Tipping Point fans baffled as contestant makes Stephen King blunder on ITV show

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Tipping Point viewers were flabbergasted when one contestant thought author Stephen King was from the 19th century.The prolific writer came up on Tuesday's instalment of the ITV game show.A hopeful named Joe was asked: "The 2020 film The Invisible Man is a modern adaptation of a 19th century novel by which science fiction writer?"Looking stumped, he said he had a "couple of things in my mind" before throwing it to another contestant, who got it wrong.When the writer was revealed to be HG Wells, host Ben Shephard pressed Joe further on who he'd had in mind.Surprising viewers, he confessed: "I was only thinking Stephen King or someone like that."Fans couldn't believe he had picked the author, who was born in 1947."Stephen King, that well-known 19th century author," one teased on Twitter."Stephen King.

Is he really that old?" posted another.One person joked: "Stephen King is looking well for a 170 year old.""Wow Stephen King had being writing since the 1800s according to Joe," tweeted someone else.One simply posted: "Stephen King???

WTF??""Stephen King an 18th century author," posted another, adding a string of crying with laughter emojis.While many viewers were distracted by the while Stephen King gaffe, some were still busy expressing their dislike of the new format.They said they preferred seeing four contestants in the starting line-up, but the show now has three."Haven’t watched this for a while...