Results: In What Can Only Be Called Both The Dumbest And Raciest Answer Ever...
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In Tuesday's Wheel of Fortune episode, a contestant named Kevin was one letter away from solving the puzzle and winning the game ... but his dirty mind proved to be his undoing (and his ticket to Internet infamy). After Kevin called for a "K" (with confidence, no less) and lost the game to a fellow contestant, Wheel of Fortune host Pat Sajak joked, "... although you got the right answer, I'd rather see Kevin's play." What do you think about this contestant's goof?
Can not believe he missed that one!
56%
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1127 votes
Hilarious! Worth missing out on the win just for that moment!
13%
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268 votes
This guy's mind was definitely not on Tennessee Williams...
14%
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278 votes
Not sure I would have guessed this either
15%
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300 votes
Other (please specify)
1%
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30 votes
| Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
| 0.40% | 8 | |
| na | 0.15% | 3 |
| n/a | 0.10% | 2 |
| He may have been paid more to do it. | 0.05% | 1 |
| He just didn't know the answer | 0.05% | 1 |
| This is every contestants fear. | 0.05% | 1 |
| who cares | 0.05% | 1 |
| no comment | 0.05% | 1 |
| He's an idiot | 0.05% | 1 |
| didn't see this | 0.05% | 1 |
| his mind probably just went blank it happens | 0.05% | 1 |
| don,t watch | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't watch and I don't care | 0.05% | 1 |
| Don't waste my time with such trash | 0.05% | 1 |
| He might have never heard of "A Streetcar Named Desire". Depends on how old he is, but definitely hilarious! | 0.05% | 1 |
| jjlj | 0.05% | 1 |
| Rather not say what I think about him | 0.05% | 1 |
| I don't care. | 0.05% | 1 |
| D | 0.05% | 1 |
| do not watch | 0.05% | 1 |
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Wheel of Fortune isn't the hardest game show on television, nor is it the show contestants go on to prove how smart they are (that would most likely be Jeopardy) but when someone solves a puzzle with just one letter it's still mighty impressive. Robert Santoli went on Wheel of Fortune, last October, to win, and correctly guessed "Port & Starboard" with only the letter "D" and an ampersand on the board. Then he continued to crush the game by solving puzzles with just a few letters in place. Did you happen to see him on the show?
Yes I did
8%
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168 votes
Don't remember, but I do watch the show
14%
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282 votes
No
50%
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992 votes
Do not watch Wheel Of Fortune
28%
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561 votes
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There's something intriguing about watching people solve puzzles, answer ridiculously tough questions and pick suitcases containing big prizes. That;'s why games shows have been on TV for over 75 years. How many of these famous (or infamous) game show contestants do you remember seeing on TV?
On Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, John Carpenter became the first million-dollar winner who advanced without using any lifelines. He then used his Phone-A-Friend to call his father not for help, but rather to tell him he was going to win the game
26%
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520 votes
Ken Jennings holds the record for the longest winning streak on the U.S. Jeopardy! and as being the second highest-earning contestant in game show history. In 2004, Jennings won 74 Jeopardy! games in a row
35%
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693 votes
On an episode of The Price is Right that aired December 16, 2008, a perfect Showcase bid occurred for only the second time in the show's history. But it was the first time since the Double Showcase Rule went into effect, so Terry Kniess won both showcases.
10%
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192 votes
Paul Michael Larson was a contestant on Press Your Luck in 1984. Larson is notable for winning $110,237 in cash and prizes, at the time the largest one-day total ever won on a game show. He was able to win by memorizing the patterns used on the Press Your Luck game board by using his VCR remote control
6%
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128 votes
None of them/do not watch game shows
50%
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997 votes
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How many of these game show facts did you know?
The first game show ever broadcast was Spelling Bee, a BBC program that premiered on May 14, 1938. Host Freddie Grisewood dressed as a schoolteacher and asked guests to spell words. It ended because of World War II
5%
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101 votes
Truth or Consequences was the first TV game show in the United States, airing as a one-time experiment in 1941. But the show did not appear again until 1950, when television had caught on commercially
16%
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316 votes
The CBS Television Quiz was the first television game show to be broadcast regularly. It premiered on July 2, 1941, and ran until July 1, 1942
5%
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107 votes
Jeopardy! requires contestants to give their answers in the form of a question, and according to show producer Merv Griffin, the idea came from his wife Julann.
28%
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562 votes
When Let's Make a Deal began, studio audience members wore their regular clothing. A few weeks into the series, someone brought a sign to get Monty Hall's attention. It worked, as Monty chose the player to be a contestant. As time went on, more people brought signs, and later wacky hats. The costumes and signs became a part of the show and got crazier and crazier as the years went on.
16%
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326 votes
The Price Is Right is the longest running TV game show, starting in 1956.
35%
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696 votes
None of them/do not watch game shows
43%
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863 votes
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While winning big on game shows can make you a bit of a celebrity, some celebrities actually appeared on game shows before they made it big. How many of these contestants did you know about?
Just two years before she became the iconic letter-turner on Wheel of Fortune, Vanna White was a contestant on The Price is Right
9%
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186 votes
Jon Hamm of Mad Men fame appeared on the 1996 game show, The Big Date.
4%
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78 votes
Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul appeared on a 2000 episode of The Price Is Right
7%
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133 votes
In 1979, Kirstie Alley appeared on the new syndicated version of Match Game, and did very well winning $6,000
8%
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166 votes
Comedian and actor Steve Martin appeared on Chuck Barris' The Gong Show, where he played the banjo and on The Dating Game, where he won the date
11%
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229 votes
A year before before The Flying Nun, in 1965, Sally Field appeared on The Dating Game
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134 votes
Arnold Schwarzenegger also appeared on The Dating Game, back in 1975
10%
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194 votes
Sex and the City's Cynthia Nixon's first TV appearance was on the game show To Tell the Truth, when she was only in second grade
3%
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54 votes
Former American Idol judge Simon Cowell made his TV debut in 1990 on the game show Sale of the Century.
3%
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63 votes
Before he was an '80s heartthrob, Tom Selleck lost not once but twice on The Dating Game.
10%
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195 votes
Did not know any of these/do not watch game shows
64%
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1288 votes
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