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The dumbest ever quiz answers

LONDON (Reuters) - Question: What was Gandhi's first name? Contestant's answer: Goosey Goosey.
Warning to all those know-alls who shout at the television screen when contestants offer dumb answers to blindingly obvious questions -- one day that could be you.

From regional radio shows to "Who Wants To be a Millionaire?" and "University Challenge," people make fools of themselves -- as internet site www.jumpingjacksbar.com found in collating some of the worst howlers.

Here are leading contenders for the "Dumb Down" gold medal:

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

http://au.news.yahoo.com/080131/15/15p6v.html

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Originally posted by Iron Monkey
The dumbest ever quiz answers

LONDON (Reuters) - Question: What was Gandhi's first name? Contestant's answer: Goosey Goosey.
Warning to all those know-alls who shout at the television screen when contestants offer dumb answers to blindingly obvious questions -- one day that could be you.

From regional radio shows to "Who Wants To be a Millionaire ...[text shortened]... did he

play?

Contestant: Jesus

http://au.news.yahoo.com/080131/15/15p6v.html
Good one, Iron.

And just think... these people walk among us and procreate and vote.

gb 🙂

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Presenter: In which country is Mount Everest?

Contestant: Er, it's not in Scotland is it?


What's exactly dumb about this answer? Mount Everest isn't in Scotland. The contestant is absolutely right.

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Originally posted by Iron Monkey
The dumbest ever quiz answers

LONDON (Reuters) - Question: What was Gandhi's first name? Contestant's answer: Goosey Goosey.
Warning to all those know-alls who shout at the television screen when contestants offer dumb answers to blindingly obvious questions -- one day that could be you.

From regional radio shows to "Who Wants To be a Millionaire ...[text shortened]... did he

play?

Contestant: Jesus

http://au.news.yahoo.com/080131/15/15p6v.html
Lmao

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Originally posted by shavixmir
Presenter: In which country is Mount Everest?

Contestant: Er, it's not in Scotland is it?


What's exactly dumb about this answer? Mount Everest isn't in Scotland. The contestant is absolutely right.
It is a bit of a trick question though, because it is on the border of two countries. I wonder what answer they would have been expecting. 😕

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Originally posted by shavixmir
Presenter: In which country is Mount Everest?

Contestant: Er, it's not in Scotland is it?


What's exactly dumb about this answer? Mount Everest isn't in Scotland. The contestant is absolutely right.
still sore about not being awarded the points, eh?😛

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I saw this on Family Feud:

Richard Dawson (host) "Give me the name of one of the five most romantic instraments".

Contestent "Drum!"

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Groucho Marks, program host: "And what do you do for a living, my dear?"
Contestant: "I'm a singer."
Groucho: "Oh, you mean you're a sewing machine?"

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Originally posted by Iron Monkey
The dumbest ever quiz answers

LONDON (Reuters) - Question: What was Gandhi's first name? Contestant's answer: Goosey Goosey.
Warning to all those know-alls who shout at the television screen when contestants offer dumb answers to blindingly obvious questions -- one day that could be you.

From regional radio shows to "Who Wants To be a Millionaire ...[text shortened]... did he

play?

Contestant: Jesus

http://au.news.yahoo.com/080131/15/15p6v.html
Your post reminded me of that old one about the lawyers, so I went to find it online, here it is:

Recently reported in the Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyers Journal, the following are 22 questions actually asked of witnesses by attorneys during trials and, in certain cases, the responses given by insightful witnesses:

1. "Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?"

2. "The youngest son, the twenty-year old, how old is he?"

3. "Were you present when your picture was taken?"

4. "Were you alone or by yourself?"

5. "Was it you or your younger brother who was killed in the war?"

6. "Did he kill you?"

7. "How far apart were the vehicles at the time of the collision?"

8. "You were there until the time you left, is that true?"

9. "How many times have you committed suicide?"

10. Q: "So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?"

A: "Yes."

