Martin Flood

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Martin Flood (born 1964) is an Australian quiz show contestant who competed in the show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and participated in the short-lived program The Master. Flood was a I.T. analyst for Westpac bank at the time of winning 'Millionaire'. He lives in New South Wales and retired from working altogether a year or so after the big win.[citation needed]

Harbouring an ambition to become a quiz champion, he studied general knowledge intensively for five years before appearing on the show, collecting information from trivia nights and also analysing past episodes of the show.[1]

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[edit] Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Flood was the second person to win the $1,000,000 major prize on the Australian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. He won the prize on the 14 November 2005 episode after being asked: Who was never Time Magazine Man of the Year? A: Adolf Hitler, B: Ayatollah Khomeini, C: Joseph Stalin or D: Mao Zedong. The answer was Mao Zedong.[2] He answered the question only after using his final lifeline, the 50/50.

His appearance on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? was marred by suggestions that he may have cheated.[3] The program launched an investigation following complaints from live audience members about coughing from the audience.[4] The Nine network's A Current Affair, focused on a moment when an audience member coughed as Flood mentioned an answer (creating a link to convicted English quiz show cheat Charles Ingram), and on suggestions that Flood was behaving erratically. The publicity helped boost the ratings for Flood's million-dollar win. Flood, who was unaware of the suggestion until after taping the second episode on which he appeared, was publicly cleared by the network of any improper conduct.[5]

[edit] The Master

Flood was a key member of Australian quiz show The Master,[6] which aired on the Seven Network on 16 August 2006 and was cancelled after the first episode.[7] Flood played the role of "The Master", competing against contestants to thwart their attempts to win a $1 million prize.

[edit] Australia's Brainiest Quizmaster

Flood also participated in this special show which was part of a series spin-off of Australia's Brainiest Kid. The show aired on 19th February 2006.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "How Martin Flood made his fortune", Money, April 2006. Retrieved on 2007-06-04. 
  2. ^ "Second Aussie 'Millionaire' winner emerges", The Sydney Morning Herald, 2005-11-15. Retrieved on 2007-06-04. 
  3. ^ "Coughing Millionaire sparks probe", The Courier Mail, November 8, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-06-02. 
  4. ^ "Coughing fit concern", The Hobart Mercury, November 8, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-06-02. 
  5. ^ "No cheat", The Advertiser, November 15, 2005. Retrieved on 2007-06-02. 
  6. ^ "Trivia master rises from the ashes", Sunday Territorian, August 13, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-06-02. 
  7. ^ Dylan, Welch. "Game show goes way of Yasmin", The Age, 2006-08-18. Retrieved on 2007-06-04. 

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NAME Flood, Martin
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SHORT DESCRIPTION Australian quiz show contestant
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