[guide.chat] Quiz shows - great answers

From: "JM Martin" <jmartin33@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Guide Chat" <guide.chat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2009 16:22:59 +0100
Hi All 

I thought some of you would enjoy some of the following questions and answers. 

Judy 


  : Contestants on Quiz shows - and their intellect...


  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. 

  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 . 

  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? 

  UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE 
  Bamber Gascoigne:  What was Gandhi's first name? 
  Contestant: Goosey?
 
  GWR FM ( Bristol) 
  Presenter: What happened in Dallas on November 22, 1963? 
  Contestant: I don't know, I wasn't watching it then. 

  RTE RADIO 2FM (IRELAND ) 
  Presenter: What is the name of the long- running TV comedy show about 
pensioners: 
Last Of The .? 
  Caller: Mohicans. 

  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 Show
  Q: Which American actor is married to Nicole Kidman? 
  A: Forrest Gump. 

  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 ?

  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 . 

  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 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? 

  CHRIS SEARLE SHOW (BBCRADIO 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 ? 

  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. 

  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? 

  THE VAULT
  Melanie Sykes: What is the name given to the condition where the sufferer can 
fall 
asleep at any time?
  Contestant: Nostalgia. 

  LUNCHTIME SHOW (BRMB) 
  Presenter: What religion was Guy Fawkes? 
  Contestant: Jewish.. 
  Presenter: That's close enough. 

  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.
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