Tipping point the quiz game

[bobh]

Question on this show the other day.


Ben : "SWAP" is an anagram of which stinging insect?

Contestant: "Bee?"

[jnc90]

Question on this show the other day.


Ben : "SWAP" is an anagram of which stinging insect?

Contestant: "Bee?"

This potentially tops the question on Pointless recently;
Name a country that ends with two consonants?
A Level geography student: Paris

[Zenith]

This potentially tops the question on Pointless recently;
Name a country that ends with two consonants?
A Level geography student: Paris

This is exactly what is wrong with subjects in schools. That A Level student will be one of many that give answers like that, kids don't learn about the geography that's probably quite helpful in later life, they learn about rocks and rivers.

[Rjk]

This is exactly what is wrong with subjects in schools. That A Level student will be one of many that give answers like that, kids don't learn about the geography that's probably quite helpful in later life, they learn about rocks and rivers.

There's probably much better paying jobs our there for people who know about rocks etc than people who can name all the capital cities.

[The Alien]

This potentially tops the question on Pointless recently;
Name a country that ends with two consonants?
A Level geography student: Paris

True story here.
When my daughter was studying A Level geography she randomly asked me a question one day that went something like this.
"Dad, what's the name of that country in Africa where the Ethiopians come from."

[Mrs Steve R]

True story here.
When my daughter was studying A Level geography she randomly asked me a question one day that went something like this.
"Dad, what's the name of that country in Africa where the Ethiopians come from."

When I first moved to Wales someone asked me how far London was from England.

[Packerman]

When I first moved to Wales someone asked me how far London was from England.

yes but in pre seven bridge days it was a long way on the omnibus