Unbelievable!

Still, you can't judge a nation by a single man

But 56% of the audience agreed with him!

They should vote again!

*duck*

Seriously how can over half of any sample of people in the modern world get that question wrong? It's right up there with asking: Is the world a) flat b) round.

Still, you can't judge a nation by a single man

Seriously how can over half of any sample of people in the modern world get that question wrong? It's right up there with asking: Is the world a) flat b) round.

Would be interesting to see the result if Pat Kenny put that question to a Late Late audience!

Never underestimate the capability of a group of people to surprise.

What does this say about the teaching of the sciences in France?

Is the world a) flat b) round.

So Al, what's the answer? Surely b is incorrect?

Anyhow, I was wondering what the heck he chose the Sun for. I would have chosen Venus - so even I learned something new today...

C'est encroyable!!

I'm more shocked that 56% of the audience got it wrong. All the more reason we have to get out there and educate folk!

I joined a French bulletin board a while back and in fairness I don;t think the nuts that were on that programme are representitive. I gotta post this over there

Dave et al,

This is a very bad reflection on society and I am not sure what the root of the problem is. Is it poor education? Is it television which it is geared towards stimulating our minds the wrong way? Is it a migration away from the basics (ex. reading)? Is it a lack of reasoning?

As noted by others, what is shocking is not only this fellow's ignorance but the fact that 56% of the audience was equally clued out.

Sad, sad, sad! :oops: