Bernie Cullen's Million Dollar Question - Who Wants to be a Millionaire [Classic Format]
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- Bernie Cullen's $1,000,000 question (full length( and big win on the primetime version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire hosted by Regis Philbin. Higher quality than other duplicate videos on youtube.
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i cant believe most of the audience actually knew the answer to a million dollar question
Rohan Kasiviswanathan Rohan ..I agree bro..67% knew that fking question ..that's unreal. The producers have to give a Shakespeare question or an impossible geography question for a million dollars ...damn that wasn't that hard to be honest !
RB2331 haha yeah. another really easy wwtbam question was how far away the earth is from the sun imo lol
RB2331 I mean, it's just as likely a lot of the audience would know the answer to a Shakespeare question...it's taught in high school. I'd definitely know the answer, for one.
valid point and u are right . I was just trying to convey that at the 'million' dollar level u have to give one that is soooo hard & Shakespeare is not easy -lol !
Rohan Kasiviswanathan lol and it was a hard one to
That was the most casual million dollar win ive ever seen.
I agree. ridiculous. don't think the winner cared
SLOT WIN !!EXCITEMENT!! CHANNEL
Cause he had no chance of getting it wrong
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It was narrowed down to 2 and everybody he asked said the same answer, the odds were greatly on his side
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I didn't like my own comment actually, also why the fuck are you getting so annoyed when you literally have no reason to be. Stop letting the Internet make you think it's okay to get pissy with people for no reason
yea i thought it was for less, both acting like its nothing lolol
*sees 69% of the audience chose the right answer*
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Being an aviation enthusiast had me screaming at my screen “N” 😂
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Same 😂
Bryan Garcia what does Aviation have to do with thing. Isn’t that a type of grape
Bryan Garcia what a looser
@@smileless3465 damn dude, if you gonna roast someone atleast learn english before... Loser
Secretly he’s a pilot and was just messing with them the whole time.
Plot twist: he actually works at the vehicle registration agency and just didn't want any lifeline to go free
@@supernana7263 "vehicle registration agency"
@@supernana7263 PLOT TWIST: He stole a plane to get to the show and he changed into a plastic dolly.. ✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🐸🐸
Plot twist: He is gay.
Plot twist...there is no plot twist! Wait...what?🤯
Audience logic *N* for *Non* Military
That's how I guessed!
vidowatcher91 same lol
Is that really what the N stands for, or is it just your reckoning of their logic?
@@jphili (N)orth america
A - Attack
B - Bomber
C - Cargo
D - Drone
E - Electronic warfare
F - Fighter
H - Helicopter
...
U - Utility
T - Trainer
Guess what the N stands for :)
Man this guy is a total genius. First he manages to escape Shawshank prison, then he attend this show and wins a million dollars! Like a boss.
That's where I've seen him from. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
LITERALLY HE LOOKS SO MUCH LIKE TIM
Turned out guy paints civil aircrafts, and was messing all time around
Srsly or jk
Ethan Glenn probably serious. To me it’s pretty obvious he already knew the answer considering he was toying with Regis.
Not even true at all lol
That would explain 2:49
Asking the audience first was the right move. Some people will randomly guess, so the extra choices tend to spread those out.
Yeah, I was thinking "why wouldn't he do the 50/50 first?" as Regis suggested... Though, after hearing his explanation, I was like "Oh yeah!"
@@IloveSPIDERZ Yeah I was agreeing with Regis but I see why he did that now.
Honestly, it shouldn't really make a difference. Let's say, for example, that 60% knew the answer and 40% were guessing. If there are 4 answers, then the 40% guesses get roughly evenly distributed (10% each) between the 4 options. So you would have approximately A) 70% (60+10) B) 10% C) 10% D) 10%. If you divide it by two, then that 40% guesses gets roughly divided in half between the two options, so you have A) 80% (60+20) C) 20%. Either way you have a range of roughly 60%.
