Q N L Number quiz on Saturday night. (18th)

[Corkem]

Was anybody watching Quiz Night Live Last night (Saturday 18th) and if so can you tell me the answer to - Ninety divided by five multiplied by ten minus twelve. The answer WAS NOT 168. I gave up at 11.45pm but it is bugging me.

[rosyrussell]

No idea if this is right, but how about breaking it down differently : 10 - 12 = -2, -2x5=-10, 90 div by -10 = minus 9. Only just scraped an o level in maths, so I am probably wrong!

[ronnie963]

don't bother trying to solve this problem. this program should be band, it's just a con to get money out of people

[asdert]

90 divided by 5=18

10minus 12 =minus 2

-2 multiplied by 18 = minus 36 If done on calculator its

168!! Depends where brackets are

[Buenchico]

Was the question written on screen or given verbally? If it was written with words, exactly as in your question, then the answer IS 168.

If it was written with numbers and symbols, following the pattern of your question (and without any brackets), then the answer is STILL 168.

If the question was given verbally and without any 'verbal puntuation', then once again the answer IS 168.

If, however, the question was given verbally with 'punctuation' (indicated by slight pauses, inflexions and/or running words together) the answer could be different:
"What is ninety divided by five" - pause -"multiplied by ten-minus-twelve" can be construed as the verbal equivalent of (90 / 5) x (10 - 12). This gives 18 x -2 = -36

Or, as RosyRussell has suggested, putting a pause after 'ninety' and running the end of the question together gives this:
"What is ninety" - pause - "divided by five -multiplied -by-ten-minus-twelve".
This is the verbal equivalent of 90 / (5x(10 -12)) = 90 / -10 = -9.

Lastly, another slight verbal tweak gives this:
"What is ninety" - pause- "divided by five-multiplied-by-ten" - pause "minus twelve".
This is the verbal equivalent of (90 / (5 x 10)) -12 = (90 / 50) -12 = 1.8 - 12 = -10.2

Chris
(Former maths teacher)

[VictrMeldrew]

The `correct` answer is of course - anything that the promoters wish. If it was the usual con that has been written about numerous times on here, then the question would have been written in a simple formula to give viewers the idea of simplicity. No-one on AB has so far been able to explain an answer even on the rare occasion that an answer has been given, so do not be tempted to waste your money on the expensive telephone call.

Chris. (Not a Former Maths Teacher)

[mindimplode]

Is this legal? Surely there should be some sort of governing body that clamps down on blatant rip-offs like this - like they do with adverts etc. Perhaps they should show the public how they get their answer at the end of each question so as to 1 - Not break the law, and 2 - stop losing their custom by vexing their customers. People must be wising up to this scam by now?

[rosyrussell]

what is even better that if you phone in to give the answer to these sites, you get charged 60p even if you dont get through! My hubby had a night of insomnia and was ttrying to get an answer through, not realising that each call was charged, kept trying to get through and ended up ringing up �48 in call charges! I was not too impressed.....

[beejaybee]

Quiz night live & the other "quiz night" on satelite/freeview are a MAJOR rip off. O.k people do win, but how much have they spent to try to get through??? I spent �11 on these quizes, & thought that was rediculous enough. It`s so easy to get "sucked in " by them. I WILL NOT even put them on now.

[Corkem]

Thanks to you all who have answered, there aren't any brackets or punctuation marks in the question, but it does also say add all the numbers!!! I haven't been tempted to phone in. The same question was on again last night so they still hadn't paid out the prize money.

[robinv]

I've been watching this with some interest and got sucked in at a few points when i was completely certain of the answer - wrongly.

The first assumption you make is that anyone actually watching and playing this game is completely thick and so you go for 168 - but that's not right. So then you ignore the equation and simply add up all the numbers, which is what it says to do, and you get 117 - no luck there either. Then i hit upon the sneaky "NINE" contained within the "NINETY" so giving 126. After half a dosen calls i got through but it was wrong! So now it just drives me crazy. I do have one more answer to try that i havent heard yet but i havent watched it every night for very long. They have already stated that it's not zero, or a minus or with a decimal point, so it must simply be a very annoying puzzle. Maybe you add up all the "i's" as ones or perhaps it's roman numerals.

