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Old 06-10-2016, 01:23
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I thought the questions were so hard on Gerard in the last round, it's been the same throughout the series sadly, the questions have seemed quite unbalanced.

I don't think Steve's that good, Gerard had much better knowledge, but let's hope he proves me wrong come Monday.

I really liked Beth and am glad she won but both ladies had very good knowledge.
The female finalists would hardly have qualified for the later stages if they had been up against the men. Their scores in the first round were not great overall.
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Old 06-10-2016, 01:23
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Cock up on the question front tonight, "The American actor Clifton James"!!!! M.E.Clifton James was born in Australia but most would describe him as British. Not only impersonated Monty in WW2, but played himself in the film I Was Monty's Double.
Yes. knowledge of the film helped me

Eggheads poor tonight. Dave has lost 3/4 rounds and Chris both of his 2. Impressed with Lisa so far she's won 3/3.
Chris lost 2 sport rounds.

Lisa is arguably the third most knowledgeable egghead,.

Shes definitely not the worst.

I'd rank the eggheads in this order, (excluding the new two):

1st Kevin
2nd Pat
3rd LIsa / Barry
4th Dave
5th Chris / Judith
Lisa seems to be a good guesser. Don't under estimate Chris. He is strong on a lot of subjects

Judith and Chris also have big weaknesses in Music and Film and TV,
Chris is very good at older music and classical. Same applies to his knowledge of film and tv.

Ist King Kevin
2nd Pat but I have no idea how good he is on Sport
3rd. Barry/Chis
4th The others
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Old 06-10-2016, 01:25
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Judith is incredibly intelligent, she perhaps the strongest Egghead on Arts and Books. You dont win Who Wants to Be a Millionaire without being very bright. She fully merits her place on the panel. She is only perceived to be the weakest due to her usually being the one that isnt in the final. That 90% of the time is down to her losing on Sport.
ie: she;s one of the weakest. More often than not Chris gets knocked out too.

Being a quizzer is not just about having the knowledge - a good part is also down to being intelligent guesses.
Chris and Judith don;'t seem great in this respect.

MY weakest subject would definitely be science.
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Old 06-10-2016, 01:31
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I only have the sound on when the questions start........I mute it when Jeremy is giving his spiel

So the question is are your two brains etc etc.........geez, if I hear that one more time I'll explode

Surely someone could write some different lines for him
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His fake posh voice intensely annoys me too.

Alexander Armstrong on Pointless is the same, with regards to spiel. They both sound so insincere.
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Old 06-10-2016, 03:07
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It used to be worse when Dermot and Jeremy both hosted, using EXACTLY THE SAME LINES as each other, felt really weird!

If I watch The Simpsons on Channel 4 and quickly switch to Eggheads just as the credits on The Simpsons roll I can almost pinpoint the exact moment where he says 'If this is right the contest is over' every single time
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Old 06-10-2016, 12:10
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Dave was made to feel pretty bad by Jeremy yesterday. Kevin and Dave differed on an answer. Not surprisingly, I suppose, Kevin was correct and they went with that but JV went on and on about it. Kevin was wrong on the next question (albeit not the eggheads' one) but Jeremy didn't dwell on that. Keepin the rankings of the older lot going:
1 Kevin
2 Pat
3 Barry
4 Chris
5 Dave
6 Judith
7 Liza
It's possible Steve might get to mid-table in time but It's looking like Beth will be 9th.

Chris has his strengths but you can't write off all cultural references since 1969! To be fair to Judith (and maybe Liza), when she knows an author or book title, it's usually because she has actually read the book. In some cases, I feel an egghead learns titles/authors but would regard reading a book as a waste of time when there are lists to be learned!
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Old 06-10-2016, 12:50
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Indeed.
His fake posh voice intensely annoys me too.

Alexander Armstrong on Pointless is the same, with regards to spiel. They both sound so insincere.
It's a shame whoever the host on Eggheads isn't allowed to adlib a bit. Show as successful as it is could do with a bit more personalisation, it's far too robotic
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Old 06-10-2016, 17:53
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Indeed.
His fake posh voice intensely annoys me too.

Alexander Armstrong on Pointless is the same, with regards to spiel. They both sound so insincere.
Vine for me is the worst part of the show. Also i wish that Vine wouldnt ask people to sing. It is just so cringy when Lisa/Chris or one of the contestants start singing. Sometimes you can see the Eggheads visibly getting annoyed with Vine. Judith in particular.
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Old 06-10-2016, 17:56
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Vine for me is the worst part of the show. Also i wish that Vine wouldnt ask people to sing. It is just so cringy when Lisa/Chris or one of the contestants start singing. Sometimes you can see the Eggheads visibly getting annoyed with Vine. Judith in particular.
It's either that or they have a really good relationship, I can never tell with Judith and Jeremy.
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Old 06-10-2016, 18:14
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Vine for me is the worst part of the show. Also i wish that Vine wouldnt ask people to sing. It is just so cringy when Lisa/Chris or one of the contestants start singing. Sometimes you can see the Eggheads visibly getting annoyed with Vine. Judith in particular.
Lisa definitely doesn't need to be invited to sing.

