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Whippersnapper. 
"A fourword thinking guy."
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 Posted - 06/14/2007 : 15:27:37
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Here are some wrong answers given on quiz shows 
BIG QUIZ (LBC)
Gary King:- Name the funny men who once entertained kings and queens at court.
Contestant:- Lepers.
QUIZMANIA (ITV)
Greg Scott:- We're looking for an occupation beginning with 'T'.
Contestant:- Doctor.
Scott:- No, it's 'T'. 'T' for Tommy. 'T' for Tango. 'T' for Tintinnabulation.
Contestant:- Oh, right (pause) . . . Doctor.
DANNY KELLY SHOW (RADIO WM)
Kelly:- Which French Mediterranean town hosts a famous film festival every year?
Contestant:- I don't know, I need a clue.
Kelly:- OK. What do beans come in?
Contestant:- Cartons?
BEG, BORROW OR STEAL (BBC2)
Jamie Theakston:- Where do you think Cambridge University is?
Contestant:- Geography isn't my strong point.
Theakston:- There's a clue in the title.
Contestant:- Leicester?
BBC NORFOLK
Stewart White:- Who had a worldwide hit with What A Wonderful World?
Contestant:- I don't know.
White:- I'll give you some clues: what do you call the part between your hand and your elbow?
Contestant:- Arm.
White:- Correct. And if you're not weak, you're . . .?
Contestant: Strong.
White:- Correct - and what was Lord Mountbatten's first name.
Contestant:- Louis.
White:- Well, there we are then. So who had a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World?
Contestant:- Frank Sinatra?
LATE SHOW (BBC MIDLANDS)
Alex Trelinski:- What is the capital of Italy?
Contestant:- France.
Trelinski:- France is another country. Try again.
Contestant:- Oh, um, Benidorm.
Trelinski:- Wrong, sorry, let's try another question. In which country is the Parthenon?
Contestant:- Sorry, I don't know.
Trelinski:- Just guess a country then.
Contestant:- Paris.
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (BBC2)
Jeremy Paxman:- What is another name for 'cherrypickers' and 'cheesemongers'?
Contestant:- Homosexuals.
Paxman:- No. They're regiments in the British Army who will be very upset with you.
THE WEAKEST LINK (BBC2)
Anne Robinson:- Oscar Wilde, Adolf Hitler and Jeffrey Archer have all written books about their experiences in what: prison, or the Conservative Party?
Contestant:- The Conservative Party.
BEACON RADIO (WOLVERHAMPTON)
DJ Mark:- For Pounds 10, what is the nationality of the Pope?
Ruth from Rowley Regis:- I think I know that one. Is it Jewish?
RICHARD AND JUDY (ITV/C4)
Q:- How many wheels are there on a unicycle?
A:- Three.
THE WEAKEST LINK
Anne Robinson:- In traffic, what 'J' is where two roads meet?
Contestant:- Jool carriageway?
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE
Bamber Gascoigne:- What was Gandhi's first name?
Contestant:- Goosey, goosey?
RICHARD AND JUDY
Q:-- How many metres are there in a kilometre?
A:- Three.
GWR FM (Bristol)
Presenter:- What happened in Dallas on November 22, 1963?
Contestant:- I don't know, I wasn't watching it then.
TALKSPORT
Andy Townsend:- How many wheels does a tricycle have?
Caller:- Two.
Townsend:- The Beatles were known as the Fab . . .?
Caller:-Five.
24 HOUR QUIZ (ITV)
Unseen questionmaster:- Who sang the song 'Je t'aime' with Jane Birkin?
Two contestants (given a choice of three answers): Jacques Chirac.
RICHARD AND JUDY
Q:- Which Danish city is famous for its statue of a mermaid?
A:- Denmark.
RTE RADIO 2FM (IRELAND)
Presenter:- What is the name of the long- running TV comedy show about pensioners: Last Of The ...?
Caller-: Mohicans.
QUIZMANIA
Greg Scott:- We're looking for a word that goes in front of 'clock'.
Contestant:- Grandfather.
