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Yes it was unduly harsh. IN MY OPINION.
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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.
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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.
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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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'.
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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.
![]() 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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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. ![]() Harsh judgement includes not accepting Mary Hopkins as an answer instead of Mary Hopkin. |
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Would have had to have gone for So Far Away, Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow & It's Too Late
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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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Prevening all.
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Ethiopia
Puerto Rica (does that count as a sovereign state?) |
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Evenin'
Cyprus Egypt Switzerland |
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Ethiopia
Puerto Rica (does that count as a sovereign state?) |
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Impala
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Andrew is so competitive.
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Boris Yeltsin
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Boris Johnson.
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Really hope Andrew doesn't win the jackpot.
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