Who wants to become a millionaire… and who is actually smart enough? The Toughest and Easiest Questions in the Show’s History: Can YOU Answer Them Correctly?

There’s nothing a Who Wants To Be A Millionaire contestant wants more than to fly through the rounds and win the huge prize money.

But while many have tried, even more have failed because of the tough questions.

During the day ITV‘s latest episode, Jackie Lynch climbed the money ladder unscathed to £125,000.

But she was puzzled by the next question: Who was Floyd Mayweather’s 2015 boxing fight against? The correct answer was Manny Pacquiao, but Ms. Lynch revealed she would have said Oscar De La Hoya.

From the early days of Chris Tarrant to Jeremy Clarkson’s reboot – and even Hollywood’s Slumdog Millionaire – the iconic show has viewers biting their nails and screaming at the TV with its questions, from the intellectually challenging to the blindingly obvious.

Now MailOnline has uncovered the hardest and easiest questions in the show’s history.

So, could YOU answer them correctly?

Jackie Lynch climbed the money ladder unscathed to £125,000 and made smart use of her safety at this point, meaning that whatever happened next, she would go home with plenty of cash.

The show has also produced more than a few iconic moments.

And unfortunately, for some, not all of them are memorable for good reasons.

MailOnline can also reveal the show’s biggest failures, from the infamous coughing Major to losing £218,000 – and even walking away with nothing…

The coughing major

When it comes to quiz show cheats, no one is more infamous than the ‘coughing major’ Charles Ingram.

The former army major, then aged 38, stunned audiences in 2001 when he scooped the top prize on ITV’s primetime show, answering erratically to Chris Tarrant’s questions.

But although Tarrant presents a check to the winners on screen, the money was withheld by production company Celador after concerns were raised about the possibility he had cheated.

Charles Ingram, then aged 38, stunned audiences in 2001 when he scooped the top prize on the ITV primetime show while irregularly answering Chris Tarrant’s questions.

Ingram’s wife Diana (pictured together) was also involved in the deception and all three parties were given suspended prison sentences in 2003 after a four-week trial at Southwark Crown Court, south London.

Charles and his wife Diana arrived at Southwark Crown Court in 2003 and were charged with fraud

It later emerged that accomplice Tecwen Whittock, who was a future contestant, had coughed during the show to indicate the correct answers.

The former army major was given a 20-month suspended prison sentence during a trial at the Crown Court in 2003. He was also called the ‘coughing major’ and was forced to resign his position.

Whittock and Ingram’s wife, Diana, were both given 18-month suspended sentences for their part in the scam.

Who wants to become a millionaire? host Chris Tarrant arrives at Southwark Crown Court, central London, to testify at the trial of Army Major Charles Ingram, in March 2003

Influenced by the audience… that contestant lost £93,000

Contestant Oliver Bake was confronted with the question: “May 3rd.” Bistritz. Left Munich at 8:35 p.m.’ are the opening words of which novel?’

He had used his 50/50 to narrow the choices down to Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Dracula.

With £125,000 in winnings up for grabs, Oli faced a literature challenge to reach £250,000.

He asked the studio audience, but by a ratio of more than four to one they recommended the wrong answer

Oli responded to the £93,000 loss with good grace, saying: ‘It’s something I know now’

Host Jeremy Clarkson was sympathetic when the gamble didn’t pay off, saying: ‘What an absolute nightmare’

With £93,000 in the game, Mr Bake admitted his answer ‘deserves a bit of thought’.

He decided to turn to the public, but they overwhelmingly chose the wrong answer: 81 percent chose Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Walking away with ‘absolutely nothing’

John Davidson only got to the £1,000 question when Chris Tarrant asked him which of these girls’ names is the title of a Jane Austen novel: Emily, Jane, Emma or Sophie.

The correct answer was Emma – the 1815 classic set in the fictional Highbury and was the last novel published during Austen’s lifetime.

Unfortunately for Mr. Davidson, he chose the name Jane.

As the crowd was silenced, Tarrant made a face and said: “That’s the wrong answer… I can’t believe you did that.”

He added, “John, you’re leaving with nothing.”

Joint biggest losers

Duncan Bickley and Rob Mitchell share the joint shame of having both lost £218,000 – the most ever on the show.

Mr Bickley said the name of Amy Johnson’s plane on which she flew solo to Australia in 1930 was called Pegasus, but it was actually Jason.

He was the first Briton to miss the 14th question, on October 21, 2000.

Duncan Bickley (pictured) and Rob Mitchell share the shared shame of having both lost £218,000 – the most ever on the show

Mr Bickley said the name of Amy Johnson’s plane on which she flew solo to Australia in 1930 was Pegasus, but it was actually Jason.

But about three years later, Rob Mitchell repeated the shock on November 1, 2003.

Mr. Mitchell was asked how big an Oscar statuette is. He said 11 inches, but it’s actually 13.5.

He smiled, leaned back and said calmly, “Oh well.” A shocked Chris Tarrant replied: ‘What do you mean ‘well?’

Wrong answer wins thousands

On the original show with Chris Tarrant, Tony Kennedy said that 24 was the answer to ‘what is theoretically the minimum number of strokes by which a tennis player can win a set?’

The actual answer is 12, but the show messed with the ball, saying Mr Kennedy’s answer was correct and letting him go home with a check for £125,000.

In the following episode, Tarrant acknowledged the mistake but said that because it was their fault, Mr Kennedy could keep the money.

Tony Hammond (pictured) walked away with £215,000 despite getting one of the questions wrong

She lost 31,000 because she didn’t trust her husband

In the new version with Jeremy Clarkson, beekeeper Lynn Buckingham used the new addition to the show – ask the host – to try to narrow down her options to a question.

When that didn’t work, she called a friend: her husband.

Pictured: then Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson with then Prime Minister Theresa May at a NATO summit in 2017

Johnson succeeded Philip Hammond as Secretary of State in 2016, after Hammond’s two years in the role

She wanted to know who would succeed Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary in 2016.

But although her husband Philip Hammond suggested the correct answer, Mrs Buckingham argued with William Haag, causing her to lose £31,000.