Stephen Fry makes Who Wants to be a Millionaire history with £250,000 win
Stephen Fry makes Who Wants to be a Millionaire history with £250,000 win
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‘QI’ host broke record on the celebrity edition of the programme – with help from host Jeremy Clarkson. Stephen Fry has made history on Celebrity Who Wants to be a Millionaire after he won an incredible sum of £250,000 on the show – with the help of host Jeremy Clarkson.
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The former QI TV presenter took part in the first instalment of the celebrity version of the ITV show on Sunday night (26 January), and broke a record as the first celebrity to receive such a large amount of money on the programme. Clarkson was instrumental to Fry’s win, when the “ask the host” option was used for the question: “Which European city out of Brussels, Strasbourg, Munich and Luxembourg City would you come closest to if you walked a straight line from Paris to Berlin?”.
![[Stephen Fry on ‘Who Wants to be a Millionaire?’]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/01/27/11/who_wants_to_be_a_millionaire_sr35_ep1_celeb_special_02.jpg)
The Clarkson’s Farm star knew the answer, which was Luxembourg City, sending Fry through to the next round for a £125,000 question. After a string of successful rounds, the broadcaster had to tap out and choose to bank his money after not knowing the answer to the question: “Which of these cover songs entered the UK Top 40 the longest time after the original version first charted?”.
The options were: “Tragedy” by Steps, “Fast Car” by Jonas Blue and Dakota, “Uptown Girl” by Westlife and “Killing me Softly by Fugees” – and the second option was the correct answer. After it was revealed that Fry had secured £250,000 for his charity of choice, host Jeremy Clarkson dubbed the presenter’s appearance the “biggest celebrity win since I started this show”.
