Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

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Sheets Tabuer

18,898 posts

214 months

Saturday 5th May 2018
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djdest said:
I can imagine it gets a lot harder when you’re sat in the chair
Indeed, like when you've been with the lads on a bank holiday weekend and you get in and the Mrs says how many have you had... erm, 3, 2, 4, 1!!!

227bhp

10,203 posts

127 months

Saturday 5th May 2018
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Sheets Tabuer said:
djdest said:
I can imagine it gets a lot harder when you’re sat in the chair
Indeed, like when you've been with the lads on a bank holiday weekend and you get in and the Mrs says how many have you had... erm, 3, 2, 4, 1!!!
Yes, but venting your spleen?
Clarkson does this really well with much sarcasm, if it was Tarrant I wouldn't be watching, not that I don't like him either.

paulw123

3,169 posts

189 months

Saturday 5th May 2018
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Thought Clarkson was great. Though anyone would have been better than Tarrent.

DoctorX

7,240 posts

166 months

Saturday 5th May 2018
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Enjoyed it and JC was very good. My only issue with this programme is I rather they upped the pace a bit. Too many ad breaks too.

The Greek god Umbro rolleyes

nicanary

9,751 posts

145 months

Sunday 6th May 2018
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DoctorX said:
Enjoyed it and JC was very good. My only issue with this programme is I rather they upped the pace a bit. Too many ad breaks too.

The Greek god Umbro rolleyes
I was surprised by that answer. He was an educated man, you'd think that the derivation of Nike would be well-known.

Clarkson's column in today's Sunday Times is revealing about his role in the show. Apparently he was sarcastic to one competitor on purpose because he thought they were there for a quick £8K and scarper. It was always like that - very few genuine punters with cohones.

thegreenhell

15,115 posts

218 months

Sunday 6th May 2018
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nicanary said:
Clarkson's column in today's Sunday Times is revealing about his role in the show. Apparently he was sarcastic to one competitor on purpose because he thought they were there for a quick £8K and scarper. It was always like that - very few genuine punters with cohones.
Exactly. When he was asking them how much they hoping to win he joked "you know the show is called 'who wants to be a millionaire', not 'who wants to win £8k'".

I have to admit to feeling a touch of schedenfreude, especially for the last guy. The first chap may not have been the smartest, but at least he used all the tools available to him and recognised when he had got as far as he could. Contestant number three was far too confident, and even though he knew he didn't know the answer, he just jabbed at it anyway without using any lifelines. Very poor gameplay.

djdest

6,542 posts

177 months

Sunday 6th May 2018
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Over confidence I suppose.
The usual applies though, they’re only easy when you know the answer!
My Mrs is 32 and she had never heard of the saying vent your spleen. She got every other question right apart from the Diesel one

nicanary

9,751 posts

145 months

Sunday 6th May 2018
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djdest said:
Over confidence I suppose.
The usual applies though, they’re only easy when you know the answer!
My Mrs is 32 and she had never heard of the saying vent your spleen. She got every other question right apart from the Diesel one
I have to admit I had never heard of the "hive" thingy, although it was easy enought to deduce.

We're not all petrolheads, but I was stunned the guy couldn't immediately identify diesel as the answer - it was the only option that made sense.

djdest

6,542 posts

177 months

Sunday 6th May 2018
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The keyboard question annoyed me, he used most of his life lines on it and then after 50/50 started to deduct it with a process of elimination.
He could have done that when he was first asked!

Jim the Sunderer

3,238 posts

181 months

Sunday 6th May 2018
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I was doing quite well watching this, the only real killer was the one about the folic acid.

My phone a friend partner/nurse got that one wrong. She's be served an eviction notice.

Jasandjules

69,825 posts

228 months

Sunday 6th May 2018
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Quite enjoyed it.

I can only imagine the pressure gets to the contestants however as some of those questions were awfully easy...

djdest

6,542 posts

177 months

Sunday 6th May 2018
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No one really got to the hard questions though, I seem to remember after 32 or 64k it ramped up quite quickly in difficulty

condor

8,837 posts

247 months

Sunday 6th May 2018
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I've just watched it on catch-up,t hankfully the ads are missed out, so nearl seamless watching.
I thought JC was very funny in places and will watch again. The contestants were rather thick though, I knew all the answers! they really weren't difficult.

cuprabob

14,419 posts

213 months

Sunday 6th May 2018
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To be fair, no matter what the question is, if you know the answer, the question is easy smile

I've no doubt it's much more difficult when you're actually in the chair.

djdest

6,542 posts

177 months

Sunday 6th May 2018
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This bloke is a lot sharper than last nights efforts

ezi

1,734 posts

185 months

Sunday 6th May 2018
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This guy who's on now is doing really well, almost outwitting Jeremy biggrin

I'm really liking Jeremy's hosting technique, it makes the show much more enjoyable unlike before when they just sat in silence for 10minutes.

AppleJuice

2,154 posts

84 months

Sunday 6th May 2018
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He does seem to be on the ball - very good after last night's laughable efforts!

djdest

6,542 posts

177 months

Sunday 6th May 2018
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3 lifelines on that! frown

AppleJuice

2,154 posts

84 months

Sunday 6th May 2018
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Stopped at £32,000...

DoubleD

22,154 posts

107 months

Sunday 6th May 2018
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Land of Nod ha ha