Different Strokes
It's never good for quiz show to get their questions and answers wrong. The highest profile fluff thus far was made by Millionaire on March 8th 1999.
Tony Kennedy, a warehouseman from Blackpool, was asked this for £64,000
"Theoretically, what is the minimum number of strokes with which a tennis player can win a set?"
He thought about it long and hard (as you would) and then offered answer B - 24. Chris Tarrant, after his customary gut-churning "are you sure?" act, revealed that the answer was correct.
Quack quack oops.
In fact, as the hundreds of frothing viewers who rang up pointed out, the correct answer is 12.
You could serve twelve aces to win games 1, 3 and 5. Then your opponent could double-fault twelve times, allowing you to win games 2, 4 and 6 without hitting a shot. Hence you win the set in just twelve shots.
Tony went on to win £125,000 that show. He was allowed to keep his money.
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