Why arent there any Quiz shows on Irish TV?

Akrasia

(Or if there are, I cant think of any)

A quiz format is one of the hardest to screw up (you have to try really hard) They're very popular and I'm getting sick of watching english quiz shows where every second question is about the royal family and british geography

aidan_walsh

Whadda ya mean Winning Streak doesn't count?

Karoma

How could you forget Winning Streak?!

Wheels

two words...

The Box :eek:

qwertyphobia

Because the last time RTE had them the top prize was a weekend in a B&B in Cavan. That was Mike Murphys micro quiz or somthing like that

Karoma

There was the Irish 'Who Wants To Be a Millionaire' ... ... that was embarrassing. (It had a decent prize, but never ever any real fear of the top prize being won.)

Akrasia

you dont really need a big prize to have a quiz show. Eggheads is just a rolling prize of a grand an episode and weakest link rarely breaks 3 thousand quid (for an hours worth of a show)

GhostInTheRuins

Don't forget about Eamon Dumphy's weakest link *Shudder*

Green Giant

Bring back Know Your Sport with George Hamilton and Jimmy Magee

gucci

Green Giant wrote: »

Bring back Know Your Sport with George Hamilton and Jimmy Magee

agreed....i could do with a new umbrella

ixoy

It's time for "Where in the World" to get a revival! Series finale - a trip to the States. Otherwise, you're lucky to get out of the country

I'll get it going with my favourite round - the Anagram round:

TER
RDOUCPDE
MEOS
LFWAU
TFUSF
TBU
TISH
SWA
TRGEA

kevmy

gucci wrote: »

agreed....i could do with a new umbrella

I could do with a trip to the Olympics alright. No one beats me on my specialist subject of Mayo football failures 1989-2007

Skinfull

I guess quiz shows in ireland just sucked...

pass, africa 9.

Mossy Monk

The problem with quiz shows in Ireland I think was the presenters chosen. Dunphy doing The Weakest Link, bad choice. Gay Byrne doing Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, give me a break.

Gingervitis

Mossy Monk wrote: »

The problem with quiz shows in Ireland I think was the presenters chosen. Dunphy doing The Weakest Link, bad choice. Gay Byrne doing Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, give me a break.

A c'mon, you're telling me Ray D'arcy was a bad presenter?

BLACKBOARD JUNGLE FTW!!!
and also, 2phat....Velcro Girl!

Basq

ixoy wrote: »

I'll get it going with my favourite round - the Anagram round:

TER
RDOUCPDE
MEOS
LFWAU
TFUSF
TBU
TISH
SWA
TRGEA

"RTE PRODUCED SOME AWFUL STUFF BUT SHIT WAS GREAT"!

What do i win, eh?!

ixoy

basquille wrote: »

"RTE PRODUCED SOME AWFUL STUFF BUT SHIT WAS GREAT"!

What do i win, eh?!

I was going with "this was great" but your inventiveness wins the round - you're on an all expenses trip to Mosney for two courtesy of ReallySmallBudget Travel. When there you'll have your own dorm room to share with others and access to all Mosney's impressive decaying amenities. Not only that, we'll give you €5 euro in spending money!

Baby4

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Wheels

Karoma wrote: »

There was the Irish 'Who Wants To Be a Millionaire' ... ... that was embarrassing. (It had a decent prize, but never ever any real fear of the top prize being won.)

How was it embarrassing? It was identical to the UK and worldwide versions with the same prize fund. It even had Gaybo as a host and did quiet well.

The biggest problem with Irish game shows is that they all seem to get their knickers in a twist about being the most complicated and convoluted they can possibly be. Everyones A Winner, The Box, and even Winning Streak spring to mind. When they are simplified e.g. It's Not The Answer, they are presented by Alan Hughes, the Irish Dale Winton and end up being cheesy.

