Irish Mick, from Dublin, appeared on 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' and towards the end of the program had already won 500,000 Euros._

_"You've done very well so far," said Chris Tarrant, the show's presenter, "but for a million euros you've only got one life-line left, phone a friend. Everything is riding on this question. Will you go for it?" "Sure," said Mick. "I'll have a go!"_

_"Which of the following birds does NOT build its own nest?_

a) Sparrow

b) Thrush,

c) Magpie,

d) Cuckoo?"

_"I haven't got a clue.." said Mick,_

_''So I'll use my last lifeline and phone my friend Paddy back home in Dublin ...."_

_Mick called up his mate, and told him the circumstances and repeated the question to him._

_"Fookin hell, Mick!" cried Paddy. "Dat's simple , it's a cuckoo."_

_"Are you sure?"_

_"I'm fookin sure." Mick hung up the phone and told Chris, "I'll go with cuckoo as my answer."_

_"Is that your final answer?" asked Chris._

_"Dat it is."_

_There was a long, long pause and then the presenter screamed,  "Cuckoo is the correct answer! Mick, you've won 1 million euros!"_

_The next night, Mick invited Paddy to their local pub to buy him a drink._

_"Tell me, Paddy?  How in Heaven's name did you know it was da Cuckoo that doesn't build its own nest?"_

_"Because he lives in a Fookin clock!"