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I think all quiz show hosts should be equipped with a gong,like they used to have on Take Your Pick. They can keep it under their desk,or podium,or whatever.
Any time any player says,"This is a bit before my time",they take the gong out and bang it and that player is immediately eliminated from the game. The players would be well warned about this beforehand. Anyone over the age of ninety would be exempt from this rule. |
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One Two Tribes this evening : "Which famous figure became queen of Egypt upon the death of her father in 51 bce?" Answer : Queen Elizabeth I.
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One Two Tribes this evening : "Which famous figure became queen of Egypt upon the death of her father in 51 bce?" Answer : Queen Elizabeth I.
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And surely either way he was still born on Krypton, it was just the name of Superman that was "born" on Earth?
As a gameshow question it's perfectly acceptable, even though the question doesn't specify which Superman, Earth-One or Earth-Two which I'm sure he'd have preferred. |
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It was more of a stupid question. I remember seeing another where the question was "What is Superman's real name?" and the answer given was "Clark Kent" and was given as correct!
This was something which was brought to attention in the film Kill Bill. Most other superheroes are human people with real names who create a superhero name for themselves as their alias. With Superman it's the other way around. He is Superman and his human name is his alias. |
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Don't bite, he's just looking to show off his nerd credentials.
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Yes that is actually wrong. Clark Kent is his alias, in other words not his real name.......................
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But he was born as Kal-El I guess? Was he "human" as a baby (sorry not up on Superman back story)
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Sorry, who's the nerd? Me?
![]() Kal-El was born on Krypton, sent to Earth as a baby where he was adopted by the Kents. His name was Clark Kent before he became Superman, so in the context of the question it's half right. The real name (ie. birth name) of Superman is Kal-El but that's not known to anyone on Earth who doesn't know about Krypton. |
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I would agree with most of these,but not the last one. The last one isn't guessable,you can't even make an educated guess at it. Only the right answer will fit the two clues,there are highly unlikely to be any plausible wrong answers. So unless you get the right answer,you either have to say something that fits one of the clues (but almost certainly doesn't fit the other),or just say,"I don't know",or "pass." Sometimes I think people will say an answer they know is almost certainly wrong,just to be seen to be saying something.
If you don't have a lot of time to think,there are worse things than saying an answer which you know is almost certainly going to be wrong. It's the same as a pass (except on Mastermind). I remember on Mastermind years ago somebody went on it and if they didn't know an answer they just said something like "Arsenal",no matter what the question was about. The idea was to have no passes,which count against you if it's a tie. But if you give a wrong answer the host takes up time giving the right answer,whereas if you pass he moves straight on to the next question. So it's debatable if the "no passing" strategy is effective. And interesting about Mastermind, as that seems to be about the only show that adopts such rules as that. In most others the host always gives the correct answers even if they pass. I think saying pass is the best way for a lot of questions which ask for an answer from a vast group of long winded answers like a song title or name of a book... but it's amazing the amount of people who pass on questions where they're asked for an answer from a small set like a star sign, decade or ocean. |
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Wasn't he adopted as a baby, by Mr. and Mrs. Kent, who gave him the name Clark? So CK actually is his real name, irrespective of any name he may have given himself later.
He had a name before he arrived on earth, so Clark Kent is not his real name. |
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Maybe mentioned already and I forget which show it was on:
Qn - which country do the Faroe Islands belong to? Ans - Egypt. |
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Who's talking about a name he gave himself later?
He had a name before he arrived on earth, so Clark Kent is not his real name. What name was on his passport when he arrived? Or is he an illegal immigrant? |
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Who's talking about a name he gave himself later?
He had a name before he arrived on earth, so Clark Kent is not his real name.
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One Two Tribes this evening : "Which famous figure became queen of Egypt upon the death of her father in 51 bce?" Answer : Queen Elizabeth I.
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On today's 'Fifteen To One' a contestant was asked for which pet was a licence costing 37p needed upto 1987.
The contestant replied 'Monkey'. Sandi and most of the other contestants fell about laughing. |
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Another one on today's Fifteen to One: "The rivers Murray and Darling are in which Southern hemisphere country?". "Scotland".
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On today's 'Fifteen To One' a contestant was asked for which pet was a licence costing 37p needed upto 1987.
The contestant replied 'Monkey'. Sandi and most of the other contestants fell about laughing. |
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Though if she'd said 7/6, he might have got it...
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I was on the original WGS series' a couple of times. The trouble with general knowledge quizzes is you can't really use the old 'before my time' line.
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Maybe mentioned already and I forget which show it was on:
Qn - which country do the Faroe Islands belong to? Ans - Egypt.
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I was on the original WGS series a couple of times. The trouble with general knowledge quizzes is you can't really use the old 'before my time' line.
I certainly don't remember it being abolished (as I was only 1). However I do remember 'section 28' being abolished. That was a big deal, I can't imagine the dog law was, but maybe I'm wrong. It seems silly that we should know the years certain outdated laws were abolished. Maybe I just feel about guilty for laughing. |
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Maybe misheard as Pharoah!
![]() P.S. Wouldn't be misheard as the words are pronounced exactly the same. |
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It depends. I mean we talk about certain dog licensing a lot nowadays, but I'm sure in the debates I've heard about it I've never heard people mention that dog licences existed in the past.
I certainly don't remember it being abolished (as I was only 1). However I do remember 'section 28' being abolished. That was a big deal, I can't imagine the dog law was, but maybe I'm wrong. It seems silly that we should know the years certain outdated laws were abolished. Maybe I just feel about guilty for laughing. |
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I was talking about this just days ago with someone (nothing to do with this question on the show). The person I was speaking to was born at the time but didn't realize dog licenses no longer existed. They do now though and following that conversation would probably have guessed the correct answer if asked that question now. I get your point but it is not so ridiculous to know dog licenses were abolished in the 80s (regardless of whether you remember it at the time) which is all you need to get the answer.
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