Richard Thayer although maybe the audience would’ve guessed A) 60% C) 40% or something close to that which would be worse in his case
@Mike G Not true. You're assuming that everyone who isn't absolutely certain is just randomly guessing, but that's not always the case. The reason the 50/50 lifeline exists is because sometimes the contestant is undecided between two answers. They've safely ruled out two, but the other two both seem plausible. The same logic applies to the audience. Let's say, for example, you had a question asking "Who was the most recent serving President? A) Jefferson B) Monroe C) Pierce D) Buchanan. Jefferson and Monroe could easily be ruled out because they were much earlier, but Pierce and Buchanan's Presidency are very close in time and a bit more uncertain. If you leave it at 4 answers, than a disproportionate number of people might choose Pierce because they are stuck between Pierce and Buchanan. But if you 50/50 first and Pierce is eliminated, than all those people who were stuck between Pierce and Buchanan (the two most plausible options) are now going to choose Buchanan, so the range between the correct answer and the incorrect one is now going to be much higher.
what im more surprised at is how the majority of the audience knew the million dollar answer
Well it was about their country
+Musicrecords10 or they all have seen a tv show with planes in them
or these stupid mofos thought N for "non"
that was my first hunch as well !
Its not the majority of the audience since you dont know how many answered the question. Its not forced to pick an answer. So basically those who gave an answer were those who knew it. Or most of them at least.
So this is how Todd howard gets the money to run Bethesda
Evan Mendez-Perez hahahahaa looool
It just works.
Oh i see what you did there! The man playing looks like Todd Howard, so you said this is how he gets his money, even though its not actually Todd Howard. Youre only implying that this man looks like Todd! Well done sir!
@@slayridah LOL thanks for that amazing explanation xD
Regis: HE JUST MADE A MILLION DOLLARS
Government: that’s where you’re wrong bucko
VegaVictoria Feel so sorry for US prize winners, in Australia there is no tax on prize winnings.
@@15sixmedia But one australian dollar is worth so much less than a US dollar.
15sixmedia you feel sorry for them? He still gets like 600k or more.
@@TheHolyMongolEmpire He could have to give up up to 49% depending on where he lives and his tax bracket
Six12since02 oh well, that's 500k more than he has now. I'd be pretty happy with that.
After tax he took home a whopping 4 dollars and 34 cents
Michael Bae unoriginal comment
@@firstlast2268 Unoriginal reply
dont forget the pair of socks and mcdonalds cheeseburger
Us is a joke
@@nassershehadeh4661 Unoriginal name.
The fact that he still had two life lines at the end is amazing lol
ssuleiman12 have u heard of the same program won a million dollar using the lifeline to call his father that he won ?
@@asdfasdf-xf9ve john carpenter
It's not. The American version is for dummies.
One guy had all three at the end and didn't even use them.
@@Julian_orwell becuase you'd be able to answer all the questions.. okay. Lol
For anyone wondering about the audience seemingly knowing the answer, remember audience isn't forced to answer. So it's likely that all the people who had a good guess were the ones that answered, and other people who had no clue did not answer, which helps out Bernie quite a bit.
I miss Regis. So sad that we lost him during Covid and his passing didn't get the attention it deserved.
Wait what?? I didn’t know he passed. :/
@@fingersonfire4gh - Yep. Sorry you had to hear it this way.
He died of a heart attack though. Had nothing to do with covid as he had heart issues since the 90s.
@@OvertheHIL524 - I didn't say he died of Covid. I said he died DURING Covid.
@@fingersonfire4gh case in point, I didn't either.....
Regis's logic about the 50:50 vs. Ask the Audience first is a complete failure. The contestant was spot on in his thinking.
I remember in later episodes he actually mentioned in this scenario that doing audience first spreads out people who don't know more than if you do 50/50 first. I guess Bernie convinced him.
Good!
People who don't know the answer just need to refrain from voting instead of being pretentious cunts.
Then again back in the day they did have AOL people voting as well
+Arlo Bennett True. Doing 50:50 first and then ask the audience polarizes audience proportions too much. It's easier for a large proportion of the audience to all pick one incorrect answer if they're only choosing from 2 answers, while if the audience mostly knows the answer for 4 answers, 1 of the answers will still come up as 60+%. Thus doing 50/50 first increase false confidence, or confidence that the audience knows the answer while not actually knowing the answer.
