Yes yes, ok, but would any of us do any better under pressure?Ok, yes, we would.
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(link to Belfast Telegraph)
Just a couple of examples if you can't be bothered with link clickery:
UNIVERSITY CHALLENGE (BBC2)
Jeremy Paxman: What is another name for 'cherrypickers' and 'cheesemongers'?
Contestant: Homosexuals.
Paxman: No. They're regiments in the British Army who will be very upset with you.
JAMES O'BRIEN SHOW (LBC)
O'Brien: How many kings of England have been called Henry?
Contestant: Well, I know there was a Henry the Eighth. . . er . . . Three?
QUIZMANIA (ITV)
Greg Scott: We're looking for an occupation beginning with T.
Contestant: Doctor.
Scott: No, it's 'T'. 'T' for Tommy. 'T' for Tango.
Contestant: Oh, (pause) Doctor.
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Belfast Telegraph are obviously on a break, and using copy from that famous scribe Phil Space.
All of that stuff has been in Private Eye's 'Dumb Britain' column in the past.
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You can't fault the logic of some of those - e.g.
NATIONAL LOTTERY (BBC1)
Eamonn Holmes: There are three states of matter: solid, liquid and . . ?
Contestant: Jelly.
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A quick Google of gay slang confirms that the first contestant was correct.
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The pressure of the media - Ian (Cape Town)
