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Fox Bungles Game Show Answer

Couple lost $800,000—for answering correctly.

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Fox bungled the very first episode of its new game show Million Dollar Money Drop when contestants lost $800,000 on a question that they answered correctly but the television network said was wrong. The contestants bet $800,000 that Post-It Notes were created before the Walkman. And it was, even if the show's researchers got the answer wrong themselves. To make amends, Million Dollar Money Drop will have the pair back on the show again.

Read it at The New York Times

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