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Torquemada
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Question. Name a country whose name ends with two consonants.

Answer (from a geography A level student) ...... Paris.
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Report Crisp77 • August 29, 2017 5:47 PM BST
What an insane answer
Report Super Hans • August 29, 2017 5:48 PM BST
Idiot.. Far too obvious.

I would have gone for Athens.
Report Ken Masters • August 29, 2017 5:48 PM BST
He certainly had some gall.
Report Torquemada • August 29, 2017 5:50 PM BST
Care to guess the only 2 pointless answers - out of a possible 18.
Report Super Hans • August 29, 2017 5:52 PM BST
Greenland / Iceland?
Report Torquemada • August 29, 2017 5:53 PM BST
Greenland is wrong - 100

Iceland - 34
Report Ken Masters • August 29, 2017 5:56 PM BST
Egypt?
Report Torquemada • August 29, 2017 5:56 PM BST
Egypt - 19
Report Super Hans • August 29, 2017 5:58 PM BST
Last guess before I hit google.

Denmark?
Report Torquemada • August 29, 2017 5:59 PM BST
Denmark - 28
Report Torquemada • August 29, 2017 6:02 PM BST
New Zealand - 30

Germany - 56

Thailand - 8

Finland - 31
Report Biscar Two from a mile back • August 29, 2017 6:02 PM BST
cook islands ?
Report Torquemada • August 29, 2017 6:02 PM BST
Cook Islands - 100
Report Super Hans • August 29, 2017 6:03 PM BST
Luxembourg?
Report Crisp77 • August 29, 2017 6:04 PM BST
Saint Kitts
Report Slicer • August 29, 2017 6:05 PM BST
You only had to look at that pair to know they would be lucky to score only 200!
Report Torquemada • August 29, 2017 6:05 PM BST
Luxembourg was correct of course - and quite low - but I can't remember it's score.

The pointless answers were -

The Solomon Islands

The Marshall Islands
Report john92 • August 29, 2017 6:46 PM BST
Definite end of friendship that one.
Report akabula • August 29, 2017 7:52 PM BST
Did you see her friends face. Was priceless. She was raging.
Saw the show so won't spoil by giving the answers.
Report akabula • August 29, 2017 7:53 PM BST
Oops missed yer last post Torque.
Report johnizere • August 29, 2017 8:19 PM BST
Where was England?... oh, sorry, not acceptable.. it's no longer a country according to some, it's the UK now :(
Report Capt__F • August 29, 2017 11:39 PM BST
whats wong with gay Pari
Report Torquemada • August 29, 2017 11:46 PM BST
Too many vowels and too few borders.
Report tobermory • August 29, 2017 11:56 PM BST

Aug 29, 2017 -- 12:02PM, Torquemada wrote:


Cook Islands - 100


100 people out of 100 named the Cook Islands ? I find that incredible

Report Capt__F • August 30, 2017 12:02 AM BST
they all at it even tipping pointSad
Report akabula • August 30, 2017 12:07 AM BST
Bring back Bernie the bolt.
Report Nilsson Schmilsson • August 30, 2017 12:11 AM BST
I hope Alex and Richard showed their d'Estaing
Report Nilsson Schmilsson • August 30, 2017 12:12 AM BST
Brazil?
Report Torquemada • August 30, 2017 12:13 AM BST
The Cook Islands is a wrong answer Tobermory - that gets you 100 points on Pointless, which ain't good!
Report tobermory • August 30, 2017 12:16 AM BST
Ah , thought i was missing something there Blush
Report Capt__F • August 30, 2017 12:30 AM BST
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cook_Islands
The Cook Islands is a self-governing island country
Report akabula • August 30, 2017 12:45 AM BST
Under the umbrella of New Zealand.
The exact same set up as the Falklands and the UK.
Report bigH • August 30, 2017 1:03 AM BST
very good Crisp77

that made me laugh
Report john92 • August 30, 2017 3:47 PM BST
Country by Pointless standards is a sovereign state that is a member of the UN
Report Ramruma • August 31, 2017 11:15 AM BST
Watched the first q on iplayer to see what this thread is about.

Her teammate's reaction was hilarious, as @akabula notes, but I think it was despair rather than anger. I was surprised Ireland scored so well. I'd have expected it to be the first one people would think of, and thus the highest scoring country.
Report HH Sultan Vinegar • August 31, 2017 12:20 PM BST
and what's with last nights 'Famous Bears' questions?
Trolling CC looking for ideas. Angry
Report blackbarn • August 31, 2017 4:35 PM BST
For those who haven't seen the Paris clip.     

http://tv.bt.com/tv/tv-news/pointless-the-7-worst-answers-ever-given-to-alexander-armstrong-and-richard-osman-11363980469831s


I like famous Williams - "Who wrote Hamlet" = "William Tell"
Report elise • August 31, 2017 5:26 PM BST
off topic but the manchester school one currently being shown on tv where he asks for a city in kenya beginning with "n" is a blinder
Report houseofpain • August 31, 2017 6:27 PM BST
Opposite channel but still makes me cry.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctVGRgNt0e8
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