Whatever it is it is certainly very frustrating and it does steal your money. It's also very clever in that it gives the impression that no one is calling so you think you'll get straight through on your first attempt, when in reality they are raking it in. The most annoying thing is that i might miss the answer - i just want to know - i hates it i do.

[Niceteeth]

Hi Dude, I was tearin my hair out too. It has to be some wierd off the wall answer. My guess is it's something to do with the letters that make up the number names, ninety is 6, five is 4, ten is 3 and twelve is 6. This gives 19 but I am not wasting my money trying to get through with this guess cuz it could just as easily be some other way out answer. Save your money dude, just watch and wait if you are that desperate to know the answer. I bet you will be infuriated anyway when you find out what they think the answer is.

[mysterious79]

The trick is that they say add all the numbers and i got

NINE + NINETY + NINETY FIVE + TEN (now i'm not sure if you add just 12 or -12) either way + 12 or -12

ANSWER 1= 216

ANSWER 2= 192

But its just a con so neither answers would be right!

[DrinkingAgai]

you need to add the roman numerals in the words as well. ie IV,VI,DIV in the word divided.

add all combinations of roman numerals to 117 (addition of all word numbers)

the answer i get is 6909. maybe someone could give me a cut of the money if they get thru? :)

i was trying all night to get thru via the website: http://www.quiznightlive.com/Q_on_hold/index.cfm

of course it could be anything the producers decide. maybe someone could post the answer when someone finally wins it, would be good to know if im right which i think i am.

[brennan]

in relation to that quiz repeated again last nite, my reading of it is -- add the numbers of the full equation!!!!

so 90/5 x 10 - 12=168!!

ok that fine now add the numbers of the equation!!

168+12+10+5+90= 285

maybe im totally wrong but thats my reading of it

[LucyHi]

I assume that the company has a delay on the broadcast. The only reason I would have in attempting to get through is to shout down the line �Don�t be suckers � it�s yet another scam!!!!�

If you want some amusement � go to the website and read the terms and conditions. For 75p you MAY get the chance on being on hold. You will then be only be allowed to stay on hold for 59 seconds. If your lucky enough for the presenters to stop their inane rantings (in try to con your into thinking you have a chance) and for the coin to stop spinning you MAY then get the chance of getting on-air.

What they don�t state is the probabilities. But you can probably work it out � everybody�s 75p is paying for the prize, paying the presenters, paying the production crew, paying for the facilities, paying for the airtime, and fattening the wallets of the company directors. They don�t get money from advertising and I�m not inclined to think that they�re a charity and giving the money away!.

[Boozle]

It's zero. It says to count all the numbers. There are no numbers, just letters! Tried to phone in several times (spending a bloomin fortune!) to give the answer but didn't get through - grrrr!

[LucyHi]

It's not zero!!! They've had zero already. Please don�t waste any more money - this question has been running for approx 10 days (nearly 30hrs!). All the obvious answers would already have been given. And they bank on new viewers coming in and repeating the answers that have already been given.

I repeat it's a scam � they�re taking everybody for a ride and raking the money in (why do you think the prize is so high � they�ve already made the prize money many times over and they�re rubbing their hands with glee). The answer will be based on very dodgy logic* and you're effectively entering a very costly lottery that is biasing you to give the wrong answer. Save you're 75p's please � you�ll be better off buying National Lottery tickets - I believe the odds of winning something are far greater.



*For example � just say they�re basing it on Roman numerals. DIVIDED could therefore be D (500) plus I (one) etc. Or perhaps they could also assume that the IVI element gives I (one) plus IV (four) plus V (five) plus VI (six) plus I (one). Get the message? The puzzle has not baoundaries set so they can therefore make up almost any answer

[Baaz]

Guys

I think the answer is 796, anyone who gets thru try this one...if you get the money then take it as a gift.