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I know, the title doesn’t make any sense, however it’s true…technically. The Fox game show Million Dollar Money Drop (which is a pretty cool game) starts with teams of two begin each game with $1 million in cash. The teams then risk that money by placing the cash on trap doors that correspond to up to four possible answers for each question.
If they put any money on a wrong answer, the cash goes down a chute and is out of play…Well this is what happened last night on the debut of the show.
A couple was asked which product was sold first in stores: Post-It Notes, the Macintosh, or the Walkman. They answered Post-It Notes, which is correct. They were told they were wrong.
But wait one second. This 1984 article from PEOPLE notes that Post-its where test-marketed in four cities in 1977 under the name “Press & Peel.” The official Facebook page for Post-its also notes the 1977 introduction, as did inventor Art Fry in a Financial Times interview.
At the very least, the question was poorly written – adding the word “nationally” would have solved some headaches.
So that means they beat the Walkman, which debuted in 1979. The question was not posed as “sold in stores nationally,” it was simply “sold in stores.” Now, while the couple’s reasoning wasn’t exactly sound while making their decision, they did kind of blunder into the right answer.
Will Fox correct their mistake? Probably not. But, the couple should at least know they were right, so that poor man doesn’t feel guilty for the rest of his life.
Basically they got screwed…Most of these game shows make the contestants sign a contract waiving any right to sue with respect to mistakes like this. Sadly, bringing out the lawyers is probably not an option.
http://helablog.com/2010/12/correct-...-on-game-show/
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Originally Posted by MACHINE5150
