STUPID ANSWERS
The following represents a short list of
genuine answers to questions that I have asked over many years of compiling and
presenting pub quizzes.
Question What does the A stand for with
regard to the FA Cup?
Correct answer Association
Answer given Action
Question Spell Chihuahua
Correct answer Chihuahua
Answer given Chiwawa
Question What is the capital of Australia?
Correct answer Canberra
Answer given New Zealand
Question What word beginning with B can go
before bank, brother, orange and stone?
Correct answer Blood
Answer given Big (I ended up giving them a point for this!!)
Question Which US President was allegedly
killed by Lee Harvey Oswald?
Correct answer John F Kennedy
Answer given Winston Churchill
Question Which bar of chocolate might one
associate with Fletcher Christian?
Correct answer Bounty
Answer given Kit Kat
Question What name is given to an angle of
less than 90 degrees?
Correct answer Acute
Answer given Triangle
Question What does REM stand for with regard
to sleep patterns?
Correct answer Rapid eye movement
Answer given Right eye moving
Question By what fruity name is the thyroid
cartilage otherwise known?
Correct answer Adam’s apple
Answer given Coconut
Question Which ball sport is played on the
largest field?
Correct answer Polo
Answer given Horse racing
Question Which common food item has a name
that means “baked twice”?
Correct answer Biscuit
Answer given Brown bread
Question How many degrees are there in a
semi-circle?
Correct answer 180
Answer given One and a half
Question Which monkey gave its name to a
blood group?
Correct answer Rhesus
Answer given Davy Jones
Question Who is the only rodent to have won
an Oscar?
Correct answer Mickey Mouse
Answer given Roland Rat
Question How is two fifths expressed as a
percentage?
Correct answer 40%
Answer given Half
Question What would one lose if suffering
from alopecia?
Correct answer Hair
Answer given Voice
Question Nimbus and cirrus are both types of
what?
Correct answer Clouds
Answer given Bread
Question What is hippophobia the fear of?
Correct answer Horses
Answer given Thongs
Question Which Gerry Anderson series was set
in the year 2065?
Correct answer Captain Scarlet
Answer given Space 1999
And to finish a question from an individual round….
Question In which city did Anne Frank write
her most famous work?
Correct answer Amsterdam
Answer given “I don’t know, but my wife would know that, she’s read all her
books” !!!!!!