New quizzes I've been giving a chance: The Wall wiff Danny Dyer -- absolutely awful. Only about six questions per show, and the Great British Public is not built for running around in front of a giant bagatelle willing giant balls to go into a particular hole. /FACEHead Hunters with Rob Beckett -- I don't rate Rob Beckett as a comedian much, but he's actually pretty good as a quiz host (although he trips over unfamiliar words a bit too much. Maybe he'll settle into it), and there's quite a nice feeling of camaraderie in the studio on this one. Good number of questions, but the difficult ones fail the test of good quiz questions, in that you don't feel like you've learned anything interesting or valuable when you get them right. And the graphics are just terrible, like something they've had in a file since Going for Gold went off the air.Yes, I work from home.
― trishyb, Monday, 21 October 2019 09:26 (four years ago) link
(wasn't that show where they had to get into the correct shape or get pushed into the pool also called The Wall?)
― koogs, Monday, 21 October 2019 10:13 (four years ago) link
(oh, that was Hole in The Wall - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00n53t6 )
― koogs, Monday, 21 October 2019 10:14 (four years ago) link
Head Hunters with Rob Beckett -- I don't rate Rob Beckett as a comedian much, but he's actually pretty good as a quiz host (although he trips over unfamiliar words a bit too much. Maybe he'll settle into it)
Mate of mine worked on Head Hunters and said they had to do a terrific amount of retakes because Rob Beckett couldn't pronounce anything. Imagine what it was like before if what you're seeing is the edited version of retakes...
― ailsa, Monday, 21 October 2019 17:13 (four years ago) link
Clearly House of Games is the new daddy, but I love Impossible as well.
― ailsa, Monday, 21 October 2019 17:14 (four years ago) link
I can't get on board with Impossible. It has the same dead-air feeling as Eggheads.
Imagine what it was like before if what you're seeing is the edited version of retakes...
Good grief.
House of Games and Pointless are partly great because Richard and Xander are smart enough to join in.
― trishyb, Monday, 21 October 2019 18:20 (four years ago) link
That Imperial team was really impressive
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 22 October 2019 18:56 (four years ago) link
Only Connect and the Orwellians are appropriately rubbish
― Xia Nu del Vague (Noodle Vague), Monday, 28 October 2019 20:25 (four years ago) link
not a quiz show but the day I went to be in the studio audience for Hole In The Wall was no joke the greatest day of my life
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 09:59 (four years ago) link
I watched UC and did quite well last night!
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 10:08 (four years ago) link
I want to know more.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 10:53 (four years ago) link
it was the second season, where Anton Du Beke was the host. We got to see Anne Diamond and Eastenders' Nasty Nick as contestants. We arrived at the end of the queue and they had over-sold the tickets to avoid there being any empty seats. There were seven of us waiting and five seats left, and the family beside us starting talking in loud Fife accents about how far they had travelled to Glasgow for this, so me and my pal started exclaiming "strewth mate, bloody 'ell" in remarkably unconvincing Australian accents and yet somehow managed to get picked ahead of the family. The warm-up act before the main show was doing a competition where they were giving away tickets to the X Factor live final, but wasn't allowed to say the name of the show and had to convey the prize by forming an X with their arms multiple times, leaving lots of people struggling to grasp what the prize was. Then at the end we hung around the BBC Studios and got a photo with Du Beke. Best day ever!
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 13:51 (four years ago) link
ACTUALLY the best day ever was the day we got picked to go on BBC Scotland's kids' TV show "Up For It" after submitting my Elvis-impersonating grandpa for "Groovy Grandad Of The Day", that was when I got to meet pop sensation Kavana and Scotland coach Craig Brown, as well as visit the Fully Booked set and meet Gail Porter, Tim Vincent and Chris Jarvis. We also ran into Mrs Mack from Take The High Road that day.
― boxedjoy, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 13:53 (four years ago) link
That does all sound fantastic.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 14:07 (four years ago) link
I did a run through for The Hit List to help out a mate, and I got a hug from Marvin and Rochelle who are very lovely people. Marvin is an absolute pro at doing telly. Hanging about with telly people doing telly is fun. Also I totally want to be a contestant on The Hit List.
― ailsa, Tuesday, 29 October 2019 22:05 (four years ago) link
I love that programme. I hope they're doing more of them.
― trishyb, Wednesday, 30 October 2019 00:10 (four years ago) link
omfg how did I miss Eastham first go round?
― Joe Kulak 😎 (Noodle Vague), Monday, 11 November 2019 20:34 (four years ago) link
i'm using this as general purpose quiz programme thread
celeb countdown (not 8/10 cats, just celebs head to head, slightly relaxed rules). there was a bit of a tutorial section in the middle where rachel pointed out this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_JQYYz92-Uk
by choosing all the big numbers you pretty much know what you're getting which helps. she went through the above technique with an example and then gave the celebs (jay raynor, jo brand) a set exercise, which they fluffed.