It isn't about how hard the million dollar question is, it's about the journey to the million dollar question that's hard. Everybody is whining that they knew it, but did you know all of the other ones?
Evan Pilkington exactly
Correct, but it still makes no sense for the million dollar question to be easy and a $100 question to be difficult.
@@jshepard152 kick you out early
@@jshepard152 If one tries answering it under that stress, they will likely start second-guessing and are not sure if they're correct. Also, it gives the audience at home a lot more entertainment if a decent amount of them are screaming the million dollar question answer at the TV, hoping the contestant picks the correct one, thus giving them tension and possibly think "I could've answered that! Maybe I should attempt for the show!"
@@L7vanmatre wow, just wow
thanks for open explanation
But it is pretty good strategy, wow
He knew the whole time and trolled the million dollar question, well played!
He savored that moment for a good while. He knew after the 70% thing.
Nah that's a huge gamble I think the reason he snapped at the answer like that is that he didn't want to end up talking himself out of it
@@alexanderhowarth6460 No he was clearly trolling Regis there for a while.
Actually it was really smart. If you have those two lifelines available and want to use them both on the same question, it's a much better idea to ask the audience first.
After getting the results, the 50/50 will eliminate 2/3rds of the people in the audience who simply guessed at the answer and would have been unreliable if they only had 2 choices to pick from. If you 50/50 first, theres a much bigger chance of getting a neck-and-neck audience result, which is unhelpful.
mecha03 Thank you! Finally someone who understands statistics.
mecha03 True
But its not all about statistics. You ask the audience and they vote the wrong answer as right, whoever is in charge of eliminating answers is going to make sure that one sticks around leading the contestant to think its right. Same reason you never discuss your gut if you plan on doing 50/50, they will try to mess with you. Choosing the audience second might get a more evenly split audience, but atleast its a genuine even split. If you choose audience first, the 50/50 lifeline will be manufactured to make it hardest on you.
Statistics are well and good, but dont discount the human greed factor behind the scenes not wanting the contestant to win.
The elimination is random, there is no human greed factor.
Mecha03 - "Making sense of statistics since 2009"
2:49 "N-A! FinalanswerRegis!"
jtb1990419 *”HE JUST MADE A MILLION DOLLARS!”*
Audience: Aaaaaaaaaa!!
"Hugs"
Audience: clap clap clap clap
No, it’s not the final answer and you just lost a lot of money. It was Fresca! Fresca!!!
RIP Regis Philbin (1931-2020) :'(
Dude had two lifelines in his pocket for his final question. What a boss.
"Easy, it's A."
"Alright, let's see. B: A, please"
"WAIT NO"
@Hgyvtfygyhuh Ygihvutctvnininnin you know it's from a skit
Hgyvtfygyhuh Ygihvutctvnininnin oop when u got abused as a kid 😳😳😳
Hgyvtfygyhuh Ygihvutctvnininnin lmaoooo i guess you never saw the skit because it was funny asf. live a little why dont you
Wrong!
*game over yeah!*
The fact that the letter A wasn't choice A infuritates me 😒
Regis gave poor advice. Assuming that the people who got the answer wrong guessed at random, spreading out the guesses over a larger number of answers reveals the people who know the answer better. The contestant made the right choice using the audience first.
He's not there to help. He probably knew what he was saying was the wrong way and was probably told to do so.
@@youdungoofed1 Yeah, like that evil quizmaster in Slumdog Millionaire
Honestly, it shouldn't really make a difference. Let's say, for example, that 60% knew the answer and 40% were guessing. If there are 4 answers, then the 40% guesses get roughly evenly distributed (10% each) between the 4 options. So you would have approximately A) 70% (60+10) B) 10% C) 10% D) 10%. If you divide it by two, then that 40% guesses gets roughly divided in half between the two options, so you have A) 80% (60+20) C) 20%. Either way you have a range of roughly 60%.
