Probe underway into disputed TV quiz question

An investigation was under way today after claims that a disputed answer to a question cost a contestant £93,000 on the Irish version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

Probe underway into disputed TV quiz question
Thu, 21 Jun, 2001 - 15:27

An investigation was under way today after claims that a disputed answer to a question cost a contestant £93,000 on the Irish version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

The argument centred on the medical word lunula. Asked where it was in the body, Shane O’Doherty said - after phoning a friend - that it was in the heart.

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