Here is a video clip of a guy on the French version of "who wants to be a millionaire?" trying to decide from a multiple choice question what revolves around the Earth: the moon, the sun, Mars, or Venus.
Its a little sad he didn't know the correct answer. But whatever, sometimes people just don't know the very basics of our local neighbourhood and I can forgive one person for being a little ignorant.
But he is so unsure he polls the audience. Over half (56%) picked the Sun as the object that revolves around the Earth. Oh. My. God. I've said it before and I'll say it again: people are stupid.
This is not some piece of trivia, this is the very basics of how the Earth operates, our day and night cycle, the phases of the moon and the tides of the oceans. The only small consolation is that the rest of the audience had the basic education to pick the right answer.
*pause*
You know the correct answer is the moon, right? Sigh.
Afterthought: Maybe its just people moronic enough to want to be in an audience for the borefest that is this show are skewering the results. We can only hope.
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I saw this one a while back - and even forwarded it to you, I'd thought.
My hypothetical question is this: if you're an audience member, and the dolt can't answer such a basic question, wouldn't you be compelled to mislead him and put him out his misery ASAP? I know that I would ;)
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