@@albanovkonrad Never go in against a Sicilian, when death is on the line! Aah Aah AAH Aah Aah AAH
@@albanovkonrad say if 50% knew the answer and the remaining 50% answered wrong. then for 4 options we have say a)50% b) 15% c)15% d) 20% but for 2 options there is also the possibility that it will be a) 50% b) 50% then what will you do?? in that case it matters.
I like how they get to the point on the US show. You'd be staring at the screen for a good minute before they give out the answer on the UK version. xD
I expected a commercial break after he selected the answer :D
If this was the Australian version the video would have been 25 mins, not 4 mins
@@markbond1683 if it was the Australian version, the show would have come to a close at $10,000 because now it is time for 9 NEWS
They draw it out on the US version too, sometimes. I think Regis chose not to do it this time because the contestant's final answer was so sudden, and Regis wanted to play off that energy. I think he made the right choice.
Regis: I'd use 50/50 first so the audience has 2 choices.
Him *in his head*: yeah, that's why you're not the one of us about to win a million dollars.
I'm pretty sure asking the audience first is always the right move in this scenario because say 30% (that's just arbitrary, could be more or less) know the right answer, then you have the other 70% spread somewhere across all 4, but the right answer would have that bump from the 30%. If you use the 50/50 first and theres 30% of the audience that knows the right answer, the other 70% that's going to fall between two answers has a significantly higher chance of stacking the wrong answer because there are only 2 choices. Then if you do the first option you can still use 50/50 to basically check the audience within that margin.
I knew that was the right choice but you explained it well. What a horrible idea by Regis as if he's actually trying to screw him up.
You are right, if you had the option to temporarily add 10 additional answers without the audience knowing, then you should use it.
It's a mathematical thing. If you use the 50/50 after asking the audience, you eliminate 2/3rds of the people who had no clue and just guessed incorrectly. If you 50/50 first then you can't eliminate any of the guessers at all and have a very high probability of getting a very even split between the two answers, making the audience information completely useless. What he did was actually pretty smart, it's just so few people realize it.
It's a little like the Monty Hall Problem of its era.
For the record since it's come up here and there, "N" does not stand for "non-military." Every country has a unique combination of letters that their aircraft registration numbers begin with and the US just happens to be "N". There's a story behind it to some extent, but it skims down to where we were going to be "N" or "W" and we didn't choose the latter.
N is November....all the planes in flight sim start with N
After Kevin Olmstead became the 6th winner to win $2,180,000, Bernie Cullen is the the 7th million dollar winner (also the sixth person to win) and the EXTENDED cue was played. Well done on that video!
The US was allowed to choose any or all of the letters it had previously gotten as radio callsign prefixes. It got W, A, N, and K for radio but decided to use only N for aircraft.
True. In Finland it's OH, it's also Finland's ham prefix
I believe U is Navy designation for their submarines.
2009: Nope
2019: Its time
Shut up
Brilliant
@@bogi1 stfu
I'm almost positive he knew it and just wanted to toy with the host
Ronnie Basnett Pretty sure he did know it and just did that because he was told to because the producers want drama on TV
Good thing he did the 50:50. Otherwise “A. Final answer.” could mean something totally different
Libertarian 7211 lol true but he still could’ve said n, a like he did here
Then he could say "A: the letter N."
He told his queen ant that she could lay her eggs in Arizona.. 🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜👑👸🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜😀😀😀🚹🌃🌃🌃🌙🌙🌙🌙🐍🐍🐝🐝🐸🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🏃🐍🐍🌙🌃
I'm sure the rules of the game state that a letter given as an answer will be interpreted as the answer as defined by the letter
@@anewman It's not Jeopardy, I think Regis would have asked for clarification if there was need.
I wanna say A.
Regis: A?
Contestant: No - B, A!!! A!! B!!
Regis: Is that your final answer?
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Comedy inc The late shift - Who Want to be a Millionaire 5
Hhahah that one was hilarious
Who’s on first?
When was this? I skipped to end last question
@@e-rock-e.3440 What's on second?
If only America could re-broadcast this show
I was with the host at first but when he asked the audience first it gave him a much more accurate assessment of the answers what a play.
