Perfection - new series of this quiz show on BBC1
Orangecrab
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The new series started today in the 3:45 afternoon slot on BBC1, presented by Nick Knowles as before. Any thoughts on it? Did this quiz used to be on BBC2 in the same way as Pointless once was?
The questions were not too taxing for the most part today. One of the questions demanding a true or false response was "Isaac Newton invented cat food". This turned out to be false.
The questions were not too taxing for the most part today. One of the questions demanding a true or false response was "Isaac Newton invented cat food". This turned out to be false.
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I prefer Breakaway by far. I find Perfection to be boring in all honesty. I think it's a combination of being a bit slow, and the advantage being with the other 4 contestants in their attempts to achieve "Perfection".
Elements of a few quizzes in there most notably Sell Ne The Answer but without the obvious greed.
Enjoyed the couple of episodes I have seen and look forward to 3.45 today
Yes, that is true. The only drawback with Perfection is that it needs a few episodes to build the jackpot up to make it worthwhile for someone to come down. And then when the jackpot's won, it then needs another few episodes again. It would be better if the jackpot started at £5,000.
As soon as the jackpot is won, the US who has been there the longest....say more than 5 games..... and sat through the most games without playing winning, NEVER gets picked. It's always a newbie to US that gets picked until the jackpot is built up to an acceptable level to make it worth the one who has been there the longest bothering
The 'usual suspect ' who offered to come down and help for £2000 then admitted that he thought the answers were all correct and he just wanted a share in the cash. However, the main contestant had been having second thoughts about one of the answers and took the chance to change it, even though the US tried to dissuade him.
If he'd left that answer as it was, he would have had Perfection; as it was, it cost him the £6000 prize money and the 'helper' also left the show empty-handed.
I like the format of True or False and have learnt all kinds of useless but interesting information. It would be very annoying if they didn't reveal the correct answers.
No they don't - they go through them to explain why an answer is false and give the correct one. You need to pay more attention.
Yes that was a classic. The older guy didn't seem at all bothered that he'd lost £6,000 whereas the younger one was having a go at him for changing the answer, thus losing him £2,000 when he'd been bluffing in the first place! So pleased the younger one lost - he was pretty thick and pretty obnoxious and basically tried to win £2,000 on the coat tails of the other guy.
I wondered if he had changed the answer knowing that it would make it wrong to spoil the young guys chance.
I would have
I think it was genuine, and part of the reason for accepting help from the US so that he could then change it. Would you really give up £6000 just to deprive someone else of £2000 ?
I don't agree. It introduces an element of luck into the game, which to some extent makes up for the US choosing categories for the final round. It also allows a much wider range of questions than you could have if contestants needed to know the right answer. And it keeps up the pace, unlike many other quiz shows that I've seen.
I still don't love it but the show has grown on me since my previous post (see above).
See this is why you can't invest your trust in these poorly researched shams of shows. While there is no "proof" that Newton invented cat food, it is pretty well established that cats didn't eat before Newton. Which pretty much pretty well is proof enough.
I was please she won that. She reminded me of someone off tv.
I hate it when a usual suapect lies to come down and help. Almost hope they lose apart from the poor sap that has done all the work.