Stephen Fry couldn’t answer this ’80s music question on ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?’
Sir Stephen Fry took part in a celebrity edition of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? over the weekend and was stumped on a question about a pop song.The former QI host took away £250,000 for mental health charity Mind on Sunday (January 26).Reaching the £500,000 question, however, host Jeremy Clarkson asked the following: “Which of these cover songs entered the UK Top 40 the longest time after the original version first charted?”The options to choose from were ‘Tragedy’ by Steps, ‘Fast Car’ by Jonas Blue & Dakota, ‘Uptown Girl’ by Westlife, or ‘Killing Me Softly’ by The Fugees. The question left Fry stumped.He said to the host: “Well Jeremy this is not my subject I’m afraid, but I’ve got one friend who might know these things, he’s pretty good on pop music I think and that’s Richard Osman, so we might as well give him a tinkle”.He called Osman, known for his knowledge of obscure facts as a presenter of the Pointless quiz show, using his Phone A Friend lifeline.