Who Wants To Be A Millionaire question which left The Chase icon admitting 'haven't a clue'

The Chase prima Mark Labbett, besides known arsenic The Beast, was a contestant connected Who Wants To Be A Millionaire implicit a decennary agone and the quizzer was near wholly stumped by 1 question

Mark Labbett, known to galore arsenic The Beast connected The Chase, had his ain brushwood with quiz amusement fame earlier helium became a household name. Over 10 years ago, the quizzing elephantine took a spot connected Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, aiming for a hefty currency prize.

On the show, Mark breezed done the archetypal questions but deed a snag astatine the £2,000 people with a knitting query, prompting him to usage his archetypal lifeline. He besides reached retired to a person via telephone during the game. But it was the £64,000 question that genuinely stumped him.

Host Chris Tarrant presented the question: "The best-selling caller Miss Smilla's Feeling For Snow is acceptable chiefly successful which country?" Faced with options including Canada, Denmark, Switzerland, and Nepal, Mark was visibly puzzled, reports Devon Live.

He commented: "I person a telephone a person who would cognize this answer, specified a shame I'd already utilized it." With conscionable 1 lifeline remaining, Mark opted for the 50:50, narrowing his choices down to Canada and Denmark, contempt admitting unfamiliarity with the book.

Chris Tarrant chimed successful with immoderate encouragement, adding: "You've got £32,000. You can't suffer connected this, you mightiness arsenic good play. You cognize that 1 of them is worthy £64,000."

After a prolonged silence, helium yet said: "The operation of the name, I don't deliberation it's Danish. They thin to beryllium ending successful 'suns' though it could beryllium irrelevant with literature. Again, Denmark tin beryllium a acold state but Canada is acold amended known for it."

Eventually, Mark opted for Canada arsenic his last answer. Chris noted however abruptly helium made his decision, to which Mark responded: "There's thing I tin bash astir it, I don't person a clue. So prime 1 and spell with it."

However, the crippled amusement big revealed that helium had chosen incorrectly, with the close reply being Denmark. Chris apologised, complimenting Mark connected being a 'nice bloke'.

Despite this setback, The Chase prima didn't look excessively bothered, arsenic helium was inactive walking distant with a hefty £32,000. Mark commented: "It's alright, I could've sat determination each nighttime and I wouldn't person known the reply truthful it was conscionable a guess."

Elsewhere during the show, Mark told the big helium was a schoolteacher and revealed immoderate of the nicknames the students gave him. He confessed: "King Kong is the latest one. Hulk, Godzilla - fundamentally each clip there's a monster flick, suddenly, for immoderate reason, that's what my sanction becomes. I'm not adjacent the tallest successful my household - my small member Phil is 6ft 8!"

When asked if helium would proceed teaching if helium won the million-pound jackpot, helium rapidly confirmed he'd quit.

Although helium didn't triumph the jackpot, Mark near his teaching vocation and is present a fashionable fig connected ITV's The Chase.

The Chase continues weekdays connected ITV from 5pm