Hm, surprisingly the audience was actually some help on this question, usually when a person uses ask the audience when they're on one of the last 4 questions the audience doesn't help worth a crap, usually the percentages are spread out or close together.
logantew15 Yup.
Recently a guy asked the audience on a $250,000 question and a whooping 84% guessed the same answer. Needless to say, they were wrong. Several other players did win $250,000 thanks in part to ask the audience in the past few years, though (Tony Hightower, Dr. Oz, and least 2 other people that I can't remember their name). Generally it's a crapshot to use the auidence past the middle tier, which is why you should always use that lifeline first.
Thats because for a million dollar question, this is relatively easy
chitownbearsfan 34 well no shit, he is just saying he can’t believe a majority of the audience was correct on a million dollar question in retrospect a lot of ppl coulda won a million
Saucy Blancos204 Doesn’t mean they’ll get pass all the questions to the million dollar one
2:28 oh man the John Carpenter reference is real.
that was a strangely easy question for 1 million
True. All he needed to do was remember the markings on pretty much any plane he had seen at an airport.
I watched this live and couldnt believe how easy this question was.
Back then this was as high quality tv as possible.
For some reason I feel like this guy really deserves this
I feel at 2:53 and so on really captures the nostalgia of American pop culture in the year 2000. Kind of brings back good memories of watching this show with friends or family during dinner and playing along without being interpreted by social media.
2:28 "And don't you dare call you father"
-lol, k
**John Carpenter exit the chat**
This guy is so calm and collected, even witty, it's impressive.
Pretty cool hes also the lead singer of the band MGMT
The answer was logically simple, but because it was worth a million, the simplicity starts to play with your head, making it difficult.
This was the most normal looking convo that turned into a million bucks
"Did you hear me say that?" I LOVE IT from South East London,England...
Just saying, he's my favorite host for this show
This made me happy af
“And don’t call your father”
*flashbacks to the last million dollar winner*
“Can I call my mother?”
The trick is to get the contestants to second guess themselves. Look at how Regis goes, “did you think it was U?”
It’s better to have them doubt the answer and potentially change it. It also helps if the host can make the contestants use their lifelines early.
That had to be one of the simplest questions in history
He was so lucky with a million dollars question which most of audience knew the answer
"And don't you DARE call your father. Not now!"
Regis got some PTSD from John Carpenter's win 😂😂😂
This would be my dream question! Been flight swimming for over a year now and a aviation enthusiast for another year or two
As an airline pilot for 35 years, his pondering over this question gave me anxiety! I was most impressed that 69% of the audience got it right.
I’m pretty sure he trolled that question , considering how he answered it
Click on one random Millionaire vid.
Suggestions filled with these clips now.
Smdh.
Baller dude still had 2 life lines on the milli question though.
2:18
Regis: Good idea, Bernie.
Also Regis: Hey, computer take away 2 of those wrong answers please!
Plot Twist: Tyree Vongsaly’s comment appeared in the timed comment section
I saw the question and before I finished it I just screamed *NOVEMBER!!!!!!!!!!* 😂
Shocked that the majority of the audience knew the million dollar question. It’s sometimes less than that for a low-level question
I was more shocked that such an easy question was the million dollar question.
And I'm not just saying that because I knew the answer. I'm saying it because I would expect most Americans to know the answer.
Hands down the best one yet. Better than that guy calling his dad to tell him he's going to win. There were a lot of mind games being played here lol!
Thanks UA-cam this was great to show me in 2019
Every now and then someone would win that show that really deserves it and Bernie Cullen definitely deserved it. We'll done sir. Probably all spent by now (2019) but hey...well done!
0:47 that feeling when you're taking a final and skipped all the labs so you're just like fuck it I'm gonna wing it
2:50 "I am going to eat your face"
Also yet another million dollar question that is A
what about Richard Nixon and Peru they were both B?
Fishy 78 8 years old comment
Five corners irrelevant
Hey dude are you still alive? You comment's age is older than fortnite's players.
