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Edinburgh Live
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Live
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire contestant loses biggest amount in show's history after blunder
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info In a dramatic turn on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, contestant Nicholas Bennett lost the largest sum ever on the show due to a costly blunder. The quiz show, now in its 30th series, witnessed Nicholas reach the £500k question without using any lifelines, much to the amazement of host Jeremy Clarkson. But disaster struck and Nicholas walked away with a staggering £375k less than he could have won. After successfully answering the £125,000 question, Clarkson remarked: "He's just roaring along." READ MORE - DVLA issues urgent driving licence warning to anyone who passed test before 2016 READ MORE - BBC 'error' leaves fans seething just minutes before Gary Lineker's farewell The £250,000 question then challenged Nicholas with: "Which of these groups never successfully invaded the city of Rome?" The choices were: "a) Visigoths, b) Huns, c) Vandals, d) Gauls". Nicholas, exuding confidence, declared: "I do like history, I know the Gauls invaded pretty early on. I'm pretty sure the Vandals destroyed the city - that's why we have vandalism. I don't think the Huns did, I don't think they made it that far into Europe, whereas I knew the Visigoths were around. As it's a free shot, I'm 70-80% sure..", reports the Mirror. Despite Clarkson reminding him of his unused lifelines and advising against guessing, Nicholas confidently replied: "I don't think this is a guess though. Maybe on the next question I'll need them, so I'm gonna say Huns - final answer." His gamble paid off, and the correct answer propelled him to the £500k question. Clarkson noted Nicholas's apparent calmness, prompting him to admit: "It's not relaxed inside my head." The £500k question posed was: "Which of these long-running US sitcoms had the most episodes? a) The Big Bang Theory b) Friends c) The Office or d) Seinfeld". Unsure of the answer, he turned to the audience who believed it was Friends - but only 37% agreed, while 30% thought it was Seinfeld. Still uncertain and not wanting to risk it, he opted for the 50/50 lifeline, which left The Big Bang Theory and The Office (proving the audience wrong). Nicolas admitted that he struggled to articulate his thoughts before finally settling on The Big Bang Theory as his final answer. His gamble paid off and he moved on to the ultimate question, the £1million query. Clarkson then asked: "Which of these words, each coined by a famous writer, was derived from the title of a fairytale about three princes? a)Pandemonium b) Serendipity c) Utopia d) Yahoo." Nicholas responded: "The one that's standing out to me is yahoo, but I don't know." He sought advice from host Jeremy, who confessed he couldn't recall a fairytale involving three princes and noted that all four words were indeed coined by authors. Nicholas then recalled a puppet show he attended recently in Spain, which he believes was about three princes. He confessed his Spanish wasn't fluent enough to understand the storyline. "But I think someone was yelling yahoo", he added. He rationalised that he'd still have £125k even if his answer was incorrect, to which Clarkson highlighted the potential £375k loss and reminded him of an available lifeline. Nicholas opted to use the lifeline, but his friend Meg was clueless about the question. "Normally, I'm really averse to any kind of gambling, but I do think I'm going to go for it," he declared, confidently stating "Yahoo, final answer." The correct answer turned out to be serendipity, a term created by Horace Walpole inspired by The Three Princes of Serendip. With a nonchalant attitude, Nicholas remarked: "I've still got £125k" while Jeremy confessed he'd be "sobbing on the floor" after such a hefty loss. Clarkson, clearly astonished, exclaimed post-event, "Oh my giddy aunt," questioning whether this was the most significant loss in 'Millionaire' history. He praised Nicholas, saying, "I don't think I've had a contestant I've enjoyed more than you. Well done, enjoy your winnings." Upon returning from the commercial break, Clarkson greeted the audience with, "We've just seen someone lose what we think is the biggest amount in Who Wants to be a Millionaire history".
