Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
Discussion
Frank7 said:
Vipers said:
Good programme, but one thing niggles me.
Those who explain in detail about each option and why it's not right, then finally say the one they think is right.
I couldn’t agree more, once, watching “Eggheads”, a contestant was asked something like, “Which river flows through Belgrade?”Those who explain in detail about each option and why it's not right, then finally say the one they think is right.
The options were something like a) Rhine, b), Volga, and c) Danube.
He pursed his lips, and you could virtually hear it coming, “Mmmm, the Rhine is in Germany, can’t see it going all the way to Serbia, and the Volga is in Russia, does it run through Moscow? No, I think that may be the Moskva, or Moscow river, mm but would it stretch to Belgrade?
The Danube flows through lots of cities, I’ll plump for the Danube.”
Frank7 said:
Vipers said:
Good programme, but one thing niggles me.
Those who explain in detail about each option and why it's not right, then finally say the one they think is right.
I couldn’t agree more, once, watching “Eggheads”, a contestant was asked something like, “Which river flows through Belgrade?”Those who explain in detail about each option and why it's not right, then finally say the one they think is right.
The options were something like a) Rhine, b), Volga, and c) Danube.
He pursed his lips, and you could virtually hear it coming, “Mmmm, the Rhine is in Germany, can’t see it going all the way to Serbia, and the Volga is in Russia, does it run through Moscow? No, I think that may be the Moskva, or Moscow river, mm but would it stretch to Belgrade?
The Danube flows through lots of cities, I’ll plump for the Danube.”
DoctorX said:
I suspect they do all this deliberation because they’re told to. They want contestants who are a bit chatty and not dull as dishwater.
Then I’d be persona non grata on a quiz show like that, if I know an answer when watching a quiz on TV, I’ll say it before the options appear on screen, if I don’t know it, I’ll shut up.I was in a pub quiz once, in Herne Hill, south London, and there was a tie.
So the quizmaster got me from our team, and someone from the other team, and said, “I’ll ask a tie-breaker, first one to raise his hand gets to answer it.”
He said, “On Good Friday, April 14th, 1865, what,”
I raised my hand and said, “Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.”
It was the correct answer, but the other team member wanted to know how I knew it when I hadn’t heard all the question.
I said “Because I read every history book I can lay my hands on, and apart from that, what else happened on April 14th 1865? Exactly, nothing.”
Frank7 said:
DoctorX said:
I suspect they do all this deliberation because they’re told to. They want contestants who are a bit chatty and not dull as dishwater.
Then I’d be persona non grata on a quiz show like that, if I know an answer when watching a quiz on TV, I’ll say it before the options appear on screen, if I don’t know it, I’ll shut up.I was in a pub quiz once, in Herne Hill, south London, and there was a tie.
So the quizmaster got me from our team, and someone from the other team, and said, “I’ll ask a tie-breaker, first one to raise his hand gets to answer it.”
He said, “On Good Friday, April 14th, 1865, what,”
I raised my hand and said, “Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.”
It was the correct answer, but the other team member wanted to know how I knew it when I hadn’t heard all the question.
I said “Because I read every history book I can lay my hands on, and apart from that, what else happened on April 14th 1865? Exactly, nothing.”
Channel surfing this evening, I landed on a WWTBAM Classic, it was a celebrity charity special.
John Stapleton and Lorraine Kelly were in the hot seat, and were in the lower thousands, 8-16 k.
They were asked “In the war of 1812, Britain fought which country?” a) Germany, b) Italy, c) South Africa, or d) U.S.A.?
I knew immediately that it was the U.S., and thought surely that John Stapleton would know it, being a seasoned journalist, although why that would mean he’d know, I can’t say.
Neither of them knew, although J.S. leaned toward South Africa, and L.K. thought that the 1812 overture was a pointer.
Eventually they phoned a friend, who apparently was a “real swot”, he thought that it was Germany, but with no real conviction.
There was an escape clause then, they could “flip” a question, lose a lifeline, and get a new question, this they did.
Replacement question was, “Hugo Junkers is most associated with designing which form of transport?”, a) Cars, b) trains, c) planes, and d) yachts?
I thought that surely they’d scream PLANES at Chris Tarrant, I’ve got a 12 y.o. granddaughter who’d know that one, but no, having no lifelines left, they took £16,000 and retired disgracefully, unbelievable.
John Stapleton and Lorraine Kelly were in the hot seat, and were in the lower thousands, 8-16 k.
They were asked “In the war of 1812, Britain fought which country?” a) Germany, b) Italy, c) South Africa, or d) U.S.A.?
I knew immediately that it was the U.S., and thought surely that John Stapleton would know it, being a seasoned journalist, although why that would mean he’d know, I can’t say.
Neither of them knew, although J.S. leaned toward South Africa, and L.K. thought that the 1812 overture was a pointer.
Eventually they phoned a friend, who apparently was a “real swot”, he thought that it was Germany, but with no real conviction.
There was an escape clause then, they could “flip” a question, lose a lifeline, and get a new question, this they did.
Replacement question was, “Hugo Junkers is most associated with designing which form of transport?”, a) Cars, b) trains, c) planes, and d) yachts?
I thought that surely they’d scream PLANES at Chris Tarrant, I’ve got a 12 y.o. granddaughter who’d know that one, but no, having no lifelines left, they took £16,000 and retired disgracefully, unbelievable.
king answer you prick 
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