Tonight on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" a contestant was going for
$32,000.  The question was "What is the animal whose female is a 'jill'
and whose male is a 'hob'?" The choices were ferret, fox, guinea pig and a
4th one I can't recall --- possibly hamster.  The contestant had used his
lifelines except for Phone-A-Friend.  He called his mom but she didn't know
the answer, so he walked with $16,000.  Regis asked him what he would've
guessed if he had to, and he said, "guinea pig," so it was a good thing he
took the money.  Since the show's from NY City, I can't help but wonder if
one of the people who create the questions isn't a ferret owner.  Seems to
me they've had a couple of ferret-related ones before.
 
Signe
[Posted in FML issue 3438]