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Perhaps the contestant was colour blind and transposed the land/water areas in her mind? She had got a number of difficult questions correct before that so she was no dummy..
(Not that she was colour-blind per se, but that the colours were.... 'confusing'! Tbh this has happened to me occasionally, especially when the sea is represented in a dark colour)) |
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On Pointless today, the contestants were asked to give "Countries what end with two consonants" and someone answered "Paris".
Firstly, Paris is not a country. Secondly, Paris doesn't end with two consonants. And to top it all off, the person who gave this answer said she had an A-level in geography. |
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On Pointless today, the contestants were asked to give "Countries what end with two consonants" and someone answered "Paris".
Firstly, Paris is not a country. Secondly, Paris doesn't end with two consonants. And to top it all off, the person who gave this answer said she had an A-level in geography.
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The problem with Pointless is that you can't pass and sometimes people's minds just go blank. Paris was a particularly bad answer though.
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On Pointless today, the contestants were asked to give "Countries what end with two consonants" and someone answered "Paris".
Firstly, Paris is not a country. Secondly, Paris doesn't end with two consonants. And to top it all off, the person who gave this answer said she had an A-level in geography. |
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On Pointless today, the contestants were asked to give "Countries what end with two consonants" and someone answered "Paris".
Firstly, Paris is not a country. Secondly, Paris doesn't end with two consonants. And to top it all off, the person who gave this answer said she had an A-level in geography.
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I really can't imagine Alexander Armstrong saying that!
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On The Chase yesterday - answer to the question, "Which is the second word sung in the National Anthem"?
Answer given - Queen.... |
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Even better, another contestant said Lapland!
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On Pointless today, the contestants were asked to give "Countries what end with two consonants" and someone answered "Paris".
Firstly, Paris is not a country. Secondly, Paris doesn't end with two consonants. And to top it all off, the person who gave this answer said she had an A-level in geography. I hope they remained to be friends but the other girl certainly wasn't impressed LOL |
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On Pointless today, the contestants were asked to give "Countries what end with two consonants" and someone answered "Paris".
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I remember years ago on a game show they played a piece of music and asked for the name of the composer. The woman took ages to think about it then blurted out 'Handel's Water Music! ' 'Yes' said the host, 'so who's the composer?' 'No idea' replied the woman
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Even better, another contestant said Lapland!
![]() The poor young girl (who had to go first after having to blather on about her Uni Geek Club) looked really upset at her brain freeze. Even if she's just said "Pass" at least it would have ended in two consanants. |
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I've got an A-Level in geography and that doesn't mean anything anymore.
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There is always a presumption on popular quizzes that everyone is knowledgeable of football and failure to understand that many have no interest.
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That contestant had even told Xander that she's followed her football team all over the World, ... mentioning Thailand!
The poor young girl (who had to go first after having to blather on about her Uni Geek Club) looked really upset at her brain freeze. Even if she's just said "Pass" at least it would have ended in two consanants.
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On The Chase yesterday - answer to the question, "Which is the second word sung in the National Anthem"?
Answer given - Queen.... God save our gracious Queen!
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Funny thread
I remember years ago on a game show they played a piece of music and asked for the name of the composer. The woman took ages to think about it then blurted out 'Handel's Water Music! ' 'Yes' said the host, 'so who's the composer?' 'No idea' replied the woman ![]() https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1TLso4Hwrc |
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The Daily Mail has picked it up now!
"'When your teammate that did A level geography thinks Paris is a country': Pointless contestant death stares her friend after incredible quiz show fail" |
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Even better, another contestant said Lapland!
![]() The funny thing about Pointless is the apparent lack of knowledge exhibited by younger contestants (same thing happens on Celebrity Mastermind). I'm often yelling at the TV the most obvious answer that would score mega points, only to find that only a small handful of this mythical one hundred people have even heard of, say, Black Magic Woman by Fleetwood Mac! Whereas the answer that scores the highest number of points frequently relates to somebody I've never heard of. That's the generation gap for you.
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Well, it all depends who they ask.
I'm much stronger on music from the 70's than music from 2016. So something from the 70's would seem obvious to me, but may well score quite low. I mean, if today was 3rd Jan 1977, and you ask me about music in 1937 I have a feeling I wouldn't do very well. Feel sorry for the girl who answered 'Paris'. She will probably want to go into hibernation for the next 6 months. You just know that answer is going to follow her around for the rest of her life. |
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On Pointless today, the contestants were asked to give "Countries what end with two consonants" and someone answered "Paris".
Firstly, Paris is not a country. Secondly, Paris doesn't end with two consonants. And to top it all off, the person who gave this answer said she had an A-level in geography. |
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That, and another contestant's answer of Greenland, were understandable mistakes. Both are very large regions of the countries with which they are associated .. Lapland is the northern most region of Finland and Greenland is an autonomous Danish territory, lest there be any confusion!
I see that they have changed it now |
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Tipping Point today, "Which Colonel started Kentucky Fried Chicken shops?"
Answer - Uncle Sam! |
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Tipping Point today, "Which Colonel started Kentucky Fried Chicken shops?"
Answer - Uncle Sam! |
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