So what was the answer? My answer would be "Quite a few".

Actually the professional simpleton may've been quoting the old joke -
"left side, right side, top side, bottom side, inside and outside!"

Dunno if this has been mentioned but I had a great email years ago listing loads of really dubious answers for Family Fortunes. The ones that always amuse me are:
Name a bird with a long neck - Naomi Campbell!
Name something a blind person would use - a sword!
Name a dangerous race - The Arabs

My favourite one was on the American version...

Something you pass around - A joint. The best part was that it was actually one of the top answers

I saw that.

Donal Macintyre was once on All Star Family Fortunes.

The question was 'name an animal with three letters in it's name' and he slammed the buzzer and said 'lion'

A contestant on today's Two Tribes said George was Poirot's first name.

Good grief, We all know his first name is Inspector.

maybe he was thinking of the other famous Belgian, Georges Simenon.

Two Tribes tonight

How many stars are on the flag of the USA?

4

I remember them laughing at some poor man when they asked, Name something that flies, that doesn't have an engine. And he answered, A bicycle with wings. Well....

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped..._in_flight.jpg

Well technically he was correct, the word lion does indeed have three letters in it.

As does hippopotamus !

Sorry, you'll have to explain; the joke has completely passed me by.

Lion has three letters, then a fourth. Hippo starts with three letters, then continues. It's the old 'how many months have 28 days' vibe...

Lion has three letters in it. And a fourth...

On the Chase tonight : Who's company organised the first continental holiday in 1855? Richard Branson.

Fifteen To One:

SANDI TOKSVIG: Which political party's badge depicts a yellow pound sign on a purple background?

CONTESTANT: Errrrrrr... Conservatives?

Poirot's manservant/valet was called Georges, maybe that's what they were thinking of

For a bonus point, what was Hastings first name

The Chaser Shaun was asked tonight, Pepperoni and salami get their name from which language? He said Romanian. He was also asked which beans are used to make chocolate. He said soya beans. And he's a quiz master.

Everyone knows it was Captain Cook.

Thanks, I see it now. "In it" as opposed to "is composed of".

Shaun's the weakest chaser by miles IMO. He seems to have some large gaps in his knowledge and his guesses can be quite embarrassingly off the mark sometimes.

Poirot was never a policeman, his first name was Monsieur

Isn't the idea to give the contestants a sporting chance?

Only watched it a couple of times, but I get the impression they sometimes deliberately get the odd one wrong. Certainly true in the celeb editions I've seen.