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Sophie McCoid

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire player slammed for wasting lifelines on 'easy' question but he has the last laugh

A primary school teacher was slammed tonight as he used several lifelines on an "easy" question.

Dan Huxley, from Wrexham, told host Jeremy Clarkson that he wanted to buy a moped with his winnings as he was obsessed with them.

Dan was doing well and raced through the early questions, but he came unstuck when he came up against a Disney question for £8,000.

He was asked: "In the film Finding Nemo and Finding Dory which of these characters is mainly blue in colour"

The answers were a) Marlin b) Nemo Dory c) and d) Bubbles.

Dan decided to use a lifeline and called his dad to see if he knew the answer, but sadly his father had no idea, which meant Dan was forced to go 50/50.

This left Dory and Bubbles and Dan finally decided to go with Dory, which was of course the correct answer.

But many people took to social media to question Dan's choice, especially given that he was a primary school teacher with pupils who would have been very familiar with the film.

Alex Davenport said: "He's a primary school teacher, how the hell did he not know the "Dory" question?"

George Hand said: "WHAT IDIOT DOESN’T KNOW THAT DORY IS BLUE, GIVE ME STRENGTH!!!!!"

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Abby said: "How are they stuck on what colour Dory is on finding nemo So easy!! Lol"

And Ben Kelly said: "Absolutely fuming with this guy for using a lifeline on this question for £8k."

Despite using his lifelines Dan went onto be very successful in the show and managed to win £125,000, walking away thrilled with the cash.

*Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is available on the ITV hub

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