这篇有嘛好审的?!!!
这个假期想介绍一本很有趣的书,我是在Kindle上要的试读章节,看了快乐死我了,因为是讲外国那些参加知识类节目回答的参赛者千奇百怪的答案的,那些答案能让我这个中国人都觉得匪夷所思,因为基本是些常识问题,但答案就是这么奇怪这么搞笑!好了,废话不说,这本书就是Universally Challenged: Quiz Contestants Say the Funniest Things(《普遍挑战:测试参赛者说过的最搞笑的事情》)。
正如书本介绍所说,也许是因为紧张,这些参赛者会瞬间大脑空白,白痴的答案脱口而出。但对于我们这些观赛者,听到这些答案会感觉良好,因为我们发现跟这些人相比,自己是多么聪明绝伦!
From Brainteaser (Channel Five):
Alex Lovell: Which literary hunchback lived in Notre Dame and fell in love with Esmeralda?
(主持人:哪一部文学作品中的驼背住在巴黎圣母院并爱上了艾丝美拉达?)
Contestant: Nostradamus.
(选手:诺查丹玛斯)
好吧,也许这人没看过维克多•雨果的著作《巴黎圣母院》,也没听说过敲钟人加西莫多,可是,我从来不知道诺查丹玛斯是驼背哎!也许是因为Nostradamus和Notre Dame的发音很像得到的答案?
From Dale’s Supermarket Sweep (ITV):
Dale Winton: In Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, who was king of the fairies?
(主持人:在莎士比亚的剧作《仲夏夜之梦》中,谁是仙王?)
Contestant: I’m not very good at history.
(选手:我历史不太好。)
我看你不仅历史不太好,文学也不太好呀!!
From Dog Eat Dog (BBC):
Ulrika Jonsson: Shakespeare. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which character assumed the head of an ass?
(主持人:莎士比亚的《仲夏夜之梦》中哪个角色变成了驴头?)
Contestant: Macbeth.
(选手:麦克白)
杯具的麦克白,怪不得莎翁选你做四大悲剧的主角呢!
Ulrika Jonsson:Who wrote The Lord of the Ring?
(主持人:《指环王》的作者是谁?)
Contestant: Enid Blyton.
(伊妮德•布莱顿)
也许,没说出J•K•罗琳我们就该庆幸吧?!
Ulrika Jonsson:What distinguished prize did Albert Einstein win 1921 for his work in physics?
(主持人:爱因斯坦在1921年因在物理方面的工作得到哪一著名奖项?)
Contestant: The Booker Prize.
(选手:布克奖)
爱因斯坦,原来你的小说写得这么棒啊?!!而且,1921年布克奖还没设立哦,你穿越了!!!
From Family Feud (CBS):
Host: Name an item of Clothing worn by the Three Musketeers.
(主持人:说出一种三剑客穿的服装)
Contestant: A horse.
(选手:马)
马?!!你倒是告诉我这个怎么穿身上啊?!!!
From Family Fortunes (ITV):
Les Dennis: Name someone associate with Robinson Crusoe.
(主持人:说出一个和《鲁滨逊漂流记》相关的人物。)
Contestant: Peter Pan.
(彼得•潘)
咋联想的?难道是库克船长?!!
From National Lottery Jet Set (BBC):
Eamonn Holmes: What year in the title of a famous novel by George Orwell?
(主持人:乔治•奥威尔一本著名小说标题的年份是哪一年?)
Contestant: 1949
(选手:1949年)
难道你在影射什么?!!PRCgv会找你谈话的!
Eamonn Holmes: What’s the name of the playwright commonly known by the initial GBS?
(主持人:哪个剧作家以名字首字母GBS为人们所熟知?)
Contestant: William Shakespeare.
(选手:威廉•莎士比亚)
拜托,威廉•莎士比亚好歹也是WS嘛!!
Eamonn Holmes: Who wrote The Catcher in the Rye?
(主持人:谁写了《麦田里的守望者》?)
