Pointless, a word ending in "ant" answer, Stant, because he played for Brighton.
Most stupid answer to a quiz question ever!
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Originally Posted by JeffG1:
“If you mean contestants, I assume they went to school where people learn stuff like that.”
“If you mean contestants, I assume they went to school where people learn stuff like that.”
Originally Posted by Ella Nut:
“Funnily enough when I was at school we didnt learn about every historical thing of note that ever happened and I'm pretty sure I wasn't "taught" about JFK. I may have known who he was but I doubt I knew where he was assassinated. In fact I probably didn't know until some time in my adulthood when I developed an interest for this sort of thing.
So, indeed, it was not a stupid answer to have given.”
“Funnily enough when I was at school we didnt learn about every historical thing of note that ever happened and I'm pretty sure I wasn't "taught" about JFK. I may have known who he was but I doubt I knew where he was assassinated. In fact I probably didn't know until some time in my adulthood when I developed an interest for this sort of thing.
So, indeed, it was not a stupid answer to have given.”
Where did I say that New York was a stupid answer? I was responding to the post that suggested that younger people might not even know who JFK was, not whether they would necessarily know where he was assassinated.
Originally Posted by Lamin_Ator:
“I don't understand this”
“I don't understand this”
Neither did I at first. I thought someone had actually answered:
"My missus, Pope John Paul the second"
Originally Posted by JeffG1:
“Where did I say that New York was a stupid answer? I was responding to the post that suggested that younger people might not even know who JFK was, not whether they would necessarily know where he was assassinated.”
“Where did I say that New York was a stupid answer? I was responding to the post that suggested that younger people might not even know who JFK was, not whether they would necessarily know where he was assassinated.”
I did not say you said it was a stupid answer, I was merely making the point that I did not learn who JFK was at school and so it's entirely possible lots of other people didn't either.
Originally Posted by Simon_Smith3:
“"New York" was just a wrong answer. A stupid answer would have been "Barnsley".”
“"New York" was just a wrong answer. A stupid answer would have been "Barnsley".”
But that's still just a wrong place. "Bert Kwouk" would be stupid.
Originally Posted by anotherlongers:
“That sounds a bit dubious. I wonder if during a break the old woman sneaked into Richard Osman's dressing room and took a look at the answers but remembered them in the wrong order. Then I guess she got caught by Richard but escaped with hilarious consequences? This sounds strangely familiar.
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“That sounds a bit dubious. I wonder if during a break the old woman sneaked into Richard Osman's dressing room and took a look at the answers but remembered them in the wrong order. Then I guess she got caught by Richard but escaped with hilarious consequences? This sounds strangely familiar.
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No, it was a separate episode, where the answer was referenced.
Originally Posted by MR. Macavity:
“Ah, I've not watched that one yet - what were the odds?!
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“Ah, I've not watched that one yet - what were the odds?!
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I've put the question in spoilers, just in case!
Spoiler
Originally Posted by Lamin_Ator:
“I don't understand this”
“I don't understand this”
They were asked for the first Pope to have two names, but failed to name John Paul The First and answered with John Paul The Second.
There was a question on a quiz show yesterday, might have been The Chase, where a contestant was asked which founding father of America invented the lightning rod.
(Real answer is Benjamin Franklin)
The contestant answered with Emmett Brown.
Emmett Brown being the scientist in the Back to the Future film series who wired up a cable to provide electricity from a lighting strike to power his time travelling car in Back to the Future 2.
(Real answer is Benjamin Franklin)
The contestant answered with Emmett Brown.
Emmett Brown being the scientist in the Back to the Future film series who wired up a cable to provide electricity from a lighting strike to power his time travelling car in Back to the Future 2.
Originally Posted by Alrightmate:
“They were asked for the first Pope to have two names, but failed to name John Paul The First and answered with John Paul The Second.”
“They were asked for the first Pope to have two names, but failed to name John Paul The First and answered with John Paul The Second.”
There was no such pope as John Paul The First or even John Paul I.
This is like asking what Loudon Wainwright III's grandfather was known as. Or father for that matter.
