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The deaf guy did great given that he had 2 minutes of questions the same as everyone else

Didn't he get a wee bit more time than the others - Humphrys explained something by way of explanation about the lipreading thing but I was in the other room so missed most of what he was saying.

I wondered about the cane too.

Was the other interesting thing the karaoke backing tracks of cheesy ballads (all of which I recognised, much to the amusement of my husband and parents)? Wasn't there a Smiths lyrics question too, or was that last week?

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 18:08 (nineteen years ago) link

That was last week - I can't remember the question, but the answer was Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now

― caitlin (caitlin), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 18:18 (nineteen years ago) link

(pong, tetris, asteroids, snake)

Ah, I was appalled to see tetris in there. It was written in 1985-86! And not really commercially available until a while after that. It's hardly retro!

― JimD (JimD), Tuesday, 5 October 2004 18:48 (nineteen years ago) link

one month passes...

It's on again tonight, I think!

― the bellefox, Monday, 8 November 2004 15:37 (nineteen years ago) link

St Hilda's, Oxford v Portsmouth

― beanz (beanz), Monday, 8 November 2004 15:55 (nineteen years ago) link

OMG!

― robster (robster), Monday, 8 November 2004 15:56 (nineteen years ago) link

My dad was captain of Glasgow back in the day. I went to Edinburgh and quite enjoyed last week.

― beanz (beanz), Monday, 8 November 2004 15:58 (nineteen years ago) link

I knew two people on the Glasgow team! They did alright, but had bad luck.

― Cathy (Cathy), Monday, 8 November 2004 16:16 (nineteen years ago) link

There will be a fite in the Liz :x/Robster household later, no matter who wins.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Monday, 8 November 2004 16:31 (nineteen years ago) link

And, no matter whether you watch the programme?

― the bluefox, Monday, 8 November 2004 16:36 (nineteen years ago) link

You got it.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Monday, 8 November 2004 16:42 (nineteen years ago) link

Damn right

― robster (robster), Monday, 8 November 2004 16:43 (nineteen years ago) link

Wow, closer than I expected at the beginning when Paxman pretty much said he thought Portsmouth were just a bunch of chancers

― beanz (beanz), Monday, 8 November 2004 21:51 (nineteen years ago) link

I was surprised by the score - neither team seemed to shine and both suffered from poor captaining. I thought the questions were quite tough and I only got 19 right, which is a bit lower than I usually get (yes, I COUNT) and I was helped car journeys of my childhood having been spent listening to classical and opera versions of nursery rhymes. I think the announcer must have been hoping he'd never have to say "St Hilda's Kurniwurnilalasuriya" again.

― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 11:07 (nineteen years ago) link

portsmouth were a bunch of oiks though, also it was funny that the only questions the hildebeasts got right for the first five minutes were on JANE AUSTEN and BALLET, hahaha.

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 11:10 (nineteen years ago) link

And then the oiks got one on football. How we larfed. Glad the girls got through, but they're going to be TOTALLY eviscerated by steely-eyed grannies from Birkbeck or somewhere next round.

― Liz :x (Liz :x), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 11:11 (nineteen years ago) link

also hildas had at least two answers involving the word COCK, which made me laugh...

not a patch on "frottage" though :)

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 11:35 (nineteen years ago) link

"Sorry mate, haven't got a clue."

I bet Paxo LOVED this.

― robster (robster), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 11:38 (nineteen years ago) link

paxo did say "that's alright, 'mate'" back to him in a rather patronising manner at one point...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 11:50 (nineteen years ago) link

It used to be unusual that nobody even managed to take a guess at a starter question - it seems to be a much more frequent occurrence this series.

― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 12:06 (nineteen years ago) link

what you're saying is "youngsters these days, cuh? bunch of thickies" isn't it?

(not that i disagree necessarily ;))

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 12:09 (nineteen years ago) link

...or do not grasp that there is a potential benefit in taking an educated guess after Paxo has finished reading out the question so you don't forfeit five points, natch.

― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 12:16 (nineteen years ago) link

"educated"

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 12:26 (nineteen years ago) link

say it properly. it's eduMAcated

― Jaunty Alan (Alan), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 12:40 (nineteen years ago) link

Paxman was generous to that rude fellow.

One of the posh girls seemed awkward and silly. Yet she knew things that I don't.

It was hard: I scored only about 60 points.

― the bellefox, Tuesday, 9 November 2004 13:42 (nineteen years ago) link

Do you count 10 for starter questions and five for bonuses? I just count 10 points for everything because there are eight of them and one of me, and it seems a decent enough system - sometimes I beat them and sometimes I don't. 190 points would have won it last night, wouldn't it?

― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 13:46 (nineteen years ago) link

Yes, I count 10 for starters and 5 for bonuses. Your point looks good, but is surely mitigated, or vitiated, by the fact that we claim all the bonuses whether we get the starters or not. So I feel that perhaps this evens things out, at 10 + 5 scoring.

I like the thought that we are the only ones who take it seriously enough to have this technical discussion.

― the bellefox, Tuesday, 9 November 2004 13:53 (nineteen years ago) link

A friend of mine would tape Blind Date, listening on Audio only. He would then choose along with the contestant using the same stimuli as the choosing contestant. (I should add, this was a flat share and all five housemates would be doing this, in case it sounds megasad). Then play the video back and see what they 'ended up with'.

― mark grout (mark grout), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 13:56 (nineteen years ago) link

You also have to factor in that you may know the answer, but unless you get it before they do*, it doesn't count (whereas if you were on the programme in place of the team/player that beats you to it, you might have got it). So I like my system, which enables me sometimes to win.

*I must say the answer aloud, otherwise it doesn't count - do you have this rule too?

― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 13:58 (nineteen years ago) link

I wish UC was on the radio. It's not worth having a TV just for the very few things I like.

― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 14:01 (nineteen years ago) link

But half the fun is the crazy foppish students/cute geek girls.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 14:05 (nineteen years ago) link

Jarlr'mai OTM

― beanz (beanz), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 14:24 (nineteen years ago) link

Lixi and I play the "guess what the student is studying" game before they read it out. We always stumble on "earth sciences".

― Shabazz (hello chickens), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 14:47 (nineteen years ago) link

They are not necessarily geeks. Some of them are plain cute, I mean, just cute.

Madchen, it is an interesting question -- need one say the answer aloud? I think it does help. Also I have wee Isobel to say the answers to.

― the bellefox, Tuesday, 9 November 2004 14:53 (nineteen years ago) link

Do they always do the same bonus questions they would have done if they get a starter wrong? Because if I get a starter and they didn't I often wonder whether I would have got different bonuses otherwise i'm relying on their bonuses if you see what I mean

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 14:58 (nineteen years ago) link

And yes one must loudly exclaim the answer and if they dont get it you must then scream "Screw you Oxford" or what have you.

― Jarlr'mai (jarlrmai), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 14:59 (nineteen years ago) link

Haha, I do this too. I got 49 questions right once apparently, and was so proud of myself I phoned people and told them, which is a bit sad. I know I did this, because Ally C mentioned it on Sinister.

what you're saying is "youngsters these days, cuh? bunch of thickies" isn't it?

I say this about half a dozen times a week. They are though.

― ailsa (ailsa), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:42 (nineteen years ago) link

I think the bonus questions only match the starter questions if it's pictures or music. Otherwise, it's just random.

― Madchen (Madchen), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 17:54 (nineteen years ago) link

Has The Pinefox kidnapped Isobel Campbell & is holding her prisoner in his room?

Does this explain his transformation into The Bellefox?

In a way I hope not, because it would affect my impression of his constancy towards Hillary.

― Mooro (Mooro), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:19 (nineteen years ago) link

how can you people watch this program?

it is insufferable.

― cºzen (Cozen), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:21 (nineteen years ago) link

they asked a question, about deleuze t-shirts, last night.

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:23 (nineteen years ago) link

q.e.d.

― cºzen (Cozen), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:24 (nineteen years ago) link

the answer was "fruit of the loom".

― RJG (RJG), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 18:33 (nineteen years ago) link

[cumshot]

― Mooro (Mooro), Tuesday, 9 November 2004 19:57 (nineteen years ago) link

the future is looming.

― cºzen (Cozen), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:22 (nineteen years ago) link

This should all be nipped in the bud.

― Mooro (Mooro), Wednesday, 10 November 2004 22:46 (nineteen years ago) link

Cozen, you are wrong, but that's OK.

RJG - I don't believe you!

Mooro: I can't believe how dirty you came to be, there.

Yes, it is Isobel, in my room, in a way. But Hillary is on the wall and on the filing cabinet. I see her more than twice a day.

― the bellefox, Thursday, 11 November 2004 15:36 (nineteen years ago) link

five months pass...

Stefano Mariani: C/D?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v133/cathyleech/mariani.jpg

― Cathy (Cathy), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 07:21 (nineteen years ago) link

He looks like a serial killer. His hand look bout to shank whitey in the armpit.

― LeCoq (LeCoq), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 07:26 (nineteen years ago) link

I love him.

― Cathy (Cathy), Tuesday, 19 April 2005 07:32 (nineteen years ago) link

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She looked so pleased and confident about that one! (As opposed to the relatable share of people who, getting a topic they're familiar with, immediately panic at the prospect of still being stumped, which is almost certainly what I would do)

― ን (nabisco), Thursday, 11 April 2024 17:26 (one week ago) link

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