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KBC 18 Principal Misses Sea Otter Question, Wins ₹5 Lakh
Padminee Rai is a school principal from Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh.
She appeared on the television quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati 18.
Amitabh Bachchan hosted the episode.
Padminee answered several questions and moved up the prize ladder.
She reached a question worth ₹12.5 lakh.
The question was about sea otters.
She gave the wrong answer.
She therefore ended the game with ₹5 lakh.
She had started with two lifelines to help her.
Padminee Rai, a school principal from Azamgarh, appeared on KBC 18’s August 31 episode.
She reached the ₹12.5 lakh question during her run on the show.
The question concerned sea otters, but she answered it incorrectly.
Padminee finished the game with ₹5 lakh.
She began with the Audience Poll and Sanket Suchak lifelines.
- Who
- Padminee Rai, a school principal from Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, appeared on the show hosted by Amitabh Bachchan.
- What
- She answered the ₹12.5 lakh sea otter question incorrectly and took home ₹5 lakh.
- Where
- On Kaun Banega Crorepati 18.
- When
- The episode aired on August 31.
- Why
- She finished with ₹5 lakh after getting the ₹12.5 lakh question wrong.
Key facts
- Contestant
- Padminee Rai
- Occupation
- School principal
- Hometown
- Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh
- Show
- Kaun Banega Crorepati 18
- Highest question reached
- ₹12.5 lakh
- Final winnings
- ₹5 lakh
- Lifelines
- Audience Poll and Sanket Suchak









