Hi everyone, this is my first post to this board. I think I may have spoken to some of you at various times. Anyway, my Australian Game Shows site is back online and can be found at
http://zap.to/ozgamesAnyway, it seems that a new trend in the Aus game show world is heavily scrutinising answers to questions. A couple of weeks ago, a contestant on
Catch Phrase was deemed incorrect for answering \"boogieman\" to a question whose answer was \"bogeyman\", and much debate occurred since if he had been deemed correct, he would have won a car.
And this week on WWTBAM, there was a near re-run of an incident from last year when a contestant playing for $64,000 was asked which country's flag contained a large R in the centre. The contestant, unsure of the answer, guessed Reunion, was deemed incorrect and left with $32,000. However, the \"correct\" answer of Rwanda was no longer correct, as the Rwandan flag changed on 1/1/2002. Since no answer was technically correct, the program was obliged to award him the $64,000 and re-instate him.
This week's incident occurred when a contestant, also playing for $64,000 was asked how many justices sit on a full bench of the High Court of Australia. The contestant guessed five, and was deemed incorrect because according to WWTBAM, the correct answer is seven. However, as a newspaper article on the incident states, \"While it is correct that seven judges sit on the High Court, the term Full Court or Bench is defined under the Judiciary Act (1903) as a hearing comprising \"two or more justices\"\".
At this stage the Nine Network, which airs WWTBAM, is standing by its decision to judge the contestant wrong.