(the guy above showboats a bit - rather than big number * 50 and then / 100 he could've just 100 / 50 = 2, big number / 2 = answer)
― koogs, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 17:12 (four years ago) link
(relaxed rules = loser also gets points. plus the above set exercise which was basically free points as long as you noticed that 3 * 5 = 15 is twice 7.5)
― koogs, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 17:15 (four years ago) link
((carol also faffing about somewhat. trouble multiplying a 3 digit number by fifty? just half it and stick two noughts on the end))
― koogs, Wednesday, 13 November 2019 20:14 (four years ago) link
((75 - 10) x 25) + 1 x (50/100)
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Wednesday, 13 November 2019 21:41 (four years ago) link
I did a run through for The Hit List to help out a mate, and I got a hug from Marvin and Rochelle who are very lovely people. Marvin is an absolute pro at doing telly. Hanging about with telly people doing telly is fun. Also I totally want to be a contestant on The Hit List.― ailsa, Wednesday, October 30, 2019 11:05 AM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglinkI love that programme. I hope they're doing more of them.― trishyb, Wednesday, October 30, 2019 1:10 PM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
― ailsa, Wednesday, October 30, 2019 11:05 AM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
― trishyb, Wednesday, October 30, 2019 1:10 PM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink
S2 started on Saturday in case you missed it
― nate woolls, Monday, 18 November 2019 03:01 (four years ago) link
It's so much up my street. I still totally want to go on it.
― ailsa, Monday, 18 November 2019 09:52 (four years ago) link
I was keeping half an eye on the hit list, but they didn't call for more contestants. Grr
― Mark G, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 07:15 (four years ago) link
I have never seen a bigger set of cunts and basics than on Pointless tonight
― The Man Who Was Thirsty (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 17:30 (four years ago) link
In fairness, though, that dog round was weak. A pug is an animal footprint?
― trishyb, Tuesday, 19 November 2019 17:45 (four years ago) link
Nah I hadn't got a clue about that one but it rings a vague bell now they've revealed it.
― The Man Who Was Thirsty (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 17:48 (four years ago) link
There's a lot of bank people and *spit* entrepreneurs tonite tho
― The Man Who Was Thirsty (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 19 November 2019 17:49 (four years ago) link
It's so much up my street.
Ailsa, it would've been so much up mine 10, and even more, 20 years ago but now my reaction times have been shot through age and I don't know a lot of the modern stuff, so....
― Grandpont Genie, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
Well, that's why I'd pair up with our Alice.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 20:24 (four years ago) link
Was caught out by Kate Tempest being included in a list of poets
― éminence rose et jaune (Noodle Vague), Monday, 2 December 2019 20:24 (four years ago) link
kendrickkkkk
― deems of internment (darraghmac), Monday, 2 December 2019 20:44 (four years ago) link
Good follow up joke about Kate Tempest available but ah fuck it tonight's the most coverage she's had in 5 years
― éminence rose et jaune (Noodle Vague), Monday, 2 December 2019 20:48 (four years ago) link
Forgive me if I'm missing a joke about her ubiquity, but she's on 6 Music all the time, which is why I got that group.
So weird that whathisface knew all those 1908 books quick smart but couldn't see that Amsterdam and Atonement were written by the same person.
― trishyb, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 09:58 (four years ago) link
yeah i though they missed lots of sitters tbh
― deems of internment (darraghmac), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 10:45 (four years ago) link
that Cavendish/Sagan one screwed Glasgow, they might have done it otherwise
― Captain ACAB (Neil S), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 10:48 (four years ago) link
I always assumed the bonus questions come up randomly but courtauld have been very lucky both times in having a lot of art questions and very few detailed science ones. Amazed they didn't get Lucian Freud though.
― The Pingularity (ledge), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 11:05 (four years ago) link
she's on 6 Music all the time
this is one of the many, many, many reasons why i'm not
― éminence rose et jaune (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 11:56 (four years ago) link
i got those groups pretty easy btw, put Tempest in there thru logic but honestly couldn't think who it was referring to
― éminence rose et jaune (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 3 December 2019 11:57 (four years ago) link
I liked this episode of UC. 18 questions correct.
― the pinefox, Tuesday, 3 December 2019 12:04 (four years ago) link
awfully likeable teams these
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Monday, 9 December 2019 20:40 (four years ago) link
Bugsy Malone
― éminence rose et jaune (Noodle Vague), Monday, 9 December 2019 20:51 (four years ago) link
And I agree with you D but my god they don't watch films
― éminence rose et jaune (Noodle Vague), Monday, 9 December 2019 20:52 (four years ago) link
oh shit bugsy malone
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Monday, 9 December 2019 20:53 (four years ago) link
(on a delay)
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Monday, 9 December 2019 20:54 (four years ago) link
yanks gotten overconfident now dislike
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Monday, 9 December 2019 20:56 (four years ago) link
"is that the actor from rocky"
― The Pingularity (ledge), Monday, 9 December 2019 20:56 (four years ago) link
He seems to be right on the line between arrogance and enthusiasm but that's the winning team for tis tournament right there
― éminence rose et jaune (Noodle Vague), Monday, 9 December 2019 20:57 (four years ago) link
never predict a knockout contest lad
― Banáná hÉireann (darraghmac), Monday, 9 December 2019 21:04 (four years ago) link
usa usa usa
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Tuesday, 10 December 2019 21:12 (four years ago) link