sports
Not even the quiz show host knew the answer to the question worth €578,000, do you?
Sports trivia and quizzes are a favorite source of entertainment for all sports fanatics and experts, especially when they come with incredibly high stakes.
TL;DR
- A contestant on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" missed out on a €578,000 prize.
- She was eliminated at a sports trivia question about the fastest object in a match.
- The question asked which object exceeded 260 mph during an official match.
- The contestant guessed a hockey puck, but the correct answer was a badminton shuttlecock.
- A badminton shuttlecock reached 426 km/h (264.7 mph) in 2017, according to Guinness World Records.
- Even the show's host, Jeremy Clarkson, admitted he didn't know the answer.