Banyak anggapan kalau yang namanya bule atau orang kulit putih pasti jauh lebih pintar daripada kita orang Indonesia. Bagaimana tidak, dengan kemampuan ekonomi yang lebih terjamin dan tingkat edukasi yang lebih tinggi kita sah-sah saja berasumsi kalau mereka tahu lebih banyak. Tapi ternyata pandangan tersebut tidak sepenuhnya benar. Bahkan, kalau hobi anda mengisi TTS Kompas setiap Minggu, anda boleh berbangga.

Berikut ini adalah kumpulan jawaban-jawaban konyol yang dilontarkan oleh para peserta game show atau kuis yang diselenggarakan oleh BBC di Inggris beberapa tahun terakhir. Kami pilih beberapa yang menurut kami terbaik, sisanya lihat langsung di link ini.

BEG, BORROW OR STEAL (BBC2)
Jamie Theakston: Where do you think Cambridge University is?
Contestant: Geography isn't my strong point.
Theakston: There's a clue in the title.
Contestant: Leicester.

BBC NORFOLK
Stewart White: Who had a worldwide hit with What A Wonderful World?
Contestant: I don't know.
White: I'll give you some clues. What do you call the part between your hand and your elbow?
Contestant: Arm.
White: Correct. And if you're not weak, you're . .?
Contestant: Strong.
White: Correct - and what was Lord Mountbatten's first name?
Contestant: Louis.
White: Well, there we are then. So, who had a worldwide hit with the song What A Wonderful World?
Contestant: Frank Sinatra?

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 it Jewish?

UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (BBC2)
Bamber Gascoigne: What was Gandhi's first name?
Contestant: Goosey?

NATIONAL LOTTERY (BBC1)
Q: What is the world's largest continent?
A: The Pacific

CHRIS SEARLE SHOW (BBC RADIO BRISTOL)
Searle: In which European country is Mount Etna?
Caller: Japan.
Searle: I did say which European country, so in case you didn't hear that,

I can let you try again.

Caller: Er . . . Mexico

PAUL WAPPAT (BBC RADIO NEWCASTLE)
Wappat: How long did the Six-Day War between Egypt and Israel last?
Contestant (after long pause): Fourteen days

JANICE FORSYTH SHOW (BBC RADIO SCOTLAND)
Forsyth: What is India's currency?
Contestant: Ramadan.