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Old 29-12-2016, 13:40
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You do understand that it can't be both inequitable and equitable at the same time, right?
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Old 29-12-2016, 18:55
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and then the other woman buzzed in and said 'France'............

It was quite clearly a group of islands in the Pacific west of Australia and New Zealand so I wonder if the teams were seeing a different picture on their monitors ?
France I understand - She thought it might be a trick question and the answer might be France as French Polynesia was part of French territories
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Old 29-12-2016, 21:35
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You do understand that it can't be both inequitable and equitable at the same time, right?
<Sigh>

It's by way of a "joke" Baz.

An old joke, admittedly, and probably not a funny one even when young - but nevertheless.....
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Old 29-12-2016, 21:50
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I've enjoyed this Christmas tournament and wish they could do a longer series with celebrated ex alumni. I was torn over which team to cheer on tonight but on balance I was glad to see the all female St Hildas triumph.
Not entirely sure what if anything Caldicott contributed, but a good team effort from the others. And knowing how dark and angry Steve Bell's work can be, I was pleasantly surprised by his cuddly sweater and cheery demeanour.
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Old 30-12-2016, 06:19
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What did Fiona do up there?

Even I could answer lanthanides and actinides.
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Old 30-12-2016, 09:49
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I've enjoyed this Christmas tournament and wish they could do a longer series with celebrated ex alumni. I was torn over which team to cheer on tonight but on balance I was glad to see the all female St Hildas triumph.
Not entirely sure what if anything Caldicott contributed, but a good team effort from the others. And knowing how dark and angry Steve Bell's work can be, I was pleasantly surprised by his cuddly sweater and cheery demeanour.
As suggested earlier, it is quite likely difficult to get four people to agree to be on the team and she might have been the only one with a scientific background that they could get even if she only has a narrow range of scientific knowledge.
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Old 30-12-2016, 10:39
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<Sigh>

It's by way of a "joke" Baz.

An old joke, admittedly, and probably not a funny one even when young - but nevertheless.....
And there was me thinking it came from The Apprentice - You're Fired.

I also think the BBC could have stumped up some sort of trophy for the winners. I mean, even on that trivial programme Celebrity Mastermind, the winner of every episode gets a trophy.
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Old 30-12-2016, 10:59
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Whenever British artist is mentioned it's worth saying Turner for the answer. I don't know how prolific he really was (Yes, I've seen the film and been to the Tate Gallery) but he always seems to feature in quiz shows.
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Old 30-12-2016, 12:03
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Whenever British artist is mentioned it's worth saying Turner for the answer. I don't know how prolific he really was (Yes, I've seen the film and been to the Tate Gallery) but he always seems to feature in quiz shows.
I suppose that is the difference in the programmes that have "professional quizzers", there are often very common answers that they will try when they have no idea.
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Old 30-12-2016, 12:35
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I've enjoyed this Christmas tournament and wish they could do a longer series with celebrated ex alumni. I was torn over which team to cheer on tonight but on balance I was glad to see the all female St Hildas triumph.
Not entirely sure what if anything Caldicott contributed, but a good team effort from the others. And knowing how dark and angry Steve Bell's work can be, I was pleasantly surprised by his cuddly sweater and cheery demeanour.
The ratings and shares have been impressive, whether or not that's because quiz programmes are ideal Christmas fare, but agree that more alumni editions could do well for the channel at weekends.
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Old 30-12-2016, 13:23
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I will have to re watch as I have a query, unless someone on here can help.

I half heard a question about gritty realistic drama back in the day. The answer was given as Kitchen Sink and JP said he couldn't accept it. The answer should have been Kitchen.

I'm baffled as drama such as Look Back in Anger, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, etc. was always known as Kitchen Sink.
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Old 30-12-2016, 13:27
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I will have to re watch as I have a query, unless someone on here can help.

