Million Pound Drop

[Matt Vinyl]

Is this worth the time it's been given on TV? (I'm guessing it's not due to: a) The production company, b) the presenter and c) the channel that is aired on. But, I heard a lot of talk about it this morning at the office. Sounds like something some of you guys should be able to waltz through?

[mr lugsy]

i thought it was quite good,it's something about being able to see the cash disappear in front of the contestants very eyes that makes it entertaining for cruel blighters like myself

[Istenem]

it does appear to be pretty easy. also i suspect they have tiers of difficulty depending on the quality of the contestant. mind you there was a nasty one about age at first solo number one:

michael jackson
robbie williams
madonna

i for one would have got that wrong, because i wouldn't have expected a curveball. but all the rest so far have been givens.

i suspect there is more to it with some sort of link to big brother. you wouldn't launch a new £million game without a fanfare. and channel4 is renowned for trailing everything.

but who knows? several posters here could waltz through seven questions without denting the stash, perhaps 8 is a snowball stinker but you still have 66% probability of walking off with half your money.

it is lowbrow but there are pleasing elements including the allure of wads of pink paper.

[Spyder]

it does appear to be pretty easy. also i suspect they have tiers of difficulty depending on the quality of the contestant. mind you there was a nasty one about age at first solo number one:

michael jackson
robbie williams
madonna

i got this right, it was too easy..

but then music is my strong point,

i dont like the show much tho

[QuizMaster]

Almost like starting a game with £20 and dropping cash every time you get one wrong.

[Spyder]

Almost like starting a game with £20 and dropping cash every time you get one wrong.

its a week special, but i wouldnt be suprised if we see it on quizzers for the rest of eternity

[cool]

QuizMaster wrote:
Almost like starting a game with £20 and dropping cash every time you get one wrong.


'its a week special, but i wouldnt be suprised if we see it on quizzers for the rest of eternity'

Quizmasters point we already are.........

[Nil Satis]

Sounds like something some of you guys should be able to waltz through?

One general point that applies to just about every TV programme that offers money as a prize these days (i.e not Mastermind and University Challenge) is that the very fact you might be able to win a decent stash is used to weed you out at the application and audition stages. Of course there is some skill in pretending to not have a chance, by for example deliberately getting some questions wrong on the General Knowledge test you are often given at auditions, but on the whole the shows' producers know what they want and that is rarely decent quizzers when good prizes are available.

The belief seems to be that showing people who are good at answering questions will make the audience at home feel inferior, which always fascinates me as - the early 'freak shows' aside - all the other talent programmes are about trying to find the very best at singing, dancing, skating or whatever.

The result is show after show that is drivel of the first water (this one, The Whole 19 Yards and Duel being recent examples).

[QuizMaster]

Interesting theory regarding the the talent shows. Producers are happy to for us to guffaw at inferior singers, dancers etc. then show our support for highly talented people later on in a series, but where intelligence (or knowledge) is the specified talent, producers run scared of making the audience feel inferior.

I 've have never felt inferior as a singer when watching somebody warble in the final of the X Factor.

I may have thought, 'Fuck me, why am I watching this crap' though.

[Istenem]

fortunately, i am in the top percentile for all of the following: crooning, quizzing, mincing, skating, eating bugs, being an adorable moppet, having a zelebrity boyfriend, having loads of old crap at home, falling off large red balls, being an awful driver, telling predictable jokes about current affairs, jumping through a polystyrene wall, calling gravy "jus" and being a dreadful old porker with a multi-coloured brood.

it is just a shame i am so very untelegenic otherwise i'd be as ubiquitous as eamonn bloody holmes. (who also happens to be a very talented, beautiful, witty, charming and intelligent berk.)

[Hangmanfan]

The SWP version:

For £1 credit you start on £10, with the format working exactly the same, except you get 30 seconds instead of 1 minute (and a bit).... and the third/fourth question will be along the lines of "How many minutes of football did Ray Parlour play for Arsenal?", with the available figures being 10 minutes apart.

So you split it £4 £3 £3 £0, and watch as the first three drop one by one. The spoiler-happy bastards. I hate the game already and it hasn't even rolled off the production line.

[Istenem]

having seen today's show and the obvious stooges:

fix

[Istenem]

i've never seen a bond film but i still knew how wrong they were. the BB thing must (?) have some relevance; nobody would be that stupid deliberately.