Some More Daft Quiz Answers

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Just thought I'd post these to cheer any who need cheering today. I like them - a lot!

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The most appallingly ignorant but hilarious quiz show answers

The grotesquely wrong answers that some contestants give on quiz programmes would surely make most participants think twice before applying.
Here are a selection of the funniest answers taken from a new book...

THE ARTS
PRESENTER: Who painted the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel?
CALLER: Leonardo di Caprio.
(2CR FM)

BIOLOGY
PRESENTER: Was the Tyrannosaurus Rex a carnivore or a herbivore?
CONTESTANT: No, it was a dinosaur.
(Are You Smarter Than A Ten-Year-Old?)

ANNE ROBINSON: What type of bear lives in the Arctic?
CONTESTANT (after much thought): Penguin.
(The Weakest Link)

CLASSICS
ANNE ROBINSON: What was the principal language used by the ancient Romans?
CONTESTANT: Greek.
(The Weakest Link)

DOMESTIC SCIENCE
PRESENTER: Emmental and Double Gloucester are both types of what?
CALLER: Banks.
(Breakfast Toaster Quiz, Heart FM)

ENGLISH LITERATURE
JEREMY PAXMAN: Of all Beatrix Potter's books, which is the only one to feature a human in the title?
ANTONY BEEVOR (author and historian): Peter Rabbit (Celebrity edition of University Challenge)

(BBC Radio 2)
ANNE ROBINSON: What 'B' was a pseudonym used by Charles Dickens?
CONTESTANT: Bart Simpson.

FILM STUDIES
STEVE WRIGHT: Johnny Weissmuller died on this day. Which jungle-swinging character clad only in a loincloth did he play?
CALLER: Jesus.

SPORT
ANNE ROBINSON: The point on a golf club or a tennis racket that gives the best contact is alliteratively known as the what spot?
CONTESTANT: The g-spot.

ANNE ROBINSON: In 1975 the first black tennis player to win the Wimbledon Men's Singles title was Arthur who?
CONTESTANT: Askey.

ANNE ROBINSON: Who won the U.S. Open Tennis Championship wearing a black dress modelled on Audrey Hepburn's in Breakfast at Tiffany's?
CONTESTANT: Roger Federer.
(All the Weakest Link)

MUSIC
PRESENTER: Name the festival started in 1895 by Sir Henry Wood.
CALLER: Glastonbury.

PRESENTER: What name does Cat Stevens go under now? I'll give you a clue, he became a Muslim...
CALLER: Abu Hamza?
(TalkSPORT)

GEOGRAPHY
DARREN DAY: What area of Germany is the cake named after, made with chocolate, cream, kirsch and cherries?
CONTESTANT: Belgium?
(Spin Star, ITV1)

PRESENTER: What is the capital of Cuba?
CALLER: Ermmm...
PRESENTER: Take your time.
CALLER: Ermmm...
PRESENTER: Go on, have a guess.
CALLER: Is it Belgium?
PRESENTER: Er, not quite.
(Sun FM, Sunderland)

DALE WINTON: 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?
(In It To Win It, BBC1)

ANNE ROBINSON: Pakistan was part of which other state until it achieved independence in 1947?
CONTESTANT: Bulgaria.
(The Weakest Link)

DAVE LEE TRAVIS: In which European country are there people called Walloons?
CALLER: Wales.

QUIZMASTER: Where is the Sea of Tranquility?
CONTESTANT: Ibiza. (RI:SE, Channel 4)

MATHS
ANNE ROBINSON: What kind of dozen is 13?
CONTESTANT: Half a dozen.
(The Weakest Link)

MEDICINE
STEVE WRIGHT: On what part of the body is a lobotomy performed?
CONTESTANT: The bottom.
(BBC Radio 2)

HISTORY
PRESENTER: What was the date of the Battle of Hastings?
CONTESTANT: Ooooh! Er.... was it 1974?
(Galaxy Radio, Leeds)

ANNE ROBINSON: Which English queen rode a chariot with knives on the wheels?
CONTESTANT (full of confidence): Victoria!
(The Weakest Link)

