“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” – Candidate can finally run after 21 years – and gamble away

At the Christmas special from «Who will be a millionaire?»Invited moderator Günther Jauch (65) candidate Thomas Müller (46) to a quiz duel. The PE and Latin teacher had been trying to see the show for 21 years. The joy was accordingly great that he was finally among the chosen ones and was able to play. Unfortunately, however, Müller stalled when he asked the 8,000 euro question: “In the current bestseller novel“ Glitterschnitter ”does the reader come across again? A: Sams, B: Franz Eberhofer, C: Herr Lehmann, D: Lisbeth Salander? ”Asked Günther Jauch.

First, Müller bet on the public joker. But the audience couldn’t give him a clear answer. With difficulty, however, he made it into the second round with a telephone joker. (Answer C was the right one.) Among the jokers was Jauch’s first millionaire winner, Eckhard Freise (77). With him, Müller prepared for the show: “We spent what felt like three days on the phone.” However, all of the preparation for the other rounds was no longer of much use to Müller, he simply had no Joker left.

With the 32,000 euro question, this was his undoing. The question was: “Who was sentenced to one year in prison in September without parole? A: Tony Blair, B: George W. Bush, C: Nicolas Sarkozy, D: Silvio Berlusconi? » The advice fox from Mellingen near Weimar guessed Silvio Berlusconi. Answer C, Nicolas Sarkozy (66), would have been correct. Müller had to go home with 500 euros. At the same time, his wife had advised him not to gamble under any circumstances, as he said. Müller received a lot of sympathy on the Internet. Many found the «difficult 8,000 euro question, in which he gambled away all the jokers, particularly unfair. Jauch wanted to cheer up the unlucky person and said at the end: “Here completely different ones even fell from 500,000.”