@@mick3765 What they're saying is, some of them were more common knowledge compared to the supposedly higher value questions. They aren't wrong, I remember someone winning for which religion was non-Abrahamic or something.
@@LocksVidIt really wasn't. Yes, it's easy for you and for me but just because it's part of yours and my general knowledge doesn't mean it's part of everyones and its an easy question in general. That clip with the pokemon question is not new, it was roughly 20 years ago, two decades old. Meaning, there's a good chance the man grew up before Pokemon exploded. It's an easy question for current adults like myself because I grew up watching it. If you've never seen Pokemon or LOTR, each answer sounds like random nonsense.
I remember that fellow who got that "Little Jack Horner" question wrong when it was first broadcast on TV. I remember thinking to myself, "How could he get such a wrong answer to such an easy question?" Then he says he was trying to think where he heard something like "Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie." He apparently confused "Little Jack Horner" with "Sing a Song of Sixpence," the opening line of which goes like this: "Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie, When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing, Wasn't that a dainty dish to set before the King?" The next verse is often left out when it's read to children, probably because it's a bit darker than the first verse, since it contains a reference to an act of violence against a servant to the King by one of the blackbirds: "The King was in the counting house, counting out his money, The Queen was in the parlor, eating bread and honey, The maid was in the garden, hanging out their clothes, Along came a blackbird, who snipped off her nose."
@@michaelpalmieri7335 I used to always sing both verses when I was in nursery (england) and was always confused and slightly disturbed at the last line
The male presenter seemed to push for a final answer when he knew the answer was wrong, in complete contrast to the UK presenter Tarrant who spent ages asking 'are you SURE?' The American presenter seems far more brutal, almost enjoying the dumb ones failing. 😂
Well that’s the best way to go about it when you’re on the receiving end. Would you rather tell yourself “awww you should feel so sorry for yourself” or “well, I tried. Life goes on”
@@ShayCatIt didn't used to be that way. Originally, the first few questions were gimmes, so Regis wouldn't bother, he would just take the answer the person said since it was right. However, that guy that got the pie question wrong was the first time I saw him ask if it was his final answer, and that should have been the guy's clue to rethink it. But they probably changed policy to always ask for all questions after they started getting harder.
@@jleethompson2266I think they just edited that part out on the early questions. He still asked final answer it was just cut to move the episode quicker.
@@encycl07pedia-I’ve always found it weird when they have the obvious fakes like “What color was Walter White’s car in Breaking Bad? A) White B) Yellow C) Green D) 7”
@@Name-ru1kt That is correct! As the question was actually "In Breaking Bad, what was the diameter of the pizza that Walter White threw on top of a roof?" *the audience, which includes Jesse Pinkman, all clapping* "Yea, bitch!"
The question was worded wrong. Hannibal didn't "use" elephants to cross the Alps. He brought them along for the ensuing battle after crossing the Alps, but they were a liability during the trip. Would have been much easier without them.
At least Regis asked "final answer" before locking in like our own Eddie Maguire did. Meredith doesn't give the contestants any chance and her "I'm so sorry" sounds so fake
That's when you say "I'm thinking A" particularly when you know A is wrong, but trying to decide if it's really B or C. They'll keep A and either B or C.
@@ryans413 I guess I’m with you but the guy recording was an ass, it may be a 300$ question but if you want to get more money you shouldn’t take unnecessary risks. I would’ve trusted the audience and then blamed them if they were wrong.
The first guy, Brian Fodera (the little Jack Horner guy) later re-appeared on a “second chance” episode for zero dollar winners and walked away with $16,000 the second time around….so it wasn’t a total loss for him, at least.
It may seem like an easy question now but back in November 1999 when this was filmed it wasn't. In the US the Pokemon anime started airing in early September 1998 while the first games were released in late September 1998, and he said his son was too young to be involved with Pokemon. He can be forgiven for not knowing Frodo as the first movie that brought LOTR to the forefront of popular culture wasn't released until 2001 and not everyone cares to read the books for whatever reason (eg: they aren't really into reading books or prefers different genres/styles). So given the limited exposure of Pokemon and LOTR in popular culture at the time it's quite understandable why he didn't know the answer, and while he could have potentially guessed the answer based upon the style of names it obviously wasn't something he was confident in doing with $218,000 at stake and can't fault him for that and certainly wasn't a failure.
