A late-night contest show seen on Global Ontario violated the broadcasters’ code of ethics by not explaining the sometimes illogical answers to its questions, according to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council.

The CBSC said Wednesday that the phone-in show Play TV, which aired on Global’s CIII from July 2009 until March, drew many complaints, the most pointed of which concerned its mathematical puzzles. The show ran from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. on weekends, putting questions on the screen after which a host fielded calls from viewers, who paid roughly $2 per call.

One such question asked viewers to calculate — based on a story about girls and cats — how many legs were on a bus. The answer, 1,359, puzzled both viewers and the board.

‘How… could the number of humans’ and cats’ legs be anything other than an even number?’ the board wondered in its ruling.

The station insists there was no trickery involved, but that it could not explain the answer because doing so would preclude that sort of puzzle from being used on the show again. The CBSC says the show violated the CAB Code of Ethics, which requires that contests are conducted fairly and legitimately.