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Greatest quiz show ever.

  • 27-06-2017 7:28pm
    #1
    Mutant z
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    We have current quiz shows like Pointless, The Chase, Eggheads and Mastermind which has been running for decades, previously there was, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, and the Weakest Link, but which is the greatest quiz show which has graced our screens.


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  • #2
    filbert the fox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 809 ✭✭✭filbert the fox


    Quicksilver.....

    naw 15 to 1 every time


  • #3
    Armchair Andy
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    WWTBAM for me. Although Tarrant got stale in the later series' it was the prize money and the format which made it so entertaining for years.
    Murphy's Micro Quiz M had the nation glued for a while too. Completely of its time, it was the first irish one to offer any half decent prizes. It even beat Blankety Blank!


  • #4
    filbert the fox
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 809 ✭✭✭filbert the fox


    The Golden Shot was my first real memory of gameshows - great concept with the camera "doing the shooting" - can't remember if it was a quiz?


  • #5
    Mutant z
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    I have to say 15 to 1 is one that really stands out, tough questions with very little time to answer, the early series would definitely have been before my time but i watched the repeats on challenge, a true test of knowledge.


  • #6
    Go Harvey Go
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,038 ✭✭✭Go Harvey Go


    University Challenge has been on the air since 1962, and surely deserves a mention (even if these days the producers seem to be making the show with at least one eye on press and social media coverage).

    I do wish there were more videos of the Bamber Gascoigne era on YouTube:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oZk6DWlw8I


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXQrmAwnGrg



    The Krypton Factor famously promoted itself as "television's toughest quiz", and ran for nearly 20 years (with a revival in 2009 and 2010):


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpBzlqLKzTY


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OF4ty7rSWw



    Winning Lines is widely regarded as being the best of the many UK National Lottery game shows - it was made by Celador of WWTBAM fame, and it featured an epic end game:


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rUK4Mn10Y8



    And I think 1000 Heartbeats should be mentioned, too. What a shame this show didn't reel in the casual viewers... :(


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-q3FASmGWg


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