A quiz show to avoid or be amazed at thickies
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rwindmill said:
That's nothing. One episode I saw of Pointless had 'Pictures of planets from space'. One of the pictures was of Earth.
Here we go I thought, I'm going to see the first ever Pointless question where 100 people get the answer right.
Nope
92
They managed to find 8 mouth-breathers, who didn't know what the planet Earth looked like from space FFS!!
Here we go I thought, I'm going to see the first ever Pointless question where 100 people get the answer right.
Nope
92
They managed to find 8 mouth-breathers, who didn't know what the planet Earth looked like from space FFS!!
Genuine big laugh which I needed
As a TV Cameraman I've worked on a few quiz shows over the years. One show for Channel 4 that I can't remember the name of comes to mind, as another cameraman and me did the rehearsal as stand ins for one of the teams.
You normally knock out 4 or 5 shows in a day and it can get quite tedious and repetitive especially as you do each show twice, the first one for the presenter to rehearse the questions, additional camera moves, lighting cues, make sure the buzzers work etc.
So for a laugh me and a workmate acted as stand ins for a team, show ran as if live.
We were rubbish so different to not being behind the camera. Under the hot lights, everyone's attention on us, presenter barking questions at us. We froze, mumbled, went blank and got beaten soundly by the young producers standing in for the other team 
You normally knock out 4 or 5 shows in a day and it can get quite tedious and repetitive especially as you do each show twice, the first one for the presenter to rehearse the questions, additional camera moves, lighting cues, make sure the buzzers work etc.
So for a laugh me and a workmate acted as stand ins for a team, show ran as if live.
We were rubbish
so different to not being behind the camera. Under the hot lights, everyone's attention on us, presenter barking questions at us. We froze, mumbled, went blank and got beaten soundly by the young producers standing in for the other team I caught the second half of this week's Blankety Blank, with Bradley Walsh, yesterday evening. Man alive there's a show with some low wattage contestants, and also celebrity guests who all mostly miss the obvious set ups for the answers.
When the brightest guest, by some margin, is David Haye, a man who gets punched in the face for a living, one has to worry.
When the brightest guest, by some margin, is David Haye, a man who gets punched in the face for a living, one has to worry.
Am I incurably cynical about Pointless, but does anybody else find it hard to believe they really have a panel of 100 people to run through the questions prior to the show?
The producer could oh so easily control how far that little line comes down the column and ends up compared to the other contestant. You could stage manage all sorts of ‘exciting’ scenarios that way. Is there an independent adjudicator?
The producer could oh so easily control how far that little line comes down the column and ends up compared to the other contestant. You could stage manage all sorts of ‘exciting’ scenarios that way. Is there an independent adjudicator?
A bit OT but I thought this would amuse.
Watching a cricket match recently, in the interval a presenter interviewed a fast bowler (an occupation renowned for dumbness) and asked random questions to test his knowledge.
Q On 6 May this year the Prince of Wales was crowned King Charles III. How many previous King Charles have there been?
A err.... one?
Q No there were two. What were their names?
A Errr..... (no answer).
Watching a cricket match recently, in the interval a presenter interviewed a fast bowler (an occupation renowned for dumbness) and asked random questions to test his knowledge.
Q On 6 May this year the Prince of Wales was crowned King Charles III. How many previous King Charles have there been?
A err.... one?
Q No there were two. What were their names?
A Errr..... (no answer).
I am not intelligent enough to do well on Countdown and I don't watch it often but there was a woman on recently who really didn't belong on a tv quiz .
Examples .
Numbers round....
among the 6 numbers randomly selected were ......1 ,1 , 7 , 50 and 2 others ....target required....700
I'll do the Maths.........1+1= 2x 50 =100 x 7 = 700 .....that's not difficult arithmetic .
She didn't even offer an answer !
Letters round.
I managed to find GARDENER ,an 8 letter word as the letters came out very favourably to find it easily .
Poor maths woman offered a 7 letter word .
Dictionary corner had a 9 letter word .GRENADIER .....which shows why I cannot be on the show .
There was another letters round in which she was equally poor .
Not good enough ,see me after school .
Examples .
Numbers round....
among the 6 numbers randomly selected were ......1 ,1 , 7 , 50 and 2 others ....target required....700
I'll do the Maths.........1+1= 2x 50 =100 x 7 = 700 .....that's not difficult arithmetic .
She didn't even offer an answer !
Letters round.
I managed to find GARDENER ,an 8 letter word as the letters came out very favourably to find it easily .
Poor maths woman offered a 7 letter word .
Dictionary corner had a 9 letter word .GRENADIER .....which shows why I cannot be on the show .
There was another letters round in which she was equally poor .
Not good enough ,see me after school .
Pointless today - all the answers are words beginning with the letters “PORT…”
Faced with the description “Country lying along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula (8 letters)”
Contestant: Patagonia
He clearly didn’t know “A small, usually circular, window on the outside of a ship or aircraft (8)” either.
Faced with the description “Country lying along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula (8 letters)”
Contestant: Patagonia
He clearly didn’t know “A small, usually circular, window on the outside of a ship or aircraft (8)” either.
5pen said:
Pointless today - all the answers are words beginning with the letters “PORT…”
Faced with the description “Country lying along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula (8 letters)”
Contestant: Patagonia
He clearly didn’t know “A small, usually circular, window on the outside of a ship or aircraft (8)” either.
Faced with the description “Country lying along the Atlantic coast of the Iberian Peninsula (8 letters)”
Contestant: Patagonia
He clearly didn’t know “A small, usually circular, window on the outside of a ship or aircraft (8)” either.
He did not strike me as the brightest tbh
I just watched an old Family Fortunes waiting for the news to come on. It's not just the contestants but the public who plumb depths. Even Gino comments on it.
Q Name an animal you would see on safari.
A Tiger.
6 members of the public had given this answer (maybe the tiger was in an African zoo).
Q Name something you would see in outer space.
A Aliens.
17 members of the public agreed.
It went on and on. Unsurprisingly the winning team did not win the star prize. Apparently a famous judge on a talent show is Judge Judy.
Q Name an animal you would see on safari.
A Tiger.
6 members of the public had given this answer (maybe the tiger was in an African zoo).
Q Name something you would see in outer space.
A Aliens.
17 members of the public agreed.
It went on and on. Unsurprisingly the winning team did not win the star prize. Apparently a famous judge on a talent show is Judge Judy.
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