TV Competitions

DSB
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edited October 2016 in Entertainment #1

Does anyone else find the silly TV Comprtitions a bit annoying:

What name is given to the music that comes before an opera or overture?  A. Overture   B Underture  C Immature  An actual example just before the commercial break on Tipping Point.  I sometimes catch the end of Tipping Point as I like to watch the Chase,
that comes after it.

I wished they would get rid of these silly questions.

David 

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  • Rubytuesday
    Rubytuesday Forum Participant Posts: 952
    edited October 2016 #2

    100% with you on this , silly questions, of course we all know the more phone calls or text's they get the more the money they recieve 

  • DSB
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    edited October 2016 #3

    It would be more sensible to have a straightforward random draw from those who ring in.  I think they do the random draw thing with the X-Factor ring in competition.

    David 

  • Kennine
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    edited October 2016 #4

    Most questions on those downmarket quiz programmes are a complete insult to the viewer's intelligence.

     University Challenge, Eggheads and Mastermind. are  much more intellectually challenging, entertaining and interesting. 

    K Smile

  • Metheven
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    edited October 2016 #5

    Don't keep us in suspense David, what was the answer Laughing

  • JVB66
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    edited October 2016 #6

    It is very annoying and they know they are going to cover more than evar the "prize" is worth

    Yet a while back when a Man wanted to do the same with the "prize" being he house he wanted to sell ,it was "illegal?"t

  • DSB
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    edited October 2016 #7

    Don't keep us in suspense David, what was the answer Laughing

    A  Happy

    David 

  • robsail
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    edited October 2016 #8

    It's a method of gaining info for marketing purposes! 

     

  • ChemicalJasper
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    edited October 2016 #9

    ....its a way of making loads of money!!!

    Same with the voting.

    I heard that the production cost for the who;e of the Big Brother series were covered by the final shows voting calls alone!

  • Lenchen
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    edited October 2016 #10

    I wonder how many people ring in with the answers.

  • byron
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    edited October 2016 #11

    Does anyone else find the silly TV Comprtitions a bit annoying:

    What name is given to the music that comes before an opera or overture?  A. Overture   B Underture  C Immature  An actual example just before the commercial break on Tipping Point.  I sometimes catch the end of Tipping Point as I like to watch the Chase,
    that comes after it.

    I wished they would get rid of these silly questions.

    David 

    I have read somewhere that the question is to make it a "competition" rather than a straight phone in which would fall foul of lottery/ gambling rules which require licensiing and have lots of restrictions on how the prizes are distributed

  • Metheven
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    edited October 2016 #12

    Yes, it's a question that 100% of the public should know the answer therefore thinking they have more than a better chance of winning, it must work or they would change the recipe so must be a lot of gullible people out there.

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