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Article #28Re: Who wants to be a Millionaire?
From: Jason Banham
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 22 Mar 1999 00:00
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Gareth Moore <glm20@cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> In message <bd844ae648%robert@fabland.freeserve.co.uk>
> Robert Hampton <robert@fabland.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Problems with other things though. Apart from the notorious tennis question
>> which won someone 125,000ukp despite getting it wrong, at least two people
>> have not received their winnings after it was revealed they had recent
>> criminal records (IIRC you have to sign a declaration that this is not the
>> case).
>
> What's that about a tennis question?
>
I seem to recall the question was something like,
"What is the lowest number of hits a tennis player needs to make in order to
win a set?"
The contestant gave the answer 24, ie: 4 aces per match x 6 matches which
does make sense, however if the opposition is so apawlingly bad, they could
completely stuff their serve every time.
Hence the winner would only need to make 12 serves; 4 aces per match x 3
matches + the other 3 matches in which they never needed to hit the ball.
Tricky yet cunning.
bfn
Jayce.
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