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Sue Sanders wrote:I'm sure some of you will have had the same email through as me.... the invitation to make up an Eggheads team.

Anyone interested?

Only if you can come up with a suitable catchy name for the team

Marc Meakin wrote:

Sue Sanders wrote:I'm sure some of you will have had the same email through as me.... the invitation to make up an Eggheads team.

Anyone interested?

Only if you can come up with a suitable catchy name for the team

The Peakin' Meakins. Welcome....team captain!

Sue Sanders wrote:The Peakin' Meakins. Welcome....team captain!

Not the Perkin' Merkins then?


(No, that wasn't me volunteering to join)

Sue Sanders wrote:I'm sure some of you will have had the same email through as me.... the invitation to make up an Eggheads team.

Anyone interested?

I was asked to put together a team for a previous series. The main problem I had was that you have to have six in your team including a reserve, who has to attend the recording but only gets to play if someone drops out at the last minute or is taken ill or whatever. Nobody wanted to be the reserve player (especially if it meant not getting a share of the money if we won).

Sue Sanders wrote:I'm sure some of you will have had the same email through as me.... the invitation to make up an Eggheads team.

Anyone interested?

I'd be interested Sue - But I have already appeared on EH.

I don't know if you can go on twice?

Sue Sanders wrote:I'm sure some of you will have had the same email through as me.... the invitation to make up an Eggheads team.

Anyone interested?

I'd definitely be interested.

I was part of a team that had an audition about 18 months ago. We were the best team at our Leeds audition, winning 3 rounds out of 6, but we never heard back.

Phil Reynolds wrote:Nobody wanted to be the reserve player (especially if it meant not getting a share of the money if we won).

Can't teams just agree to share the money between the six of them?

Michael Wallace wrote:Can't teams just agree to share the money between the six of them?

Obviously teams can split the money however they like; I was just pointing out that a specific team might decide that being a reserve doesn't warrant getting an equal share.

Well, my thought would be that the reserve would get say, 50% of what the others got - but generally, splitting prize money isn't a problem on Eggheads, is it?!!!

James Robinson wrote:

Sue Sanders wrote:I'm sure some of you will have had the same email through as me.... the invitation to make up an Eggheads team.

Anyone interested?

I'd definitely be interested.

I was part of a team ...................we never heard back.

Your reputation must go before you, Squashy

Allan Harmer wrote:

Sue Sanders wrote:I'm sure some of you will have had the same email through as me.... the invitation to make up an Eggheads team.

Anyone interested?

I'd be interested Sue - But I have already appeared on EH.

I don't know if you can go on twice?

Have just enquired. Frayed knot, Allan.

I tried to get a team going from my college last year. Alas, when the time came that everyone on the prospective team was 18, nothing much happened. I'd definitely be interested in trying at some point.

I'm interested.

Do you think I'd get the opportunity to slap Barry's annoying multi-speech impediments from his face?

Andy Thomson wrote:I'm interested.

Do you think I'd get the opportunity to slap Barry's annoying multi-speech impediments from his face?

Rather than slapping Barry, can't we just bash CJ into him? - 2 birds, 1 satisfying crunch of bones.

Sue Sanders wrote:

Andy Thomson wrote:I'm interested.

Do you think I'd get the opportunity to slap Barry's annoying multi-speech impediments from his face?

Rather than slapping Barry, can't we just bash CJ into him? - 2 birds, 1 satisfying crunch of bones.

Yeah that C.J. Should be slapped round the face with a wet packet of shit

So, who got picked for the team? Did I make the cut?

I was putting together a team for Eggheads a few months ago. Our name was to be 'Lightning Wind - Knowledge of Ezekiel', but we only had 3 definite people and I never got round to applying. In general, my general knowledge is a lot better than my Countdown skills. If anyone here wants to put together a team and needs a head, I'd probably be interested.

% plus a reserve needed; this is what I have so far:-
*Marc Meakin - though his reply may have been simply be a manifestation of his poster's tourettes.
Allan Harmer - Reappearance -prog producers say 'no'
Squashy Robinson - assuming he isn't on some sort of banned list
Phil Makepeace
Andy Thompson
Richard Brittain
Me

(Posts from Raccoon Boy and Felipe - but taken as being just them dropping in for a chat.)

* MM's clarification needed.

Do any of you live, conveniently for me, either in the south east or in the midlands?

