You Couldn't Make It Up

Coming home the other evening I stumbled across the late night quiz show on the radio again.
Just a little bit of background for you for the first question.
The Aussies are seriously crying into their stubbies over the poor performance of the swimming contingent at the Olympics. Actually, the whole team are getting stick back here.
Anyway, the failure of the male swimmers to win the 4 x100 relay was a total devastation, not only to the swimmers but also the Australian nation as a whole, it was on the TV, in the newspapers, everywhere you turned that was the topic.
Well, if you remember from an earlier blog 'They Walk Among Us', the quiz must start with a current and topical question, which must be answered correctly before you can then go on to try and answer 4 further questions to win the $1,000 prize.
First question: 'Which recent swimming event at the Olympics resulted in catastrophic failure by the Australian team? The quiz master went on to say 'You would have needed to be unconscious for the last 24 hours if you do not know the answer to this question!'.
Caller 'The one which the four lads came fourth and didn't get a medal'
Quiz master 'Yeah, but I need the name of the event/race'
Caller ' Ahhh geez, you didn't make that clear'
Quiz master 'Ok, I'll help a little. I'll tell you that it was a relay but you must tell me the length the race'
Caller 'Ahhh look, I'm not real sure what you mean'
(I'm now crying with laughter)
Quiz master "OK, was it 50, 100 150 or 200 metres'
Caller 'Got ya Graham, it was 100mtrs...............I think'
Quiz master ' Correct. Now, next question. Listen carefully. The word 'illicit' has how many vowels?'
(I think to myself "Not a chance!!!!')
It goes v v quiet.
Quiz master 'Hello, are you still there?'
Caller 'Yup still here, just thinking' (more like Googling!!)
Quiz master 'You know what a vowel is, right?'
Caller 'Course'
Quiz master 'Thee word 'ILLICIT'.................. has.............how..................many.................vowels?'
Caller 'Mmmmm, I'm gonna have a crack at two'
(Told ya, no chance)
Quiz master ' Sorry no, that's not correct, next caller your up. Same question for you, the word 'ILLICIT' has how many vowels?
Caller 'Oh hi Graham, thanks for taking my call and having me on', is it four or five?'
Quiz master 'Its a pleasure and the question again for you. 'Thee word 'ILLICIT'.................. has.............how..................many.................vowels?' '
Caller 'Not quite sure, is it four or five?'
I had to pull over, I couldn't see with the tears in my eyes.
Safe to say the third caller got it right, and I assume by the end of the night they did get a winner. Probably would have needed until the early hours of the morning though at that rate.
Really, you just couldn't make it up.
The Skerritts in Oz.