@@user-qd4td7yb8eYou say "Arabic" numerals, even though you acknowledge that it comes from India. It's Hindu-Arabic numeral system, and it really pisses me off when ppl only mention the second half of the name.
bro accidentally outed himself as a visitor from another star system. that isn't embarrassment on his face when the other constestant starts naming planets in our local system, it's relief that they only think he's an idiot and not an alien
He needs to win an award for keeping a straight face with some of the dimwits that appear on that show. The question about Greek philosopher Homer calling "something" the food of the gods, what is it? The answer was Ambrosia, but the guy was off to a bad start when he thought it was Homer from the Simpsons, so his answer was donuts.
"Uranus, Saturn, Earth, Mars." "Ah right, I've mixed up planets with signs of the zodiac." "Taurus, Cancer, Sagittarius..." "Hmm, I was thinking begins with A rather than contains it." "Aquarius?" "Ok, shut up now."
I'm still wondering why the answer was just one. If Aries was the answer, surely Aquarius, Capricorn, Cancer, Libra and Sagitarius should have been considered.
The only way it’s particularly funny is if you assume he said Aries but I’m pretty sure he said Ares as in the planet. I don’t think half the people here even know Ares is the other name for Mars (or one of the planets)
When he said Aries, I laughed... I KNEW the answer was 0. And then Claire said 4 and the guy and I both made the same face. My dumbass thought the question was "planets that START with the letter A"
@@danstylus1 Incorrect. There can be infinite systems in an infinite universe. If monkeys could write the complete works of Shakespeare, surely other alien life could create languages that could come up with the combination “Solar System” name for their own planetary system.
@@edwardmalinowski5901 I understand the concept of infinity and that there will be other systems eventually identical. Doesn't mean every system is another solar system, it was that I intended to clarify.
"How many of the eight *star signs* during our *Daylight Saving Time* system *start with* the letter A in their name?" Daylight Saving Time typically starts on the last Sunday of March, and ends on the last Sunday of October. So the four star signs (out of 12) that completely fall outside Daylight Saving Time are Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.
Idk much about this person's language or cultural background, but in Greek, Mars is called Άρης (Ares). If he learned the planets in another language that borrowed from Greek instead of Roman, this isn't the most far-fetched answer. He still would have gotten it wrong, though. Lol there are 'A's in lots of the Greek equivalents.
Also take into account he may have misunderstood the question as "begin with the letter A", which the answer would be zero, and would push your mind to make some stretches to find an expected answer.
If he's a Brit and learns the English language, it could be assumed that he went to school there and was taught through their educational system. One if which almost certainly involves learning about our solar system and it's planets. The fact that he was in a British tv show answering a question through the eyelense of a Greek person (instead of an English person) says a lot about the situations idiocy lmao. He probably don't even know Greek, he just panicked and thought he heard Starsigns instead of planets.
I love how certain people on here are making excuses coz he’s a sikh and might’ve learnt different names for the planets in his own language yet those same people will say he’s British as he obviously sounds like he’s lived in England all his life. It’s his over confidence that makes it funny, doesn’t matter what he looks like
@@kieran1883 He doesn't fake laugh, I can tell you that now. He's nowhere near Britain's Jimmy Fallon. I'm pretty sure you meant Jimmy Carr, and even then you're mistaken.
This is one of those answers where you can spend all day trying to make sense of how he came to it and eventually you just gotta shrug your shoulders and move on 😂
The greek god Ares was renamed Mars by the romans. Thats where all the planets get their namesake. If he learnt the greek way of course he'd think Ares. Lowkey ive called a planet Poseidon instead of Neptune before, it happens, especially in whats probably a stressful situation
@@a_person4742 I’m aware of where the names come from and that may be so, but then why did he leave off Aphrodite, Gaia, and Ouranos? By that thinking he still could have wound up with the right number by random chance. No matter how you look at it his answer makes no sense lol
@@ValensBellator he's Indian. I'm guessing his first language is Punjabi or Hindi. The word we have for planet is also the word very commonly used in Astrology. Astrology is sort of a big deal in India and we have several mainstream-ish news channels talk about it during lunch hour. One is literally called "Grah Nakshatra" where "grah" literally means planet. As for why he said only Aries, he probably misheard the question and thought how many ""planets'" names start with letter A
No, this isnt the stupidest answer ever! I saw an even more stupid one from a One-Amp contestant only last week (November 2021) when Ben asked the contestant, "In Classic Greek literature, according to Homers Illiad, if Nectar is the drink of the Gods, what was the food" and the One Amp thought for a few seconds and said, DOUGHNUTS".
There’s so many wonderful aspect to this but one that’s easy to miss is that he says “I’ve been counting in my head” and the number he counted up to was 1.
I don't do the whole zodiac thing, but isn't there a Sagittarius? Caprica? My spell check says there's an “a” in “Taurus” as well... so someone who has never read a horoscope in his life is already up to 4. Also there's 12 zodiac signs, not 8, so that should have been a sign (see what I did there 😉)
Hey, that's cool! I've always wanted to memorise the order of the planets but I always forget the order of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. "MoVE MY SUN Pluto" (using the misspelling "Yupiter" instead of "Jupiter"). Thanks!
