David Rainford, from Manchester, England, was a contestant on the show on April 9, 2005. He walked away with £250,000.
He is now an Egghead on the BBC series Eggheads along with past Million Pound Winners Judith Keppel and Pat Gibson, and the £64,000 winner Barry Simmons.
WWTBAM Run
Fastest Finger First
| Fastest Finger First Question | |
| Starting with the most northerly, put these nicknames of premiership football teams in geographical order. | |
| ⬥ A: Saints | ⬥ B: Red Devils |
| ⬥ C: Gunners | ⬥ D: Magpies |
From the 10 contestants, 6 got it right, but David (with a time of 3.05 seconds) was the fastest to correctly answer D-B-C-A, making it into the Hot Seat.
David's Run to the Million
| £100 (1 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of these is a flowerless plant? | |
| ⬥ A: Des | ⬥ B: Mel |
| ⬥ C: Phillip | ⬥ D: Fern |
| £200 (2 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| In the UK, where should a postage stamp normally be placed on an envelope? | |
| ⬥ A: Top left | ⬥ B: Top right |
| ⬥ C: Bottom left | ⬥ D: Bottom right |
| £300 (3 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of these oranges is also the name of a duck? | |
| ⬥ A: Mandarin | ⬥ B: Satsuma |
| ⬥ C: Clementine | ⬥ D: Tangerine |
| £500 (4 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| A VIP visiting a ship is traditionally... what? 'Ask the Audience' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Hooted Aboard | ⬥ B: Screeched Aboard |
| ⬥ C: Piped Aboard | ⬥ D: Honked Aboard |
| Ask the Audience Results: A: 4% ⬥ B: 0% ⬥ C: 88% ⬥ D: 8% | |
| £1,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which actress sang a duet with Robbie Williams on the 2001 chart topper 'Something Stupid'? | |
| ⬥ A: Kim Basinger | ⬥ B: Nicole Kidman |
| ⬥ C: Kate Winslet | ⬥ D: Penelope Cruz |
| £2,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of these men never served as US president? | |
| ⬥ A: Douglas MacArthur | ⬥ B: Thomas Jefferson |
| ⬥ C: Woodrow Wilson | ⬥ D: Theodore Roosevelt |
| £4,000 (7 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of these professions is not a standard character on the board game Cluedo? | |
| ⬥ A: Reverend | ⬥ B: Admiral |
| ⬥ C: Colonel | ⬥ D: Professor |
| £8,000 (8 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Who plays the role of Doctor Who's assistant Rose Tyler in the new TV series? | |
| ⬥ A: Anna Friel | ⬥ B: Billie Piper |
| ⬥ C: Racher Stirling | ⬥ D: Hannah Waterman |
| £16,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| In which century did Nell Gwyn live? | |
| ⬥ A: Sixteenth | ⬥ B: Seventeenth |
| ⬥ C: Eighteenth | ⬥ D: Nineteenth |
| £32,000 (10 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Willy Loman is the central character of which play? | |
| ⬥ A: Blithe Spirit | ⬥ B: The Caretaker |
| ⬥ C: Death of a Salesman | ⬥ D: An Inspector Calls |
| £64,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of these US states shares a border with Texas? '50:50' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Montana | ⬥ B: Florida |
| ⬥ C: Minnesota | ⬥ D: Oklahoma |
| £125,000 (12 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| What was the first name of the French composer Gounod, famous for his opera 'Faust'? | |
| ⬥ A: Charles | ⬥ B: Pierre |
| ⬥ C: Hector | ⬥ D: Igor |
| £250,000 (13 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| Which of these people was not born in 1899? 'Phone a Friend' lifeline used | |
| ⬥ A: Duke Ellington | ⬥ B: Charlie Chaplin |
| ⬥ C: Humphery Bogart | ⬥ D: Ernest Hemmingway |
| Unsure, David decided to phone his friend Mike, who was 60% sure it was B: Charlie Chaplin. David went with him and got it right. |
| £500,000 (14 of 15) - Not Timed | |
| As what was the 18th century-born explorer Mungo Park qualified? | |
| ⬥ A: Priest | ⬥ B: Lawyer |
| ⬥ C: Surgeon | ⬥ D: Engineer |
| David's instinct was surgeon but he wasn't prepared to risk it, so he decided to walk away with £250,000. The correct answer was indeed C: Surgeon |