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* The clues in the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' "Celebrity Series/{{Jeopardy}}" sketches turned into these over the course of the series as the celebrities' ineptitude grew, with some categories giving less-than-subtle hints to the correct responses ("Colors that end in 'urple'", "Drummers Named [[Music/RingoStarr Ringo]]", "Black Comedians Named [[Creator/WhoopiGoldberg Whoopi]]", "Months That Start With 'Feb'"), with the clues only reinforcing this ("This Ringo is the "starr" drummer of Music/TheBeatles.", "This is the only month that starts with 'Feb'.") [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption They still can't answer correctly anyway.]]

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* The clues in the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' "Celebrity Series/{{Jeopardy}}" sketches turned into these over the course of the series as the celebrities' ineptitude grew, with some categories giving less-than-subtle hints to the correct responses ("Colors that end in 'urple'", "Drummers Named [[Music/RingoStarr Ringo]]", "Black Comedians Named [[Creator/WhoopiGoldberg Whoopi]]", "Months That Start With 'Feb'"), with and the clues only reinforcing this them ("This Ringo is the "starr" drummer of Music/TheBeatles.", "This is the only month that starts with 'Feb'.") [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption They still can't answer correctly anyway.]]
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* The clues in the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' "Celebrity Series/{{Jeopardy}}" sketches turned into these over the course of the series as the celebrities' ineptitude grew, with some categories giving less-than-subtle hints to the correct responses ("Colors that end in 'urple'", "Drummers Named [[Music/RingoStarr Ringo]]", "Black Comedians Named [[Creator/WhoopiGoldberg Whoopi]]", "Months That Start With 'Feb'"), with the clues only reinforcing this ("This Ringo is the "starr" drummer of Music/TheBeatles.", "This is the only month that starts with 'Feb'.") [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption They still can't answer correctly anyway.]]
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* The magazine ''Cube'' was a bit odd about this. On the one hand, an issue had a contest to win a ''Film/SpiderMan1'' DVD, with the question "Who plays Mary-Jane in the movie? A: Kirsten Dunst. B: [[PottyEmergency Burstin For-Dump]]. C: [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Princess Peach]]". On the other hand, a contest to win a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]], some controllers, several games, a big-screen TV, and surround-sound speakers, the question was "What does RGB-SCART stand for?" This was in the days when Website/{{Wikipedia}} only had a couple of thousand entries and tended not to even appear on Website/{{Google}} searches, so in order to win, you needed access to some relatively obscure documentation.

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* The magazine ''Cube'' was a bit odd about this. On the one hand, an issue had a contest to win a ''Film/SpiderMan1'' DVD, with the question "Who plays Mary-Jane in the movie? A: Kirsten Dunst. B: [[PottyEmergency Burstin For-Dump]]. C: [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Princess Peach]]". On the other hand, a contest to win a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube [[Platform/NintendoGameCube GameCube]], some controllers, several games, a big-screen TV, and surround-sound speakers, the question was "What does RGB-SCART stand for?" This was in the days when Website/{{Wikipedia}} only had a couple of thousand entries and tended not to even appear on Website/{{Google}} searches, so in order to win, you needed access to some relatively obscure documentation.
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* ''Magazine/NGamer'' once ran a contest with the following (paraphrased) question: "Who is the star of ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''? A) Vin Diesel B) Jim Petrol C) Kim Oil. Send your answers to itsvindieselyouidiots@ngamer.co.uk."

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* ''Magazine/NGamer'' once ran a contest with the following (paraphrased) question: "Who is the star of ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious''? ''Franchise/TheFastAndTheFurious''? A) Vin Diesel B) Jim Petrol C) Kim Oil. Send your answers to itsvindieselyouidiots@ngamer.co.uk."


* Creator/ChannelFive invites viewers of ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' to answer the question "Which famous Bruce lives in Gotham City? a) [[Creator/BruceForsyth Forsyth]] b) [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Wayne]] or c) [[Creator/BruceWillis Willis]]?" In the unlikely event you don't know the answer off the top of your head, the clue is in ''the show you just watched''.

