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Old 26-01-2016, 11:19
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I thought my eyes were going funny!
Me too! Granada region. It showed as upscaled HD on my TV. It wasn't too bad, but when you're used to watching it in HD it's really annoying.
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Old 26-01-2016, 17:03
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And chasing today is Happy Harry
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Old 26-01-2016, 17:14
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He is annoying, cringeworthy VO.

Glad that it is in HD again today.
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Old 26-01-2016, 17:19
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Shaun getting a few wrong, wonder if he is going to lose today.
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Old 26-01-2016, 17:24
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Oops another thickie.
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Old 26-01-2016, 17:29
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Silly girl!!!
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Old 26-01-2016, 17:30
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Well the other silly one last week got the right answers at least.
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Old 26-01-2016, 17:42
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Wolverhampton ain't Brummie!!!

Good to see Albion as an answer though
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Old 26-01-2016, 17:50
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I had to accept your first answer of ' no sorry it's gone '
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Old 26-01-2016, 17:51
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It must be a relief to the contestants when the question setters take the easy way out, and, instead of genuine alternative answers, just use synonyms of one of the words.

I had no idea of the 1920s publisher, but knew that Random House existed. So there's a good chance the others didn't.

Not that that helped the contestant.
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Old 26-01-2016, 17:54
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Blue maize???
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Old 26-01-2016, 17:54
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Maize - blue?! Come on Shaun. Crikey he made a meal of that.
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Old 26-01-2016, 17:54
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He really tried to lose that.
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Old 26-01-2016, 17:55
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A colour letting Shaun down again but he just won with a second to go.

Again his long pauses almost cost him the game.
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Old 26-01-2016, 17:55
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Lol what the hell was shaun doing on the last question. He knew it and took his sweet time with a second left.
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Old 26-01-2016, 18:01
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Lol what the hell was shaun doing on the last question. He knew it and took his sweet time with a second left.
I thought that was a bit odd as well. It's OK doing that if you know it's right and you've got plenty time left. But a bit risky when you've got only two seconds left.

The way he raised his voice for "Geoffrey Chaucer" was curious as well.

All part of the fun.
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Old 26-01-2016, 18:04
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Lol what the hell was shaun doing on the last question. He knew it and took his sweet time with a second left.
What a showman. Love Shaun.
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Old 26-01-2016, 18:10
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It must be a relief to the contestants when the question setters take the easy way out, and, instead of genuine alternative answers, just use synonyms of one of the words.

I had no idea of the 1920s publisher, but knew that Random House existed. So there's a good chance the others didn't.

Not that that helped the contestant.
But surely that's the whole point of the alternative answers being like that. I was the same as you, I had know idea of the answer, but as soon as I saw them I knew it had to be Random House, because I'd heard of it, and the other two were obviously made up versions of that using a similar word.

So the question's basically testing if you had heard of Random House and, if you had, could correctly deduce it had to be the answer.

If the other two were genuine alternative answers then knowing that Random House existed would be of no help and people would just be guessing, since hardly anybody will know the answer.
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Old 26-01-2016, 18:12
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I thought that was a bit odd as well. It's OK doing that if you know it's right and you've got plenty time left. But a bit risky when you've got only two seconds left.

The way he raised his voice for "Geoffrey Chaucer" was curious as well.

All part of the fun.
Haha, GEOFFREY CHAUCER. I was crying with laughter when he randomly shouted that
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Old 26-01-2016, 18:18
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Haha, GEOFFREY CHAUCER. I was crying with laughter when he randomly shouted that
That seemed like a re-take after the show and shoe-horned in. It did seem very random!
Shaun's still my favourite chaser - rarely a dull final chase with him!
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Old 26-01-2016, 18:22
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They should make that a running gag with the Chasers, every time the answer's Geoffrey Chaucer they have to shout it out.
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Old 26-01-2016, 18:54
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Shaun almost blew that with his smug Mike Tyson answer.
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Old 27-01-2016, 09:32
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Did anyone see the edition on Challenge last night? Was also Shaun and must have been a few years old, as one of the Final Chase questions was about Jimmy Saville.

Single contestant, playing for £25,000, got 19. Shaun caught them with 14 seconds to spare, but it was like watching a completely different chaser to the one that now struggles to catch 13 or 14. All his answers were quick and definite. No pauses, lip-smacking or looking around.

Another vote here for the Mike Tyson answer being very odd. It was answered as if he had about 30 seconds on the clock. I wonder if they had to reshoot his answers for some reason ?
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Old 27-01-2016, 09:59
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But surely that's the whole point of the alternative answers being like that. I was the same as you, I had know idea of the answer, but as soon as I saw them I knew it had to be Random House, because I'd heard of it, and the other two were obviously made up versions of that using a similar word.

So the question's basically testing if you had heard of Random House and, if you had, could correctly deduce it had to be the answer.

If the other two were genuine alternative answers then knowing that Random House existed would be of no help and people would just be guessing, since hardly anybody will know the answer.
I understand the point you're making, but I still feel the object of a quiz is to test people's general knowledge; it's not a "which of these is the real answer and which are made up?" gameshow.

Having said that, there are many questions where the answer is of the "if this isn't right, I've no idea of the answer" type.
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Old 27-01-2016, 11:16
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Another vote here for the Mike Tyson answer being very odd. It was answered as if he had about 30 seconds on the clock. I wonder if they had to reshoot his answers for some reason ?
As well as being very odd, the clock actually froze at 0:01, rather than ticking down to nought. Very strange.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45mERje-_ac
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