A contestant on the ITV quiz show Who Wants To Be A Millionaire managed to win £250,000 despite being stumped by a tennis-related question in the early rounds.

Jack Soley, a former bus driver and writer from Swindon, was in confident spirits until the £8,000 question.

The 27-year-old looked a tad confused as host Jeremy Clarkson read out the following: "Which of these sportspeople is not a professional tennis player? Stefanos Tsitsipas, Naomi Osaka, Kevin Magnussen, Coco Gauff."

Thinking out loud, Soley said he'd heard of Kevin Magnussen. "I'm fairly sure he is a chess player?" the former bus driver said. "I just don't know about the other three."

He added: "I know there is a Magnussen chess player... but, I don't know what his first name is. It is one of those questions where you are certain enough to think it is not one of the other three."

Jack was asked to identity which sportsperson was not a professional tennis player. Image credit: ITV

Jack was absolutely correct to think that Magnussen is not a tennis player, but he was wrong to assume that the Dane plays chess professionally.

Magnussen is, in fact, a racing driver who competed in Formula One between 2014 and 2024.

Despite his wayward thought process, the contestant from Swindon decided to take a risk and lock in Kevin Magnussen as his final answer.

It was soon confirmed that the answer was right, although Formula One expert Clarkson was quick to correct Jack on his mistake. "You're right, that's the most important thing," he grinned.

It's safe to assume the contestant was thinking of Chess player Magnus Carlsen, who is widely regarded as one of the greatest chess players of all time.

Jack would end up walking away from the show with a £250,000 prize after answering 12 questions correctly.

Tony Bellew struggled to answer £100 question on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

Tony Bellew was moments away from walking away with nothing on an episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire until presenter Jeremy Clarkson stepped in to save the day.

The former WBC cruiserweight champion appeared on a celebrity edition of the ITV show in a bid to win £1 million for his chosen charity, Alder Hey Children's Hospital.

Despite calling himself "stupid" and downplaying his intelligence on numerous occasions, Bellew answered 10 questions correctly before walking away with £64,000.

But things could have been very different for the Liverpudlian, who needed help from former Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson after being completely stumped by the opening £100 question.

Shortly after sitting down in the famous chair, Clarkson asked: "Which of these is a term meaning to socialise with other people, especially those who are deemed important? Digestive, Shortbread, Ginger Nut or Hobnob."

Bellew won £64,000 for the Children’s charity. Image credit: ITV

Bellew, baffled by the four possible answers, said: "I'm not going to lie, I've never heard of this phrase before."

After mentioning he had "helped" contestants at this stage before, a far-from-discrete Clarkson then gave away the answer – Hobnob – under his breath and Bellew locked in his final answer to progress.

To hobnob is to spend time or hang out with someone, especially at a social event, according to Vocabulary. "When you're invited to a fancy benefit party at a museum, you might get to hobnob with socialites and minor celebrities," the website states.

"When you hobnob, you mingle or pal around with fancy folks. People who work in book publishing occasionally get to hobnob with writers, and if you get a job on a movie set, you may have a chance to hobnob with movie stars."

Bellew later commented that a question about the film Ocean's Eleven was "easier" than the £100 one.