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* Creator/ChannelFive Creator/Channel5 invites viewers of ''Series/{{Gotham}}'' to answer the question "Which famous Bruce lives in Gotham City? a) [[Creator/BruceForsyth Forsyth]] b) [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Wayne]] or c) [[Creator/BruceWillis Willis]]?" In the unlikely event you don't know the answer off the top of your head, the clue is in ''the show you just watched''.


*** One of the shows found guilty of this, Creator/ChannelFive's ''Quiz Call'', at least didn't have questions that were too easy -- it had questions which looked like they ''should'' be easy, [[UnexpectedlyObscureAnswer but where the accepted answers were]] completely [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW0cIRrsWRk insane]].

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*** One of the shows found guilty of this, Creator/ChannelFive's Creator/Channel5's ''Quiz Call'', at least didn't have questions that were too easy -- it had questions which looked like they ''should'' be easy, [[UnexpectedlyObscureAnswer but where the accepted answers were]] completely [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW0cIRrsWRk insane]].
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-->'''TEC:''' What is behind the Thousand Year Door? A. 1,000,000 coins, B. A super rare badge, C. [[WhamLine an ancient demon]]?

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-->'''TEC:''' What is the legendary treasure that waits behind the Thousand Year Thousand-Year Door? A. 1,000,000 100,000,000 coins, B. A super An extremely rare badge, C. [[WhamLine an ancient demon]]?A 1,000-year-old demon's soul]].
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"Hey hey, reader! Welcome to the Wiki/TVTropes Ultimate Competition line! Answer the following question to win an JustForFun/{{egregious}} prize: a five-week holiday on beautiful [[SugarBowl Sugar Bowl Beach]]!

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"Hey hey, reader! Welcome to the Wiki/TVTropes Website/TVTropes Ultimate Competition line! Answer the following question to win an JustForFun/{{egregious}} prize: a five-week holiday on beautiful [[SugarBowl Sugar Bowl Beach]]!



* The magazine ''Cube'' was a bit odd about this. On the one hand, an issue had a contest to win a ''Film/SpiderMan1'' DVD, with the question "Who plays Mary-Jane in the movie? A: Kirsten Dunst. B: [[PottyEmergency Burstin For-Dump]]. C: [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Princess Peach]]". On the other hand, a contest to win a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]], some controllers, several games, a big-screen TV, and surround-sound speakers, the question was "What does RGB-SCART stand for?" This was in the days when Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} only had a couple of thousand entries and tended not to even appear on Website/{{Google}} searches, so in order to win, you needed access to some relatively obscure documentation.

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* The magazine ''Cube'' was a bit odd about this. On the one hand, an issue had a contest to win a ''Film/SpiderMan1'' DVD, with the question "Who plays Mary-Jane in the movie? A: Kirsten Dunst. B: [[PottyEmergency Burstin For-Dump]]. C: [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Princess Peach]]". On the other hand, a contest to win a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube GameCube]], some controllers, several games, a big-screen TV, and surround-sound speakers, the question was "What does RGB-SCART stand for?" This was in the days when Wiki/{{Wikipedia}} Website/{{Wikipedia}} only had a couple of thousand entries and tended not to even appear on Website/{{Google}} searches, so in order to win, you needed access to some relatively obscure documentation.
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* In Ireland, when ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' was released, there was a competition where the question was "What is the name of the {{cowboy}}?" The application form gave his name in the plot summary.

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* In Ireland, when ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'' ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory1'' was released, there was a competition where the question was "What is the name of the {{cowboy}}?" The application form gave his name in the plot summary.



* An old Communist-era UsefulNotes/{{Romania}}n joke said that, while most people would receive hard qurstions during exams, the children of party officials would get things like "In what year did the Peasants' Revolt of 1907 take place?".

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* An old Communist-era UsefulNotes/{{Romania}}n joke said that, while most people would receive hard qurstions questions during exams, the children of party officials would get things like "In what year did the Peasants' Revolt of 1907 take place?".

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