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Alex Trelinski (Late Show, BBC Midlands): What is the capital of Italy?<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: France. Alex: France is another country.<o:p></o:p>
Try again. Contestant: Oh, um, Benidorm.<o:p></o:p>
Alex: Wrong, sorry.<o:p></o:p>
Let's try another question. In which country is the Parthenon?<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: Sorry, I don't know.<o:p></o:p>
Alex: Just guess a country.<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: Paris.<o:p></o:p>
Answers: Rome and Greece
<o:p></o:p>Anne Robinson (The Weakest Link, BBC2): Oscar Wilde, Adolf Hitler and Jeffrey Archer have all written books about their experiences in: Prison or the Conservative Party?<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: The Conservative Party.<o:p></o:p>
Answer: Prison<o:p></o:p>
Jeremy Paxman (University Challenge, BBC2): What is another name for "cherrypickers" and "cheesemongers"?<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: Homosexuals.<o:p></o:p>
Paxman: No. They're regiments in the British Army who will be very upset with you.<o:p></o:p>
Phil Wood (BBC Radio Manchester): What's 11 squared?<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: I don't know.<o:p></o:p>
Phil Wood: I'll give you a clue. It's two ones with a two in the middle.<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: Is it five?<o:p></o:p>
Answer: 121<o:p></o:p>
Richard Madeley (Richard and Judy): On which street did Sherlock Holmes live?<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: Er...<o:p></o:p>
Richard: He makes bread.<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: Er...<o:p></o:p>
Richard: He makes cakes.<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: Kipling Street?<o:p></o:p>
Answer: Baker Street<o:p></o:p>
Question (BRMB Radio): What religion was Guy Fawkes?<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: Jewish.<o:p></o:p>
Host: That's close enough.<o:p></o:p>
Answer: Roman Catholic<o:p></o:p>
Steve Le Fevre (The Biggest Game in Town, ITV): What was signed to bring World War I to an end in 1918?<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: Magna Carta?<o:p></o:p>
Answer: Treaty of Versailles<o:p></o:p>
Phil Wood (BBC GMR): What 'K' could be described as the Islamic Bible?<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: Er...<o:p></o:p>
Phil: It's got two sylla-bles... Kor...<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: Blimey?<o:p></o:p>
Phil:Ha ha ha, no. The past participle of run...<o:p></o:p>
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Contestant: Silence<o:p></o:p>
Phil:Okay, try it another way. Today I run, yesterday I...<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: Walked?<o:p></o:p>
Answers: Koran&ran<o:p></o:p>
Melanie Sykes (The Vault): What name is given to the condition where the sufferer can fall asleep at any time?<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: Nostalgia.<o:p></o:p>
Answer: Narcolepsy<o:p></o:p>
Steve Wright (Radio 2): Johnny Weissmuller died on this day. Which jungles-winging character clad in a loin cloth did he play?<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: Jesus.<o:p></o:p>
Answer: Tarzan<o:p></o:p>
Chris Searle (BBC Radio Bristol): In which European country is Mount Etna?<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: Japan.<o:p></o:p>
Chris: I did say European country... I can let you try again.<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: Er... Mexico?<o:p></o:p>
Answer: Italy<o:p></o:p>
Paul Wappat (BBC Radio Newcastle): How long did the Six Day War between Egypt and Israel last?<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: (long pause) 14 days.<o:p></o:p>
Answer: Six days<o:p></o:p>
Daryl Denham (Virgin Radio): In which country would you spend shekels?<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: Holland?<o:p></o:p>
Daryl: Try the next letter of the alphabet.<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: Iceland? Ireland?<o:p></o:p>
Daryl: It's a bad line. Did you say Israel?<o:p></o:p>
Contestant: No.<o:p></o:p>
Answer: Israel<o:p></o:p>
JAMIE THEAKSTON: Where is Cambridge University?<o:p></o:p>
CONTESTANT: Geography isn't my strong point<o:p></o:p>
JAMIE THEAKSTON: There's a clue in the title<o:p></o:p>
CONTESTANT: Leicester?<o:p></o:p>
LINCS FM DJ: Which is the largest Spanish-speaking country in the world?<o:p></o:p>
CONTESTANT Barcelona<o:p></o:p>
LINCS FM DJ: I was really after the name of a country<o:p></o:p>
CONTESTANT; I'm sorry, I don't know the name of any countries in Spain<o:p></o:p>
GWR FM DJ: What happened in Dallas on November 22, 1963?<o:p></o:p>
CONTESTANT I don't know, I wasn't watching it then<o:p></o:p>
ROCK FM PRESENTER: Name a film starring Bob Hoskins that is also the name of a famous painting by Leonardo da Vinci<o:p></o:p>
CONTESTANT Who Framed Roger Rabbit?<o:p></o:p>
BEACON RADIO DJ: What is the nationality of the Pope?<o:p></o:p>
CONTESTANT I think I know that one. Is it Jewish?<o:p></o:p>
BAMBER GASCOIGNE What was Gandhi's first name?<o:p></o:p>
CONTESTANT Goosey?<o:p></o:p>
JAMES O'BRIEN, LBC: How many kings of England have been called Henry?<o:p></o:p>
CONTESTANT Er, well, I know there was a Henry the Eighth.. er, er, three?<o:p></o:p>
LOTTERY HOST: What is the world's largest continent?<o:p></o:p>
CONTESTANT The Pacific?<o:p></o:p>
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