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Street Smarts

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).

  • (added 06/26/04)
    What is the official language of Australia? (Scottish, Boston)
  • (added 07/28/03)
    How many minutes in a quarter hour? (47, 25)
  • (added 07/21/03)
    What fruit is a pear shaped diamond shaped like?
  • (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?
  • (added 07/15/03)
    What island state became the 50th U.S. state in 1959? (Alaska, Long Island)
  • (added 05/27/03)
    The Kennedy Space Center is named after who? (Kenny Rogers)
  • (added 05/22/03)
    If you're swiss, chances are you're from what country? (Australia)
  • (added 05/16/03)
    Who is father to Hank Williams, Jr.?
  • (added 05/16/03)
    What weapon is it that shoots cannonballs?
  • (added 05/13/03)
    Until recently, the mark was what country's currency? (Mexico, America)
  • (added 05/13/03)
    Who was president before George Washington? (by a 4th grade teacher: Grant)
  • (added 05/09/03)
    If it is a half hour before noon, what time is it? (twelve o'clock)
  • (added 05/07/03)
    The Art Institute of Chicago is located in what state? (Washington)
  • (added 05/07/03)
    The moon rocks on display at the Kennedy Space Center are originally from where? (Arizona)
  • (added 05/07/03)
    Correctly spell "February" as in "My next bath is scheduled for February." (Februrey)
  • (added 05/07/03)
    Use this word: "wok", in a sentence. (I wok home.)
  • (added 05/07/03)
    What are you doing if you wet your whistle? (licking your lips)
  • (added 05/07/03)
    Who would best be suited to paint your self portrait? (Michaelangelo, Monet)
  • (added 04/28/03)
    What is removed from whole milk to make it low fat milk? (butter)
  • (added 04/25/03)
    In the movie title Monster's Inc., what is Inc short for? (I'm Nationally Charged)
  • (added 04/25/03)
    Spell the word "write" as in "My favorite song by Barry Manilo is I Write The Songs." (wright)
  • (added 04/25/03)
    What country is host to the Panama Canal?
  • (added 04/22/03)
    If your tongue gets stuck on a glacier, then it is stuck on a large mass of what? (beer)
  • (added 04/22/03)
    If King Kong wanted to climb the Empire State Building again, what city would he have to travel to? (China)
  • (added 04/14/03)
    In what country would you find the state of New Mexico?  (Arizona)
  • (added 04/14/03)
    The Big Bang Theory is usually applied to the creation of what?  (world distruction)
  • (added 04/14/03)
    The Toronto Blue Jays call what city home?  (Tennessee, Texas)
  • A Sun dial only works with what light source?

  • Elvis Presley once had a hit song with the phrase "Lay off my blue suede [what]"?

  • What is a tabby?

  • If you arrive at a hospital DOA, what condition are you in?

  • What does DMV stand for?

  • What is a period film? (a film about a tampon)

  • What major league baseball stadium sells Dodger Dogs? (Yankee Stadium)

  • There is more than one way to [blank] a cat? (wash)

  • If a doctor is examining your retina, what body part is he looking at? (your butt)

  • How many swimmers are needed for duet synchronized swimming? (eight)

  • The tension between the US and USSR was called the [what] war?

  • Women that live in a nunnery are called what?

  • How many days of the week end in "day"? (two and five)

  • What planet are you from? (The U.S.)

  • All the contestants in the Miss Universe pageant reside from what planet? (Trinidad)

  • What color is at the center of the original Oreo?

  • How many decades in a century? (25)

  • How many centuries in 500 years?

  • How many hands does a chicken have? (two and "three or four")

  • What illness will a placebo pill cure? (sleeplessness and herpes)

  • What country owns the U.S. Virgin Islands? (Mexico)

  • What country hosts the Great Wall of China?  (Russia)

  • What country is below Texas on its south border?  (New Orleans)

  • What does a serial arsonist like to do?  (eat cereal [answer from two])

  • What German car company makes the Mercedes?  (Volvo)

  • What country hosts the annual Miss America pageant?  (Las Vegas and Australia)

  • If you ran four laps on a quarter mile track, how far did you run?  (2 miles)

  • If you wore a floral dress, there are designs of what on it?  (lights)

  • How many teams play in the NFL Superbowl?  (seven)

  • In football, how many points are scored for a two point conversion?  (six)

  • What team do the Dallas Cowboy cheerleaders cheer for?

  • When a judge wants to calm a courtroom down, they bang their what on the desk?  (ladder)

  • What body part completes the sentence "The long [blank] of the law"?

  • Dried apricots are made from what fruit?  (peaches)

  • The 555 foot tall monument in Washington D.C. honoring George Washington in called what?  (Lincoln Memorial, Statue of Liberty)

  • The Paris Las Vegas hotel is named after what foreign city? (Cincinnati)

  • Thermal underwear helps you retain what?  (water)

  • Who traditionally is the guest of honor at a bridal shower?  (bride's maid)

  • Which country is the home to the theme park Disneyland Paris?

  • What fruit is the source of cranberry sauce?

  • What day in February only occurs once every four years?  (the fifth)

  • How many one hundreds are in a thousand?  (100)

  • If you are visiting Death Valley, what country are you in?  (Utah,  California)

  • Where are you most likely to find a celestial body?  (the gym)

  • From here (United States) what direction would you have to travel in order to cross the equator?  (North)

  • What famous patriotic song contains the chorus "God bless America, land that I love?"  (all three: Star Spangled Banner)

  • What decade was Chuck E. Cheese president?  (two said: 80s)

  • How old are you when you hit the "century mark"?  (21)

  • What is the name of Robert Downey Jr.'s famous actor father?

  • What human organ does the kidney bean resemble?

  • Our national anthem, the Star Spangled Banner, which refers to what national symbol?  (star)

  • What does the 'V' stand for in "King Henry V"?  (vest)

  • 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)

  • Steel wool is made almost entirely of what metal?  (silver)

  • What fruit is featured in an original Fig Newton cookie?  (prunes)

  • Fill in the blank: "Hear no evil, see no evil, ______ no evil.

  • If you're making your purchase with plastic, what are you using to pay?  (nickels)

        

     

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