W W T B A M ..........

[ToraToraTora]

gawd where do they get these people?
Isn't it common knowledge that LBJ was sworn in on AF1?

[JimF]

https://www.mi5.gov.uk/
https://www.sis.gov.uk/

[JimF]

Sorry, M6, not M62!

[sanmac]

JimF, obviously, my attempt to interject some humour into the thread didn't work:) Anyway, am I correct in assuming that the M62 connects London with Scotland?

[sanmac]

OK, M6: London to Scotland?

[JimF]

Not directly. The M6 branches off the M1 and heads North-West where the M1 continues North-East. It terminates just outside Gretna Green.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M6_motorway

[douglas9401]

The M6 connects Scotland with many levels of hell.

[sanmac]

OK, thanks. Doesn't Gretna Green have a reputation for young couples rushing off there to get married?

[ummmm]

Yes, it does.

[jno]

gawd, where do they get these people who think Lincoln died in a theatre? Isn't it common knowledge that he died in a house over the road, next day?

[puzzled54]

I get fed up of the contestants just using lifelines on nearly every question, surely some level of general knowledge should be tested before they get on the show.

[davebro]

I turned it off when the 1st contestant asked Clarkson, did a 50/50 & was considering phone a friend before he even got to £1000 !!! Dummies.

[zebo]

Abraham Lincoln was shot in Fords Theatre but he was taken across the road to a little hotel where he died the following day. You can visit it and see the room.

[chelle7272]

//surely some level of general knowledge should be tested before they get on the show.//

Yes would be great for us viewers, but they'd have to shell out more winnings!

[Old_Geezer]

I couldn't tell you where any US president was sworn in. It's of zero interest. Can not conceive of how anyone could be interested enough to memorise such a thing, especially outside of the US.

[ToraToraTora]

just points of GK OG, most of them were sworn in at the Capitol Building so naturally the ones that are not are often quiz questions.

[maggiebee]

TTT do you think every contestant should win a million? I love the show - admittedly sometimes think "you should have known that" but at other times think "well, I don't have a scooby". It's a game!

[ToraToraTora]

No but I am regularly shocked at what some people do not know. Often I find the higher money questions easier than the sub £1000 ones. In fact If I went on the show, that's what I fear most, the ones about soaps and shee Ite like love island etc especially as we don't have ask the audience at the moment.

[ToraToraTora]

...also the outrage from some on here about these sorts of questions greatly amuses me.

[tiggerblue10]

I would've got Judith Keppels £1m question right but would never have known the answers to many of the previous questions.

[Jackdaw33]

Same here, Tigger. I knew the answer as soon as the question popped up, but then mediaeval history is a specialism of mine.