A toss of a coin costs contestant dear
With a toss of an old £1 coin, it all went horribly wrong for a shocked contestant on Gay Byrne's Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? show who left with only €1,000 after winning well over half a million on the British and Australian versions of the show. Patrick Spooner was left in total disbelief after he got a €4,000 question wrong when asked the name of the top Irish actor Pierce Brosnan`s youngest son.
He first asked the audience, 51% of whom gave him the correct answer of "Paris", but decided that this margin was too close and on opting for his "50:50" lifeline was left with "Paris" and "Tyrone". A stunned Gay Byrne looked on as Patrick, Who was born in Britain, produced an old £1 coin from his pocket and said he was going to flip it to decide the answer.
At this stage Gay reminded Patrick that he could still use his "phone a friend" lifeline but the tossed coin was already in midair and he opted for the wrong answer "Tyrone". Gay then helped the speechless contestant out of the chair just as the klaxon sounded to end the show.
could say paddy spooner is a tosser! (albeit a rich one)
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