Tipping Point- Are They Making The Questions To Hard For The Average Person

[gollob]

On today they had

What sport is played at Wimbledon
What is the first letter of the word Gnome
The feet are at the end of what limbs in the human body
What film producer and director was married to Lilian Disney
Butcher, baker and who else makes a well known sayng
What is the plural of Millenia
How many borders does the UK have(No answer then after time 0)

Surely they cannot make then any harder

[mikey4444]

I was lucky enough to see Pavaroti at the ROH,in April 1995 in the "Un Ballo in Maschera"

He had been ill all week, and we were not sure if he would finally appear or not. Deborah Voight sung Amelia.

But he made it, although he kept disappearing into the wings, to take some medicine.

I was prepared for the beauty of the voice, but entirely surprised by the size of it !

It was huge....if this was him when he wasn't in full form, then whatever would he have sounded like in the his prime. Whenever he sang, it was if the Orchestra had been turned down a few notches.

Unforgettable.

[murraymints]

Danny he is in my list.... so young how sad... I was lucky to see Pav twice here in Glasgow.. cost an arm and a leg, took mum and dad .. such a personality as well as voice

[jno]

Tipping point is not a quiz programme it is a Game Show

Spot on, aog. Comparisons with Mastermind are apples and strawberries.

[douglas9401]

As are comparisons between niche opera singers, albeit the best anybody ever heard, and someone who is ubiquitous across media outlets in the UK and abroad.

I confess I'd never heard of him or wish to, Mikey, but then my hearing, such as it is always hears opera as slightly off key and thus a bit emperor's new clothes.
Horses for course admittedly but Mr Murs has a much wider audience than most apart from Pavarotti and the other two.

[-Talbot-]

Just been reading the application form to get on Tipping Point.
To get anywhere near the podium you have to be a smoker ... apparently.

[Mamyalynne]

Game Shows on TV have one aim - to enable people to go online and comment how ill educated everyone else is (these days).

[douglas9401]

I think you're confused by the guy outside trying to attract punters by shouting 'roll up roll up'.

[mikey4444]

dougie...I don't doubt that Murs has a "wider" audience, although that could construed to mean anything.

But will people still be talking about Murs in 50 years after his death, as people still talk about some of the opera singers that have been discussed here today ?

[naomi24]

Mike, I don't know why you've never heard of Olly Murs. The Guardian has carried several items about him.

[mikey4444]

Naomi....I never had you down as a Gruniard reader !

[naomi24]

I read most papers. Can't think how you've missed Olly Murs though - seeing as you're a regular with the Guardian.

[mikey4444]

Perhaps its because I am not interested in what he does Naomi ?

The Guardian is not the paper it was, when I first started reading it, over 40 years ago....there is a fair amount of trivia scattered about it, which is easily ignored.

[naomi24]

Mikey, //Perhaps its because I am not interested in what he does Naomi ? //

How would you know you're not interested in what he does unless you'd read about him?

[douglas9401]

I've no idea Mikey, I suppose it depends on how widely read they are 50 years from now.

Chances are the educationally sub-normal will have their own TV channels so you won't have to view their low-brow and won't involve the arts an' that.
Maybe some kind of meter could be invented whereby those who were so inclined could deposit an Embassy Regal for destruction in return for a set time of uplifting, enlightening and educational programming. The more tabs inserted, the further they'd be lifted from the living hell they occupied until finally the day would dawn on a brave new world, sunlit uplands, no fags and lashings of ginger beer.

[Mamyalynne]

Mops desk.

[mikey4444]

Dougie....have you opened a bottle of something ?

[Tilly2]

BA to Douglas!

[Mamyalynne]

Oh Mikey, bless your heart.

[-Talbot-]

Probably opened a bottle of cheap Lidl wine, as recommended by our very own wine connoisseur.

[Mamyalynne]

How was the one you spied the other night Talbot?