Weekly Bonus Question
Welcome to the Weekly Bonus Question.
Each week the news quiz will offer an answer. You are invited to suggest what the question might have been.
Suggestions should be sent using the COMMENTS BOX IN THIS ENTRY. And since nobody likes a smart alec, kudos will be deducted for predictability in your suggestions.
This week's answer is IT HAD ONE MUSHROOM. But what's the question?
UPDATE 1710 BST: The correct answer is, how was hospital food blogger Traction Man's braised beef in a mushroom sauce?
Of your wilfully wrong suggestions, we liked:
- WX1294's How could you tell the cheese was off before sell-by dates were introduced?
- rogueslr's Why was the last Glastonbury Mushroom Festival such a failure?
- TooSensible's Why was my 10 things picture submission rejected this week?
- And LaurenceLane's At what point did I feel it wise to visit the doctor about this growth?
Comment number 1.
At 18th Sep 2009, ZingyZangyZongy wrote:A small atomic bomb?
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Comment number 2.
At 18th Sep 2009, ZingyZangyZongy wrote:Sham pignon?
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Comment number 3.
At 18th Sep 2009, ZingyZangyZongy wrote:An M&S Vegetable Curry for one?
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Comment number 4.
At 18th Sep 2009, eddshed wrote:Why didn't Guinness accept my world record toadstool collection?
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Comment number 5.
At 18th Sep 2009, rogueslr wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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Comment number 6.
At 18th Sep 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:There wasn't mush room for anything else
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Comment number 7.
At 18th Sep 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:What surprised scientists when they cracked open the first Mars rock?
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Comment number 8.
At 18th Sep 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:But a hazelnut in every bite
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Comment number 9.
At 18th Sep 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:And that looked as if it were left over from someone's operation
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Comment number 10.
At 18th Sep 2009, JeremiahJobling wrote:So there's not too much of interest in "Alice in Wonderland" for mycologists
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Comment number 11.
At 18th Sep 2009, JeremiahJobling wrote:So not much of a fun guy then?
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Comment number 12.
At 18th Sep 2009, JeremiahJobling wrote:There again, I thought mycology was only what Michael was studying
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Comment number 13.
At 18th Sep 2009, rogueslr wrote:Why was the last Glastonbury Mushroom Festival such a failure?
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Comment number 14.
At 18th Sep 2009, Donald Barker wrote:How could you tell the cheese was off before sell-by dates were introduced?
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Comment number 15.
At 18th Sep 2009, rogueslr wrote:It had one mushroom, innit?
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Comment number 16.
At 18th Sep 2009, steveajo wrote:What was the content of Victoria Beckam's food shopping basket?
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Comment number 17.
At 18th Sep 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:What would you find in a toad's toolbox?
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Comment number 18.
At 18th Sep 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:Apart from the bananas, a pineapple and some plums, what else was in Carmen Miranda’s hat?
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Comment number 19.
At 18th Sep 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:Recession Watch, what indicates the downturn in the economy when it comes to pies?
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Comment number 20.
At 18th Sep 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:What was in the packet of Bird's Death Angel Delight?
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Comment number 21.
At 18th Sep 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:At what point did I feel it wise to visit he doctor abouth this growth?
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Comment number 22.
At 18th Sep 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:At what point did I feel it wise to visit the doctor about this growth?
Correction
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Comment number 23.
At 18th Sep 2009, Eddie-george wrote:In an attempt not to get beaten again by Australia, what was England's argument in trying to convince the umpires that the Trent Bridge outfield was unplayable?
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Comment number 24.
At 18th Sep 2009, SkarloeyLine wrote:What was the MM's very first Caption Comp picture like?
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Comment number 25.
At 18th Sep 2009, irwin_winterchest wrote:Why was the mushroom stroganoff surprise from Roberto’s Magnificent Mushroom Restaurant so disappointing?
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Comment number 26.
At 18th Sep 2009, rogueslr wrote:What was the bonus that Jeremy Clarkson found in that pile of dung?
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Comment number 27.
At 18th Sep 2009, GBProvide wrote:Traction Man, on his meal of braised beef in mushroom sauce
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Comment number 28.
At 18th Sep 2009, Maggiemaynotbe wrote:You know that five-thousand-yen box of shiitake in the Tokyo department store ...?
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Comment number 29.
At 18th Sep 2009, Jeremy wrote:What was wrong with the storage facilities that caused huge pile of mush to build up outside the premises?
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Comment number 30.
At 18th Sep 2009, ADasein wrote:Why fungus amongus?
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Comment number 31.
At 18th Sep 2009, Liam wrote:Doctors show optimism on my Fungal Nail Infection.
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Comment number 32.
At 18th Sep 2009, Jeremy wrote:At the Christmas lunch HR had the beef, PR had the turkey and QA went for the lamb. What did the geeks choose?
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Comment number 33.