Scott:- Grandfather clock is already up there, say something else.
Contestant-: Panda.
PHIL WOOD SHOW (BBC RADIO MANCHESTER)
Phil:- What's 11 squared?
Contestant:- I don't know.
Phil:- I'll give you a clue. It's two ones with a two in the middle.
Contestant:- Is it five?
RICHARD AND JUDY
Q:- Which American actor is married to Nicole Kidman?
A: -Forrest Gump.
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?
Tarrant (asking the audience): -'Jambon'is the French for which food?
Audience:- 11 per cent said jam.
RICHARD AND JUDY
Leslie:- On which street did Sherlock Holmes live?
Contestant:- Er .
.Leslie:- He makes bread ...
.Contestant:- Er . .
.Leslie:- He makes cakes ...
.Contestant:- Kipling Street?
NATION VACATION (NATION 217 TV)
Presenter:- Which of these is a city in Germany: Hanoi, Hanover or Hangover?
Contestant:- Hanoi.
MAGIC 52 (NORTHEAST ENGLAND)
Presenter:- In what year was President Kennedy assassinated?
Contestant:- Erm .. .
Presenter: -Well, let's put it this way - he didn't see 1964.
Contestant:- 1965?
SIMPLY THE BEST (ITV)
Phil Tufnell:- How many Olympic Games have been held?
Contestant:- Six.
Tufnell:- Higher!
Contestant:- Five.
RICHARD AND JUDY
Q:- What's the Prince of Wales's Christian name?
A:- Err . . .
Q:- Here's a clue: he was married to Diana.
A:- Err . . .
Q:- It begins with a 'C'.
A:-No idea.
MAGICFM
Graham Dene:- What was the name of Tony Blair's chief spin-doctor who resigned last year?
Contestant:- Iain Duncan Smith.
FORT BOYARD (CHALLENGE TV)
Jodie Marsh:- Arrange these two groups of letters to form a word -
CHED and PIT.
Team:- Chedpit.
LINCS FM PHONE-IN
Presenter:- Which is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world?
Contestant:- Barcelona.
Presenter:- I was really after the name of a country.
Contestant:- I'm sorry, I don't know the names of any countries in Spain.
RADIO 1 EARLY MORNING SHOW
Presenter:- How many toes would three people have in total?
Contestant:- 23.
NOTTS AND CROSSES QUIZ (BBC RADIO NOTTINGHAM)
Jeff Owen: -In which country is Mount Everest?
Contestant (long pause): -Er, it's not in Scotland, is it?
THE MICK GIRDLER SHOW (BBC RADIO SOLENT)
Girdler:- I'm looking for an island in the Atlantic whose name includes the letter 'e'.
Contestant:- Ghana.
Girdler:- No, listen. It's an island in the Atlantic Ocean.
Contestant: -New Zealand.
NATIONAL LOTTERY (BBC1)
Question:- What is the world's largest continent?
Contestant:- The Pacific
ROCK FM (PRESTON)
Presenter: -Name a film starring Bob Hoskins that is also the name of a famous painting by Leonardo Da Vinci.
Contestant:- Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
THE VAULT (ITV)
Melanie Sykes: -In which European city was the first opera house opened in 1637?
Contestant:- Sydney.
THE BIGGEST GAME IN TOWN (ITV)
Steve Le Fevre:- What was signed to bring World War I to an end in 1918?
Contestant-: Magna Carta.
JAMES O'BRIEN SHOW (LBC)
O'Brien:-How many kings of England have been called Henry?
Contestant: -Er, well, I know there was a Henry the Eighth ... er . .er . . . three?
NATIONAL LOTTERY
Eamonn Holmes:- There are three states of matter: solid, liquid and what?
Contestant:- Jelly.
RICHARD ALLINSON SHOW (RADIO 2)
Allinson:- What international brand shares its name with the Greek goddess of victory?
Contestant -(after long deliberation): Erm, Kellogg's?
BLIND DATE (ITV)
Girl:- Name a book written by Jane Austen.
Boy:- Charlotte Bronte.
