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Well, strictly speaking, the player doesn't "decide", as it's a random draw of one of two balls from a bag held by the independent adjudicator.
Not that it makes any difference, of course, there would be no reason to favour A over B, or vice versa. Even if you did get the choice of A or B, you may as well toss a coin to determine which set you picked. In fact that would be the best way to do it, to avoid thoughts of, "Oh, if only we'd picked B..." |
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oooops. Wrong thread
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Well, I wouldn't know exactly how it's done. I've never been on the show. If what you're saying is correct, they pick a ball out of a bag, and if it says, "B", then when Bradley says, "You have chosen Set...", they have to say, "B". I thought they were allowed to pick whether they wanted Set A or Set B. I was not aware it was a random draw that had already been done off camera. It's certainly not made clear, in my opinion the way Bradley phrases it implies the team can choose if they want Set A or Set B.
Not that it makes any difference, of course, there would be no reason to favour A over B, or vice versa. Even if you did get the choice of A or B, you may as well toss a coin to determine which set you picked. In fact that would be the best way to do it, to avoid thoughts of, "Oh, if only we'd picked B..." (Incidentally less open to "fixing" than tossing a coin.)You may remember that in earlier series, Bradley never said how the final questions were chosen and the conspiracy theorists were always banging on about how the Chaser always got easier questions. I actually emailed the producers afterwards suggesting it would be a good idea to make it clear that there were two fixed sets of questions and that it could go either way. Soon after that, Bradley started saying it on the show, and I like to think it was because of my suggestion
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I've been on the show, and yes, I was the one who picked the ball out of the bag.
(Incidentally less open to "fixing" than tossing a coin.)You may remember that in earlier series, Bradley never said how the final questions were chosen and the conspiracy theorists were always banging on about how the Chaser always got easier questions. I actually emailed the producers afterwards suggesting it would be a good idea to make it clear that there were two fixed sets of questions and that it could go either way. Soon after that, Bradley started saying it on the show, and I like to think it was because of my suggestion ![]() |
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If you watch the US version on challenge, Brooke always mentions this.
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oooops. Wrong thread
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Seeing this more and more lately. Happened to me yesterday. I wasn't even in the TV Shows: UK section.
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Seeing this more and more lately. Happened to me yesterday. I wasn't even in the TV Shows: UK section.
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Anne kicking off this week
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She probably caused the wall Street crash.
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they were not very good again yet to be off grid.
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Much too easy for Anne at the moment
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Strictly speaking, Teddy Roosevelt was elected VP on the same ticket as McKinley. He became the youngest president ever on McKinley's assassination.
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Interesting that both the Chaser and the player said that two pounds sounded a lot for a television licence in 1946.
In fact an online inflation calculator gives £2 in 1946 as worth about £77 now, so only about half the cost of a current licence. Having said that back then it was a black and white licence. The current black and white licence is only £49. In 2013 there were still about 13,000 people with B/W licences, even though since the analogue TV signal switch off, you will need some sort of set top box to watch anything on a black and white set. |
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Interesting that both the Chaser and the player said that two pounds sounded a lot for a television licence in 1946.
In fact an online inflation calculator gives £2 in 1946 as worth about £77 now, so only about half the cost of a current licence. Having said that back then it was a black and white licence. The current black and white licence is only £49. In 2013 there were still about 13,000 people with B/W licences, even though since the analogue TV signal switch off, you will need some sort of set top box to watch anything on them. Did anyone have a TV in 1946? We didn't get ours until the coronation in 1953. ..........and if you live to be 75, you'll get it for free.
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Interesting that both the Chaser and the player said that two pounds sounded a lot for a television licence in 1946.
In fact an online inflation calculator gives £2 in 1946 as worth about £77 now, so only about half the cost of a current licence. Having said that back then it was a black and white licence. The current black and white licence is only £49. In 2013 there were still about 13,000 people with B/W licences, even though since the analogue TV signal switch off, you will need some sort of set top box to watch anything on a black and white set. |
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Is Donna on the same planet as the rest of us
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Surely you're paying the licence for the receiver, not the viewing device so even if your telly's b&w, the Freeview box is a colour receiver.
However if you have one of these fancy digiboxes that can record things, you do need a colour licence, presumably on the grounds that the programmes are being recorded in colour, so you could theoretically watch the programmes later on a colour set. Or something.
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Apparently not, I looked into this, if you can show that you only watch your freeview box on a black and white set, you only need a B/W licence.
However if you have one of these fancy digiboxes that can record things, you do need a colour licence, presumably on the grounds that the programmes are being recorded in colour, so you could theoretically watch the programmes later on a colour set. Or something. ![]()
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Anne sums it up there
![]() "She's definitely going to make the final chase.....noisier" |
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God I hope Anne wipes the smug grin off her face.
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Anne sums it up there
![]() "She's definitely going to make the final chase.....noisier"
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And yet, oddly, if you're blind, you're charged £24.50 for a b&w licence and £72.75 for a coloured one.
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Donna is Anns biggest fan.
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(Incidentally less open to "fixing" than tossing a coin.)
