# The world's dumbest quiz show answers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 1, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805 "2008-02-01T02:07:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/1 "2008-02-01T02:07:19Z")
The website claiming these seems to have disappeared, but here goes anyway: Question: What was Gandhi’s first name? Contestant’s answer: Goosey Goosey. Presenter: What happened in Dallas on November 22, 1963? Contestant: I don’t know, I wasn’t watching it then. Presenter: Which American actor is married to Nicole Kidman? Contestant: Forrest Gump. Presenter: In which country is Mount Everest? Contestant: Er, it’s not in Scotland is it? Presenter: Name a film starring Bob Hoskins that is also the name of a famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci Contestant: Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Presenter: In which European city was the first opera house opened in 1637? Contestant: Sydney. Presenter: How long did the Six-Day War between Egypt and Israel last? Contestant: (after long pause) Fourteen days, Presenter: Where did the D-Day landings take place? Contestant: (after pause) Pearl Harbor? Presenter: What is the currency in India? Contestant: Ramadan. Presenter: Johnny Weissmuller died on this day. Which jungle-swinging character clad only in a loin cloth did he play? Contestant: Jesus ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/2 "2008-02-01T02:34:57Z")
After it was featured on _The Soup_, I was entertained by this answer from a Halloween edition of _The Singing Bee_: Finish this line from the 1939 song _Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead_ from _The Wizard of Oz_: Wake up, you sleepyhead, rub your eyes, get out of bed Wake up… Sticky? ---
**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:** [February 1, 2008, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/3 "2008-02-01T02:56:29Z")
One I saw on a collection from YouTube from Family Feud, a good source of stupidity. The question was best ways to toast someone. The contestant rang in and answered, “On a grill.” 😛 The host gave her a nasty look and promised to pay her out of his pocket if that answer was on the board, and then it actually was. I don’t think he made good on his promise though. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/4 "2008-02-01T03:38:10Z")
On _Jeopardy!_ in 2004, one clue was: “When males join the Sikh religion, they add this five-letter word meaning ‘lion’ to their names.” Some contestant, clearly a big C. S. Lewis fan, buzzed in and said, “What is ‘Aslan’?” ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/5 "2008-02-01T04:07:54Z")
There is of course the famous “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?” contestant who thought an elephant was bigger than THE MOON. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/6 "2008-02-01T05:23:34Z")
Possibly apocryphal, but supposedly from Family Feud: “Name a number that it’s important to memorize.” “Seven!” ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/7 "2008-02-01T05:28:12Z")
If we are digging into the potential UL’s, how about the Newlywed Game contestant who, when asked, “What is the strangest place you ever made whoopie?” responded with, “In the butt” :eek: 😃 SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/8 "2008-02-01T05:31:12Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] If we are digging into the potential UL’s, how about the Newlywed Game contestant who, when asked, “What is the strangest place you ever made whoopie?” responded with, “In the butt” :eek: 😃 SSG Schwartz [/QUOTE] They actually showed the clip on a show hosted by Dick Clark, titled something like “Funniest Game Show Moments” a couple of years ago. It really happened. ---
**Author:** ![SharkB8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@SharkB8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharkB8)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/9 "2008-02-01T05:33:07Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] If we are digging into the potential UL’s, how about the Newlywed Game contestant who, when asked, “What is the strangest place you ever made whoopie?” responded with, “In the butt” :eek: 😃 SSG Schwartz [/QUOTE] [What what in the butt?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbGkxcY7YFU) ---
**Author:** ![SSG\_Schwartz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SSG\_Schwartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SSG_Schwartz)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/10 "2008-02-01T05:45:41Z")
[QUOTE=SharkB8] [What what in the butt?](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fbGkxcY7YFU) [/QUOTE] OMFG, I would rather watch a Spartacus flick with Richard Simmons than ever have to see that again. Two girls one cup was only slightly more offensive than that. 'Scuse me, I think I threw up a little in my mouth. SSG Schwartz ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/11 "2008-02-01T05:55:46Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] There is of course the famous “Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?” contestant who thought an elephant was bigger than THE MOON. [/QUOTE] That was [photoshopped](http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/gameshows/millionaire.asp) . ---
**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 7:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/12 "2008-02-01T07:04:11Z")
On _Family Feud_. Richard Dawson: «During what month of pregnancy does a woman begin to look pregnant?» Contestant: «September.» Dawson laughed so hard he had trouble going on with the show. [Video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNoV_kSe7Dk). ---
**Author:** ![Intelligently\_Designed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intelligently_designed/32/20957_2.png) [@Intelligently\_Designed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intelligently_Designed)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/13 "2008-02-01T07:09:08Z")
[QUOTE=SSG Schwartz] If we are digging into the potential UL’s, how about the Newlywed Game contestant who, when asked, “What is the strangest place you ever made whoopie?” responded with, “In the butt” [/QUOTE] Just a nitpick, she said “in the ass”. This piece of television history [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F7bHPQu5tU&NR=1). ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/14 "2008-02-01T12:51:35Z")
I saw this myself. Fifty years+ ago Groucho Marx asked one of his contestants, a DP from Europe, who had missed every question and won no money one of his “booby prize” questions “Why does a chicken cross the road?” The contestant thought a minute and said “Because it quacks.” Groucho said “That’s close enough. You win.” ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/15 "2008-02-01T14:10:35Z")
[QUOTE=Intelligently Designed] On _Family Feud_. Richard Dawson: «During what month of pregnancy does a woman begin to look pregnant?» Contestant: «September.» Dawson laughed so hard he had trouble going on with the show. [Video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNoV_kSe7Dk). [/QUOTE] The absolute BEST game show moment in history! Poor Dawson, trying SO hard to maintain, but finally giving in to the helpless laughter. I watch this clip whenever I’m feeling down and need a good laugh–it never fails! ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/16 "2008-02-01T14:37:39Z")
The French Millionaire one from the snopes link above is pretty good too: “What is it that orbits around the Earth?” a)the Moon b)the Sun c)Mars d)Venus. And the dude picks the sun. To his credit the audience (which he asked) had 52% say the sun, probably to fuck with him. Youtube here: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhlERjW0bhw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhlERjW0bhw) ---
**Author:** ![atomicbadgerrace](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@atomicbadgerrace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/atomicbadgerrace)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/17 "2008-02-01T15:22:03Z")
[Alligator.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdVuEpD9_IY) ---
**Author:** ![flight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bbce88/32.png) [@flight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flight)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/18 "2008-02-01T15:31:42Z")
Something I have wondered about that clip, and maybe some French speakers could help; is it possible to have misinterpreted the question as what does the Earth revolve around or are the subject and object without question? ---
**Author:** ![Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/7cd45c/32.png) [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/19 "2008-02-01T15:36:23Z")
I saw a funny one. Family Feud, Richard Karn era, Fast Money. First contestant is asked - name an animal that starts with a T! First contestant replies - Tyranasaurus! BZZZZ Second contestant is asked - name an animal that starts with a T! Second contestant replies - Pterodactyl!! BZZZZ I laughed really hard. ---
**Author:** ![Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4da419/32.png) [@Gala\_Matrix\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gala_Matrix_Fire)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/20 "2008-02-01T15:38:36Z")
[QUOTE=jackelope] On _Jeopardy!_ in 2004, one clue was: “When males join the Sikh religion, they add this five-letter word meaning ‘lion’ to their names.” Some contestant, clearly a big C. S. Lewis fan, buzzed in and said, “What is ‘Aslan’?” [/QUOTE] What was the answer? I’m thinking it’s only a five-letter word when transliterated into English. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805.md?page=2)