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Competition Questions - Too Easy??
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Seeing an earlier post concerning these programmes where there is a phone-in competition to win x thousands of pounds made me think of a question myself
I was wondering if we could find out how many people actually call in with the answer (right or wrong) and so earn the TV company and BT or whoever £1.03 a time??
Does this exceed the prize money??
Who sets these banal, childish questions?
Wasn't there something said a while ago and the programmes all agreed to make them a little harder <i>(than 'How many in a dozen? 3, 12 or 990000)</i>
I was wondering if we could find out how many people actually call in with the answer (right or wrong) and so earn the TV company and BT or whoever £1.03 a time??
Does this exceed the prize money??
Who sets these banal, childish questions?
Wasn't there something said a while ago and the programmes all agreed to make them a little harder <i>(than 'How many in a dozen? 3, 12 or 990000)</i>
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It does annoy me when the programme says we're GIVING AWAY £xx...
If they're giving it away, why does it cost to phone up? It must earn the TV companies significant profits to bother with the competitions.
Since BT and the TV company split the entrance fee 50/50, to "give away" say £5000, the TV company would need at least £10000 of phone calls to even break even. The fact that they continue with these phone-ins day after day, week after week suggests that it is worth their while .
Perhaps a " freedom of information " request could clear up exactly how much profits they make from such competitions.
If they're giving it away, why does it cost to phone up? It must earn the TV companies significant profits to bother with the competitions.
Since BT and the TV company split the entrance fee 50/50, to "give away" say £5000, the TV company would need at least £10000 of phone calls to even break even. The fact that they continue with these phone-ins day after day, week after week suggests that it is worth their while .
Perhaps a " freedom of information " request could clear up exactly how much profits they make from such competitions.
Zeuhl is right, by law these prize draws HAVE to be a game of skill (no matter how little skill is needed).
And of course if the quiz is very easy more people will phone in, and the TV company earns more money.
I saw one a few years ago asking what band Ronan Keating had been in:
a) Boyzone
b) Boybone
c) Boymone
And of course if the quiz is very easy more people will phone in, and the TV company earns more money.
I saw one a few years ago asking what band Ronan Keating had been in:
a) Boyzone
b) Boybone
c) Boymone
It really isn't rocket science - the easier the question the more saps that phone in. I used to watch a quiz called "Today's the Day", about news on that date in history. It wasn't a big hitter, much as I liked it, but they had an average of 117,000 callers for their end of show question. I dread to think what big shows make.