On 12 Nov 2017 14:44:09 GMT, Bob Eager wrote:

On Sun, 12 Nov 2017 13:23:42 +0000, T i m wrote:

In fact I wondered how often that sort of situation comes up on the
likes of Mastermind or University Challenge and assuming they aren't
live, how often (therefore) they have to stop for verification?

A friend of mine got into an argument with Jeremy Paxman on one of the
Christmas University Challenge programmes (the ones with academics on the
teams).

The answer given by Jamie was UNIX, but Paxman insisted it was Linux, and
wouldn't allow it. I believe the discussion and clarification took about
10 minutes.

Ah, so they do do that then, thanks.

The re-done version was broadcast, and Paxman couldn't resist
saying "or Linux".

https://youtu.be/tZTWvBDbQoM?t=9m8s

;-)

So, as I don't really know either UNIX or Linux (especially the
background etc) I'll take it that either was the correct answer and so
if an answer of 'UNIX' was given and accepted (finally) then (playing
devils advocate) I guess it was reasonable to include / confirm Linux
as an alternative correct answer?

Cheers, T i m