Stupidest Answer on a Quiz Show

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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!”

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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!

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Good Family Feud Moments

Here are some samples:

I stand by my earlier post that “turkey” was a bad answer given that the beach question came first.

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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?)

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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.

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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!)

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What is it with these game show contestants and guns?

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FAMILY FEUD

Q: Name a European country.
A: Paris!

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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.

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ivylass, I was just about to post the exact same incident! Guess it made quite an impression.

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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.

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Moving this to Cafe Society.

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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.

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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!”

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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.

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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”

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From Family Feud:

Name a New York sports team.

“The Redskins.”

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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.

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My favourite Family Fortunes (or Unfortunate Families, as it’s often referred to) moment;

Name something that is red

Contestant: My jumper

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monkfish, welcome to these boards.

First ever post in my thread. I’m honoured :slight_smile: