Billy Madison is a 1995 comedy film starring Adam Sandler as a lazy heir who repeats grades one through twelve to inherit his father's company. Near the end, Billy faces an academic decathlon, and the principal moderating the contest, played by Jim Downey, delivers the no points line after a confused answer about the Industrial Revolution. The clip was later clipped and shared on YouTube and forums as a reaction quote, and it remains popular because the formal wording makes any bad answer sound like a historic failure.