NEW YORK -- Idaho resident Kathy Evans brought humiliation to her friends
and family, Tuesday when she set a new standard for stupidity with her
appearanceon the popular TV show, "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire."
It seems that Evans, a 32-year-old wife and mother of two, got stuck on the
first question, and proceeded to make what fans of the show are dubbing
"the
absolute worst use of lifelines ever."
After being introduced to the show's host Meredith Vieira, Evans assured
her
that she was ready to play, where upon she was posed with an extremely easy
$100 question. The question was:
"Which of the following is the largest?"
A) A Peanut
B) An Elephant
C) The Moon
D) Hey, who you calling large?
Immediately Mrs. Evans was struck with an all consuming panic as she
realized that this was a question to which she did not readily know the
answer.
"Hmm, oh boy, that's a toughie," said Evans, as Vieira did her level best
to hide her disbelief and disgust. "I mean, I'm sure I've heard of some of
these things before, but I have no idea how large they would be."
Evans made the decision to use the first of her three lifelines, the
50/50. Answers A and D were removed, leaving her to decide which was
bigger,
an elephant or the moon. However, faced with an incredibly easy
question, Evans still remained unsure.
"Oh! It removed the two I was leaning towards!" exclaimed Evans."Darn. I
think I better phone a friend."
Using the second of her two lifelines on the first question, Mrs.
Evans asked to be connected with her friend Betsy, who is an office
assistant.
"Hi Betsy! How are you? This is Kathy! I'm on TV!" said Evans, wasting the
first seven seconds of her call. "Ok, I got an important question. Which of
the following is the largest? B, an elephant, or C,the moon. 15 seconds
hun."
Betsy quickly replied that the answer was C, the moon. Evans proceeded to
argue with her friend for the remaining ten seconds.
"Come on Betsy, are you sure?" said Evans. "How sure are you? Puh, that
can't be it."
To everyone's astonishment, the moronic Evans declined to take her
friend's advice and pick 'The Moon.'
"I just don't know if I can trust Betsy. She's not all that bright. So I
think I'd like to ask the audience," said Evans.
Asked to vote on the correct answer, the audience returned 98% in favor of
answer C, 'The Moon.' Having used up all her lifelines, Evans then made the
dumbest choice of her life.
"Wow, seems like everybody is against what I'm thinking," said the
too-stupid-to-live Evans. "But you know, sometimes you just got to go with
your gut. So, let's see. For which is larger, an elephant or the moon, I'm
going to have to go with B, an elephant. Final answer."
Evans sat before the dumbfounded audience, the only one waiting with
bated breath, and was told that she was wrong, and that the answer was in
fact,C, 'The Moon.'
