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'''Someone associated with the Wild West''': Buck Rogers | '''Someone associated with the Wild West''': Buck Rogers |
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THE FAMILY FORTUNES COCK-UP LIST
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"We asked 100 people to name..."
A sign of the zodiac: April
Something you beat: Apple
A part of the body with four letters: Arms
Something you have more than two in your body: Arms
A dangerous race: The Arabs
A part of the body everybody has only one of: Big toe
A slang word for money: Bitch (contestant thought Max had said 'Mummy')
Some famous brothers: Bonnie and Clyde
Something associated with "Superman": Black hair
A famous cowboy: Buck Rogers
A song with "Moon" in the title: Blue Suede Moon
Something that flies that doesn't have an engine: Bicycle with wings
Something you open other than a door: Bowels
A bird with a long neck: Blackbird
A famous bridge: The Bridge over Troubled Waters
Something with a red light on it: Brothel
Someone associated with the Wild West: Buck Rogers
A polite word you'd use to curse: Bugger
An animal beginning with the letter B: Bullfrog
A job for which you would need a torch: Burglar
Something you would associate with Dracula: Bob Monkhouse
A famous Dick: Carrot
A point of entry used by a burglar: A cat flap (it was the 6th most popular answer)
A game played in the dark: Charades
An ingredient you use to stuff chicken: Chicken
A food that can be easily eaten without chewing: Chips (contestant was a soup salesman)
Something found on a fire engine: Coal
Something you associate with the sea: Coffin (contestant thought a word beginning with the letter "c")
Something slippery: Con-man
A way of cooking fish: Cod
A food that's difficult to eat if you wear false teeth (also, on another occasion, if you wear a brace): Curry (Ironically, Vernon Kay had come out with the former on the Gameshow Marathon version of the show, yet he was noticeably less than impressed with the latter when it cropped up during his tenure as host).
Something with a red light on it: Dalek
Name a game played with a black ball: Darts (contestant thought Les said a "black board")
Something that's only useful when it's set: Dead animals for stuffing
Something you wear on the beach: Deckchair
Something you associate with the sea: Deckchair
Something you do in the bathroom: Decorate
Give a good reason for men to dig a hole in the road: Dig a grave (Bob's response at this point was: "There's a sign in the road that says 'Dead Slow!')
A famous Irishman: Disraeli (the same family also suggested Des O'Connor and Tom O'Connor, respectively a Londoner and a Liverpudlian). Max's response to the first one? "I'll tell you what - we get idiots on this show as well!"
An animal you might see at a zoo: Dog
Something you'd see in a taxi: Door fittings
A TV soap: Dove
A Cluedo character: Dr. Morse
Something a bridegroom might wear: Dress
Something you'd sleep with in order to keep safe: Dummy
A kind of ache: Faceache
Something you trim: Feet
Something that makes you itch: Fibreglass
A kind of ache: Filet-o-fish (he heard "hake")
Something that comes in sevens: Fingers
Something that uses micro chips: Fish fryer
A type of record: Floppy disc
Name a famous Frank: French
An occasion or somewhere you are noticed to be late: Funeral
Something you keep in a garden shed: Gardener
A famous Irishman: Gareth Fitzgerald
Something a hostess does to let her guests know it's time to leave: Goes to bed
An ancient city: Greece
A boy's name beginning with J: Gerald
Something a cat does: Goes to the toilet
A famous Dick: Head
Something a policeman carries with him on duty: Helmet
A game played in bed: Hide and seek
Something that the bride should know before they get married: His name. (Max's response was, "Yeah - the two of you in the back of a taxi - 'With whom am I having the pleasure?'")
An item of clothing worn by the Three Musketeers: Horse
Name something you play in bed: "I Spy" (it was the top answer!)
Something you write on a holiday postcard: I'm going to send you a postcard home
A famous Scotsman: Jock
A jacket potato topping: Jam
Something a dentist would say: Just a small prick
A sport which would be hazardous in a nudist colony: Leapfrog
Something you pour tea into: A kettle
Something people eat with steak: Kidney Pie
A part of the body beginning with the letter N: Knee
Something you close: Legs
Name one of the Beatles: Lennie (the contestant had meant to say 'Lennon', but it somehow came out as 'Lennie' and Les had to accept the latter as her answer).
