Who Wants To Be A Millionaire

[dvb70]

They really need to drop some of the earlier questions. Go from like £500 to £1000 straight away. That would speed up proceedings quite a bit.

I must admit there were a few early questions I would have had no idea about. One about boy bands and another about Sudoku scores which never having played it I had no idea about. This is the problem with general knowledge. Sometimes it's the wrong general knowledge.

[stevensdrs]

If the contestants on the show are typical of the general population then this country is well and truly fked. Not only were they thick but the lack of tactical ability was profound, wasting lives on questions they already knew the answer to. Doubt it does much for the ratings having such poor contestants.

[snuffy]

stevensdrs said:

. Not only were they thick but the lack of tactical ability was profound, wasting lives on questions they already knew the answer to.

A lot of them seem to continually doubt themselves when, as you say, they know what the answer is. It's like they are seeking confirmation from others.

And they also do not know which is the best lifeline to select. For example, say the question is about some singer, or TV programme you have never heard or know nothing about, then that is when you ask the audience.

[nicanary]

snuffy said:

stevensdrs said:

. Not only were they thick but the lack of tactical ability was profound, wasting lives on questions they already knew the answer to.

A lot of them seem to continually doubt themselves when, as you say, they know what the answer is. It's like they are seeking confirmation from others.

And they also do not know which is the best lifeline to select. For example, say the question is about some singer, or TV programme you have never heard or know nothing about, then that is when you ask the audience.

Exactly. Just about the only question I couldn't answer last night was the pop group one - the Westlife/Boyzone/ whatever one. Who cares? But I bet the audience would have known, at least to the value of 60% which would have convinced me as a contestant.

[cuprabob]

I think the contestants on last night's show were actually supposed to be on "Tipping Point" and someone directed them into the wrong studio.

[nicanary]

cuprabob said:

I think the contestants on last night's show were actually supposed to be on "Tipping Point" and someone directed them into the wrong studio.

You should have seen "Five Gold Rings" last night. One team was 2 geography teachers who knew nothing about anything, even their own specialist subject. Mind you, not as bad as the other team's family, one of whom placed Guernsey in Wiltshire.

I acknowledge that not eveyone's a PH director, and to many people it doesn't really matter, but why go on a nationally televised programme to show how thick you are?

[FiF]

cuprabob said:

I think the contestants on last night's show were actually supposed to be on "Tipping Point" and someone directed them into the wrong studio.

It was a bit depressing, especially the two blatantly lousy bits of mental arithmetic.

[Jasandjules]

Well that was different. I do agree with the above however that the first two questions should be 500 then 1000 so we can just ignore the lower level questions and get into the meat of the show....

[cuprabob]

I guess the "easy" questions are to bed them in gradually and build their confidence.

[ian in lancs]

cuprabob said:

I guess the "easy" questions are to bed them in gradually and build their confidence.

it's not love island or naked attraction

[Laurel Green]

Heads up.

[Laurel Green]

I'm surprised only two got the answer correct.

[Laurel Green]

We're not doing well now are we.

[Cobnapint]

Every bloke should know what a Sopwith Camel is.

Every'body' should know what is described as being the spice of life.

FFS.

[Frank7]

Cobnapint said:

Every bloke should know what a Sopwith Camel is.

Every'body' should know what is described as being the spice of life.

FFS.

I knew a Sopwith Camel was a WW1 ‘plane, my wife didn’t, but as you said, most guys would know, although maybe teenagers might not know it.
I was taken aback when not only did he have to take a guess at “variety” being the spice of life, he declared on national TV that he’d never heard that saying!

[Jasandjules]

Cobnapint said:

Every bloke should know what a Sopwith Camel is..

I may have been swearing at the TV and questioning his parentage at that stage....

[Frank7]

I mentioned this somewhere before, I just hope that it wasn’t here, but when a contestant “asks the audience”, there’s always an an option which we all know it can’t possibly be, but X% go for it.
e.g., if the question was, what race was Nelson Mandela,
(a) Chinese, (b) Native American, (c) Negro, or (d) Eskimo, it’s dollars to doughnuts that a percentage of the audience would press (a) Chinese.

[Cobnapint]

Frank7 said:

I mentioned this somewhere before, I just hope that it wasn’t here, but when a contestant “asks the audience”, there’s always an an option which we all know it can’t possibly be, but X% go for it.
e.g., if the question was, what race was Nelson Mandela,
(a) Chinese, (b) Native American, (c) Negro, or (d) Eskimo, it’s dollars to doughnuts that a percentage of the audience would press (a) Chinese.

Yes. I always wonder if that % of the audience are actually as thick as they've just indicated, or are just answering incorrectly for devilment.

[KingNothing]

I've always thought they should add a "don't know" option to the ask the audience. Using ask the audience after you've used a 50:50 is insane as well.

[Escort3500]

It’s amusing when a contestant deliberates openly over the four options, explains why they’re discounting two of them, mulls over the two remaining answers, says they don’t know which one to select, then goes 50:50. Invariably, the two they’ve discounted are the ones that disappear. Not that I’m suggesting anyone behind the scenes is fixing it of course...