Contestant: Chaucer
(选手:乔叟)
乔叟从坟墓中跳起来:我从来就没听说过这本书!!
From the Weakest Link (BBC):
Anne Robinson: Name a book written by Jane Austen.
(主持人:说一本简•奥斯汀的著作)
Contestant: Charlotte Bronte.
(选手:夏洛蒂•勃朗特)
夏洛蒂你悲催了,不该写《简•爱》吧!直接变成简的著作了,情何以堪啊!!!
Anne Robinson: Complete the title of the well-known play, The Iceman…What?
(主持人:补完某著名戏剧的名字,冰人…什么?)
Contestant: Melts.
(选手:融化了)
好吧,我承认这道题的答案我也不知道,但是这么有才的答案我一定答不出来。想想也对,冰人么,迟早会融化的!嗯!
Anne Robinson: Iago and Desdemona are characters in which Shakespeare play?
(主持人:伊阿古和苔丝狄蒙娜是莎士比亚哪部戏剧的角色?)
Contestant: I did English Literature at university. Um…Hamlet?
(选手: 我在大学是学英语文学的。恩…哈姆莱特?)
你不说你是学英语文学的还好点,说了你老师颜面何存啊?!!!
Anne Robinson: The action of which Shakespeare play takes place between dusk on January 5th and dawn on January 6th?
(主持人:莎士比亚哪出戏剧发生在一月五日黄昏和一月六日黎明之间?)
Contestant: A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
(选手:《仲夏夜之梦》)
虽然黄昏和黎明间是夜晚没错,但是,难道《仲夏夜之梦》的故事发生在澳大利亚?!一月份哎!你过夏天!!!
Anne Robinson: The nineteenth-century novel by the Russian author Dostoevsky is Crime and …what?
(主持人:十九世纪俄国作家陀思妥耶夫斯基的小说叫罪与…什么?)
Contestant: Prejudice
(选手:偏见)
所以简•奥斯汀有本叫《傲慢与罚》的小说喽?!!
Anne Robinson: What’s the nationality of the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre?
(主持人:哲学家让•保罗•萨特是哪国人?)
Contestant: Italian.
(选手:意大利人)
哼!法国人跟你急死!干嘛不干脆说是中国人嘛!
Anne Robinson: In Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, the third and final book is called The Return of the…what?
(主持人:托尔金的《魔戒三部曲》中,第三部也是最后一部书叫做…什么归来?)
Contestant: Jedi.
(选手:绝地武士)
你太太有才了!!
From Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (ITV):
Chris Tarrant: Which of these is the title of a Shakespeare play: a) As You Like It, b) As You Love It, c) As You Wish It or d) As you want it?
(主持人:下面哪一个是莎士比亚戏剧的名字?a) As You Like It, b) As You Love It, c) As You Wish It or d) As you want it?)
Contestant: I don’t know. Can I phone a friend?
(选手:我不知道。我能给我朋友打个电话么?)
王小丫说,可以,你还可以求助现场观众或去掉一个错误答案!
From LBC Radio:
Host: Which French author has been translated into more language than any other French author in the world?
(主持人:哪位法国作家的作品被翻译成最多语言?)
Contestant: Chaucer.
(选手:乔叟)
乔叟再次跳出来:我不用法语写作!!!这道题我也不知道,知道的人烦请告诉则个,要我猜可能会从巴尔扎克或大仲马这类作家中挑。你欺负法国没文豪么,再拉乔叟出来法国众作家晚上找你夜谈去!
上面都是些文学问题,因为我的个人爱好,好歹知道一些。看来英国人很爱问莎士比亚的问题。可别笑这些选手无知,我觉得要是在中国,选手被问到四大名著,得到的答案没准比这些还不靠谱呢!
还有一些非文学问题也很好玩:
From Family Feud (CBS):
Host: Name one thing you put on a pizza.
(主持人:说出一种你放在披萨上的东西)
Contestant: Rice
(选手:大米)
好独特的口味⊙﹏⊙b汗
Host: Name something you wouldn’t want the police to find in the trunk of your car.
