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Game Show Being Filmed In Glasgow

Dr Paul — Fri, 18 May 2012 14:03:32 +0000

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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Millionaire Advice

Dr Paul — Mon, 07 May 2012 11:06:28 +0000

I got this email from Zoe:

“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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England-Ireland Pub Quiz Answer Mix-Up Hell

Dr Paul — Sun, 15 Apr 2012 08:35:13 +0000

The question was: “In which English county did the Virgin Rail Crash take place in February 2007?

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

Jesus Christ.

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Would You Serve This Boy?

Dr Paul — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:44:36 +0000

The Brass Monkey Leith bar staf have trained and they’ve got their certificates and everything.

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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Anti-Royalist Sentiment Runs Wild At The Pub Quiz

Dr Paul — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 08:32:43 +0000

It’s jubilee year and its question one in the quiz. To be honest, I can’t remember what the question was but I know the answer was “The Queen”.

I gave them the points.

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Some Recent Jokes Round Entries

Dr Paul — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:21:18 +0000

The filth keeps streaming in. Here are some recent entries, with a couple of late Whitney Houston entries thrown in…

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This Week

Dr Paul — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 08:46:26 +0000

Jackpots

Brass Monkey Leith, 7pm tonight: £60

Reverie, 9pm tonight: £50

Newsroom, Thursday 9pm: £50

Cheat Phrase

I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF THAT IRISH BLOKE OUT OF THE VOICE

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Shite Team Name Cool Team Name

Dr Paul — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 08:29:32 +0000

See if you come to my quiz and call yourself Norfolk And Chance then gonnae no dae that, eh?

This is also rapidly becoming the case for “Quizteam Aguilera”. Rubbish, and hackneyed.

Coming up with stuf like “Tits n Ass” however? Love it!

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What’s The Best Thing You’ve Ever Done?

Dr Paul — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 08:20:48 +0000

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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Who Shagged Nigel Havers?

Dr Paul — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:48:38 +0000

This pub quiz team from the Brass Monkey Leith is called BETH SHAGGED NIGEL HAVERS. And, apparently she did and apparently, he was “very polite”.

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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