Daily Mirror
25-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Millionaire contestant loses biggest amount in show's history after huge mistake
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire host Jeremy Clarkson admitted he would be 'sobbing on the floor" after Contestant Nicholas Bennett lost the biggest amount in show history Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Contestant Nicholas Bennett lost the biggest amount of money in the show's history after making a huge mistake. The show, which has now been running for 30 seasons, saw Nicholas get all the way to 500k without using any of his lifelines, leaving host Jeremy Clarkson hugely impressed. However, things took a turn, and Nicholas ended up losing a whopping £375k. After the £125,000 question, Clarkson says: 'He's just roaring along.' Next up was the £250,000 question, which read: 'Which of these groups never successfully invaded the city of Rome?'. The options were: "a) Visigoths, b) Huns, c) Vandals, d) Gauls". Nicholas, looking quite confident, said: 'I do like history, I know the Gauls invaded pretty early on. I'm pretty sure the Vandals destroyed the city - that's why we have vandalism. I don't think the Huns did, I don't think they made it that far into Europe, whereas I knew the Visigoths were around. As it's a free shot, I'm 70-80% sure…' Clarkson proceeded to remind him that he's still got all four lifelines and that he doesn't need to guess, however, Nicholas responds: 'I don't think this is a guess though. Maybe on the next question I'll need them, so I'm gonna say Huns - final answer.' Lo and behold, the answer was correct, and Nicholas went on to the next question worth £500k. Host Jeremy Clarkson observed: 'You seem quite relaxed', to which Nicholas responds: 'It's not relaxed inside my head.' The £500k question read: 'Which of these long-running US sitcoms had the most episodes? a) The Big Bang Theory b) Friends c) The Office or d) Seinfeld'. Unsure on the answer, he asked the audience who thought it was Friends - but only 37% - while 30% thought Seinfeld. Still unsure and not wanting to take chances yet, he used 50/50, which left The Big Bang Theory and The Office (which meant the audience was wrong). Nicolas stated that it was difficult to get his words out before revealing The Big Bang Theory as his final answer. The answer was correct and then it was on to the final question, the £1million question. Clarkson asks: 'Which of these words, each coined by a famous writer, was derived from the title of a fairytale about three princes? a)Pandemonium b) Serendipity c) Utopia d) Yahoo.' Nicholas says: 'The one that's standing out to me is yahoo, but I don't know.' He asks host Jeremy, who says he can't think of a fairytale that's about three princes and points out that all four words have come from authors. Nicholas then remembers a puppet show he went to recently in Spain, which he thinks was about three princes. He said he doesn't speak Spanish well enough to know what the story was about. 'But I think someone was yelling yahoo', he said. He reasons that he's still got £125k if he gets it wrong, and Clarkson points out that he would lose £375k and that he has another lifeline. Nicholas then used his lifeline, but unfortunately, his friend Meg had no idea of the answer. 'Normally, I'm really averse to any kind of gambling, but I do think I'm going to go for it,' he says, 'Yahoo, final answer.' The computer then reveals the answer to be serendipity, coined by Horace Walpole from The Three Princes of Serendip. Nicholas shrugs and says: 'I've still got £125k' as Jeremy admits he would be 'sobbing on the floor' if he'd just lost that much money. 'Oh my giddy aunt,' Clarkson said afterwards. 'Is that the biggest loss in Millionaire history?' and he tells Nicholas: 'I don't think I've had a contestant I've enjoyed more than you. Well done, enjoy your winnings.' After the ad break he welcomed viewers back by saying: "We've just seen someone lose what we think is the biggest amount in Who Wants to be a Millionaire history".
Newsweek
08-05-2025
- General
- Newsweek
Why Did Robert Prevost Choose The Name Pope Leo XIV?
