Who Wants To Be A Millionaire player forced to cash out after facing tricky history question with no lifelines - but would YOU have survived it?

Daily Mail​

06-05-2025

A Who Wants To Be A Millionaire player was forced to cash out after facing a tricky history question with no lifelines.
Sunday's instalment of the ITV quiz show saw Jeremy Clarkson welcome June Walker, from Galashiels, as she attempted to win some cash.
June worked her way through the questions up until the £125,000 point where she found herself stuck and had ran out of lifelines.
The question read: 'Which of these was a plot to assassinate Elizabeth I? A: Rye House Plot, B: Bye Plot, C: Babington Plot, D: Despard Plot.'
June deliberated: 'The only one that's really sticking out is Babington, because I'm sure there was someone Babington involved in the plot.'
She weighed up the pros and cons of taking the risk, and added: 'I stand to gain more than I lose but it's a lot of money to lose when we need to rebuild the business.'
'Babington shouting at me but maybe I'm just a tight Scot,' June said.
In the end, she decided to take the money and reasoned: 'I'd rather kick myself by taking the money and finding out I had been right, than kick myself for not taking the money and finding out I was wrong.'
June went on: 'I don't know well enough, take the money final answer.'
The former Top Gear host supported June's decision and commented: 'Okay, can't say I blame you. It does mean you are leaving here with a whopping £64,000.'
It comes after Amy, from Stroud, also attempted to win some cash but suffered a similarly eye-watering loss after getting stuck on a question.
The tourism officer eventually set a safety net at £32,000 and worked her way through to the £125,000 question.
It read: 'Which of these species of trees lives the longest? A: Yew, B: Oak, C: Sweet chestnut, D: Beech.'
'I kill a lot of my plants so trees are not my strong suit,' Amy commented.
'I know an Oak tree is very old, but I don't know if that's just old tales and hearing that, and it's a very English tree to grow.'
She added: 'I don't know a Sweet chestnut and I've seen a Yew tree and a Beech tree, but they've never told me how old they are.'
Amy considered 'taking a chance' at the question but Jeremy interjected: 'Let me just explain the current situation, if you did take a chance and got it right, that would be great, you'd win £125,000.'
He added: 'If you get it wrong, you lose £32,000 but you still go home with £32,000.'
After some thought, Amy said: 'I think I might as well go for it, no point in not doing it, right?'
'I'm going to go for Oak, final answer,' Amy said.
Jeremy called her 'unbelievably brave' but revealed she had answered incorrectly.
The correct answer was in fact Yew.
'Oh I am sorry Amy, but I just love your attitude and you are leaving her with £32,000 which is pretty good,' Jeremy said.