Nothing really makes me more upset than watching Millionaire or, as in the case of last night, Super Millionaire, and just sitting there knowing the answers. The last person to go last night, a lady from Illinois had some extremely easy questions to start the game, and even as they were supposed to be getting harder, I didn't really have a problem with them. She wasted her lifelines on questions that I knew without seeing the answers and it's just so frustrating sitting at home watching.
Of course, I know I can't really complain or get mad at the contestants, because they actually made it that far and I haven't (yes, I've tried calling in, but the questions on the phone are not easy at all), but still, you'd think they would know some of the easier questions. I wish I could find a transcript of all the questions that appeared last night so I could go over them once again, as I know I didn't know ALL of them leading up to the "Next Dimension," but I knew almost all of them and probably could have "called a friend" on the one I didn't.
But basically, it came down to the last question last night, for $500,000. The question (paraphrasing) was: "Botulism, a deadly toxin, has it's root in the Latin word for what?" Three of the four possible answers were: "Honey, Sausages, Oysters." Now, my dad thought Oysters made the most sense while the contestant first instinct was honey. All the while, I was sitting on sausage, which may have been for the wrong reasons, but that was my gut instinct. The contestant asked the "Three Wisemen" and they were unaware of the answer, though an editor for Time Magazine said, they probably didn't have sausages back then and a former million dollar winner thought that oysters seemed the most logical. Since the contestant had no idea, she used her last remaining lifeline, the double dip. She first went with honey, her gut instinct, but was wrong. She then pondered for a while and decided on oysters since that's what one of the wisemen said and she thought it could be right. But it wasn't. What was it? Well you could probably guess it was sausages, and I would have been right. I have no idea how I would have played it since it was just a hunch, but I probably would have guessed since there is nothing to lose at the $100,000 level and, with her earlier (easier) questions, I probably would now have the 50/50 and the double dip left for the $1,000,000 question - thus guaranteed a million.
But then again, I wasn't there. I wasn't in the hotseat. I probably will never be in the hotseat. But I can still sit here at home and think these people don't deserve to be there.
URL: ABC.com: ABC's Super Millionaire
Of course, I know I can't really complain or get mad at the contestants, because they actually made it that far and I haven't (yes, I've tried calling in, but the questions on the phone are not easy at all), but still, you'd think they would know some of the easier questions. I wish I could find a transcript of all the questions that appeared last night so I could go over them once again, as I know I didn't know ALL of them leading up to the "Next Dimension," but I knew almost all of them and probably could have "called a friend" on the one I didn't.
But basically, it came down to the last question last night, for $500,000. The question (paraphrasing) was: "Botulism, a deadly toxin, has it's root in the Latin word for what?" Three of the four possible answers were: "Honey, Sausages, Oysters." Now, my dad thought Oysters made the most sense while the contestant first instinct was honey. All the while, I was sitting on sausage, which may have been for the wrong reasons, but that was my gut instinct. The contestant asked the "Three Wisemen" and they were unaware of the answer, though an editor for Time Magazine said, they probably didn't have sausages back then and a former million dollar winner thought that oysters seemed the most logical. Since the contestant had no idea, she used her last remaining lifeline, the double dip. She first went with honey, her gut instinct, but was wrong. She then pondered for a while and decided on oysters since that's what one of the wisemen said and she thought it could be right. But it wasn't. What was it? Well you could probably guess it was sausages, and I would have been right. I have no idea how I would have played it since it was just a hunch, but I probably would have guessed since there is nothing to lose at the $100,000 level and, with her earlier (easier) questions, I probably would now have the 50/50 and the double dip left for the $1,000,000 question - thus guaranteed a million.
But then again, I wasn't there. I wasn't in the hotseat. I probably will never be in the hotseat. But I can still sit here at home and think these people don't deserve to be there.
URL: ABC.com: ABC's Super Millionaire
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