Who Wants To Be A Millionaire viewers rage ITV show is ‘too easy’ as two contestants win £375,000 in one episode
Host Jeremy Clarkson quizzed two contestants who ended up winning hundreds of thousands of pounds each
WHO Wants To Be A Millionaire viewers were left raging after watching the latest instalment of the ITV show last night as they claim the questions have become “too easy” allowing viewers to progress further than usual.
The claims come as two contestants won a total of £375,000 between then one episode.
During Sunday’s (September 29) episode, host Jeremy Clarkson welcomed two contestants to try their luck at becoming a millionaire.
First up was contestant Michael Smith, followed by Pete Hallifax.
Commenting on their impressive combined win on X, formerly Twitter, one viewer said: “Bloody hell, how have they managed to get two smarty pants on the first show?!”
“That’s £375,000 in one ep!” said another shocked viewer.
But other ITV fans believe it was simply easy questions helping them along.
One question in particular when Michael was playing for £32,000 sparked debate online, as viewers thought it was far too simple.
Reading the question, Jeremy asked: “The villains in which Roald Dahl book are the dim-witted farmers Boggis, Bunce and Bean?”
The possible answers were A: Danny, Champion of the World, B: The Witches, C: George’s Marvellous Medicine, or D: Fantastic Mr Fox.
“Well, I have two young children who demand to be read to at bedtime and this is one of their favourite books, hurrah,” Michael quickly replied.
“It is The Fantastic Mr Fox, final answer,” he added.
“Of course, the correct answer. You’ve made it to £32,000,” Jeremy exclaimed.
But viewers were unsurprised that he sailed through the round as they felt the question was not hard enough.
“That was far too easy a question for £32k – far too guessable,” one viewer said.
“Is it just me or are the questions getting easier and easier?” another asked after Michael secured his £32,000.
The show “was much more watchable when contestants were challenged just to get to £16k rather than easily strolling to £250k,” fumed another.
Michael went on to easily win £250,000, tapping out before he came up against the question, “Which military leader was the oldest at the battle they are paired with?”
Hazarding a guess, he said Bonnie Prince Charlie at the Battle of Culloden, but the correct answer was actually James II of England at the Battle of the Boyne.
“Well, if you’d said that, you’d be leaving here with £32,000, so it’s a good job you didn’t.
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- The Chase – The ITV daytime favourite left fans scratching their heads when it threw up one of the most bizarre questions to ever grace the programme. One of the questions asked the player: “Someone with a nightshade intolerance should avoid eating what?” The options were – sweetcorn, potatoes, carrots – with Steve selecting sweetcorn but the correct answer was potatoes.
“But it’s of no consequence to you because you’re leaving her with a quarter of a million pounds,” Jeremy exclaimed.
Jeremy then welcomed the episode’s second contestant, Pete, who earned his chance to try to be a millionaire by correctly ordering the films, 12 Years a Slave, Titanic, Chicago and Shakespeare by the time period in which they are set.
He ended up winning £125,000.
Pete decided to take the money on the table, some of which he intended to put toward his upcoming wedding, rather than progressing any further in the competition.
He did get a chance to take a guess at what would have been his next question.
Reading the question, Jeremy asked: “Which of these poems each read by its author as a US presidential election was read by Amanda Gorman at the 2021 ceremony?”
The possible answers were A: The Hill We Climb, B: One Today, C: On the Pulse of Morning and D: The Gift Outright.
Jeremy then revealed that Pete guessed correctly, answering with option A, which means he missed out on taking home a whopping £250,000.
Who Wants to be a Millionaire airs on Sundays at 8pm on ITV. All episodes are available to stream on ITVX.