The TV Quiz Show Thread

[Stephen230]

Just watched for the first time a quiz show called " The finish Line" on BBC1.
Just caught the tail end of it but the following were 2 of the questions.

1. Which Salford born tenor sang ........?
Ans : Pavarotti
answered by a young lady.

I’m disputing that.

When Russell Watson was born in the mid 60s, I don’t think Irlam was part of Salford.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

I’m disputing that.

When Russell Watson was born in the mid 60s, I don’t think Irlam was part of Salford.

Also Goodson Park isn’t along side a river!

 

[NZBlue]

I’m disputing that.

When Russell Watson was born in the mid 60s, I don’t think Irlam was part of Salford.

Ah but was he born in Irlam or just grew up there? If he was born in hospital it would almost certainly have been in Salford, even pre 74

 

[Stephen230]

Ah but was he born in Irlam or just grew up there? If he was born in hospital it would almost certainly have been in Salford, even pre 74

I believe he was born in his parent’s house, smack, bang in the middle of Irlam. Probably.

It’s a complicated business though. These days, there is no full maternity unit at Salford Royal. So mothers from Salford can give birth in hospitals in Manchester or Bolton and still request ‘Salford’ as the place of birth on their child’s birth certificate.

 

[richardtheref]

Watching the Chase. Are the contestants getting thicker? This lot on tonight were woeful.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

On Pointless today.
Name players from ourselves or the rags team from FA cup final, including substitutes.
It was the 2023 final where Gundogan scored that early goal.
The contestantd went for Garnacho and Philipps, both pointless.
As far as I could make out 3 other City players were pointless
Stones, Mahrez and Ortega.

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

On Pointless today.
Name players from ourselves or the rags team from FA cup final, including substitutes.
It was the 2023 final where Gundogan scored that early goal.
The contestantd went for Garnacho and Philipps, both pointless.
As far as I could make out 3 other City players were pointless
Stones, Mahrez and Ortega.

And the rags were potless

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

Watching the Chase. Are the contestants getting thicker? This lot on tonight were woeful.

Married at first sight, The mask singer, Love Island, Four in a bed, The Kardashians, etc...etc...etc...etc... are all now popular television programmes that I'm told that much of the population watch.

Of course the contestants (or at least a certain generation of them) are getting thicker.

 

[Lavinda Past]

Married at first sight, The mask singer, Love Island, Four in a bed, The Kardashians, etc...etc...etc...etc... are all now popular television programmes that I'm told that much of the population watch.

Of course the contestants (or at least a certain generation of them) are getting thicker.

I'd say that 99% of the audience for those programmes are probably thicker than the 'contestants'

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

I'd say that 99% of the audience for those programmes are probably thicker than the 'contestants'

The contestants (or as I said, a certain generation of them) ARE the audience of those programmes, they come from the same sub-sectional pool of the population.

Give it 20 more years of people watching that crap and we'll be living in an Idiocracy.

It's similar to when people say that school exams are "getting easier", which is true from the perspective of the previous generations experiences, but not from the students' perspective.

"Name a vegetable that begins with B"
"Errrrrrrrrrr...........................

tick-tick-tick-tick

errrrrrrrrrrrr..........................

tick-tick-tick-tick (times almost up)

................................BOTATO! :)

 

[Lavinda Past]

The contestants (or as I said, a certain generation of them) ARE the audience of those programmes, they come from the same sub-sectional pool of the population.

Give it 20 more years of people watching that crap and we'll be living in an Idiocracy.

It's similar to when people say that school exams are "getting easier", which is true from the perspective of the previous generations experiences, but not from the students' perspective.

"Name a vegetable that begins with B"
"Errrrrrrrrrr...........................

tick-tick-tick-tick

errrrrrrrrrrrr..........................

tick-tick-tick-tick (times almost up)

................................BOTATO! :)

I saw a young woman on TV the other day saying that she'd bought an "advocado" but didn't know what to do with it...

I'd love to have been in the shop when she was buying it. She probably just stood there staring at the pile of fruit for twenty minutes.

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

"advocado"

Brilliant!

 

[KS55]

Brilliant!

Advocado is the Chilean for lawyer.

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

Advocado is the Chilean for lawyer.

Chilean? Never knew Chilean was a language, thought it was a Spanish dialect to be honest. And isn't Advocado Spanish for dedicated? (I believe, happy to be corrected by any Spanish speakers)

 

[KS55]

Chilean? Never knew Chilean was a language, thought it was a Spanish dialect to be honest. And isn't Advocado Spanish for dedicated? (I believe, happy to be corrected by any Spanish speakers)

I was joking. Word play on advocate. Avocado is a corruption of a native word for testicle.l

 

[the-ecstacy-of-eight]

I was joking. Word play on advocate. Avocado is a corruption of a native word for testicle.l

My first reply was that it was also Dutch for snowball (much like yours but playing with Advocaat instead) but I deleted it, wish I'd stuck with my initial response now :)

 

[richardtheref]

Woman just on the Chase only got 1 in the cash builder. Said she was a big music fan then got asked what the term 12 bar refers to. The options were buildings, blues or boats. She went for boats.

 

[Xhavenjoe]

Dick is an Advocaat

 

[Mad Eyed Screamer]

The Chase

Q. Which city is associated with the dance The Harlem Shuffle?
A. New Orleans

 

[Marklr]

The Chase

Q. Which city is associated with the dance The Harlem Shuffle?
A. New Orleans

He was thinking of Shuffle...that district of New Orleans.