Can`t remember the name, but when I first got Cable TV I did see a channel that seemed to be offering good prizes for answering simple questions. After a few days (without taking part) I realised that the phone calls were extortionate and the eventual answers they gave just did not make any sense - the didn`t give any explanation for their answers. Because it seemed simple, I reckon thousands of people paid lots just to get through and then were not even given the chance to answer. I guess this is the same or very similar to your misfortune.