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.

Have you not been following the Only Connect thread? It's a Reuleaux heptagon.

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.

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.

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.

You would have scored 100 points for the middle one, no such song title.

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.

Prevening all.

Ethiopia
Puerto Rica (does that count as a sovereign state?)

Evenin'

Cyprus
Egypt
Switzerland

Costa Rica would. Puerto Rico wouldn't.

Geiger Counter
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Incubator
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Tripod
Litmus Paper

Geiger counter
Bunsen
Tripod
Litmus Paper

Petrie Dish
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Bunsen Burner
Test Tube
Conical flask
Pipette

Petrie Dish
Bunsen Burner
Test Tube
Funnel

Impala
White RHINOOOOOOOOOO
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Blue Wilderbeast?

White Rhino
Mountain Goat

Blue Wildebeast

Andrew is so competitive.

Putin on the ritz

1950's?
KGB
Yeltsin?
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Boris Yeltsin

50's
Gorbachev
Judo

Boris Johnson.

Really hope Andrew doesn't win the jackpot.