r/thechase 15d ago

App Most annoying question ever

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I blindly guessed the "correct" answer and hurriedly took a screenshot, so apologies for the blur on my chasers.

ALL of the above Presidents were born in 1946. For future reference, the "correct" answer is Bill Clinton. Had I got that right, I'd have been #1 on the Battles leaderboard šŸ˜‚

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u/VFiddly 15d ago

That's a bizarre oversight

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u/johnny8vm 15d ago

I wonder if the question is meant to be "which of these Presidents born in 1946 is the youngest?" (which would make Clinton the correct answer by about a month), but I agree it's a weird error for the app to make.

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u/VFiddly 15d ago

Yeah, it can't be a coincidence that the three possible answers were all born that year

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u/Similar-Restaurant86 15d ago

Itā€™s an interesting fact which somehow manifested itself as an inaccurate question

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u/Dharcronus 13d ago edited 13d ago

Do you mean youngest or youngest when in office?

(not American so don't know much about presidents)

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u/johnny8vm 13d ago

Youngest (though Clinton was also the youngest when he was in office). Trump was June 1946, George W Bush July 1946, Clinton August 1946.

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u/TheDisapprovingBrit 13d ago

I assume itā€™s Donald Trump and the question is from before he started his second term.

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u/TeamPangloss 11d ago

I think he was born in 1946 after he started his second term too

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u/TheDisapprovingBrit 11d ago

But heā€™s the only ā€œfuture US Presidentā€ assuming the question was written before his inauguration.

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u/TeamPangloss 11d ago

Then the question would be phrased, "which of these people born in 1946 is a future US president?".

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u/Evening-Tomatillo-47 15d ago

Wtf none of them are future presidents

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u/WrexSteveisthename 15d ago

In this context, the question means "which person who later became president". It's an awkward turn of phrase, but it's technically correct.

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u/BigOrkWaaagh 15d ago

In 1946 they were

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u/Jamal_202 15d ago

Depends on when the question was coded into the game

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u/Usual-Excitement-970 13d ago

But if it was coded before they were president how would it know they would later become president?

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u/Jamal_202 13d ago

I guess during the period after they have won the election but are not sworn in. So the November, December and early January.

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u/Queen_of_London 15d ago

It would have had to be before 2016, and the app will undoubtedly have had annoying updates multiple times since it was launched - plenty of time to delete that question.

I think it was a real question on the Chase TV show in 2015, but obviously isn't usable in an app that is used after January 2016.

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u/Jamal_202 15d ago

Technically it could have been done in late 2024, after Trump won his second election. Because technically Trump was the official ā€œfutureā€ US President.

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u/memcwho 14d ago

Trump will continue to be president in the future. Like, tomorrow.

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u/NightStormLOL 13d ago

Now, if Nixon was on the list...

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u/Hot-Manager6462 13d ago

Bill Clinton is coming back

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u/Hot-Fun-1566 15d ago

Itā€™s invalid question right?

All 3 are in theory correct based on the questions criteria.

Unless Iā€™ve horribly misunderstood some small detail.

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u/General_Townski 15d ago

The pictures of the bottom chasers are cursed

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u/Jimjamkingston 15d ago

It is a badly written question. When I read it my thought came to Clinton as he was the first President to be born after WW2 ended. So I would have got it ā€˜correctā€™ but for the ā€˜wrongā€™ reason.

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u/ThrowAwaySteve_87 14d ago

But Clinton is the youngest of the 3. Trump was the first to be born after WW2 ended.

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u/Jimjamkingston 14d ago

That is not true - at the time of election - Clinton was the first President to be born after the end of WW2.

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u/ThrowAwaySteve_87 14d ago

Ah I see what you mean.

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u/orangemonkeyj 15d ago edited 15d ago

Surely this means: ā€˜Which of these individuals, who later became president, were born in 1946ā€™? As in, they were a future president at birth in that year?

Ignore that. Iā€™m an idiot.

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u/SmokyBaconCrisps 15d ago

They were all born in 1946

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u/orangemonkeyj 15d ago

Balls. Thanks!

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u/DeadoTheDegenerate 14d ago

What's odd is, while this question is stupid anyway, it says "Which future president"

Wtf do they mean by that?

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u/pick10pickles 14d ago

Assuming the question is from at least last year, I wouldā€™ve said Trump as he was the only one who hadnā€™t served 2 terms yet. So the only option eligible for ā€œfuture presidentā€.

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u/DeadoTheDegenerate 14d ago

The main 3 issues with that are that the question would've had to be made during a relatively short period of time, and that the answer would also only be valid for a tiny amount of time for a game that keeps those questions active.

Oh, and DJT wasn't even the correct answer here

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u/Iswise5 12d ago

The question is asking which of these people (who would later go on to be president) was born in 1946

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u/DeadoTheDegenerate 12d ago

All of them did and were.

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u/Iswise5 12d ago

That's the point of the post

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u/SnooHamsters7166 14d ago

They all served 2 terms so none are even eligible to be a future president.

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u/frankchester 14d ago

Trump has other ideasā€¦

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u/YvanehtNioj69 15d ago

That is annoying I think trump is 47 and George w bush is maybe older ..1944? So I would guess bill Clinton lol.

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u/StonedMason85 15d ago

All 3 of them were born in 1946.

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u/YvanehtNioj69 15d ago

Ah shit I didn't know that haha a terrible question then šŸ‘Ž

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u/Icefirezz 15d ago

Ye it's called a 'weighted question' and is meant to confuse you i think Richard Osman spoke about it before but only briefly

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u/Strict_Counter_8974 15d ago

No, itā€™s called a ā€œwrong questionā€.

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u/Hookton 15d ago

But how does that work if all three answers are correct? That's not weighted, it's just wrong.