The dumbest question in the history of tv?

NickLangley · 17/05/13 - 00:17

Courtesy of Dan Snow:

Les Munro you were a pilot on the Dambusters Raid. You've flown 12,000 miles, all the way from New Zealand, to attend the 70th anniversary commemoration event. Why?

Ye Gods.

[Deleted User] · 17/05/13 - 00:28

I still prefer when Donna Air(head) asked the brother and sisters group The Corrs "How did you all meet?"

[Deleted User] · 17/05/13 - 00:34

WSDU presenter LaTonya Norton to Mo Farah: "Now haven't you run before?" Norton repeated the question again, asking, "Haven't you run before? This isn't your first time?"

C Horse · 17/05/13 - 00:48

Mike Gatting appearing on TV with a broken nose and bruising all around it to be asked "where did the ball hit you?".

To compound stupidity, Gatting pointed to the injury.

nelliek · 17/05/13 - 00:49

Not a question but another complaint about Dan Snow in the programme about the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters raid.
'The Dambusters March played by the band which is being drowned out by the sound of the Lancaster's engines'.
And everything being drowned out by your inane and totally unnecessary chatter. Shame on you, Dan. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

nelliek · 17/05/13 - 01:03

Stupid questions are nothing new.
On 20 July 1982 the IRA set off two bombs in London, one killing two soldiers of the Household Cavalry, and seven horses were either killed outright or had to be put down.
The second killed six bandsmen of the Royal Green Jackets.
The BBC interviewer asked a soldier from one of the regiments 'Did you know any of the soldiers who were killed?'

lola_skye · 17/05/13 - 01:07

On BGT; Kelly Brook to a contestant with a guitar: "and what are you going to do today?"

[Deleted User] · 17/05/13 - 01:10

Phillip Schofield, passed Cameron a list of names he had gathered from the internet, saying: "You know the names on that piece of paper, will you be speaking to these people?"

lundavra · 17/05/13 - 02:14

nelliek wrote: »

Not a question but another complaint about Dan Snow in the programme about the 70th anniversary of the Dambusters raid.
'The Dambusters March played by the band which is being drowned out by the sound of the Lancaster's engines'.
And everything being drowned out by your inane and totally unnecessary chatter. Shame on you, Dan. :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

I did not think that Dan Snow talked over things too much but would have to run the recording back to be sure. They seemed to use him to fill in between parts they were covering. The aircraft could be heard in the background at times but they were not displaying at those times, landing or just flying from A to B.

woot_whoo · 17/05/13 - 02:16

"Who wants to be a millionaire?"

[Deleted User] · 17/05/13 - 02:36

Jonathan Ross -- I can't remember who the guest was. It was an awful interview. There was a long gap then he glanced at her legs and asked: "Stockings or tights?"

It was the last time I watched anything he did.

SaturnV · 17/05/13 - 02:41

On radio Merseyside a couple of weeks ago Diane Oxberry was giving the weather update to Simon Hoban.
Diane: "The rain will ease down"
Simon: "The rain willies down?"
Diane: "Pardon?"
Simon: "Oh, er, nothing"

MONIFIETHBOY · 17/05/13 - 02:49

Hmm on second thoughts maybe this should be in the dumbest answer section.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1TLso4Hwrc

Making this the dumbest reply probably to this thread

The Gatherer · 17/05/13 - 16:51

Mark Williams-Thomas asking Tia Sharp's mother how she felt after the first day of Stuart Hazell's murder trial.

mike65 · 17/05/13 - 18:28

Any generic "how do you feel" question to shocked traumatised person

Phoenix04 · 17/05/13 - 19:34

Doug Williams, quarterback for the Washington Redskins in the late 80s was asked after his first game, "How long have you been a black quarterback?"

Phoenix04 · 17/05/13 - 19:37

Declan_Khan wrote: »

I still prefer when Donna Air(head) asked the brother and sisters group The Corrs "How did you all meet?"

Conversely, it always bugs me on pointless when a pair is asked how they know each other and reply they're married. Its not as if they were born married to each other

dylanpartyon · 17/05/13 - 19:41

"Are the French very fond of their children?!"

Makes me giggle everytime!!!!

zooooooooooooo · 17/05/13 - 19:56

dylanpartyon wrote: »

"Are the French very fond of their children?!"

Makes me giggle everytime!!!!

Loved that, good old Susie.

[Deleted User] · 17/05/13 - 20:40

The Gatherer wrote: »

Mark Williams-Thomas asking Tia Sharp's mother how she felt after the first day of Stuart Hazell's murder trial.

Along similar lines, Kay Burley asking the wife of serial killer Steve Wright "do you think if you'd had a better sex life, he wouldn't have done those things?"

HarrisonMarks · 17/05/13 - 21:01

For a quiz show it has to be this, from 15 to 1. 'What was the surname of the first three Roman Emperors?' Answer : ''Caesar - their Christian names were Julius, Augustus and Tiberius'.
Wrong on an amazing number of levels.

jerseyporter · 17/05/13 - 21:10

If anyone here is a fan of Formula 1, they'll know that the king of "Don't ask me stupidly obvious questions because I won't be very courteous in my attitude or my reply" is Kimi Raikonnen! He hates, detests and has no time for the kind of 'silly question' that seems prevalent these days (e.g. "You ended up retiring from the race - how do you feel about that?") and gives very short shrift! Maybe more people should do that - it might make the interviewers sharpen their skills a bit more and think of questions that don't just skate along the line of banal.

Quiz questions is a different thing altogether - no accounting for what slips by quality control sometimes!

Wallasey Saint · 17/05/13 - 21:34

Worst ones the sports reporters/presenters every time someone wins or loses something come up with "How do you feel" the Olympics is the worst for this, someone has just won Gold, the reporter "how do you feel".:mad:

[Deleted User] · 17/05/13 - 22:25

mike65 wrote: »

Any generic "how do you feel" question to shocked traumatised person

It reminds me of Kate Garroway who, on several occasions, asks a victim of crime “ That must have been very scary?” I haven’t used the word ‘scary’ since I was a child!

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