I think all quiz show hosts should be equipped with a gong,like they used to have on Take Your Pick. They can keep it under their desk,or podium,or whatever.

Any time any player says,"This is a bit before my time",they take the gong out and bang it and that player is immediately eliminated from the game.

The players would be well warned about this beforehand.

Anyone over the age of ninety would be exempt from this rule.

One Two Tribes this evening : "Which famous figure became queen of Egypt upon the death of her father in 51 bce?" Answer : Queen Elizabeth I.

There was much snorting in this house to that answer.

Don't bite, he's just looking to show off his nerd credentials.

As a gameshow question it's perfectly acceptable, even though the question doesn't specify which Superman, Earth-One or Earth-Two which I'm sure he'd have preferred.

Yes that is actually wrong. Clark Kent is his alias, in other words not his real name.

This was something which was brought to attention in the film Kill Bill. Most other superheroes are human people with real names who create a superhero name for themselves as their alias. With Superman it's the other way around. He is Superman and his human name is his alias.

Sorry, who's the nerd? Me?

Wasn't he adopted as a baby, by Mr. and Mrs. Kent, who gave him the name Clark? So CK actually is his real name, irrespective of any name he may have given himself later.

But he was born as Kal-El I guess? Was he "human" as a baby (sorry not up on Superman back story)

No, Wampa1.

Kal-El was born on Krypton, sent to Earth as a baby where he was adopted by the Kents. His name was Clark Kent before he became Superman, so in the context of the question it's half right. The real name (ie. birth name) of Superman is Kal-El but that's not known to anyone on Earth who doesn't know about Krypton.

True, I agree that the 2 clues one isn't guessable besides the correct answer. I mean I can only imagine how difficult it is for a contestant, having very little time to think of an answer and feeling the pressure, compared to people sitting at home. I guess not all of the stupid answers are stupid because the contestant is stupid, but at the end of the day that doesn't matter a jot to the editor of Private Eye and the mass amount of people reading the Dumb Britain section.

And interesting about Mastermind, as that seems to be about the only show that adopts such rules as that. In most others the host always gives the correct answers even if they pass. I think saying pass is the best way for a lot of questions which ask for an answer from a vast group of long winded answers like a song title or name of a book... but it's amazing the amount of people who pass on questions where they're asked for an answer from a small set like a star sign, decade or ocean.

Who's talking about a name he gave himself later?
He had a name before he arrived on earth, so Clark Kent is not his real name.

Maybe mentioned already and I forget which show it was on:

Qn - which country do the Faroe Islands belong to?

Ans - Egypt.

I don't know about the US, but in the UK one's "real name" and one's birth name can be different.

What name was on his passport when he arrived? Or is he an illegal immigrant?

Isn't his mother Indian and his dad American and his real birth name was Siuppa Mahn

That was so bad I texted my mother about it.

On today's 'Fifteen To One' a contestant was asked for which pet was a licence costing 37p needed upto 1987.

The contestant replied 'Monkey'. Sandi and most of the other contestants fell about laughing.

Another one on today's Fifteen to One: "The rivers Murray and Darling are in which Southern hemisphere country?". "Scotland".

I was on the episode too, we did all laugh, but he wasn't even born when the law changed - and of course sometimes that doesn't stand up, but in this case I think it's OK and he just guessed any animal.

Though if she'd said 7/6, he might have got it...

I was on the original WGS series' a couple of times. The trouble with general knowledge quizzes is you can't really use the old 'before my time' line.

Maybe misheard as Pharoah!

It depends. I mean we talk about certain dog licensing a lot nowadays, but I'm sure in the debates I've heard about it I've never heard people mention that dog licences existed in the past.

I certainly don't remember it being abolished (as I was only 1). However I do remember 'section 28' being abolished. That was a big deal, I can't imagine the dog law was, but maybe I'm wrong. It seems silly that we should know the years certain outdated laws were abolished. Maybe I just feel about guilty for laughing.

Yup. That's why it's funny.

P.S. Wouldn't be misheard as the words are pronounced exactly the same.

I was talking about this just days ago with someone (nothing to do with this question on the show). The person I was speaking to was born at the time but didn't realize dog licenses no longer existed. They do now though and following that conversation would probably have guessed the correct answer if asked that question now. I get your point but it is not so ridiculous to know dog licenses were abolished in the 80s (regardless of whether you remember it at the time) which is all you need to get the answer.

I completely agree but I don't know. I'm probably in the wrong thread. I just think a guess, in some cases, where it shows nothing about the person's education, shouldn't be called stupid.