(主持人:请举一样你不希望警察在你汽车后备箱里发现的东西。)
Contestant: Pickles.
(选手:腌菜)
囧死……不过我能理解,要是我的后备箱里有一坛腌菜,我也不希望警察发现!
正如书本介绍所说,也许是因为紧张,这些参赛者会瞬间大脑空白,白痴的答案脱口而出。但对于我们这些观赛者,听到这些答案会感觉良好,因为我们发现跟这些人相比,自己是多么聪明绝伦!
From Brainteaser (Channel Five):
Alex Lovell: Which literary hunchback lived in Notre Dame and fell in love with Esmeralda?
(主持人:哪一部文学作品中的驼背住在巴黎圣母院并爱上了艾丝美拉达?)
Contestant: Nostradamus.
(选手:诺查丹玛斯)
好吧,也许这人没看过维克多•雨果的著作《巴黎圣母院》,也没听说过敲钟人加西莫多,可是,我从来不知道诺查丹玛斯是驼背哎!也许是因为Nostradamus和Notre Dame的发音很像得到的答案?
From Dale’s Supermarket Sweep (ITV):
Dale Winton: In Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, who was king of the fairies?
(主持人:在莎士比亚的剧作《仲夏夜之梦》中,谁是仙王?)
Contestant: I’m not very good at history.
(选手:我历史不太好。)
我看你不仅历史不太好,文学也不太好呀!!
From Dog Eat Dog (BBC):
Ulrika Jonsson: Shakespeare. In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which character assumed the head of an ass?
(主持人:莎士比亚的《仲夏夜之梦》中哪个角色变成了驴头?)
Contestant: Macbeth.
(选手:麦克白)
杯具的麦克白,怪不得莎翁选你做四大悲剧的主角呢!
Ulrika Jonsson:Who wrote The Lord of the Ring?
(主持人:《指环王》的作者是谁?)
Contestant: Enid Blyton.
(伊妮德•布莱顿)
也许,没说出J•K•罗琳我们就该庆幸吧?!
Ulrika Jonsson:What distinguished prize did Albert Einstein win 1921 for his work in physics?
(主持人:爱因斯坦在1921年因在物理方面的工作得到哪一著名奖项?)
Contestant: The Booker Prize.
(选手:布克奖)
爱因斯坦,原来你的小说写得这么棒啊?!!而且,1921年布克奖还没设立哦,你穿越了!!!
From Family Feud (CBS):
Host: Name an item of Clothing worn by the Three Musketeers.
(主持人:说出一种三剑客穿的服装)
Contestant: A horse.
(选手:马)
马?!!你倒是告诉我这个怎么穿身上啊?!!!
From Family Fortunes (ITV):
Les Dennis: Name someone associate with Robinson Crusoe.
(主持人:说出一个和《鲁滨逊漂流记》相关的人物。)
Contestant: Peter Pan.
(彼得•潘)
咋联想的?难道是库克船长?!!
From National Lottery Jet Set (BBC):
Eamonn Holmes: What year in the title of a famous novel by George Orwell?
(主持人:乔治•奥威尔一本著名小说标题的年份是哪一年?)
Contestant: 1949
(选手:1949年)
难道你在影射什么?!!PRCgv会找你谈话的!
Eamonn Holmes: What’s the name of the playwright commonly known by the initial GBS?
(主持人:哪个剧作家以名字首字母GBS为人们所熟知?)
Contestant: William Shakespeare.
(选手:威廉•莎士比亚)
拜托,威廉•莎士比亚好歹也是WS嘛!!
Eamonn Holmes: Who wrote The Catcher in the Rye?
(主持人:谁写了《麦田里的守望者》?)
Contestant: Chaucer
(选手:乔叟)
乔叟从坟墓中跳起来:我从来就没听说过这本书!!
From the Weakest Link (BBC):
Anne Robinson: Name a book written by Jane Austen.
(主持人:说一本简•奥斯汀的著作)
Contestant: Charlotte Bronte.
