Brain of Britain - they really do walk among us! This a neat collection of really, really stupid answers to sometimes easy questions. Great fun! Thanks to His Eminence The Bishop for the laughs.

 

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (BBC2)

Jeremy Paxman:     What is another name for 'cherrypickers' and 'cheesemongers'?

Contestant:     Homosexuals.

Jeremy Paxman:     No. They're regiments in the British Army who will be very upset with you

BEG, BORROW OR STEAL (BBC2)

Jamie Theakston:     Where do you think Cambridge University is?

Contestant:     Geography isn't my strong point.

Jamie Theakston:     There's a clue in the title.

Contestant:      Leicester

BBC NORFOLK

Stewart White:     Who had a worldwide hit with What A Wonderful World?

Contestant:     I don't know.

Stewart White:     I'll give you some clues: what do you call the part between your hand and your elbow?

Contestant:     Arm

Stewart White:     Correct And if you're not weak, you're...?

Contestant:     Strong.

Stewart White:     Correct - and what was Lord Mountbatten's first name?

Contestant:     Louis

Stewart White:     Well, there we are then. So who had a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World?

Contestant:     Frank Sinatra?

LATE SHOW (BBC MIDLANDS)

Alex Trelinski:     What is the capital of Italy ?

Contestant:         France.

Trelinski:              France is another country. Try again.

Contestant:         Oh, um, Benidorm.

Trelinski:              Wrong, sorry, let's try another question. In which country is the Parthenon?

Contestant:         Sorry, I don't know.

Trelinski:              Just guess a country then.

Contestant:         Paris.

THE WEAKEST LINK (BBC2)

Anne Robinson:     Oscar Wilde, Adolf Hitler and Jeffrey Archer have all written books about their experiences in what: - Prison, or the Conservative Party?

Contestant:     The Conservative Party.

 

BEACON RADIO ( WOLVERHAMPTON )

DJ Mark:     For 10, what is the nationality of the Pope?

Ruth from Rowley Regis:     I think I know that one. Is it Jewish?

 

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE

Bamber Gascoyne:     What was Gandhi's first name?

Contestant:     Goosey?

GWR FM ( Bristol )

Presenter:     What happened in Dallas on November 22, 1963 ?

Contestant:     I don't know, I wasn't watching it then.

PHIL WOOD SHOW (BBC RADIO�MANCHESTER)

Phil:     What's 11 squared?

Contestant:     I don't know.

Phil:     I'll give you a clue. It's two ones with a two in the middle.

Contestant:     Is it five?

 

RICHARD AND JUDY

Richard:     Which American actor is married to Nicole Kidman?

Contestant:     Forrest Gump.

 

RICHARD AND JUDY

Richard:     On which street did Sherlock Holmes live?

Contestant:     Er. .. ..

Richard:     He makes bread . . .

Contestant:     Er . ....

Richard:     He makes cakes . . .

Contestant:     Kipling Street?

LINCS FM PHONE-IN

Presenter:     Which is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world?

Contestant:     Barcelona.

Presenter:     I was really after the name of a country.

Contestant:     I'm sorry, I don't know the names of any countries in Spain .

 

NATIONAL LOTTERY (BBC1)

Question:     What is the world's largest continent?

Contestant:     The Pacific.

 

ROCK FM ( PRESTON )

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?

 

THE BIGGEST GAME IN TOWN (ITV)

Steve Le Fevre:     What was signed, to bring World War I to an end in 1918?

Contestant:     Magna Carta?

Contestant:     Jesus.

 

See Part Two of this little collection here.

Thanks again to His Eminence The Bishop