That dancing, though...🕺 🤣
Every aviation geek, like me, was screaming *"NOVEMBER"*
People: Lmao answer was "en"
Me: Wtf is an "en" that's a November
somehow i knew the answer to the question instantly lmao
I think Regis is generally a smart guy, but that was horrible advice to do the 50-50 first. Either a good portion of the audience will know the answer, or he will take the 500K. With 2 choices, there is way too much to risk to infer anything from the audience's choice unless it is over 80%.
If I were the contestant ask the audience to “please only vote if you know the answer.” 😂
the sounds in this show use to make me uncomfortable but intrigued at the same time when i was really young
This guy went from calm to savage in about 2.5 seconds.
The guy was play acting like he's told to do if he really knows the answer. Makes for better TV. In all honesty it was a very easy question for that level of the game as proved by the audience.
When there's that much riding on how you answer people tend to second guess themselves. A lot. Even when the know they're right.
As a student pilot, I scoffed at the fact that this was the million dollar question !!!
But then I realized before my aviation days I had no freakin idea what number preceded the tail number of all non military aircraft lol
IYKYK, I guess!
God Speed Regis!
Love this clip
"And don't you dare call your father" - is that a John Carpenter reference :p
No one noticed that Regis said "but" in a disagreeing tone to him, while he was mentioning he could still buy sofa" in a joking sense. He then narrowed his answer to what Regis was leaning towards. Since he in the one looking at them on screen. Psycology is a hell of a thing.
I’m a pilot and when I saw the question i knew it before the answer was even shown
His expression was like" what kind of question is this" lol!
Why am I here, 10 years later, huh UA-cam, explain
It knew you'd watch it
It's called an algorithm.
It's an algorythm that will not change just because you complain about it. What's the deal? It doesn't matter how old a video is. The content stays the same. Nobody forces you to watch recommented videos.
i knew the answer was N from star trek lol
That was considered a military vessel
@@VinnySuccessJesusfam none of the ships ion star trek were military -- they were exploration
@Daniel S none of the ships ion star trek were military -- they were exploration
name they were all armed with phasers and torpedoes.
I wonder what the Defiant’s registry was then.
Haha "Don't you dare call your father", John Carpenter callback.
"Don't you DARE call your father. Not now." LOL
*Who Wants to Be a Millionaire* - Top prize winners:
◾ John Carpenter - Became the first top prize winner in the history of the franchise on November 19, 1999.
Dan Blonsky - Won on January 18, 2000.
◾ Joe Trela - Won on March 23, 2000.
◾ Bob House - Won on June 13, 2000.
◾ Kim Hunt - Won on July 6, 2000.
◾ David Goodman - Won on July 11, 2000.
◾ Kevin Olmstead - Won the top prize on April 10, 2001; however, because of the jackpot having been set to increase by $10,000 each episode, he won $2,180,000 - making him the biggest winner in television history at the time.
◾ Bernie Cullen - Won the top prize just five days after Olmstead's win on April 15, 2001.
◾ Ed Toutant - Won on September 7, 2001. Originally appeared on January 31, 2001, when the jackpot was at $1,860,000 when he was ruled out after answering his $16,000 question wrong. However, it was determined that there was an error in the question, so he was invited back and won the jackpot as it was at the time.
◾ Kevin Smith - First syndicated millionaire, winning the top prize on February 18, 2003.
◾ Nancy Christy - Won the million on May 8, 2003. Christy is the only female top prize winner.
◾ Sam Murray - Answered his question correctly during the Million Dollar Tournament of Ten and remained the only contestant to answer his question correctly on November 11, 2009.
◾ David Chang - Became the first top prize winner in the reboot and the first celebrity to win the million, for his charity, Southern Smoke Texas, on November 29, 2020.
David broke the American version curse after 11 years
"Don't you dare call your dad" was that a reference to John Carpenter?
I think so
No it wasnt...he had said earlier in the episode that his father tended to curse a lot which is why he didn't use him as a phone a friend.
@@doctorbeanis Well it may be that, as well as Regis' PTSD kicking in from back when John Carpenter won the million dollars...
Why didn't I even thought that taking Audience poll ahead of 50:50 is better than the vice-versa!
