Dumb Britain


The latest Dumb Britain entries to Private Eye made me laugh, especially the answer about Angora.
DUMB BRITAIN


 Tipping Point, ITV

 Ben Sheppard: Who did Edward VIII marry in 1937, a year after his abdication?

 Contestant: Anne Boleyn  
Pointless, BBC1 

 Alexander Armstrong: Name the brothers in the title of the eponymous novel by Dostoyevsky?

 Contestant: The brothers......Grimm? 
Pointless, BBC1 

 Armstrong: Name a country beginning with A, B or a D.

 Contestant: So it's got to start with a B, and A or  D, not all three?

 Armstrong: How would that work?

 Contestant: I don't know, some countries end in "bad", don't they? 

 Richard Osman: No

 Contestant: I'm going to go for Angora.

 Osman: A lovely goat, and a lovely wool, but not a country.  

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