Jessye Olver saw a science question end her time in the hotseat on the Jeremy Clarkson-fronted show quiz show.
Seconds after guessing the wrong answer Jessye Olver – who went home with just £1,000 – realised her mistake. Only by then it was too late.
But what was the question — and would you have got it right? Well it was this: ‘What is the second-most abundant gas in the Earth’s atmosphere: A) Argon B) Oxygen C) Carbon dioxide or D) Nitrogen? ’: ‘Pretty sure nitrogen is the first but I don’t know what the second is.
I’m really upset with myself that I don’t know this.her friend Robert, who was also unsure of the answer, before going with her first instinct and choosing carbon dioxide as her answer. Sadly for her it was wrong. The correct answer, for those who don’t know it, is oxygen.
According to figures from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, nitrogen is the most abundant, making up 78% of the earth’s atmosphere, with oxygen next at 20.9% Other gases are present in much smaller amounts, with Argon making 0.93% and others in just trace form — among them carbon dioxide at 0.042%. Jeremy told her: ‘I fear you have been listening too keenly to Greta Thunberg,’ before adding: ‘The correct answer, mercifully, is oxygen or we’d all be in a bit of bother.
’ Others were quick to point out the correct answer, with one viewer saying on X: ‘Not an expert but doesn’t it have to be oxygen? ’, while another added ‘CO2 carbon dioxide has oxygen in it – so how can it be? ’But while Jessye may have fallen short, she remained pragmatic about her loss, saying: ‘I took a risk and I don’t regret it.
’ Jessye’s blunder comes just a week after contestant Andrew Fanko narrowly missed out on the chance to become the show’s latest millionaire. The translator had made it all the way to the £500,000 mark when faced with the question: ‘Which of these is an EGOT winner, meaning they have won each of the four major entertainment awards — anTruth behind Tommy Fury's no-show at Venezuela's wedding attended by pregnant Molly-MaeMan arrested at Venezuela Fury and Noah Price's wedding for 'selling alcohol to children'Which was just as well since the audience got it wrong.
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