Some Quiz Show Howlers !....

[Gulliver]

I thought it might be interesting ,and perhaps entertaining if we record some quiz answers that contestants have proffered on daytime quiz shows--- these are now usually the only TV progs that I watch,apart from the news,documentaries and some period dramas.
I’m not particularly highly educated,but I find my General Knowledge on many topics is far superior to many of these contestants who appear on them---standards must be very low at the audition stage of the game,that is if they have auditions.
I find the standard very low for teenagers and young adults still in the education system,in fact we’ve commented on the fact in these forums that university students can spend up to ten years after leaving school doing first their Bachelor’s,then their Master’s,then their Phd’s often doing ‘worthless’ degrees,before being thrust into the real world. (That’s a total of 20 years,from ages 5 to 25 in the education system !) I truly am appalled at some of the answers such graduates give on these quiz shows.
When it bcomes to subjects like Geography,I know that we MN guys have a headstart on them,but even so,you would think they would have at least a good general knowledge about it.
Mind you,I suppose I really don‘t have much idea about topics concerning ‘Celebrity Culture ‘like most of these youngsters have,but nevertheless I keep my eyes and ears open and could probably give an educated guess, unlike them,who couldn’t possibly give an answer to a general knowledge question-simply because it’s not interesting to them,or not fashionable,or was before they were born.
How many times have you heard a ‘blonde’ contestant reply with a giggle to a question such as “When did the First World War start/?” and reply with “I don’t really know-it was before my time.” (!)
If I were a quizmaster I would love to retort that the Battle of Hastings was before my time,but I know the answer to it !
　
I used to know many examples which I should have written down from these TV shows,because I do tend to forget them ,but that’s Mature Slow Brain Retrieval not Poor General Knowledge ability !

To start,here’s just a few I heard over the last few weeks on daytime TV quiz shows.

Geography: Q1 The Suez Canal connects the Red Sea with which other body of water?
The 3 contestants replied : The Indian Ocean;the Pacific Ocean;and the Dead Sea ! (Answer of course is the Mediterranean Sea)
Geography: Q 2 Which country does Denmark share a land border with?
The 3 contestants replied: Norway;Finland;and ;Sweden.(Answer of course is Germany)
Geography Q 3 In which country would you find the promontory called The Cape of Good Hope?
The 3 contestants replied: Argentina,Chile and ……Portugal ! (We all know the answer of course)
A teenage girl on one quiz show was asked to name the first president of the USA..She couldn’t and was prompted to say just name a name.She said …John… ..Smith !

　
Perhaps we can record some of these howlers here in future ! Doh.....gif

[Gulliver]

More actual answers from the contestants on recent TV Quiz Shows...

Geography Q/ Which range of hills is known as the backbone of England? (Answer-Pennines,of course)
Answers given 1/ The Brecon Beacons (!) 2/ The Andes (!!)-this provoked much audience mirth....and this was also from the same 24 year old male supply teacher (!( who ,when asked who is the current Deputy PM of the U.K. he replied.......Ed Milliband ! He also thought that 'Huckleberry Finn' was written by .....Charles Dickens ! There's no hope for most of them really is there?Doh.....gif

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[Ron Kendall]

On holiday in Tenerife recently, I asked in a Scottish bar (Christy's Bar,home made chips) who was buried in Grant's tomb. about ten minutes later, after numerous wrong answers, the penny dropped!

[happy daze john in oz]

....... He also thought that 'Huckleberry Finn' was written by .....Charles Dickens !

And no doubt he thinks the Andes is at the end of the Wristies.

[alf corbyn]

i often used to ask other crew members. where's the nearest land?. i got some terrible answers when at sea the nearest land is "straight down"

[Red Lead Ted]

Here is a good one for a forum that are 99% ex or current seafarer's, No matter were you were at sea, If i asked you were the nearest land was the answer would always be the same, Where was it, { ANYONE } Terry.

[Calvin Kent]

Monkey?

[Red Lead Ted]

Always had the wooden strakes overlapped on what was known as the boats land Regards All it was aboard ship all the time wherever you roamed Terry.

[Rocky]

More actual answers from the contestants on recent TV Quiz Shows...

Geography Q/ Which range of hills is known as the backbone of England? (Answer-Pennines,of course)
Answers given 1/ The Brecon Beacons (!) 2/ The Andes (!!)-this provoked much audience mirth....and this was also from the same 24 year old male supply teacher (!( who ,when asked who is the current Deputy PM of the U.K. he replied.......Ed Milliband ! He also thought that 'Huckleberry Finn' was written by .....Charles Dickens ! There's no hope for most of them really is there?Doh.....gif

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The bit about this guy working as a teacher how many more out there teaching kids who don't have a clue no wonder when they turn up for work we send them back to the dole queue because they are to thick to do the job

Why are they to thick why can they not work things out why do they struggle reading and adding up why is it all us old guys get left to clear up the mess why why why the answer is pretty simple all our teachers that could do the job have retired or died leaving the way open for any fool that can pass a government test (probably set up so some politicians thick offspring could pass)

rant over

Time to move on again its not just the answers sometimes the question itself can cause childish fits of giggles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teNgQTrv6pE

[Gulliver]

Always had the wooden strakes overlapped on what was known as the boats land Regards All it was aboard ship all the time wherever you roamed Terry.

Thanks for that one Terry. ! We certainly live and learn-that’s one I’ve never heard of,and just had to look it up.


from Wikipedia...
The second method is clinker. It is traditional in the north and produced relatively light but strong boats. Normally, the boats are built from the garboard up so that the upper plank overlaps (aka hems) the lower on the outside. That overlap is known as the land and it is held together by copper rivets. In the twentieth century, the boat may have been built of plywood and the strakes glued together without clenched nails. Medieval boats are more likely to have been riveted with iron nails. To rivet the lands, the planks in the two adjoining strakes are pierced, a nail inserted from the outside and a rove or rove punched over the inside end of the nail. The latter is then cut off a little proud of the rove. The nail is then clenched over the rove.
When the shell of the boat is complete, the strakes are stiffened by the insertion of steam-bent timbers. These too, are riveted to the planking through the lands. The timbers, which are sometimes miscalled ribs, spread the load on the strakes and tie them together reducing the tendency of the relatively thin strake to split. With glued ply clinker construction, the timbers are unnecessary.
At the hood-ends of the strakes, where they approach the stem, they are let into each other with geralds (aka chases or gains). In these, the land of the lower strake is tapered to a feather edge at the end of the land where it is supported by the rebate formed by the apron. The strakes then meet the stem flush, which is also referred to as being hooded.


Noticed in there there's a GERALD -so that's another one for the nautical quiz buffs to pop in their quizzes !

All the Best
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