STEVE PENK BREAKFAST SHOW (VIRGIN RADIO)
Steve Penk:- What is the name of the French-speaking Canadian state?
Contestant:- America? Portugal? Canada? Mexico? Italy? Spain?
CHRIS SEARLE SHOW (BBC RADIO BRISTOL)
Searle:- In which European country is Mount Etna?
Caller:- Japan.
Searle:- I did say which European country, so in case you didn't hear that, I can let you try again.
Caller: -Er .. . Mexico?
OWEN MONEY SHOW (BBC RADIO WALES)
Owen Money:- In 30 seconds, name as many well-known politicians as you can.
Caller:- Er, Tony Brown. And Nigel Benn. (Silence.)
KELLY TODAY (ITV)
Lorraine Kelly:- How many days in a leap year?
Contestant: -253.
THE VAULT
Gabby Logan:- What is the county town of Kent?
Contestant:- Kentish Town?
DOG EAT DOG (BBC1)
Ulrika Jonsson:- Who wrote Lord of the Rings?
Contestant:- Enid Blyton
DAVE LEE TRAVIS SHOW (BREEZE FM)
DLT:- In which European country are there people called Walloons?
Contestant:- Wales.
PAUL WAPPAT (BBC RADIO NEWCASTLE)
Paul Wappat:- How long did the Six-Day War between Egypt and Israel last?
Contestant (after long pause):- Fourteen days.
NATIONAL LOTTERY
Eamonn Holmes:- Dizzy Gillespie is famous for playing . .. what?
Contestant: -Basketball.
NOTTS AND CROSSES QUIZ
Jeff Owen:- Where did the D-Day landings take place?
Contestant (after pause):- Pearl Harbor?
SEE HEAR SATURDAY (BBC2)
Presenter:- What country does the spiritual leader the Dalai Lama come from?
Contestant:- Scotland.
JANICE FORSYTH SHOW (BBC RADIO SCOTLAND)
Janice Forsyth:- What is the currency in India?
Contestant: -Ramadan.
DARYL DENHAM'S DRIVETIME (VIRGIN RADIO)
Daryl Denham:- In which country would you spend shekels?
Contestant:- Holland?
Denham: -Try the next letter of the alphabet.
Contestant: -Iceland? Ireland?
Denham (helpfully): -It's a bad line. Did you say Israel?
Contestant:- No.
PHIL WOOD SHOW (BBC GMR)
Wood:- What 'K' could be described as the Islamic Bible?
Contestant: Er . . .
Wood:- It's got two syllables . . . Kor . . .
Contestant:-Blimey?
Wood:- Ha ha ha ha, no. The past participle of run . . .
Contestant: -(Silence)
Wood- OK, try it another way. Today I run, yesterday I . . .
Contestant: -Walked?
NATIONAL LOTTERY
Dale Winton:- Skegness is a seaside resort on the coast of which sea: a)Irish Sea, b) English Channel, c) North Sea?
Contestant:- Oh, I know that, you can start writing out the cheque now.
Dale.- It's on the east coast, so it must be the Irish Sea.
THE VAULT
Melanie Sykes:- What is the name given to the condition where the sufferer can fall asleep at any time?
Contestant:- Nostalgic.
LUNCHTIME SHOW (BRMB)
Presenter:- What religion was Guy Fawkes?
Contestant: -Jewish.
Presenter:- That's close enough.
BOB HOPE BIRTHDAY QUIZ (LBC)
Presenter:- Bob Hope was the fifth of how many sons?
Contestant:- Four.
BREAKFAST SHOW, RADIO 1
Chris Moyles:- Which 'S' is a kind of whale that can grow up to 80 tonnes?
Contestant:- Ummm .. .
Moyles:- It begins with 'S' and rhymes with 'perm'.
Contestant:- Shark
STEVE WRIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON (BBC RADIO 2)
Wright: -Johnny Weissmuller died on this day. Which jungle-swinging character clad only in a loincloth did he play?
Contestant:- Jesus.
BRAINTEASER (CHANNEL 5)
Presenter:- Which literary hunchback lived in Notre Dame and fell in love with Esmeralda?
