I don’t understand French that well, so I’m not totally sure what goes on in this clip:
http://www.shermix.com/video.php?id=592
But it seems to me that French people do not know if the sun orbits earth or not.
Family Fortunes, a family from my hometown .
Name an item of clothing made from straw
An overcoat
I’ll concede that.
I included the question & answer because I thought it was hilarious. However it is only funny if you know who Cezanne was, and I accept that he was not as famous as, say, Homer Simpson.
If you are a golf fan for example and you hear the question Is Tiger Woods a golfer or a ventriloquist? you might find it amusing if the answer given was the latter.
No prizes will be given to any poster asking who is Tiger Woods, but if anyone can confirm Woods to be a ventriloquist (with a cite) I will be seriously impressed.
From a German game show:
Q: Which ancient Roman god of war had the same name as a chocolate bar?
A: Snickers
I can’t believe I’m the first to say it, but the winner is
Up the butt, Bob :smack:
Answers given by contestants in the UK version of “The Weakest Link”
What insect is found hovering above lakes
Answer: Alligators
Which letter comes between P and R
Answer: O
Which “A” is a small tube in the human digestive system
Answers: Arse
What “Z” describes a human who has returned from the dead
Answer: Unicorn
Several years ago, on *Jeopardy!, *a contestant made two dumb responses in the same game. And I’m paraphrasing:
Clue: “In a wedding, these men escort people to their seats.”
Response: “What are pallbearers?”
Clue: “A two-wheeled Roman vehicle.”
Response: “What is a bicycle?”
Anyone remember the Who Wants to be a Millionaire when the contestant had to choose the largest of four choices including the moon and an elephant and she chose the elephant?
I didn’t see it, but recall the ubiquitous image macro Elephants: Larger than the moon. I hope it wan’t fudged. 
Ken Jennings on Jeopardy:
This term for a long-handled gardening tool can also mean an immoral pleasure-seeker.
What’s a ho?
Hey, I like that answer.
I kind of liked the “Which animals did Hannibal take over the Alps?” being answered with (after a 50/50 limited to “elephants” and “llamas”) with “llamas.” Right before, the poor sap said something like “I… well, I know it couldn’t be elephants!”
Not up there with the all-time stupidest answers, but it tickled me.
Couldn’t “rake” also be correct?
“Rake” was the right answer.
That was, in fact, the answer.
Family Feud Bonus Round:
Q: During what month of pregnancy does a woman begin to look pregnant?
A: September
Q: Number of squares on a chess-board?
A: 52
The combination of a dumb contestant and a dumb host is twice as bad.
I give you, from “Sale of the Century”, a dreadful UK game show made in Norwich in the seventies, the following exchange:
Host (the truly appalling Nicholas Parsons): What was the name of William Shakespeare’s wife?
Contestant: errr… Mrs Shakespeare?
Host: Oh… well, technically, I suppose you’re right! I’m going to have to give you that…
I still think he got screwed, that seems like a perfectly valid answer to me.
These new shows are so damned slow!
Jeopardy is fast, during the game part at any rate. Family Feud is fast.
But the new ones will drag out, and stall, and stammer, over every piddly question. UGH