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Old 07-11-2016, 21:46
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Yes it was unduly harsh. IN MY OPINION.
So if the first couple say "Davy Cameron" and the second couple say "David Cameron", for example, it should go to the first couple on the basis that it's close enough? Her name's not Tasmin. It's totally irrelevant whether they know who she is and that there's nobody she can be confused with. It's not a correct answer any more than Aliaj Scrnchi (or whatever they said) was right for the Strictly dancer on the Celebrity version a couple of weeks back.
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Old 07-11-2016, 21:54
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Not happy with the number of edges on a 20p coin question. Technically it's a 3D shape and a heptagonal prism which has 21 edges.
Have you not been following the Only Connect thread? It's a Reuleaux heptagon.
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Old 07-11-2016, 21:55
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So if the first couple say "Davy Cameron" and the second couple say "David Cameron", for example, it should go to the first couple on the basis that it's close enough? Her name's not Tasmin. It's totally irrelevant whether they know who she is and that there's nobody she can be confused with. It's not a correct answer any more than Aliaj Scrnchi (or whatever they said) was right for the Strictly dancer on the Celebrity version a couple of weeks back.
Your 'Davy Cameron' analogy is not really the same thing though.

I questioned the harshness based on several instances over the years where they have let similar answers go - one example that springs to mind is 'Paramaribo' (capital of Suriname). I don't recall exactly what answer was given (and accepted) but it certainly was not 'Paramaribo'.

Still reckon it was harsh but I am not going to lose sleep over the unfairness of it all.
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Old 07-11-2016, 22:10
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one example that springs to mind is 'Paramaribo' (capital of Suriname). I don't recall exactly what answer was given (and accepted) but it certainly was not 'Paramaribo'.
I'm afraid you've remembered that wrong. Here's the very incident with the correct answer being given and accepted after the garbled version was not.
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Old 07-11-2016, 22:25
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I'm afraid you've remembered that wrong. Here's the very incident with the correct answer being given and accepted after the garbled version was not.
Fair enough, and actually much like your 'Davy Cameron' example.

I'm sure I can remember at least one where they were more lenient but will just have to admit I can't think of or find one.
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Old 07-11-2016, 23:01
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Fair enough, and actually much like your 'Davy Cameron' example.

I'm sure I can remember at least one where they were more lenient but will just have to admit I can't think of or find one.
An example of being lenient was when one woman totally mangled the name Horst Buchholz when giving names of those in "The Magnificent Seven" but it was accepted.

Harsh judgement includes not accepting Mary Hopkins as an answer instead of Mary Hopkin.
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Old 07-11-2016, 23:16
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Would have had to have gone for So Far Away, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow & It's Too Late
You would have scored 100 points for the middle one, no such song title.
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Old 08-11-2016, 00:20
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Is it true that they apologised for saying that Stamford was in Northamptonshire, then went on to say that it's actually in Cambridgeshire? It's in Lincolnshire.
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Old 08-11-2016, 17:16
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Old 08-11-2016, 17:20
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Old 08-11-2016, 17:20
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Old 08-11-2016, 17:33
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Costa Rica would. Puerto Rico wouldn't.
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Old 08-11-2016, 17:33
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