It was during Friday’s broadcast of TV4’s long-running “Postcode millionaire” that Ing-Mari Sandström had the chance to win a whole million kroner if she answered the following question correctly:
“Which world-famous person shares the date of death with William Shakespeare on April 23, 1616?”
Four answer options were presented – Rembrandt, Cervantes, Michelangelo and Moliere – but none of them were correct, even if, when Ing-Mari chose to stay and leave the program with SEK 500,000, Cervantes was singled out as the correct answer.
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Cervantes died on April 22 and not on April 23, although the latter is stated in the National Encyclopedia, where the production received the information.
– The death certificate is from the same day he was buried, which is how it used to be done then, says Andrea Castroprofessor of Spanish with a focus on literary studies at the University of Gothenburg, to Expressen.
Roger Magnergård who is press manager for the Postal Code Lottery says this about the miss:
– Of course, we must strive to have clearer questions at this level and all other levels, which cannot be questioned.
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But Ing-Mari Sundström is not dissatisfied with the outcome and holds no grudge against the production.
– I can understand if an expert who is very well-informed is concerned. But I can’t possibly be annoyed by the small, small error, she says The Express.
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