Frankly I thought that question was very easy for 250k. Navajo code talkers as a historical thing I feel like has been very common knowledge for a long time
@@random-nz7dy It's only easy if you care about WW2 history. Similar to those questions that this man answered on the road to his 250k, I have no idea about those but they were commonplace for Reece O'Dell.
It picks one at random for them if they don’t. They designed the show this way to prevent contestants from exploiting the lifeline to get a free answer. One guy actually told the audience to only vote if they knew the answer and the answer ended up split.
15:04 This was the guy whose Phone-A-Friend was one of two times where the Phone-A-Friend gave the answer without the contestant even needing to read the question.
What kind of IQ leads one to think a hat-making question is a "chemistry" question? Knowing chemistry wouldn't give one knowledge of which substance is used to make felt hats. Conversely, one could be a hat maker and not have a clue about chemistry. "What is the atomic number of mercury" is a chemistry question. "How many electron pairs make up the covalent bonds in a molecule of tetramercury" is a chemistry question. "What poisonous element [is] used in making felt hats" is NOT a chemistry question.
@@rogerscottcathey One can mention something in a setting, without it being "about" the subject of that setting. I first learned about how "mad as a hatter" became a saying when we were reading 'Alice In Wonderland' in elementary school. On the other hand, I don't recall it ever being mentioned in my chemistry classes in high school, community college, or university. So it's not a "chemistry question." End of story.
@@seikibrian8641 : My, feel strongly about the subject. It is a chemistry question, or are you suggesting mercury's utility in hat making is purely one of mechanics or something else? You're being pointlessly insistent. And I seriously question the quality of any chem class at advanced levels that never mentioned such a rudimentary fact.
@@rogerscottcathey Nah, Seiki is right. I took two different chemistry classes (one in high school, one in college) and neither one mentioned the "rudimentary fact" that hatmakers used to use mercury until it made them go crazy. I know I learned that mercury is poisonous in one of those classes, which is the only bit of pure chemistry in the question. But then so are arsenic and lead. Barium could be, I don't remember offhand. So the knowledge of chemistry doesn't do much to answer the question. Which means you could either discern it by knowing the derivation of the phrase "mad as a hatter" -- which, fun fact, is the actual question -- or about medieval haberdashery.
Norm McDonald's $1,000,000 question was about under which golf resort the US built a secret bunker for Congress during the Cold War. Not even close to who painted the Berlin Wall.
Best phone a friend ever
Frankly I thought that question was very easy for 250k. Navajo code talkers as a historical thing I feel like has been very common knowledge for a long time
I agree, I also think that this one was also an amazing phone a friend - th-cam.com/video/rtCXulV7U3U/w-d-xo.html - 17:32 in that video.
@@pacifist1360 NORMAN MAILER was a good phone a friend too
@@random-nz7dy It's only easy if you care about WW2 history. Similar to those questions that this man answered on the road to his 250k, I have no idea about those but they were commonplace for Reece O'Dell.
I will never understand why people in the audience vote when they don't know the goddamn answer. Just REFRAIN if you don't know.
You’re supposed to vote no matter what
It picks one at random for them if they don’t. They designed the show this way to prevent contestants from exploiting the lifeline to get a free answer. One guy actually told the audience to only vote if they knew the answer and the answer ended up split.
15:04 This was the guy whose Phone-A-Friend was one of two times where the Phone-A-Friend gave the answer without the contestant even needing to read the question.
Kate Heusser becomes the first £500,000 woman winner in same day.
Professor in the phone a friend must be watching Reece on TV already.
It wasn't live.
Nah it’s just a relatively easy question for history nerds.
Dang I thought navajo code talkers was a common knowledge thing even then. Surprised that was the 250k question
Highly surprised the audience didn't know the mad hatter question
eillle, les soustitres sont toujours illisibles,,,WTF!!!
Umm, WWTBAMclassics, the title should say 11/2/2000, it's not 10/2000, according to the WWTBAM wiki.
Did anyone else clock that almost every right answer was B?
What kind of IQ leads one to ask a chemistry question to the audience?
What kind of IQ leads one to think a hat-making question is a "chemistry" question? Knowing chemistry wouldn't give one knowledge of which substance is used to make felt hats. Conversely, one could be a hat maker and not have a clue about chemistry. "What is the atomic number of mercury" is a chemistry question. "How many electron pairs make up the covalent bonds in a molecule of tetramercury" is a chemistry question. "What poisonous element [is] used in making felt hats" is NOT a chemistry question.
@@seikibrian8641 : An elementary factoid when mercury is discussed in chemistry class.
@@rogerscottcathey One can mention something in a setting, without it being "about" the subject of that setting. I first learned about how "mad as a hatter" became a saying when we were reading 'Alice In Wonderland' in elementary school. On the other hand, I don't recall it ever being mentioned in my chemistry classes in high school, community college, or university. So it's not a "chemistry question." End of story.
@@seikibrian8641 : My, feel strongly about the subject. It is a chemistry question, or are you suggesting mercury's utility in hat making is purely one of mechanics or something else? You're being pointlessly insistent. And I seriously question the quality of any chem class at advanced levels that never mentioned such a rudimentary fact.
@@rogerscottcathey Nah, Seiki is right. I took two different chemistry classes (one in high school, one in college) and neither one mentioned the "rudimentary fact" that hatmakers used to use mercury until it made them go crazy. I know I learned that mercury is poisonous in one of those classes, which is the only bit of pure chemistry in the question. But then so are arsenic and lead. Barium could be, I don't remember offhand. So the knowledge of chemistry doesn't do much to answer the question. Which means you could either discern it by knowing the derivation of the phrase "mad as a hatter" -- which, fun fact, is the actual question -- or about medieval haberdashery.
Wasn't the $250,000 question also Norm McDonald's $1,000,000 question? :/
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It wasn’t even close to the same question lol
Norm McDonald's $1,000,000 question was about under which golf resort the US built a secret bunker for Congress during the Cold War. Not even close to who painted the Berlin Wall.
Yeah, I stand corrected, my bad.
@@seikibrian8641 The $250,000 was about the US military secret code language, not the Berlin Wall.
Sorry Regis but I have to say Chris Tarrant is a better host than you. He elicits more tales from the contestant and makes the show not boring.
Elon musk lookin a lil chubby