Weekly Bonus Question
Welcome to the Weekly Bonus Question.
Each week the news quiz will offer an answer. You are invited to suggest what the question might have been.
Suggestions should be sent using the COMMENTS BOX IN THIS ENTRY. And since nobody likes a smart alec, kudos will be deducted for predictability in your suggestions.
This week's answer is UNCANNY VALLEY. But what's the question?
UPDATE 1609 BST: The correct question is what is the name for the disquiet caused by synthetic people which almost, but not quite, match human expressiveness.
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Of your wilfully and deliberately wrong questions, we liked:
- How best describes the Rhondda now that the last tin manufacturer closed
- An Area of Outstanding Supernatural Beauty
- Where do Charlton Telepathic play?
- Where are all tin-openers manufactured?
Thanks to all who entered.
Comment number 1.
At 6th Nov 2009, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:I told you Moon Zappa was psychic?
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At 6th Nov 2009, BaldoBingham wrote:How best describes the Rhondda now that the last tin manufacturer closed.
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At 6th Nov 2009, SkarloeyLine wrote:What part of Wales is unsettlingly TIDY?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:Rhondda phlegming
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At 6th Nov 2009, ARoseByAnyOther wrote:What's just beyond the twin peaks?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Rob Falconer wrote:The rum Rhymney?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:The weird Wear?
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At 6th Nov 2009, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:Where everyone knows your yodel?
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At 6th Nov 2009, BaldoBingham wrote:What did Gandulf avoid on his way to the Shire?
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At 6th Nov 2009, SkarloeyLine wrote:Which New Jersey singer could have had a fine career as an impressionist?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:Eerie Canal?
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At 6th Nov 2009, rogueslr wrote:What was Steinbeck's sequel to 'Cannery Row' to be called?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Steele Hawker wrote:The River Why?
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At 6th Nov 2009, MightyGiddyUpGal wrote:So this is where we're pitching the tent?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Pendragon wrote:An Area of Outstanding Supernatural Beauty
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At 6th Nov 2009, Pendragon wrote:Bunyan's orginal name for the Slough of Despond?
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At 6th Nov 2009, BeckySnow wrote:The Four Seasons tribute band.
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At 6th Nov 2009, Pendragon wrote:A hill?
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At 6th Nov 2009, rogueslr wrote:Where was Mystic Meg born?
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At 6th Nov 2009, SkarloeyLine wrote:Where do Charlton Telepathic play?
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At 6th Nov 2009, rogueslr wrote:What alternative appeared in the first draft of Charge of the Light Brigade?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Pendragon wrote:Geeky Hollow?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Pendragon wrote:The pits?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Raven Clare wrote:A strange depression
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At 6th Nov 2009, Raven Clare wrote:Dale Winton?
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At 6th Nov 2009, donester wrote:Where is Roysyon Vasey?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Raven Clare wrote:What was created by Katie Price's cosmetic surgeon?
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At 6th Nov 2009, irwin_winterchest wrote:What stupid name did Newcastle United reject for their stadium before deciding on the sensible sportsdirect.com @ St. James' Park?
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At 6th Nov 2009, rogueslr wrote:What's Bob Geldof's new grandchild called?
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At 6th Nov 2009, adsta wrote:Where were the UNCLEANLY NAVY heading this week?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Raven Clare wrote:The Valley of the Voodoo Dolls?
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At 6th Nov 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:What's the more common name for The Valley of the Trolls?
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At 6th Nov 2009, BeckySnow wrote:Sister company of Golden Valley and Cherry Valley. Not really valleys as such. Just sheds full of stressed poultry.
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At 6th Nov 2009, Greg W wrote:This comment was removed because the moderators found it broke the house rules. Explain.
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At 6th Nov 2009, Raven Clare wrote:Where was Tom Jones born?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Winston wrote:What is the name commonly given to the effect whereby a computer generated character or object becomes so close to the genuine subject matter that it's differences become more pronounced, giving it a slightly "spooky" quality?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Raven Clare wrote:What the Wonderbra was originally to be called?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Raven Clare wrote:I say, Jeeves, how do always know what I'm thinking?
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At 6th Nov 2009, SheffTim wrote:Madonna’s latest child acquisition is to be called…
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At 6th Nov 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:As Cleopatra wasn't a King, where was she entombed?
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At 6th Nov 2009, BeckySnow wrote:‘Yoof’ version of ´óÏó´«Ã½â€™s Wainwright Walks with shaky camera, loud voiceover and no lovely Julia :(
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At 6th Nov 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:Where Dolly Parton's PTA actually was (but wouldn't scan)?
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At 6th Nov 2009, MorningGlories wrote:Where your Swiss army knife is not needed?
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At 6th Nov 2009, MorningGlories wrote:Where green grocers go in the off season?
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At 6th Nov 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:Here be dragons?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Ron wrote:What is the name of the Scottish glen where the United Nations propose to locate their new think tank?
