21 - Million Pound Drop

The Million Pound Drop is a relatively new Game Show and has done well to make it this far in the list being so young.  One of the reasons it has made it this far is due to the fiendish nature of the show.  It seems incredibly simple and incredibly easy yet that in itself is an incredible misconception.  All you have to do is answer 8 questions to win a Million, what's more, you start with a million and work your way through.

This is where the drop element comes into play.  Each question has either 4 [Q1 to Q4], 3 [Q5 to Q7], or 2 [Q8] possible answers, you can place your money on one answer or split it across multiple answers.  There are 8 questions, players begin with 40 bundles of £25,000 totalling £1 million, they then bet that money on each question and the goal is to survive all 8 with £1 million intact.  For each question however players must bet their money on one or more answers, with one answer free of any bet, as a result the first 4 questions with 4 possible answers will only allow the players to pick 3, and the next 3 with 3 possible answers will only allow 2, and the final question with only 2 answers will be an all or nothing bet.

Most players do not make it very far with their million intact and if anything the "million" is a fantasy in reality unless you were 100% certain of the answer you would always split and subsequently end up with less than a million in the end.  Another particularly enjoyable aspect of the show was that it was live and that you could play along at home by visiting the broadcaster's website and playing a Flash Game that was synchronised with the show, the question being displayed as and when it appeared on TV.

To date no-one has won the million.  The clip below is an example of a typical Million Pound Drop Question