At 18th Sep 2009, Brixtonpaul wrote:Answer to this A level maths question:
If Darryl's plate had 4 mushrooms on it and Alysha's plate had 3 mushrooms on it, how many more mushrooms did Darryl's plate have?
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Comment number 34.
At 18th Sep 2009, Awaiting Moderation wrote:What did Mervyn King recently have to say about the state of the tresury's coffers?
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Comment number 35.
At 18th Sep 2009, LizziMojo wrote:How many mushrooms did a hospital patient's braised beef in a mushroom sauce contain?
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Comment number 36.
At 18th Sep 2009, Kieran Boyle wrote:Why was Jeremy Clarkson not too annoyed about the manure dumped on his lawn?
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Comment number 37.
At 18th Sep 2009, whittonworld wrote:What was the problem with the steak and mushroom pie consumed by traction man in his hospital bed? (It was a nice mushroom apparently)
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Comment number 38.
At 18th Sep 2009, U14139996 wrote:What was surprising about a Tesco Basics, Mushroom Extravaganza ?????
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Comment number 39.
At 18th Sep 2009, Jeremy wrote:Why did the rampant toadstool have a great big grin on his face?
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Comment number 40.
At 18th Sep 2009, IamFlukeTheDog wrote:After the devastating attack of the Gnome Horde, what was left of the Pixie village?
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Comment number 41.
At 18th Sep 2009, Candace9839 wrote:The worst STI ever?
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Comment number 42.
At 18th Sep 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Peyote Light?
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Comment number 43.
At 18th Sep 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Waiter, this German mushroom soup is a bit watery?
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Comment number 44.
At 18th Sep 2009, jimbeamgrendel wrote:In the vegetarian update of the legend what, after all the meat had flown, was found at the bottom of Pandora's box?
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Comment number 45.
At 18th Sep 2009, Candace9839 wrote:The police suspected a crimini had been committed?
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Comment number 46.
At 18th Sep 2009, winnie wrote:My friends dirty armpit wasn't that bad
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Comment number 47.
At 18th Sep 2009, Candace9839 wrote:When they analysed the tin of cream of mushroom soup what did they find?
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Comment number 48.
At 18th Sep 2009, Candace9839 wrote:How did Egon's collection of spores, molds, and fungus start out?
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Comment number 49.
At 18th Sep 2009, Candace9839 wrote:So how allergic are you exactly?
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Comment number 50.
At 18th Sep 2009, MuteJoe wrote:Super Mario for the ZX Spectrum
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Comment number 51.
At 18th Sep 2009, Beershifter wrote:may I ask what is wrong with your meat feast pizza sir?
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Comment number 52.
At 18th Sep 2009, Jeremy wrote:Why was Prince Charles so critical of the planning officer in The City of Toadstool in Fungasland?
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Comment number 53.
At 18th Sep 2009, TooSensible wrote:How did the Italian plumber get so big?
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Comment number 54.
At 18th Sep 2009, littleBabyDave wrote:Many chidren left Mario world Angry and upset. Our reporter asked 9 year old Nigel why he was so disappointed?
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At 18th Sep 2009, Jeremy wrote:What was the sole remaining asset left on Barclays books after their deal to offload billions of pounds of toxic loans to the Cayman Islands?
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Comment number 56.
At 18th Sep 2009, TooSensible wrote:Why was my 10 things picture submission rejected this week?
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Comment number 57.
At 18th Sep 2009, Colin Bartlett wrote:What was found in the mushroom store?
(not mushroom inside?)
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Comment number 58.
At 18th Sep 2009, coolveryfoxylady wrote:Ot was the hospital lunch!
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Comment number 59.
At 18th Sep 2009, NeilS wrote:Dave spent 1 trillion local dollars in the Zimbabwean supermarket, what was the contents of his trolley?
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Comment number 60.
At 18th Sep 2009, Discombobulator wrote:Did their vineyard farm have anywhere to tread grapes ?
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Comment number 61.
At 18th Sep 2009, loonycat wrote:What was so different about this year's winning victoria sponge cake?
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Comment number 62.
At 18th Sep 2009, piratetwin wrote:This particular restaurant is very literal with it's menu descriptions. The mushroom pie for example, didnt say..................?
Maybe next time I will ask for the 'MUSROOMSSS' pie then.
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Comment number 63.
At 18th Sep 2009, piratetwin wrote:This particular restaurant is very literal with it's menu descriptions. The mushroom pie for example, didnt say..................?
Maybe next time I will ask for the 'MUSHROOMSSS' pie then.
Sorry posted it again..typo!
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Comment number 64.
At 18th Sep 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Draft version of 'My Favourite Things'?
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At 18th Sep 2009, Torbies wrote:Manager of exclusive restaurant to diner......sir, can you just confirm for me the reason you sent the two-mushroom omelette back to the kitchen?
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Comment number 66.
