T W A U ... The Chase....today's Gem.....

[ToraToraTora]

Q: The 2000 guineas horse race is run over how many miles?

A: 22

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[newmodarmy]

Was there a choice of answers? 

I wouldn't have had much idea. 2km maybe? 2 miles? 

Maybe they thought a guinea is 22 shillings instead of 21 and tried to use that.

[piggynose]

Silly question but how was the contestant supposed to know it was only 1 mile? btw the clue isnt the question !Ha ha ha I grant you that! it was a ridiculous answer!!

 

[ToraToraTora]

piggy as with most of these the answer is irrelevant they. There is not a high profile race that is 5 miles let alone 22 miles, that's why it's a TWAU.

[Tilly2]

...but you need to know about racing. I wouldn't have a clue.

[ToraToraTora]

Tilly just about everyone knows about the grand national and that it's a long race and it's over 4 miles. So 22 would be out of the question.

[perseverer]

If you don't know anything about horse racing, then you might think this is some sort of exceptional event, possibly archaic, perhaps a relay or run over stages.

[jourdain2]

Well, 22 miles is obviously a bit daft - but I wouldn't have known the answer was 1 mile.  I might have thought 2,000 gns. = 2 miles at 1k gns for each.

[ToraToraTora]

2 would have been a good attempt and therefore not a TWAU.

[Canary42]

Contestant's mental processing "umm, London to Watford is about 22 miles, so that seems a reasonable answer".  LOL.

[newmodarmy]

https://equestrianists.com/mongol-derby/

22 miles is a lot less than this race

[drmorgans]

 

Think you're flogging a dead horse with this one TTT

 

[Ken4155]

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Neigh, not that old chestnut.