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At 6th Nov 2009, writinghawk wrote:Of which mysterious depression was Uncle Vanya an anagram - or to give him his full name, Uncle Lyn Vanya?
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At 6th Nov 2009, George Dillon wrote:What was the headline of The Sun's newspaper report that the United Nations are to close down their regional base in the Hudson Valley, New York?
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At 6th Nov 2009, BeckySnow wrote:Where’s the place to take your car for a thorough clean inside and out by pixies and little whistling mice in overalls?
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At 6th Nov 2009, what the wrote:What was Peter Andres' pet name for jordans' cleavage?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Steve Burton wrote:What is the nickname given by Ant and Dec to the location of this years I'm a Celebrity...?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Josh wrote:Which phenomenon describes the disquiet caused by synthetic people which almost, but not quite, match human expressiveness?
BOOYAH!!
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At 6th Nov 2009, LaurenceLane wrote:Where can you play Heidi Seek?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Mark S wrote:Where do unsuccessful Scottish politicians retire to?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Valerie Ganne wrote:A padded bra?
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At 6th Nov 2009, cowgirlsally wrote:I'm afraid we should be fearing evil actually?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Mark S wrote:Where is the Royal Bank of Scotland's headquarters located?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Catherine O wrote:What location has the highest number of village idiots per square mile?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Phil the Pill wrote:Welsh term for "builders cleavage"....
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At 6th Nov 2009, Chris wrote:Whats the name of Goldie Lookin Chains new album?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Mad hatter wrote:What do you call a personal dresser who makes you scream?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Neil wrote:What is the name of Heinz new organic range of soup.
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At 6th Nov 2009, eddie-george wrote:Where are the hills alive with the sound of steel-drum band music?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Magictorchjamie wrote:What names were reluctantly turned down for the new Rooney baby?
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At 6th Nov 2009, john martin wrote:St. James park in Newcastle will be renamed to what?
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At 6th Nov 2009, mills85 wrote:Where are all tin-openers manufactured?
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At 6th Nov 2009, MuteJoe wrote:This is what was Uncle Vernon was called until I was six years old.
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At 6th Nov 2009, victormeldrewgroupie wrote:Jordan's new novel, a sequel to Conan Doyle's "The Lost World", is called what?
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At 6th Nov 2009, tony wrote:where is there no landfill allowed?
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At 6th Nov 2009, DorsetDave wrote:What did Peter Andre call the area between Jordan's breasts ?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Dodie James wrote:What did Putin say when he met himself at Madame Tussauds?
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At 6th Nov 2009, John M wrote:Lewis, is it me or do all these dales look the same?
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At 6th Nov 2009, MarkB2 wrote:And the winner of X Factor 2010 is...
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At 6th Nov 2009, Dodie James wrote:The member’s section of the famous Gabba cricket ground is known as what?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Dodie James wrote:update on #71
What was said by the interpreter when Putin met himself at Madame Tussauds?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Henleymag wrote:How will a Geordie describe, in French, a beautiful view of undulating countryside?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Muppet purgatory?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Where they drink only 7Up?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Where Spitting Image is plotting its return?
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At 6th Nov 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:This looks like a nice spot to pitch the tent, and you can tell no Boy Scouts have ever been here, what’s it called?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Candace9839 wrote:When the lonely goatherd wasn't high on a hill?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Deja vu all under again?
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At 6th Nov 2009, NorfolkOnce wrote:How do you politely give a hint to your guide, who doesn’t seem to have a map and appears to be leading you round in circles?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Candace9839 wrote:The sun's directly overhead, what time do reckon it is, Tonto?
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At 6th Nov 2009, extrabuyingpower2 wrote:Further to #70: What did everyone else call the space between her ears?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Candace9839 wrote:What really happened to the Mars rover?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Candace9839 wrote:Where stockholders gather to burn their shares in effigy?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Candace9839 wrote:That special void shared by the Bush twins?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Leidens_SS wrote:What is the new name of Newcastle Uniteds Stadium?
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At 6th Nov 2009, johnny101 wrote:What was the prequel to uncanny valley part 2?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Isaac wrote:How will the 2000s be remembered on the graph of human enlightenment?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Isaac wrote:How did a well-known British glamour model term her cleavage?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Isaac wrote:The recent closure of the Heinz manufacturing plant has produced which new landmark in Welsh geography?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Isaac wrote:Which terrain feature was blamed on England's premature shoot-out exit from World Cup 2010?
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At 6th Nov 2009, BeckySnow wrote:What was the original title of the Monkees’ ‘Pleasant Valley Sunday’ before their record label made them change it to something less creepy and at odds with their image?
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At 6th Nov 2009, Dave wrote:Where do Geordies never take their holidays?
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At 6th Nov 2009, scottie wrote:Uncanny Valley The space between Jordans implants
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