"Qui veut être un millionnaire?" -- "Ce n'est pas moi..." Dept.

And you Brits thought the contestants on the American edition were stupid. (I know you did because, having gotten addicted to Millionaire in London, I couldn't believe how dumbed down it was for the States -- and I'm an American myself.)



For those of you who don't speak French (you can probably tell from the headline that I no longer speak it very well, of course), here's the plot, summed up:

Q. What is it that goes around the earth?
A. The moon.
B. The sun.
C. Mars.
D. Venus.

The contestant asks the audience, and then goes with the majority answer...

The attentive listener, by the way, will note that the host twice emphasizes that members of the audience should answer the question only "si vous savez" -- "if you know the answer."

And then there's the host's remark to the guy's young daughter (or maybe girlfriend): "Sophie, you don't seem happy." Nah, ya think? I wonder why that would be? Could it be because this particular man of significance in her life just informed a national audience that he thinks the sun goes around the earth? Pourquoi elle n'est pas content? Can't imagine...