A man was hoping to get his wife's help during Who Wants to be a Millionaire but was left shocked when a man answered the phone instead.

If you're like me, then you're convinced that you could ace the entire show without using any lifelines because you're a quiz genius.

Whether that's delusion or confidence is up for debate, but we won't know until we get there.

However, sometimes during Who Wants to be a Millionaire, people need to rely on their lifelines to get them through a question they aren't too sure about.

The show originated in the UK, where this pretty bizarre story unfolded.

JP Morgan, a science teacher hailing from Lincoln, found himself facing the £16,000 question: "Which of these days is part of the weekend in Germany?"

The options for the answer were: A) Donnerstag, B) Mittwoch, C) Sonntag, and D) Dienstag.

I'll give you a minute to have a go at answering it yourself.

Clearly not a German speaker, Morgan decided to use his "Phone a Friend" lifeline, hoping his wife could provide the crucial answer.

The contestant said: "My wife's auntie has lived in Germany for over 50 years, my wife's been there a few times.

"My wife, who at different times would probably have been in the audience, is at home as one of my Phone a Friends."

However, the situation took an unexpected turn when another man answered the call instead of Morgan's wife.

Watch the awkward encounter unfold below:

Host Jeremy Clarkson attempted to diffuse the tension, reassuring Morgan that the situation could be innocent. Clarkson then confirmed with the unfamiliar voice on the line if Morgan's wife was available to assist.

People took to social media to ponder the identity of the man who answered the phone, while some expressed shock at the potential implications for Morgan's relationship.

However, it was soon cleared up that the voice on the other end was simply an automated message stating there was no service.

Despite this bit of confusion, Morgan went on to win £64,000 ($82,000) - presumably making his wife very happy.

Oh, and if you are still curious about what the answer was - it was C) Sonntag - which is Sunday.

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David Chang has become the first celebrity to win the top prize on 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' and is donating his winnings to restaurant workers.

As per CNN, Chang says that he knows that it will make a life-changing difference to those who have been affected by the ongoing pandemic.

During the tense last moments of Chang's episode, which aired on Sunday, host Jimmy Kimmel waited with bated breath as he struggled with the final question of the show.

Watch Chang make his million-dollar win in the video below: 

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"No (celebrity) has ever gone for it," Kimmel said. "They've all walked away."

Chang was asked to name the first US president to have electricity in the White House to win a million dollars.

"This is the most painful, nervous - this is terrifying," Chang says in a clip from the episode.

Unsure of the answer, Chang decided to phone a friend - ESPN journalist Mina Kimes - and she correctly advised him that the answer was President Benjamin Harrison, even though Chang himself wasn't sure whether Harrison was even a president.

When Chang won, he jumped from his chair in joy, and writer and director Alan Yang presented him with the giant cheque for a million dollars.

"Always wanted to hold a giant check on television," Yang later wrote on Twitter, alongside a picture of himself, Kimmel, and the check. "Thanks @MillionaireTV! Asian trivia dream team ftw."

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CNN reports that Chang had always planned to donate his winnings to Southern Smoke Foundation, a crisis relief organization for people in the hospital industry, and had he not answered the final question, he would have walked away with half a million dollars.

But instead, he decided to risk it all to double the prize.

"Having a million dollars right now in this moment, is a game-changer for many, many families," Chang says in the video clip of the episode. "And yes, half a million is as well - and I want to say 'No, just take the money!' - but I'm not."

Stay-at-home orders in the US forced many restaurants and bars to close during the pandemic, CNN reports, despite them being classed as essential businesses by the government.

"Since the government won't help out restaurant workers...we have to do what we can to help out," Chang tweeted on Sunday in a thread about winning on the show.

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He added: "Thank you @alanyang and @minakimes for being so much smarter then me!!! Always good to have friends that did well in school!! [sic]"

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According to its website, The Southern Smoke Foundation has distributed $5.7 million to people nationwide since it was established in 2015.

"To date, Southern Smoke has distributed more than $5.7 million, both directly to people in need via the Emergency Relief Fund and to organizations that represent the needs of people in our industry," the organization says.

A humble carpenter has changed the lives of 33 people forever after his secret wealth was used to send them to college.

Dale Schroeder, a thrifty woodworker who hailed from Iowa, passed away back in 2005. A blue-collar man with a strong work ethic, few people in his community ever suspected that he had almost $3 million worth of savings tucked away.

