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Post by mattyd on Aug 26, 2019 15:24:04 GMT
I know you shouldn't really laugh at people being thick, but FFS.
Tenable quiz show...
Question was, name the 10 Countries with the most Southerly Capitals.
This thick Woman just answered Italy...
Her team mate then helped her with New Zealand, she then sort of got the gist and answered Australia...
So far so good...
Then her final answer...ENGLAND...
That is not being a bit stupid, it's being as thick as a whale omelette.
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Post by mattyd on Aug 26, 2019 15:24:33 GMT
Though having said that I only got 6 / 10.
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Post by thevoid on Aug 26, 2019 16:12:29 GMT
I suppose it could be interpreted two ways- southern in terms of position in the globe or southern geographically in each country (although I'm sure they'd clarify that on the show)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2019 17:07:01 GMT
I was on Who Wants to be a Millionaire in 2001. I was second on the qualifying question by 0.1 of a second to this bloody woman who later admitted she'd guessed with her answer.
One of her questions from Chris Tarrant was "The Archbishop of Canterbury is also known as the _____ of all England?" with the answers "Carnivore", "Rodent", "Primate" and "Marsupial", and she went for "Marsupial".
Here she is
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Post by mattyd on Aug 26, 2019 17:48:45 GMT
I was on Who Wants to be a Millionaire in 2001. I was second on the qualifying question by 0.1 of a second to this bloody woman who later admitted she'd guessed with her answer. One of her questions from Chris Tarrant was "The Archbishop of Canterbury is also known as the _____ of all England?" with the answers "Carnivore", "Rodent", "Primate" and "Marsupial", and she went for "Marsupial". Here she is Sad I know, but I actually remember that...
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Post by mattyd on Aug 26, 2019 17:58:59 GMT
She actually fluked her way to all the 4 answers she got right.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2019 18:11:44 GMT
She actually fluked her way to all the 4 answers she got right. Tell me about it - we were all sitting in the background willing her to get one wrong so that we had a chance of getting into the "hot seat". She admitted in the little party after the show that she hadn't known any of the answers and had just guessed.
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Post by chuffedstokie on Aug 26, 2019 19:06:51 GMT
She actually fluked her way to all the 4 answers she got right. Tell me about it - we were all sitting in the background willing her to get one wrong so that we had a chance of getting into the "hot seat". She admitted in the little party after the show that she hadn't known any of the answers and had just guessed. A mate of mine I went through the police cadet system with in the Met turned up on millionaire, sergeant Godefroy scooped 32k, smartarse. Nice bloke though, hadn't changed a bit.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2019 19:10:34 GMT
Tell me about it - we were all sitting in the background willing her to get one wrong so that we had a chance of getting into the "hot seat". She admitted in the little party after the show that she hadn't known any of the answers and had just guessed. A mate of mine I went through the police cadet system with in the Met turned up on millionaire, sergeant Godefroy scooped 32k, smartarse. Nice bloke though, hadn't changed a bit. Lucky devil - I didn't get through on the next qualifying question - I knew the answer but pressed the buttons in the wrong order
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Post by chuffedstokie on Aug 26, 2019 19:12:23 GMT
A mate of mine I went through the police cadet system with in the Met turned up on millionaire, sergeant Godefroy scooped 32k, smartarse. Nice bloke though, hadn't changed a bit. Lucky devil - I didn't get through on the next qualifying question - I knew the answer but pressed the buttons in the wrong order Ouch!.
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Post by felonious on Aug 26, 2019 19:21:06 GMT
A mate of mine I went through the police cadet system with in the Met turned up on millionaire, sergeant Godefroy scooped 32k, smartarse. Nice bloke though, hadn't changed a bit. Lucky devil - I didn't get through on the next qualifying question - I knew the answer but pressed the buttons in the wrong order Well you're in no position to go pointing fingers on this thread
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Post by marylandstoke on Aug 26, 2019 19:39:58 GMT
Can I have a P please Bob?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2019 20:10:54 GMT
Can I have a P please Bob? Takes me back a bit - weren't those questions really easy considering what the prizes were !
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Post by marylandstoke on Aug 26, 2019 20:25:53 GMT
RIP Bob Holness
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Post by mattyd on Aug 26, 2019 21:34:26 GMT
My Dad's next door neighbor on Meir Park won 64K on it a few years ago.
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Post by pearo on Aug 26, 2019 21:43:58 GMT
One of my favourite answers was on Pointless.
Clue - Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas
Answer given - J R Ewing
Alexander Armstrong had the cheek to say “ Let’s see if that’s right “
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Post by mattyd on Aug 26, 2019 22:08:59 GMT
One of my favourite answers was on Pointless. Clue - Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas Answer given - J R Ewing Alexander Armstrong had the cheek to say “ Let’s see if that’s right “ I fucking well hate that twat Armstrong, and dunna even start me on the cunt behind the desk with the lap top... Fucking well knows everything...Until his wifi goes down.
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Post by Staffsoatcake on Aug 27, 2019 6:22:08 GMT
Can't remember the show,but a few years back,sports question,they asked,name a dangerous race,someone replied,The Arabs.
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Post by estrangedsonoffaye on Aug 27, 2019 12:52:43 GMT
Tipping Point is hardly the most taxing of quiz shows but it did provide an absolute classic:
"What day is Christmas Day normally celebrated on in the UK?"
