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    Tipping Point

    Anyone watch it this evening? One contestant’s answers to five questions that I can remember;
    Who was President of the USA on January 1st, 2000?........... George Washington
    How many pennies were in a pound pre decimalisation?..........6
    What is the shipping forecast region in the North Sea named after Northern invaders?....... Christopher Columbus
    Nigel Benn was a British World Champion in which sport?...........Football (he said that sport was his specialist category )
    Which Welsh football team used to play at Ninian Park?......... Well it’s not Cardiff City because they play at the Millennium Stadium so it’s Newport County.
    Thing is he actually won tonight, the counters just fell for him, £2,500. He should have gone for the trade though because the ten grand counter dropped.
    Got past embarrassing watching him and became funny, don’t they get asked a few warm up questions to see if they’re actually up to being put on the show Even Ben Shepherd took the piss a little bit

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    Quote Originally Posted by splott parker View Post
    Anyone watch it this evening? One contestant’s answers to five questions that I can remember;
    Who was President of the USA on January 1st, 2000?........... George Washington
    How many pennies were in a pound pre decimalisation?..........6
    What is the shipping forecast region in the North Sea named after Northern invaders?....... Christopher Columbus
    Nigel Benn was a British World Champion in which sport?...........Football (he said that sport was his specialist category )
    Which Welsh football team used to play at Ninian Park?......... Well it’s not Cardiff City because they play at the Millennium Stadium so it’s Newport County.
    Thing is he actually won tonight, the counters just fell for him, £2,500. He should have gone for the trade though because the ten grand counter dropped.
    Got past embarrassing watching him and became funny, don’t they get asked a few warm up questions to see if they’re actually up to being put on the show Even Ben Shepherd took the piss a little bit
    Family Fortunes- Les Dennis 'Name a difficult or dangerous race?' Contestant 'The Arabs'

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    Quote Originally Posted by splott parker View Post
    Got past embarrassing watching him and became funny, don’t they get asked a few warm up questions to see if they’re actually up to being put on the show Even Ben Shepherd took the piss a little bit
    Dai Hunt at it again, huh?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Tuerto View Post
    Family Fortunes- Les Dennis 'Name a difficult or dangerous race?' Contestant 'The Arabs'
    Thats a myth isnt it.😂😂

    Like the name something left at XMas and the contestant said my cousin. The audience started laughing and she shouted its not funny she has 3 children.

    Heard these stories but never seen them.

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    buy a book called dumb Britain

    Its full of stupid answers to easy questions by utter idiots

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cyclops View Post
    Dai Hunt at it again, huh?
    That’s a Pointless reply Cyclops

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hilts View Post
    Thats a myth isnt it.😂😂

    Like the name something left at XMas and the contestant said my cousin. The audience started laughing and she shouted its not funny she has 3 children.

    Heard these stories but never seen them.
    You'd hope it's a myth, although i wouldn't be surprised if it's true

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    Name a bird with a long neck?
    Contestant said Naomi Campbell.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hot Shot Hamish. View Post
    Name a bird with a long neck?
    Contestant said Naomi Campbell.
    Hahajha

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    Re: Tipping Point

    Quote Originally Posted by splott parker View Post
    Anyone watch it this evening? One contestant’s answers to five questions that I can remember;
    Who was President of the USA on January 1st, 2000?........... George Washington
    How many pennies were in a pound pre decimalisation?..........6
    What is the shipping forecast region in the North Sea named after Northern invaders?....... Christopher Columbus
    Nigel Benn was a British World Champion in which sport?...........Football (he said that sport was his specialist category )
    Which Welsh football team used to play at Ninian Park?......... Well it’s not Cardiff City because they play at the Millennium Stadium so it’s Newport County.
    Thing is he actually won tonight, the counters just fell for him, £2,500. He should have gone for the trade though because the ten grand counter dropped.
    Got past embarrassing watching him and became funny, don’t they get asked a few warm up questions to see if they’re actually up to being put on the show Even Ben Shepherd took the piss a little bit
    I think they have auditions - anyone who answers more than 10% corectly is told to piss off to The Chase.

