Roman Dubowski had to answer one sport question on his way to becoming the seventh winner of the UK version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.
Manchester-born Dubowski, who is a retired IT analyst, became the first person since 2020 to answer all 15 questions correctly and scoop the £1 million prize.
Remarkably, he had only used two of the four available lifelines before the £1 million question, which asked him to name the trademarked logo described in the James Joyce novel Ulysses and depicted in works by Manet and Picasso.
Dubowski decided to take the advice of host Jeremy Clarkson and use his 50/50 lifeline, which narrowed down his options to Coca-Cola and Bass Ale.
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He correctly decided to go for Bass Ale.
"When it came up I thought, 'I think I know this', straight away," he stated afterwards.
"It felt unreal [getting the question right]. It didn't feel like the real world, almost, this isn't where I expected it to be. It didn't sink in until later."
He said he had seen a painting by Manet at The Courtauld Gallery, London.
His only sport question came early on in the piece, and was worth just £200 for his second answer.
He was asked: At which of these locations is ice hockey traditionally played?
His options were rink, range, court or field - with the answer being a rink.
Dubowski will hope that his victory sparks as much success as it did for the maiden winner, Judith Keppel.
Keppel scooped the £1 million jackpot in 2000, and went on to star on the iconic quiz show Eggheads for 19 years between 2003 and 2022.
Charles Ingram famously won the jackpot a year later in 2001 amid allegations of cheating.
He was charged with procuring the execution of a valuable security by deception and convicted, alongside his wife Diana and college lecturer Tecwen Whitlock, after a Crown Court trial in 2003. It was alleged that he had used coughs from his wife and Whitlock to guide him to the correct answers.
The Ingrams received a suspended 18-month prison sentence, while Whitlock received 12 months suspended. They were also ordered to pay fines and costs.
Topics: Ice Hockey
Ryan Smart