Joseph Smith And how would it be easy if you knew nothing about Pokemon? That's very easy considering the games and anime were released just a little over a year beforehand and his son was too young to be involved with it, hell even if his son was into Pokemon he could still very easily avoid it himself (despite me and some siblings growing up with Pokemon stuff my father would be lucky to know even 2 of them). So with a complete lack of Pokemon knowledge how would he know Frodo wasn't one of its characters (which by this wording would include NPCs)? Him being a LOTR character doesn't even really matter since this question is solely about Pokemon which for all he knew (assuming he even knew LOTR) may have used the name as well. And with the shows penchant on trick answers (which Frodo could have been being a character in another franchise) you would have be to utterly stupid to risk $218,000 on a mere guess.
For anyone wondering, the first guy was thinking of this English nursery rhyme: "Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye. Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing. Wasn't that a dainty dish To set before the king?"
I'll be honest I've no idea what that nursery rhyme on the first question was, I'm hoping it was a US rhyme and just never heard of it (I'm from Ireland)
@@mryan4452 I'm from the US and I've never heard it. It definitely originated in England, because it mentions pence. I only know about it because it's an example of the way English speakers used to say numbers ("four and twenty" instead of the modern "twenty four").
@@rzeka I actually meant the rhyme in the who wants to be a millionaire question. I googled it there, it is actually English rhyme so I've no excuse. Never heard of it, or the rhyme in your comment. First question in the show is supposed to be a ridiculously easy question, that isn't to me!
Norm Macdonald said this exact same thing, and it happened to him. The two choices he was stuck on were the ones left after using the 50/50. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ddVl8Gp2rWY.htmlsi=RCbT56Hu0Pil_No8
Hardwood Hoop What’s funny is that an ordinary high school student like me knew the answer working there. Ivy Leaguers are just too pretentious and would learn a thing or two from working a bit.
I really don't understand this comment. How are ivy leaguers in anyway pretentious? Because they go into an ivy league school? Getting into an ivy league school is the definition of working MORE than just a bit. I'm not attacking you, I'm just curious as to what you mean. I really don't understand your logic.
When this show first dropped, it was huge. It was on prime time every night and everyone was watching. People were even guessing what shirt and tie combo that Regis would wear. OG’s remember.
How is it a fail to walk away with a quarter million dollars? If he didn't know the answer, then I'd say that was smart not to guess. Being unfamiliar with fictitious characters does not make one stupid.
I know right used 3 lifelines on a £300 question and still got it wrong - probably the worst failure there's ever been on any of the want to be a millionaire shows across the entire planet.
As a Pokemon enthusiast, I think it's a bit unfair to classify that as a 'failure'. First and foremost, Pokemon aside, the guy had made it to 250k, so definitely not a failure. But anyway, back in 1999 I wouldn't consider it to be such an "easy" question, especially to adults. Hell the guy even said he just learned recently what a 'Pokemon' is. Finally, walking away from a question you don't know when you're at 250k, is anything but 'stupid'.
Not necessarily. This was in 1999 which was before the first LotR was adapted into a movie. Before it was a commercialized franchise with any sort of merchandise. It was just a series of old classic fantasy novels that you'd have to be a fantasy literature enthusiast to be into. Or have read The Hobbit, which seemed more popular and heard of at the time. I had no idea who Frodo was at that time or *any* of the characters from that. I may have briefly heard of LotR in passing and that Tolkien fellow. Plus, after LotR FotR did come out (the movie), there existed a lot of "huge fans" who never touched the books. Finally, a number of Pokemon, *especially in Gen 1*, had names that were already real words or something else. Hypno? Electrode? Gloom?
I still don't know a fking thing about Pokémon. I do know, however, that RU-vid auto corrects the e and puts an accent on it so it must be something special.
His buddy didn't know either. Neither did I. I did well in English and reading classes all the way through college. Somehow, I either killed those brain cells in the 90's, or the terms "active voice " and "passive voice" were never brought up in school. I'm sure this show was the first time I'd seen them.
Mayorb Tbh I dont blame any of you who dont know... active and passive voice isnt emphasised as much in English as it is in other languages. Basically, its the difference between "I kicked the ball" (active) and "The ball was kicked by me" (passive). In English the passive is simply constructed by adding a part of the verb to be (e.g. am/is/was/will be etc), as opposed to other languages that form it in ways that make it entirely distinguishable from the active voice, and so it is those languages that use the two terms.
Yeah better walk away than answering something fast without knowing (the title did say failures AND stupidity, so I guess he's just in the first category).
It is hard to refer to winning $250k as failure. And it is hard to call an adult stupid for not knowing Pokemon characters. But it was entertaining to watch, I will give it that.
