Just Watching

[Curvylady]

this new quiz on ITV Stick or Twist, can't believe how thick some of them are, their general knowledge is shocking.

[douglas9401]

How soon we forget. All this was said about the ghost dropping, lateral moving, riding glorified penny arcade game that is The Tipping Point.
Now it's even worthy of repeating. :)

[anotheoldgit]

Just as on the Chase, those who introduce themselves as academics are completely hopeless at general knowledge.

I too will not waste my time viewing this programme, instead I might try once again, to get interested in 'Pointless' on BBC.

Yes I know what a 'Pointless programme, especially the amount of prize money one can win.

Any idea when 'The Usual Suspects' is coming back?

[jim360]

Depends on which academic you meet, I think. Then again, there was one woman on the show a few months back who described herself as a housewife, and I'm ashamed to say that after her first couple of minutes of introduction I figured she was going to be useless. She promptly when and answered 10 or 11 questions correctly in the first minute, fairly sure she went on to win too. Just goes to show how wrong first impressions can be.

General knowledge is of course not correlated with going to university, but neither does it follow that the more academic you are, the less common sense (or general knowledge) you have. I never understand why people seem to insist on this.

[Gromit]

Just caught the second episode. Very slow paced. Relies heavily on guesswork and luck so the thickos can win.

Whoever designed the set should sack his guide dog.

[jno]

what royal yacht?

[grumpy01]

Just think though Mickthem. you didn't have to face all those ego's and better still didn't have to meet Jeremy Vine.