PRESENTER: Which ancient army was discovered in China in 1974?
CONTESTANT: The Territorial Army.
(Metro Radio)

PRESENTER: What was Hitler's first name?
CONTESTANT: Heil. (BBC Radio Merseyside)
(Breeze FM)

ANNE ROBINSON: What 'T' did British POWs use to escape from Second World War German prison camps?
CONTESTANT: I don't know. Was it herbal?
(The Weakest Link)

POLITICS
PRESENTER: Who was the Prime Minister before Tony Blair?
CALLER: George Bush.
(Viking FM)

PRESENTER: Name Prince Charles's younger sister.
CALLER: Is it Camelia?
(The Ugly Phil Breakfast Show, Kerrang! Radio)

RELIGIOUS STUDIES
PRESENTER: What religion was Guy Fawkes?
CALLER: Jewish.
PRESENTER: That's close enough.
(BRMB)

ANNE ROBINSON: In Roman Catholicism, baptism, confirmation and matrimony are three of the seven what?
CONTESTANT: Deadly sins.
(The Weakest Link)

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
ANNE ROBINSON: What man made structure built during the 3rd century BC is often said to be visible from space?
CONTESTANT: The Millennium Dome.

(The Weakest Link)
Presenter: Which prominent Birmingham family had a toposcope constructed in 1923 for the top of Beacon Hill in Lickey Hills?
CALLER: The Osbournes.
(BBC Radio WM)

GENERAL STUDIES
TERRY WOGAN: Which Duke resides at Woburn Abbey?
CONTESTANT: Hazzard. (Wogan's Perfect Recall, Channel 4)

PRESENTER: According to legend, who shot an apple off the top of his son's head?
CONTESTANT: Well, straightaway I'm thinking of Isaac Newton.
(Are You Smarter Than A Ten-Year-Old?)

• Taken from Private Eye's Dumb Britain 2 edited by Marcus Berkmann, published by Private Eye at £4.99. ° Pressdram 2009. To order a copy (p&p free), call 0845 155 0720.


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Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/saura_/]

LMAO!!!! God, thank you! I needed those!

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

Yes, me too! hugs xxx

[primula-baggins.livejournal.com]

I have always loved the stories of Jesus swinging through the jungle! lol!

These were happy making. Thanks!

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

Yes, I can just see him doing that, bless! They are fun aren't they? xxx

[bellewood.livejournal.com]

"Who won the U.S. Open Tennis Championship wearing a black dress modelled on Audrey Hepburn's in Breakfast at Tiffany's?
CONTESTANT: Roger Federer. "

LOL!!! Can't you just see him in that little black number :D

These are great.. thanks :)

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

Ah! But has he the hips for it? Giggle xxx

[janejanejane.livejournal.com]

I'm in tears... of laughter, I hasten to add!!! Thanks for cheering us up after a hectic day :-D

XXXXX

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

I liked them a lot, too. xxx

[mole-caz.livejournal.com]

ANNE ROBINSON: What 'T' did British POWs use to escape from Second World War German prison camps?
CONTESTANT: I don't know. Was it herbal?
(The Weakest Link)

Love it!!!!

Thanks Ru!!! :)

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

Herbal T puts hairs on your chest, obviously! xxx

[laeliacatt.livejournal.com]

Heee! Those are fabulous.

Name the festival started in 1895 by Sir Henry Wood.
CALLER: Glastonbury.

I'm surprised they didn't answer "Woodstock". :)

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

Yup. Thick as two short planks! xxx

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

PRESENTER: What was Hitler's first name?
CONTESTANT: Heil. (BBC Radio Merseyside)
(Breeze FM)

These are so funny. Thank you.

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

They did make me smile, too. xxzx

[suzy-74.livejournal.com]

*lol*

Thank you for the laughter!

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome, my dear. xxx

[poplij.livejournal.com]

These are priceless ! Thanks for the giggles :D

[ismenin.livejournal.com]

Very welcome, my love! xxx

[pattilovesviggo.livejournal.com]

Priceless, don`t read drinking coffee as I did LOL