I am up for it but I think you should be team captain.

Marc Meakin wrote:I am up for it but I think you should be team captain.

Well, that makes the assumption I'm not the reserve. The reserve should be the weakest player and that might be me!

I'll leave this open for replies for a few more days - we may even be able to submit two teams.

Sue Sanders wrote:

Marc Meakin wrote:I am up for it but I think you should be team captain.

Well, that makes the assumption I'm not the reserve. The reserve should be the weakest player and that might be me!

Yeah but you've been on TV quizzes before and have won
FWIW I am good at sport, television and film questions, reasonable at music but crap at geography and science

Sue Sanders wrote:Do any of you live, conveniently for me, either in the south east or in the midlands?

I live in the south-east and am unusual insofar as I'm happy to venture into the Midlands if necessary.

Phil Makepeace wrote:

Sue Sanders wrote:Do any of you live, conveniently for me, either in the south east or in the midlands?

I live in the good old east end of London

Sue Sanders wrote:Do any of you live, conveniently for me, either in the south east or in the midlands?

As you can probably guess, I live in West Yorkshire, which is neither Midlands or South-East.

Sue Sanders wrote:% plus a reserve needed; this is what I have so far:-
*Marc Meakin - though his reply may have been simply be a manifestation of his poster's tourettes.
Allan Harmer - Reappearance -prog producers say 'no'
Squashy Robinson - assuming he isn't on some sort of banned list
Phil Makepeace
Andy Thompson
Richard Brittain
Me

(Posts from Raccoon Boy and Felipe - but taken as being just them dropping in for a chat.)

* MM's clarification needed.

Do any of you live, conveniently for me, either in the south east or in the midlands?

I would have thought that Phil Reynolds would be worth a place too, as a Weakest Link winner

James Robinson wrote:

Sue Sanders wrote:Do any of you live, conveniently for me, either in the south east or in the midlands?

As you can probably guess, I live in West Yorkshire, which is neither Midlands or South-East.

Do you qualify everything you say with the phrase 'Because, of course, I'm from Yorkshire'? I believe Yorkshiremen are genetically oblidged so to do.

Marc Meakin wrote:

Phil Makepeace wrote:

Sue Sanders wrote:Do any of you live, conveniently for me, either in the south east or in the midlands?

I live in the good old east end of London

Ah ha. That puts your tourettes in the 'do wha, knock it on the 'ead, we're 'avin' a laaaarf' class then.

Sue Sanders wrote:

Marc Meakin wrote:

Phil Makepeace wrote: I live in the good old east end of London

Ah ha. That puts your tourettes in the 'do wha, knock it on the 'ead, we're 'avin' a laaaarf' class then.

A-LOL especially as Danny Dyer is my nephew and that is half his Repertoire in most of the films and plays he gets cast in.

Marc Meakin wrote:

Sue Sanders wrote:

Marc Meakin wrote: I live in the good old east end of London

Ah ha. That puts your tourettes in the 'do wha, knock it on the 'ead, we're 'avin' a laaaarf' class then.

A-LOL especially as Danny Dyer is my nephew and that is half his Repertoire in most of the films and plays he gets cast in.

My condolences . . . on Barbara Windsor getting ahhht of your local public arse.

Not forgotten about this - I just haven't had time to chase it up yet.

Sue Sanders wrote:Not forgotten about this - I just haven't had time to chase it up yet.

Cool - does this mean it's not too late for me to throw my hat into the ring? Don't mind being a reserve or w@eva, I'd just like to meet Daphne

I've been in touch with the production company and next lot of auditions are in January. So those who are interested PM me your email address so I can forward the application as an attachment. Then, depending on response, we might want to think about a Northern Team and a Southern Team for ease of attending auditions.

I hsve been trying to come up with some names for our team(s)

How about 'The Vowel Movement' or 'Consonant Companions'

If I get over-subscribed for this, one criteria I will be implementing is the harsh and totally unimpartial 'Is this person too annoying to appear on television'

Sue Sanders wrote:If I get over-subscribed for this, one criteria I will be implementing is the harsh and totally unimpartial 'Is this person too annoying to appear on television'

As you have probably met most of the 'potentials' that might increase my chances.

Sue Sanders wrote:one criteria

*growl*

Kai Laddiman wrote:

Sue Sanders wrote:one criteria

*growl*

See 'Football haters' thread. I can only be pendantic about one thing at a time!

