# Dumbest Game Show Question Ever **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 11, 2000, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-game-show-question-ever/21992 "2000-06-11T01:38:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Necros](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/necros/32/11086_2.png) [@Necros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Necros)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-game-show-question-ever/21992/41 "2000-06-12T19:30:40Z")
**dippymonger** said: > [@](#): > > Q. Which Italian revolutionary was hung in 1659 for practising witchcraft? OK, so I may be stupid, but who is this, really? I guess I just don’t know enough Italian revolutionary history to be considered smart in your book, Dippymonger. ---
**Author:** ![Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6de8d8/32.png) [@Kilgore\_Trout\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilgore_Trout_1)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-game-show-question-ever/21992/42 "2000-06-12T19:42:22Z")
i am wondering the same thing, necros. i really don’t see that as everyday knowledge. and to top it all off, it was mentioned by a poster that didn’t know how to use a search engine to find out who casanova was. hmmm… so who was it, anyway? ---
**Author:** ![winky99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/71c47a/32.png) [@winky99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/winky99)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-game-show-question-ever/21992/43 "2000-06-12T20:06:01Z")
Maybe we’re idiots, b/c I can’t find anything on this so called Italian revolutionary hanging. This [link](http://www.stregheria.com/Italian%20Witchcraft.htm) seems to be a pretty good authority on Italian witchcraft and the only thing mentioned in that time period is a woman who is tried and imprisoned in 1640. Will someone please clear this up. ---
**Author:** ![winky99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/71c47a/32.png) [@winky99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/winky99)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-game-show-question-ever/21992/44 "2000-06-12T20:08:23Z")
Correction: The date of trial is 1649, I guess I read the article to fast. ---
**Author:** ![jesuslynch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e99b99/32.png) [@jesuslynch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jesuslynch)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-game-show-question-ever/21992/45 "2000-06-12T20:11:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > What do you find in men’s trousers and on a pool table? > > The answer, of course, is “pockets”. > \*\* This was on Benny Hill. He was playing the worlds smartest man taking on a computer. The computer spit out the answer “pockets.” When it did, Benny started erasing his answer. ---
**Author:** ![vandal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/858c86/32.png) [@vandal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vandal)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-game-show-question-ever/21992/46 "2000-06-12T21:21:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > How’s this for a dead easy one… > > This real “stumper” was on a game show here in Australia for $25,000. > > Q. Which Italian revolutionary was hung in 1659 for practising witchcraft? > \*\* So are you being sarcastic or what? ---
**Author:** ![Iguana\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@Iguana\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iguana_Boy)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-game-show-question-ever/21992/47 "2000-06-12T21:27:58Z")
ALLEDGEDLY (although probably a UL) on “MR & Mrs” a UK show that sounds like it was similar to “Newlyweds” Q Where was the last place you had sex? A Up the ass BTW this was my 100th post - I’m so proud 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2000, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-game-show-question-ever/21992/48 "2000-06-12T22:35:50Z")
My favorite WWTBAM question was: Which vegetable is also a sport? a) Rutabega b) celery c) squash d) Eggplant the guy actually had to talk his way to the answer… i just cannot watch that show. ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-game-show-question-ever/21992/49 "2000-06-13T06:57:41Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > and to top it all off, it was mentioned by a poster that didn’t know how to use a search engine to find out who casanova was. > \*\* I’m beginning to think _that_ post was the main inspiration for _this_ posting. In other words, we “slammed” him for not using a search engine, he can return the favor. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-game-show-question-ever/21992/50 "2000-06-13T12:47:15Z")
I’m guessing the Italian revolutionary question is just sarcasm… Or else my schooling is worse than I thought. ---
**Author:** ![dook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cdc98d/32.png) [@dook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dook)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-game-show-question-ever/21992/51 "2000-06-13T14:07:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Alex Trebek says “Now, Cliff, unless you were a complete idiot and wagered everything …” > \*\* ahhhh, it’s all coming back to me now. > [@](#): > > \*\* > > You are probably thinking of the final scene. Alex Trebek happens into Cheers and Cliff starts talking to him. Trebek, in an obvious attempt to placate the crazy person tells Cliff that the whole incident has shaken his faith in the process. Never had he realized that there might be more than one answer, etc. > > \*\* And that seals it… I remember that now. Thanks guys -dook ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-game-show-question-ever/21992/52 "2000-06-13T14:28:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > This one from Quiz Bowl… > > “What can stop the Duke of Earl?” > > I was too stunned to ring in. > \*\* Actually, devoid of context, that’s a good question… it requires thinking, “Where do I know that line?” remembering, singing it, and answering, “Nothing,” before anyone else does. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-game-show-question-ever/21992/53 "2000-06-13T18:39:27Z")
I attended a taping of “Family Feud” once. I thought that I would finally get a chance to be part of that “polled studio audience” that answered the questions, but it doesn’t work that way – I only got to watch the show (they must poll some OTHER audience). In any event, one question was “Name a country in South America”. Bear in mind that, in Family Feud, it doesn’t matter if the answer is factually correct or not – you just have to match the studio audience answer. To my relief, all the answers WERE countries in South America. But it would have been possible for a significant portion of the audience respond “Rio de Janeiro” or “Italy”. If they did, that would have been a valid response. (Although I suspect they really wouldn’t let that go out on the air.) ---
**Author:** ![Brunetter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@Brunetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brunetter)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2000, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-game-show-question-ever/21992/54 "2000-06-13T22:14:54Z")
John Larrigan, some of those are too freaking funny! The weird associations people make huh? It probably would tell a psych major a whole lot about what’s happening in their heads … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dumbest-game-show-question-ever/21992.md?page=2)