MoominPapa

Another awful quiz master - Kevin Myers on Challenging Times, remember a piece he wrote when it got dropped slamming RTE for their lack of imagination and integrity. The only difference between this and University Challenge was 3 to a team instead of 4 and they let trainee coppers in, que Myers' supine sycophancy and crap jokes about how criminals must be quaking in their boots at such displays of intellectual gymnastics from our future guardians after they got hammered by a bunch of spotty engineering undergrads from Carlow IT.

phasers

everytime they try to do one it's a total flop

DublinWriter

Akrasia wrote: »

A quiz format is one of the hardest to screw up (you have to try really hard) They're very popular and I'm getting sick of watching english quiz shows where every second question is about the royal family and british geography

You're obviously too young to remember Bunny Carr's Quicksilver and Murphys Micro Quizz-m.

The horror. The horror.

quickbeam

Wheels wrote:

How was it embarrassing? It was identical to the UK and worldwide versions with the same prize fund. It even had Gaybo as a host and did quiet well.

If I remember right the questions were very difficult, even the lower value ones. Questions for 1000 euro were as difficult as the question for 32000 on the UK station. There were rumours that this was deliberately done because RTE couldn't afford to give away big prizes.

Then there was the incident of Gaybo helping a contestant along by dropping strong hints about the answer, only for him to be dropping hints about the incorrect answer! Can't remember what the question was now.

MoominPapa wrote:

Another awful quiz master - Kevin Myers on Challenging Times

I liked Challenging Times actually. Yeah, Kevin Myers was a bit annoying, and it wasn't as good as University Challenge, but it was a fairly good program.

As was Blackboard Jungle.

Toto Wolfcastle

quickbeam wrote: »

I liked Challenging Times actually. Yeah, Kevin Myers was a bit annoying, and it wasn't as good as University Challenge, but it was a fairly good program.

As was Blackboard Jungle.

I hated Blackboard Jungle. Maybe I was too young? God, it wrecked my head!

Wheels

quickbeam wrote: »

If I remember right the questions were very difficult, even the lower value ones. Questions for 1000 euro were as difficult as the question for 32000 on the UK station. There were rumours that this was deliberately done because RTE couldn't afford to give away big prizes.

Then there was the incident of Gaybo helping a contestant along by dropping strong hints about the answer, only for him to be dropping hints about the incorrect answer! Can't remember what the question was now.

Nonsense. The show was sponsored and the prize fund was there from the outset. I don't recall the questions being that difficult either. Millionaire is a format and they wouldn't have gotten away with changing something like that.

As for Gay dropping hints, the only hints he'd be able to drop are "are you sure..." and millionaire was all about testing the contestants nerves and making them doubt themselves.

Green Giant

How's this for a flashback...GRIDLOCK with Ray Darcy

Pigman II

Green Giant wrote: »

How's this for a flashback...GRIDLOCK with Ray Darcy

Ah yes.

"The rules of the game are simple and straightforward....."

Cut to shot of kid in school uniform, confused as hell.

europerson

Green Giant wrote: »

How's this for a flashback...GRIDLOCK with Ray Darcy

Wasn't that with Derek Mooney? Its predecessor, Blackboard Jungle was presented by Ray D'Arcy.

gucci

The Works....now that was a proper quiz show
Presenter "Whats 8 x 3 Timmy?"
Timmy : "Ehhh Ahhhh 12?"
Presenter "Noooooo.....bring on the GUNGE!!"


*or something along those lines

EamonnKeane

Nonsense. The show was sponsored and the prize fund was there from the outset. I don't recall the questions being that difficult either. Millionaire is a format and they wouldn't have gotten away with changing something like that.

They could just set ridiculously hard questions to get someone out. There's no way they could give out the same prize as the UK version, with far less income from ads, phone calls and sponsorship.

Green Giant

Pigman II wrote: »

Ah yes.

"The rules of the game are simple and straightforward....."

Cut to shot of kid in school uniform, confused as hell.

Sounds like Keith Duffy

europerson wrote: »

Wasn't that with Derek Mooney? Its predecessor, Blackboard Jungle was presented by Ray D'Arcy.

From what I remember it was Darcy but maybe I'm wrong on that one