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== Max Bygraves (1983-85) ==
* 1983: Shortly after Max became the host, a round took [http://gsgarbage.clw83.com/ffirishman.htm seven tries] for anyone to give a right answer to "Name a famous Irishman". Some of the guesses were completely off the wall, such as [[
** Ah, yes, the "Turkey" episode. Three Fast Money questions...one answer. Mr. Bob Johnson was the second member of his family to play. It's said that he may have overheard an answer in the first round ("chicken") and decided to [[Incredibly Lame Pun|wing it]]. Due to the audience response, he ran out of time after the fourth question (and his answer was a repeat of his partner's), leaving him with just 21 points for the third response:
{{quote| '''Bygraves''': Name something people take with them to the beach.<br />
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== Les Dennis (1987-2002) ==
* A double whammy occurred when Les asked "Name something you expect to find at sea." The first contestant answered "deckchair", and got zero points. The other contestant answered "coffin", which Les assumed was supposed to be a reference to a burial at sea; turns out, said contestant had ''completely'' misinterpreted the question, somehow thinking it was "Name something beginning with the letter C."
* "Name a [[William Shakespeare]] play with someone's name in the title" already had "[[Macbeth|The Scottish Play]]" and "[[Hamlet]]" as the top two answers, and when Les came to one woman she answered "[[A Midsummer
* From 1994, Heather of the Hooper family has gotten 175 points and three of the five top answers. Chris now has to get 25 points to win £3,000 and get the other two top answers in order to add a new car to that lot. How many points did he score in Big Money? '''''ZERO!''''' Just for the record, here are his answers...
** ''Name any country which competes in the Eurovision Song Contest.'' Luxembourg.
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