Tipping Point just now
Q: In 2008 Ivanovic joined which London football team?
A: Manchester City
Q: In 2008 Ivanovic joined which London football team?
A: Manchester City
Most stupid answer to a quiz question ever!
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I posted earlier:
Classic daft answer today on an old '15 to 1' on Challenge.
Young-ish contestant was asked: What BRITISH film won
an award ( I think an academy award but missed part of
the question) and was directed by and starred Lawrence
Olivier,in 1940'
Answer' Lawrence of Arabia'? (very hopefully asked)
I DID say I missed part of the question, (as my neighbour
was apparently nailing up some new wallpaper!) and it was
in fact 'Which 1940's film...etc' NOT 'which 1940 film' which
I said. The answer was Hamlet in 1948, and the reason I
took is as a 'stupid' answer was that Olivier had no connection
to the 'Lawrence of Arabia' film,which was a David Lean one.
My apologies for hearing it wrong/not hearing it properly, due
to outside interference!
Classic daft answer today on an old '15 to 1' on Challenge.
Young-ish contestant was asked: What BRITISH film won
an award ( I think an academy award but missed part of
the question) and was directed by and starred Lawrence
Olivier,in 1940'
Answer' Lawrence of Arabia'? (very hopefully asked)
I DID say I missed part of the question, (as my neighbour
was apparently nailing up some new wallpaper!) and it was
in fact 'Which 1940's film...etc' NOT 'which 1940 film' which
I said. The answer was Hamlet in 1948, and the reason I
took is as a 'stupid' answer was that Olivier had no connection
to the 'Lawrence of Arabia' film,which was a David Lean one.
My apologies for hearing it wrong/not hearing it properly, due
to outside interference!
Originally Posted by timebug:
“I posted earlier:
Classic daft answer today on an old '15 to 1' on Challenge.
Young-ish contestant was asked: What BRITISH film won
an award ( I think an academy award but missed part of
the question) and was directed by and starred Lawrence
Olivier,in 1940'
Answer' Lawrence of Arabia'? (very hopefully asked)
I DID say I missed part of the question, (as my neighbour
was apparently nailing up some new wallpaper!) and it was
in fact 'Which 1940's film...etc' NOT 'which 1940 film' which
I said. The answer was Hamlet in 1948, and the reason I
took is as a 'stupid' answer was that Olivier had no connection
to the 'Lawrence of Arabia' film,which was a David Lean one.
My apologies for hearing it wrong/not hearing it properly, due
to outside interference!”
“I posted earlier:
Classic daft answer today on an old '15 to 1' on Challenge.
Young-ish contestant was asked: What BRITISH film won
an award ( I think an academy award but missed part of
the question) and was directed by and starred Lawrence
Olivier,in 1940'
Answer' Lawrence of Arabia'? (very hopefully asked)
I DID say I missed part of the question, (as my neighbour
was apparently nailing up some new wallpaper!) and it was
in fact 'Which 1940's film...etc' NOT 'which 1940 film' which
I said. The answer was Hamlet in 1948, and the reason I
took is as a 'stupid' answer was that Olivier had no connection
to the 'Lawrence of Arabia' film,which was a David Lean one.
My apologies for hearing it wrong/not hearing it properly, due
to outside interference!”
I still don't understand why you highlighted the "British" detail though, because as I said, Lawrence of Arabia is a British film so not a stupid guess in that regard...
15-1 (90s version)
British Monarchy:
Four Kings have sat on the throne this century. Who had never been The Prince of Wales?
Queen Elizabeth!
Ok, you can put it down to pressure but when you're sat at home and that answer comes out then you have to laugh
British Monarchy:
Four Kings have sat on the throne this century. Who had never been The Prince of Wales?
Queen Elizabeth!
Ok, you can put it down to pressure but when you're sat at home and that answer comes out then you have to laugh
I overheard one on my dad's hospital TV last night - no idea what the programme was.
What's the opposite of cold? Answer: Frozen.
What's the opposite of cold? Answer: Frozen.
Originally Posted by barbeler:
“I overheard one on my dad's hospital TV last night - no idea what the programme was.
What's the opposite of cold? Answer: Frozen.”
“I overheard one on my dad's hospital TV last night - no idea what the programme was.
What's the opposite of cold? Answer: Frozen.”
I believe that's from a Radio One game where they have to say the wrong answers or something. (I heard it too).
Apparently, Corfu and Mykonos are in the Shetland Islands according to the woman on 1000 Heartbeats!
Tipping Point
Q - The name of which chemical element precedes the word 'meal' in a term for a drink fed to a patient before a stomach x-ray?
A - Liquid.
Q - The name of which chemical element precedes the word 'meal' in a term for a drink fed to a patient before a stomach x-ray?
A - Liquid.
Originally Posted by Gulftastic:
“Tipping Point
Q - The name of which chemical element precedes the word 'meal' in a term for a drink fed to a patient before a stomach x-ray?
A - Liquid.”
“Tipping Point
Q - The name of which chemical element precedes the word 'meal' in a term for a drink fed to a patient before a stomach x-ray?
A - Liquid.”
Some absolute morons on it today.
Originally Posted by Serial Lurker:
“Some absolute morons on it today.”
“Some absolute morons on it today.”
Yeah, and that girl had never heard of the Gibb brothers.
Originally Posted by davads:
“I still don't understand why you highlighted the "British" detail though, because as I said, Lawrence of Arabia is a British film so not a stupid guess in that regard...”
“I still don't understand why you highlighted the "British" detail though, because as I said, Lawrence of Arabia is a British film so not a stupid guess in that regard...”
