The TV Quiz Show Thread

all tv quiz shows are fixed and ringers are used and casting agents are used

i watched pointless the other day and new straight away they are going to win and the prize was around £4.500
you just know and the couple was so fake and staged

its a closed shop and they do it for a living and well known on the circuit (ringers) all people on game shows are casted and vetted well before

casting agents are used

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professional actors who go out for game show auditions regularly. It’s not hard to understand why: If you’re an actor, you probably have a flexible job to allow for auditions, it’s a chance to get in front of casting folks, it’s a chance to win some money, and you get validation and attention. (Never underestimate the power of validation and attention when it comes to actors.)
 
give it to gordon said:
I as at a pub quiz many years ago and I kicked of big time the question was

Name the 5 ( might have been 6 ) same city derbys.
Answer scouseland, Bristol, Glasgow, Nottingham and Manchester. ( I think )

I went mad as I didnt put Manchester as utd arent in Manchester and if you are using Greater Manchester dont forget City v Bolton, Oldham, Bury, Stockport etc. In the end the question was null n void.
The best part was the plastic rags there were arguing that the rags were in Manchester lol.
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Isn’t Stoke City v Port Vale a same city derby ?
 
Blue Mist said:
It did, they sent me an email that simply said 'are you for real' clearly they were blown away by my answers and my psycho metric tests must have been off the charts.
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You know the box they left at the end for you to upload additional comments...

They probably weren't expecting an image file of your Prince Albert.
 
willipp said:
In the early days of the lottery i worked in a kitchen and we had radio 1 on for the lottery results. Our head chef organised the syndicate for people at the restaurant and worked front of house and asked me to write the results down when they came on so he could check them later when having a pint. I found his little folder with all the tickets in, picked a random line and wrote the numbers down jumbled up. Gave him the numbers and left him to it. Later on in the bar i thought i'd killed him. He went pale, started re checking, then started to look around in disbelief. Only when he saw me laughing did he realise and safe to say i had to run fast.

I did feel guilty to be honest, but working in a kitchen in those days was like a warzone for setting people up and taking the piss, plus he was a rag.
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The last sentence exonarates you completely. Good work.
 
give it to gordon said:
I as at a pub quiz many years ago and I kicked of big time the question was

Name the 5 ( might have been 6 ) same city derbys.
Answer scouseland, Bristol, Glasgow, Nottingham and Manchester. ( I think )

I went mad as I didnt put Manchester as utd arent in Manchester and if you are using Greater Manchester dont forget City v Bolton, Oldham, Bury, Stockport etc. In the end the question was null n void.
The best part was the plastic rags there were arguing that the rags were in Manchester lol.
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Birmingham?
 
A DJ in Ireland had a daily radio quiz show where you had a minute to answer questions.

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Name a bird with a long neck? Naomi Campbell – the best of Larry Gogan’s Just A Minute Quiz - KilkennyNow.ie

Almost as famous as Larry Gogan, who died earlier today, was the Just A Minute Quiz which featured on his radio show on 2FM from his first day on the station in 1979. The quiz saw listeners take part in a 60-second round of questions which lead, in some cases, to some very funny answers.
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Blue Mist said:
It did, they sent me an email that simply said 'are you for real' clearly they were blown away by my answers and my psycho metric tests must have been off the charts.
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They probably read your answers and thought you should be locked up with David Icke
 
I remember on 15 to 1 once, William G Stewart asked some old bag something like..'Which three words complete this fucking famous sporting sentence..They think it"s all over...'
She said 'But it isn't?'
 
urban genie said:
You say she was young, so why would she know tommy cooper and maybe space travel isn't her gig so no need to learn about the second man in the moon.

I know who they are because I am a middle aged ****, ask me a question about wendy tuck or lethal bizzle and I wouldn't have a clue.

What you are doing is showing your age you are not your inteligence.


Secondly every **** sits at home to the chase answering question going "I could win this" well if you don't then bother to apply, being so clever are you not also a thicko for passing up your chance to win the money?

Lastly no level of intelegence is measured by knowing an answer on the chase, however get a question right on the first round of only connect and I will bow to your superior intelect.
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I’m young(early 20s) and I’ve never heard of Wendy tuck and heard about lethal bizzle but wouldn’t know what he looks like but I know about Joseph bazlegette and Alexander Fleming.

most definitely not an age thing, they are just ignorant to knowledge
 
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