Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: The Teacher Beats His Brother To Win The Jackpot

A teacher whose brother previously won the £ 500,000 prize has won a top prize in Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

Donald Fear, 57, used just a 50/50 lifeline to become the first £ 1 million winner in 14 years.

Brother Davyth, who teaches geography, appeared on the show in September of last year.

Mr. Fear said that his brother was his “hero and best friend.” “The other way around now,” host Jeremy Clarkson said.

The last question from the history and politics professor on Friday’s prerecorded program was: “In 1718, what pirate died in a battle off the coast of what is now North Carolina?”

The choices were Calico Jack, Blackbeard, Bartholomew Roberts, and Captain Kidd.

His winning answer was Blackbeard.

Mr. Fear, who lives in Telford, said that he had taught piracy to a group of Year 8 students about eight years ago and remembered the date 1718.

“I’m a dating man,” Mr. Fear said.

“You haven’t been a history teacher for 33 years without knowing some dates, and the date 1718 and Blackbeard caught my eye instantly.”

Clarkson expressed amazement at the teacher’s knowledge of history throughout his series of 15 correct answers.

“It’s like sitting next to the Internet in a pink shirt,” he said, describing it as “an encyclopedia with a mustache.”

Mr Fear is the sixth million pound winner in the show’s 22-year history.

After his victory, the father of four celebrated by caravanning along the Northumberland coast with his wife of 33 years, Nurse Debs.

And his older brother Davyth has also been part of their celebrations.

“He’s very happy for me,” Mr. Fear said.

“We went to spend a night in a hotel with our wives last week and we were absolutely drunk and he kept prodding me telling me how pleased and happy he was about it.”

Mr. Fear said he wanted to give at least 70% of his earnings to his family and spend the rest on a “comfortable retirement.”

And that retirement will begin soon: Since winning the jackpot, he has quit Haberdashers Adams High School in Newport, Shropshire.

But he said, “The rules are that you have to go to the end of a period.

“I never actually investigated the possibility of whether it would be possible not to return at all, but how unfair would that be to my A-level students?”

Mr. Fear added: “I was planning to go in two years anyway, just before my 60th birthday.

“As it is, I’m just after my 58.”