# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Requiem\_Eternam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Requiem\_Eternam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Requiem_Eternam)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/41 "2008-02-01T19:33:57Z")
On Wheel of Fortune, a Before & After Puzzle was completely filled in: ELBOW JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF The contestant, wearing the dress uniform for a US Navy Chief, asks to solve the puzzle, and shouts out: “Elbow joint chief of staffs!!!” at the top of his lungs. The crowd goes nuts, so loudly that they do not hear the buzzer indicating that the puzzle has been solved incorrectly. Pat Sajak puts on his sad face, and the contestant has no clue why we was wrong. Did I mention he had amassed more than $10,000, and all he had to do was read the answer? ---
**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, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/42 "2008-02-01T20:17:47Z")
[QUOTE=Intelligently Designed] Just a nitpick, she said “in the ass”. This piece of television history [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F7bHPQu5tU&NR=1). [/QUOTE] I must’ve seen the ABC Family clip of this, because I thought her response was “In the fanny.” Which, for some reason, I find much more comical the any other alternative. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/43 "2008-02-01T20:23:06Z")
Ken Jennings’ answer on Jeopardy was pretty funny one day. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-hJTEP864o) ---
**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, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/44 "2008-02-01T20:35:44Z")
[QUOTE=Robot Arm] The cherry on the top of this sundae of dumbness is that there’s already a ‘P’ in the puzzle. [/QUOTE] I KNOW! I was just blown away! ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/45 "2008-02-01T20:37:44Z")
Another Armed Services Week on _Wheel of Fortune_. The Puzzle: WOMENS ARM\_ CORPS The contestant: A US Marine, who wants just a bit more. He spins, and yells, 'K!" ---
**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, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/46 "2008-02-01T21:02:15Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Ken Jennings’ answer on Jeopardy was pretty funny one day. ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/6-hJTEP864o/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/6-hJTEP864o?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque [/QUOTE] To be fair, that’s the answer that I thought of immediately when I first saw that. I would’ve said it, too. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/47 "2008-02-01T21:42:12Z")
[QUOTE=atomicbadgerrace] To be fair, that’s the answer that I thought of immediately when I first saw that. I would’ve said it, too. [/QUOTE] Yeah, except that it won’t work, 'cause “ho” and “hoe” aren’t the same word like “rake” and “rake”. I’ve heard that Ken did it on purpose, since he was already hopelessly ahead and it was a $200 question. His rather immediate smile does seem to corroborate that. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/48 "2008-02-01T21:47:24Z")
[QUOTE=Earl Snake-Hips Tucker] 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. [/QUOTE] I saw that show! The contestant rang in, Art Fleming said “No, that’s wrong” and the audience was roaring. My mother and I were wondering what the hell the contestant said. I figured it had to have something to do with “fairies” of a queer type. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/49 "2008-02-01T21:54:13Z")
[QUOTE=Alice The Goon] 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. [/QUOTE] It’s been in game show clip shows hosted by Bob Eubanks and Ben Stein too. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/50 "2008-02-01T21:57:07Z")
On the terrible, terrible UK kiddy gameshow _Funhouse_, host Pat Clark (Britain’s mullet king - [http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/Funhousesharp.gif](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/9b/Funhousesharp.gif) ) asked, “What is the capital of India?” Red team buzzed in and answered “Bombay”. Not a horrible answer, really… but the programme’s researchers _had that listed as the correct answer!_ ---
**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, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/51 "2008-02-01T21:59:29Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Yeah, except that it won’t work, 'cause “ho” and “hoe” aren’t the same word like “rake” and “rake”. I’ve heard that Ken did it on purpose, since he was already hopelessly ahead and it was a $200 question. His rather immediate smile does seem to corroborate that. [/QUOTE] Of course it wouldn’t work, in retrospect, but that doesn’t stop it from coming to mind and being the first thing I’d shout when I know I’ve got about 1/500th of a second to buzz in. 😉 ---
**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, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/52 "2008-02-01T22:42:55Z")
[QUOTE=Snarky\_Kong] That was [photoshopped](http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/gameshows/millionaire.asp) . [/QUOTE] So I later discovered. I stand corrected. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2008, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/53 "2008-02-01T23:26:03Z")
[QUOTE=atomicbadgerrace] [Alligator.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdVuEpD9_IY) [/QUOTE] I saw that the first time it aired. It is one of my favorite stories. ---
**Author:** ![Julius\_Henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8797f3/32.png) [@Julius\_Henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Julius_Henry)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/54 "2008-02-02T00:17:17Z")
On _The $10,000 Pyramid_, the contestant was trying to get the celebrity to say “Python.” I don’t believe he ever got the right answer, even after the contestant said “He’s a rock star, his first name is Marty.” ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/55 "2008-02-02T02:25:45Z")
[QUOTE=Intelligently Designed] Just a nitpick, she said “in the ass”. This piece of television history [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3F7bHPQu5tU&NR=1). [/QUOTE] I happened to see _Confessions of a Dangerous Mind_ (which I loved) a few nights ago; this clip was shown in the movie, which came out before Eubanks made his on-air admission that it was real. But I noticed something strange. I saw it at the home of a friend who’s got a seriously high-end home theater system: 15-foot projection screen, big surround-sound speakers and subwoofers and a lot of stuff that I don’t even know what it is. (He built an addition onto his house for this.) Anyway, in the movie when she said “in the ass,” the sound was, if one was ready for it and paying attention and hearing it on a powerful and sharp stereo system, quite obviously dubbed. The voice that says, “in the ass” is clearly not hers, and the timing doesn’t quite sync up either. At the time I wondered why, but now I think I know: I think the filmmakers couldn’t get hold of the original, bleepless audio. Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/56 "2008-02-02T03:48:33Z")
[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] I detect the subtle presence of alcohol there. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/57 "2008-02-02T04:01:01Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Yeah, except that it won’t work, 'cause “ho” and “hoe” aren’t the same word like “rake” and “rake”. I’ve heard that Ken did it on purpose, since he was already hopelessly ahead and it was a $200 question. His rather immediate smile does seem to corroborate that. [/QUOTE] To do “it” on “purpose”… do what? Say “Ho” in response to a Jeopardy question? Hell, they weren’t just feeding him the answers, they were scripting his jokes too! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/58 "2008-02-02T11:36:16Z")
[QUOTE=JohnT] To do “it” on “purpose”… do what? [/QUOTE] Make a joke. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/59 "2008-02-02T13:42:55Z")
There’s the British Family Fortune [turkey](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v69n_yjRDv0&feature=related) guy. I love the looks on his family’s faces as they realize their relative is in fact a turkey. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [February 2, 2008, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805/60 "2008-02-02T13:54:27Z")
I was watching an episode of _Who’s Line Is It Anyway_ with Drew Carey. The subject was “Restaurants You’ll Never Patronize” and they had the comedians making the normal riffs about Ptomaine Sushi and E Coli Sauce. This British woman comedienne comes up, opens her mouth, and her entire joke is bleeped. She has a bemused look on her face, like “Wow, that went over better than I thought.” The audience is screaming, the other comedians are on the floor, and Drew Carey has his head down on the desk. Of course, the viewers at home are like WTH? When everybody calms down, Drew Carey says, “Over here in the States, that’s pronounced poo-say.” So, you have some idea what she said. But holy cow, I thought they were going to pee their pants. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-worlds-dumbest-quiz-show-answers/435805.md?page=4)