Answers from some British games shows and radio/TV call in shows
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.
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.
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE
Bamber 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 pensioners: 'Last Of The . . .'?
Caller: Mohicans.
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
Leslie: On which street did Sherlock Holmes live?
Contestant: Er . . .
Leslie: He makes bread . . .
Contestant: Er . . .
Leslie: He makes cakes . . .
Contestant: Kipling Street ?
Question: What is the world's largest continent?
Contestant: The Pacific.
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?
THE VAULT
Melanie Sykes: What is the name given to the condition where the sufferer can fall asleep at any time?
Contestant: Nostalgia.
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.