choogling Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlgqmyB6mW8 looks funny will watch it later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quisquose Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 An updated new version of "Ask the family" would make a change from the present quiz shows. And "Blockbusters". We've lost both Robert Robinson and Bob Holness recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanes teeth Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 And "Blockbusters". We've lost both Robert Robinson and Bob Holness recently. And you couldn't possibly do Ask the Family without Robert Robinson.Or could you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quisquose Posted January 12, 2012 Author Share Posted January 12, 2012 And you couldn't possibly do Ask the Family without Robert Robinson.Or could you? I thought the same about Brain Of Britain, but still enjoying now with Russell Davies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanes teeth Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 In the last series of Pointless a team of two teachers were asked to name the most obscure states of the USA they could think of."Mexico"says one.And on the second pass his mate tries "Miami" In fairness it didn't say if they were geography teachers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shanes teeth Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 I thought the same about Brain Of Britain, but still enjoying now with Russell Davies. So who would you choose to take the chair? Unless it was Stephen Fry doing his Robert Robinson impression! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satman2222 Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 How old is that bloke who confirms the answers, and why does he dress like and have a hairstyle like his grandad? . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgksheff Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 How old is that bloke who confirms the answers, and why does he dress like and have a hairstyle like his grandad? 6' 7" tall, Richard Osman was born in 1970. His brother, Mat, was a founder member of Suede. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldprune Posted January 12, 2012 Share Posted January 12, 2012 Mods this isn't really about the tv programme, but is a general chat about idiocracy. I like the quiz programme Pointless, it's like a reverse Family Fortunes and rather than rewarding contestants for getting the easy answers it rewards contestants for getting the more obscure ones. Sometimes it is quite scary though, rather like a public information film, it sends a warning about how dumb we are. 100 people were asked: Name some Cabinet posts in the Government. As I was thinking to myself what the least popular answers could be, I was quite surprised at the low numbers for Home Secretary, Transport etc, and others given by the contestants. I must admit that when the pointless answers were given I thought to myself that I'd never have said that, but ... when the most popular answers were given ... wait for it ... 58 out of 100 people didn't know that Chancellor of the Exchequer was a post! 56 out of 100 people didn't know that the Foreign Secretary, or even that the Prime Minister, is a Cabinet post!!!! Or there again when you have 100 seconds to recite a list perhaps you simply run out of time before you've named the ones you know. I bet some folk would be too stupid to have thought of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrapeApe Posted January 14, 2012 Share Posted January 14, 2012 Mods this isn't really about the tv programme, but is a general chat about idiocracy. I like the quiz programme Pointless, it's like a reverse Family Fortunes and rather than rewarding contestants for getting the easy answers it rewards contestants for getting the more obscure ones. Sometimes it is quite scary though, rather like a public information film, it sends a warning about how dumb we are. 100 people were asked: Name some Cabinet posts in the Government. As I was thinking to myself what the least popular answers could be, I was quite surprised at the low numbers for Home Secretary, Transport etc, and others given by the contestants. I must admit that when the pointless answers were given I thought to myself that I'd never have said that, but ... when the most popular answers were given ... wait for it ... 58 out of 100 people didn't know that Chancellor of the Exchequer was a post! 56 out of 100 people didn't know that the Foreign Secretary, or even that the Prime Minister, is a Cabinet post!!!! Less than 60 knew that Elizabeth II was a British monarch in the 20th century Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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