Q: "And what were you doing at that time?"

11. Q: "She had three children, right?"

A: "Yes."

Q: "How many were boys?"

A: "None."

Q: "Were there any girls?"

12. Q: "You say the stairs went down to the basement?"

A: "Yes."

Q: "And these stairs, did they go up also?"

13. Q: "Mr. Slatery, you went on a rather elaborate honeymoon, didn't you?"

A: "I went to Europe, Sir."

Q: "And you took your new wife?"

14. Q: "How was your first marriage terminated?"

A: "By death."

Q: "And by who's death was it terminated?"

15. Q: "Can you describe the individual?"

A: "He was about medium height and had a beard."

Q: "Was this a male, or a female?"

16. Q: "Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?"

A: "No, this is how I dress when I go to work."

17. Q: "Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?"

A: "All my autopsies are performed on dead people."

18. Q: "All your responses must be oral, OK? What school did you go to?"

A: "Oral."

19. Q: "Do you recall the time that you examined the body?"

A: "The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.."

Q: "And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?"

A: "No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy."

20. Q: "You were not shot in the fracas?"

A: "No, I was shot midway between the fracas and the navel."

21. Q: "Are you qualified to give a urine sample?"

A: "I have been since early childhood."

22. Q: "Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?"

A: "No."

Q: "Did you check for blood pressure?"

A: "No."

Q: "Did you check for breathing?"

A: "No."

Q: "So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?"

A: "No."

Q: "How can you be so sure, Doctor?"

A: "Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar."

Q: "But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?"

A: "It is possible that he could have been alive and practising law somewhere."

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Program Host: Do termites have any redeeming qualities?
Paul Lynd, on Hollywood Squares: “Yes, it was thanks to termites that Pinochio never became a father.”

On the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson whose guest was the wife of golfer, Sam Snead:
Johnny: “What do you do to help your husband’s golf game?”
Mrs. Snead: “I keep his balls warm for him.”
Johnny: “I’ll bet that makes his putter stand up.”

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Originally posted by lausey
It is a bit of a trick question though, because it is on the border of two countries. I wonder what answer they would have been expecting. 😕
it seems to be on the nepalese side of the border:

http://maps.google.fi/maps?f=q&hl=fi&geocode=&q=Mount+Everest,+Sagarmatha,+Nepal&ie=UTF8&ll=27.983336,86.933355&spn=0.055482,0.049524&t=h&z=14&iwloc=addr&om=0

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Originally posted by Grampy Bobby
Good one, Iron.

And just think... these people walk among us and procreate and vote.

gb 🙂
Hey don't knock them. They keep me in work. Thankfully, they also rarely vote. The obvious exception being when the British National Party are standing. as after all, the reason they have no job is because of immigration, not a basic lack of personal work-ethic and zero qualifications as they p**sed around at school.

PS I enjoyed the Family Fortunes contestent who answered the question "Top 5 things a Fire Engine would carry?" with......... "Coal"
🙂

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Originally posted by lausey
It is a bit of a trick question though, because it is on the border of two countries. I wonder what answer they would have been expecting. 😕
Not Scotland. That's the key point.

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Originally posted by stevetodd
[b]Your post reminded me of that old one about the lawyers, so I went to find it online, here it is:

Recently reported in the Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyers Journal, the following are 22 questions actually asked of witnesses by attorneys during trials and, in certain cases, the responses given by insightful witnesses:

1. "Now doctor, isn't it tr ...[text shortened]...
Thanks, stevetodd. Loved every line... Recommended!

gb 😀

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Originally posted by shavixmir
Presenter: In which country is Mount Everest?

Contestant: Er, it's not in Scotland is it?


What's exactly dumb about this answer? Mount Everest isn't in Scotland. The contestant is absolutely right.
Very true, although on a wider point, quiz shows would be less appealing if one could answer with a double- negative choosing any of the incorrect answers. Indeed, there should be little excuse for ever being wrong. Am I not right?

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