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Old 06-11-2016, 17:16
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He was a bit scruffy and so big
He's 26 stone.
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Old 06-11-2016, 17:37
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He always says that his little brother is even taller.
I wonder if he is as wide.
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Old 08-11-2016, 16:36
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Whatever possessed Jamie to go on a TV general knowledge programme I don't know. He didn't answer a question in the head to head and was only there thanks to a double counter drop in the earlier round.
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Old 08-11-2016, 16:57
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£3250 and she's going to blow it all at Goodwood?
I'd put my heating on and leave it on until the end of March!
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Old 08-11-2016, 19:46
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Another failure in the trade. It cost Emily £3,500. You can only assume she's not short of cash.
I think she posted that episode on YouTube, as well as the episode of The Chase she was on.
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Old 09-11-2016, 16:10
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Old 09-11-2016, 16:20
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I cringe and feel embarrassed for the young men who appear on TV with over-elaborate hair- dos.
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Old 09-11-2016, 17:02
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I cringe and feel embarrassed for the young men who appear on TV with over-elaborate hair- dos.

I thought his hairdo was due to the size of his skull.
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Old 11-11-2016, 16:58
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Ben: What was Chuck Yaeger the first American to do in October 1947?

Contestant: I should know this I follow him on Twitter.

!!!

But at least he got the question right (fly supersonic), so following him on Twitter must have helped....
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Old 11-11-2016, 18:02
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Ben: What was Chuck Yaeger the first American to do in October 1947?

Contestant: I should know this I follow him on Twitter.

!!!

But at least he got the question right (fly supersonic), so following him on Twitter must have helped....
I thought pretty much the same at the time. However, according to Google, Chuck Yeager is still alive, aged 93, and he has a Twitter account.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Yeager.
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Old 14-11-2016, 17:03
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What on earth was this bloke doing? He gets the jackpot counter onto the bottom shelf, two shoves from winning, then changes tack. With the trade round, he had at least 4 counters to use.
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Old 14-11-2016, 19:03
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What on earth was this bloke doing? He gets the jackpot counter onto the bottom shelf, two shoves from winning, then changes tack. With the trade round, he had at least 4 counters to use.
Yes, that was an odd decision. Fair enough it was unlikely it would drop with just the last counter from his questions. But he could easily have got it near enough over the edge that it would probably take just one more shove, then he could go for the trade.

His decision makes sense only if he had already decided that there was absolutely no way he was going to risk going for the trade, even if he'd got the jackpot counter nearly over with his last counter.
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Old 15-11-2016, 16:36
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Question: "Who, in 1840 organized the first package holiday, something which his company does to this day?"

Answer: "British Airways"

From TP 10/11/16
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Old 15-11-2016, 16:53
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Poor Barry. I so wanted him to win the £10k.
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Old 16-11-2016, 06:39
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Poor Barry. I so wanted him to win the £10k.
He may well have done if his timing had been better. He got too many riders.
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Old 16-11-2016, 16:51
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First round:

"In Toy Story, what sort of bird is Wheezy?" There was a long pause.

Finally one of them buzzed in: "Is it a parrot?"

Ben: "No, it's a penguin."

Player: "It was a guess."

There is no point in guessing in the first round. You're just risking a counter for almost no gain. Even Ben commented on it, saying, "You don't need to guess in the first round."

The show has been on long enough now that you would think people would realise that you should only buzz in the first round if you are absolutely sure of the answer.

The bloke that won today made the same mistake in the first round. He buzzed in on "How many witches are in a coven?" and said three. It was thirteen. I wouldn't have known the answer. If I'd had to guess, I'd have said three, like him, (because of the three witches in Macbeth), but I certainly wouldn't have been buzzing in and risking a counter on it when I didn't need to.
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Old 16-11-2016, 17:03
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I wanted Maxim to win because of his silly hair and name.
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Old 16-11-2016, 17:12
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I wanted Maxim to win because of his silly hair and name.
He should have got the counters that dropped as he had answered the question and it was his turn.
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Old 17-11-2016, 10:24
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He should have got the counters that dropped as he had answered the question and it was his turn.
He may well have got the "ambient" counter drop if he hadn't waffled so much before telling Ben which zone he wanted to drop in. He would have been in play earlier and the counters could have been his.
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Old 17-11-2016, 12:02
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Im sure its rigged. Ben keep saying dont go right dont go right and what does it do? It goes bloody right.
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Old 17-11-2016, 12:03
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He may well have got the "ambient" counter drop if he hadn't waffled so much before telling Ben which zone he wanted to drop in. He would have been in play earlier and the counters could have been his.
Yeah well Ben has a habit of changing the rules when it suits him. Some times he ll allow it and other times he wont.
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Old 17-11-2016, 14:33
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Yeah well Ben has a habit of changing the rules when it suits him. Some times he ll allow it and other times he wont.
Ben will have absolutely no say in deciding if ambient drops are allowed.

it will be decided by the independent adjudicator, who is there to give a decision in situations such as these, or if there's a disputed question, or whatever.

Ben is the host. he is not there to adjudicate on any issues relating to the questions, timing, or the operation of the machine, any more than any other game show host is. That is not his job.

And I doubt very much if the game is "rigged".
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Old 17-11-2016, 16:09
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Ben will have absolutely no say in deciding if ambient drops are allowed.

it will be decided by the independent adjudicator, who is there to give a decision in situations such as these, or if there's a disputed question, or whatever.

Ben is the host. he is not there to adjudicate on any issues relating to the questions, timing, or the operation of the machine, any more than any other game show host is. That is not his job.

And I doubt very much if the game is "rigged".
It must be. Theres been far too many instants where hes said dont ride or dont go left and it conveniently does. At times it drives me mad when the star counter is on the right hand side and the counters go left but no if the contestant takes the money many times the counter conveniently drops at the right place.

There used to be a time when alot of contestants used to trade and then not get anything but now not so many will do it.

Ben may be the host but it seems unfair on some things he allows and some things he doesnt especially when questions come to mind. There was one on the watch channel last week the contestant clearly said the answer right before the buzzer went but oh no because it was a boy they wouldnt let him have it would they.
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Old 17-11-2016, 16:14
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Gordon doesn't seem very humble
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Old 17-11-2016, 16:18
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Im sure its rigged. Ben keep saying dont go right dont go right and what does it do? It goes bloody right.
I am not sure this is conclusive proof it is fixed. There are also many times when he says "don't go right" and it doesn't.
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