# 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:** 2
**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, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/21 "2008-02-01T15:45:43Z")
[QUOTE=Gala Matrix Fire] What was the answer? I’m thinking it’s only a five-letter word when transliterated into English. [/QUOTE] Singh. Surely they aren’t asking for it in the native script… ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/22 "2008-02-01T15:47:26Z")
[QUOTE=Gala Matrix Fire] What was the answer? I’m thinking it’s only a five-letter word when transliterated into English. [/QUOTE] Singh. It is a transliteration, but it’s the overwhelmingly commonly accepted transliteration. (Women add “Kaur”, pronounced “core”.) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/23 "2008-02-01T16:14:06Z")
[TPIR contestant can’t quite figure out how 10 Chances works but wins anyway](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqk1-q8gXcY), be sure to watch Bob’s reaction. Family Fortunes: [Turkey! Turkey! Turkey!](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2AWKfMvDtw) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/24 "2008-02-01T16:35:42Z")
[QUOTE=flight] 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? [/QUOTE] I think the “qui” in the question establishes subject and object. The dude was just plain ignorant. As for the fellow who answered “Aslan” being a C.S. Lewis fan – not necessarily; perhaps he was just more familiar with Turkic languages than with Indic ones. ---
**Author:** ![hammos1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ba8739/32.png) [@hammos1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hammos1)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/25 "2008-02-01T16:51:39Z")
[QUOTE=flight] 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? [/QUOTE] The question as given translates literally as “What is it that orbits around the Earth?”. Not much room for misinterpretation there. My most charitable assumption would be that the contestant, and 56% of the audience, do not fully understand the word ‘orbits’. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/26 "2008-02-01T16:55:46Z")
This was told to me, I didn’t witness it. On Who Wants to be a Millionaire a contestant was asked: If you have 99 bottles of beer on the wall and 7 down, how many will be left? The answer: I have to ask the audience, I don’t drink alchohol ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/27 "2008-02-01T16:59:59Z")
Just last week on family feud one family was sitting at two strikes for “words that start with the word under” and they went with “under control”, what did the other family try to counter with to steal? “under water”. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/28 "2008-02-01T17:17:04Z")
Here are two moments that “silenced:” Geoff Edwards, hosting “Jackpot,” had a question for a contestant, “What kind of dance might a Playboy centerfold do? The correct answer, “The Bunny Hop.” The contestant responded “The hora.” The response, according to Edwards, was silenced. Art Fleming, hosting “Jeopardy,” recounted this exchange: Fleming: “The answer is, ‘If you believe in fairies, you believe in me.’” Contestant: “Who is Liberace?” According to Fleming, the TV audience simply heard a gap after he read the answer, and then uproarious laughter from the studio audience upon hearing the contestant’s answer. ---
**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:** [February 1, 2008, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/29 "2008-02-01T17:21:16Z")
[QUOTE=DigitalC] Just last week on family feud one family was sitting at two strikes for “words that start with the word under” and they went with “under control”, what did the other family try to counter with to steal? “under water”. [/QUOTE] To be fair, “underwater” is a perfectly legitimate word (adjective or adverb). ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/30 "2008-02-01T17:24:44Z")
I was watching Wheel of Fortune once. The puzzle was so far revealed as CAPTAIN _IR_ OF THE ENTERPRISE The idjit spun and screams out “P!” ---
**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, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/31 "2008-02-01T17:34:01Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] I was watching Wheel of Fortune once. The puzzle was so far revealed as CAPTAIN _IR_ OF THE ENTERPRISE The idjit spun and screams out “P!” [/QUOTE] Ah, Captain Pirp, he had a short but distinguished career. ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/32 "2008-02-01T17:39:40Z")
Speaking of Wheel of Fortune, I saw an episode where the board showed something like: GENERAL MOTORS COR\_ORATION And the woman screamed out, “General Motors Cooperation!” ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/33 "2008-02-01T17:49:53Z")
ALL THE NEWS THAT’S \_IT TO PRINT I’m still not sure what a “yit” was supposed to be. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/34 "2008-02-01T18:03:09Z")
[QUOTE=ivylass] I was watching Wheel of Fortune once. The puzzle was so far revealed as CAPTAIN _IR_ OF THE ENTERPRISE The idjit spun and screams out “P!” [/QUOTE] The cherry on the top of this sundae of dumbness is that there’s already a ‘P’ in the puzzle. ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/35 "2008-02-01T18:03:48Z")
[QUOTE=Long Time First Time] This was told to me, I didn’t witness it. On Who Wants to be a Millionaire a contestant was asked: If you have 99 bottles of beer on the wall and 7 down, how many will be left? The answer: I have to ask the audience, I don’t drink alchohol [/QUOTE] I saw it. It was actually on “1 versus 100” but it was pretty close to what you described. The woman did say something along the lines of “I don’t drink beer, so this is hard.” ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/36 "2008-02-01T18:20:11Z")
[QUOTE=PoorYorick] And the woman screamed out, “General Motors Cooperation!” [/QUOTE] Any chance the woman was Black? It’s not uncommon, at least in Southern Black vernacular, for “corporation” to be pronounced “cooperation.” ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/37 "2008-02-01T18:53:00Z")
[QUOTE=Lute Skywatcher] [TPIR contestant can’t quite figure out how 10 Chances works but wins anyway](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqk1-q8gXcY), be sure to watch Bob’s reaction. [/QUOTE] Is this from the same show? Bob’s suit looks the same. [Guy “cheats” on Price of Right](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QezIBLK5WHg&NR=1) He doesn’t cheat. He just pushes the button early. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/38 "2008-02-01T19:17:15Z")
I couldn’t find it on YOUTUBE but swear it happened: there was an episode of Feud during the Ray Combs years when the question was “Name an uncomfortable item of clothing” and the contestant answered “Gotta be handcuffs, Ray!” One of the “true, true” moments on _The Simpsons_ was when Moe was on _Who Wants to be a Millionaire_ and the question was about particle physics. Moe reasons it out with (paraphrasing) “Well let’s see… I was born in Indiana and my sister plays drums…”. It wasn’t that far fetched. The cruelest (though funny) gameshow moment I’ve seen was on one of the 2 or 3 episodes of _Deal or No Deal_ I’ve seen. The contestant called the banker “a serpent” and he sent out his offer in a briefcase that she was to open, and it was filled with snakes. Evidently NBC keeps them on hand for just such a moment. ---
**Author:** ![Kizarvexius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Kizarvexius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kizarvexius)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/39 "2008-02-01T19:17:18Z")
_Family Feud_ moment. Host: Name something that droops. Contestant: Breasts! The contestant immediately turns a lovely shade of crimson and hangs his head in humiliation as the audience roars with laughter. Barely keeping a straight face, the hosts looks up at the game board and calls out “breasts?” It was the number 2 answer. ---
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[QUOTE=Mahaloth] Is this from the same show? Bob’s suit looks the same. [/QUOTE] Tie’s different. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805.md?page=3)