......what's more, the 'O' in DOS stands for 'system'!

Timbuktu is in Ireland?

Yes. That well known continent 'Ireland'.

To be fair, I think she just panicked.

Do these people live under a rock? Seriously, how on earth do they not know these very easy questions.

Or she was just dumb.

They know the questions.
It's the answers they're short of!

lol

He picked up a bit of knowledge from a Mr Bean film. Says it all really.

He's another one pretending to be guessing at right answers.

Eek! I've had the email....hope to be recording an episode within the next fortnight!

Great!! Let us know how you get on.

I sent in an application but all I've got back is an automated email with an application form attached. Is this normal?

There is usually a different email address to send completed applications to. Are you sure you didn't send yours to the "please send me an application form" address?

(If so, you are guaranteed a place on the show )

Jackie off Think Tank was on last night
She looked slimmer....ish

Q: Winning the Grand National in 1967, Foinavon was what type of animal?
A: Pass

Oh, so many animals to choose from. (rolleyes)

A very poor bunch of contestants tonight. Not one of them knew when to drop the counter at the optimum time. Hardly any have landed flat on the shelf so far.

Why didn't she go for drop zone 3?!

Seriously normally at this time thery're around £1,200 to £1,600!

We have a primary school teacher in the final round with next to no general knowledge whatsoever. I think almost every question was passed by both contestants to the other contestant and most were answered incorrectly.

Is there a Spam that keeps popping up on people's laptops?

Be fair, he's a very proud ignoramus.

Oooooh. I haven't seen that Iain.........yet!

I've just turned this on today.

He's got the first three questions wrong, so obviously the jackpot counter hasn't moved.

So he's only got three categories left, and he's going for two point questions? With only three categories and two point questions, he would have to get all three questions right and nearly every counter in exactly the right place to get it to drop. I think only two or three people have managed to get it out with six or less counters, and how many editions of the show have there been? Hundreds.

Oh, he's just switched to a three pointer. On the last category.

Not exactly brilliant tactics to say the least.

He said that sport was his strongest subject but he still went for a two counter question on sport.

If you went for two pointers all the way through and got five of them right, you'd still only have ten counters. Unlikely to be enough.

if you went for three pointers and got only four right you'd have twelve.

As far as I can see there doesn't seem to be a huge difference anyway between the two and three pointers in terms of difficulty. If you're good on a subject you should be getting the three pointers right. And if you're not you should probably still go for three anyway. After all you've got a one in three chance of guessing it even if you've no idea. In fact even if you know the answer only ten percent of the time and guess the rest, you will still get the question right on average forty per cent of the time.

I know next to nothing about Food and Drink, it's my weakest subject. But I'd still go for a three pointer. I'd hardly be much more likely to know the two pointer. And the one pointer just isn't an option.