# Stupidest Answer on a Quiz Show **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 16, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122 "2003-04-16T17:33:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/1 "2003-04-16T17:33:07Z")
When I was watching _The Weakest Link_ I really did ROFL. Here’s why: **The question:** "In orienteering, what small object do competitors take with them, to blow in an emergency? **The dumbass contestant’s answer** - - - - - - - - - - “A gun” Heard anything stupider than that? ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/2 "2003-04-16T17:39:39Z")
Failmy Feud: Q: Name something you take to the beach. A: Turkey. Q: During what month does a pregnant woman start to look pregnant? A: September. ---
**Author:** ![Jabba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b5e925/32.png) [@Jabba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jabba)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/3 "2003-04-16T17:44:09Z")
Also from _The Weakest Link_: Q: The name of which game is jokingly said to derive from the acronym Gentlemen Only, Ladies Forbidden. A: Cricket From _15-to-1_ Q: Which commandment is Thou Shalt Not Kill A: Honour Thy Father and Thy Mother ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/4 "2003-04-16T17:44:20Z")
Family Feud is called family fortunes in blighty and… Q"Name a dangerous race": A"the arabs" ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/5 "2003-04-16T17:48:14Z")
From a “Wheel of Fortune” many, many years ago: “I’d like to solve the puzzle: _The Battle of Bettysburg_.” ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/6 "2003-04-16T17:50:14Z")
One that was actually up on the _board_ on Family Fortunes yesterday: Q: Name something a dentist does to your teeth A: “Hurt” Not surprisingly, neither team got it. In the same show in the Big Money round: Q: Other than “board”, name another word that can follow “black” to make another word. A: “Chalk” Q: Name a pop group with a number in its name A: 123 ---
**Author:** ![SlowMindThinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@SlowMindThinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlowMindThinking)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/7 "2003-04-16T18:10:34Z")
Family Feud: Q: “How many eggs do you eat with breakfast?” A: “13” The Newlywed Game (this is just what I’ve been told, but I’ve been told that this was researched) Q: “What is the most unusual place you have thought of making whoopie?” Her: “In the a$$”. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/8 "2003-04-16T18:24:59Z")
Family Feud: Q: Name a famous Willie. A: Willie the Pooh Q: Name a question, other than “How old are you,” that a person is likely to answer with a lie. A: 18. (Richard shakes his head, tries the other contestant) A: I’ll say 50. (Egads! More head-banging. It goes to the family, and . . .) A I think it’s 39, Richard. (OK, so it was a bad question, but get a clue, people!) ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/9 "2003-04-16T18:30:22Z")
What sort of question is “how many eggs do you eat with breakfast?”!?!? ---
**Author:** ![Spiff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiff/32/9852_2.png) [@Spiff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiff)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/10 "2003-04-16T18:36:36Z")
A real stumper, apparently … ---
**Author:** ![troub](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troub/32/14802_2.png) [@troub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troub)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/11 "2003-04-16T18:41:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bluecanary \* > \*\*What sort of question is “how many eggs do you eat with breakfast?”!?!? \*\* The point of Family Feud is to try to give an answer that matches with the highest number of people in a survey of 100. So the questions don’t have to have a definite answer, but you have to try to guess what “most people” would say. I’d say two. ---
**Author:** ![bluecanary](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bluecanary/32/3614_2.png) [@bluecanary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bluecanary)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/12 "2003-04-16T18:51:37Z")
I’d say none–don’t like eggs or eat breakfast for that matter. Surely out of 100 people a minority are going to eat eggs as opposed to cereal, toast, a bar of chocolate, fruit etc. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/13 "2003-04-16T19:01:59Z")
That wouldn’t be the butt, Bob. Once, on **Wheel of Fortune** , _All_ the letters had been overturned. Answer reads “Frankly, Scarlet, I don’t give a damn.” Contestant answers “Frankly, Scarlet, I don’t give a _darn_.” Contestant _misses_ the answer. Next contestant reads it, and gets it right! ---
**Author:** ![SlowMindThinking](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@SlowMindThinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlowMindThinking)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/14 "2003-04-16T19:04:26Z")
The implicaton is clearly how many do you eat when you are eating eggs, but I’m sure the answer of “zero” matched a fair number of answers. Scarlett67, I embarrassed to admit that I remember that episode. Slight hijack: My favorite answer? Q: “Name a place in which you always spend more time than you think” A: (In a fit of desperation, after all the obvious “doctor’s waiting room” answers have been given.) “At the DMV” (Department of Motor Vehicles.) Bingo - the last match. ---
**Author:** ![Payton\_s\_Servant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3da27b/32.png) [@Payton\_s\_Servant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Payton_s_Servant)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/15 "2003-04-16T19:16:00Z")
From Family Feud: Q: “Name a famous Rudolph?” A: “Rudolph Hitler!!” ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/16 "2003-04-16T19:21:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SlowMindThinking \* > \*\*The Newlywed Game (this is just what I’ve been told, but I’ve been told that this was researched) > > Q: “What is the most unusual place you have thought of making whoopie?” > Her: “In the a$$”. \*\* This is true; it was covered recently in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=167979). Fran Lebowitz in an interview told a couple of her favorites from _Family Feud_: 1. Name a famous Rudolph… “Rudolph Hitler!” 2. Name a famous American intellectual… “John F. Kennedy!” _And Kennedy was up there…_ ---
**Author:** ![LordVor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90ced4/32.png) [@LordVor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LordVor)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/17 "2003-04-16T19:36:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bearflag70 \* > \*\*Failmy Feud: > > Q: Name something you take to the beach. > A: Turkey.\*\* In that guy’s defence, if it’s the one I’m thinking of, that was the last in a long series of questions, the likes of: “What’s a meal you make for a holliday dinner?” “Name a type of soup?” “Name your favorite sandwich?” each of which the guy answered, with varying degrees of seriousness, “Turkey”. By the time he got to “Name something you take to the beach”, the host was in histerics, the audience had laughed themselves out of their chairs, and I think that people would have thrown things at him if he hadn’t said “Turkey”. Gameshows come and go, but there are very few perfect punch lines in the world, and I, for one, am glad he didn’t waste one. -lv ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/18 "2003-04-16T19:42:04Z")
Back when “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” was a hot show, on in prime time, I saw a guy get the first question wrong. The question was, “According to an old nursery rhyme, what did Little Jack Horner pull out of his Christmas pie?” The guy answered “a blackbird.” I know, I know, he was nervous, and he was undountedly thinking of “4 and 20 blackbirds baked in a pie,” but still, THAT was embarrassing, especially because he went to the same high school I did, and made mention of that on TV just before getting question #1 wrong. Of course, I must give him credit- at least he was fast enough to reach the hot seat… which is more than I could manage when I got on the show. ---
**Author:** ![MSU\_1978](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac8455/32.png) [@MSU\_1978](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MSU_1978)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/19 "2003-04-16T19:44:47Z")
Family Feud: Name an animal with three letters in its name. Contestant: “ALLIGATOR” ---
**Author:** ![Gozu\_Tashoya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7993a0/32.png) [@Gozu\_Tashoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gozu_Tashoya)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/20 "2003-04-16T20:12:32Z")
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