Alas, I haven't updated this page in a while, not because I haven't felt like
it, nor because it is no longer shown in Delaware, but because of when
it is on.... It's on at 4:30. In the morning!
You just can't make this up!! There was a TV program (in the Delaware
area on channel 48 weekdays at 10:00) called Street
Smarts. The host, Frank Nicotero, asks three people on the street the
same questions and tapes the answers. In-studio contestants wager whether
or not they think the people will, in three consecutive rounds, get it right,
wrong, or either. The last round is played much like final Jeopardy!©
where the contestants bet up to their winnings on a final guess.
These are some of the questions people got wrong. Where an answer was
provided, or where I remember the street answer, I have provided it in
parenthesis below. As I said, you just can't make this up (these are
televised answers).
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(added
06/26/04)
What is the official language of Australia? (Scottish, Boston) |
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(added 07/28/03)
How many minutes in a quarter hour? (47, 25) |
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(added 07/21/03)
What fruit is a pear shaped diamond shaped like? |
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(added 07/21/03)
You are supposed to show up for your date at 7:30, but you are 45 minutes late, what time did you get there? |
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(added 07/15/03)
What island state became the 50th U.S. state in 1959? (Alaska, Long Island) |
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(added 05/27/03)
The Kennedy Space Center is named after who? (Kenny Rogers) |
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(added 05/22/03)
If you're swiss, chances are you're from what country? (Australia) |
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(added 05/16/03)
Who is father to Hank Williams, Jr.? |
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(added 05/16/03)
What weapon is it that shoots cannonballs? |
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(added 05/13/03)
Until recently, the mark was what country's currency? (Mexico, America) |
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(added 05/13/03)
Who was president before George Washington? (by a 4th grade teacher: Grant) |
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(added 05/09/03)
If it is a half hour before noon, what time is it? (twelve o'clock) |
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(added 05/07/03)
The Art Institute of Chicago is located in what state? (Washington) |
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(added 05/07/03)
The moon rocks on display at the Kennedy Space Center are originally
from where? (Arizona) |
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(added 05/07/03)
Correctly spell "February" as in "My next bath is scheduled
for February." (Februrey) |
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(added 05/07/03)
Use this word: "wok", in a sentence. (I wok home.) |
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(added 05/07/03)
What are you doing if you wet your whistle? (licking your lips) |
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(added 05/07/03)
Who would best be suited to paint your self portrait? (Michaelangelo,
Monet) |
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(added 04/28/03)
What is removed from whole milk to make it low fat milk? (butter) |
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(added 04/25/03)
In the movie title Monster's Inc., what is Inc short for? (I'm
Nationally Charged) |
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(added 04/25/03)
Spell the word "write" as in "My favorite song by Barry Manilo is
I Write The Songs." (wright) |
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(added 04/25/03)
What country is host to the Panama Canal? |
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(added 04/22/03)
If your tongue gets stuck on a glacier, then it is stuck on a large
mass of what? (beer) |
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(added 04/22/03)
If King Kong wanted to climb the Empire State Building again, what
city would he have to travel to? (China) |
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(added 04/14/03)
In what country would you find the state of New Mexico? (Arizona) |
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(added 04/14/03)
The Big Bang Theory is usually applied to the creation of what? (world
distruction) |
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(added 04/14/03)
The Toronto Blue Jays call what city home? (Tennessee, Texas) |
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A Sun dial only works
with what light source?
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Elvis Presley once
had a hit song with the phrase "Lay off my blue suede [what]"?
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What is a tabby?
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If you arrive at a
hospital DOA, what condition are you in?
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What does DMV stand
for?
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What is a period film?
(a film about a tampon)
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What major league baseball
stadium sells Dodger Dogs? (Yankee Stadium)
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There is more than
one way to [blank] a cat? (wash)
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If a doctor is examining
your retina, what body part is he looking at? (your butt)
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How many swimmers are
needed for duet synchronized swimming? (eight)
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The tension between
the US and USSR was called the [what] war?
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Women that live in
a nunnery are called what?
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How many days of the
week end in "day"? (two and five)
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What planet are you
from? (The U.S.)
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All the contestants
in the Miss Universe pageant reside from what planet? (Trinidad)
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What color is at the
center of the original Oreo?
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How many decades in
a century? (25)
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How many centuries
in 500 years? | |
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How many hands does
a chicken have? (two and "three or four") | |
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What illness will a
placebo pill cure? (sleeplessness and herpes) | |
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What country owns the
U.S. Virgin Islands? (Mexico) | |
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What country hosts
the Great Wall of China? (Russia) | |
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What country is
below Texas on its south border? (New Orleans) | |
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What does a serial
arsonist like to do? (eat cereal [answer from two]) | |
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What German car company
makes the Mercedes? (Volvo) | |
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What country hosts
the annual Miss America pageant? (Las Vegas and Australia) | |
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If you ran four laps
on a quarter mile track, how far did you run? (2 miles) | |
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If you wore a floral
dress, there are designs of what on it? (lights) | |
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How many teams play
in the NFL Superbowl? (seven) | |
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In football, how many
points are scored for a two point conversion? (six) | |
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What team do the Dallas
Cowboy cheerleaders cheer for? | |
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When a judge wants
to calm a courtroom down, they bang their what on the desk?
(ladder) | |
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What body part completes
the sentence "The long [blank] of the law"? | |
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Dried apricots are
made from what fruit? (peaches) | |
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The 555 foot tall monument
in Washington D.C. honoring George Washington in called what?
(Lincoln Memorial, Statue of Liberty) | |
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The Paris Las Vegas
hotel is named after what foreign city? (Cincinnati) | |
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Thermal underwear helps
you retain what? (water) | |
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Who traditionally is
the guest of honor at a bridal shower? (bride's maid) | |
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Which country is the
home to the theme park Disneyland Paris? | |
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What fruit is the source
of cranberry sauce? | |
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What day in February
only occurs once every four years? (the fifth)
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How many one hundreds
are in a thousand? (100) | |
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If you are visiting
Death Valley, what country are you in? (Utah, California) | |
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Where are you most
likely to find a celestial body? (the gym) | |
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From here (United States)
what direction would you have to travel in order to cross the equator?
(North) | |
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What famous patriotic
song contains the chorus "God bless America, land that I love?"
(all three: Star Spangled Banner) | |
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What decade was Chuck
E. Cheese president? (two said: 80s) | |
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How old are you when
you hit the "century mark"? (21) | |
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What is the name of
Robert Downey Jr.'s famous actor father? | |
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What human organ does
the kidney bean resemble? | |
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Our national anthem,
the Star Spangled Banner, which refers to what national symbol?
(star)
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What does the 'V' stand
for in "King Henry V"? (vest) | |
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If a screen play is
written for the screen, and a stage play is written for the stage,
what is a teleplay written for? (telephone) | |
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Steel wool is made
almost entirely of what metal? (silver) | |
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What fruit is featured
in an original Fig Newton cookie? (prunes) | |
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Fill in the blank:
"Hear no evil, see no evil, ______ no evil. | |
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If you're making your
purchase with plastic, what are you using to pay? (nickels)
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