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Actress Patricia Heaton Dumbfounded by Simple Math Question on "Millionaire" - Video 8/17/09
Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | August 18, 2009 | BrianinMO

Posted on 08/18/2009 12:22:39 PM PDT by Federalist Patriot

Here is video of Actress Patricia Heaton on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?", playing for charity. The scene that unfolds you will not believe if you have not seen it. On the very first question, Heaton is asked a simple math question that just dumbfounds her. It's painful to watch! Host Regis Philbin was exhausted by the time it was over! . . . . (Watch Video)

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TOPICS: Humor
KEYWORDS: patriciaheaton; regisphilbin
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To: sr4402
Answer: $7.50

Wrong. The answer was 30 Quarters, which required two math problems to be solved. Albeit both very simple.

21 posted on 08/18/2009 12:36:10 PM PDT by SampleMan (Socialism enslaves you & kills your soul.)
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To: Federalist Patriot

Wow, I love Patricia, but that video was painful to watch. As soon as she saw it was a math question she froze up and wouldn’t even take the time to work thru the question/answers.


22 posted on 08/18/2009 12:36:46 PM PDT by Azzurri
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To: cripplecreek
I got the $7.50 easy but that isn’t the correct answer.

Once you've gotten the $7.50, two of the three wrong answers can easily be eliminated: 50 dimes is $5 and 90 pennies is $0.90. Dividing the 30 quarters by 2 and then by 2 again would quickly confirm that one as the correct answer.

I do agree with earlier posts, though, that pressure was probably a huge factor in her difficulties.

23 posted on 08/18/2009 12:37:44 PM PDT by Bob
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To: Azzurri

Some people get brain freeze from any math question....


24 posted on 08/18/2009 12:38:36 PM PDT by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: sr4402

That was it? WoW!


25 posted on 08/18/2009 12:38:50 PM PDT by swarthyguy (MEAT, the new tobacco. Your right to eat meat ends where my planetary ecosystem begins.)
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To: DTA

I was at a beauty school once, and decided to have my hair trimmed. Everything is done by students, but before they begin, the student must describe to the instructor what (s)he is going to do and is then judged on how close (s)he came to his/her description. I told my student what I wanted. Then the instructor asked her a question, and without any shame, she answered, “I don’t do fractions.”


26 posted on 08/18/2009 12:39:10 PM PDT by definitelynotaliberal (So how about, in honor of the American soldier, ya quit making things up? - Gov. Palin)
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To: domenad
wtf are you talking about?


27 posted on 08/18/2009 12:39:18 PM PDT by DogBarkTree (Support Sarah. http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/sarahpalin?ref=nf)
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To: Federalist Patriot

That was extremely painful to watch.

I like her too...
wtf?


28 posted on 08/18/2009 12:39:36 PM PDT by mowowie
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To: sr4402

Well, $7.50 was not offered as one of the answers. The real answer was 30 quarters as opposed to 90 pennies, 50 dimes, and some amount of nickles.

It wasn’t that hard, but I can see how performance anxiety could get in the way. She did say she was terribly nervous before she got the question.

This mid-western girl is going to give her a big break because just before the question she said that middle America is nicer than people on the coast.


29 posted on 08/18/2009 12:39:40 PM PDT by keats5 (Not all of us are hypnotized.)
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To: Federalist Patriot
She's not wearing enough makeup.
30 posted on 08/18/2009 12:40:14 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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To: Azzurri

She could have a learning disability. I did/do. I can work through the stuff but it takes me a bit longer. Add the pressure and I would have been hard pressed to come up with the $7.50 to figure out how many quarters.

Anything but math is a breeze for me. That’s what calculators, scrap paper and fingers are for.


31 posted on 08/18/2009 12:41:32 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Seniors, the new shovel ready project under socialized medicine.)
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To: Federalist Patriot
Ummm...I dunno what "FreedomsLighthouse" is really interested in, but panning Patty Heaton is a Leftist gig. She's the most pro-life person in Hollywood and they hate her for it.

If they're hyping this up it's because they want to hurt her, and people on this forum should realize that.

32 posted on 08/18/2009 12:41:40 PM PDT by Regulator (Welcome to Zimbabwe! Now hand over your property)
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To: Federalist Patriot

Her Hubby and Her are matched book ends.. :-}


33 posted on 08/18/2009 12:41:41 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: Bob; cripplecreek
Once you've gotten the $7.50, two of the three wrong answers can easily be eliminated: 50 dimes is $5 and 90 pennies is $0.90. Dividing the 30 quarters by 2 and then by 2 again would quickly confirm that one as the correct answer.

I went the route

1 Euro = $1.50

5 Euros = $7.50

1 Quarter = $0.25

$7.50/0.25 = 30

Answer = A


34 posted on 08/18/2009 12:42:05 PM PDT by bcsco (How's that hopey-changey thing going?)
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To: Federalist Patriot

35 posted on 08/18/2009 12:42:16 PM PDT by Pistolshot (Brevity: Saying a lot, while saying very little.)
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She also mentioned that she went to Ohio State. hmmmm :-)


36 posted on 08/18/2009 12:43:23 PM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... Godspeed .. Monthly Donor Onboard)
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To: Straight Vermonter
>As I tell my wife ...

The last time I tried
to help a woman do math
I got three days of,

"You think I'm stupid,
don't you?! Do you think I'm dumb?
Is that what you think?!"

37 posted on 08/18/2009 12:43:51 PM PDT by theFIRMbss
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To: SampleMan

I’m an English major....you do the math.


38 posted on 08/18/2009 12:44:01 PM PDT by Help!
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To: Mr. K

“(and I cannot add 30 quarters in my head eaither)”

Of course you can... There are 4 quarters in a dollar.
30 divided by 4 is 7 with 2 quarters remaining. That’s $7.50. You would have had ample time on that show.

If you can’t divide 30 by 7, either you have allowed your brain to atrophy over the years (easy to do) or you were a product of 1990’s and later public schools where they let you use a calculator from third grade on.

I went back to college in 1974 because I had a hard time calculating a ratio for a simple pigment mixture. I realized I was stagnating and losing what I had.


39 posted on 08/18/2009 12:44:06 PM PDT by Poser (Three Weeks to Washington DC!)
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To: Federalist Patriot

40 posted on 08/18/2009 12:44:10 PM PDT by Bratch
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