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(207 views)Top 10 funny quiz show answers
Contestants on some of Britain's best known quiz shows have given some hilariously incorrect answers when confronted by seemingly simple general knowledge questions.
Below is a selection of the 10 most cringeworthy responses taken from Private Eye's new book, Dumb Britain 2, edited by Marcus Berkmann.
Classics (on The Weakest Link, BBC One)
Anne Robinson. presenter: What was the principal language used by the ancient Romans?
Contestant: Greek.
Geography (on In It To Win It, BBC One)
Dale Winton, presenter: Alderney and Sark – are they part of the Channel Islands?
Contestant: Ooooh! Is that the English Channel? I don't know, are there islands in the English Channel? I've never heard of any. France – that's near the English Channel, isn't it?
General Studies (on Wogan's Perfect Recall, Channel 4)
Sir Terry Wogan, presenter: "Which Duke resides at Woburn Abbey?
Contestant: Hazzard.
Music (on LBC, 97.3 FM)
Presenter: What name does Cat Stevens go under now? I'll give you a clue, he became a Muslim...
Contestant: Abu Hamza.
Maths (on The Weakest Link, BBC One)
Anne Robinson: What kind of dozen is 13?
Contestant: Half a dozen.
Politics (on Viking FM)
Presenter: Who was the Prime Minister before Tony Blair?
Contestant: George Bush.
Books (on celebrity edition of University Challenge)
Jeremy Paxman, presenter: Of all Beatrix Potter's books, which is the only one to feature a human in the title?
Antony Beevor, author: Peter Rabbit
The Arts (on 2CR FM)
Presenter: Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
Caller: Leonardo Di Caprio.
Film Studies (on Radio 2)
Steve Wright, presenter: Johnny Weissmuller died on this day. Which jungle-swinging character clad only in a loincloth did he play?
Caller: Jesus
History (on BBC Radio Merseyside)
Presenter: What was Hitler's first name?
Contestant: Heil.
Comments
sexy.minx said:oh dear lol
24 November 2009 1:08pm
mommyerin said:You mean to tell me that Jesus never swung from the trees? Another hope, dashed...
24 November 2009 2:27pm
faithrees said:All I can hope for is that they're all sterile and cannot reproduce to pass on those recessive genes. Everyone has brain cramps periodically, but OH MY WORD!!!! If ignorance is bliss, then these people are living in ecstacy.
24 November 2009 4:24pm
Kerry_Mc said:Oh dear! You get loads of silly answers on Weakest Link because Anne Robinson doesn't speak properly and people mishear her. I once heard her ask 'How many Rs are there in a day?'
25 November 2009 10:28am
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