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Cardinal Robert Prevost has taken the name Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first American to lead the Roman Catholic Church in its 2,000-year history. His decision to adopt the name "Leo" places him in a lineage associated with strong leadership. Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, appeared before thousands on a balcony overlooking St. Peter's Square following his election by the College of Cardinals. With the white smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel, Prevost was introduced with the traditional "Habemus Papam," and his new title, Pope Leo XIV, was announced. Cardinal Robert Prevost, the new Pope Leo XIV, appears before his faithful on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on May 8, 2025, in Vatican City. Cardinal Robert Prevost, the new Pope Leo XIV, appears before his faithful on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on May 8, 2025, in Vatican City. Stefano Spaziani/AP The name "Leo" harkens back Pope Leo the Great, who served from 440 to 461 and, per Brittanica, persuaded the Huns not to attack Rome. Who is Cardinal Robert Prevost? Ordained in 1982, per College of Cardinals Report, Leo received a doctorate in canon law in Rome at the Pontifical College of St. Thomas Aquinas. Born in Chicago, Pope Leo XIV spent some of his clerical career in Peru before being appointed by Pope Francis to lead the Dicastery for Bishops in 2023. There, he was responsible for selecting bishops. Before he was named the new pope, the Rev. Michele Falcone, a priest in the Order of St. Augustine, told The New York Times Prevost represents the "dignified middle of the road." His reputation for humility and collaboration reflects a continuation of sorts of Francis' pastoral vision. Why Did Robert Prevost Choose the Name 'Pope Leo XIV'? The choice of "Leo" as a papal name is historically potent: The name has been adopted by 14 popes. The most recent before Prevost was Pope Leo XIII, who led the church from 1878 to 1903. He had the fourth-longest reign of any pope and produced the encyclical Rerum Novarum. The symbolism of the name could be a nod to Saint Leo the Great, a doctrinally influential early pope. While Prevost has not explicitly confirmed his reasoning for the name, the lineage he joins includes Leo III, who crowned Charlemagne as Holy Roman Emperor in 800, and Leo X, who excommunicated Martin Luther in 1821. What Did Donald Trump Say About Robert Prevost? Trump reacted to the selection of Pope Leo XIV, writing on Truth Social: "Congratulations to Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, who was just named Pope. It is such an honor to realize that he is the first American Pope. What excitement, and what a Great Honor for our Country. I look forward to meeting Pope Leo XIV. It will be a very meaningful moment!" What's Next Pope Leo XIV now begins the task of steering a global church. His selection resulted in celebration among global Catholics, and Americans, due to the historic nature of the selection.
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Mass grave of over 120 Roman soldiers found under soccer field
Soccer field renovations near Vienna, Austria recently revealed a significant—if grim—archeological find: a mass grave dating back to the first century CE and Roman empire. The gravesite contained the skeletons of potentially over 150 soldiers. According to archeologists, the discovery is as dark as it is unique, and may provide unexpected new insights into life on the Roman frontier at the height of the nation's power. The city of Vienna has existed for hundreds of years, but its history extends even further into the past. Roughly 2,000 years ago, Rome's forces stretched into present-day Austria and established multiple military outposts across the region. One of the largest garrisons constructed was a settlement known as Vindobona on the Danube River, and it eventually grew to include 16,000 to 20,000 residents. Rome ultimately left Vindobona to the Huns in 433 CE, and the outpost was subsequently abandoned for centuries. However, experts only have historical accounts of combat in the region prior to this and t no direct evidence. In October 2024, a construction team came across a sea of skeletal remains while working on renovations to a soccer field in Vienna's neighboring town of Simmerling. Archeologists from the Vienna Museum soon visited the site and confirmed the extraordinary: a mass grave of at least 129 individuals, but likely many more. Further analysis confirmed that the bodies belonged almost exclusively to 20 to 30 year old Roman legionnaires, all of whom appear to display evidence of fatal battle injuries from spears, swords, daggers, and bolts. But as surprising as this discovery is from an everyday perspective, it also proved hard for archeologists to believe. As history shows, Rome wasn't known for its lack of military campaigns. But until the fourth century CE, Romans didn't even bury they cremated them. 'In the Roman Empire, there were strict burial rituals, and precise rules had to be followed for the time after death,' Kristina Adler-Wölfl, Vienna's head of archeology, said in a city announcement. 'Since cremations were common in the European parts of the Roman Empire around 100 AD [CE], inhumations are an absolute exception. Finds of Roman skeletons from this period are therefore extremely rare.' 'Within the context of Roman acts of war, there are no comparable finds of fighters,' dig leader Michaela Binder added on April 4 in Arkeonews. Historical accounts report multiple battles between Roman forces and Germanic tribes on the Danube border during the reign of Emperor Domitian (81-96 CE). These led his successor, Emperor Trajan (98-117 CE), to expand the Vindabona fortification borders, later known as the Danube Limes. 'The mass grave in Simmering is the first physical evidence of fighting from this period and indicates the location of a battle in the area of present-day Vienna,' said archeologist Martin Mosser. According to Mosser, the mass gravesite may directly relate to Emperor Trajan's decision to bolster defenses in the area following the Germanic conflict. Archeologists plan to further excavate the gravesite, as well as conduct DNA and isotopic analyses to better understand the warriors' living conditions. In time, the unique discovery may also expand and clarify what we know about Roman history during the first century. 'In Vienna, one is always prepared to encounter Roman traces as soon as one opens up a pavement or opens the earth,' said Veronica Kaup-Hasler, Vienna's Executive City Councillor for Culture and Science. 'After all, Vindobona laid the foundation stone of our city.'
