Capital of Fin-Land?
Giles Coren Has No Idea
The Times
4.3 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2021
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Giles and Esther swim their way through the papers for a column idea; from Princess Anne's living room and cornish fisherman to capital cities and the secret of a good lie. Giles decides that the time has come in lockdown homeschooling to give Esther and Sam a geography test.
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| 0:00.0 | Come on, Sammy. Sit, sit down here. |
| 0:03.5 | So, we have a guest on the podcast this week. |
| 0:07.4 | We have Charles Corrin. We have... Esther. |
| 0:10.3 | ...and we have... Sam. Hello, Sam. Hi. |
| 0:13.9 | We've got Sam here because obviously with homeschooling and everything and |
| 0:18.2 | you thought you'd like to be involved in the podcast, didn't you? Yeah. |
| 0:20.7 | And what's your best trick? What's your party trick? |
| 0:23.0 | What's the thing that's going to impress everyone with what you've been learning in lockdown? |
| 0:26.7 | Well, it's capital countries. |
| 0:29.9 | So, it's your capitals? Yes. |
| 0:31.7 | Okay, look, Ben, do you think you could just rattle some countries out in Chile? |
| 0:36.3 | The capital of Chile is Santiago. He's good. He's good. He's good. Fiji. |
| 0:41.7 | Suva. Did you know that, Ben? I'm going to try to do ones that I do know. |
| 0:46.0 | See if Esther can get them more me before you. I mean, I wouldn't have got Suva. |
| 0:49.1 | I didn't know Suva. North Korea. Wait, Esther, do you know? |
| 0:53.6 | I know what the capital of Nigeria is. |
| 0:55.3 | Oh, I did. Yeah. |
| 0:56.1 | Correct. What is the capital of Nigeria? |
| 1:00.3 | Oh, wait, what do people think it is? |
| 1:01.9 | Yeah. People think the capital of Nigeria is Lagos, but actually... |
| 1:06.1 | No, okay, don't tell me, don't tell me, don't tell me. |
| 1:08.0 | Ah, I've got to think, I've got to think, I've got to think... |
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