PHIL WOOD SHOW (BBC GMR)
Wood: What ‘K’ could be described as the Islamic Bible?
Contestant: Er. . .
Wood: It’s got two syllables . . . Kor . . .
Contestant: Blimey?
Wood: Ha ha ha ha, no. The past participle of run . . .
Contestant: (Silence.)
Wood: OK, try it another way. Today I run, yesterday I . . .
Contestant: Walked?
BBC NORFOLK
Stewart White: Who had a worldwide hit with What A Wonderful World?
Contestant: I don’t know.
White: I’ll give you some clues. What do you call the part between your hand and your elbow?
Contestant: Arm.
White: Correct. And if you’re not weak, you’re . .?
Contestant: Strong.
White: Correct – and what was Lord Mountbatten’s first name?
Contestant: Louis.
White: Well, there we are then. So, who had a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World?
Contestant: Frank Sinatra?
BREAKFAST SHOW (RADIO 1)
Chris Moyles: Which ‘s’ is a kind of whale that can grow up to 80 tonnes?
Contestant: Ummm. . .
Moyles: It begins with ‘s’ and rhymes with ‘perm’.
Contestant: Shark.
Here’s a couple more dumb answers I can remember being given on the Weakest Link programme:-
Q. The adjective Rubenesque, meaning a plump, voluptuous woman, is derived from the work of which 17th-century Flemish artist?
A. Aretha Franklin.
Q. The cedar tree appears on the flag of which Middle Eastern country with a coastline on the Mediterranean?
A. Canada.
People can be so stupid.
Now, I think I know where the ancestors of the idiots in the U.S. came from.
The British deported people to Australia for being criminals and they deported people to the US for being religious wackos or stupid.
Now the US exports crazy religions and stupidity.
In fact there are many countries in Spain. The Basque Country, for example. They’re a part of Spain, with an autonomous government.