A special edition of the hit game show, ‘Who wants to be rich’, dubbed ‘Who Deserves to be Rich’ has started airing on television. The series, which is aimed at rewarding outstanding Ghanaians who need money to sustain their efforts towards humanity and development, started with veteran Ghanaian athlete Rose Hart who was accompanied by ace actors Fred Amugi and Grace Nortey for assistance.
Rose Hart (born January 9, 1942) is a retired track and field athlete who specialized in hurdling, sprints, and the discus throw events during her career. She represented Ghana at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, where she was a semi-finalist. She twice claimed a gold medal for her native Ghana at the All-Africa Games in 1965 and 1973. At the 1965 Brazzaville games, she won Gold, Silver and Bronze in three separate events for Ghana. She still holds the record for best discus throw in Ghana with her 47.19 meter throw. She currently operates a makeshift gym where she trains young aspiring athletes.
Together with her celebrity friends, Madam RoseHart cruised easily through the questions till they started running into some difficulties. The first difficult question rose when Kafui Dey, the host asked which of the teams in the English Premier League is nicknamed The Gunners. Completely clueless, they agreed to ask the audience for help and with the right answer from the crowd, moved to the next level.
They run into tougher questions as they climbed up the ladder of cash rewards. Surprisingly, the two actors couldn’t show enough knowledge in their profession when they were asked which of the followings actors were of South African origin: Djimon Hansou, Charlize Theron, or Nicole Kidman. Grace Nortey murmured in Ga that Djimon sounded African so they should go for that but they agreed to use their 50/50 lifeline. The computer removed two incorrect options leaving Charlize Theron and Nicole Kidman. “She must be a white South African”, Fred Amugi remarked. They gambled on Charlize Theron, with Grace Nortey confirming, “ I can feel it within me”.
To add some suspense, the host called for a commercial break before revealing the right answer. When Kafui Dey intentionally mentioned Nicole Kidman as the answer before giving the right answer, Grace Nortey exclaimed, “I almost fainted”. They continued with the guessing game again when they were asked which country used hieroglyphs. Fred Amugi insisted that it was between Egypt and Greece but when it came to shove the went for Egypt to secure 6,000 GhC .
This brought them to question 13, worth 12,000 GhC, which asked for the name of the architect that designed the Millau Viaduct. Fully aware of the fact that they didn’t know the answer and not willing to drop their earnings with a wrong answer, they decided to walk away with 6,000 GhC.
They were followed by a young humanitarian who has guest celebrities Rama Brew and Dadson for support. They were belled out due to time and would be rolled over for next week’s edition.