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<\/p>\nWho Wants To Be A Millionaire? winner Roman Dubowski has revealed how he took home the huge prize and how he’ll spend the money<\/p>\n
20:56, 26 Apr 2026Updated 20:56, 26 Apr 2026<\/p>\n
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How Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? winner did it and how he’ll spend the money (Image: ITV)<\/p>\n
Roman Dubowski was the coolest man in the ITV<\/a> studio – as he became the seventh winner of \u00a31million on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?<\/a> and then celebrated with a cup of tea.<\/p>\n Trouble was brewing in his incredible game when he needed to ask the audience for help with the \u00a31000 question about mayonnaise. But after phoning his sister to win \u00a34000, the quiz-loving retired IT Analyst from Stockport stormed all the way to the maximum prize.<\/p>\n On ITV<\/a>, Roman said: \u201cIt doesn\u2019t feel real at the moment. It hasn\u2019t quite sunk in. It is one of those slow motion things that will sink in later today. At the moment I will just take one thing at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n The moment Roman played for \u00a31million on ITV(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n READ MORE: Who Wants To Be A Millionaire in show first as contestant keeps biggest secret yet<\/a>READ MORE: Clarkson’s Farm star hints at return to series as they share career update<\/a><\/p>\n Reflecting months after the show was recorded in December, Roman then told the Mirror<\/a> : \u201cI did sort of go home quietly, to be honest, but I didn’t get drunk. I had to have a cup of tea. So I think it was just sitting in a quiet room and letting it all sink in and thinking about what happened in the previous 24 hours and just letting it seep into my brain, if you like. So yeah, I didn’t celebrate too much, strangely because I didn’t expect to win a million, so there’s a bit of shock value and that takes a bit of time to sink in.<\/p>\n \u201cI thought I was good enough for let’s say a five-figure sum because I’ve seen the show so much. It’s a show I always watch and I’ve seen very good quiz names not do so well because just the one question can catch you out. And the point about a millionaire is your run stops if you get one wrong. That’s it. So winning the top prize, it never actually was in my sort of consciousness that I do that, but it was a great feeling, obviously.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was recorded back in December so I’ve had four or five months to wait for this point and I think the money won’t come in to my account until another four weeks,I think it is. So it has sunk in now because I’ve had so much time for it to sink in.\u201d<\/p>\n Roman got to the \u00a31million question with two lifelines intact, before Jeremy Clarkson<\/a> asked him which trademark logo used since 1876 was in the novel \u2018Ulysses\u2019 and paintings by Picasso and Manet. After looking at the four possible answers he said he had \u2018something in his head\u2019 but was unsure it was right.<\/p>\n He then took less than two minutes from seeing the question, to asking to go 50-50, to then giving his final answer as Bass Ale, based on a memory he had of a Manet painting which he thought used the logo.<\/p>\n The moment Roman Dubowski won \u00a31m tonight on Who Wants to be Millionaire?(Image: ITV)<\/p>\n Stunned host Clarkson responded by saying \u201cbut you don\u2019t know that,\u201d as Roman replied \u201cIt\u2019s because of the painting\u201d.<\/p>\n His hunch paid off and he was crowned a winner with \u00a31million, but rather than tears of joy or punching the air he simply smiled and chuckled to himself.<\/p>\n Host Jeremy Clarkson was more animated. He said: \u201cThat is fantastic. Yes! It happened so quickly. I don\u2019t even know what to say and you did it without my help! That is just extraordinary. A million pounds. Enjoy it. All of your life assimilating that knowledge has paid off so well done you. A great champion.\u201d<\/p>\n Looking back on the final question Roman said: “One of my strategies was to stay calm and not rush to speak slowly and think things through rather than jump at an answer. The question referenced a painting by Manet, and I immediately remembered seeing it in the Courtauld Gallery. I could picture the barmaid and, crucially, the red triangle of Bass beer in the image.<\/p>\n “That was the key. I also remembered that Bass has one of the oldest registered trademarks, which reinforced it for me. I used my 50:50, but in truth I was already confident – it simply confirmed what I thought.”<\/p>\n Roman, who describes himself as in his sixties, has now grown a goatee beard in the hope he won\u2019t get recognised too much and asked for money when he is out and about.<\/p>\n But he says he will still play his usual Sett Valley Quiz League pub quiz on Thursday nights and this week will get his wallet out to buy team members a drink.<\/p>\n \u201cIt tends to be a communal bar tab, but it’s about time I sort of opened my wallet,\u201d he said with a chuckle, admitting there is no cash prize if they triumph in a final game this week.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the most I\u2019d won before was a bottle of Campari in a raffle once,\u201d he admitted.