Contestant:-Nostradamus.
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BaftaBaby 
"Always entranced by cinema."
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Posted - 06/14/2007 : 15:48:35
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quote:
Originally posted by Whippersnapper
Here are some wrong answers given on quiz shows
Whaddya mean wrong? Those answers are wrong?!!! 
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Beanmimo 
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Posted - 06/14/2007 : 15:57:45
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Larry Gogan Just a minute Quiz (RTE Radio One)
Larry: Finish this saying, "As happy as..."
Contestant "...a pig in shit" |
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Whippersnapper.
"A fourword thinking guy."
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Posted - 06/14/2007 : 16:08:25
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quote:
Originally posted by BaftaBabe
quote:
Originally posted by Whippersnapper
Here are some wrong answers given on quiz shows
Whaddya mean wrong? Those answers are wrong?!!!
Maybe you should change your name to BaffledBabe? 
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Downtown
"Welcome back, Billy Buck"
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Posted - 06/14/2007 : 16:31:27
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And people make fun of Americans for not being to find the country we're fighting a war in on a map. Sheesh.
Watch "Wheel of Fortune" and you'll see that kind of stupidity every single night. It's as if they purposely pick illiterates for that show...it's almost depressing when you figured out the puzzle 5 minutes ago and you're watching the same person just keep spinning and spinning because they don't have a clue...sometimes there's only one letter missing, but it's a word they don't even know so they can't even guess what that last letter is.
Not to mention that most of the contestants clearly don't know how to play. |
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turrell 
"Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh Ohhhh "
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Posted - 06/14/2007 : 16:54:16
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I believe this is pure urban legend, but its too funny not to share anyway.
The Newlywed Game:
Bob Eubanks: How did you husband respond when we asked, 'Where is the most interesting place you have ever made whoopee'
Contestant: That would be the butt, Bob.
I wonder what year it was that the FCC decided it was okay to say make love or have sex instead of 'make whoopee' and if on that day the social conservative movement was born.
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Tori 
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Posted - 06/14/2007 : 17:26:27
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LOL, these are great.
I didn't understand a lot of them though. |
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Sal[Au]pian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 06/14/2007 : 18:21:55
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Literally LOL and LOL and LOL! 
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Downtown
"Welcome back, Billy Buck"
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Posted - 06/14/2007 : 18:40:38
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quote:
Originally posted by turrell
I believe this is pure urban legend, but its too funny not to share anyway.
The Newlywed Game:
Bob Eubanks: How did you husband respond when we asked, 'Where is the most interesting place you have ever made whoopee'
Contestant: That would be the butt, Bob.
I wonder what year it was that the FCC decided it was okay to say make love or have sex instead of 'make whoopee' and if on that day the social conservative movement was born.
Urban legend? Certainly not! It definitely happened. She paused for about a second, covered her mouth with her hand to stifle a giggle and sheepishly said, "in the butt?" The tape ended up locked in one of those famous "vaults" we're always hearing about in Hollywood, and for years and years the studio wouldn't even confirm that it actually happened, which is why some believe this was all a myth. But times change, and eventually someone realized the whole thing was more funny than scandalous, and really wasn't that big a deal. The clip has since been shown on VH1's "Most Outrageous Game Show Moments Ever," I saw it myself. That show was ALSO hosted by Bob Eubanks, who confirmed that initially the producers really tried to cover the whole thing up, and that the VH1 special was the first time he or anybody else officially connected with TNWG actually admitted it happened.
The whole hour-long special was building up to that one clip...a bit of a letdown, if you ask me. |
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MguyXXVI
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Posted - 06/14/2007 : 19:32:07
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| Thanks for clearing that up, DT! I always wondered whether that was real or urban legend. In "Mississippi Burning," the actor Michael Rooker can be heard telling the same story in part, though his character has the gender (and possibly the race) of the contestant wrong. |
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Downtown
"Welcome back, Billy Buck"
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Posted - 06/14/2007 : 19:47:08
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| I think she was Latina. |
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