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 PM) 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 07/15/03)
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 05/13/03)
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 04/22/03)
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) - 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)
- 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)
- How many decades in a century? (25)
- 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)
- When a judge wants to calm a courtroom down, they bang their what on the desk? (ladder)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- If you're making your purchase with plastic, what are you using to pay? (nickels)