# A Guy On "1 vs. 100" actually won the million bucks. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 5, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374 "2008-01-05T04:42:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374/1 "2008-01-05T04:42:04Z")
How about that. I honestly believed it would never happen, but by Christ, on the last question, he got it right and fifteen out of fifteen people in the mob got it wrong. Good for him. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 5:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374/2 "2008-01-05T05:00:49Z")
What was the question? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374/3 "2008-01-05T05:03:49Z")
How about a summary? Is the episode streaming online? ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374/4 "2008-01-05T05:07:47Z")
[QUOTE=hajario] What was the question? [/QUOTE] What is 14 k of g in a f p d? ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374/5 "2008-01-05T05:18:59Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] What is 14 k of g in a f p d? [/QUOTE] 14 kinds of gravy in a fine pork dish? ---
**Author:** ![Baraqiyal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@Baraqiyal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baraqiyal)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374/6 "2008-01-05T05:26:47Z")
Yeah, I saw that – the 21 year old wonder virgin. The question was, what is the biggest greeting card holiday? The possible answers were Christmas, Mother’s Day and Valentines Day. The correct answer is self-evident. On Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day, you typically only send out one card, but on Christmas you send out many cards. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374/7 "2008-01-05T05:33:32Z")
[QUOTE=drm] 14 kinds of gravy in a fine pork dish? [/QUOTE] [Don’t go there.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=398132&highlight=karats+gold) Run away. Run fast. Run far. I am a very bad man for posting 14K in this thread. Please don’t throw things ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374/8 "2008-01-05T05:36:06Z")
[QUOTE=Rick] [Don’t go there.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=398132&highlight=karats+gold) Run away. Run fast. Run far. I am a very bad man for posting 14K in this thread. Please don’t throw things [/QUOTE] I hadn’t even seen it before (that I can recall). I did some googling afterwards and apparently people have asked that question before. lol. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374/9 "2008-01-05T05:49:24Z")
I wanted him to make pelvic thrusts toward the defeated 100 (all women) yelling “Suck it, bitches!” Maybe he did and it got cut for time. ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374/10 "2008-01-05T14:57:32Z")
I thought that was bizarre…how did all 15 of the remaining mob get that question wrong? It seemed so obvious…it was almost like they threw the game. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374/11 "2008-01-05T15:15:33Z")
[QUOTE=Bryan Ekers] I wanted him to make pelvic thrusts toward the defeated 100 (all women) yelling “Suck it, bitches!” [/QUOTE] Oh, that would have been so awesome! I heard the woman that competed against all 100 men lost on the first question. Is this true? What was her first question? ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374/12 "2008-01-05T15:22:50Z")
[QUOTE=Sarahfeena] I thought that was bizarre…how did all 15 of the remaining mob get that question wrong? It seemed so obvious…it was almost like they threw the game. [/QUOTE] It was a tricky question, and I personally got it wrong; I guessed Mother’s Day. It’s still kind of flukey that NOBODY in the mob guessed Christmas, but it takes a fluke for someone to win that game. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374/13 "2008-01-05T15:24:47Z")
[QUOTE=Baraqiyal] Yeah, I saw that – the 21 year old wonder virgin. The question was, what is the biggest greeting card holiday? The possible answers were Christmas, Mother’s Day and Valentines Day. The correct answer is self-evident. On Mother’s Day and Valentine’s Day, you typically only send out one card, but on Christmas you send out many cards. [/QUOTE] I think I can guess why some of the people got that wrong. Mother’s day has been the answer to that question for years. I don’t mean the actual numbers, but general knowledge. That question has been used in various trivia formats for years, including a few game shows I think, and the answer is usually Mother’s day, I if was asked I would instinctivly answer mother’s day from seeing it before. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374/14 "2008-01-05T15:28:55Z")
I thought Mothers Day. My reasoning was that not everyone celebrates Xmas, but everyone’s got/had a mom. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374/15 "2008-01-05T15:29:01Z")
[QUOTE=Mahaloth] Oh, that would have been so awesome! I heard the woman that competed against all 100 men lost on the first question. Is this true? What was her first question? [/QUOTE] She lost on the one next up from the 50,000 question. It was a question about prime numbers, the choices being 4, 6 and 11. She chose 4. Now, normally I wouldn’t say she was dumb, because not everybody knows what a prime number is, but when the choices are two even numbers and an odd number, logic would seem to dictate choosing the odd. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374/16 "2008-01-05T15:36:53Z")
On a related note, a woman actually won the $.01 prize on _Deal or No Deal_. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374/17 "2008-01-05T16:07:52Z")
[QUOTE=Chefguy] She lost on the one next up from the 50,000 question. It was a question about prime numbers, the choices being 4, 6 and 11. She chose 4. Now, normally I wouldn’t say she was dumb, because not everybody knows what a prime number is, but when the choices are two even numbers and an odd number, logic would seem to dictate choosing the odd. [/QUOTE] Not everyone knows what a prime number is? ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374/18 "2008-01-05T16:12:43Z")
[QUOTE=wolfman] I think I can guess why some of the people got that wrong. Mother’s day has been the answer to that question for years. I don’t mean the actual numbers, but general knowledge. That question has been used in various trivia formats for years, including a few game shows I think, and the answer is usually Mother’s day, I if was asked I would instinctivly answer mother’s day from seeing it before. [/QUOTE] I think it’s the the biggest holiday for long-distance calls, and from my years of working in restaurants I know that it is the busiest day for brunch of the year. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Door](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Bill\_Door](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_Door)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374/19 "2008-01-05T16:33:55Z")
[QUOTE=EJsGirl] I think it’s the the biggest holiday for long-distance calls, and from my years of working in restaurants I know that it is the busiest day for brunch of the year. 🙂 [/QUOTE] There’s a common belief that Father’s day is the biggest holiday of the year for collect calls. I don’t know if that’s true. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2008, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374/20 "2008-01-05T16:39:24Z")
[QUOTE=Sarahfeena] I thought that was bizarre…how did all 15 of the remaining mob get that question wrong? It seemed so obvious…it was almost like they threw the game. [/QUOTE] Yeah, that seems odd. Figures I didn’t watch it because I thought it was a repeat and if I’m going to watch repeats I’d rather watch Bones and House repeats. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-guy-on-1-vs-100-actually-won-the-million-bucks/432374.md?page=2)