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    Re: Tipping Point

    Some of the answers to questions on the US version of weakest link were so bad they ahd to re-write the questions to dumb them down and they still got amazingly stupid answers. But maybe some of it is due to the "Caught in the headlights" syndrome,

    Name a stae beginning with C.. Chicago. (That from an american

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    Quote Originally Posted by xsnaggle View Post
    Some of the answers to questions on the US version of weakest link were so bad they ahd to re-write the questions to dumb them down and they still got amazingly stupid answers. But maybe some of it is due to the "Caught in the headlights" syndrome,

    Name a stae beginning with C.. Chicago. (That from an american
    Aye, but most Yanks are thick as shit. How else would Trump get elected?

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    Quote Originally Posted by bobh View Post
    I think they have auditions - anyone who answers more than 10% corectly is told to piss off to The Chase.

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    Quote Originally Posted by MacAdder View Post
    My mate has been accepted to go on The Chase but obviously recording has been shelved due to Covid.

    He was told that they're not looking for Egghead types so he deliberately answered some questions wrongly during his audition and eventually he got through.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
    Aye, but most Yanks are thick as shit. How else would Trump get elected?
    Voting for someone you don't approve of doesn't automatically mean someone is thick as shit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xsnaggle View Post
    Voting for someone you don't approve of doesn't automatically mean someone is thick as shit.
    ?Voting for Trump does.

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    Quote Originally Posted by xsnaggle View Post
    Some of the answers to questions on the US version of weakest link were so bad they ahd to re-write the questions to dumb them down and they still got amazingly stupid answers. But maybe some of it is due to the "Caught in the headlights" syndrome,

    Name a stae beginning with C.. Chicago. (That from an american
    ??

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    Quote Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish View Post
    ??

    Really !

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    Quote Originally Posted by BLUETIT View Post
    Really !
    Ah. Just looked again.

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    I was shocked that Trump made a reference to Wales last week, without saying he thought it was a State in England.

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    Quote Originally Posted by A Quiet Monkfish View Post
    Ah. Just looked again.
    Also I just checked what ‘stae’ meant. It’s an organisation called Save The Asian Elephantshehe:

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    Presenter which artist had a blue period ?

    Contestant stalin ?

    Which bird lays its eggs in other birds nests ?

    Well its not a cuckoo because that lives in a clock

    How long is it since dinosaurs roamed the earth?

    800 years ?

    Can you give me a job beginning with the word T

    Doctor ?

    What is the name of the powdered tobacco that is sniffed through the nose ?

    Cocaine?

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    I love Tipping Point but the lack of basic general knowledge can be astounding at times. Fair enough, if contestants start panicking during the speed round and lose all sense of reasoning but some of the answers given when they have time to think are cringe-worthy.

    My pet hate is the old chestnut you hear from some younger contestants in particular "That was a bit before my time Ben". I would love him to come back with, "Well you've heard of Hitler, Julius Caesar and Mozart haven't you ? And I think they were all around before your time"

    Having said all that, it's still a programme I never miss.

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    Quote Originally Posted by splott parker View Post
    Anyone watch it this evening? One contestant’s answers to five questions that I can remember;
    Who was President of the USA on January 1st, 2000?........... George Washington
    How many pennies were in a pound pre decimalisation?..........6
    What is the shipping forecast region in the North Sea named after Northern invaders?....... Christopher Columbus
    Nigel Benn was a British World Champion in which sport?...........Football (he said that sport was his specialist category )
    Which Welsh football team used to play at Ninian Park?......... Well it’s not Cardiff City because they play at the Millennium Stadium so it’s Newport County.
    Thing is he actually won tonight, the counters just fell for him, £2,500. He should have gone for the trade though because the ten grand counter dropped.
    Got past embarrassing watching him and became funny, don’t they get asked a few warm up questions to see if they’re actually up to being put on the show Even Ben Shepherd took the piss a little bit
    Just seen it as I had it on record. Unbelievable how such brain-dead people feel comfortabe to share their stupidity with the viewing public. The winner has got to be the dimmest person ever to get to the final.

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