Trivial Pursuit Arguement

[hau kola]

We played Trivial pursuit at Christmas and my o/h is still going on about one particular question so I'd like to see what you lovely people think is the correct answer.
What is the lowest number, in its written form, to contain the letter A.
So, one..two..three etc.
I gave the answer on the card but he who knows best is adamant that its wrong.

[BlackadderV]

You could also make a case for "a hundred" as opposed to one hundred.

[Prudie]

If the answer on the card is 'one thousand' then it's wrong. The correct answer is one hundred and one. They are both more than one word so that argument goes out of the window.
More to the point 'Trivial Pursuit Argument' just reminds me of Christmas in my home :-)

[hau kola]

The answer on the card is Thousand.

[corylus]

The moral of this tale is NEVER play Trivial Pursuit at Christmas. (Also avoid Monopoly, Cluedo and Scrabble)

[Prudie]

But we never use 'thousand' on its own, it always has something in front of it like a or one, as does hundred, million etc.
In fact I believe Blackadder has a very valid point.

[MARJORYGOOD]

half? Thousand?

[BlackadderV]

How about 12? A dozen.

[hau kola]

Haha!! We play every year but this has never happened before and hopefully won't again.
I forgot to mention, i knew the answer because we'd already had it in a pub quiz but o/h can't remember.

[BlackadderV]

...or even 6, half a dozen.

[factor-fiction]

If it's a US version then I recall that in the States they would say "one hundred two)

[hau kola]

British version.

[BlackadderV]

Typical example of a sloppily-phrased question. It should have begun, " Excluding 'a' and 'and'..."