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Jess Flaherty

ITV Who Wants to be Millionaire fans 'sweating' at Oxford student's performance

ITV Who Wants to be a Millionaire fans were "sweating" tonight over the performance of an Oxford graduate on the smash hit quiz show.

In the final episode of the latest series, which was a repeat, university graduate Christopher Page managed to race through the questions after joining host Jeremy Clarkson on the famous stage hoping to win £1million.

Christopher, an English Literature graduate who studied at the University of Oxford, impressed viewers and the presenter with his knowledge.

Before long, the 21-year-old had successfully earned £250,000.

Christopher, who said he wants to be an actor and was auditioning for drama schools, said he'd be spending his winnings on visiting " a lot of places I've never been before."

After a tense and impressive performance, the player left with £250,000 after being unable to answer a question worth £500,000.

The question was: "Who won the Wimbledon ladies' singles title in the year 2000?"

After using a few lifelines, he was left with Lindsay Davenport and Venus Williams as the options.

Christopher believed the correct answer was Venus Williams but said he couldn't risk losing such a large sum of money on a question he wasn't "100% sure" on.

He walked away with £250,000 but his instinct was right - Venus Williams was the correct answer.

Viewers took to Twitter to share their thoughts.

Orla commented: "Watching who wants to be a millionaire makes me sweat and I’m not even taking part."

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Peter said: "This young lad on Who wants to be a Millionaire is doing darn well..."

Gary said: "Absolute genius on ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ here."

Gordon commented: "Who wants to be a millionaire is getting tense!"

Another fan added: "Well done Christopher Page on Who wants to be a millionaire."

*Who Wants to be a Millionaire airs on ITV

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