Benchmark C4 quiz 4pm
mal2pool
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ANyone tried this yet. Its not bad and you get a laugh at the banter between Paddy mcguinness and the contestants, bit like Take me out i suppose.
Its different too to all the samey questions of other quizzes, this one had subjects like how many men walked on the moon and how fast does a champagne cork come out the bottle !!
The contestants have to guess whether its higher or lower than the benchmark.
Maybe c4 are looking for a replacement to DOND . this could do it, has the same contestants coming back each day like deal.
Its different too to all the samey questions of other quizzes, this one had subjects like how many men walked on the moon and how fast does a champagne cork come out the bottle !!
The contestants have to guess whether its higher or lower than the benchmark.
Maybe c4 are looking for a replacement to DOND . this could do it, has the same contestants coming back each day like deal.
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I was a bit concerned when I found how few questions there were going to be across the hour, but it actually seems to flow reasonably well. The questions are mostly fun and good to play along with. I'm pleasantly surprised by Paddy, not being his biggest fan and having never seen Take Me Out; not totally sure yet if it's a perfect fit for him format-wise, but he's very good with the contestants.
Interesting that there's a qualification requirement for selection here, unlike Deal or No Deal where the process is dressed as random. There could be some very long stays!
There are the obligatory celebrity specials coming soon, according to Paddy himself. http://www.channel4.com/info/press/news/paddy-mcguinness-interview-for-benchmark
Game itself isn't too bad, but an hour to ask 11 questions???
You've the higher-lower aspect of "Play your card right", and when they do the final and are counting down the differences between the guessed and the actual answer, I expect to hear the yodelling climber they used to have in the 'Price Is Right'.
There really is nothing new under the sun.
Benchmark can be salvaged with some retooling though. The Top 2 contestants facing off in the first round is the most exciting the show gets, so perhaps bring the competitive element to the fore. Could it be made into a half hour show as well?
I'm loving it, makes a nice change from the same general knowledge questions that keep popping up on every quiz. Some funny characters there too, I see some regular quiz show contestants like Eileen from county Durham. Paddy is good as a people person,
And James the Scottish police officer was on Sky1's Wild Things only a couple of months ago. I expect with so many on each show there will be more of the serial quizzers cropping up.
Very poor ratings so far, a 381k debut on Monday and down to 213k Wednesday This is less than the earlier Countdown and DOND, which were on 244 and 287k respectively. Source.
C4 daytime is officially a trainwreck!
A shame... we'll have to see if it grows at all, and how the celebrity shows go down whenever they get flung out. I'm enjoying it far more than I thought I would.
Surprised c4 are sticking with dond and especially countdown which should have ended years ago when Richard Whiteley died. Maybe it's in their contact they have to still show it! Same words have been coming up for years
I thought "Play Your Cards Right" without the cards but missed the "Price is Right" aspect.
Wasn't Barbara from spennymoor too? The one with the long hair i remember
For instance today we had "How many hairstyles does the average woman have over her lifetime" and the 'correct' answer was 150! That's more than 2 a year every year!
But then the source was 'Toni&Guy'..
Yes i remember now. Shame you missed out playing on monday. Paddys not speaking to you much is he!
Cant believe these statistics either myself. Cant believe so many men use moisturiser. I mean, half the population are pensioners! Cant see them using it.
ANd women 150 hairstyles. Its daft !
It's Royal Ascot from next Tuesday so the series will continue from 22nd June.
Will leave a weird ten minute gap between that and Countdown, though. Perhaps there are further changes to the line-up.
excuse me!! my husband is 73yrs as i said and uses moisturiser! ha! hairstyle question is rubbish!
Oops!!soz Eileen!
Where have you gone eileen ? A few different people on the panel today