Fruit Machine Chat

Not sure , whats its called but was on the weekend - involved playing the resident quizlord - in this case a 30stone pleb of a man.

Basically, theres the option to gamble to beat him or take a lesser win and have a couple more "lives"

Quite enjoyed it.

bollox

I think you mean 'The Chase'. If so the quizlord in question (Mark) is neither 30 stone nor a pleb but he is both a very decent quizzer and a very nice man - the 'bad guy' persona is just an act for the telly (albeit one he enjoys performing ).

ECG = brain scan?

n00b

'and a very nice man'

If that came from CJ I'd be worried.

No, I do know both Mark and CJ. I could try to convince you that a lot of CJ's onscreen Eggheads persona is also just an act but you might find that one a harder sell...

No offence, but CJ just gets on my tits. I can't stand Judith either although I love to see the pair of them beaten by a question they feel they should have gotten right.
I noticed Eggheads hasn't been on this week. Is it the end of series or a short break?

I don't think Eggheads ever ends as such. They film about 80 shows a year, although now of course it's a rotation of any five Eggheads from seven rather than the same five each time. They are also very careful about which challengers they allow on, as I've explained on here before...

did anything ever happen about the previous suggestion for a fruitchat team to egg those crackheads?

*attempts to find a thumbs-up smiley*

totally agree.
probably posted on this site about Millionaire years ago but I will repeat myself.
In my opinion WWTBAM was and is totally fixed as programmers determine the questions as the game goes along.The questions are not random as they should be and the cynical manipulation of the game can be seen the 50/50 its 'A or D' Chris will leave A or D a lot of the time.If a statistical analysis of 50/50 was made I would bet the higher up the prize ladder the more often the contestant are left with the 2 answers he/she thinks it is.
The ask the audience is suspect.Many years ago a question which French city was Concorde connected with.The contestant asked the audience and over 80% knew it was Toulouse.Unless Celador drafted in a froggy coach party that percentage is impossible.
If the contestant is not good tv a question is put in that is unlikely to be known due to the contestants socio-economic background for example.An airline pilot was on 16,000 and in order to kick the guy off he was asked a question about Big Brother.Of course if it was a chav in the hotseat that sort of question would be a no-no as it would likely to be their specialist subject together with football,the history of binge-drinking and the a-z of illegal substances.
This brings me to their most cynical ploy to engineer a £1m pound winner.Firstly there was the helicopter pilot who was asked about planes for his £1m question,the name of Amy Johnsons plane and got it wrong.
With Judith Keppel she was not asked a television question,or a sport question,or a pop music question,strange that yet her last question was related to royalty like she is!
Lastly why should the questions become progressively harder as the income from the phone calls go down? Celador have never owned up to it and The Daily Mail ran a headline 'Are Britains getting thicker?' They are in they cannot see the cynical manipulation by the makers of this programme.
I cough every time its on!

Judith Keppel
Judith Cynthia Aline Keppel (born 18 August 1942) was the first one million-pound winner on the television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in the United Kingdom.
Keppel appeared on Who Wants to be a Millionaire, broadcast on 20 November 2000. She became the 12th winner in the world and the first winner in the United Kingdom to win one million-pounds. The one million-pound question was; "Which English king was married to Eleanor of Aquitaine?", the correct answer being Henry II.
Now, Keppel appears on the BBC Two quiz show Eggheads, where she and four other quiz champions are pitted against members of the public in general knowledge questions. She is considered particularly strong on history, arts and books, as well as having a good depth of knowledge in most other subjects. Sport is considered her weakest subject.
Her Who Wants To Be a Millionaire win was at the time very controversial. It was speculated that the win was fixed so that ITV would draw ratings away from BBC One which was showing the last episode of One Foot in the Grave in the same timeslot. However, the ITC cleared Celador and ITV of the allegations.[2]
Keppel is the great-great-granddaughter of William Keppel, 7th Earl of Albemarle, who was the father-in-law of Alice Keppel, the mistress of Edward VII and was also great-great-grandfather of Camilla, The Duchess of Cornwall.[3] The Duchess of Cornwall is therefore her third cousin.
Keppel works as a garden designer in Fulham, where she is married with two children.