Here is a collection of trivia questions asked by Media personalities,
together with answers given by their quiz show contestants!
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (BBC2) Jeremy Paxman : What is another name for 'cherrypickers' and 'cheesemongers'?
Contestant : Homosexuals.
Paxman : No. They're British Army regiments - who will be most upset with you!
BEG, BORROW OR STEAL (BBC2)Jamie Theakston : Where do you think Cambridge University is?
Contestant : Geography isn't my strong point.
Theakston : There's a clue in the title.
Contestant : Leicester. ::)
BBC NORFOLKStewart White : Who had a worldwide hit with 'What A Wonderful World'?
Contestant : I don't know.
White : I'll give you some clues: What is between your hand and your elbow?
Contestant : Arm.
White : Correct. And if you're not weak, you're...?
Contestant : Strong.
White : Correct - and what was Lord Mountbatten's first name?
Contestant : Louis.
White : Well, 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 : But France is another country.Try again.
Contestant : Oh, um, Benidorm.
Trelinski : Wrong, sorry, let's try another question.
Trelinski : In which country is the Parthenon?
Contestant : Sorry, I don't know.
Trelinski : Well 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 quid, what is the nationality of the Pope?
Contestant : I think I know that one. Is it Jewish?
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGEBamber Gascoigne : 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.
RTE RADIO 2FM (IRELAND)Presenter : What is the name of the long-running TV comedy show
about a group of pensioners : Last Of The ...?
Caller : Mohicans?
PHIL WOOD SHOW (BBC RADIO MANCHESTER)Phil Wood : What's 11 squared?
Contestant : I don't know.
Phil Wood : I'll give you a clue. It's two ones with a two in the middle.
Contestant : Is it five?
RICHARD AND JUDYQ : Which American actor is married to Nicole Kidman?
A : Forrest Gump.
RICHARD AND JUDYLeslie : On which street did Sherlock Holmes live?
Contestant : Er . . .
Leslie : He makes bread . . .
Contestant : Er . . ..
Leslie : He makes cakes . . ..
Contestant : Kipling Street?
LINCS FM PHONE-INPresenter : 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 : The Magna Carta ?
JAMES O'BRIEN SHOW (LBC)O'Brien : How many kings of England have been called Henry?
Contestant : Er, well, I know there was a Henry the Eighth ... so... er... er ... three? ::)
CHRIS SEARLE SHOW (BBC RADIO BRISTOL)Searle : In which European country is Mount Etna?
Caller : Japan.
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 (after long pause) : Fourteen days. :(
DARYL DENHAM'S DRIVETIME (VIRGIN RADIO)Daryl Denham : In which country would you spend shekels?
Contestant : Holland?
Denham : Try the next letter of the alphabet.
Contestant : Iceland? Ireland?
Denham (helping) : It's a bad line. Did you say Israel?
Contestant : No.
PHIL WOOD SHOW (BBC GMR)Wood : What 'K' could be described as the Islamic Bible?
Contestant : Er . .. .
Wood : It's got two syllables . . . Kor .. . .
Contestant : Blimey?
Wood : Ha ha ha ha, no. The past participle of run . . .
Contestant : (Silence)
Wood : OK, try it another way. Today I run, yesterday I . . .
Contestant : Walked?
THE VAULTMelanie 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 loincloth did he play?
Contestant : Lord.
