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.