Most stupid answer to a quiz question ever!

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lundavra

23-10-2015

Originally Posted by Sarahsaurus:
“I have never been a fan of Only Connect. It strikes me as being a bit too pleased with itself about how clever it is and how hard some of the questions are. A bit like Ask The Family was in the Seventies.
..”

Do ITV still have their quizzes, perhaps you would prefer those

Quote:
“e.g.
Q. What is the capital of France?

A. London
B. Bradford
C. Paris”

Much of the enjoyment of Only Connect is not just not knowing the answer but often not even understanding the question with the answer and having the think about it later.

bobcar

23-10-2015

On Tipping Point yesterday.

What south coast city does Caroline Lucas represent in Parliament?

Answer: I'll answer this rather than pass (he had the option), Cornwall.

Needless to say as it was Tipping Point he won the game.

GoCompareThis

23-10-2015

Pointless today:

Q: Romantic poet beginning with B

A: Benjamin Britten

Q: Location of the Hanging Gardens

A: Budapest

valkay

23-10-2015

Originally Posted by GoCompareThis:
“Pointless today:

Q: Romantic poet beginning with B

A: Benjamin Britten

Q: Location of the Hanging Gardens

A: Budapest”

Dai petrol was the best.

Ex Pat

24-10-2015

Australian Millionaire Hotseat $200 question.

Q: What was provided to the Australian postal service in 1967

a: Postcodes
b: Letters to Santa
c: Computers and CDs
d: Letterboxes

Contestant : a: Letters to Santa.

Bye bye

valkay

24-10-2015

Originally Posted by Ex Pat:
“Australian Millionaire Hotseat $200 question.

Q: What was provided to the Australian postal service in 1967

a: Postcodes
b: Letters to Santa
c: Computers and CDs
d: Letterboxes

Contestant : a: Letters to Santa.

Bye bye”

Why stupid? the British Post Office do, or did, it. My son used to get letters from Santa, courtesy of the Post office.

Ex Pat

24-10-2015

Originally Posted by valkay:
“Why stupid? the British Post Office do, or did, it. My son used to get letters from Santa, courtesy of the Post office.”

Fair enough. You think letters to Santa is more likely than postcodes.

Even the presenter thanked the contestant for the "comedy" answer.

Jack_Ramone

24-10-2015

Originally Posted by Ex Pat:
“Fair enough. You think letters to Santa is more likely than postcodes.

Even the presenter thanked the contestant for the "comedy" answer.”

To be fair, mid-late sixties sounds really recent for postcodes to be implemented!

Ex Pat

24-10-2015

Originally Posted by Jack_Ramone:
“To be fair, mid-late sixties sounds really recent for postcodes to be implemented!”

Not recent at all. First introduced (but not fully implemented until 1974) in Britain in 1959.
Ireland still don't have them.

Never the less, this is Australia we are talking about.

Jack_Ramone

24-10-2015

Originally Posted by Ex Pat:
“Not recent at all. First introduced (but not fully implemented until 1974) in Britain in 1959.
Ireland still don't have them.

Never the less, this is Australia we are talking about.”

Oh wow, I didn't realise they were that "new"!

lundavra

24-10-2015

Originally Posted by Jack_Ramone:
“To be fair, mid-late sixties sounds really recent for postcodes to be implemented!”

Not really, I spent a week at the PO Training School at Stone in the mid-1960s (from school) we were shown the first versions of the automatic facing and sorting machines which used the fluorescent dots and postcodes.

jjwales

25-10-2015

Originally Posted by bobcar:
“On Tipping Point yesterday.

What south coast city does Caroline Lucas represent in Parliament?

Answer: I'll answer this rather than pass (he had the option), Cornwall.

Needless to say as it was Tipping Point he won the game.”

To be pedantic, she doesn't represent a city, just part of one! She is MP for Brighton Pavilion, which is one of three Brighton & Hove constituencies.

JeffG1

25-10-2015

A late comment on this, although I read it earlier. Did you mean "provided by" or even "first provided by" rather than "provided to"? The answer given might make a bit more sense then.

Although "Letterboxes" doesn't make sense either way.

davads

25-10-2015

Originally Posted by JeffG1:
“A late comment on this, although I read it earlier. Did you mean "provided by" or even "first provided by" rather than "provided to"? The answer given might make a bit more sense then.

Although "Letterboxes" doesn't make sense either way. ”

And "provided by" is an odd phrasing too to be fair. Presumably it was something like "introduced by".

JeffG1

25-10-2015

Originally Posted by davads:
“And "provided by" is an odd phrasing too to be fair. Presumably it was something like "introduced by".”

Agreed. Then the whole question makes some sense.

bobcar

25-10-2015

Originally Posted by jjwales:
“To be pedantic, she doesn't represent a city, just part of one! She is MP for Brighton Pavilion, which is one of three Brighton & Hove constituencies.”

Yes I know this but I repeated the question and answer as well as I can remember it from Tipping Point and this thread is about stupid answers to quiz questions not how much of a city someone represents.

Ex Pat

25-10-2015

I think it was "to" but I can't be sure.
I remember thinking that computers and CDs didn't make much sense. Either way, I thought the correct answer was the most obvious one.

jjwales

25-10-2015

Originally Posted by bobcar:
“Yes I know this but I repeated the question and answer as well as I can remember it from Tipping Point and this thread is about stupid answers to quiz questions not how much of a city someone represents.”

Yes of course. I was just wondering how accurate the original question was!

iaindb

31-10-2015

On Celebrity Chase just now....

Where were The Jam "Going....." in a 1980 UK number one hit?
A: Underground
B: Overground
C: Wombling Free

John Sergeant answered C.

jsmith99

31-10-2015

Originally Posted by iaindb:
“On Celebrity Chase just now....

Where were The Jam "Going....." in a 1980 UK number one hit?
A: Underground
B: Overground
C: Wombling Free

John Sergeant answered C.”

And the correct answer is ? Why claim it's a silly answer?

albion-mad-nick

01-11-2015

Originally Posted by jsmith99:
“And the correct answer is ? Why claim it's a silly answer?”

You're on the wind up, surely?

atg

01-11-2015

A silly answer would be W.

JeffG1

01-11-2015

Originally Posted by atg:
“A silly answer would be W.”

It would be impossible because there are only 3 buttons.

jsmith99

01-11-2015

Originally Posted by albion-mad-nick:
“You're on the wind up, surely?”

No, I've no idea what would be considered the correct answer. Why do you assume everybody's knowledgeable about 1980s pop music?

anyonefortennis

01-11-2015

Originally Posted by jsmith99:
“No, I've no idea what would be considered the correct answer.”

Why am I not surprised.

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