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The World Cup of Biscuits 2017 is here and it's so British it hurts

Which biscuit will take home the glory?
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The World Cup of Biscuits 2017 will determine its winner through Twitter polling. Credit: Fernati2007/E. M. Welch/REX/Shutterstock/Mashable Composite

Ask any English person about their favorite biscuit and you'll get a passionate, definitive response. The argument over biscuit superiority can be a point of contention.

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TV host Richard Osman is about to officially answer this age old question with the World Cup of Biscuits tournament. Osman is responsible for other entertainingly divisive tournaments like the World Cup of Crisps 2016 and the World Cup of Christmas Films 2016.

Osman is tweeting the poll questions that will determine which biscuit will be crowned World Cup Champion.

The first round of voting that finished on Thursday whittled the field from thirty-two biscuits to sixteen.

The second round of voting is still underway.

The resulting eight biscuits will go through to the quarter-finals, which will be broadcasted live for Red Nose Day.

May the best bicky win!

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