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Final Answer?
posted 2005/06/06 at 14:06

Okay, just before waking up I had this dream about this young (let's say early twenties) African-American man on the daytime version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (with Meredith Vieira, not Regis). The guy gets up to the million dollar question, which is:

Originally, peace flags were made from what colour?
A. Red
B. Orange
C. Yellow
D. (can't remember)

Anyway, the contestant seems thoroughly confident and explains how he knows the answer, and gives yellow as his final answer. The problem is, Meredith says the correct answer is orange, and so for the first time (at least in US history) someone incorrectly answered the million dollar question.

I suppose I have two questions here. One, is there any factual basis at all for the question (and answer) in my dream? More importantly, though, why in the heck am I having a dream like this? Can anyone find any possible interpretation for it?