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What am i missing?
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and when I saw it on the DM they suggested England and Scotland as valid answers
I see that they have changed it now Sorry if i have misunderstood |
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Both those end in 2 consonants. What is wrong with those countries as answers?
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Both those end in 2 consonants. What is wrong with those countries as answers?
Sorry if i have misunderstood |
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The usual Pointless rule is that they have to be independent countries.
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"A sovereign state that's a member of the UN in its own right." Get it right
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Goodness.
I hope they remained to be friends but the other girl certainly wasn't impressed LOL Quote:
The look on her friend's face was priceless. You could tell she was extremely unimpressed.
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I really can't imagine Alexander Armstrong saying that!
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Ernie Wise standing in for Alexander Armstrong?
![]() Should have been "Countries that end with two consonants"
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You would think that contestants on Pointless would research pointless Pointless answers, there are subjects that come up time and time again with the same pointless or very low answers.
For the 2 consonants round I immediately said both Marshall and Solomon Islands and my geography is, frankly, utter rubbish! |
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I've got an A-Level in geography and that doesn't mean anything anymore.
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At least that does end with two consonants. So not quite as bad ... and Lapland does sound like it might be a country!
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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. Quote:
You would think that contestants on Pointless would research pointless Pointless answers, there are subjects that come up time and time again with the same pointless or very low answers.
For the 2 consonants round I immediately said both Marshall and Solomon Islands and my geography is, frankly, utter rubbish! |
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What's it's capital ?
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You would think that contestants on Pointless would research pointless Pointless answers, there are subjects that come up time and time again with the same pointless or very low answers.
For the 2 consonants round I immediately said both Marshall and Solomon Islands and my geography is, frankly, utter rubbish! And I think having the audience at home having the "I could do better than that" feeling is an important part of the appeal of the tea time TV game show. |
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Rovaniemi is the capital of Finnish Lapland. Not sure about the capitals of the other Laplands!
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I am sure there are plenty of people who apply for the show that could get a pointless answer each time, but the majority of these - let's call them "professional quizzers" are probably screened out during casting in favour of a wider spectrum of abilities from those who through it's be a laugh and a nice day out up to those that have a reasonable chance of winning a jackpot.
And I think having the audience at home having the "I could do better than that" feeling is an important part of the appeal of the tea time TV game show. Bit annoying. |
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Reminds me of the show when a young couple scooped a modest jackpot giving a pointless answer to the category "Best Picture Oscar Winners". They chose 1931's "Cimarron", a sort of western "Gone With the Wind", which they couldn't get within a mile of pronouncing even half-correctly, suggesting they'd mugged it up from a list rather than watching the original or the often shown Glenn Ford remake.
Bit annoying. "a US National park" "Yos-E-Mite" tim |
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Though I still don't believe you can beat:
"a US National park" "Yos-E-Mite" tim |
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To be fair - when I was young, I also thought it was pronounced that way because I'd only ever seen it written down. It was only when I heard someone say it it in a film that I found out it was pronounced Yo-sem-itty.
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Kenneth Williams once joked that "syndrome" should be pronounced syndro-mee, like hyperbole. (When I first heard the word hyperbole being used I assumed they were saying hyperbolae, the plural of hyperbola
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To be fair - when I was young, I also thought it was pronounced that way because I'd only ever seen it written down. It was only when I heard someone say it it in a film that I found out it was pronounced Yo-sem-itty.
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I only knew it from Bugs Bunny cartoons with Yosemite Sam in them.
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I only knew it from Bugs Bunny cartoons with Yosemite Sam in them.
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Not actually a wrong answer, but I do remember on 'Pointless' a couple of years ago a policeman (CID!!!) and his son were on, and the policeman looked blank and had to ask Xander what a consonant was!
His son looked as embarrassed as the girl the other night. |
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I only knew it from Bugs Bunny cartoons with Yosemite Sam in them.
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Me too, I didn't know how it was spelt till I saw it written on the screen on the '90s quiz Wipeout.
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Which is yet another wonderful way of proving something that Richard Osman has said many times, any source of knowledge is a good source.
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Years ago I was in Vegas and the dealer, obviously realising I was Scottish, started talking about whisky. He mentioned a few of the malts he liked. I mentioned I quite liked Lagavulin.
"From the island of Islay", said he, displaying his whisky knowledge. Except he pronounced it as it was wriiten - izzlay. I had to tell him that it's actually pronounced isle-uh. He had never heard it pronounced properly, he'd only ever seen it written down. This was long before YouTube, where anybody interested in anything is likely to be able to find a video on it where you'll hear people talking about a subject and using the words. Having said that I've heard some Scottish place names mangled on the BBC, where you'd think they'd know better. There's small town in Ayrshire called Mauchline. Phonetically it's pronounced Moch (like loch) linn. I heard it once on a Five live travel report as something like Mawk-line. |
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Years ago I was in Vegas and the dealer, obviously realising I was Scottish, started talking about whisky. He mentioned a few of the malts he liked. I mentioned I quite liked Lagavulin.
"From the island of Islay", said he, displaying his whisky knowledge. Except he pronounced it as it was wriiten - Izzlay. I had to tell him that it's actually pronounced isle-uh. He had never heard it pronounced properly, he'd only ever seen it written down. This was long before YouTube, where anybody interested in anything is likely to be able to find a video on it were you'll hear people talking about a subject and using the words. |
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Years ago I was in Vegas and the dealer, obviously realising I was Scottish, started talking about whisky. He mentioned a few of the malts he liked. I mentioned I quite liked Lagavulin.
"From the island of Islay", said he, displaying his whisky knowledge. Except he pronounced it as it was wriiten - izzlay. I had to tell him that it's actually pronounced isle-uh. He had never heard it pronounced properly, he'd only ever seen it written down. This was long before YouTube, where anybody interested in anything is likely to be able to find a video on it were you'll hear people talking about a subject and using the words. Having said that I've heard some Scottish place names mangled on the BBC, where you'd think they'd know better. There's small town in Ayrshire called Mauchline. Phonetically it's pronounced Moch (like loch) linn. I heard it once on a Five live travel report as something like Mawk-line. |
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Should have been "Countries that end with two consonants"