The Llewelyn-Bowens’ Million Pound Controversy | Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: A Very Major Scandal 

They not only messed up with an invalid question, they didn’t even use the correct music cue for the £1,000,000 miss (and it would have been the only time it was ever used in the UK)

The second Million pound question was also wrong. The first man to travel into space twice was Joe Walker in 1963 when he twice exceeded the Carman line at 100km above the earth (internationally accepted point at which the earth's atmosphere ends and space begins) in an X-15 experimental jet. Gus Grissom first went in 1961 and didn't return until 1964.

They should have been given the million because they were right with the first question. 'One from Many' was the motto up until 1956 when it was changed to 'In God We Trust'. I wonder if they'd answered 'One from Many' if they would have been allowed to keep the money?

When I think "motto of the US in latin", I _do_ think of "E Pluribus Unum". Key word being _latin._ However, it is true that the official motto of the US is "In God We Trust". Which is why I can definitely see this being a problem.

In my opinion it shouldn’t have mentioned the word motto at all. THE motto of the US is in God we trust. The question should’ve been “Translated from the latin, what phrase appears on the Great Seal of the United States?”

The biggest problem here is the wording of the question. The IS part is what makes this question invalid, if they worded it as WAS the motto then it'd be a different story as "translated from latin" was the part in that question the contestant needed to pay attention to. In god we trust was never translated from latin. Still though even if the producers worded the question correctly and had both in god we trust and one out of many as possible answers it'd been a trick question. A question in a show where they do everything they can not to trick their contestants it should simply just be "what was the former motto of the US" or "what is the current motto of the US". That's a straightforward question, no hidden messages or anything. All in all, producers of the show messed up definitely. This is the highest form of trickery (but very much unintentional I believe from the producers, they just messed up).

If they gonna accept in god we trust as a correct answer then they should just give the money.

And it was the time we never heard that dreaded epic fail tune.

E plurubus unum. In God we trust is the motto on the dollar bill. Credit to the TV company.

And the wrong losing music cue

To be honest, this was an absolute shocker.

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The question says "what is 'THE' motto of the United States?". The use of the definite article strongly implies that the United States has ONE motto. Since "In God we trust" clearly is a well-known motto of the USA, the question strongly funnels you into that answer. Its very trick-like question. Maybe it could have been worded like this: Which of the following, translated from Latin, is a motto of the United States?

If the 50/50 was used in the motto question, chances were B & C would remain.

It seemed too obvious for a million quids question!

It was a poorly written question, but the reference to Latin clearly makes "One out of many" the correct answer. "In God we trust" is a motto of the United States, but to my knowledge, it's never written in Latin.

In god we trust on the dollar bill doesn’t mean it’s the motto.

I'm American and I thought it was in god we trust too

Definitely a trick - it should have been "Translated from Latin, what WAS the motto of the United States" - although I wish it IS still the motto, since it brings all the diversity of people together and was replaced with a divisive religious slogan

Integrity is a huge part of game shows. The producers did the right thing for everyone involved and fair play to them

Instead of offering them another question, surely you just give them the million as they got it correct?

Even the answer 'One out of many' is technically wrong as the words are the wrong way around and should be 'Out of many, one' as it is a translation of the Latin phrase 'E pluribus unum'. I watched this episode and couldn't believe they were so confident in their wrong answer.

More shocked that he is married to a woman.

Back in January 2003, there was a contestant called Chris Walsh. He was a civil servant from Belfast, Northern Ireland and he played on Series 13 of the show. His £125,000 question was very flawed (I’m surprised 😮 that he was never 👎 re-summoned back to the show to have it rectified). The £125,000 question (which I think 💭 was very flawed) was this: Which two U.K. capitals are almost on the same longitude? A: London and Cardiff B: London and Edinburgh C: Cardiff and Edinburgh D: Cardiff and Belfast Correct Answer= C: Cardiff and Edinburgh. When Chris Walsh was on this question, he needed some time after this question was asked to picture a map of the British Isles, after a few moments he made an educated guess on B: London and Edinburgh. After a few more moments he decided to lock in this answer, but this was incorrect and he lost £32,000. I have therefore made the assessment that that question about two U.K. capitals almost being on the same longitude is clearly a flawed question, an ambiguous question at that for several reasons: A). Although Paris is the French capital, *Paris* is almost on the same longitude that London is on. B). In the past, London may have once upon a time been on the same longitude as Edinburgh but due to the Earth’s tectonic plates, this possibly shifted. A better £125,000 question for Chris Walsh would be: How many miles long is the Northeast Corridor in the United States? A: 403 miles B: 423 miles C: 453 miles D: 503 miles Correct answer= C: 453 miles.

typical USA trying to be tricky

In God we Trust, All others we track!. Look at $1 bill..just give them the $!! Why another tough question ⁉️ give them a million! It's for charity!

It's literally on our money. There's no way it's not "In God we trust".

This was. Not filmed before 1956. In god, we trust is the right answer...rip off artists! 😢

I'm american and want to onow what drugs you Giuys are on? It's in God we trust! 😂 I've never even heard of 'one out of many'. You screwed them out of the million kist liie regis did to norm mcdonald

Either way, trusting in God is doomed to fail.

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I think 'controversy' is pushing it 🥱