Talk:The Million Second Quiz

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Certainly NOT the highest sum in game show history

At least two German game shows have distributed winnings of more than $ 2.6m. First, there is Die 5-Millionen-SKL-Show (or before 2002, Die 10-Millionen-SKL-Show) which, at the end of each show, had one champion leave with a guaranteed tax-free 5m € (10m DM), some $ 6.22m at today's rate. Second, there is Schlag den Raab which once spilled a jackpot of 3.5m € in 2012. While both are not pure quizzes, they definitely are game shows and contain quiz elements. Somebody please put that claim into perspective. --88.153.7.84 (talk) 00:48, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

This was specifically referring to American game shows; I have tweaked it. Thanks for pointing this out! --Bentvfan54321 (talk) 00:57, 11 December 2014 (UTC)

Tense

Shouldn't the remaining instances of present tense be changed to past tense? In the first sentence, for example "The Million Second Quiz is an American game show" should be "The Million Second Quiz was an American game show". Sounder Bruce 19:33, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

MOS:TV, at least in the past, argued that the series doesn't cease to exist just because it no longer airs, therefore, it should stay "is". Hope this helps! --Bcschneider53 (talk) 19:43, 6 May 2017 (UTC)

Then perhaps "is a former American game show", to emphasize that it is no longer on the air? Sounder Bruce 03:45, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

I added "which was." --Bcschneider53 (talk) 10:41, 7 May 2017 (UTC)

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"For a titular million seconds"

Is there some other kind of million seconds? Orange Suede Sofa (talk) 09:21, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

Revisionist History

Actually, the game ended in a failure to award the jackpot prize. I helped write the "Game Ending Question" with a local Fifth Grade teacher. It was a complex 3 digit times 3 digit multiplication question. The contestant mistakenly reused a "carry the four" step incorrectly. That caused co-host Amber Bassino to try to tell him of his error, but he didn't take that advice. Also of note, the top prize would have been cut in half if the contestant chose to buy a calculator that they after the game showed would have delivered the right answer. Anybody else remember what that saw on their TVs? The web history of this show is corrupted to protect their loser. LostCluster (talk) 23:23, 9 September 2023 (UTC)

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