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25 Aug 18
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Historian. Chose HISTORY on last night's edition of Celebrity Eggheads.
Question: Margaretha Zelle, the Dutch-born exotic dancer executed as a spy during World War One, was better known by what stage name?
Tessa Dunlop's answer: Lady Godiva.
Question: Margaretha Zelle, the Dutch-born exotic dancer executed as a spy during World War One, was better known by what stage name?
Tessa Dunlop's answer: Lady Godiva.
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not as good as...
what prince did the queen marry in 1947? answer Prince Edward !!
what prince did the queen marry in 1947? answer Prince Edward !!
Tessa Dunlop's performance was so embarrassing because she is employed by the BBC and C4 (plus several newspapers) as an expert historian. Wikipedia reports that she studied at Oxford.
Everyone watching the programme with me knew the answer was Mata Hari, none of whom have any sort of history qualifications whatsoever. It did make me laugh when Dunlop turned to Kevin Ashman to enquire if he knew the answer. Being a gentlemen he was too polite to say "of course I do you dozy cow" but you could tell it was on his mind.
Everyone watching the programme with me knew the answer was Mata Hari, none of whom have any sort of history qualifications whatsoever. It did make me laugh when Dunlop turned to Kevin Ashman to enquire if he knew the answer. Being a gentlemen he was too polite to say "of course I do you dozy cow" but you could tell it was on his mind.
The complete and utter stupidity of people on these so called "celebrity" versions of Eggheads and The Chase never ceases to amaze me.
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