Another filler post, this evening. I’ve stumbled across a rather funny book that passes a few moments just to fill the time. No epic tale. No sequel, prequel or anything in between. Nothing to learn from it, either, for that matter, unless learning the wrong answer to a question floats your boat! The book is ‘Universally Challenged’ by Wendy Roby. The panel in the introduction speaks wonders:
For nerds, squares and boffins everywhere. Your time will come.
Simply put, the book is a compilation of incorrect answers that television quiz show contestants have given over the years.
Here are twenty examples from the book… there are literally hundreds more!
Quizmaster: Asterix the Gaul fought which enemy?
Contestant: Klingons.
Quizmaster: Name someone associated with Robinson Crusoe.
Contestant: Peter Pan.
Quizmaster: What is a mixture of avocado, chilli and lime juice commonly known as?
Contestant: Guatemala.
Quizmaster: Name a job that helicopters are used for.
Contestant: Tuna fishing.
Quizmaster: Which cathedral town on the River Severn shares its name with the sauce used in Bloody Mary?
Contestant: Tomato.
Quizmaster: What kind of creature is a kiwi?
Contestant: A fruit.
Quizmaster: Name a month that’s also a person’s name.
Contestant: January.
Quizmaster: Name something a girl should know about a man before she marries him.
Contestant: His name.
Quizmaster: Name something men do when they run out of clean underwear.
Contestant: Turn them inside out.
Quizmaster: Name a measurement of time.
Contestant: A watch.
Quizmaster: Name something that’s murder to clean up when you spill it.
Contestant: Blood.
Quizmaster: Name a real or fictional famous Willie.
Contestant: Willie-the-Pooh.
Quizmaster: ‘Beauty is the eye of the…’ what?
Contestant: Tiger
Quizmaster: Which Roman statesman gave his name to the month of July?
Contestant: Augustus.
Quizmaster: Name an invention that has replaced stairs.
Contestant: Wheel.
Quizmaster: Who discovered gravity when an apple fell from a tree and landed on his head?
Contestant: William Tell.
Quizmaster: In science, what is botany the study of?
Contestant: Bottoms.
Quizmaster: Name a sign of the zodiac.
Contestant: April.
Quizmaster: Which country lies directly east of South Korea?
Contestant: North Korea.
Quizmaster: What ‘K’ is a suicide mission for a pilot?
Contestant: Kama Sutra.
The book doesn’t actually say whether any of these contestants went on to win anything, but sometimes, the wrong answers are just that little bit better than what the answers should actually be. Well, I think so anyway. If I was on any of the TV quiz shows, my answers to all of the questions would probably be exactly the same. Pass.
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