I much preferred Dermot Murnaghan to the predictable, boring Jeremy Vine as host.
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Old 06-10-2016, 18:29
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Twelth Night??? And the other day it read "Aleppo seige" on the BBC News at 10. Please!

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Old 06-10-2016, 18:42
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Twelth Night??? And the other day it read "Aleppo seige" on the BBC News at 10. Please!

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Old 06-10-2016, 18:45
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Well, the News thing was an afterthought, but "Twelth Night" was given as a possible answer tonight.

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Old 08-10-2016, 18:26
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Only for this series, I haven't done it in the past.

I'd love for them to release all the past statistics they'd make fascinating reading.
Would be interesting to see weekly stats as well. Would be interesting to see if their is a pattern regarding the appearances by each Egghead.
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Old 08-10-2016, 21:18
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Would be interesting to see weekly stats as well. Would be interesting to see if their is a pattern regarding the appearances by each Egghead.
Don't they just shuffle to the right each episode?
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Old 09-10-2016, 01:35
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ie: she;s one of the weakest. More often than not Chris gets knocked out too.

Being a quizzer is not just about having the knowledge - a good part is also down to being intelligent guesses.
Chris and Judith don;'t seem great in this respect.

MY weakest subject would definitely be science.
I have never been impressed with good guessers. Daphne tried to be a good guesser when she knew the answer.

Dave was made to feel pretty bad by Jeremy yesterday. Kevin and Dave differed on an answer. Not surprisingly, I suppose, Kevin was correct and they went with that but JV went on and on about it. Kevin was wrong on the next question (albeit not the eggheads' one) but Jeremy didn't dwell on that. Keepin the rankings of the older lot going:
1 Kevin
2 Pat
3 Barry
4 Chris
5 Dave
6 Judith
7 Liza
It's possible Steve might get to mid-table in time but It's looking like Beth will be 9th.

Chris has his strengths but you can't write off all cultural references since 1969! To be fair to Judith (and maybe Liza), when she knows an author or book title, it's usually because she has actually read the book. In some cases, I feel an egghead learns titles/authors but would regard reading a book as a waste of time when there are lists to be learned!
CJ would learn lists. Chris is a bit lazy as he can't be bothered. I still prefer Chris though

Lisa definitely doesn't need to be invited to sing.

I much preferred Dermot Murnaghan to the predictable, boring Jeremy Vine as host.
It is now possible to tell when a person gets the question wrong before VIne tells us.

If he says, "If you have this question wrong etc etc."........They have
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Old 09-10-2016, 20:25
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Don't they just shuffle to the right each episode?
Do they? Ill look out for that, cant say i have noticed it before.
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Old 11-10-2016, 18:33
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Massively disappointed with Kevin there, good quizzers should know their newspaper editors. He led them massively astray. It does seem to be a weakness of the Eggheads.

Tony Gallagher is the Sun, Paul Dacre the Mail and Chris Evans the Telegraph.
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Old 11-10-2016, 18:41
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It's turned into the Jeremy Vine show. He cannot keep his mouth shut so it's almost nothing but 30 minutes of the sound of his voice. He's just too full of himself. It's really spoiling my enjoyment. He also says "Yeeees" when the answer to the question is "No".
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Old 11-10-2016, 19:33
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3 losses in the first 10 episodes of this series for the Eggheads now.

Really surprised the three of them didn't get the Telegraph question; that sort of stuff is usually bread and butter to a quizzer.
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Old 12-10-2016, 18:39
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Vine getting really irritating with the same sayings. Unknown Quantity in particular is really irritating. Also calling Barry The Brain and Tremendous Knowledge Dave are increasingly annoying.
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Old 12-10-2016, 18:46
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Vine getting really irritating with the same sayings. Unknown Quantity in particular is really irritating. Also calling Barry The Brain and Tremendous Knowledge Dave are increasingly annoying.
It's such a shame that the BBC can't revitalise the show by replacing Vine with someone less horrific. He's well past his sell by date.
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Old 12-10-2016, 18:53
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I'm now thinking that I preferred Dermot Murnaghan...and that's saying something.

Perhaps Tim Vine can replace brother Jeremy? That would be one in the eye for Jezza.
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Old 12-10-2016, 19:56
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It's such a shame that the BBC can't revitalise the show by replacing Vine with someone less horrific. He's well past his sell by date.
He regularly says a contestant is unlucky if he/she gets knocked out, even if they were not unlucky at all and just got three guesses wrong.

It;s so condescending.
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Old 12-10-2016, 20:50
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Vine is so terrible and predictable as the host. Someone like Bill Turnbull would be better. Even a Murnaghan return would be better
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