Post by tonkatoy on Feb 7, 2007 23:19:04 GMT 1
How NOT to be a millionaire
NEW YORK - Idaho resident Kathy Evans brought humiliation to her friends
and family Tuesday when she set a new standard for stupidity with her
appearance on the popular TV show, "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire."
It seems that Evans, a 32-year-old wife and mother of two, got stuck on
the first question, and proceeded to make what fans of the show are
dubbing "the absolute worst use of lifelines ever."
After being introduced to the show's host Meredith Vieira, Evans assured
her that she was ready to play, whereupon she was posed with an
extremely easy $100 question. The question was:
"Which of the following is the largest?"
A) A Peanut
B) An Elephant
C) The Moon
D) Hey, who you calling large?
Immediately Mrs. Evans was struck with an all consuming panic as she
realized that this was a question to which she did not readily know the
answer.
"Hmm, oh boy, that's a toughie," said Evans, as Vieira did her level
best to hide her disbelief and disgust. "I mean, I'm sure I've heard of
some of these things before, but I have no idea how large they would
be."
Evans made the decision to use the first of her three lifelines, the
50/50.
Answers A and D were removed, leaving her to decide which was bigger, an
elephant or the moon. However, faced with an incredibly easy question,
Evans still remained unsure.
"Oh! It removed the two I was leaning towards!" exclaimed Evans. "Darn.
I think I better phone a friend."
Using the second of her two lifelines on the first question, Mrs. Evans
asked to be connected with her friend Betsy, who is an office assistant.
"Hi Betsy! How are you? This is Kathy! I'm on TV!" said Evans, wasting
the first seven seconds of her call. "Ok, I got an important question.
Which of the following is the largest? B, an elephant, or C, the moon.
15 seconds hun."
Betsy quickly replied that the answer was C, the moon. Evans proceeded
to argue with her friend for the remaining ten seconds.
"Come on Betsy, are you sure?" said Evans. "How sure are you? Puh, that
can't be it."
To everyone's astonishment, the moronic Evans declined to take her
friend's advice and pick 'The Moon.'
"I just don't know if I can trust Betsy. She's not all that bright. So I
think I'd like to ask the audience," said Evans.
Asked to vote on the correct answer, the audience returned 98% in favor
of answer C, 'The Moon.' Having used up all her lifelines, Evans then
made the dumbest choice of her life.
"Wow, seems like everybody is against what I'm thinking," said the
too-stupid-to-live Evans. "But you know, sometimes you just got to go
with your gut. So, let's see. For which is larger, an elephant or the
moon, I'm going to have to go with B, an elephant. Final answer."
Evans sat before the dumbfounded audience, the only one waiting with
bated breath, and was told that she was wrong, and that the answer was
in fact, C, 'The Moon.'
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NEW YORK - Idaho resident Kathy Evans brought humiliation to her friends
and family Tuesday when she set a new standard for stupidity with her
appearance on the popular TV show, "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire."
It seems that Evans, a 32-year-old wife and mother of two, got stuck on
the first question, and proceeded to make what fans of the show are
dubbing "the absolute worst use of lifelines ever."
After being introduced to the show's host Meredith Vieira, Evans assured
her that she was ready to play, whereupon she was posed with an
extremely easy $100 question. The question was:
"Which of the following is the largest?"
A) A Peanut
B) An Elephant
C) The Moon
D) Hey, who you calling large?
Immediately Mrs. Evans was struck with an all consuming panic as she
realized that this was a question to which she did not readily know the
answer.
"Hmm, oh boy, that's a toughie," said Evans, as Vieira did her level
best to hide her disbelief and disgust. "I mean, I'm sure I've heard of
some of these things before, but I have no idea how large they would
be."
Evans made the decision to use the first of her three lifelines, the
50/50.
Answers A and D were removed, leaving her to decide which was bigger, an
elephant or the moon. However, faced with an incredibly easy question,
Evans still remained unsure.
"Oh! It removed the two I was leaning towards!" exclaimed Evans. "Darn.
I think I better phone a friend."
Using the second of her two lifelines on the first question, Mrs. Evans
asked to be connected with her friend Betsy, who is an office assistant.
"Hi Betsy! How are you? This is Kathy! I'm on TV!" said Evans, wasting
the first seven seconds of her call. "Ok, I got an important question.
Which of the following is the largest? B, an elephant, or C, the moon.
15 seconds hun."
Betsy quickly replied that the answer was C, the moon. Evans proceeded
to argue with her friend for the remaining ten seconds.
"Come on Betsy, are you sure?" said Evans. "How sure are you? Puh, that
can't be it."
To everyone's astonishment, the moronic Evans declined to take her
friend's advice and pick 'The Moon.'
"I just don't know if I can trust Betsy. She's not all that bright. So I
think I'd like to ask the audience," said Evans.
Asked to vote on the correct answer, the audience returned 98% in favor
of answer C, 'The Moon.' Having used up all her lifelines, Evans then
made the dumbest choice of her life.
"Wow, seems like everybody is against what I'm thinking," said the
too-stupid-to-live Evans. "But you know, sometimes you just got to go
with your gut. So, let's see. For which is larger, an elephant or the
moon, I'm going to have to go with B, an elephant. Final answer."
Evans sat before the dumbfounded audience, the only one waiting with
bated breath, and was told that she was wrong, and that the answer was
in fact, C, 'The Moon.'
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