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  • Shane O'Doherty
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  • Shane O'Doherty, a businessman from Co. Dublin, was a contestant on Ireland's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on June 2001, and originally walked away with £32,000 after answering his £250,000 question incorrectly. However after the show, it was revealed that his £250,000 question was flawed. Shane threatened to sue RTE over the bad question that cost him £93,000 so the show's producers invited him back. Shane made another appearance where he chose to take the £125,000. However, the replacement question was also criticised as flawed; it described John Pius Boland as an "Olympic gold medallist" even though the medals received by winners at the 1896 Summer Olympics were actually silver.
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  • Fingernail
Value
  • IR£250,000 - Not Timed
Caption
  • Shane phoned his friend, a science teacher, who told him it was the heart, but Gay told Shane he was wrong and that it was fingernail. Shane criticised the programme after his answer was shown to be correct, and they invited him back.
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  • Heart
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  • chosen
Question
  • ('Phone a Friend' lifeline used)
  • Where is the lunula?
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  • Ear
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  • correct
C
  • Eye
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  • Shane O'Doherty, a businessman from Co. Dublin, was a contestant on Ireland's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? on June 2001, and originally walked away with £32,000 after answering his £250,000 question incorrectly. However after the show, it was revealed that his £250,000 question was flawed. Shane threatened to sue RTE over the bad question that cost him £93,000 so the show's producers invited him back. Shane made another appearance where he chose to take the £125,000. However, the replacement question was also criticised as flawed; it described John Pius Boland as an "Olympic gold medallist" even though the medals received by winners at the 1896 Summer Olympics were actually silver.