<\/p>\n Asked what else he will spend the prize money on, Roman, who has been on TV quiz Fifteen-to-One in the past, said: \u201cWell when it was reaching five figures, I think I said a new kitchen would be nice. And I think Jeremy came back with something like, \u2018There’ll be marble tops\u2019. But now that it has reached the seven figure sum, I think I’m wanting to move. So it will probably be a new house, actually. It will go towards that. I\u2019ve been in this house for 30 odd years. So it’s about time. I’ve gotta do it at this stage of life because I don’t want it to be too old when it happens. So most of the money will go towards that, I think.\u201d<\/p>\n Roman also said he would treat his niece and nephew to gifts after their mum, his sister Danuta, helped him to the prize.<\/p>\n Looking at more lavish ways to spend his cash he added: \u201cAs I said on the show, travel is my main thing. So I do like visiting other countries and, for the first time, I went to New Zealand in February and I was so taken by the country, I’ll probably go again. It’s an expensive place to go to, especially with, you know, what’s happening in the world<\/a> and the aviation fuel costs going up. But I still would love to go there again because it was, I found it an incredibly beautiful country. And then like I said on the show, I’ve not been to South America, so spending quite a lot of time in the countries there, particularly Brazil and Peru, I’d love to do that as well. So I’m more an \u2018experiences person\u2019 rather than \u2018a buying stuff\u2019 sort of person.\u201d<\/p>\n Roman is one of a number of quiz experts who has done well on the ITV show down the years.<\/p>\n Asked what his advice would be for anyone looking to apply or play in the future, Roman said: \u201cIf people don’t like quizzes, they shouldn’t come on this show, but a lot of people do. I think most people watch quizzes, actually. There\u2019s no harm in trying, even if you don’t get to the top, there’s a good chance that you’ll win something. So that’s a good reason to go and it’s always worth revising your weak subjects. But that’s not so easy because you have no idea what questions will come up. But with regard to choosing your friends, I think it’s got to be friends who know things you don’t know, so that you can ask them something which you know that they might know. And I think a lot of people do choose family members because you’ve known them all your life, you know their strong points and their weak points.\u201d<\/p>\n The new series continues next week and ITV have already teased that another contestant gets to the \u00a31m question but have not said when or if they also win. Before Roman there had been six winners in the show\u2019s 28 year history.<\/p>\n The previous \u00a31 million winners are: Judith Keppel (2000), David Edwards (2001), Robert Brydges<\/p>\n (2001), Pat Gibson (2004) and Ingram Wilcox (2006). And then Donald Fear became the sixth winner on 11 September 2020, and the first contestant to win the top prize in 14 years.<\/p>\n Here are Roman’s 15 Questions, could you answer them to win \u00a31million?<\/p>\n 1 (\u00a3100) The planet Saturn famously has seven what?<\/p>\n Rings \/ Necklaces \/ Bracelets \/ Anklets<\/p>\n 2 (\u00a3200) At which of these locations is ice hockey traditionally played?<\/p>\n Rink \/ Range \/ Court \/ Field<\/p>\n 3 (\u00a3300) If you respond to an opponent’s attack with the same method, you are said to ‘fight…..’ what?<\/p>\n Fire with fire \/ Smoke with smoke \/ Embers with embers \/ Cinders with cinders<\/p>\n 4 (\u00a3500) What is the name of the famous mansion in Memphis that was Elvis Presley’s home from 1957 to 1977?<\/p>\n Paisley Park \/ Graceland \/ The Troubadour \/ Dollywood<\/p>\n 5 (\u00a31K) What is mixed with vinegar, mustard and oil to make a basic mayonnaise<\/p>\n Plain flour \/ Salted butter \/ Egg yolk \/ Double cream<\/p>\n 6 (\u00a32K) In the Harry Potter<\/a> books, which term is used to describe a non-magic person?<\/p>\n Muggle \/ Moomin \/ Munchkin \/ Minion<\/p>\n 7 (\u00a34K) Which if these fashion retailers was founded in Japan?<\/p>\n Zara \/ Uniqlo \/ Urban Outfitters \/ FatFace<\/p>\n 8 (\u00a38K) Which of these major historic events took place in the middle of the 14 th century?<\/p>\n English Civil War \/ Norman Conquest \/ Black Death \/ War of the Roses<\/p>\n 9 (\u00a316K) Which of these sea creatures is NOT classed as cartilaginous?<\/p>\n Shark \/ Ray \/ Dolphin \/ Skate<\/p>\n 10 (\u00a332K) Which word refers to a metal that can be stretched out in to a thin wire without breaking?<\/p>\n Sonorous \/ Conductive \/ Ductile \/ Lustrous<\/p>\n 11 (\u00a364K) Which of these plays is part of the 20 th century theatrical movement known as the Theatre of the Absurd?<\/p>\n Death of a Salesman \/ The Glass Menagerie \/ The Seagull \/ Waiting for Godot<\/p>\n 12 (\u00a3125K) The Rhone river begins its journey in which mountain range?<\/p>\n Alps \/ Apennines \/ Carpathians \/ Pyrenees<\/p>\n 13 (\u00a3250K) Which of these figures from Greek mythology is NOT known for slaying a monster?<\/p>\n Theseus \/ Persius \/ Adonis \/ Bellerophon<\/p>\n 14 (\u00a3500K) Presented in 1901, the first Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded for the discovery of what?<\/p>\n Wireless telegraphy \/ X-rays \/ Cosmic radiation \/ Quantum mechanics<\/p>\n 15 (\u00a31M) Used since 1876, which trademarked logo is described in the James Joyce novel ‘Ulysess’ and depicted in works by Manet and Picasso?<\/p>\n Bass Ale \/ The Famous Grouse \/ Coca-Cola \/ Stella Artois<\/p>\n ANSWERS ARE: Rings, Rink, Fire with fire, Graceland, Egg yolk, Muggle, Uniqlo, Black Death, Dolphin, Ductile, Waiting for Godot, Alps, Adonis, X-rays, Bass Ale.<\/p>\n Like this story? 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