A domestic animal: Leopard
A famous Les: 'Les go and have a drink' and 'Les Be 'Avin' You' (both very tongue-in-cheek on this occasion, it has to be said).
Something trainspotters keep in their pocket: Magnifying glass
A singer who is known by one name: Michael Jackson
A form of transport you can walk around in: My foot
Something red: My cardigan
Name something deserted in winter: My sister
A famous Royal: Mail
A bird with a long neck: Naomi Campbell
An annual sporting event: The Olympics
A way to toast somebody: Over a fire (6th most popular answer!)
A type of large cat: Persian
Something associated with Robinson Crusoe: Peter Pan
Something associated with pigs: The police
A non-living object with legs: Plant
A method of securing your home: Put the kettle on
A food that can be brown or white: Potatoes
A cheese named after an English county: Philadelphia
Something you do standing on a chair: Read
Something associates with "The Three Bears": Red Riding Hood
Something you put on walls: Roofs
An annual sporting event: Running
A number you have to memorise: Seven
A famous 'Arthur' : Shakespeare (contestant thought Les said "author")
Something made of wool: Sheep
Something you might accidently leave on all night: Shoes
Something you do before going to bed: Sleep
A job a working dog does: Slave
A type of mill: Snow mill
A bird with long legs: Sparrow (This answer was given in the Bob Monkhouse-era, many years before another contestant gave the answer 'Naomi Campbell' as a bird with a long neck. In those early years of the show, if only a contestant had come up with it, an alternative bird with long legs could have been Twiggy!)
Something that makes you scream: Squirrel
Part of a Christmas turkey: Stuffing
Something a blind man might use: Sword
Something a dentist would say: Smile and relax
A character from Cluedo: Steve
Apart from 'snowman' a word beginning with 'snow': Sugar
Something you do in the event of a power cut: Switch the light on
Something in the garden that's green: The shed
Something people might be allergic to: Skiing
Something you have with coffee: The Sunday Sport
A famous Harry Enfield character: Sooty
Something you wouldn't try even once: Sex in a train
Something bad you wouldn't think about: Sex
Something your partner can't do without: Sex
Something you like that's bad for you: Sex. (At this point, Max said to the contestant, "You're doing this the wrong way, you know, dear", to which she replied, "No, I'm not - I've got five children!")
A native American tribe: Sigh Ooks. (the contestant had caught a glimpse of the top answer on Les' card, but didn't know how to pronounce "Sioux")
Something you would do if you ran out of clean underpants: Sprinkle on some talcum powder
Something you'd sleep with in order to keep safe: Teddy (it was the top answer)
A game played in bed: Tents
A character in "Alice In Wonderland": Tin Man
Something children miss most on holiday: The toilet
A famous Irishman: Thomas O'Malley. (Max's (somewhat ironic) response here was, "Yeah, that's a good one - he keeps the fish shop at Kilburn!")
A game played in bed: Trampoline
A famous Irishman: Trevor McDonald
A bird with long legs: Turkey
Something you'd take with you to the beach: Turkey
The first thing you'd buy at the supermarket: Turkey
An item of clothing you might borrow from your partner: Underwear
A famous Scotsman: Vinny Jones
Something you do in an anorak: Wear it
Someone associated with the Wild West: Wild Bill Heecock (Les took a moment to work this one out, but did (rightly) accept it as 'Wild Bill Hicock', although he couldn't resist adding, "Something Cock").
Something with a hole in it: Window
Something that floats in the bath: Water
Something you might do in a lift: Wee
Something a car can have two of: Wheels
A bird you might find near water: Woman
Something you put out for the birds: Worms
A song with yellow in the title: Yellow Banana
A song with yellow in the title: Yellow Garden
One of "The Three Bears": Yogi
Something you stroke: You stroke a match
The last thing you take off before going to bed: Your feet
A place where you'd keep a pen: The zoo
A type of bean: Lesbian (Les Bean)