Originally Posted by Brummy Girl:
“Something that contestants on quiz shows do that irritate me is when the quizmaster asks a question about something that happened in the 1980s or before (even previous centuries) and the 20 something contestant says: "Sorry I don't know, it's before my time." The time period being talked about could be before everyone's time but it would still be something we would all know. For example 1966 is 12 years before I was born but I still know England won the World Cup that year or 1066 was the year of the Battle of Hastings.”
“Something that contestants on quiz shows do that irritate me is when the quizmaster asks a question about something that happened in the 1980s or before (even previous centuries) and the 20 something contestant says: "Sorry I don't know, it's before my time." The time period being talked about could be before everyone's time but it would still be something we would all know. For example 1966 is 12 years before I was born but I still know England won the World Cup that year or 1066 was the year of the Battle of Hastings.”
That annoys the hell out of me - it seems like they've decided that since it happened before their birth, it's irrelevant.





