Does ITV Add Up?
MUCH has been made of the ITV quiz show scandal.
And in the interests of fairness, we now reproduce a quiz question that featured on the broadcaster’s Make Your Play station.
Question – as delivered to late-night telly watchers (insomniacs, drunks and journalists):
“Add the pence, listed: Two pounds, 25p, £1.47, 16p and fifty pence.”
Can you do it?
Tell us your answers. ITV charged 75p a time. The prize was £30,000. After three hours, no-one won.
Look out for a clue coming later.
And then we will tell you how to solve it.
The answer is either:
A) 438
B) 39
C) 506
Answer later…
Answer:
C.
Two pounds is 200p plus 2p (two p) and 1p (p at the beginning of “pounds”) which makes 203p
-25p: 25p plus 5p and 1p (the p symbol) = 31p £1.47 = 147p 1
-6p: 16p plus 6p and 1p (p again) = 23p
-Fifty pence: 50p plus 50p (fifty p, a shortening of pence), 1p (reference to pence) and 1p (p only) = 102p
-Adding 203p, 31p, 147p, 23p and 102p gives a total of 506p
Posted: 13th, March 2007 | In: Money Comments (5) | TrackBack | Permalink
