Awkward title probably, but lemme explain:
The question is “This piece of French architecture was finished on January 26, 1887.” You know this is the Eiffel Tower. But when you buzz in and give the response, you say:
“Who is the Eiffel Tower?”
Would you be awarded the points for being correct, or docked the points for being incorrect since you didn’t say “WHAT is the Eiffel Tower?”
This is called “uptalk,” and it’s most famously associated with the “valley girl” culture of 1980s Southern California. Many of those people are now pushing 60 years old
What’s uptalk?
Not much, what about you?
It might have originated there in the 80s but I live in northern Ontario in Canada and things tend to take a while to percolate through to our part of civilization.