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Old 21-01-2016, 22:22
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I've looked into this on the web and some people call them pink and some purple, but I think it's mostly pink. I've got a book on Monopoly that calls them crimson.
I don't think questions like that are good questions - there have been so many editions of even the standard UK version of the game. The colours of the banknotes differs, the colours of some of the property sets varies, the tokens are different, the houses/hotels differ (our ones are wooden!)

On the board I play with, "pink" is not the first colour that comes to mind for the Pall Mall/Whitehall/Northumberland Avenue set - "purple" is. At best, it's a sort of "dark shocking pink".

But whatever you call them, if you know the Monopoly board you could still work out the right answer, because it's the Water Works in the yellows and it's a Community Chest in the greens.

For the avoidance of doubt they should probably have asked what group the Water Works was in [...]
I agree, particularly with the last bit.

Or use a different question, such as "which utility square is next to Pall Mall [on a standard UK Monopoly board?"
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Old 22-01-2016, 00:53
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On the subject of Monopoly, I once set a quiz with a friend of mine for a posh do.

We got free food, top nosh, and got paid as well.

We decided to put a Monopoly question in. Basically we just gave them an A4 sheet of a blank Monopoly board, and told them to fill in as many squares as they could in the right place. My friend had printed the sheets off and he had listed all the properties and the other squares at the bottom of the sheet.

I said, "Take that bit off, it'll make it too easy if you give them all the properties."
"No, we need to keep that in, make it a bit easier for them." So we did.

Now I'm a bit of a Monopoly anorak, starting at Go I can reel off the whole board from memory. So I thought giving them the answers would be too easy.

How wrong I was. The question was answered terribly. We had about six teams and the top score was about five. Half of them couldn't even place Free Parking and Jail in the right place, never mind know whether Oxford Street comes before or after Regent Street.

At the end, they said, "Great quiz - except for that Monopoly question.."
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Old 22-01-2016, 01:10
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Poor Hannah. Getting some stick from the bullies on Twitter, including Ant and Dic. And a starring spot in the Mail. I thought that the object of this game was to win money. She won money. Good luck to her.
Yes was disappointed in Ant for that. Was more the tweet of someone who has 100 followers than however many hundred thousand they have

She probably hadn't even started university, most people's general knowledge isn't great at that age. I suppose she knew what she signed up for e.t.c e.t.c.
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Old 22-01-2016, 10:07
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Wow, Hannah must have been bad to actually get an article. They need a new rule. Zero on the cashbuilder = instant catch by the Chaser i.e. you're out.
I'm surprised that isn't already the ruling to be honest.
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Old 22-01-2016, 17:05
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It's Paul.

Matthew seems to be a decent player.
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Old 22-01-2016, 17:31
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That Lisbon answer looked like a deliberate error by Paul, doing his best to let Maggie through.
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Old 22-01-2016, 17:32
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Bless Maggie.
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Old 22-01-2016, 17:35
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When I saw today's team it occurred to me that the last to play is young and therefore probably a weaker player.

Two things:
1) Am I being ageist?
2) Do they usually put a (likely) weaker player last so they can be tempted with a minus offer and keep discussion and controversy among viewers going?
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Old 22-01-2016, 17:36
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"Show's changed over the years."

I nearly choked.
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Old 22-01-2016, 17:55
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Very impressive by Paul, unlucky team as poorer ones have gone home with the money.
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Old 22-01-2016, 17:56
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Very impressive by Paul, unlucky team as poorer ones have gone home with the money.
Only 2 chances for the team to push him back. Paul was unbeatable.
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Old 22-01-2016, 18:02
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LOL @ STV announcer. Not The Chase but The Award Winning Chase.
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Old 22-01-2016, 18:03
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Old 22-01-2016, 18:52
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Did I hear that right? In which capital city was Lily Allen born? Answer, Newport.
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Old 22-01-2016, 21:06
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Did I hear that right? In which capital city was Lily Allen born? Answer, Newport.
I'm afraid you did - such a random answer! One of those questions when the obvious guess was the right answer.

What is Newport the capital of anyway!?
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Old 22-01-2016, 21:12
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It's not even the capital of it's county, being only 12 miles from Cardiff.
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Old 22-01-2016, 22:48
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Jenny 'The Vixen' Ryan is turning out to be a very poor Chaser indeed judging by her win/lose ratio.
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Old 22-01-2016, 22:53
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Wow, Hannah must have been bad to actually get an article. They need a new rule. Zero on the cashbuilder = instant catch by the Chaser i.e. you're out.
An excellent suggestion but I'd still like the Chase to offer a minus at the table to see how much of a freeloader they are.

Please correct me if I'm wrong but I'm sure there have been contestants who've won nothing on the cash builder but then go on to win on the final chase? An extra step in the final can (and does) make a difference in winning or losing.
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Old 23-01-2016, 16:03
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That Hannah seems to be taking a lot of crap from people, she played the game and came out with £2666 so she can't be that stupid!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/ar...rgh-award.html
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Old 23-01-2016, 18:43
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Wow, Hannah must have been bad to actually get an article. They need a new rule. Zero on the cashbuilder = instant catch by the Chaser i.e. you're out.
...and how would they fill the empty five minutes that would leave them with?

Stupid idea!
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Old 23-01-2016, 19:00
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...and how would they fill the empty five minutes that would leave them with?

Stupid idea!
They already have that problem when they're all hopeless enough to be eliminated. If one, two, or three lose in the H2H, too bad. It's bye bye. But if they're all losers, they get another crack at it.
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Old 23-01-2016, 21:06
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Watching old episodes of The Chase on Challenge, I notice a significant difference between earlier episodes and current ones. Namely, in earlier episodes, Bradley would speed up when the Chaser was chasing a high total and now he doesn't and the questions come at a steady rate.
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Old 25-01-2016, 17:03
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The sheep goes bow bow
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Old 25-01-2016, 17:04
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Has Bradley got a bad cold?

His voice sounds different and his eyes look all red and watery
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Old 25-01-2016, 17:04
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It's Anne today.

Brad is struggling with his voice.
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