Sorry, Kai

Actually - if you've got a spare day, Kai, can you produce a list, please? 'Things that makes Kai go "Grrr"'.

I'll start...

Panini's -unneeded 's' and with an apostrophe to boot.

Sue Sanders wrote:Actually - if you've got a spare day, Kai, can you produce a list, please? 'Things that makes Kai go "Grrr"'.

I'll start...

Panini's -unneeded 's' and with an apostrophe to boot.

Panino don't sound right though.

this/that data
this/that criteria
brothers

Kai Laddiman wrote:this/that data
this/that criteria
brothers

Thanks, Kai. You've put a lot of effort into the project!

For those who care, the final of Are You An Egghead? is tomorrow on BBC2 and one of the finalists is a bloke called Pat Gibson. I was flicking through the cable channels last night and got to Challenge and an old episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire was showing from 2004. In the seat was Pat Gibson. I joined it at £16,000 but he went on to win a million and didn't really need to use any lifelines to do so, but in the event went 50:50 and phoned a friend for the last question although he knew the answer from the outset. But the coincidence doesn't stop there - directly afterwards they looked for a new contestant with the 'fastest finger' round and who should be sat there smiling away - last year's Are You An Egghead? winner - Barry. For the record, he didn't get on and not only was he not the fastest finger but he got the answer wrong as he was not able to put Matthew, Mark, Luke & John in alphabetical order!

Sue Sanders wrote:

Marc Meakin wrote:

Phil Makepeace wrote: I live in the good old east end of London

Ah ha. That puts your tourettes in the 'do wha, knock it on the 'ead, we're 'avin' a laaaarf' class then.

I definitely don't - some quoting issues there I feel. WC1 is good enough for me.

Chris Corby wrote:For those who care, the final of Are You An Egghead? is tomorrow on BBC2 and one of the finalists is a bloke called Pat Gibson. I was flicking through the cable channels last night and got to Challenge and an old episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire was showing from 2004. In the seat was Pat Gibson. I joined it at £16,000 but he went on to win a million and didn't really need to use any lifelines to do so, but in the event went 50:50 and phoned a friend for the last question although he knew the answer from the outset. But the coincidence doesn't stop there - directly afterwards they looked for a new contestant with the 'fastest finger' round and who should be sat there smiling away - last year's Are You An Egghead? winner - Barry. For the record, he didn't get on and not only was he not the fastest finger but he got the answer wrong as he was not able to put Matthew, Mark, Luke & John in alphabetical order!

How peculiar!

Andy Wilson wrote:

Chris Corby wrote:For those who care, the final of Are You An Egghead? is tomorrow on BBC2 and one of the finalists is a bloke called Pat Gibson. I was flicking through the cable channels last night and got to Challenge and an old episode of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire was showing from 2004. In the seat was Pat Gibson. I joined it at £16,000 but he went on to win a million and didn't really need to use any lifelines to do so, but in the event went 50:50 and phoned a friend for the last question although he knew the answer from the outset. But the coincidence doesn't stop there - directly afterwards they looked for a new contestant with the 'fastest finger' round and who should be sat there smiling away - last year's Are You An Egghead? winner - Barry. For the record, he didn't get on and not only was he not the fastest finger but he got the answer wrong as he was not able to put Matthew, Mark, Luke & John in alphabetical order!

How peculiar!

Interestingly, his opponent in the final is David Edwards, the first man to win a million on Millionaire. So, the new Eggheads line-up will contain 2 Millionaire winners, since Judith is already there.

Chris Corby wrote:directly afterwards they looked for a new contestant with the 'fastest finger' round and who should be sat there smiling away - last year's Are You An Egghead? winner - Barry. For the record, he didn't get on and not only was he not the fastest finger but he got the answer wrong as he was not able to put Matthew, Mark, Luke & John in alphabetical order!

Not necessarily true - it's more likely that he got it right but forgot to lock in his answer.

Phil Reynolds wrote:

Chris Corby wrote:not able to put Matthew, Mark, Luke & John in alphabetical order!

Not necessarily true - it's more likely that he got it right but forgot to lock in his answer.

Is it not quite a clever question to ask somebody under pressure though? I have never been on a quiz show, but under the extra pressure there, might you not automatically input them in the order which they are always said, even if you did hear the word "alphabetical"? Same thing for The Beatles, and other things which are always spoken in the same order.

