Game show fail: Not choosing Yucatán cost this woman £93,000
“What body of water connects the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea?”
The wrong answer cost a contestant on the British “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” £93,000 because she didn’t know a simple question about the Yucatán Peninsula.
Sarah Knapper even used the “phone a friend” lifeline and was told the incorrect answer. If she had gotten the answer correct, she was on her way to winning £250,000 or nearly US$350,000 or 7 million pesos.
The options were: A) Windward Passage, B) Yucatán Channel C) San Bernardino Strait and D) Bay of Campeche.
Her friend Barbara advised it was Windward Passage, which is actually a strait between Cuba and Hispaniola.
We all know, of course, that the correct answer is Yucatán Channel. We did all know that, right?
Not all was lost — she still walked away with £32,000.
The episode, which first aired in August 2019, was part of a replay that aired Tuesday.
She was a good sport, however. She allowed that after an hour’s play, she was at least £32,000 richer than she had been before appearing on the show.
Source: Liverpool Echo
Lee Steele is the founding director of Mérida-based Roof Cat Media S de RL de CV and has published Yucatán Magazine and other titles since 2012. He was Hearst Connecticut’s Sunday Magazine creative director and worked in New York City for various magazine publishers, including Condé Nast and Primedia, for over 20 years.