"Wednesday".
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Post by The Drunken Communist on Aug 27, 2019 13:46:06 GMT
One of my favourite answers was on Pointless. Clue - Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas Answer given - J R Ewing Alexander Armstrong had the cheek to say “ Let’s see if that’s right “ Pearo, are you still playing in the NFL Fantasy League this season?
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Post by raythesailor on Aug 27, 2019 16:40:08 GMT
Hard to believe this but;
I was watching want to be a millionaire one night and I went all the way to £750,000 knowing all the answers before the alternatives came up.
Conversely I have failed miserably many times on the early questions. Normally involving Soaps.
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Post by ilfracoombestokie3 on Aug 27, 2019 16:55:51 GMT
Hard to believe this but;I was watching want to be a millionaire one night and I went all the way to £750,000 knowing all the answers before the alternatives came up. Conversely I have failed miserably many times on the early questions. Normally involving Soaps. Correct, I do not believe it, which Millionaire show has a £750,000 in the column for winning?
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Aug 29, 2019 8:12:14 GMT
Can't remember the exact wording of the question, but on The Chase on Sunday there was something like "Which nationality was Sir Thomas (Someone)?" with the answers A. British B. American C. German.
The woman said, earnestly, "Well, with a name like 'Thomas', you'd expect him to be American wouldn't you, so I'll go with that".
What the fuck kind of reasoning is that?!
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Post by Cast no shadow on Aug 29, 2019 8:47:44 GMT
What annoys me is a question such as "which month/day did ________ take place? “ The answer is already down to a 1/7 or 1/12. So some decide to pass, at least have a guess.
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Post by mickmillslovechild on Aug 29, 2019 10:42:17 GMT
One of my favourite answers was on Pointless. Clue - Assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald in Dallas Answer given - J R Ewing Alexander Armstrong had the cheek to say “ Let’s see if that’s right “ I fucking well hate that twat Armstrong, and dunna even start me on the cunt behind the desk with the lap top... Fucking well knows everything...Until his wifi goes down.
Erm...isn't that kinda the point of Osman being there i.e. for him to give the answers out that are written on the computer?
It's not like he sits there pretending to know it all off the top of his head
It's like my mum saying she hates Stephen Fry on QI because he knows all the answers but only because they're written on cards for him....yes, that's kinda the bloody point of a question master on a quiz.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2019 12:19:31 GMT
I fucking well hate that twat Armstrong, and dunna even start me on the cunt behind the desk with the lap top... Fucking well knows everything...Until his wifi goes down. Erm...isn't that kinda the point of Osman being there i.e. for him to give the answers out that are written on the computer? It's not like he sits there pretending to know it all off the top of his head It's like my mum saying she hates Stephen Fry on QI because he knows all the answers but only because they're written on cards for him....yes, that's kinda the bloody point of a question master on a quiz.
I read an article about Pointless and Osman recently (sad I know). The laptop is only for show and is not switched on. He never refers to it and uses the answers written out for him on the papers he's constantly shuffling about.
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Post by mickmillslovechild on Aug 29, 2019 13:02:29 GMT
Erm...isn't that kinda the point of Osman being there i.e. for him to give the answers out that are written on the computer? It's not like he sits there pretending to know it all off the top of his head It's like my mum saying she hates Stephen Fry on QI because he knows all the answers but only because they're written on cards for him....yes, that's kinda the bloody point of a question master on a quiz.
I read an article about Pointless and Osman recently (sad I know). The laptop is only for show and is not switched on. He never refers to it and uses the answers written out for him on the papers he's constantly shuffling about.
And that's fair enough. The point i'm making really is that he doesn't pretend to be a know it all that has the knowledge stored in his head. He's there to read out the answers that are given to him by the researchers etc. and that's all he does. I just don't get why someone would dislike him for that?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2019 13:34:47 GMT
I read an article about Pointless and Osman recently (sad I know). The laptop is only for show and is not switched on. He never refers to it and uses the answers written out for him on the papers he's constantly shuffling about. And that's fair enough. The point i'm making really is that he doesn't pretend to be a know it all that has the knowledge stored in his head. He's there to read out the answers that are given to him by the researchers etc. and that's all he does. I just don't get why someone would dislike him for that?
Fair point. I guess he does exactly as listed in the credits, "Assisted by Richard Osman".
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Post by mattyd on Aug 29, 2019 16:01:40 GMT
I fucking well hate that twat Armstrong, and dunna even start me on the cunt behind the desk with the lap top... Fucking well knows everything...Until his wifi goes down.
Erm...isn't that kinda the point of Osman being there i.e. for him to give the answers out that are written on the computer?
It's not like he sits there pretending to know it all off the top of his head
It's like my mum saying she hates Stephen Fry on QI because he knows all the answers but only because they're written on cards for him....yes, that's kinda the bloody point of a question master on a quiz.
True...But he's still a smug twat...with a lap top... No other quiz show has a sidekick telling you how wank you are for being stupid.
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Post by mattyd on Aug 29, 2019 16:36:52 GMT
Tipping Point... Which "So called " sea is the worlds largest salt lake. This thick cunt, torn between The Atlantic and The Pacific...And he's a fucking teacher.
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