This is the best wrong answer to a TV quiz question you will ever see
Not the first hilariously wrong answer we’ve featured here, but this might just be the best.
Here’s what Anne Robinson asks on The Weakest Link.
‘In UK geography the road called Watling Street that now forms part of the A5 was originally built by which civilisation?’
And, well, here’s how it played out, 11 seconds of pure TV gold.
how have I only just seen this? one of the greatest TV clips of all time pic.twitter.com/4bcUoPmLBz
— Tayler Willson (@tylrwllsn) February 1, 2019
No, we weren’t expecting that either. And there’s a delightful bit of insider info that makes it even better.
I worked with her!!!! Told me story behind the answer. Apparently they had to halt filming for 40 minutes as they couldn't stop laughing.
— lfc-cliff (@13_cliff) 2 February 2019
That is brilliant!
— Rachel Hawkins (@ourrachblogs) 2 February 2019
She was a good sport about it, even when I would shout out apes around the office when she would walk past.
— lfc-cliff (@13_cliff) 2 February 2019
I mean, while a bit too broad, she’s not wrong.
— (@only_odi) 2 February 2019
— Jon Bond (@jonbond79) 2 February 2019
And if that was the greatest answer, then this – from ITV’s The Chase – is surely the greatest round.