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I can imagine being confused initially. From our perspective, we see both the sun and the moon rotating around us - so how can the answer be only one of them? But really...
Can 42% of that audience get up and smack the 56%? LOL
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To be fair, he seemed to know that Mars and Venus were not possible answers. But that was after the audience had also rejected those answers.
As for the audience... well. The only guess I have is that they misread the question as "What does the Earth orbit around?", not "What orbits around the Earth?".
As for the audience... well. The only guess I have is that they misread the question as "What does the Earth orbit around?", not "What orbits around the Earth?".
I hope the 56% did that, but somehow I really strongly doubt it.
I doubt it, too (I can see a small percentage getting it wrong that way, but no more than 5%?). I don't know French too well but if spoken slowly (or read) I can get the just of what is being said (I know enough Spanish to cover for it).
The question is:
"What gravitates around the Earth?"
Granted, I don't know ANY American who would say that (our term would be rotates) but it would have the same meaning to them.
Maybe the French invented time travel and shipped over half of the audience from Medieval Europe?
Edit: No, wait, I think in America they'd ask "What goes around the earth?"
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