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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
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