Posted by Dr Paul on Fri, September 3, 2010 under Dr Paul's Blog, TV Quiz Shows | 
It’s now 2 weeks since we recorded our episode of Postcode Challenge and only now can I talk about it.
The team (Matt, Catherine, Sarah and me) went off in high spirits, despite the non-appearance of Stewart who was instantly cut out of “the deal”. This gave a starting place to Sarah who was supposed to have been the reserve.
We arrived on time and all looked amazing, so no need for hair and make-up – straight on set thankyou very much.
Postcode Challenge: Sign of the Nine
See?
The competition were from Ardersier, which is a wee place near Inverness. The captain in their team seemed to be at great pains to point out that her team-mates were definitely, absolutely neighbours and completely totally for sure from the same postcode.
This means one of them was absolutely definitely an outsider although it doesnt really matter cos its only the telly.
After all, who would come up with an idea to name quiz teams after sometihng as unsexy as Postcodes unless the concept came with the backing of a major sponsor – ie The Peoples Postcode Lottery?
Anyway, none of our team live anywhere near the postcode, EH9 1QR was simply the postcode of the Reverie where my Monday night quiz rocks hard.
So, the teuchter mob put us to the sword pretty badly in the first round via a series of utterly shit random questions to “gain control” and then a string of insanely easy questions that a three-year old should have got all right. They got two wrong but that still left us 13-0 down at half-time. Disaster.
Luckily we came roaring back, due in no small part to the captain of the opposition falling to ‘the fear’ in round two.
The Postcode Challenge format means that when a team member gets a question wrong in round 2, they have to face another question… and another… and another.
So, it only takes one team member to lose it the plot and your a team will get stuck in a hole, losing one point every time the guilty party says “pass” or gets an answer hopelessly wrong because their brain has ‘gone’.
And that’s what happend to Ardersier. Their captain was the stinker: she dried badly and after a big string of wrong answers and passes, her team were out and heading home to the Highlands.
Afterwards, our Matt confided in me that when he saw her beginning to show weakness, he began giving her the most evil and most direct stare he could muster. I admitted that I was doing exactly the same. Perhaps these tactics paid off or maybe this woman just wasn’t very good at keeping the heid. We’ll never know.
So we were in the money round and I won’t spoil the outcome for you. I’ll put a link here when its broadcast…
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Before I started the quiz at the Reverie the other week, I had this note hastily passed to me by the worried-looking staff.
What do they take me for?
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Posted by Dr Paul on Thu, September 2, 2010 under Dr Paul's Blog, TV Quiz Shows |
Here’s something you didn’t know. Gill, who works in the Reverie has a dad who was once on the Kryton Factor. And he got to the semi-final.
Gill has the ORIGINAL Krypton Factor trackie top to prove it. This is probably one of the best bits of game-show memorabilia you can get. Pow!
The photo shows Gill recreating the intelligence test from the Krypton Factor by building a pyramid out of Reverie’s menus.
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Posted by Dr Paul on Wed, September 1, 2010 under Dr Paul's Blog, Jenny Ha's, Quiz Report |
Monday 30th August 2010, an amazing FIFTEEN people took part in the Jenny Ha’s Fag Break.
Here are those record breakers in full and I’m gutted I didn’t get a better photo. When will I learn to TURN THE FUCKING FLASH ON?
You can join in the fun next Monday, either just after or just before the music round – depending on how its going…
Will we ever beat 15?
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Posted by Dr Paul on under Dr Paul's Blog, Jokes Round |
Another lack of culture from the Jokes Round:
The folk handing this is did not explain why you would want to lick out a prostitute.
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Posted by Dr Paul on Thu, August 19, 2010 under Dr Paul's Blog |
Here’s a couple of belter team names from the last couple of weeks, both from the Reverie
Geez a Curly Wurly, ya Cunt
What’s The Point In Being a Midget If You Can’t Juggle?
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Question: If you have a million pennies, how many pounds have you got? The answer involves moving the decimal place a couple of shifts t oget £10,000.
Most got it right. A few stumbled in to £100,000 but the worst was this answer from a pair of American birds a the end of the bar (in the Reverie).
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Posted by Dr Paul on Wed, August 18, 2010 under Dr Paul's Blog, Jokes Round, Quiz Report |
Here’s a wee trio of quiz jokes from the other week:
There’s the old:
The celebrity pun:
And the slightly brutal:
Benny Hill would flip his lid.
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Posted by Dr Paul on Mon, August 16, 2010 under Dr Paul's Blog, News |
I’m in my thrirties and I don’t get as many birthday cards as I used to and I am vain.
Therfore, any team who brings me a birthday card tonight will get extra points.
Jackpots tonight:
Jenny Ha’s £100 – 7pm
Reverie £60 – 9pm
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Posted by Dr Paul on Sun, August 15, 2010 under Dr Paul's Blog, TV Quiz Shows |
You might touch Dale Winton and he might touch you.
The National Lottery show In It To Win It needs audience members for recordings of the show in Glasgow in September.
You could be there and feel the excitement of Dale plus big money. You might even get close enough to touch his actual body. Who knows?
The show will be recorded at BBC Scotland, Pacific Quay, Glasgow on:
* Monday 6th September
* Tuesday 7th September
* Wednesday 8th September
* Friday 10th September
* Saturday 11th September
* Sunday 12th September
To register for FREE tickets, email television.audience@googlemail.com or call 0141 334 7186
Please state: how many tickets you require; a preferred date; whether you can make a daytime or evening recording; and leave a contact telephone number.
You have to be 16 and there’s all kinds of Terms and Conditions buts its just the usual pish. Get in there and TOUCH DALE.
If you do actually TOUCH Dale Winton as a result of this web post, please tell me. It would make me feel warm.
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