Tipping Point viewers were left in hysterics after a contestant made a ‘epic’ football blunder during her trivial challenge with host Ben Shephard.
Player Nyome joined three other contestant in a bid to bag a £10k cash prize on the ITV gameshow.
But during a head-to-head with Ben, Nyome was asked to name a Spanish football as part of a trivia question.
“For which Spanish football club did Lionel Messi make his official debut in 2004?” asked Ben.
Fans were stunned at her answer, as she said: “Manchester United.”
Ben struggled to hide his amusement, as she laughed and reminding her that he asked for a Spanish football club, not a British one.
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“if only, if only,” he said. Barcelona, it’s a Spanish football club.”
Viewers took to Twitter to react: “That famous Spanish football club Manchester United,” said one followed by an eye roll emoji.
Another said: “Spanish team ,. Man U . Get out.”
“Manchester is in Spain now ffs,” blasted a third, while a forth said: “When did Manchester move to Spain.”
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Nyome was later asked another football question, which she passed on to another contestant, before stating: “I know zero about football.”
Nyome did make it to final of the show despite her football gaffe, bagging £3150 after failing to drop the £10k counter.
The episode also saw contestant Abigail, a retired teach from London, appear as the first visually impaired person on the show.
She was aided by a friend backstage who advised her via an earpiece as to when and where was the best time to play her counters. She was accompanied by an independent adjudicator.
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Fans reacted on Twitter, with one saying: “Nice to see the visually impaired on #tippingpoint it’s usually intellectually impaired on here.”
“What a responsibility, advising your friend on what and when to press! #TippingPoint”
The show has seen a series of question blunders over the years.
In January, contestant left Ben in a fit of giggles when he answered a couple of extremely simple questions incorrectly
After beginning the competition confidently, during the quick-fire question round Ben asked Joe: ‘The three US states that begin and end in the letter ‘A’ are Alabama, Alaska and which other?’
Joe appeared to forget the first part of the question – that the state had to begin with the letter ‘A’ – as he offered the answer ‘Florida.’
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