North and South America are one continent, one of the 5 [excluding Antarctica]

Opinions appear to differ on this!

"North America and South America are treated as separate continents in the seven-continent model. However, they may also be viewed as a single continent known as America or the Americas. "
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent

The 5 Olympic Rings represent the 5 continents, America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia.

There are seven surely?


You don't approve of how the thread is used so rather than just not clicking on it anymore you want it closed? DS is an odd place at times.

That's hardly definitive.

There are different models in place but the standard one used in the UK is 7 continents. Rationally Europe and Asia would be counted as one continent before North And South America so if you don't go for 7 continents 5 makes more sense than 6 (America, Africa, Eurasia, Antarctica and Australia).

Whatever model you use Central America is still part of North America.

Who are you the thread police? Judge thread Don't you know any pretentious people will go on another thread and be just as annoying.

Surely at the outset the point of the thread was to identify clearly stupid answers, it has now degenerated into into arguments about what is a stupid answer...and if you read most of it, it becomes apparent that most people consider a stupid answer as the one they knew and the one being questioned didnt. Pretentious, moi?

Not really a stupid answer if you dont know about movies and it was only a True or False question, imo.

OK I'm convinced how do we get this thing shut down?

I have actually seen situations where someone has been given a true or false option and passed.

Now that really is dozy.

Except for half of Panama perhaps!

I think there is politics involved, look at which system is used by which countries in the Wonkypedia article.

(Goes off to Google who the director was.)

Edit: Actually, I thought it might be a film about the Dune trilogy.

Ed Bye, wasn't it? (without looking it up)

*looks it up* Ah, no, Bob Spiers. Close.

Yes it's all down to different definitions. There are several countries that are included in either North or South America or both. Panama is listed as either North or both and similarly Trinidad and Tobago is sometimes split and sometimes not.

Tipping point just now

What reptile is know as a gator? - 'Pass'
What weapons do grenadiers throw? - 'Spears'

She was obviously thinking of the bloke that directed Spiceworld. (See three posts ago.)

Pointless, not a given answer but a thought out loud. Who was on the throne 100years ago. a] Victoria. 100yrs ago was 1915 "World War One. George V was the King.

Slightly worse idea from the same team - a word with three consecutive vowels. "Parlay".

Another man yesterday was asked where on the body you would find your 6 pack. He said chest.

Or indeed a Rugby World Cup venue V**** P***.

Valley Park.

Ok - I understand them not knowing Villa Park but how were they spelling "Vally"?

Well, I have no idea of the answer to that question. I'd probably have guessed Park for the second word, but I'd have been lost on the first word. Does that make me stupid, or simply ignorant?

Fair enough about Panama, but T & T would surely be classed the same way as any other Caribbean nation?

Agreed, Even as a huge football fan my mind never went near Villa Park so i also would have gotten park but the first word would have possibly caught me out

The spelling of Valley though is poor on the contestants part

To be honest that's not massively stupid. Saying Henry VIII would have been stupid.