Mark Kerr, from Rainhill, Merseyside, appeared as a contestant on the fifth episode of Series 15 of the UK version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on 31 January 2004. He walked away with £250,000.
He served as Pat Gibson's Phone-a-Friend during his million pound question.
WWTBAM Run[]
Fastest Finger First Question[]
Fastest Finger First Question | |
Put these artists in the order they were born. | |
⬥ A: Raphael | ⬥ B: Tracey Emin |
⬥ C: Vincent Van Gogh | ⬥ D: Roy Lichtenstein |
Of the 10 contestants, six answered it correctly but Mark was the fastest with 3.05 seconds. Correct order: A-C-D-B |
Mark's Run to the Million[]
£100 (1 of 15) - Not Timed | |
If you refuse to change your plans despite criticism, you are said to 'stick to your...' what? | |
⬥ A: Buns | ⬥ B: Guns |
⬥ C: Puns | ⬥ D: Nuns |
£200 (2 of 15) - Not Timed | |
An irritating person might be said to 'get one's...' what? | |
⬥ A: Sheep | ⬥ B: Pig |
⬥ C: Goat | ⬥ D: Cow |
£300 (3 of 15) - Not Timed | |
Which word refers to a species of animal that has died out? | |
⬥ A: Extol | ⬥ B: Extinct |
⬥ C: Extant | ⬥ D: Extort |
£500 (4 of 15) - Not Timed | |
Simon Cowell is most famous as a sharp-tongued judge on which TV show? | |
⬥ A: Star For A Night | ⬥ B: Pop Idol |
⬥ C: Model Behaviour | ⬥ D: This Is My Moment |
£1,000 (5 of 15) - Not Timed | |
Watford Gap is a service station on which motorway? | |
⬥ A: M1 | ⬥ B: M2 |
⬥ C: M3 | ⬥ D: M4 |
£2,000 (6 of 15) - Not Timed | |
The French game 'pétanque' most closely resembles which game, popular in Britain? | |
⬥ A: Darts | ⬥ B: Bowls |
⬥ C: Snooker | ⬥ D: Croquet |
£4,000 (7 of 15) - Not Timed | |
'The Body' is the famous nickname for which model? | |
⬥ A: Naomi Campbell | ⬥ B: Claudia Schiffer |
⬥ C: Iman | ⬥ D: Elle MacPherson |
£8,000 (8 of 15) - Not Timed | |
Which of these battles was fought on a site in Leicestershire? | |
⬥ A: Culloden | ⬥ B: Hastings |
⬥ C: Flodden | ⬥ D: Bosworth |
£16,000 (9 of 15) - Not Timed | |
Which word links a style of architecture and a style of melodramatic literature? | |
⬥ A: Aeolic | ⬥ B: Doric |
⬥ C: Gothic | ⬥ D: Hellenic |
£32,000 (10 of 15) - Not Timed | |
Whose last words believe to have been: "Thank God I have done my duty"? '50:50' lifeline used' | |
⬥ A: Lord Nelson | ⬥ B: Henry VIII |
⬥ C: Duke of Wellington | ⬥ D: Winston Churchill |
£64,000 (11 of 15) - Not Timed | |
Ithaca and Cephalonia belong to which group of islands? 'Ask the Audience' and 'Phone-a-Friend' lifelines used | |
⬥ A: Cyclades | ⬥ B: Dodecanese |
⬥ C: Ionian | ⬥ D: Aegean |
Ask the Audience Results: A: 8% ⬥ B: 12% ⬥ C: 39% ⬥ D: 41% |
Mark did not know, so he decided to use the 'Ask the Audience' lifeline with 41% saying Aegean, closely followed by Ionian with 39% of the votes. Then he decided to call future million-pound winner Pat Gibson for help, who was 90% certain it was Ionian. Mark decided to go with Pat (and against the audience) and won £64,000. |
£125,000 (12 of 15) - Not Timed | |
To which of these does the word 'vitelline' refer? | |
⬥ A: Nutshell | ⬥ B: Bacon rind |
⬥ C: Egg yolk | ⬥ D: Tree sap |
Mark did not know, but he really wanted to attempt this question even with no lifelines left. Knowing he would lose £32,000 if he was wrong, he still took a guess and went for C: Egg yolk and won £125,000. |
£250,000 (13 of 15) - Not Timed | |
Vidkun Quisling was a traitorous leader of which country during World War II? | |
⬥ A: France | ⬥ B: Italy |
⬥ C: Norway | ⬥ D: Turkey |
£500,000 (14 of 15) - Not Timed | |
In Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet', which of these characters does not die? | |
⬥ A: Mercutio | ⬥ B: Tybalt |
⬥ C: Benvolio | ⬥ D: Romeo |
Mark did not know the answer, and with no lifelines decided to walk away with £250,000. The correct answer was C: Benvolio. Total Prize Money: £250,000 |
Trivia[]
- The Phone-a-Friend that Mark has selected happens to be Pat Gibson who would later become the 4th person to win £1 million in the UK version. Mark returned the favour by acting as Pat's Phone-a-Friend on the million-pound question.
Preceded by Chris Cousins |
UK Contestant (Series 15) Mark Kerr |
Succeeded by John Fitzgerald |