Who Wants to be a Millionaire? viewers were delighted after a contestant walked away with £125,000 thanks to his phone-a-friend lifeline on Sunday.
Primary school teacher Dylan Price, from Margate, impressed audiences at home after leaving the competition with the staggering prize money on the ITV show’s final episode of the season.
The keen golfer, who planned to help pay off his parent’s mortgage with his winnings, secured £125,000 after correctly answering this question: ‘Which famous aircraft is also known as the Stratofortress?’
Dylan had a choice of four answers, including Boeing B-52 bomber, Hawker Hurricane, Lockheed SR-71 ‘Blackbird’ or Avro Lancaster bomber.
However, Dylan didn’t know the answer so used the last of his four lifelines to call his aircraft-enthusiast friend Michael, who correctly told him to choose Boeing B-52 bomber.
Dylan then walked away from the competition with his winnings, fearing he wouldn’t be able to successfully answer the next question.
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Primary school teacher Dylan Price (pictured), from Margate, impressed audiences at home after leaving the competition with the staggering prize money on the ITV show’s final episode of the season
Dylan raced through the first few questions to quickly bag £1,000 before taking calculated risks with his lifelines to make his way to his total.
Presenter Jeremy Clarkson assisted the contestant along the way, helping him to successfully decide that David Cronenberg directed the cult classic film The Fly.
As Dylan successfully made it through the series of questions, he had one lifeline left to help him secure £125,000.
Host Jeremy asked: ‘Which famous aircraft is also known as the Stratofortress?’, with the following answer options: ‘A: Boeing B-52 bomber; B: Hawker Hurricane; C: Lockheed SR-71 ‘Blackbird’ or D: Avro Lancaster bomber.’
‘Wish I’d saved that ‘Ask A Host [lifeline],’ quipped Dylan once the question was revealed.
The keen golfer, who planned to help pay off his parent’s mortgage with his winnings, secured £125,000 after correctly answering this question: ‘Which famous aircraft is also known as the Stratofortress?’. Pictured, presenter Jeremy Clarkson
‘But I do have a friend, Michael, on my phone-a-friend list and he is big into the military. So, I don’t know the answer.
‘He’s big into history too, very big into World War Two, knows a lot about tanks. Tanks are his thing, I’m hoping it goes to aircrafts. So I’m going to phone Michael please.’
Michael told him to pick Boeing B-52 bomber for the answer, adding that he was ‘99 per cent’ sure. ‘Now that is good enough for me, let’s go straight in with A. Final answer,’ said Dylan.
Host Jeremy replied: ‘I’d love to be able to shake your hand. That’s the right answer, you’ve got £125,000.’
Before walking away with his prize, Dylan was shown the next question, worth a quarter-of-a-million pound, which asked: ‘Which architect born in 1664 designed Blenheim Palace and Castle Howard?’
Dylan (pictured) had a choice of four answers, including Boeing B-52 bomber, Hawker Hurricane, Lockheed SR-71 ‘Blackbird’ or Avro Lancaster bomber
However, Dylan (pictured) didn’t know the answer so used the last of his four lifelines to call his aircraft-enthusiast friend Michael, who correctly told him to choose Boeing B-52 bomber
The four answer options were ‘A: Christopher Wren B: Inigo Jones C: John Vanbrugh D: Charles Barry’. Dylan was quick to admit: ‘Part of me is quite happy because I’m not sure.’
‘Didn’t Christopher Wren redesign some buildings after the Great Fire of London so unless he did it when he was two-years-old?’
But the player confessed he was distracted by the amount of money he had already accumulated and decided to take his winnings and go.
‘My head’s just thinking about the fact I am about to take £125,000… I don’t have enough knowledge in my head to even spitball so I am going to take the money!’
Reaction: Impressed viewers were delighted for the teacher, calling him a ‘genuinely nice guy’ as he took home his winnings
Impressed viewers were delighted for the teacher, calling him a ‘genuinely nice guy’ as he took home his winnings.
‘Get in Dylan! Top bloke! Made up for you mate,’ one viewer wrote on Twitter. While another said:’ Loved the Primary Teacher that just took £125,000.’
A third added: ‘Love it when a genuine nice guy actually gets a great sum of money, well done.’
But it wasn’t only Dylan’s impressive knowledge that had people talking following Sunday’s show – with viewers also pointing out the contestant’s drinking habits.
The teacher appeared to constantly drink from his glass of water early on. ‘There will now be a commercial break so the production staff can refill his glass with water,’ one viewer joked.