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I don't understand this. ok I know its MIX but Whats cove
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I think it means one player answered wrongly with cove, another was asked what they would have said had they been asked and said emperor.
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![]() It would depend on how lenient/strict they were on official names. Pointless has it's catchphrase about a member of the UN and presumably they go by the name listed by them. Quote:
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The Gambia (Listeni/ˈɡæmbiə/, officially the Republic of the Gambia and often called simply Gambia)
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Gambia: Previously referred to as The Gambia.
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Seychelles (Listeni/seɪˈʃɛlz/ say-SHELZ; French: [sɛʃɛl]), officially the Republic of Seychelles (French: République des Seychelles; Creole: Repiblik Sesel),
Ivory Coast is an interesting one. I think it was Graeme Garden on Pointless who got a pointless answer with Côte d'Ivoire. Quote:
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Côte d'Ivoire: Previously referred to as Ivory Coast. On 6 November 1985, Côte d'Ivoire requested that its name no longer be translated into different languages; this became fully effective on 1 January 1986.
Just in general and not associated with the starting with two consonants question. |
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ah, you've edited
![]() My subsequent thought was that they'd probably have disregarded "The" as it would have made it too easy to think of loads of answers. No doubt Richard would have explained the criteria though, I didn't see the episode in question. |
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Can't see The Seychelles being accepted myself. |
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My subsequent thought was that they'd probably have disregarded "The" as it would have made it too easy to think of loads of answers.
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Heard two gems today:
BBC For What It's Worth ... Q. Arthur's Seat overlooks which UK city? A. Cornwall ITV Tipping Point ... Q. Which former leader of the Labour party is the father of the MP Stephen Kinnock? A. Tony Blair Words simply fail me!
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I've just come across this thread and spent some time browsing through some of the dafter answers on here. I'm surprised n one has mentioned a couple of my favourites from Pointless a while back:
In a round where people were asked to name famous spouses, they were given list of people's names, an they had to name the famous person that they were married to. The first guy didn't know any of them, so had to take a guess, which is fair enough, but he then chose Ann Hathaway, and in guessing the name of the famous person she was married to he guessed at Man Hathaway. Was that really his best guess at a famous person? And in the final, back in the days when the answers all had to come from just one question, two women ( I think they were work colleagues) didn't like the choice of subjects much, but in desperation the younger one said she would be OK with Modern Artists. The older woman seemed surprised at this, but the younger one was so confident that she relented and went for this subject. The question: name any winner of the Turner Prize. The younger woman then said "What's the Turner Prize?" and left the older woman desperately trying to come up with three answers. |
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I've just come across this thread and spent some time browsing through some of the dafter answers on here. I'm surprised n one has mentioned a couple of my favourites from Pointless a while back:
In a round where people were asked to name famous spouses, they were given list of people's names, an they had to name the famous person that they were married to. The first guy didn't know any of them, so had to take a guess, which is fair enough, but he then chose Ann Hathaway, and in guessing the name of the famous person she was married to he guessed at Man Hathaway. Was that really his best guess at a famous person? And in the final, back in the days when the answers all had to come from just one question, two women ( I think they were work colleagues) didn't like the choice of subjects much, but in desperation the younger one said she would be OK with Modern Artists. The older woman seemed surprised at this, but the younger one was so confident that she relented and went for this subject. The question: name any winner of the Turner Prize. The younger woman then said "What's the Turner Prize?" and left the older woman desperately trying to come up with three answers. Those are crackers!
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And in the final, back in the days when the answers all had to come from just one question, two women ( I think they were work colleagues) didn't like the choice of subjects much, but in desperation the younger one said she would be OK with Modern Artists. The older woman seemed surprised at this, but the younger one was so confident that she relented and went for this subject. The question: name any winner of the Turner Prize. The younger woman then said "What's the Turner Prize?" and left the older woman desperately trying to come up with three answers.
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And in the final, back in the days when the answers all had to come from just one question, two women ( I think they were work colleagues) didn't like the choice of subjects much, but in desperation the younger one said she would be OK with Modern Artists. The older woman seemed surprised at this, but the younger one was so confident that she relented and went for this subject. The question: name any winner of the Turner Prize. The younger woman then said "What's the Turner Prize?" and left the older woman desperately trying to come up with three answers.
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The joke being referred to is in the article - the fact that somebody (allegedly) said on University Challenge that his first name was "Goosey"
![]() ![]() Thanks for that, guess I didnt read the article properly
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Heard two gems today:
BBC For What It's Worth ... Q. Arthur's Seat overlooks which UK city? A. Cornwall ITV Tipping Point ... Q. Which former leader of the Labour party is the father of the MP Stephen Kinnock? A. Tony Blair Words simply fail me! ![]() That doesnt sound like a stupid answer if you dont know UK landmarks.
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The 2nd one is very silly as the surnames are different so they cant be related, but where/what is Arthur's Seat?
That doesnt sound like a stupid answer if you dont know UK landmarks. |
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The 2nd one is very silly as the surnames are different so they cant be related,
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There was a little more to it, the younger woman went on to say she thought they meant "pop artists, I saw that coming as she was the archetypal know everything about celebrity gossip type and anything outside that just didn't register so "artists" was automatically "pop artists".
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they were given list of people's names, an they had to name the famous person that they were married to. The first guy didn't know any of them, so had to take a guess, which is fair enough, but he then chose Ann Hathaway, and in guessing the name of the famous person she was married to he guessed at Man Hathaway.
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Off topic but it is a quiz show regular.
Paul Sinha was on Bad Language and his choice for a word/phrase to remove from the language was "It's before my time"
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Off topic but it is a quiz show regular.
Paul Sinha was on Bad Language and his choice for a word/phrase to remove from the language was "It's before my time" ![]() |
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Tipping Point just now...
Q: "The surname of Freddie, the lead singer of Queen, shares its name with which Planet?" A: Mars |
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Tipping Point just now...
Q: "The surname of Freddie, the lead singer of Queen, shares its name with which Planet?" A: Mars |
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You're not related to anybody with a different surname? I know it's unlikely with fathers and sons, but it doesn't rule it out completely.
I have cousins with different surnames
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Not such a stupid answer if you didn't happen to know who the lead singer of Queen was!
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Tipping Point just now...
Q: "The surname of Freddie, the lead singer of Queen, shares its name with which Planet?" A: Mars Quote:
Not such a stupid answer if you didn't happen to know who the lead singer of Queen was!
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Plus, of course, there is a fairly well-known modern singer with the surname "Mars".
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That doesnt sound like a stupid answer if you dont know UK landmarks.
I have cousins with different surnames