Correct
Obvious
Obvious adjective - Not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation.
Correct and obvious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Correct" instead an adjective "Obvious".
Nearby Words: obviously, obviousness
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Since the A series, the show has evolved from heading full throttle into these types of questions to warily circling the answers to find where the obvious answer is correct.
Source: Series / QI -
Possible case: Nicolas Cage pronounces his son Kal-El's name as ka-LELL, despite the hyphen making the correct pronunciation perfectly obvious.
Source: It Is Pronounced Tro-PAY - However, in later seasons, the show has taken to giving questions that are double-bluffs: the obvious answer is correct, but everyone expects it to be wrong, so only Alan rings it in.
Source: Too Dumb to Fool
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