Quiz Time

Here is a collection of trivia questions asked during some famous TV/Radio shows together with answers given by the quiz show contestants!

 

BEG, BORROW OR STEAL (BBC2)

Presenter:  Where do you think Cambridge University is?

Contestant: Geography isn't my strong point.

Presenter: There's a clue in the title.

Contestant: hmm.. Leicester ???



BBC   NORFOLK

Presenter: Who had a worldwide  hit with What A Wonderful World?

Contestant: I don't know.

Presenter: I'll give you some clues: what do you call the part between your hand and your elbow?

Contestant: Arm.

Presenter: Correct. And if you're not weak, you're...?

Contestant: Strong.

Presenter:  Correct - and what was Lord Mountbatten's first name?

Contestant:  Louis.

Presenter: Well, there we are then. So who had a worldwide hit with the song
What A Wonderful World?

Contestant: Frank Sinatra?



LATE SHOW (BBC MIDLANDS)

Presenter: What is the capital of Italy?

Contestant:  France.

Presenter:   France is another country. Try again.

Contestant: Oh, um, Benidorm.

Presenter: Wrong, sorry, let's try another question. In which country is the Parthenon?

Contestant:  Sorry, I don't know.

Presenter: Just guess a country then.

Contestant: Paris.


THE WEAKEST LINK   (BBC2)

Presenter:-   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)

Presenter: For 10 pounds, what is the nationality of the Pope?

Contestant: I think I know that one. Is it Jewish?


UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE

Presenter: 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)

Presenter: What's 11 squared?

Contestant: I don't know.

Presenter: I'll give you a clue. It's two ones with a two in the middle.

Contestant: Is it five?



RICHARD AND JUDY

Q: Which American actor is married to Nicole Kidman?

A: Forrest Gump.


RICHARD AND JUDY

Presenter:   On which street did Sherlock Holmes live?

Contestant: Er . .  .

Presenter: He makes bread  . . .

Contestant: Er . . ..

Presenter: He makes cakes . . ..

Contestant:  Kipling Street?



LINCS FM   PHONE-IN

Presenter: 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)

Presenter: What was signed, to bring World War I to an end in 1918?

Contestant: Magna Carta?.



JAMES  O'BRIEN SHOW (LBC)

Presenter: How many kings of England have been called Henry?

Contestant:  Er, well, I know there was a Henry the Eighth ... er  ... er ... three?



CHRIS SEARLE SHOW (BBC RADIO BRISTOL)

Presenter: In which European  country  is Mount Etna?

Caller:  Japan.

Presenter: 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)

Presenter: How long did the Six-Day War between Egypt and Israel last?

Contestant (after long pause): Fourteen days.



DARYL DENHAM'S  DRIVETIME (VIRGIN  RADIO)

Presenter: In which country would you spend shekels?

Contestant:  Holland?

Presenter: Try the next letter of the alphabet.

Contestant: Iceland? Ireland?

Presenter (helpfully): It's a bad line. Did you say Israel?

Contestant: No.



PHIL  WOOD SHOW (BBC GMR)

Presenter: What 'K' could be described as the Islamic Bible?

Contestant: Er . .. .

Presenter: It's got two syllables . . . Kor . . .

Contestant: Blimey?

Presenter: Ha ha ha ha, no.  The past participle of run . . .

Contestant:  (Silence)

Presenter: OK, try it another way. Today I run, yesterday I . . .

Contestant: Walked?


THE VAULT

Presenter: What is the name given to the condition where the sufferer can fall asleep at any time?

Presenter: 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:  Jesus.