RiP Freddie Mars
Most stupid answer to a quiz question ever!
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I don't think he actually said Freddie, did he? Just the "lead singer of Queen". "Freddie" would have triggered the correct answer subconsciously without having to think about it.
Originally Posted by cris182:
“As well as a rock group with a member also called Mars”
“As well as a rock group with a member also called Mars”
Johhny - do the Smiths count as a rock group?
Originally Posted by WhyIsTVSoAwful:
“There are certain things I imagine, whether you're interested in them or like them or not, that you'd have to have been living under a rock your entire life to have never once picked up on - knowing who Freddy Mercury and Queen are strikes me as one of these instances.”
“There are certain things I imagine, whether you're interested in them or like them or not, that you'd have to have been living under a rock your entire life to have never once picked up on - knowing who Freddy Mercury and Queen are strikes me as one of these instances.”
If you're in a certain age group, perhaps.
Originally Posted by R V:
“Johhny - do the Smiths count as a rock group?”
“Johhny - do the Smiths count as a rock group?”
No - but Mick Mars of Motley Crue does.
Originally Posted by jjwales:
“If you're in a certain age group, perhaps.”
“If you're in a certain age group, perhaps.”
Exactly, I have absolutely no clue about anyone in todays, what we used to call, hit parade.
Originally Posted by R V:
“Johhny - do the Smiths count as a rock group?”
“Johhny - do the Smiths count as a rock group?”
It's Johnny Marr, not Mars!
Originally Posted by R V:
“Johhny - do the Smiths count as a rock group?”
“Johhny - do the Smiths count as a rock group?”
Motely Crue on this occasion
Yes, it's another Tipping Point moment but I completely lost it on this one:
Q: "The name of which sandwich restaurant means 'ready to eat' in French?"
A: Subway
Actual answer was Pret A Manger.
Q: "The name of which sandwich restaurant means 'ready to eat' in French?"
A: Subway
Actual answer was Pret A Manger.
Tipping Point, ITV:
Ben Shephard asked "Grenadiers were traditionally named after what weapon that they threw?"
Contestant: "Spears".
The Chase, ITV:
Bradley Walsh asked "Which famous ship began construction in 1510?"
Contestant: "The Titanic"
Pointless, BBC
Alexander Armstrong asked "We're looking for the name of any team who took part in the qualifying stages of Euro 2016"
Contestant: "Well, there are three that I know which have already gone so I'll say Uruguay"
(I just thought I'd get the thread back on topic)
Ben Shephard asked "Grenadiers were traditionally named after what weapon that they threw?"
Contestant: "Spears".
The Chase, ITV:
Bradley Walsh asked "Which famous ship began construction in 1510?"
Contestant: "The Titanic"
Pointless, BBC
Alexander Armstrong asked "We're looking for the name of any team who took part in the qualifying stages of Euro 2016"
Contestant: "Well, there are three that I know which have already gone so I'll say Uruguay"
(I just thought I'd get the thread back on topic)
Originally Posted by Cornish_Piskie:
“
The Chase, ITV:
Bradley Walsh asked "Which famous ship began construction in 1510?"
Contestant: "The Titanic"
”
“
The Chase, ITV:
Bradley Walsh asked "Which famous ship began construction in 1510?"
Contestant: "The Titanic"
”
It's just possible they knew the first rivet was hammered home at ten past three some day in 1910.
Originally Posted by GoCompareThis:
“Tipping Point just now...
Q: "The surname of Freddie, the lead singer of Queen, shares its name with which Planet?"
A: Mars”
“Tipping Point just now...
Q: "The surname of Freddie, the lead singer of Queen, shares its name with which Planet?"
A: Mars”
I don't like the wording of the question. It deserved a stupid answer.
Originally Posted by GoCompareThis:
“Yes, it's another Tipping Point moment but I completely lost it on this one:
Q: "The name of which sandwich restaurant means 'ready to eat' in French?"
A: Subway
Actual answer was Pret A Manger.”
“Yes, it's another Tipping Point moment but I completely lost it on this one:
Q: "The name of which sandwich restaurant means 'ready to eat' in French?"
A: Subway
Actual answer was Pret A Manger.”
Well, obviously. You didn't need to spell it out
Originally Posted by davelovesleeds:
“Exactly, I have absolutely no clue about anyone in todays, what we used to call, hit parade.”