The last guy has to be the dumbest person ever: 1. He used all 3 lifelines on the same question 2. 75% of the audience knew the answer 3. Still got it wrong I’m done
The question was confusing. He understood the concept of active v passive voice. I would have said active v passive voice is a matter of syntax. That the active voice is subject verb object, and the passive voice is object verb subject.
4. Thus, the question was one of the easiest ones. The audience gave him the right answer, three quarters can't be wrong on that childish question, but not for him)))
@@adlet5416 ok man but its the first question and these are americans who are competing in a game show. I was lost between those answers, they are both beasts of burden, and if you don't know the origin of those animals, what are you gunna do? elephants are much less equipped for colder climates, and its not like elephants are outright native to europe.
BoobArt maybe not hard but not necessarily known by everyone. The one about Denny 's could mess someone up who's never been there. Also I did not know the animal that was used to cross the alps. I could see how someone wouldn't get the pokemon one if they have never seen lord of the rings, plus he was at 250k, if I hadn't grown up in the 90s I would've walked too.
Sry but the Alp question was obvious as long as you know where the Alps are and what these animals are. There was legit no other possible answer except elephant. Well maybe you could have guessed Rhinoceri if u were an idiot.
If you’ve ever messed up an exam because of stress, this is actually quite the moral boost cuz no matter what, there’ll always be people who mess up even harder than you did
If I was ever at this show, I wouldn't say final answer half a second after the question is asked. Even it's an easy question, you just have to take your time. Geez
Oh right, I remember that nursery rhyme: Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, Eating his curds and whey, He called for his pipe and he called for his bowl, And for four-and-twenty blackbirds baked in a pie.
I'm gonna give that guy who walked away from the Pokémon question credit. Yes, I absolutely knew the answer. While he didn't know, he admitted it and pushed his pride aside. We're also looking at it in hindsight. That episode was probably filmed more than 20 years ago
@@katedavies9578 and it was popularised even more so in 2001. Nowadays, even those who haven't seen lotr would be familiar with Frodo. Back then, I reckon people who hadn't read lotr wouldn't know Frodo.
@@zeus-kyurem6581 Lord of the Rings was one of the most popular books of the 20th century, the contestant just didn't know. For a long while if you wanted to read a fantasy novel there was only Lord of the Rings. It was absolutely well known and not obscure before the Peter Jackson films.
@@dstreetz91 there’s no logic there though because if he knew nothing about Pokemon then why would be risk all that money when there could also be a Pokémon named Frodo. Also Jigglypuff sounds ridiculous to an adult who has no knowledge of what was then considered to be a children’s game.
@@katedavies9578 Even if he knew about LOTR, that doesn't mean anything. As far as he knew, there could still be a pokemon named Frodo as well, it's not like the name is reserved for this one LOTR character. The fact is he knew nothing about Pokemon, so his only options were to go for a 50/50 shot or to walk away. IMO he chose the right option.
Yeah gotta love whoever came up with that question and his naughty sense of humour - Well Paris Hilton don't activate my ink sac not gonna lie - I have higher standards, MUCH MUCH higher :P
Yeah he was a straight asshole..like they didn’t know it was too late..already embarrassed himself and he had to make it even worse? I didn’t remember him being like that at all from when I used to watch as a kid
Regis was so rude to the guy when he said "it's too late, it's over". The guy was taking it quite well until that, but that line wiped the smile right off the contestant's face and you can see he was very quick to leave the stage, giving Regis a very cold handshake.
Even though the Pokemon question is piss easy for most of us, he made the right move. Now blowing all 3 lifelines on 1 question and still getting it wrong, thats a fail
I don’t think the pokemon one was dumb at all… he didn’t know Pokémon… there’s nothing wrong with with and he knew enough to know he didn’t know and walked away.
@@nobrainsnoheadache2434 this was 1999, a few years before the first Lord of the Rings movie. Before the Hollywood movies existed, knowing Frodo was relatively much more obscure than it is now. Pokemon was also brand new in USA at this time, so the likelihood of an adult knowing the monsters was low compared to now.
my 8 year old daughter does this on her exams. she answers fast then realized she answered wrong and used to do the same expression. after one year of working with her, she has gotten much, much better. funny how i did this so she didn't looked like this adult women without even knowing this video existed......
Sorry, but that Final contestant just.... No..... No no no no NO..... He used all 3 lifelines on a $300 question that the audience already answered. He should be slapped just for that alone.
I mean, I was an adult when pokemon came out on gameboy and I knew about them just by being somewhat socially aware. If this was taped after pokemon go came out he really have no excuse, heh he.
