A MILLIONAIRE Hot Seat contestant was left baffled by an easy classic book question on the newly launched spin-off.
The revamped show, headed by host Jeremey Clarkson and based on the iconic Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, launched at the start of the New Year with excited viewers praising its tough format.
But just a week into the series, contestants have found themselves falling foul of some very easy questions.
Last night’s howler came from player Veronica Wint, who was asked about a classic childhood novel.
The recruitment manager from Essex, appeared on screens during the middle of the spin-off’s latest episode, and was introduced to the game by host Jeremy.
She sat down with the former Top Gear presenter, who repeated the question asked to previous player Daisy Gilby, who had passed the question on.
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Jeremey asked Veronica: “Which one of these classic books features a pig called Gub-Gub?”
The animal, which eventually learns how to talk, appears in multiple editions of a popular collection of children’s fictional books.
The questions came with the options of The Sheep Pig, Charlotte’s Web, Animal Farm and The Story of Doctor Dolittle.
But despite being passed down by Birmingham resident Daisy, new contestant Veronica failed to capitalise on the simple trivia.
Already framing herself as unsure, Veronica uttered: “Fitting that a vegetarian would get the question about a pig”.
Taking a “stab in the dark”, as she worded it, Veronica eventually went with the answer “Charlotte’s Web”.
Viewers watched the hands-on-head moment as she locked in her answer, unaware that the correct answer is a generationally classic book series that remains popular today.
Show host Jeremy, who picked up an NTA last year for his Prime Video original series Clarkson’s Farm, was left to reveal her fate.
“I’m afraid it’s the wrong answer”, the game show host revealed, as the correct answer, The Story of Doctor Doolittle, was highlighted in green.
The book series has been read by millions of children from around the globe.
But it wasn’t the first surprising omission of the new ITV show.
Just days earlier, Nabeel Nauzer from London, was asked to make a simple French to English translation which related to days of the week.
As he sat in the hot seat, Jeremy asked: “The French phrase ‘vendredi soir’ translates into English as what?”
Nabeel took mere seconds to ponder the question before revealing to Jeremy that he would be using his pass option.
Jeremy appeared to be amused by Nabeel’s omission, as he joked: “Not a big French speaker are you”.
Nabeel agreed, before taking a seat at the back of the queue to wait for another shot at the top prize.
The correct answer was Friday evening – with days of the week forming part of the GCSE French curriculum.
The show, which is hosted by The Sun columnist Jeremy Clarkson, launched to huge praise from viewers, who complimented its exciting new premise.
The tense, faster-paced new format sees a group of players answering questions, one by one, in a seat opposite Jeremy – against the clock, without any lifelines.
If they get the answer wrong, they lose control and play is handed to the next contestant in the queue.