Phil Reynolds wrote:

Chris Corby wrote:directly afterwards they looked for a new contestant with the 'fastest finger' round and who should be sat there smiling away - last year's Are You An Egghead? winner - Barry. For the record, he didn't get on and not only was he not the fastest finger but he got the answer wrong as he was not able to put Matthew, Mark, Luke & John in alphabetical order!

Not necessarily true - it's more likely that he got it right but forgot to lock in his answer.

Why is that more likely?

Derek Hazell wrote:Is it not quite a clever question to ask somebody under pressure though? I have never been on a quiz show, but under the extra pressure there, might you not automatically input them in the order which they are always said, even if you did hear the word "alphabetical"? Same thing for The Beatles, and other things which are always spoken in the same order.

True, cos that would be "Beatles The" in alphabetical order.

Derek Hazell wrote:Is it not quite a clever question to ask somebody under pressure though? I have never been on a quiz show, but under the extra pressure there, might you not automatically input them in the order which they are always said, even if you did hear the word "alphabetical"? Same thing for The Beatles, and other things which are always spoken in the same order.

That may be a factor; but, while I don't recall the episode in question, with FF questions like this it's normally the case that the answers are actually read out in the "usual" order, which helps to alert you to the fact that the correct order is unlikely to be A B C D.

Jon Corby wrote:

Phil Reynolds wrote:

Chris Corby wrote:he was not able to put Matthew, Mark, Luke & John in alphabetical order!

Not necessarily true - it's more likely that he got it right but forgot to lock in his answer.

Why is that more likely?

Because during rehearsals they warn you that that's the most common mistake people make, and it's commonest of all on the easiest questions; people realise they know the answer straight away, bash the A B C & D keys in the right order and sit back feeling smug - completely forgetting to press the green LOCK key, which means no answer is registered.

Phil Reynolds wrote:Because during rehearsals they warn you that that's the most common mistake people make, and it's commonest of all on the easiest questions; people realise they know the answer straight away, bash the A B C & D keys in the right order and sit back feeling smug - completely forgetting to press the green LOCK key, which means no answer is registered.

So, despite being warned about it, when anyone gets a question wrong, it's more likely they've simply forgotten to lock it in? Or are you crediting this gentleman in particular with the necessary alphabetical skills, but somehow combined the inability to follow a simple instruction?

I think "it's possible that..." would have read better than "it's more likely that...". It looks like you're correcting someone without actually knowing any more about it yourself.

I think "it's possible that..." would have read better than "it's more likely that...". It looks like you're correcting someone without actually knowing any more about it yourself.

Which you, of course, would never do. I was just repeating what I was told by the producer, information that I thought might be interesting and relevant. Pardon me for living.

Judging by how many times I forget to prerss the enter button when playing speed rounds on Apterous, it seems more likely that Barry forgot to lock his answer, rather than him getting it wrong.But only Barry knows for sure.

Phil Reynolds wrote:Which you, of course, would never do.

Dunno, would I? Got an example in mind?

I was just repeating what I was told by the producer, information that I thought might be interesting and relevant. Pardon me for living.

Sorry, yes, I think I just misinterpreted your post. I can see now how it says that.

If it helps, when I watched it Barry hit the keypad then grimaced and then kept on pressing keys. It looked as if he was trying to delete something which wouldn't delete! I am certain he realised after locking the answer it was wrong and tried to amend it to no avail! He definitely was not sitting back, smiling, looking like "job done".

Chris Corby wrote:If it helps, when I watched it Barry hit the keypad then grimaced and then kept on pressing keys. It looked as if he was trying to delete something which wouldn't delete! I am certain he realised after locking the answer it was wrong and tried to amend it to no avail! He definitely was not sitting back, smiling, looking like "job done".

Haha. Serves him right, the brainy git.

Wait, I am confused - is your scenario still more likely?

Marc Meakin wrote:I hsve been trying to come up with some names for our team(s)

How about 'The Vowel Movement' or 'Consonant Companions'

Have we actually got a settled name for the team, or are we going to create a poll and see which everyone prefers

James Robinson wrote:

Marc Meakin wrote:I hsve been trying to come up with some names for our team(s)

How about 'The Vowel Movement' or 'Consonant Companions'

Have we actually got a settled name for the team, or are we going to create a poll and see which everyone prefers

Raccoon's Rascals. Job done.