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Who wants to be a Croatian millioniare?
Like every country on Earth, Croatia has a version of Who wants to be a millionaire? In the above clip, you will see a man competing for one million kunas on the show. You will also see him spectacularly crash and burn on the first question, which is: "Which of the following is not checked during automobile inspections?" His choices are:
a) proper tires
b) exhaust
c) proper brakes
d) the cleanliness of the ashtray
The contestant, with much bravado, picks "B" and insists that it is his final answer. I won’t insult your intelligence by telling you which is the right answer — but pay attention to the man’s face when his folly is revealed. His quiet reaction is almost painful to watch. He tightens his lips for a second, then hoists himself up and leaves. We’re left to guess at what horrible anguish and self-flagellations he’s due to suffer once outside the studio. Ugh.
Related: A highlight from the Serbian version of the show. Two years later that picture still makes me smile.
And somewhat related: the Slovenian version of the show was once hosted by popular TV-personality-turned-blogger Jonas, who recently appeared on the TV show Studio City (together with the lovely Mojca Mavec and grouchy Marko CrnkoviÄ?) to talk about blogging in Slovenia. You can watch the show (in real format) here. Or you can enjoy a picture of the participants, apparently high on post-show meth, here.
(Thanks for the tip, Politburo!)
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Classic clip. [I’m still smiling, but I should be feeling sympathy somewhere.]
You can view the edited Studio City discussion about blogging here: Link
This could NEVER happen in Austria where the presenter almost physically prevents candidates from settling for the wrong answers to the first 3 or so supposedly dead easy questions…
retailtherapist: well, that seems to be the general rule of the game, and i’ve seen it applied in all of the versions of the show i saw. truth be told, this particular annoncer is slightly unorthodox in how he makes the show run smoothly and very quickly (making the croatian show one of the more interesting variants - i get so bored with having to see 30 minutes or so spent on the dead-easy questions). the problem with this competitor is, he gave the answer and immidiately also said it was his final answer. and that’s it. the end. finito. no going back.
But sorry, the presenter even didn’t stand a chance at preventing him saying that… But hey, somebody has to be first
And that guy probably made a history 
About Jonas and that last photo… doesn’t he look like Anakin Skywalker at the end of Star Wars III (after that fight with Obi One)?
And Michael… Serbian “piÅ¡i kao govoriÅ¡” is actually quite logical - for me at least, probably not for a native english speak… But its funny to read for example schedules from NBA games… Not to even mention Å ekil O’Nil.
Majami Hit - Toronto Reptors
Mempfis Grizlis - Minesota Timbervulfz
Čikago Buls - Nju Džersi Nets
San Antonio Spurs – Sijetl SuperSoniks
Sakramento Kings – Finiks Sans
Los Anđeles Lejkers - Golden State Voriors
Alas, ignorance is universal. I regularly set a pub quiz in England and earlier this year asked the question, “Which country in the EU is bordered by Italy, Austria, Croatia and Hungary?” To my surprise and delight two of the teams (out of about a dozen) got it right although this was offset by the two teams who thought it was Slovakia and the three who guessed Croatia. One of the Slovakia proponents actually argued the toss over it and said he would prove I was wrong. Strangely, he didn’t come back.
I saw that clip a while back already. It apprears like the contestant didn’t really pay attention to answers c and d, after he heard b and automatically presumed that was the answer.
Regarding that Studio City blog discussion: I just have to say Marko CrnkoviÄ? (though I have to admit I did enjoy his writing in the past) came of as a complete elitist bastard.
OMG, poor guy … that’s a shame I wouldn’t wish to happen even to my worse enemy.
i vaguely remember something similar occuring on the slovene show once. i think it was the fourth or fifth question, and it was about what “earl grey” was. the competitor answered it was a kind of cocoa, and wouldn’t be convinced otherwise. i also remember the competitor was having a ball just getting to the show, and didn’t seem to mind being sent home empty handed.
I saw a near miss on the slovene version of the show once, the poor guy was stuck with the question "how are french fries called in french language". Which is funny when you know that basically the only word slovenes use for this is "pomfri", which is from the original French.
I have to agree with freddie… Crknovic was complete *******.I’m sorry, but with his position and constatly “jumping” into words and talking…
Marko Crnkovic suffers from "nobody wants to play with me" syndrome, which enables him to act like he`s ten all the time, constantly contradicting everything anybody else says in order to appear smart and "alter".
cookie - this is the best marko’s description ever