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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 an I.T. analyst for Westpac bank at the time of winning 'Millionaire'. He lives in New South Wales and retired from working altogether six months after the big win.

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]

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? spawned some controversies, as it 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]

Flood's $1,000,000 Question:

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.

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 19 February 2006.

References

External links

• Martin Flood at the Internet Movie Database

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