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Fancy being on BBC Four?

Posted in Quiz Show, tagged , , , on November 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I received an email from Presentable Productions at the end of last week informing me that they are currently seeking contestants for the upcoming series of Only Connect on BBC Four. Only Connect is a particularly hard quiz in which teams of three are presented with clues/facts and have to work out the connection between [...]

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Eurovision Tuesday answers

Posted in Culture, tagged , , , , on May 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Following the first semi-final of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, here are the answers to the Eurovision questions I posted yesterday. Click more… to check them out.

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Eurovision Tuesday

Posted in Culture, tagged , , , , on May 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

The 2009 Eurovision Song Contest takes place this Saturday evening in Moscow. Or rather the final does. The main event is preceded by two semi-finals, the first of which takes place tonight (Tuesday), with the second semi occuring on Thursday night.  After the semis, the field of 42 countries will have been whittled down to [...]

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All hail Gail answers

Posted in Quiz Show, tagged , , , on February 25, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Here are the answers to the questions from the final of 2009 University Challenge, as posted at the end of the All hail Gail post.

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All hail Gail

Posted in Quiz Show, tagged , , , , , on February 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »

There is a theory that resurfaces from time to time that there is no better tool for the promotion of an event or sport than the individual brilliance of a superstar performer. News stories grow up around their rare (maybe even freakish) abilities and, through them, the general public are thus introduced to, or reminded [...]

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Where in the World is Teresa Lowe?

Posted in Back in the day, Quiz Show, tagged , on February 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Sunday nights in the author’s childhood home had a metronomic regularity to them. Before 9pm (the dreaded “bedtime”) arrived, the following schedule was obeyed: homework had to be done by 7pm so that the Sunday night bath could be fitted in before 8pm. This was so we could then watch Where in the World? (8pm, [...]

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