David Neale

David Neale became the second person to win £250,000 on the 17th January 2000.

Fastest Finger First question:

Starting with the earliest, put these 4 English queens in the order they reigned.

A: Anne

B: Elizabeth I

C: Mary I

D: Victoria

Correct Order: C, B, A, D

1. (£100) Which event takes place under "The Big Top"

A: The Proms

B: Queen's Garden Party

C: Circus

D: PM's Question Time

Correct Answer: C

2. (£200) What's the american term for a handsome man with a physique?

A: Cream Cake

B: Sponge Cake

C: Beefcake

D: Fairy Cake

Correct Answer: C

3. (£300) Which gardening equipment do you associate with the characters Bill & Ben?

A: Wheelbarrows

B: Pruning Shears

C: Flowerpots

D: Sit-on Lawnmowers

Correct Answer: C

4. (£500) With which country is the sombrero hat most closely associated?

A: France

B: Turkey

C: India

D: Mexico

Correct Answer: D

5. (£1,000) Which of these words refers to an over-theatrical actor?

A: Beef

B: Ham

C: Pork

D: Mutton

Correct Answer: B

6. (£2,000) Joe DiMaggio was famous for playing which sport?

A: Baseball

B: Basketball

C: American Football

D: Ice Hockey

Correct Answer: A

7. (£4,000) What is the currency unit of the member states of the EU that have adopted monetary union?

A: Ecu

B: Gilda

C: Euro

D: Florin

Correct Answer: C

8. (£8,000) The Great Barrier Reef stretches the length of the coast of which Australian state?

A: Victoria

B: New South Wales

C: Northern Territory

D: Queensland

Correct Answer: D

9. (£16,000) What was Frank Sinatra's middle name?

A: Michael

B: Edward

C: Albert

D: Joseph

(David asks the audience and 61% say Albert, and David goes with it and wins £16,000)

10. (£32,000) In which country did Shintuism originate?

A: Saudi Arabia

B: Japan

C: India

D: China

Correct Answer: B

11. (£64,000) Which of the British Isles has a parliament with a lower house called 'The House of Keys'?

A: The Shetlands

B: Isle of Man

C: Isles of Scilly

D: Farne Islands

Correct Answer: B

12. (£125,000) What is the title of the play-within-a-play in Hamlet?

A: The Trapdoor

B: Cat & Mouse

C: The Dormouse

D: The Mousetrap

Correct Answer: D

13. (£250,000) Who was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize?

A: Marie Curie

B: Mother Teresa

C: Florence Nightingale

D: Emmeline Pankhurst

Correct Answer: A

14. (£500,000) Who was the son of Alfred The Great

A: Edward The Elder

B: Edward The Confessor

C: Edmund Ironside

D: Edward the Martyr

(David used his 50:50 which left him A and B, then used the Phone A Friend, he phoned Ken who thought it was Edward The Elder but David took the quarter of a million. Before he left the studio with his wife Chris revealed that Edward The Elder was the right answer)

The contestant after David was Peter Lee who became the very first person in the UK to win £500,000 and see the Million Pound question.