Brilliant thinking 😮
Another why is this in my recommanded. Whos watchin 2019. Also you just made a bunch of avgeeks happy, including me lol
I will never understand why people complain about recommended videos. Watch it or don't watch it. It's YOUR descission.
@@simonpeters2128 "Why is this in my recommended" is a meme laughing at the youtube algorithm. And also, I was not watching anything related to this before I got this recommended.
He seems like such a nice and funny guy
The Audience: *screaming in frustration inside*
Guesses correctly
The Audience: *sighing in relief*
That was a no brainer ! I remember watching this and flipping out that he didn't know !
I would 100% ask the audience first before narrowing it down lol.
Sorry but that's just stupid. It would be a complete waste of your 50/50 lifeline.
It's obviously much more strategic to narrow the answers down first so the right answers more heavily outweigh the wrong ones.
What happened here is the guy made a really stupid decision but he lucked out because it just so happened that 70% of the audience got it right.
There's absolutely no sound logic in doing what he did. Regis' advice was much better.
He did right
If he used the 50 50 before e could have had A=69% C=31%. Using it after he found that 18% voted for a wrong answer so A=69% C=13% that are A=84% C=16% a lot better than the possible 69% and 31%.
Truth be told
Honestly, it shouldn't really make a difference. Let's say, for example, that 60% knew the answer and 40% were guessing. If there are 4 answers, then the 40% guesses get roughly evenly distributed (10% each) between the 4 options. So you would have approximately A) 70% (60+10) B) 10% C) 10% D) 10%. If you divide it by two, then that 40% guesses gets roughly divided in half between the two options, so you have A) 80% (60+20) C) 20%. Either way you have a range of roughly 60%.
@@albanovkonrad If all the answers are there, audience who guesses, would choose one of them... Deleting 2 answers after that would delete the bad people that guesses out.... Now let's say he would take 2 out first... Then a lot of bad guessers are still there, and they will guess. So he chose the right way, he threw the bad guessers out..
Also.. who is saying that the bad guessers will be distributed evenly? Maybe it would be A = 65% and C = 35%? I have seen episodes where about 50-70% of the audience said a wrong answer!
@@albanovkonrad ua-cam.com/video/-zRElfRUjL0/v-deo.html
@@EgzonNikqiFB The bad guessers are still there either way though. Even if you 50/50 after asking the audience you're still left with one wrong answer that has been polluted by random guessers. If people are making completely random guesses, than statistically they should be distributed about evenly. Obviously not exact, but close. For the outcome you suggested to happen, a vast majority of the guessers (over 80%) would have to _randomly_ guess the wrong answer, which is statistically improbable. In that video example you provide, the audience almost certainly didn't just randomly guess. The quote makes it sound like a war story, so they made an _educated_ guess. The same thing could happen with 4 answers. Look at this video for example: ua-cam.com/video/klolmg4HeKE/v-deo.html. Obviously over 90% of the audience didn't just randomly guess "Monarch". They went with Monarch because it was a British ship, so barring actually knowing for a fact what the answer is, it seemed the most probable. In this case, the contestant was screwed even if he 50/50's after asking the audience. What would they have answered if Monarch had been eliminated first? We can't know for certain, of course, but I would think that many would realize it wasn't a combatant ship or a hospital ship, and with Monarch eliminated, would have been more likely to pick Mail, since such ships were known to be used for the transfer of mail. In this situation, he would have been better to use 50/50 before asking the audience (of course, it's still possible that the two remaining answers would be Mail and Monarch, but in that case he would be screwed either way).
This was 24 years ago in 1996, wonder how long the million lasted.
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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire didn't exist in 1996.
LOL - I didn't have to even think about this one. I've known this since I was a teenager back in the '60s.
As a pilot I was wanting to answer that for him so bad!
I really miss this Who wants to be a Millionaire
$1,000,000 worth of PERFECTION!
Used to go to a seaplane base when I was a kid. I could have told you that.
Plot twist: he’s actually a U.S. Army Corporal Sergeant and knew the answer as soon as the question was read
"Don't you dare call your father."
Regis never did let that one go.