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Tinman recently won a contest to be on a hit trivia show, called "Trivillions", where the object of the game is to answer as many trivia questions as you can, and the more you answer, the more money you get.
Tinman was psyched. He went to the store to buy a book on scarce facts. He found only two books. One was made in 2006 and the other was made in 1998. Since the old one was cheaper he went with that book.
He aced every question. The final question was, "How many oceans are there?" Easy one, he thought. When he gave his answer, "Four oceans", he got the question wrong! Why would he have not gotten the question wrong if he went with a current trivia book?
Tinman was psyched. He went to the store to buy a book on scarce facts. He found only two books. One was made in 2006 and the other was made in 1998. Since the old one was cheaper he went with that book.
He aced every question. The final question was, "How many oceans are there?" Easy one, he thought. When he gave his answer, "Four oceans", he got the question wrong! Why would he have not gotten the question wrong if he went with a current trivia book?
Answer
Because in 2000, another ocean was added around Antarctica, called the Southern Ocean. In 1998 there were only four oceans: the Arctic, Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian.Hide Answer Show Answer
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lol. Nice one. Stumped me, it was a good teaser. I had no idea in 1998 they added another Ocean. Is it the smallest one?
Tin this is gr8! Well written, fun and educational! One of your best!!!
Good Teaser Tinman! I enjoyed this one.
Wow! I didn't know they added an ocean. Cool.
Good one, Tin! I didn't know that.
hmmm, i thot ther wer mor...
gud 1, tho...
PS: "tinman"?
gud 1, tho...
PS: "tinman"?
I guessed it to be the arctic ocean! A nice teaser!
Learned something as well... But it does beg the question, who are "they" that added the ocean? The National Assoc. of Ocean Namers? Same type of thing coming up with planet name additions... The jury's still out on that one. Thanks for submitting!
Excellent. I didn't know. I love to be educated. Kudos.
that what he get for being so cheap ... i learned something too good job
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