As we all know, with reasonable international sales and two million UK viewers, The Million Pound Drop is this year’s hottest show. A new run starts next Wednesday at 8pm on Channel 4.
Last series had an interesting indication of what Endemol thought of the viewing public with regards to its question writing and verification standards with not one but TWO frankly dodgy questions, in a show that only has to get through less then ten on a nightly basis. There might have been more, but my interest dropped a few episodes before the end.
Well competitions are fun, so let’s make a competition out of the next series! What is at stake is some things I need to give away, and in this instance it is Band of Brothers on DVD and Civilization IV on PC DVD-Rom. They are both new and unopened, you may already have or not want these things but you can flog them on eBay if you want. If you win. I’m afraid I’m not going to send these things overseas so whilst the rest of the world may participate only UK people are eligible for the prizes, sorry.
The question, simply, is this:
- How many dodgy questions will be used in the four new episodes of The Million Pound Drop being broadcast 15th-18th December 2010 on Channel 4?
A dodgy question in this regard is a question that does not have one single definitively correct answer of the answers available, or are factually inaccurate (be aware that in chronology based questions I’m taking “of the options given” to be implied), or both. Or misspelt. You may flag up questions, but the final judge in each case is me. One entry per person please. I also reserve the right to disqualify, change the rules and drop the competition at any time yadda yadda. This competition is not run by Endemol, it is merely taking the piss out of them, etc.
Here is the “clever” twist, when you enter you have 1,000,000 units. You have to decide if you’re going to put it all on a single answer, or if you’re not sure you can spread your units as you like amongst multiple answers (for example, you might put 500,000 units on six dodgy questions, and another 500,000 units on seven). The winner will be the person who put the most units on the correct answer, with a random draw if there is a tie.
Send your entries by e-mail to the usual address. If you can put something like “Happy Hour” in the subject line that would be grand. Closing date the entries is Wednesday at 8pm.
Good luck!
If anyone from Endemol or associated members would like to enter, they are more than welcome.
How harsh are you going to be on ‘factually inaccurate’? Would a grammar or spelling error count?
Sometimes in quiz questions, the harder you look at stuff, the harder it is to nail down to a 100% accurate ‘fact’.
Let’s say “yes” for added facetiousness and to make the competition a bit more interesting. This is still being offered to the nation after all.
In a show like this you should be able to arrive up at the correct answer by eliminating all the wrong ones, questions that don’t fit that basic requirement (i.e. the sunset question and Doctor Who questions) are the main order of the day here.
Oooh I like this idea!! But it is oddly familiar…
https://www.bothersbar.co.uk/?p=2524#comments
Ha! Actually a coincidence but I’ll accept you’re well ahead of the game!
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I suspected there must have been a better way of doing that! Thanks, though 🙂
Can I predict how many questions Joe will say are duff? Too easy?
I’ve already had people ask if there will be some sort of result tally thing for this. Of course there will! But I won’t reveal what’s happened until after the shows have gone out.
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