Pointless

[Svejk]

Q) who did Lee Harvey Oswald assassinate in Dallas.
A) J R Ewing

[Baldric]

That was one of their better efforts

[Svejk]

Yes, I'd have thought all 12 were common knowledge.
I'd have thought wrong. ;)

[mushroom25]

I've always believed Kristin was innocent - and now here's the proof......

:-)

[pixie373]

I liked it on one family fortunes:-
Q. Name an animal in a nursery rhyme
A. Andy Pandy

[craft1948]

The idiocy of some people on TV quiz shows never ceases to amaze me.
Having said that if I was on one I'd probably be a gibbering wreck.....

[smoneybags]

Bless her, she confused TV with real life!

[Psybbo]

Her partner was nearly as good with the answer 'Joan of Arc'

[Svejk]

Psybbo, I was only 'half watching' it. Which one did they ascribe Joan of Arc to?

[Psybbo]

The French revolutionary who was stabbed in the bath

[factor-fiction]

So it wasn't asking for the name of Noah's wife.

[Svejk]

Tricky one that. I saw it answered as Napoleon.????

[FredPuli43]

Marat was stabbed in the bath by Charlotte Corday; he had a skin condition alleviated by resting in warm water. That's fairly obscure knowledge; most people (including me) only know it because there is a famous painting of the scene, more famous now than Marat is.

[sandyRoe]

David painted it.

[Caribeing]

I think that answer will down in TV quiz history, Richard and Alexander couldn't stop laughing, now Gemma (the contestant) will be famous as know doubt the clip will shown and talked about constantly, beats name a bird with a long neck Naomi Campbell (Family Fortunes)

[whiskeryron]

Quiz question '' Name the first woman''
Ans '' I don't know''
Clue '' Think of an apple''
Ans '' Granny Smith''

WR.

[woofgang]

I knew it was Marat, Its in a novel called The Eight, about a supernatural Chess set.

[maggiebee]

I only knew Marat because I had just finished a quiz about famous women. One question was who stabbed a famous revolutionary in his bath. Had to look it up and got both names.

[jim360]

In a strange irony I don't know who J R Ewing is.

[Svejk]

You're showing your age, Jim.
Unfortunately, you couldn't open a newspaper back in the day without 20 pages devoted to JR & co.
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[Tilly2]

I think Gemma's boyfriend came up with an equally gormless answer, just to make her feel better.
Everyone knows about Joan of Arc, surely.