Originally Posted by atg:
“There was no such pope as John Paul The First or even John Paul I.
This is like asking what Loudon Wainwright III's grandfather was known as. Or father for that matter.”
“There was no such pope as John Paul The First or even John Paul I.
This is like asking what Loudon Wainwright III's grandfather was known as. Or father for that matter.”
The first page of sites I found on a search say otherwise eg http://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=9502
Originally Posted by tealady:
“The first page of sites I found on a search say otherwise eg http://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=9502”
“The first page of sites I found on a search say otherwise eg http://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=9502”
Presumably the First one would only have become known as John Paul I in retrospect when the second John Paul came along though, and he was just John Paul initially (I can't remember, and as many will remember he was a bit of a blink and you'll miss him pope). Similarly I guess Elizabeth I was just Elizabeth up until 1952, or does it not work like that?
Anyway, this is all getting off the original point which was that giving JPII as an answer to that question didn't strictly make sense.
Originally Posted by Alrightmate:
“There was a question on a quiz show yesterday, might have been The Chase, where a contestant was asked which founding father of America invented the lightning rod.
(Real answer is Benjamin Franklin)
The contestant answered with Emmett Brown.
Emmett Brown being the scientist in the Back to the Future film series who wired up a cable to provide electricity from a lighting strike to power his time travelling car in Back to the Future 2.”
“There was a question on a quiz show yesterday, might have been The Chase, where a contestant was asked which founding father of America invented the lightning rod.
(Real answer is Benjamin Franklin)
The contestant answered with Emmett Brown.
Emmett Brown being the scientist in the Back to the Future film series who wired up a cable to provide electricity from a lighting strike to power his time travelling car in Back to the Future 2.”
That's funny. Btw why did you say BttF 2 rather than the original film?
Originally Posted by atg:
“There was no such pope as John Paul The First or even John Paul I.
This is like asking what Loudon Wainwright III's grandfather was known as. Or father for that matter.”
“There was no such pope as John Paul The First or even John Paul I.
This is like asking what Loudon Wainwright III's grandfather was known as. Or father for that matter.”
Yes he was not known as JP1 at the time, obviously. Once JP2 came along, however, he was retrospectively known as John Paul 1 (just as happens with Kings and Queens). The Wainwright example is irrelevant as that is not a title. So there was a John Paul 1 which would be the correct answer. I wouldn't say it was a terrible answer though (saying JP2) as he was more well known and it would be easy to not think about the number aspect under time pressure.
Originally Posted by Simon_Smith3:
“"New York" was just a wrong answer [for where JFK was assassinated]. A stupid answer would have been "Barnsley".”
“"New York" was just a wrong answer [for where JFK was assassinated]. A stupid answer would have been "Barnsley".”
Of course, a better stupid answer would have been Knots Landing
Originally Posted by The_Bonobo:
“:
Yes he was not known as JP1 at the time,”
“:
Yes he was not known as JP1 at the time,”
Mind you that was only for 33 days - so he was John Paul 1 pretty quickly.
If it really takes all this amount of discussion (and searching the internet), I doubt if many of these could be deemed to be 'stupid' answers.
Besides, being in a TV studio with lights, cameras, audience etc etc all focused on you, I wouldn't criticise too many people for simply blurting out the first thing that came to mind! Would you call that stupid? I'm not sure that's very fair.
Besides, being in a TV studio with lights, cameras, audience etc etc all focused on you, I wouldn't criticise too many people for simply blurting out the first thing that came to mind! Would you call that stupid? I'm not sure that's very fair.
Originally Posted by atg:
“But that's still just a wrong place. "Bert Kwouk" would be stupid.”
“But that's still just a wrong place. "Bert Kwouk" would be stupid.”
No. Only a stupid person would think JFK was assassinated in Barnsley, or indeed anywhere outside of the USA.
Bert Kwouk would have been a moronic answer.
