# ABC turns America into GENIUSES!

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 14, 2001, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-turns-america-into-geniuses/93358 "2001-11-14T18:51:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-turns-america-into-geniuses/93358/1 "2001-11-14T18:51:57Z")

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Oh, yes, Thursday night, on ABC – It’s the **SUPERMODELS** edition of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire!

I know, I know, I get that same feeling when I watch Celebrity Jeopardy.

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**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-turns-america-into-geniuses/93358/2 "2001-11-14T19:45:01Z")

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Yeah, and on Monday they had the WWF edition of The Weakest Link.

Typical question: “What October holiday celebrates the discovery of America by Europeans?”

Typical answer: “Thanksgiving”

OK, some of them did OK, but the questions were clearly dumbed down:

“In math, what is 4 divided by 2?”

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**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2001, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/abc-turns-america-into-geniuses/93358/3 "2001-11-14T20:56:43Z")

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Actually, the wrestlers seemed to be doing better than most of the brain trusts they usually get on there. I only watched it for a couple of minutes but they had $15,000 banked in that short time.

And I remember watching Norm McDonald on WWTBAM - he rolled right over the rest of the group! Wasn’t he the only one to get to the final question - and got it right even though he walked? Just goes to show you need real brains to do comedy.