People who go onto this show and just say "Final Answer" immediately deserve everything they get. They give you time to think. I've never actually seen them rush someone for an answer.
@@ihonestlydontevenknow4359 That also was an experiment because the show was taking FOORRRRRREVVVVVVEEEEEERRRRRR! for one contestant. Got more contestants on the show. But ever since Regis left, WWTBAM went downhill and they even changed it again to a great format. NOT old-school but random dollar amounts (until the 250,000 level I think) so the contestants have no idea how much the question is worth until they answer. That really weeded out the stupid contestants quick! 😀
This concept has actually been a lecture in my UX design course for computer applications. The idea is that if you pop up a "Do you want to perform this action?" dialog every time, then the user will get so used to it, that they will learn to include the confirmation in the process without evaluating the question. For example, I know that every time I delete a file in Windows, I will also have to press enter to confirm this. The end result is that I always press enter right after delete, without any time to think about it. The example of the 2nd clip is the same. She "pressed her enter button" automatically before thinking about what she did.
Honestly, the Pokemon question may be easy to a lot of us, but that dude made a smart decision in walking away instead of risking the loss of his money. I'd have done the same if it were a question that I knew nothing about.
But how is possible you don't know Pokemon or Frodo??? I mean, were did you live in the past 20 years! They're everywhere c'mon! It's like I don't know who George Clooney is 🤷
@@danielepadova2507 This show was broadcasted in early 2000s when a lot of us were kids when pokemon was arounds. Adults back then do not know a thing about pokemon since that was not part of our childhood (their kids may watch it). Here in 2021, all the kids from the early 2000s know the pokemon question as they're adults now
@@PersianBrosPRP999 Not to mention that the Internet wasn't as widely available or vast as it is today, and it would have taken a lot more effort to learn about ANY subject.
First Last You guys aren't creeping up on anyone, your PISA test results are horrible. And your argument of "paying attention in school" is extremely invalid, since it's only taught in America. Or did you misunderstand the original statement Hitomi made?
Despite being an English teacher, the last guy was infuriating on SOO many levels! -he correctly defined the terms, but proceeded to choose the illogical one -he went against the audience and the online poll like an idiot -he didn’t call his mother in law but instead called his useless wife -he had the audacity to roll his eyes as he said verbs as if he were sure it couldn’t be the answer -he wasted ALL 3 lifelines on a $300 question!! -his chin 😩
+kcirtap zap I did know it. I'm not the best at nursery rhymes but my mom told me that nursery rhyme almost every day as a kid. Not sure why but yeah.......
LawdyGawd Exactly, blackbird was also the only one that made sense to me (I remember a tale that ended with someone cutting a pie and unleashing blackbirds inside). I guess it depends on your culture.
Brian Fodera on Millionaire was actually the first player to have the depressing graphic message "Total Prize Money: $0", which the message didn't exist for Robby Roseman.
Honestly don't think those ones where people clearly knew they picked the wrong ones were stupid, more seemed like they were nervous and accidentally said the wrong letter in a rush.
I agree. Sorry to sound smart, but seriously, it's a Gland Slam. Every new, causal or diehard Denny's fan knows that. Heck, I've _never_ eaten at Denny's and even I know that.
I don't understand why you think the guy who didn't know the Pokemon answer is stupid. He won $250k, and I bet very few on his age knew the answer. It's easy for us to judge when we GREW up with pokemon, but come on. He didn't grow up with them.
Kenneth Pettersen he's old enough to know Fucking frodo. Stop trying to twist this is his favor. He won big but seriously 500,000 and who's the childrens cartoon character, jigglypuff or frodo? Wow.
Kenneth and Nexuis - I agree, it was a lot to risk and if you don't know it for sure it's tough sitting there risking most of it. YiFan Tey and others - Wow, you would risk over $200k on your "logic"? "Jigglypuff" sounds more like a children's character, it MUST be a pokemon then, let's risk $218k on it. FYI, Frodo is also a children's character, LOTR is meant for children. Even if you knew Frodo was in LOTR, what if it was a trick question and Frodo was ALSO a pokemon (just because it's a character in LOTR doesn't mean it can't be a pokemon) and as the penultimate question I wouldn't be surprised that it could be a trick question. Is that too much logic for you? "Would of" - brilliant, I guess it's no surprise that you can only read children's books.
He was not the first. Ways back, Jeremy Conklin and Sal Mecca used them all and still ended up with Bupkis and being two of the four people whose failures were clipped at the start of $0 winners edition, the other two being Karla Robinson and Chris Goldschmidt.