I half heard a question about gritty realistic drama back in the day. The answer was given as Kitchen Sink and JP said he couldn't accept it. The answer should have been Kitchen.

I'm baffled as drama such as Look Back in Anger, Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, etc. was always known as Kitchen Sink.
The question was what links a motley collection of politicians and gritty realistic dramas etc. Thus the answer was Kitchen, the linking word between Kitchen Cabinet and Kitchen Sink and not Kitchen Sink which applied to only one of the examples.
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Old 30-12-2016, 13:29
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I think the problem was the question was what was the key word. There were three references and the second was to a style of government and was Kitchen cabinet and the third was a type of drama and was kitchen sink. So kitchen was the key, not kitchen sink.
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Old 30-12-2016, 13:33
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The ratings and shares have been impressive, whether or not that's because quiz programmes are ideal Christmas fare, but agree that more alumni editions could do well for the channel at weekends.
I can't imagine that the poor souls who probably take all year just to get the teams together would be wild about having their workload increased. Once a year is just perfect. Let's not ruin it.
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Old 30-12-2016, 13:36
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Whenever British artist is mentioned it's worth saying Turner for the answer. I don't know how prolific he really was (Yes, I've seen the film and been to the Tate Gallery) but he always seems to feature in quiz shows.
991 paintings catalogued. So fairly prolific, I'd say!
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Old 30-12-2016, 13:41
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And knowing how dark and angry Steve Bell's work can be, I was pleasantly surprised by his cuddly sweater and cheery demeanour.
It just shows how effective cartoons can be as catharsis. Scarfe, even more dark and angry, is very happily married to that nice Jane Asher, for instance. Maybe we should all take up political cartooning?
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Old 30-12-2016, 16:17
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I can't imagine that the poor souls who probably take all year just to get the teams together would be wild about having their workload increased. Once a year is just perfect. Let's not ruin it.
Though if it was more regular then more people would become aware of the series. I suspect that many of potential candidates as panellists don't watch a lot of TV and are not aware of the series.
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Old 30-12-2016, 18:39
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Whenever British artist is mentioned it's worth saying Turner for the answer. I don't know how prolific he really was (Yes, I've seen the film and been to the Tate Gallery) but he always seems to feature in quiz shows.
yeah - same goes to Benjamin Britten whenever an English composer question is up lol
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Old 02-01-2017, 20:33
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What a one sided contest tonight.
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Old 02-01-2017, 20:34
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Alice Clarke has the perfect example of a resting bitch face.
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Old 02-01-2017, 21:59
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Alice Clarke has the perfect example of a resting bitch face.
Yep agreed, not my type either, women with brains and beauty can be a challenge. I prefer dames who are studying the likes of medicine at University to be a bit giggly and ditzy in a Marilyn Monroe Boo Boo Be Doo way! [/sarcastic]
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Old 02-01-2017, 22:02
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Alice Clarke has the perfect example of a resting bitch face.
I did expect Paxo to say "I'm sorry, am I boring you?"
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Old 02-01-2017, 22:23
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Bristol Clarke looks like Ferris Bueller's girlfriend.
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Old 03-01-2017, 00:03
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Blimey, this is a long series, Bristol appeared in the first round in July, can't say I noticed any sexual chemistry tonight, though.
http://metro.co.uk/2016/07/12/univer...tants-6002824/

I hope Bristol win the tournament, it would be their first time.
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Old 03-01-2017, 07:09
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And the next stop is...*Bristol deliberating*

Paxo was really impatient with them and I thought he was about to DQ them for wasting time.

Bristol were a good team as everyone contributed but hey they needed to be QUICK.
BTW Miss Clarke looked so attractive when she scowled, but it wouldn't hurt if she tried to smile more

Poor Oriel. They never had the chance.

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I stumbled upon this when I read an article about the Bristol team this year - in case you still didn't know (it was about a contestant of 15-16) :

http://metro.co.uk/2016/05/27/univer...-rape-5908596/

wowzer.
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