Sunday 5 July 2009

Quiz Show Howlers

PHIL WOOD SHOW (BBC GMR)
Wood: What 'K' could be described as the Islamic Bible?
Contestant: Er .....
Wood: It's got two syllables .....Kor .....
Contestant: Blimey!
Wood: Ha ha ha ha, no. The past participle of run.
Contestant ..... (silence)
Wood: OK, try it another way. Today I run, yesterday I .....?
Contestant: Walked?

THE VAULT
Melanie Sykes: What is the name given to the condition where the sufferer can fall asleep at any time?
Contestant: Nostalgia

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.