# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/21 "2003-04-16T20:34:56Z")
A lot of these answers appeared on the _World’s Most Outrageous Game Show Moments_ series, now in its third iteration. A friend who’s a game show fanatic sent me a copy of all three of the shows. “Turkey, turkey, turkey”, mentioned above, is my favorite scene…it’s from the UK version of Family Feud, and the real three surveys were (in order) Name something you take to the beach. “Turkey.” Name the first thing you buy at the supermarket. “Turkey.” Name something you stuff. “Turkey.” The best part of that scene was when they cut over to the family, and they were _wincing_ at Old Dad’s stupid answers! Another good one was in the US version of Family Feud, back from the days when Richard Dawson was hosting: What time do you wake up? “Morning.” When do you go to bed? “Night.” I guess it makes a strange kind of sense… The all-time best scene in that series was an oldie from _You Bet Your Life_. Groucho Marx was asking a female contestant about her personal life. She mentioned that her husband was French, then asked, “Oh, have you ever made love to a Frenchman?” Cue the deadpannest of deadpan looks from Groucho, and the answer, “If I had, I think I would have remembered it!” ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/22 "2003-04-16T20:48:58Z")
Wheel of Fortune. I remember this (probably because I’m a Trekker) The puzzle was… CAPTAIN _IR_ OF THE ENTERPRISE The contestant spun and asked for a “P,” despite the fact it was already up there! ---
**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, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/23 "2003-04-16T21:00:07Z")
[Good Family Feud Moments](http://www.angelfire.com/on/jhuhn/ffsurveys/) Here are some samples: > [@](#): > > Name an occassion for which you’ve stayed up all night. > LOST MY VIRGINITY > > Name a part of the body that gets bigger as adults get older. > PENIS (It made the survey) > > Name a tradition associated with Christmas. > HANNAKAH > > Name a famous “Arthur”. > SHAKESPEARE > > Name something women borrow from each other. > THEIR HUSBANDS > > Name something that has to warm up before you use it. > YOUR WIFE > > Apart from doors, name something that people open. > BOWELS > > Name something you associate with pigs. > THE POLICE > > Name a city in the state of Georgia. > ALABAMA > > Name something you feel before you buy it. > EXCITED > > Name something that can kill a lively party. > A GUN > > Name something you might accidentally leave on all night. > YOUR SHOES > YOUR BRA > > Give me a slang word for “money”. > BITCH (She thought the host said “mummy”.) > > Name something people take with them to the beach. > TURKEY (Survey said…0) > The first thing you buy in a supermarket. > TURKEY (Survey said…0) > A food often stuffed. > TURKEY (Survey said…21) I stand by my earlier post that “turkey” was a bad answer given that the beach question came first. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/24 "2003-04-16T21:37:34Z")
Also Family Feud: Q: Name someplace a pirate hides his treasure A: Booty! Ok obviously his brain seized up and he said the first pirate treasure word he could think of. But I still like the implication that pirates were sticking there treasure up their ass. (Of course, maybe they did, what do I know?) ---
**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\ **Post date:** [April 16, 2003, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/25 "2003-04-16T21:51:18Z")
I saw a game show last year where the contestants would get to know each other for a week before the show. At the end of the show, the guy that was leading got five categories, which he distributed to the five opponents based on how he perceived their weaknesses. The first category was geography, and without a pause, he assigned to one of the female opponents. The MC asked how he chose so fast, and he just said, “Trust me.” Q: Name the largest nation in North America. Challenged contestant thinks for 30 seconds or so. A: Asia? The quiet, smug smile on the face of the guy was classic. ---
**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, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/26 "2003-04-16T22:03:16Z")
Family Fortunes/Feud is only worth watching for the “moments” IMO. There’s at least one on every show (it isn’t usually on the board though!) ---
**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, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/27 "2003-04-16T22:07:20Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by bearflag70_ > Name something that can kill a lively party. > > A Gun What is it with these game show contestants and _guns_? ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/28 "2003-04-17T01:28:33Z")
FAMILY FEUD Q: Name a European country. A: Paris! ---
**Author:** ![Popsicle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@Popsicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Popsicle)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/29 "2003-04-17T02:44:24Z")
Family Feud (Australia): Q: Name a popular musical instrument. A: Accordion. (Question passes through family and back to same contestant…) Q: Name a popular musical instrument. A: Electric accordion. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/30 "2003-04-17T02:54:13Z")
**ivylass** , I was just about to post the exact same incident! Guess it made quite an impression. ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/31 "2003-04-17T02:57:19Z")
From the “Newlywed Game” Q. Name the last Jewish food your husband ate. A. Pigs feet. The look on the hubby’s face was priceless. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/32 "2003-04-17T03:03:41Z")
