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Are there any quiz shows that allow Irish contestants on?

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  • #62
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
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    quickbeam wrote: »
    Saw that too. Some of HoG answers are shocking. I don't think history is taught that well over there to be honest. I mean, not to know the exact date is undestandable, but if you figure that it was under Elizabeth II and she was around in the 16th century then you could make a fair stab at coming close.

    The other question in that round was when the Battle of Marathon took place. Again, getting an exact date is difficult, but I'd have thought post people at least knew that it was BCE. I think only one contestant picked a date BCE.

    And on Monday's you had a contestant thinking Spain was in Netherlands, and Germany was in France (two different contestants). It does quite astound me the lack of *general* knowledge, never mind specific knowledge.

    If you figure it was under Elizabeth II then you'd be baout 400 years out!

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



  • #63
    quickbeam
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    Princess Consuela Bananahammock wrote: »
    If you figure it was under Elizabeth II then you'd be baout 400 years out!

    Ha! True :o I meant the other one. :pac:


  • #64
    Quantum Erasure
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    Bring back Blackboard Jungle


  • #65
    Aglomerado
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    Quantum Erasure wrote: »
    Bring back Blackboard Jungle

    That was a great quiz, I used to see Ard Scoil Ris' BBJ minibus that they won around Limerick a lot for years. RTE had a quiz for everyone back in the day, Number One, Know Your Sport, Where in the World etc.


  • #66
    Princess Consuela Bananahammock
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    Aglomerado wrote: »
    That was a great quiz, I used to see Ard Scoil Ris' BBJ minibus that they won around Limerick a lot for years. RTE had a quiz for everyone back in the day, Number One, Know Your Sport, Where in the World etc.

    Never liked Ray Darcy hosting it. Always soudned like one of your mates reading trivial persuit questions on a boring night in.

    And the kids?! Seen more emotion and character from empty milk bottles!

    Everything I don't like is either woke or fascist - possibly both - pick one.



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  • #67
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    dark crystal wrote: »
    I'm almost sure they let Irish people on 'Bullseye' back in the day and that was during the troubles.

    Jim Bowen talking about his problems with two 'Irish' lads from Belfast on Bullseye:



  • #68
    Capt'n Midnight
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    Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »
    Mastermind can be very annoying sometimes. A lot of the questions are too elaborate and long-winded, and you're not allowed to interrupt with the right answer. I mean, you have a set amount of time but they waste your time with ridiculously long questions.

    John Humphrys was always mispronouncing words in the questions but when a contestant in the semi-final or the final gave the correct answer "Pooky Quesnell", Humphrys wasted her time by correcting 'Quesnel' as being pronounced 'Kwuh-nell', not 'Kwez-nell'. :rolleyes:


    (Now, where's that trivial annoyance thread?) ;)
    And your specialised topic is ?

    Short questions with a yes or now answer.


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