Yahoo
03-03-2025
- Science
- Yahoo
Archaeologists Uncovered the Oldest Section of the Great Wall of China Yet
The oldest known part of the Great Wall of China was recently excavated, dating 300 years earlier than the previous record-holding section. This new find is part of the larger oldest part of the Great Wall—known as the Great Wall of Qi, it's named for the Qi state that rose to power before China became a unified nation. Older, narrower parts of this ancient fortification are made of packed earth and stone, while the newer, wider parts were made of yellow earth strengthened by metal rammers. Winding 21,196 kilometers (12,171 miles) from the east to the midwest of northern China, the Great Wall of China has remained standing for thousands of years, through the bloodshed and devastation of war after war. Now, a newly excavated part of the fortification meant to fend off the Huns (and later Mongols) pushes the beginnings of the construction of the Great Wall 300 years earlier than previously believed. An excavation led by archaeologist Zhang Su of the Shandong Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology has unearthed the most ancient section of the Great Wall of Qi, which is 641 km (almost 400 mi) long and already the oldest known part of the wall. It took Zhang and his team from May to December of 2024 to carry out an excavation that spanned about 11,840 square feet. This section of the Qi Wall has been previously surveyed and investigated, but never actually excavated before. The Great Wall of China, a UNESCO World Heritage site, was constructed using different methods during different time periods, and this excavation showed the evidence. Techniques such as carbon-14 dating and optically stimulated luminescence (which reveals when grains of soil were deposited and blocked from exposure to light or heat) showed that the earliest parts of the Qi Wall were built as far back as the Spring and Autumn period of the Zhou Dynasty (1046 B.C. - 256 B.C.) and continued to rise during the overlapping Warring States Period (475 B.C. - 221B.C.). The land that is now China was not always united as one state. There used to be separate states, and during the earliest days of Qi wall construction, the Zhou Dynasty ruled over them. This was an era when art and literature flourished, and also the time of renowned philosopher Confucius (the Spring and Autumn Period is named after his work known as The Spring and Autumn Annals). Early parts of the wall erected at the time were about 33 feet wide. Around 480 B.C., the Zhou Dynasty crumbled as tensions rose between the states. This led to the Warring States Period—three centuries of continuous clashes as each state vied to conquer the land. The later, better-preserved parts of the Qi wall were as wide as 98 feet, but they could not preserve the Qi state. Ultimately, the Qin state dominated China. It is thought that the concept of a larger Great Wall can be traced to the defensive border walls erected by each state to keep out potential invaders. These early walls were made mostly of packed stone and earth, much like this older section of the Great Wall. The most durable part of the newly discovered segment of wall—built from yellow earth strengthened with metal rammers—aligns with the height of the Qi state's power. Also found at the archaeological site were the remains of semi-subterranean homes that Zhang's team thinks made up a settlement that was built before the wall and meant to defend the Yellow River (on the banks of which the capital of the Zhou Dynasty once stood). Pingyin City—an ancient settlement near the Qi Wall and supposedly a Qi State stronghold that used to only exist in historical texts—was also discovered during the excavation. "The layout, location, and associated infrastructure of the Great Wall of Qi reflect the Qi State's advanced military planning and strategic response to external threats,' Zhang told the Chinese newspaper Global Times. 'Its close connection to Pingyin indicates that the wall served not only as a defense mechanism but also played a strategic role in controlling key transportation routes.' Over time, the Great Wall of China would not just be used for military defense, but also to protect the beginnings of the Silk Road—a trade route with branches that spread from China through the Middle East and all the way to ancient Rome. The Great Wall took two millennia to build, and continues to survive as a reminder of a great empire that refused to fall. You Might Also Like The Do's and Don'ts of Using Painter's Tape The Best Portable BBQ Grills for Cooking Anywhere Can a Smart Watch Prolong Your Life?
