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Old 11-10-2016, 13:06
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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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Old 11-10-2016, 13:30
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Oh god, nevermind me, I was reading 'state' as 'statue'
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Old 11-10-2016, 15:26
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I find that too. I keep expecting someone to ask him to repeat the question.
Worst bit of the programme is his babbling of the rules between rounds..does he have to speak so quickly and indistinctly?

Poor presenting.
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Old 11-10-2016, 15:39
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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.
The painfully forced banter is my least favourite part of Tipping Point
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Old 11-10-2016, 16:29
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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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Old 11-10-2016, 16:41
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"Which Harper Lee novel won the Pulitzer Prize in 1961?"
"Treasure Island"

*facepalm*
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Old 11-10-2016, 16:41
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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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Old 11-10-2016, 16:51
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another player that has really buggered it up here.
I would have gone in DZ2.
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Old 11-10-2016, 16:54
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another player that has really buggered it up here.
You do tell it how it is, don't you FM?
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Old 11-10-2016, 17:04
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another player that has really buggered it up here.
I would have gone in DZ2.
I would never pick one of the two inner zones. I'd go one or four. If it lands near the side wall you've got a buffer on one side of it and every chance of getting it out.

if you go in two or three it can end up between two zones and very difficult to move.
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Old 11-10-2016, 21:00
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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.
The alma mater of David Mitchell.
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Old 12-10-2016, 00:11
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The alma mater of David Mitchell.
Yes, Michaels Portillo and Howard also went to Peterhouse.

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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Old 12-10-2016, 16:22
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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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Old 12-10-2016, 16:24
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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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Old 12-10-2016, 16:33
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If Jane wins I'll spray some champagne (Cava ) around the room like an F1 driver!
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Old 12-10-2016, 16:34
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Caribbean in the Pacific...
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Old 12-10-2016, 16:36
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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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Old 12-10-2016, 16:36
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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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Old 12-10-2016, 16:37
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Even if Jane had knocked over the double, she would've still needed 18 counters.
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Old 12-10-2016, 16:40
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If Jane wins I'll spray some champagne (Cava ) around the room like an F1 driver!
Oh dear. That means that you'll actually have to drink it now.
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Old 12-10-2016, 16:50
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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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Old 12-10-2016, 16:52
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Oh dear. That means that you'll actually have to drink it now.
Oh no! I'll have to drink it what a shame... Or most likely it'll just stay in the cupboard to gather more dust.
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Old 12-10-2016, 16:55
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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.
I'm sure they have a defib in the building, lets just hope the lifts aren't broken that day.
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Old 12-10-2016, 17:04
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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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Old 12-10-2016, 17:58
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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.
Agree, given how luck-prone the whole thing is already the 2x counters don't add to things in any positve way. If they wanted to shake things up they need to give more control to the players, like giving them each a 'joker' card to play at some point. (What such a joker card should do, I leave up to the game designers, balancer and testers).
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