Here is perhaps the only country where being a billionaire doesn’t mean hot chicks, cool wheels and a big house. The $100 billion banknote recently introduced in Zimbabwe is equal to just one U.S. dollar. The economical crisis started in 1980, when the country gained its independence, the inflation rate now being at 2.2 million percent. At the beginning of the year, the government started issuing of $1 million, $5 million, and $10 million and even larger, topping it all off with $500 million dollars. Here’s how a lot of money and little value looks like!
There are plenty of games shows on TV, “Who Wants To be a Millionaire?” and “University Challenge,” where some people make inevitably fools of themselves. A website (that now expired) thought they should gather all these howlers to same some laughs. I was able to collect some of these brilliant quotes. Here they are, purely for your entertainment. Presenter: What happened in Dallas on November 22,1963? Presenter: Which American actor is married to Nicole Kidman? Presenter: In which country is Mount Everest? Presenter: Name a film starring Bob Hoskins that is also the name of a famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci Presenter: In which European city was the first opera house opened in 1637? Presenter: How long did the Six-Day War between Egypt and Israel last? Presenter: Where did the D-Day landings take place? Presenter: What is the currency in India Presenter: Johnny Weissmuller died on this day. Which source: Reuters
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