WHAT are they teaching them down south? Not Scottish geography, it seems.
At least, that is, if the contestants and host on the ITV show Tipping Point are anything to go by.
On Monday, eagle-eared listeners will have heard not one, but two basic blunders about Scotland on the hit quiz show.
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The first came after host Ben Shephard posed this question to contestant Timothy: “Opened in 1963, the Clyde Tunnel connects the north and south sides of which Scottish city?”
Hopefully, that question won’t test you too much.
It was a little hard for Timothy (who, to be fair, correctly answered that Culloden was in Scotland minutes earlier). So, he passed to another contestant, Sharon.
“Geography, really, is not my strong point,” she admitted.
Asked if she’d spent much time in Scotland, Sharon said she’d “been to Edinburgh, which was beautiful”.
“I’m not convinced it’s Edinburgh, however,” she went on. “I’m just going to go for the second biggest city and say Glasgow.”
A green light and a “well done” followed. Sharon got the question right. And though she’d said Edinburgh was the bigger city, she was at least aware of her shortcomings.
Host Shephard not so much.
He less than wisely thought he should chime in and lay out the facts.
“Glasgow is actually the biggest city,” he said. “Followed by Aberdeen, and then Edinburgh.”
Well, then. Someone better tell the census.
