Makes you proud to be British

When we put our minds to it, we can take stupid to an art form.

BBC NORFOLK
Stewart White: Who had a worldwide hit with What A Wonderful World?
Contestant: I don't know.
Stewart White: I'll give you some clues: what do you call the part between your hand and your elbow?
Contestant:Arm
Stewart White:Correct. And if you're not weak, you're...?
Contestant:Strong.
Stewart White:Correct - and what was Lord Mountbatten's first name?
Contestant:Louis
Stewart White: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 )
Alex Trelinski:What is the capital of Italy ?
Contestant:France.
Trelinski:France is another country. Try again.
Contestant: Oh, um, Benidorm.
relinski:Wrong, sorry, let's try another question. In which country is the Parthenon?
Contestant:Sorry, I don't know.
Trelinski:Just guess a country then.
Contestant:Paris.


THE WEAKEST LINK (BBC2)
Anne Robinson: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 )
DJ Mark: For 10, what is the nationality of the Pope?
Ruth from Rowley Regis: I think I know that one. Is he Jewish?

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE
Bamber Gascoyne: 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.

RICHARD AND JUDY
Richard:Which American actor is married to Nicole Kidman?
Contestant: Forrest Gump.

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 ..

JAMES O'BRIEN SHOW (LBC)

James O'Brien:How many kings of England have been called Henry?

Contestant: Er, well, I know there was a Henry the Eighth .... ER. ER ... Three?


PHIL WOOD SHOW (BBC GMR)
Phil Wood: What 'K' could be described as the Islamic Bible?

Contestant: Er... .... ...

Phil Wood: It's got two syllables . . . Kor . .

Contestant: Blimey?

Phil Wood: Ha ha ha ha, no. The past participle of run .. . ..

Contestant: (Silence)

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

Contestant:Walked?