The Chase

[malagabob]

One contestant missed out on £8000 by 2 seconds against Paul Sinha.
When asked a question he was unsure of Paul uttered God!!, before giving the correct answer. Why wasn’t this taken as a wrong answer.
Contestants have begun to utter wrong names in the past, and Bradly has dismissed that answer and gone on to the next question.

[JimF]

"Why wasn’t this taken as a wrong answer?"

Because it clearly wasn't an answer!

[THECORBYLOON]

Is it likely he or anyone else thought God was the son of "Johnny Boy" Soprano?

[grumpy01]

Can't help wondering about some of the correct answers Chasers give to some really obscure facts.Do they really know all this stuff ,or?

[Old_Geezer]

God can be anything, surely.
Heck, God's even his own son, his own father, not to mention his own holy spirit.

[dannyk13]

Grumpy, they are world class quizzers who spend all their time studying facts, so I would imagine that they really do know the answers.

[Cloverjo]

I often think the same thing, grumpy. Shaun rattles off dates of kings, queens and everyone as if he’s got the Encyclopaedia Brittanica in his head (or Wikipedia - how old am I?). However, the Chasers do admit when they just don’t know something, so I don’t think they’ve got a wire in their ear.

Bob, I don’t think ‘God’ could be taken as an answer. They’d have to take ‘Um’ or ‘Er’ as an answer too.

[Ken4155]

There was a guy on the winning side on University Challenge last night who knew almost everything. Some people can retain seemingly trivial information better than others and the Chasers are a prime example.

[grumpy01]

My Son once accused me of being the ultimate cynic,perhaps he's correct.

[zebo]

I've been told that I have a dustbin mind, it keeps all kinds of rubbish, which is useful for Trival Pursuit and the pub quiz!
On last night's Poointless a question revolving around the Commonwealth elicited answers of France, Greece and the Marshall Islands.

[Tilly2]

It was such a shame that Danny didn't win...2 seconds!

[dannyk13]

I had my fingers crossed for him.

[chrissa1]

If the last contestant has gone for what she had earned, they definitely would have beaten the Chaser. Silly girl. :))

[emmie]

who could refuse the big money though... some obviously can't..

[Tilly2]

She almost won. :-)

[emmie]

i know, i was watching it, willing her on..

[grumpy01]

Going for the higher offer you only need one wrong and your under real pressure.