woman in the UK might be feeling a little nervous about going home after ignoring her husband’s advice and losing out on £32,000 (AU$58,000) on Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
Lynn was already sitting on a pretty pile of cash and was just one question away from doubling her money when she was asked who preceded Boris Johnson in the role of Home Secretary. Admitting she didn’t know the answer, Lynn decided to use her lifeline and call her husband for advice.
He told her that he thought the answer was Philip Hammond, which is correct, but Lynn wasn’t so sure. Rather than taking the guaranteed £32,000, Lynn decided to gamble and told the show’s presenter Jeremy Clarkson to lock in William Hague for a chance to double her money.
Viewers at home were live tweeting their anxiety at watching Lynn’s disastrous downfall and many wondered if her poor old husband would have changed the locks by the time she got home.
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When she realised her mistake, Lynn proclaimed, “Ian will kill me!”. Clarkson then helpfully added, “May I make suggestion – don’t go home tonight.”
The former Top Gear host wasn’t the only one to suggest Lynn book a room elsewhere for the night.
“Well that’s going to come up in every marital argument forevermore,” one man joked on Twitter.
“Ian and Lynn if you’re reading Twitter, are you still married?! Cos I think I would have built a shed for Lynn when she got back!!” asked another.
“Say bye bye to 31 grand, and hello to a divorce,” one cheeky viewer added.
However, Lynn can take comfort in the fact that she’s not the only Millionaire contestant to flub an apparently easy answer.
When asked, “When attacked by predators, which of these animals will often activate a large gland known as an ink sack?” one woman inexplicably chose to lock in owl rather than squid. You’ve got to hand it to her though – we wouldn’t want to come across an ink-squirting owl either.
Another chose Edmund when asked “What is George W Bush’s first name”, while one woman suggested Stonehenge had been embalmed rather than Lenin’s tomb.