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£64,000 question
Question 11 was: "Gentlemen versus players was an annual match between amateurs and professionals of which sport - lawn tennis, rugby union, polo or cricket."
Major Ingram: "I think it is cricket."
Two coughs.
"I think I have seen it printed on an old cigarette carton or on my grandfather's study wall.
"Maybe it was polo... It is less likely to be rugby union.
"I think I would take cricket."
Told he has won £64,000, he jumped up and shouts "yes" before returning to his seat, saying "no more risks".
£125,000 question
For £125,000, Tarrant said: "The Ambassadors in the National Gallery is a painting by which artist? - Van Eyck, Holbein, Michaelangelo, Rembrandt."
Ingram: "I think I'm going to go for Holbein."
Cough.
Tarrant: "Final answer?"
Ingram: "Yes."
Again he jumped to his feet being told he had won.
Ingram said by this stage he was able to consider buying his own house with the money he stood to win, but the next question promised £250,000.
£250,000 question
Tarrant: "What kind of garment is an Anthony Eden? - An overcoat, hat, shoe, tie."
Ingram: "I think it is a hat."
Cough.
Ingram: "Again I'm not sure. I think it is..."
Coughing.
Ingram: "I am sure it is a hat. Am I sure?"
Cough.
Ingram: "Yes, hat, it's a hat."
And, to cheers, Tarrant told him it was the right answer.
£500,000 question
For the £500,000 question, he was asked: "Baron Haussmann is best known for his planning of which city?
Rome, Paris, Berlin, Athens."
Ingram: "I think it is Berlin.
"I think Haussmann is a more German name than Italian or Parisian or Athens.
"I am really not sure. I'm never sure. If I was at home, I would be saying Berlin if I was watching this on TV."
A cough was then heard, which the prosecution claim sounded like someone saying the word "no".
Ingram: "I do not think it's Paris."
Cough.
Ingram: "I do not think it's Athens, I am sure it is not Rome.
"I would have thought it's Berlin but there's a chance it is Paris but I am not sure.
"Think, think, think! I know I have read this, I think it is Berlin, it could be Paris.
"I think it is Paris."
Cough.
Ingram: "Yes, I am going to play."
Tarrant: "Hang on, where are we?"
Ingram: "I am just talking to myself. It is either Berlin or Paris. I think it is Paris."
Cough.
Ingram: "I am going to play Paris."
Tarrant: "You were convinced it was Berlin."
Ingram: "I know. I think it's Paris."
Tarrant: "He thought it was Berlin, Berlin, Berlin.
"You changed your answer to Paris.
"That brought you £500,000.
"What a man! What a man. Quite an amazing man."
£1,000,000 question
The final question was: "A number one followed by 100 zeros is known by what name?"
A googol, a megatron, a gigabit or a nanomol.
Ingram: "I am not sure."
Tarrant: "Charles, you've not been sure since question number two."
Ingram: "The doubt is multiplied.
"I think it is nanomol but it could be a gigabit, but I am not sure.
"I do not think I can do this one.
"I do not think it is a megatron. I do not think I have heard of a googol."
Cough
Ingram: "Googol, googol, googol.
"By a process of elimination I have to think it's a googol but I do not know what a googol is.
"I do not think it's a gigabit, nanomol, and I do not think it's a megatron.
"I really do think it's a googol.
Tarrant: "But you think it's a nanomol, you have never heard of a googol."
Ingram: "It has to be a googol."
Tarrant: "It's also the only chance you will have to lose £468,000.
"You are going for the one you have never heard of."
Ingram: "I do not mind taking the odd risk now and again.
"My strategy has been direct so far - take it by the bit and go for it.
"I've been very positive, I think.
"I do not think it's a gigabit, I do not think it's a nanomol or megatron. I am sure it's a googol."
Cough.
Ingram: "Surely, surely."
He then teased the audience, saying: "I'm going to play. No, I'm not. Yes, I am."
Tarrant: "You lose £468,000 if you are wrong."
Ingram: "No, it's a googol.
"God, is it a googol? Yes, it's a googol.
"Yes, yes, it's a googol."
Cough.
Ingram: "I am going to play googol."
Tarrant: "Final answer?
"He initially went for nanomol, he then went through the various options again.
"He then went for googol because he had never heard of it and he had heard of the other three.
You've just won £1m."
