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** Gets heavily lampshaded in series I episode "International" when they discuss points with Stephen basically pointing out nobody really knows how the system works other than the guys they pay to do it. Note that this is the very start of the show and when asked to recap the scores (before any questions), [[Bill Bailey]] (who first pointed this out) is winning by a whole 3 points...cue more mocking.
** A few episodes later, in a show about "Inequality and Injustice" they gave the scores before the quiz had started, and (similarly unfairly) refused to read out the ''actual'' scores at the end.
* ''[[Mock the Week]]'': Can be quite confusing with the mix of what the host finds funny and correctly answering the questions. According to [
** Lampshaded by host Dara O'Briain in one episode while introducing one round with "The winner is the performer I judge to have produced the best material, no, of course it isn't, it's random, stop e-mailing in."
** In addition, Dara never explains how many points are awarded, instead just says 'the points' or 'the winners of this round are...'
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