DP Quiz Live » Dr Paul’s Blog http://dpquizlive.co.uk The Latest from Edinburgh Quizmaster Dr Paul Fri, 18 May 2012 14:03:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 Game Show Being Filmed In Glasgow http://dpquizlive.co.uk/2012/05/game-show-being-filmed-in-glasgow/ http://dpquizlive.co.uk/2012/05/game-show-being-filmed-in-glasgow/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 14:03:32 +0000 Dr Paul http://dpquizlive.co.uk/?p=3045 Glasgow: filming begins soon for “1001 Things You Should Know”. Become part of the TV quiz machine and get on board for larks and prizes. If you’re interested, get in touch with Alex Beebe:

Phone: 0141 422 6004

Email for audition form: 1001@thames.tv

As well as auditions for the series, they’re also doing rehearsals on Mon 4th and Tue 5th June. For the “contestants” they use on these days, they’ll pay £50/head. Same number as above. Tell ‘em Dr Paul sent you…

DO IT NOW! Auditions start next week…

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“Hi. I’ve been having reading your blog – very useful for wanna be tv quiz contestants like me! I have an audition next weekend for Who Wants To Be A Millionaire & wondered if you have any tips you wouldn’t mind sharing?

I’ve been told to be prepared to talk about myself for 1 minute & include some random facts, ( I don’t really have any!) I don’t want to come across as boring. Anyway if you have time to reply then great.

Thanks

Zoe

So I wrote back, and I thought I might as well share my reply here for anyone else who’s interested.:

Hi Zoe

The main advice is to “be yourself”. Obviously this is a cliché but its true, don’t try to fake a personality that you don’t have because producers can spot this a mile away. Having said that, try and smile as much as you naturally can. Not a fixed grin, but if you ever feel a happy thought – remember to smile. Everyone looks better with a smile.

Don’t worry too much about the actual trivia, the producers are looking for people who will be good on TV. With Millionaire, they probably want you to be OK at trivia, but not completely amazing. They will want you to be likeable.

When talking about hobbies etc, be specific rather than general. E.g. “I like hill-walking” is really boring, but “Most Sundays I go walking over a hill called Lea Pen, its 600 metres high and from the top the shape of my local town looks like a far off city and I like to imagine its Paris” is far more interesting. Its personal.

Enjoy yourself. Even if you don’t get on (most won’t), the auditions are still an enjoyable experience. It also might be worth quietly asking the producers what they’re actually looking for: they might just tell you what they’re looking for on that particular day.

Good luck!

Dr Paul

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Of course, you know the answer is Cumbria. You also know that Cork is nowhere near England.

Jesus Christ.

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But then, one Monday night, they’re playing along with the quiz. Question 3 in the picture round is “how old is this boy?” (just a lad, no one famous).

21 years old? Old enough to get served?

The real answer is 14 years old. Oops.

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I gave them the points.

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]]> http://dpquizlive.co.uk/2012/04/anti-royalist-sentiment-runs-wild-at-the-pub-quiz/feed/ 0 What’s The Best Thing You’ve Ever Done? http://dpquizlive.co.uk/2012/04/whats-the-best-thing-youve-ever-done/ http://dpquizlive.co.uk/2012/04/whats-the-best-thing-youve-ever-done/#comments Fri, 06 Apr 2012 08:20:48 +0000 Dr Paul http://dpquizlive.co.uk/?p=3007 Instead of the jokes round the other week I tried a boast-off. I asked the question: “What is the best thing you’ve ever done?”

The answers varied from the heroic to the outrageous to the dumb to the lies. See if you can work out which is which from these selected highlights:

Apologies to Nicole Kidman, Nigel Havers, Ferne Cotton, Jane Seymour, Jessica Alba, Prince William and the bloke ou of Gladiators if any of these are innaccurate,

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The game for you is to guess which on is Beth. Here’s a picture of Nigel Havers in polite-yet-predatory mode to help you guess:

 

 

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]]> http://dpquizlive.co.uk/2012/03/who-shagged-nigel-havers/feed/ 1 The Utter Disappointment of The New Team Name http://dpquizlive.co.uk/2012/03/the-utter-disappointment-of-the-new-team-name/ http://dpquizlive.co.uk/2012/03/the-utter-disappointment-of-the-new-team-name/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:37:00 +0000 Dr Paul http://dpquizlive.co.uk/?p=2997 The TALENTLESS HACKS come to the Newsroom every week, that is when they’re not over in China exploiting the human and financial resources of that great country.

Anyway, I found the TALENTLESS HACKS very excited one thursday night as I was handing out quiz sheets. Why the grinning and the excitement? Because, they told me, they were trying a new team name.

I say “Great. So what are you called now?” and they say

“You’ll have to wait and see”

So I was pretty excited too. But imagine my disappointment when we got to the end of round one, the answer sheets were handed in and there was the TALENTLESS HACKS new team name…

 

Quiz Quiztofferson?

Do me a favour. That’s nearly as hackneyed as NORFOLK AND CHANCE.

It must be noted that since this fucked up incident, the TALENTLESS HACKS have reverted to their known and loved team name.

As Ghandi said “Experimentation is a good thing – but not always with good outcomes.”

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See entries on facebook

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]]> http://dpquizlive.co.uk/2012/03/new-drawing-contest-entries-added/feed/ 0 The Time That Dan Saved A Baby From A Burning Bus http://dpquizlive.co.uk/2012/02/the-time-that-dan-saved-a-baby-from-a-burning-bus/ http://dpquizlive.co.uk/2012/02/the-time-that-dan-saved-a-baby-from-a-burning-bus/#comments Thu, 23 Feb 2012 10:20:05 +0000 Dr Paul http://dpquizlive.co.uk/?p=2983 As an alternative to the jokes round the other night at the Reverie, I tried a bragging round.

Instruction: write down the best thing you have ever done. Best brag wins a packet of mint Viscount biscuits.

Here’s what was claimed:

  1. I’ve seen Elton John live in Las Vegas (at Caesar’s Palace)
  2. I was born with  this moustache.
  3. I caught crabs off Chelsea Clinton
  4. I saved a baby from a burning bus (a number eight) outside the Reverie and put the fire oot! This is backed up by a video  that a pure radge boy filmed on his tidy phone!
  5. I have my grandfather’s mummified ears in a box at home.
  6. My dad used to own this place.
  7. Dan hada bath with Whitney Houston.
  8. My brother in law won X FActor (Steve Brookstein)
  9. I rode a unicorn

Dan who works at the Reverie was responisble for number 4 above and that  proved to be the winner on the grounds that is heroic and is definitely true.

DAn, hiding behind the evil of the Beast

I  thought the crabs-from-Chelsea-Clinton might stand a chance but the more they were questioned, the more the team responsible appeared to have no back up.

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