“Exactly, I have absolutely no clue about anyone in todays, what we used to call, hit parade.”
I am informed that it is largely populated by modern beat combos, m'lud.
Originally Posted by davelovesleeds:
“Exactly, I have absolutely no clue about anyone in todays, what we used to call, hit parade.”
“Exactly, I have absolutely no clue about anyone in todays, what we used to call, hit parade.”
Today's?!!
Freddie's been dead 25 years!
As to the thread title, this answer pretty much fits into the category. And when I asked a class of Year 10 pupils recently in a Christmas quiz, over 20 of the 30 knew who he was ... first and second name!
Originally Posted by C Horse:
“Today's?!!
Freddie's been dead 25 years!
As to the thread title, this answer pretty much fits into the category. And when I asked a class of Year 10 pupils recently in a Christmas quiz, over 20 of the 30 knew who he was ... first and second name!”
“Today's?!!
Freddie's been dead 25 years!
As to the thread title, this answer pretty much fits into the category. And when I asked a class of Year 10 pupils recently in a Christmas quiz, over 20 of the 30 knew who he was ... first and second name!”
But would they have known who the lead singer of Queen was, without any other clues?
Originally Posted by C Horse:
“Today's?!!
Freddie's been dead 25 years!
As to the thread title, this answer pretty much fits into the category. And when I asked a class of Year 10 pupils recently in a Christmas quiz, over 20 of the 30 knew who he was ... first and second name!”
“Today's?!!
Freddie's been dead 25 years!
As to the thread title, this answer pretty much fits into the category. And when I asked a class of Year 10 pupils recently in a Christmas quiz, over 20 of the 30 knew who he was ... first and second name!”
I think it was a reaction to the 'I'm too young' reason for not knowing and showing that people who were alive through the period when the group was successful did not know their names.
Originally Posted by stewartb:
“I am informed that it is largely populated by modern beat combos, m'lud.”
“I am informed that it is largely populated by modern beat combos, m'lud.”
Originally Posted by C Horse:
“Today's?!!
Freddie's been dead 25 years!
As to the thread title, this answer pretty much fits into the category. And when I asked a class of Year 10 pupils recently in a Christmas quiz, over 20 of the 30 knew who he was ... first and second name!”
“Today's?!!
Freddie's been dead 25 years!
As to the thread title, this answer pretty much fits into the category. And when I asked a class of Year 10 pupils recently in a Christmas quiz, over 20 of the 30 knew who he was ... first and second name!”
Originally Posted by lundavra:
“I think it was a reaction to the 'I'm too young' reason for not knowing and showing that people who were alive through the period when the group was successful did not know their names.”
“I think it was a reaction to the 'I'm too young' reason for not knowing and showing that people who were alive through the period when the group was successful did not know their names.”
Correct, we know about Freddie because we were about at the time and listening to the music of the day. I doubt very much my granddaughters have any idea who he was just like I have no idea who is about the music scene these days.
I think it was a repeat episode of Pointless, but one of the clues was "Number of US states". The bloke didn't answer it but did say "I'm pretty sure it's 51 or 52, it changes all the time"...
Originally Posted by jjwales:
“If you're in a certain age group, perhaps.”
“If you're in a certain age group, perhaps.”
You're surely not playing the "before my time" card
Originally Posted by davelovesleeds:
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Correct, we know about Freddie because we were about at the time and listening to the music of the day. I doubt very much my granddaughters have any idea who he was just like I have no idea who is about the music scene these days.”
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Correct, we know about Freddie because we were about at the time and listening to the music of the day. I doubt very much my granddaughters have any idea who he was just like I have no idea who is about the music scene these days.”
But also there will be plenty of people around today, of pop music age, who have no idea about who are in various current pop groups, even very successful ones. It was presumed that anyone who was a teenager or in their twenties forty years ago would know Mercury's surname.
I think I only came across him because of Live Aid.
Originally Posted by atg:
“You're surely not playing the "before my time" card”
“You're surely not playing the "before my time" card
”
Why not? It makes sense!
For people who are elderly now, it could even be "after my time" - they may not have been interested in the pop scene at the time they were middle-aged.
Not such a stupid answer if you don't/didnt watch it that year (or don't generally) plus Conchita sounds like a South American name.
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