V-Flyer

Q: Which of the following is the Largest?

A - Peanut
B - Elephant
C - The Moon
D - A Kettle







Sorry - This is an email (complete with WWTBAM screen shot) doing the rounds at the moment, with the caption of "American woman goes home with $0" and the answer of "Elephant" hilighted.
But I reckon it is a common mistake. Like those cognitive experiment trick questions. In our minds the moon is about 1" across wen we look at it!

Ah, this gem ...

[img]http://www.bsnews.org/articles/images/1149047899_millionaire_idiot.jpg[/img]

Thanks,
Sarah

LMFAO idiot

Doh!

Interesting how emails change on their journey around the internet... the screen shot I have shows all 4 answers!

Perhaps they are suggesting she took the 50/50 first?

I just don't like her dress....

Dean

Reminds me of those Family Fortunes crackers that did the rounds a few years ago:

"Name something red"

"My cardigan"

"Name a dangerous race"

"The arabs"

And my personal favourite,

"Name a famous bridge"

"Er, over troubled water?"

I actually feel quite sorry for her[:I]

VS.

Yeah, me too, I mean what kind of cr*p education system did she go through?

Not sure that an education system can be to blame for stuff like this - upbringing, parents, family - one of these maybe.

Originally posted by HighFlyer
Ah, this gem ...

That photo is a fake. It comes from about half-way down here (or, at least, we got the same photo from somewhere else...) and the contestant, Fiona Wheeler, really did earn £32,000 and certainly didn't give a stupidly wrong answer when she went out at 64k.

Certainly there have been people who have answered the first question on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? incorrectly, though in the US and, I believe, not in the UK. A video of at least one of them is available on YouTube and I wouldn't be surprised if you could find others as well if you looked.

All best,
Chris

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And even if it was true how many of you can say that you would not give a stupid answer in front of a live audience and on TV?

Some people (and some of you) just wouldn't handle it.

But - It was funny even if a fake!

Paul

My point was, I reckon it would be a very easy mistake to make in the heat of the moment on TV, and when I first looked at the photo, I wondered why it was wrong.[:I]