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MarkRae | 23:43 Fri 08th Jan 2010 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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In tonight's Mastermind, one of the general knowledge questions was "In which North-Eastern town is the Millennium Bridge which was the winner of 2002 RIBA Stirling prize?" The contestant answered "Newcastle", to which John Humphries replied "Gateshead". A serious miscarriage of justice! The Millennium Bridge spans the Tyne, so half of it is in Gateshead and the other half is in Newcastle.

I appreciate that it's known (completely incorrectly) as the Gateshead Millennium Bridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gateshead_Mille
nnium_Bridge),
but that wasn't the question. As far as I'm concerned, both answers are correct...

What do you think...?
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Markrae
I completely agree both answers are correct and indeed I thought that whole area was known as Newcastle-Gateshead
23:59 Fri 08th Jan 2010
It's a tough one, though if he asked which town, it would have to be Gateshead as Newcastle is a city. And as it's known as the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, Newcastle is the wrong answer.

However, i appreciate what you're saying and i do think it was a badly phrased question. I think he would possibly have grounds to appeal if it meant that he lost because of it (sorry i didn't see it)
Markrae
I completely agree both answers are correct and indeed I thought that whole area was known as Newcastle-Gateshead
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Yes, you're right - Newcastle is a city and Gateshead is a town. I was born and bred in Newcastle, by the way... :-)

However, to say that the Millennium Bridge is "in Gateshead" is, IMO, ridiculous!
if it spans the river dividing the city from the town it is part of both boundaries
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The winner was 9 points ahead of 2nd Place
Gateshead PAID for most of it - Newcastle would hardly let them use the quayside !!
Or Gateshead is a town, Newcastle is a CITY

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