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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleopatra%27s_Needle
The woman with glasses was the most annoying contestant ever - she didn't shut up at all. |
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Oh god, nevermind me, I was reading 'state' as 'statue'
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I find that too. I keep expecting someone to ask him to repeat the question.
Poor presenting. |
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Are you allowed to shout at the other contestants?
Seriously that really irks me watching as a viewer when other contestants go ooh or start shouting when it isnt even their go. |
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I notice Ben is pronouncing Nadine's name as Naydeen with a long first syllable.
Whereas Nadine from Girls Aloud says her name as NuhDEEN, with a short first syllable. I have no idea how the contestant pronounced it herself, as I missed the start. "Which Queen ruled from 1702-1714?" Nadine: "I was thinking maybe Victoria."
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"Which Harper Lee novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961?"
"Treasure Island" *facepalm* |
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Oh dear, he's gone for the wrong one. Peterhouse is at Cambridge. He went for Oxford. She would have said St Andrews. If he'd passed it he'd probably have won.
He's guessing on a fifty fifty chance, so it's debatable if he should have gone for it. If he thinks there's a significant chance she knows the answer, he is better off taking a chance and going for it himself. If not, he should probably pass it over. In the event she didn't even go for Oxford or Cambridge. It was almost certainly going to be one of those two. Peterhouse is just called Peterhouse, not Peterhouse College. I think it's the only Oxbridge college that has a one word name. I could be wrong, though. |
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another player that has really buggered it up here.
I would have gone in DZ2. |
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another player that has really buggered it up here.
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another player that has really buggered it up here.
I would have gone in DZ2. if you go in two or three it can end up between two zones and very difficult to move. |
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Oh dear, he's gone for the wrong one. Peterhouse is at Cambridge. He went for Oxford. She would have said St Andrews. If he'd passed it he'd probably have won.
He's guessing on a fifty fifty chance, so it's debatable if he should have gone for it. If he thinks there's a significant chance she knows the answer, he is better off taking a chance and going for it himself. If not, he should probably pass it over. In the event she didn't even go for Oxford or Cambridge. It was almost certainly going to be one of those two. Peterhouse is just called Peterhouse, not Peterhouse College. I think it's the only Oxbridge college that has a one word name. I could be wrong, though. |
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The alma mater of David Mitchell.
I would argue that the most important alumnus of Peterhouse by a distance is James Clerk Maxwell,although he spent only one term there. He then transferred to Trinity. I think he might have gone from the smallest college at Cambridge to the largest. One of the science buildings at Edinburgh University (where I went) is named after him. Everybody called it "JCMB" when I was there, and I assume they still do. |
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Ok I missed the first round but WTF happened! 1 guy on £0, the woman on £400 and Pete on £1950.
He must have had a seriously good 1st round + the others must have been really bad. That must be a record for the most amount in the first round and there's in no change that the others can catch him up so all they can do is play for the mystery counters. Round 2 he only got one question right! |
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Dear me, some very stupid answers today. First, Jane thinks Queen Victoria rose to the throne in the 18th century and then Pete thinks Germany is a continent!
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If Jane wins I'll spray some champagne (Cava
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Caribbean in the Pacific...
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Pete must have a magnet in his pocket. The counters can't wait to fall for him.
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Ben's flirting with the "well hung" machine.
![]() "I need the counters" Ben's just told you that you need 35 it's never going to happen really how thick are you?! And just to rub the salt into the wound you get the question wrong and Pete manages to knock over a ton of counters. |
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Even if Jane had knocked over the double, she would've still needed 18 counters.
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If Jane wins I'll spray some champagne (Cava
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Again a mystery prize not necessarily suited to the contestant who wins it. Imagining him doing a yoga class. You'd think from the interests listed on application forms they could tailor prizes to those who win them.
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Oh dear. That means that you'll actually have to drink it now.
![]() Or most likely it'll just stay in the cupboard to gather more dust.
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Again a mystery prize not necessarily suited to the contestant who wins it. Imagining him doing a yoga class. You'd think from the interests listed on application forms they could tailor prizes to those who win them.
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It's quite hilarious how detrimental that double counter is to the show's mechanics. The finalist, like many times before, was decided in the first 10 minutes - followed by 30 minutes of pointless filler. I flicked over and watched something else, then popped in for the last few minutes.
The show was much more balanced in the earlier years, with all contestants in with a shout of reeling in the leader. Just feels like the show really shot itself in the foot at some point. |
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It's quite hilarious how detrimental that double counter is to the show's mechanics. The finalist, like many times before, was decided in the first 10 minutes - followed by 30 minutes of pointless filler. I flicked over and watched something else, then popped in for the last few minutes.
The show was much more balanced in the earlier years, with all contestants in with a shout of reeling in the leader. Just feels like the show really shot itself in the foot at some point. |
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