University Challenge (also featuring Only Connect and other BBC quiz shows)

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

I watched UC and did quite well last night!

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

I want to know more.

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!

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.

That does all sound fantastic.

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.

I love that programme. I hope they're doing more of them.

omfg how did I miss Eastham first go round?

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)

(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)

((carol also faffing about somewhat. trouble multiplying a 3 digit number by fifty? just half it and stick two noughts on the end))

((75 - 10) x 25) + 1 x (50/100)

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) bookmarkflaglink

I love that programme. I hope they're doing more of them.

― trishyb, Wednesday, October 30, 2019 1:10 PM (two weeks ago) bookmarkflaglink

S2 started on Saturday in case you missed it

It's so much up my street. I still totally want to go on it.

I was keeping half an eye on the hit list, but they didn't call for more contestants. Grr

I have never seen a bigger set of cunts and basics than on Pointless tonight

In fairness, though, that dog round was weak. A pug is an animal footprint?

Nah I hadn't got a clue about that one but it rings a vague bell now they've revealed it.

There's a lot of bank people and *spit* entrepreneurs tonite tho

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....

Well, that's why I'd pair up with our Alice.

Was caught out by Kate Tempest being included in a list of poets

kendrickkkkk

Good follow up joke about Kate Tempest available but ah fuck it tonight's the most coverage she's had in 5 years

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.

yeah i though they missed lots of sitters tbh

that Cavendish/Sagan one screwed Glasgow, they might have done it otherwise

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.

she's on 6 Music all the time

this is one of the many, many, many reasons why i'm not

i got those groups pretty easy btw, put Tempest in there thru logic but honestly couldn't think who it was referring to

I liked this episode of UC. 18 questions correct.

awfully likeable teams these

Bugsy Malone

And I agree with you D but my god they don't watch films

oh shit bugsy malone

(on a delay)

yanks gotten overconfident now dislike

"is that the actor from rocky"

He seems to be right on the line between arrogance and enthusiasm but that's the winning team for tis tournament right there

never predict a knockout contest lad

yanks gotten overconfident now dislike

usa usa usa

Lol this buffoon on Pointless who didn't think thru why Oliver Cromwell has never been on a banknote

yanks gotten overconfident now dislike

Not sure whether his Alex Trebek t-shirt is meant to be a dig at Paxo or not. If not, and it's just a straight-up tribute to Trebek, then I still like him.

The show was recorded the week Trebek was diagnosed with cancer. It's a straight-up tribute.

In that case, I applaud him.

On Pointless today, I knew that Luzon was an island in the Philippines because of Manila Luzon, the drag queen.

mid afternoon quiz programmes ahoy. tipping point, I think.

an accordionist is associated with which instrument?

a pizzeria mostly serves which Italian food?

celeb chaser was good vfm though.

'Quizmaster' on ITV right now feat our resident quiz champ!

just caught Ailsa...

Agatha Christie novels are a disadvantage because they are long and you have a very limited time.

HI I'M ERIC MONKMAN!