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The Con Test
The Con Test was an Australian game show which premiered on 7 February 2007 on Network Ten. It was filmed in Sydney and was hosted by Andrew G and Brigitte Duclos.
Format and Rules.
The show followed the same general rules and gameplay as the UK show "PokerFace". Six contestants began the game facing a total of up to 28 questions for a chance to win $50,000.
Before the game, there was a segment of the show called "The Grilling" where each
of traffic it received during the show. Controversy erupted over the definition of the word "obsequious". Both the Nine Network switchboard and Twitter were inundated with calls and comments respectively, when many viewers disagreed that the definition was "nasty", as they had chosen the response "submissive". IQ scores "went up around the country" when Eddie McGuire announced towards the end of the show that they would accept both definitions as correct. Professor Con Stough, who also devised the 2010 test, stood by the original