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This has annoyed me for a while.
Eggheads. Your'e team turns up. You slaughter the eggheads but because some team got spawny the show before you walk away with a grand. 200 quid each.
Pointless. Again you are completely depending on luck as to whether the jackpot is worth winning. One day it's a grand the next it's fifteen! This cannot be fair.
Why don't they make it a round 5 grand or so?
Eggheads. Your'e team turns up. You slaughter the eggheads but because some team got spawny the show before you walk away with a grand. 200 quid each.
Pointless. Again you are completely depending on luck as to whether the jackpot is worth winning. One day it's a grand the next it's fifteen! This cannot be fair.
Why don't they make it a round 5 grand or so?
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I agree, prefer the chase.
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They budget for £1k an episode. Any more, and I would think they would have to answer questions about the legitimacy of giving licence-payers' money in such amounts.
As it is, both programmes are dross of the worst order and another abuse of their charter. |
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Do you like any quizzes ?
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Because you don't like them they are an abuse of the BBC charter, these types of programmes cost less to make per air time than many other shows such as period dramas.
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On pointless you will get Armstrong asking the 2 winning contestants what are they going to spend the grand winnings on? - a monkey a piece FFS for embarrasing yourself on national tv
They should say a good pi$$ up and takeaway - that would shut the smug, upperclass turkey up |
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pointless must be so easy to fix regarding the jackpot,who's to say how many people actually answered these questions as reported
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having said that I get the impression that most contestants go on for a day in the studio rather than the prize,you went on there pumpy did you not?
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and on pointless you get contestants saying: sport / film and TV / countries (flags, capitals etc) is not my thing.
Being as 90% of all questions seem to revolve around these 3 subjects (or derivatives of), it may have been a good idea to have genned up before going on ....... |
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I used to watch Pointless but stopped because somebody compiling the questions is obsessed with films. I suspect it is Richard Osman. The Chase for me now.
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The chase is different class.
Here's a clip that had everybody doubled up, especially Mr W. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_qe5deQrdk |
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BARROWBOY 21 Jan 15 19:32
having said that I get the impression that most contestants go on for a day in the studio rather than the prize,you went on there pumpy did you not? I have always taken it as a day out, or in the case of Pointless it was two as we were not used on the first day but is one of the better quizzes from a playing prospectus, some quizzes have a longer shelf life than others, its quite possible The Chase will out last Pointless in my opinion. |
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pump
did u ever do Sale of the Centuary ? |
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Yes when it was on sky Capt
. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bt9MnfJ7Hg |
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 I was only joking at least You got an Atlas! |
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Did you notice who beat me
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You had to pick the day Kevin was on it.
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Did not know who he was then all we knew he was coming back for about the 5th time so knew I had no chance before it started
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Just watched that pumps, Kevin Ashman
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pity it wer'nt the gerbil
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I was hoping for Rorkes Drift but I got Isandlwana instead  |
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I worked with a guy who got on SOTC, his name got him on
it was Bond! James Bond no less. |
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In answer to your question pumphol, I don't have anything against quizzes per se, and I quite like University Challenge and Mastermind, but I find the spectacle of people chasing money on TV unedifying and I have a long-term grievance with the BBC.
No disgrace losing to Kevin Ashman, he is an absolute machine. Should have picked Judith. |
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Just to point out Kevin was the nicest person you could wish to meet, though this was all obviously before he won mastermind the world quiz championship & before he was infected by CJ.
My guess is he is still the same bloke I met in the early 90's |
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I could never get into Pointless personally and that odious tool CJ put me off Eggheads. I do watch The Chase sometimes though if there is no racing on. I'm still in shock though pumps that you thought the base shape of a pyramid was a triangle
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That's poor, that is.
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i find them both irritating was auditioned for eggsheads a few years back but didnt get on
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jed.davison 22 Jan 15 14:40
That's poor, that is. Totally agree, along with not knowing what CV stood for, but your mind goes blank on occasions & from 22 quiz shows that's about my only dismal failures, saying that I never profess to being a mastermind, hence I am nowhere near good enough to apply for said show but I have had some memorable days out & the odd smallish win. |
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Having watched a few Masterminds recently I don't think the standards are that high. Choose a decent specialist subject and bob's your uncle.
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Only joking pumpy, as long as you enjoy it, that's all that matters. I like to think my knowledge is better than most, but you never know whether you'll be able to dredge it up when put on the spot.
And Jack, I have thought about this - my take on it is that as one gets older, one's general knowledge improves, so a set of questions that you once might have found challenging can be quite easy. I've always thought I'd choose the history of Olympic Track and Field as my specialist subject, but that's quite a broad choice, maybe it would be easier to narrow the scope of one's choice. |
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Jed my specialised subject would be Modern Olympic Games 1896 - 1936
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Q. Who won the mens long jump in the 1904 St. Louis Olympics?
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Long jump or standing long jump ?
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If it's standing, it's Ray Ewry. Otherwise, don't know.
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Good old Ray, winner of eight individual golds, second highest of all time
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Sorry pumps, I didn't know there were two version, it was long jump I was after.
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same bloke that won the triple jump but without looking I cannot remember his name
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Myer Prinstein.
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He was American like over 90% of all medals in Athletics at those games
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That's the one
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