Sunday, 10 April 2011

BRAINS OF BRITAIN


 


 

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?

 

 

 

JAMES O ' BRIEN SHOW (LBC)

 

 

James O ' Brien:

How many kings of England have been called Henry?

Contestant:

Er, well, I know there was a Henry the Eighth .. ER. ER ... Three?

 

 

 


CHRIS SEARLE SHOW (BBC RADIO BRISTOL )

 

 

Chris Searle:

In which European country is Mount Etna ?

Caller:

Japan .

Chris Searle:

I did say which European country, so in case you didn ' t hear that, I can let you try again.

Caller:

Er ............ Mexico ?

 

 

 

PAUL WAPPAT (BBC RADIO NEWCASTLE )

 

 

Paul Wappat:

How long did the Six-Day War between Egypt and Israel last?

Contestant (long pause):

Fourteen days.

 

 

 

DARYL DENHAM ' S DRIVETIME (VIRGIN RADIO)

 

 

Daryl Denham:

In which country would you spend shekels?

Contestant:

Holland ?

Daryl Denham:

Try the next letter of the alphabet..

Contestant:

Iceland ? Ireland ?

Daryl Denham: (helpfully)

It ' s a bad line. Did you say Israel ?

Contestant:

No.

 

 

 

PHIL WOOD SHOW (BBC GMR)

 

 

Phil Wood:

What ' K ' could be described as the Islamic Bible?

Contestant:

Er... ...... ..

Phil Wood:

It ' s got two syllables . . . Kor .

Contestant:

Blimey?

Phil Wood:

Ha ha ha ha, no. The past participle of run . ..

Contestant:

(Silence)

Phil Wood:

OK, try it another way. Today I run, yesterday I . . ..

Contestant:

Walked?

 

 

 

THE VAULT

 

 

Melanie Sykes:

What is the name given to the condition where the sufferer can fall asleep at any time?

Contestant:

Nostalgia.

 

 

 

LUNCHTIME SHOW (BRMB)

 

 

Presenter:

What religion was Guy Fawkes?

Contestant:

Jewish.

Presenter:

That ' s close enough.

 

 

 

STEVE WRIGHT IN THE AFTERNOON (BBC RADIO 2)

 

 

Wright:

Johnny Weissmuller died on this day.. Which jungle-swinging character clad only in a loin cloth did he play?

Contestant:

Jesus.

 

 

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