(选手:夏洛蒂•勃朗特)
夏洛蒂你悲催了,不该写《简•爱》吧!直接变成简的著作了,情何以堪啊!!!
Anne Robinson: Complete the title of the well-known play, The Iceman…What?
(主持人:补完某著名戏剧的名字,冰人…什么?)
Contestant: Melts.
(选手:融化了)
好吧,我承认这道题的答案我也不知道,但是这么有才的答案我一定答不出来。想想也对,冰人么,迟早会融化的!嗯!
Anne Robinson: Iago and Desdemona are characters in which Shakespeare play?
(主持人:伊阿古和苔丝狄蒙娜是莎士比亚哪部戏剧的角色?)
Contestant: I did English Literature at university. Um…Hamlet?
(选手: 我在大学是学英语文学的。恩…哈姆莱特?)
你不说你是学英语文学的还好点,说了你老师颜面何存啊?!!!
Anne Robinson: The action of which Shakespeare play takes place between dusk on January 5th and dawn on January 6th?
(主持人:莎士比亚哪出戏剧发生在一月五日黄昏和一月六日黎明之间?)
Contestant: A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
(选手:《仲夏夜之梦》)
虽然黄昏和黎明间是夜晚没错,但是,难道《仲夏夜之梦》的故事发生在澳大利亚?!一月份哎!你过夏天!!!
Anne Robinson: The nineteenth-century novel by the Russian author Dostoevsky is Crime and …what?
(主持人:十九世纪俄国作家陀思妥耶夫斯基的小说叫罪与…什么?)
Contestant: Prejudice
(选手:偏见)
所以简•奥斯汀有本叫《傲慢与罚》的小说喽?!!
Anne Robinson: What’s the nationality of the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre?
(主持人:哲学家让•保罗•萨特是哪国人?)
Contestant: Italian.
(选手:意大利人)
哼!法国人跟你急死!干嘛不干脆说是中国人嘛!
Anne Robinson: In Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy, the third and final book is called The Return of the…what?
(主持人:托尔金的《魔戒三部曲》中,第三部也是最后一部书叫做…什么归来?)
Contestant: Jedi.
(选手:绝地武士)
你太太有才了!!
From Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (ITV):
Chris Tarrant: Which of these is the title of a Shakespeare play: a) As You Like It, b) As You Love It, c) As You Wish It or d) As you want it?
(主持人:下面哪一个是莎士比亚戏剧的名字?a) As You Like It, b) As You Love It, c) As You Wish It or d) As you want it?)
Contestant: I don’t know. Can I phone a friend?
(选手:我不知道。我能给我朋友打个电话么?)
王小丫说,可以,你还可以求助现场观众或去掉一个错误答案!
From LBC Radio:
Host: Which French author has been translated into more language than any other French author in the world?
(主持人:哪位法国作家的作品被翻译成最多语言?)
Contestant: Chaucer.
(选手:乔叟)
乔叟再次跳出来:我不用法语写作!!!这道题我也不知道,知道的人烦请告诉则个,要我猜可能会从巴尔扎克或大仲马这类作家中挑。你欺负法国没文豪么,再拉乔叟出来法国众作家晚上找你夜谈去!
上面都是些文学问题,因为我的个人爱好,好歹知道一些。看来英国人很爱问莎士比亚的问题。可别笑这些选手无知,我觉得要是在中国,选手被问到四大名著,得到的答案没准比这些还不靠谱呢!
还有一些非文学问题也很好玩:
From Family Feud (CBS):
Host: Name one thing you put on a pizza.
(主持人:说出一种你放在披萨上的东西)
Contestant: Rice
(选手:大米)
好独特的口味⊙﹏⊙b汗
Host: Name something you wouldn’t want the police to find in the trunk of your car.
(主持人:请举一样你不希望警察在你汽车后备箱里发现的东西。)
Contestant: Pickles.
(选手:腌菜)
囧死……不过我能理解,要是我的后备箱里有一坛腌菜,我也不希望警察发现!