The $32,000 question was worded exactly the same, then he answers "Scorpio" and then the show says "No sorry, the correct answer is Aquarius; Aquarius comes last in the Zodiac Cycle"...and then he files his complaint stating that the question specifically said "Beginning in January", which led him to believe that they were referring to the calander year - not the Zodiac Cycle
...either that, or if they left out the "Beginning in January" part altogether
He wasted a lifeline on the MLK question , which was inexcusable especially because most of the country gets the day off. The audience would have bailed him out.
I think he was thinking the Zodiac calendar which follows the Julian calendar which began in March, and Aquarius runs from late Jan-late Feb making it last, but the question specifically said "beginning in January"
There was a lawsuit filed by Gelbman against ValleyCrest & Disney about the validity of the last question. Gelbman answered according to the zodiac calendar & millionaire said he was wrong because they used the calendar year starting with January. The court threw the case out based on NY law which says that the judgment of the producers stands unless they act in bad faith (even if they happen to be wrong). IMHO the case shouldn't have been dismissed but he didn't appeal - so that is that.
@teamguido555 well scorpio starts in october and ends in november if the question references the tropical zodiac (western). and since the question said 'beggining in january' i would assume they were. sagittarius (begins in nov ends in dec) was the answer despite its being omitted from the list. i am a scorpio which is how i knew 'scorpio' wasn't the answer...shitty question.
If he would have won his lawsuit if:
The $32,000 question was worded exactly the same, then he answers "Scorpio" and then the show says "No sorry, the correct answer is Aquarius; Aquarius comes last in the Zodiac Cycle"...and then he files his complaint stating that the question specifically said "Beginning in January", which led him to believe that they were referring to the calander year - not the Zodiac Cycle
...either that, or if they left out the "Beginning in January" part altogether
HA1290 1 month ago
Even a Mensa member doesn't know about MLK Day!
nlafavore 2 years ago
He wasted a lifeline on the MLK question , which was inexcusable especially because most of the country gets the day off. The audience would have bailed him out.
I think he was thinking the Zodiac calendar which follows the Julian calendar which began in March, and Aquarius runs from late Jan-late Feb making it last, but the question specifically said "beginning in January"
Steve98NYy12550 2 years ago
There was a lawsuit filed by Gelbman against ValleyCrest & Disney about the validity of the last question. Gelbman answered according to the zodiac calendar & millionaire said he was wrong because they used the calendar year starting with January. The court threw the case out based on NY law which says that the judgment of the producers stands unless they act in bad faith (even if they happen to be wrong). IMHO the case shouldn't have been dismissed but he didn't appeal - so that is that.
glennpw 3 years ago 3
There was question to the validity of the question.
handstandsarefun 3 years ago 4
Thank you for uploading
RomeijnLand 3 years ago 3
this guy got robbed
karaokeguy88 3 years ago 7
@karaokeguy88 no he didn't, scorpio is last. doesn't take a genius to understand that.
teamguido555 1 year ago
@teamguido555 well scorpio starts in october and ends in november if the question references the tropical zodiac (western). and since the question said 'beggining in january' i would assume they were. sagittarius (begins in nov ends in dec) was the answer despite its being omitted from the list. i am a scorpio which is how i knew 'scorpio' wasn't the answer...shitty question.
TheHuntress144 9 months ago