Just to help:
Q. "Wayne Rooney plays for which football team":
A. CORRECT - Manchester United
WRONG - Liverpool
STUPID - New England Patriots
MORONIC - Bert Kwouk
To turn this JFK thing on its head - on Pointless a while ago there was a round about Historical Assassinations. One clue was "Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas". The contestant answered "JR".
Now that qualifies as a stupid answer I think. But a very funny one
Now that qualifies as a stupid answer I think. But a very funny one
Originally Posted by Alrightmate:
“There was a question on a quiz show yesterday, might have been The Chase, where a contestant was asked which founding father of America invented the lightning rod.
(Real answer is Benjamin Franklin)
The contestant answered with Emmett Brown.
Emmett Brown being the scientist in the Back to the Future film series who wired up a cable to provide electricity from a lighting strike to power his time travelling car in Back to the Future 2.”
“There was a question on a quiz show yesterday, might have been The Chase, where a contestant was asked which founding father of America invented the lightning rod.
(Real answer is Benjamin Franklin)
The contestant answered with Emmett Brown.
Emmett Brown being the scientist in the Back to the Future film series who wired up a cable to provide electricity from a lighting strike to power his time travelling car in Back to the Future 2.”
Brilliant! Well I suppose if you don't know it's as good an answer as any to chuck out there, as there is a tiny bit of logic attached to it.
Originally Posted by JeffG1:
“To turn this JFK thing on its head - on Pointless a while ago there was a round about Historical Assassinations. One clue was "Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas". The contestant answered "JR".
Now that qualifies as a stupid answer I think. But a very funny one”
“To turn this JFK thing on its head - on Pointless a while ago there was a round about Historical Assassinations. One clue was "Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas". The contestant answered "JR".
Now that qualifies as a stupid answer I think. But a very funny one
”
It might be amusing - but as we've established that not everybody gets taught at school about JFK (it's probably a generational thing), is it actually that stupid? Assuming there wasn't a date reference in there to pin it down, I think it's forgivable (other than the fact that JR wasn't shot dead, but if you're not into the show you could have missed that detail too). The question may even have been set in the full expectation that somebody would have said JR.
Really? I think judging by everyone's reaction, when the woman said JR, I don't think it was set up to for JR to be said.
Originally Posted by atg:
“There was no such pope as John Paul The First or even John Paul I.
This is like asking what Loudon Wainwright III's grandfather was known as. Or father for that matter.”
“There was no such pope as John Paul The First or even John Paul I.
This is like asking what Loudon Wainwright III's grandfather was known as. Or father for that matter.”
So why is there a Queen Elizabeth the 1st and Queen Elizabeth the 2nd ?
Originally Posted by Loz_Fraggle:
“Really? I think judging by everyone's reaction, when the woman said JR, I don't think it was set up to for JR to be said.”
“Really? I think judging by everyone's reaction, when the woman said JR, I don't think it was set up to for JR to be said.”
I probably should have said "might give the answer..." rather than "would".
Originally Posted by Ella Nut:
“Brilliant! Well I suppose if you don't know it's as good an answer as any to chuck out there, as there is a tiny bit of logic attached to it.”
“Brilliant! Well I suppose if you don't know it's as good an answer as any to chuck out there, as there is a tiny bit of logic attached to it.”
More than a bit of logic. It is not unusual for the writers of modern fiction to translate a future character into a past one and do certain things via time travel.
Of course in the "real" case Benjamin Franklin would have travelled back in time and invented the lightening rod but if you didn't know this then Emmett Brown is a better guess than a random name.
Originally Posted by valkay:
“So why is there a Queen Elizabeth the 1st and Queen Elizabeth the 2nd ?”
“So why is there a Queen Elizabeth the 1st and Queen Elizabeth the 2nd ?”
Queen Elizabeth the 1st was not Elizabeth the 1st during her reign, she was just Queen Elizabeth. You might as well refer to Queen Victoria as Victoria the 1st on the off chance that there might be a Victoria the 2nd at some point in the future. The same thing applies in other fields. For example, in 1962 Ford did not introduce the Ford Cortina Mk. 1. It only came to be referred to as such when the Mark 2 appeared four years later
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