At 18th Sep 2009, Jeremy wrote:A 25 acre field 3 miles from Chernobyl has yielded a bumper crop this year. Early indications are that it will be is excess of 37,000 tons in weight. What is unusual about the quantity of this years harvest?
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Comment number 67.
At 18th Sep 2009, tarico wrote:What was contained in the flu-jabs administered to the Super Mario Brothers(for 5 and a quarter gold coins)?
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Comment number 68.
At 18th Sep 2009, ironicbliss wrote:Why did Farmer Joe take action over the local authority in a planning dispute over expanding his land?
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Comment number 69.
At 18th Sep 2009, sueznick wrote:So why did you call this dish toadstool curry plus?
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Comment number 70.
At 18th Sep 2009, Jeremy wrote:What is the major inaccuracy regarding the contents of the cupboard in the nursery rhyme "Old mother Hubbard".
Editors note:- The original nursery rhyme actually read "..... and when she got there the cupboard had only one mushroom, and so the poor doggy had none". However, over time the rhyme evolved, essentially because Victorian children were so malnourished that they didn’t know what a mushroom was and the orignal version fell in dis-use. Modern scholars have not seen fit to revert to the original, since it really adds nothing to the tale.
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Comment number 71.
At 18th Sep 2009, ironicbliss wrote:What explanation did London Zoos keeper give when the infamous Polly Parrot started singing The Beatles Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds and calling herself Jesus?
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Comment number 72.
At 18th Sep 2009, Jeremy wrote:Derrin Brown's explanation of how he predicted the lottery numbers was so full of nutrients that what was found growing in it?
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Comment number 73.
At 18th Sep 2009, W_K_Snowdon wrote:When Doctors opened up the head of a person who posted a correct answer to the WBQ, what did they find rattling around in place of a brain?
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Comment number 74.
At 18th Sep 2009, Humphriesfan wrote:What did the analytical laboratory find to be the "magic" ingredient in a Weight Watchers hallucinogenic meal?
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Comment number 75.
At 18th Sep 2009, Jeremy wrote:England’s cricketers have been performing so poorly in the one day international series that allegations of match fixing are beginning to raise their ugly heads. It seems that certain members of the England squad have received brown paper packages in the post. After being challenged on this matter, a spokesman said that rather than being anything sinister it was thought to be an elaborate form of Aussie sledging. The suggestion being that because they [the England batsmen] had given their wickets away so easily, that they were fun guys to be with, because when they opened each packet and looked inside they saw what?
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Comment number 76.
At 18th Sep 2009, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:The Not-So-Full Monty?
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At 18th Sep 2009, kpderry wrote:Was it growing on the fungus between his toes!!
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Comment number 78.
At 18th Sep 2009, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:What Jaimie Oliver dials M for?
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At 18th Sep 2009, MuteJoe wrote:How basic was Super Mario for the ZX Spectrum?
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At 18th Sep 2009, Jeremy wrote:Green activists have accused northern supermarket giant Morrisons of not being serious about organic food, after they scoured a number of stores for naturally grown produce. After visiting 47 different stores, they found one which had an organic product. What item did that store stock?
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At 18th Sep 2009, MuteJoe wrote:How big was the first Smurf Settlement?
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At 18th Sep 2009, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:What Jamie Oliver dials M for?
(one 'i' too many)
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At 18th Sep 2009, throbgusset wrote:What was the surprise in the Queen's Birthday Honours List?
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At 18th Sep 2009, throbgusset wrote:just found a yoghurt in my office filing cabinet with a Best before date of January 2002 and guess what ...
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At 18th Sep 2009, Catherine O wrote:Has Grannie's tea been spiked again?
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At 18th Sep 2009, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:What in this basket makes you think this pig can't find truffles?
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At 18th Sep 2009, Catherine O wrote:Has Granny's tea been spiked again?
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At 18th Sep 2009, throbgusset wrote:what was disappointing about Fungus-the-Bogeyman's sperm count?
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At 18th Sep 2009, throbgusset wrote:why has my left shoe been uncomfortable all day?
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Comment number 90.
At 18th Sep 2009, throbgusset wrote:What's the difference between "has Granny's tea been spiked again' and "has Granny's one mushroom tea been spiked again'
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At 18th Sep 2009, throbgusset wrote:what's the difference between a bikini line and a bikini atoll line?
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At 18th Sep 2009, throbgusset wrote:What's the main ingredient difference in German Baked Beans and British Baked Beans?
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At 18th Sep 2009, NathJon wrote:What was Keith Floyd's last complaint about the mushroom risoto?
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At 18th Sep 2009, Sean241160 wrote:"I had a look at that grotty little house just down the road"
"Really! Was there much room in there?"...
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At 18th Sep 2009, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:What was the Morel of the story?
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At 18th Sep 2009, David Harper wrote:Just how much space WAS there in that sled-dog's kennel?
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At 18th Sep 2009, MuteJoe wrote:What did my ice-cream have on top at The Fat Duck yesterday?
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