The Chase (Today)

[Caribeing]

Which Civil Rights leader was imprisoned in Alabama in April 1963?
Contestant answer: Al Capone.

[maggiebee]

Just as bad as the one from a couple of weeks ago. In a famous painting by Reubens, on whose lap was Samson's head resting?
Answer: Mother Teresa

[Gizmonster]

Al Capone - a good upstanding honest citizen wasn't he ?? ..... or maybe not !!

Another good one was "a Barcelonian" (or whatever the word was) is from which city ..... answer given = Madrid !!

And another one (I think it was on Tipping Point) .... which line of latitude ..... (I can't remember the question, but it was clearly asking for a line of latitude) .... answer given = Australia !!

[wiltsman]

I must admit I did roll my eyes on hearing that answer. But to be fair to the contesant, she was under pressure in a studio set up, trying to answer as many questions as possible in a two minute slot.

[TheWinner]

I would love to go on the Chase, but I think I'd give ridiculous answers when under the spotlight. The funniest I saw, was when that guy on Family Fortunes answered "Turkey" to every question.

[Canary42]

I recently bought an amusing book called something like "I Wish I hadn't Said That" which includes a chapter on stupid answers like this.

Elsewhere in the book people like George W Bush feature quite strongly, as do Sports commentators of course.

I'm tempted at times to flood the Jokes Topic with examples :-) but respect for copyright holds me back.

[elliemay1]

One of the funniest ever on a quiz show was:' Name a bird with a long neck. Answer: Naomi Campbell

[goodgoalie]

Try this!

[JimF]

"Name a dangerous race."
Expecting, of course, Le Mans, Paris-Dakar, Grand National, etc.

And the contestant said: "The Arabs."

[zebo]

Who shot JR?

Contestant Lee Harvey Oswald

[THECORBYLOON]

ZEBO, this was the question.

https://youtu.be/VvRwRuHwyTU

[zebo]

Sorry, I got the question the wrong way round!

I have often wondered why Private Eye renamed the Colemanballs column as something else though their Dumb Britain feature is often amusing.

[Ellipsis]

We asked 100 people to ...

Name something that's red.

"My cardigan"

Uh-uhhhhhhhhh