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5507079 No.5507079[DELETED]  [Reply] [Original]

Is Who wants to be a millionaire just a game of luck?

I mean, there's 33.34% chance of being right unless the person happen to know the answer, and lifelines can only get you so far into the game.

>> No.5507082

Let's say there are 15 questions with 4 choices each. Let's also say there are 3 lifelines: call-a-friend, 50-50, and ask-the-audience.

For each of the 15 questions, there is only 1 correct answer, and 3 incorrect answers, so immediately your chances are 1/4 = 25%. You can use each lifeline once. Using phone-a-friend, let's say gives you a 95% chance the person you call is correct. So 1 question is 95%. Similarly, we can say ask-the-audience gives you a 95% chance. Finally, 50-50 will remove 2 wrong answers, so you have 1 right answer and 1 wrong answer, so you basically have a 50% chance of knowing the answer. To recap:

Question 1: 25%
Question 2: 25%
Question 3: 25%
Question 4: 95% <--- ask-the-audience
Question 5: 25%
Question 6: 25%
Question 7: 25%
Question 8: 25%
Question 9: 95% <--- phone-a-friend
Question 10: 25%
Question 11: 25%
Question 12: 25%
Question 13: 25%
Question 14: 25%
Question 15: 50% <--- 50-50
Total: (25%)^12 * (95%)^2 * 50% = 2.689 * 10^-6 %
So basically, it's more a less a game of chance, but more than half the people on the show will lose, so it's not very fair. That show is making tons of money off of people.

>> No.5507090

there's only a 33.34 chance of being right if you don't know the answer.

the guy in your pic related had a higher than 33.34 chance in every single question. know enough trivia, tip the odds.

>> No.5507092

Is shitting just a game of luck?

I mean, there's a 33.34% chance of the water splashing up your arse unless you have diarrhea, and toilet paper can only get you so far.

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>> No.5507107

That million dollar question was ridiculously easy.

Who doesn't know NIxon said "sock it to me" on Laugh-In?

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>> No.5507119

>>5507107
pretty much anyone born after 1970

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>> No.5507134

>>5507119

I was born after 1970.

>> No.5507136

lel

>> No.5507141

>>5507119

"Sock it to ME????"

1. be behind in polls
2. make appearance on hip new TV show
3. ??????????
4. PROFIT

>> No.5507144

better than the 4chan cup

>> No.5507165

Everyone knows that Jeopardy! is the game show of the Patrician master race.