I still don't understand why he thinks it was a stupid answer at all.
Lawrence of Arabia was an Oscar-winning British film made over 50 years ago that starred an English Shakesperean actor in the title role.
Hamlet was an Oscar-winning British film made over 60 years ago that starred an English Shakesperean actor in the title role.
Apart from the 14 year time difference between the making of the two movies, they share a lot of similarities.
Why was it a stupid answer? Just because Laurence Olivier is called Laurence, and Lawrence of Arabia was called TE Lawrence? That doesn't make it a stupid answer.
1000 Heartbeats
"Has a daughter named Stella"
Options were: Paul McCartney / Mick Jagger
Answer: Mick Jagger
"Has a daughter named Stella"
Options were: Paul McCartney / Mick Jagger
Answer: Mick Jagger
It just keeps getting better. This one came up on The Chase just now:
"How many years are there between a Stanley Kubrick sci-fi film and a George Orwell novel?"
A 17
B 57
C 107
She chose C!
"How many years are there between a Stanley Kubrick sci-fi film and a George Orwell novel?"
A 17
B 57
C 107
She chose C!
Originally Posted by GoCompareThis:
“1000 Heartbeats
"Has a daughter named Stella"
Options were: Paul McCartney / Mick Jagger
Answer: Mick Jagger”
“1000 Heartbeats
"Has a daughter named Stella"
Options were: Paul McCartney / Mick Jagger
Answer: Mick Jagger”
Well, not everyone will have heard of Stella McCartney. Obviously this one hadn't!
Did I just hear someone on Pointless say Renaissance as a person's name ie Rene Saunce as an answer to name a painter? I was half asleep at the time, working nights, and in the other room, but if so that's staggering!
One on Tipping Point a few weeks back. Dizzy, Welsh, blonde bimbo was asked: Which Monarch is the Victorian Era named after? Answer: Pass.....
Originally Posted by Paul_DNAP:
“Surely in this day of overly wild PC, that should be "potperson", or more likely "Beverage container replenishment coordinator"”
“Surely in this day of overly wild PC, that should be "potperson", or more likely "Beverage container replenishment coordinator"”
Wrong! Wrong! Wrong!
Multi-purpose beverage container replenishment outreach co-ordinator & ad-hoc table cleansing operative.
Please get the title right.
Originally Posted by GoCompareThis:
“It just keeps getting better. This one came up on The Chase just now:
"How many years are there between a Stanley Kubrick sci-fi film and a George Orwell novel?"
A 17
B 57
C 107
She chose C!”
“It just keeps getting better. This one came up on The Chase just now:
"How many years are there between a Stanley Kubrick sci-fi film and a George Orwell novel?"
A 17
B 57
C 107
She chose C!”
To be fair, if you've never heard of Stanley Kubrick - which is perfectly plausible - then you're not going to have the faintest idea on that one, even if the penny drops afterwards that you had heard of the film 2001.
So not that stupid at all really, certainly not under time pressure.
Originally Posted by Chasing Shadows:
“I still don't understand why he thinks it was a stupid answer at all.
Lawrence of Arabia was an Oscar-winning British film made over 50 years ago that starred an English Shakesperean actor in the title role.
Hamlet was an Oscar-winning British film made over 60 years ago that starred an English Shakesperean actor in the title role.
Apart from the 14 year time difference between the making of the two movies, they share a lot of similarities.
Why was it a stupid answer? Just because Laurence Olivier is called Laurence, and Lawrence of Arabia was called TE Lawrence? That doesn't make it a stupid answer.”
“I still don't understand why he thinks it was a stupid answer at all.
Lawrence of Arabia was an Oscar-winning British film made over 50 years ago that starred an English Shakesperean actor in the title role.
Hamlet was an Oscar-winning British film made over 60 years ago that starred an English Shakesperean actor in the title role.
Apart from the 14 year time difference between the making of the two movies, they share a lot of similarities.
Why was it a stupid answer? Just because Laurence Olivier is called Laurence, and Lawrence of Arabia was called TE Lawrence? That doesn't make it a stupid answer.”
I suspect that the poster timebug has misunderstood this thread as being one for answers that are "stupid" because "I knew the answer and the contestant didn't" - whereas in fact what we'd be after for a question like this would be an answer like Jurassic Park. Not Lawrence of Arabia, which is a perfectly fair guess from somebody who simply doesn't know.
Originally Posted by GoCompareThis:
“1000 Heartbeats
"Has a daughter named Stella"
Options were: Paul McCartney / Mick Jagger
Answer: Mick Jagger”
“1000 Heartbeats
"Has a daughter named Stella"
Options were: Paul McCartney / Mick Jagger
Answer: Mick Jagger”
So you don't know the answer, so you guess. Why is that stupid?
I don't think you (and several others) understand the point of this thread.
Originally Posted by davads:
“To be fair, if you've never heard of Stanley Kubrick - which is perfectly plausible - then you're not going to have the faintest idea on that one, even if the penny drops afterwards that you had heard of the film 2001.
So not that stupid at all really, certainly not under time pressure.”
“To be fair, if you've never heard of Stanley Kubrick - which is perfectly plausible - then you're not going to have the faintest idea on that one, even if the penny drops afterwards that you had heard of the film 2001.
So not that stupid at all really, certainly not under time pressure.”
It was 1984 she hadn't heard of.
She had vaguely heard of the George Orwell novel, but thought it was 18 something so went for the high answer. Still no excuse of course.
Originally Posted by Ex Pat:
“Do you really need it explaining?”
“Do you really need it explaining?”
Bit rude. I don't need anything explaining.
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