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Old 18-10-2013, 16:19
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Cue your tutting and "there goes the neighbourhood"-type posts, it's moving to BBC2 next year:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/lat...t-bbc-two.html
Aha! Maybe at the same time they will change the Egyptian hieroglyphs which are now getting a bit pedestrian.

How about Chinese characters, with four of them being "ma"? Obviously the contestants would have to choose the correct tone to select the right one.

http://mandarin.about.com/od/pronunciation/a/tones.htm
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Old 18-10-2013, 17:41
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Each fillm only has one official release titles, but do have a few "also knows as"s. The titles are:

Die Hard
Die Hard 2
Die Hard: With A Vengance
Live Free or Die Hard
A Good Day to Die Hard

As an aside, the Die Hard film was based on a novel called "Nothing Lasts Foerver" which sounds more like a Bond film to me.
and yet the answer given on the show for the fourth movie was "4.0"


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Old 18-10-2013, 17:54
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I think it was 4.0 internationally and Live Free or Die Hard in the US.
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Old 18-10-2013, 20:17
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Old 21-10-2013, 20:42
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Seems to be a great rapport between the teams and VCM tonight. Pity one of them is out by the end of it.
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Old 21-10-2013, 21:12
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I didn't realise we had already seen all the teams, it feels like 6 teams but I'm guessing there are 8?

Anyway, good show today. I am not getting any better at it though lol
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Old 22-10-2013, 01:40
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So happy for Suda Perera (and the rest of her team.)
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Old 22-10-2013, 12:31
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I'm certain I've seen that '5's category (Ben Folds...) before on one of the online playable walls.
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Old 28-10-2013, 20:45
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I should've known the Mambo No 5 one.
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Old 28-10-2013, 22:30
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I should've known the Mambo No 5 one.
Why did she say Christine Keeler was "close", when it was nothing like the right answer and derived from completely the wrong idea? It sounded like she was close to giving them a point.
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Old 28-10-2013, 22:49
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Why did she say Christine Keeler was "close",
Because she could have called herself Tina (but didn't, as it happens).
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Old 29-10-2013, 09:08
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I must record for posterity that for the first time ever yesterday I got the answer from the first clue; the Chris Chataway - Roger Bannister one.

Yes, I know none of you care, but please humour me.

(It helps if you were around at the time of the events. ).
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Old 29-10-2013, 10:28
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I must record for posterity that for the first time ever yesterday I got the answer from the first clue; the Chris Chataway - Roger Bannister one.

Yes, I know none of you care, but please humour me.

(It helps if you were around at the time of the events. ).
Well done
I didn't get it so I am just jealous!
Although I am also not old enough to remember...
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Old 29-10-2013, 11:31
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I must record for posterity that for the first time ever yesterday I got the answer from the first clue; the Chris Chataway - Roger Bannister one.

Yes, I know none of you care, but please humour me.

(It helps if you were around at the time of the events. ).
Me too! Me too! Well done both of us!

I was on a roll last night - two I got after a couple of clues:
Round 1: First messages via a new invention
Round 2: Galactic centre - sun - (earth) - moon

However I had never heard of the word copacetic, so I guess that sends me to the bottom of the class.

Edit: Oh - it's another American import, like Hallowe'en, so I'm excused.
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Old 29-10-2013, 11:54
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I must record for posterity that for the first time ever yesterday I got the answer from the first clue; the Chris Chataway - Roger Bannister one.

Yes, I know none of you care, but please humour me.

(It helps if you were around at the time of the events. ).
I guessed it too because Chattaway and Bannister are inextricably linked in that achievement, although I thought it might be the finishing order in the first sub 4 minute race.

And their conferring was amazing. Never heard of Chattaway, thought Laszlo Tabori might have invented the Biro.

The captain of the other team was a bit clueless though, always managing to buzz in just a fraction too late.
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Old 29-10-2013, 11:56
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Round 2: Galactic centre - sun - (earth) - moon
Wasn't that a recycled question? I'm sure they've had it or a very similar one on a previous episode.
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Old 29-10-2013, 12:10
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I was very smug when I got the Delia question right on the first clue
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Old 29-10-2013, 12:36
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It was a good wall with the 100m as there were plenty of options.

I think the best team scraped through.
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Old 29-10-2013, 12:51
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I guessed it too because Chattaway and Bannister are inextricably linked in that achievement, although I thought it might be the finishing order in the first sub 4 minute race.

And their conferring was amazing. Never heard of Chattaway, thought Laszlo Tabori might have invented the Biro.

The captain of the other team was a bit clueless though, always managing to buzz in just a fraction too late.
I think that was quite deliberate as they didn't have an answer. He appeared somewhat humourless, which tends to stick out like a sore thumb on the show.
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Old 29-10-2013, 12:56
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I was very smug when I got the Delia question right on the first clue
I got it on omelette pans, but the team didn't seem to have any idea. Do these people walk around with their eyes and ears shut? They might be good at dredging up the obscure stuff but anything obvious seems to have them completely stumped.
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Old 29-10-2013, 13:09
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I got the Game of Thrones one immediately, 5 points to me, because I'm a huge fan of the show and the books.
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Old 29-10-2013, 14:25
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Edit: Oh - it's another American import, like Hallowe'en, so I'm excused.
Actually the word Halloween is Scottish.
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Old 29-10-2013, 14:42
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I got it on omelette pans, but the team didn't seem to have any idea. Do these people walk around with their eyes and ears shut? They might be good at dredging up the obscure stuff but anything obvious seems to have them completely stumped.


You are aware that there will be stuff which you think is obscure but other people think is obvious ... or is that in itself not blindingly obvious?
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Old 29-10-2013, 15:11
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You are aware that there will be stuff which you think is obscure but other people think is obvious ... or is that in itself not blindingly obvious?
Of course, but do you accept that some things are definitely more obscure than others? That omelette pan thing was hard to avoid at the time, and Chris Chattaway was certainly very well known, and I am surprised that people selected for their exceptional knowledge and quizzing abilities would not have recognised either.
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Old 29-10-2013, 15:23
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Actually the word Halloween is Scottish.
The Wiki page on Halloween is up to 14 pages of archives! The actual article is barely longer than a couple of pages (and about the same again for the list of references).
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