Moving this to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![rexnervous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e9c0ed/32.png) [@rexnervous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rexnervous)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/33 "2003-04-17T03:33:59Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by astorian \* > \*\*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. \*\* I saw that episode…and I’ll admit I would’ve got it wrong. Although I didn’t watch the show often, that was by far the most difficult first question I ever saw. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/34 "2003-04-17T04:04:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by bluecanary \* > \*\*What is it with these game show contestants and _guns_? \*\* Have you ever seen the SNL skit, “Disfunctional Family Feud” with Christian Slater and Phil Hartman? Dawson: “Name something you’d find in your closet.” Mom: “Extra Bibles.” Daughter: “Daddy.” Son: “A gun.” Dad: “You little punk, you don’t have the nerve!” Son: “Oh, it’s there, all right! I’ll show you!” ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/35 "2003-04-17T04:35:43Z")
Richard Hatch of _Survivor_ was on a celebrity _Who Wants To Be A Millionaire_ in Australia and earned $0 for the charity of his choice. IIRC the question he got wrong was a simple multiplication like 6 times 7. ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/36 "2003-04-17T04:55:38Z")
A boxer (David Tua) on the NZ version of Wheel of Fortune (~10 years ago) “Can I have an ‘O’ for awesome” Fifteen minutes later of _the same show_ “Can I buy a vowel - p” ---
**Author:** ![slice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@slice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slice)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/37 "2003-04-17T05:04:40Z")
From Family Feud: Name a New York sports team. “The Redskins.” ---
**Author:** ![DKW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dkw/32/3118_2.png) [@DKW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DKW)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/38 "2003-04-17T07:47:33Z")
Much too common The Price Is Right bungle: Guess-the-price round. Just before Bob Barker announces who got it closest, the someone-got-it-exactly bell (which does not sound remotely like any other sound effect used on the show) rings. Bob: Uh oh! Do you know what that sound is? Abso-freaking-lutely inevitable response: Oh, it means that we all bid over! Memorable Jackpot screwup: Q: I’m the common food item that “pops up” in the morning. A: [long pause] Uh…snapcracklepopcereal! Incredible Jeopardy collapse: Tournament of Champions, so all you have to do is win; the margin is irrelevant. First contestant, hopelessly behind for nearly the entire game. Has to nail the _very last question_ of Double Jeopardy (a 1000-pointer) to pull to more than half of the second contestant’s total and avoid mathematical elimination. Third contestant somewhat behind #2 but still well within striking distance. Final Jepoardy category, famous biblical quotations (or something). Bids entered. Q: “The number he slew at his death was greater than the number he slew during his life.” I…a non-baptized non-practitioner of ANYTHING who has had almost nothing but bad things to say about traditional Judeo-Christian ideology, _immediately_ got it; Samson. Alex Trebek goes to #1. Remember, he needs to bet the farm and get it right to have _any chance_ of winning. He does. Alex goes to #2, who only needs a modest bid and a right answer to seal the deal right here. Answer…Satan. So it all comes down to #3, who put in a sizable bid and has the win if the answer is right. Answer… …get this… JESUS. I was stunned for like 15 minutes. The most unbelievable come-from-behind shocker on Jepoardy I’ve EVER seen. Classic Press Your Luck choke: Leader by a small amount, about 3 spins left. No one else with any. Two choices, play or pass, neither of them easy. Contestant’s actual choice, word-for-word: I want to come back tomorrow! (She didn’t, BTW. :D) ## Painful All-Star Blitz flub: $10,000 round. Two words. First four screens opened. Revealed message: “People Mag\_\_\_\_\_” Contestant’s answer: [hem, haw, hem, haw] …People Magnificent!! Nontheless, _all_ these incidents completely pale in comparison to this… Exasperating, soul-crushing, make-you-question-your-faith-in-the-human-race Perfect Match debacle: The defending champ just took a victory exit, so both contestants were newcomers. One made the first match and went on a roll. Eventually uncovered, in order: A can with a cherry on it, a bundle of wheat, a dentist’s patient saying “Ah”, and the letter K. 1st guess: Cher hwee twah 2nd guess: Cheruh hwee thwa 3rd guess: Cherr hawee twak It went on like this for _the entire freaking round_. So anyway, now she’s taken ALL BUT ONE OF THE PRIZES ON THE BOARD (I’ve never seen any other Perfect Match contestant dominante a round like this, BTW) and has a chance to guess the puzzle (which, of course, is almost fully revealed) for like the 14th time. You guessed it, _another_ variation on Cher hwee twah. Finally, she misses one (got the tile without a match on the board). Her opponent makes the last match and finally has a crack at it. His answer: CAN we talk. End result: Opponent turns in a single-round performance that’d put Tiger Woods to shame and goes home _empty-handed_. Defending champ goes into day 2 with three figures worth of winnings. ---
**Author:** ![monkfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@monkfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monkfish)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/39 "2003-04-17T11:57:53Z")
My favourite Family Fortunes (or Unfortunate Families, as it’s often referred to) moment; Name something that is red Contestant: My jumper ---
**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 17, 2003, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122/40 "2003-04-17T12:15:36Z")
**monkfish** , welcome to these boards. First ever post in my thread. I’m honoured 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupidest-answer-on-a-quiz-show/169122.md?page=3)