Tony Kennedy

Tony Kennedy, a warehouseman from Blackburn, Lancashire, was a contestant on series 3 of the UK version of the show on 7, 10 March, 1999. He walked away with £125,000.

However, one day after the show's broadcast, it was discovered that the answer that Tony gave to his £64,000 question was incorrect. Despite this, he was allowed to keep his £125,000 win.

Bad question

 * For £64,000, Tony was asked "Theoretically, what is the minimum number of strokes with which a tennis player can win a set?", with 12, 24, 36, and 48 as choices, which he answered as 24 (four shots to win a game, with six games in a set). However, the Daily Mirror newspaper, one day after his episode was broadcast, reported that 12 was the correct answer (as a server, acing four times, the minimum required to win a game; as a receiver, the opponent double-faulting on each serve). The show acknowledged, but despite this, Tony was allowed to keep his prize money, £125,000, as the mistake was done by them, not by Tony himself.