@@alexmuenster2102 As I explained, I've always had trouble to memorise the order of the outer four planets .This mnemonic would do the trick. Additionally, one could interpret "Mo" as an abbreviation of "Mercurio" (although the proper name of the planet in English is _Mercury_ ), in order to distinguish between which M stands for Mercury and which M stands for Mars.
@@landsgevaer "Btw, you can drop Pluto" The "Pluto" helps to establish in which direction the mnemonic must be read (from inner to outer planets, instead of _vice versa_ ).
I read this completely wrong. I thought it said "How many of the eight planets in our solar system start with the letter 'A'?" I was so confused by Claire's answer LOL
From those, only _Aquarius_ contains an *uppercase* letter 'A' (just like _Aries_ ), and it's the 11th zodiac sign so it's not among the *first eight* star signs.
@@yurenchu *_"only Aquarius contains an uppercase letter 'A' (just like Aries ), and it's the 11th zodiac sign so it's not among the first eight star signs."_* What on Earth? 1) the question was not which of the first 8 star signs has a capital "A" 2) the question was which of the 8 PLANETS contain a letter "a" 3) star signs are not planets. {:o:O:}
@@ansfridaeyowulfsdottir8095 1. Even if not thinking of star signs, many viewers (of this video) have commented that they too initially interpreted the question as "planets that _start with the letter A_ " (or, in other words, "have an *uppercase* letter A"; also note that the written question says "have the letter 'A' in their name", and not "have the letter 'A' or 'a' in their name"; the single quotes in 'A' indicate a strict/literal quote, and that hence it cannot be a lowercase 'a'.). 2. The question explicitly mentions "eight", so the contestant apparently was influenced by it to think of only eight (out of 12) star signs; presumably only the first eight of them. (The idea that he processed "eight" in _some_ way is supported by the fact that he says that he counted them in his head; had he counted all twelve star signs in his head, then he would certainly also have encountered "Aquarius".) 3. His answer is "Aries", so apparently he confused "planets" and "astronomy" with respectively "constellations/star signs" and "astrology". (Which, according to some commenters, is understandable since in some languages/cultures such as Hindi, the word for star signs is (the foreign language equivalent of) "planets".) I know, it doesn't make his answer correct, but I was just answering your question in your opening comment by providing some insight into what was probably going on in this contestant's head.
@@yurenchu Well, that could happen if someone is thick. The question specifically mentioned the first eight planets (formerly nine) to exclude Pluto. {:o:O:}
Fourth actually, Ares is the Greek name for Mars. He's still wrong because even going by Greek names he forgot Aphrodite (Venus), Dias (Jupiter) and Ouranos (Uranus).
@@Aenimus12 Which is where it's reasonable to think the guy's mistake came in. He wasn't taught the planets in an english speaking setting. Or he thought the question was asking for planets starting with A and the only one he could think of was Mars when using its Greek name.
@@pennynewbie6171 No, then it would have been how many star signs have A in their name (not which one(s) begins with A), so that contestant was stupid/had really slow deduction skills on two counts
Mars is the Roman translation and equivalent of the Greek god of war Ares. In Greece and some eastern parts of the world they still call the planet Ares. Likewise they call Jupiter->Zeus, Mercury->Hermes, Venus-> Aphrodite, Neptune->Poseidon. Only Ouranos is called the same, cause it's the direct Greek god name and not translation or equivalent.
Why should we expect tbe Indian education system to teach English planet spellings ? And why would they do that to someone raised in the south of England ?
Ares is a planet, the 4th one when counting up from the sun. Only the Greek use the Greek god names for the planets though. Except for Uranus for some reason...
I thought he was saying Eris. I would have loved that answer because 1. it‘s more than 1, 2. Eros is not a planet but a dwarf planet. 3. it‘s not spelled with an A.
@@under-dog5390 Not incorrect if he went for astrological signs/constellations that have the *uppercase* letter 'A' in their name, and also considered only the *first eight* astrological signs/constellations in the zodiac.
Ares and Mars are different names for essentially the same mythological figure that the planet is named after. So if he thought Mars could be called Ares and thought the question was planets that start with A, it's not the craziest answer
That morning, his horoscope read: prepare for challenges in life. You may find that you do not have the necessary tools to cope, so be open to learning something new.
This takes me back to high school after an exam when discussing those difficult questions to just to find your answer is wildly different from everyone else's 😭😭😭😂😂😂
@@mammontustado9680 obviously I didn't read the comments numbnuts, I was literally sharing a memory from school Doesn't make sense to intentionally say something someone else said. Clearly you read everything just to add your unwanted 2c.
Under the stress he misunderstood the question as starts with A instead of contains. No planet starts with A, so he thinks of the drawf planet Eris which, probably due to mixup with the zodiac sign, he thinks is spelt Aries. That's the logic that got him to this insane answer.
@@dxnd_ heck if he was thinking of zodiac constellations there's Aries, Cancer, Libra, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius(six that have the letter A in it) Even if it was zodiac his answer is still wrong
@@demonking86420 yep, nobody said he was right in anyway and it doesn't matter whatsoever what's the truth was its just wasting time brain energy lol im just saying you're probably correct that he thought the question is "start with the letter A" and the first thing that comes to mind is Aries because he put himself on a spot and feels like he has to answer quickly, idk maybe its his star sign
To be fair, apart from the fact that he clearly knows the planets by the names of the original greek names, I'm pretty sure he might have just heard the question as 'wuth names starting with "a"' instead of 'that have "a" in their names' Possibly