However, Dale died without leaving behind a family, and so his will stipulated that his vast estate should be bequeathed to poorer strangers to send them to college since he never had the opportunity himself.

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The 33 people who received the funds now refer to themselves as "Dale's Kids", and some have gone on to be doctors, therapists and teachers as a result of Dale's incredible generosity.

Kira Conrad, who received college funding from Dale, stated in an interview with CBS that: "I grew up in a single-parent household and I had three older sisters, so paying for all four of us was never an option. [It] almost made me feel powerless. Like, I want to do this. I have this goal, but I can’t get there just because of the financial part."

Meanwhile, Dale's friend Steven Nielsen recalled: "He went to work every day. Worked really hard. Was frugal. Like a lot of Iowans. He had church jeans and work jeans ... He said, 'I never got the opportunity to go to college. So, I’d like to help kids go to college.'"

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He continued: "Finally, I was curious and I said, ‘How much are we talking about, Dale?’ And he said, ‘Oh, just shy of $3 million.’ I nearly fell out of my chair ... All [Dale asked] is that you pay it forward. You can’t pay it back, because Dale is gone, but you can remember him and you can emulate him."

People like Dale really do restore your faith in humanity, right? I wish some good Samaritan out there would pay off my student debt. (Hint hint.)

It's often that said a good gambler knows when to quit, and this was certainly the case for a recent contestant on the UK version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

For the first time since he began hosting the show in 2018, presenter Jeremy Clarkson finally got to ask the final million pound question to high school English teacher John Robinson.

This was not only a momentous occasion for Clarkson, but also for the show itself, which had failed to see a contestant get this close to the coveted prize money in nearly 13 years. But having used up all of his lifelines, Robinson was left stumped by the final hurdle.

This the dramatic moment he decided that his £500,000 ($656,263) just wasn't worth risking: 

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A wrong answer at this point would set Robinson back by £435,000 ($571,027), having surpassed the safety mark of £65,000 ($85,326), so when he was unable to hazard a confident guess, the teacher cut his losses and walked away.

This was much to the disappointment of some social media users who wanted to see him win big. The majority, however, were in agreement that he'd played a fantastic game.

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Some of Robinson's students were even watching their teacher's incredible performance on the hit gameshow:

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After Robinson made his final decision, there was only one thing to do: Clarkson had to ask him which answer he would have chosen. He said Anthony Eden, which luckily was the wrong answer - meaning the teacher did make the right decision.

The Daily Mail later revealed that it would have taken Robinson 20 years to earn the £500,000 at his current salary, and in an interview with the contestant, he now plans to propose to his girlfriend:

"It's something we have discussed. I am probably popping the question at some point. I have not got the excuse that I cannot afford a ring, now."

Viewers of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? have taken to social media to blast an "easy" million-pound question that aired on this week's episode on ITV.

Audiences were captivated as contestant Davyth Fear, from Caernarfon, Wales, made it to the final question - meaning he was just one correct answer away from winning £1 million ($1,264,150 USD).

You can watch the moment Fear walks away from the question below:

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To make the action even more intense, Fear was going into the question with one remaining lifeline: his phone a friend.

To question was: "Which of these people was born the same year as Queen Elizabeth II?"

The four possible answers were: Audrey Hepburn, Judy Garland, Julie Andrews, and Marilyn Monroe.

After some deliberating, Davyth told host Jeremy Clarkson that he believed the answer was Hepburn, but his phone a friend believed the correct answer was Judy Garland.

I won't lie, I did not know who was right.

But it seems a lot of "couch contestants" were very confident of the correct answer, and took their social media accounts to make sure the rest of the world also knew about it.

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"When you get a million pound question right before the answers are revealed" bragged one Twitter user.

While a second chimed in: "Not often I would volunteer to be #phoneafriend but I knew the answer tonight!"

A third added: "Even after all these years #whowantstobeamillionaire is still cracking telly. I knew the answer to that £1million question, but wouldn't have had the balls to gamble".

Rather than risk getting it wrong and leaving with £32,000, Fear decided to walk away with a life-changing £500,000. Not bad for a day's work.

Oh, and the correct answer was Marylin Monroe - a name I'm sure Davyth doesn't want to hear for the rest of his life.