Most stupid answer to a quiz question ever!

Old Endeavour · 26/05/15 - 22:40

On tonight's Pointless:

Question Posed: "Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas."

Girl's Answer: "JR!"

Words fail me.

JordyD · 26/05/15 - 22:49

Old Endeavour wrote: »

On tonight's Pointless:

Question Posed: "Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas."

Girl's Answer: "JR!"

Words fail me.

I'm sure that's already been done on another programme.

jlp95bwfc · 26/05/15 - 23:01

JordyD wrote: »

I'm sure that's already been done on another programme.

That Pointless episode is a repeat. I've seen that answer before. Hilarious

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MrQuike · 26/05/15 - 23:14

Wrong...

ANNE ROBINSON: Of which hot drink is ‘eat’ an anagram?

CONTESTANT: Hot chocolate?

(The Weakest Link, BBC1)

MC_Satan · 26/05/15 - 23:41

There were a lot of belters on Family Fortunes.

http://www.stupidgsa.com/british/family-fortunes/

Doghouse Riley · 26/05/15 - 23:42

The producers construct these sort of quiz shows so that the target audience can have the satisfaction of believing that for much of the time they are as intelligent, or more so, than the contestants. It's part of the appeal. Something like Uni Challenge wouldn't work in those time slots.

To achieve this, as well as reasonably intelligent people, they also have to recruit a number of dumb contestants. Some are apparently really dumb.
But there again, sometimes on Uni Challenge, occasionally somebody can say something dumb, even Paxo.

Zenton · 27/05/15 - 00:02

On Family Fortunes -

Q. Name a type of bean

A. A les-bean (as is lesbein)

MaureenG · 27/05/15 - 00:19

This one makes me laugh. From Family Fortunes:

Question: Name a bird with a long neck

Contestant: Naomi Campbell

grahamzxy · 27/05/15 - 00:25

Zenton wrote: »

On Family Fortunes -

Q. Name a type of bean

A. A les-bean (as is lesbein)

As in Lesbian

grahamzxy · 27/05/15 - 00:27

Old Endeavour wrote: »

On tonight's Pointless:

Question Posed: "Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas."

Girl's Answer: "JR!"

Words fail me.

Well JR was shot 35+ Years ago in Dallas, JFK was shot 50+ years ago in Dallas. Somebody of a certain age could very easily confuse the two especially these days.

Groundhogal · 27/05/15 - 01:20

I remember one years ago from some quiz
Q. What is the unique feature of a Manx cat?
A. It has three legs

JurassicMark · 27/05/15 - 01:21

There was one on the recent series of Two Tribes.

Question: What fruit is used to make a Banoffee pie?
Answer: Apples.

Maybe not the most stupid answer ever, but it gave me belly laugh.

odz1 · 27/05/15 - 01:43

Look up film called Idiocracy. I fear for the future with people like this.

macsmurray · 27/05/15 - 02:09

odz1 wrote: »

Look up film called Idiocracy. I fear for the future with people like this.

I watched that film recently, terrifyingly brilliant!!

able1 · 27/05/15 - 05:25

Turkey.

Straker · 27/05/15 - 06:54

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5-6F42y3Hk

FM Lover · 27/05/15 - 07:18

grahamzxy wrote: »

Well JR was shot 35+ Years ago in Dallas, JFK was shot 50+ years ago in Dallas. Somebody of a certain age could very easily confuse the two especially these days.

I'm quite surprised that this is being featured so heavily on the DS homepage as the show was originally aired about two years ago and it didn't get the coverage then.
The girl in question who gave the answer is early 20's. I'm shocked she even knew JR but it's clear to show that she knew more about soap opera history than real life history.

It was a great answer, as Richard always says, better to have a stab at something than say nothing at all.

nats18 · 27/05/15 - 07:19

grahamzxy wrote: »

Well JR was shot 35+ Years ago in Dallas, JFK was shot 50+ years ago in Dallas. Somebody of a certain age could very easily confuse the two especially these days.

Not so much aimed at you but that pointless ep is a repeat why have they only just drew attention to it.

Eddie Badger · 27/05/15 - 07:25

I remember Bob Monkhouse telling a story about Family Fortunes:
Bob: Name something that's abandoned in winter.
Contestant: My sister.

BellaRosa · 27/05/15 - 08:15

MrQuike wrote: »

Wrong...

ANNE ROBINSON: Of which hot drink is ‘eat’ an anagram?

CONTESTANT: Hot chocolate?

(The Weakest Link, BBC1)

:D:D:D:D:D

I miss The Weakest Link

BellaRosa · 27/05/15 - 08:18

Straker wrote: »

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5-6F42y3Hk

:D:D:D

Paxmans face

BellaRosa · 27/05/15 - 08:20

able1 wrote: »

Turkey.

Classic

https://youtu.be/M2AWKfMvDtw

lundavra · 27/05/15 - 09:27

Surely nothing can beat Hold Your Plums for stupid answers?

pie-eyed · 27/05/15 - 09:42

On that quiz hosted by Bradley Walsh.

Where do guinea pigs come from?

Pets at home.

SnrDev · 27/05/15 - 09:42

Private Eye has this exact feature in every issue, titled Dumb Britain. That it can find the material every fortnight to make the column worth running is indicative of either Britain having too many idiots who freeze under pressure, or too many tv quiz shows. I'd suspect a mix of the two.

Hamlet77 · 27/05/15 - 09:52

macsmurray wrote: »

I watched that film recently, terrifyingly brilliant!!

Whilst agreeing it is a brilliantly funny film, it did actually put forward a pretty good theory for humans beginning to devolve.

Hey there!

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