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I'm feeling VERY thick!
carpmart - 6/8/10 at 07:39 PM

I've just watched the Mastermind Champion of Champions and only managed to get 9 questions correct on the General Knowledge, across all four contestants questions! Rubbish really!

I don't know how I manage to function in life knowing as little as I do!

The worst thing is that I don't know what I don't know and there may be something important I'm missing!

Richard Quinn - 6/8/10 at 07:43 PM

Don't worry, I think you'll only find it a disadvantage if you want to take part in Mastermind. They're not even typical pub quiz questions so I don't think knowing the answers would even get you any friends.

JoelP - 6/8/10 at 07:47 PM

quote:
Originally posted by carpmart
The worst thing is that I don't know what I don't know and there may be something important I'm missing!


You're joking, but thats actually spot on and a very important issue!

You never know what little things you might miss or not know, that could make a huge difference to you. For instance my bad back; it might be curable with a 10 second excercise every morning, but i might go through my whole life and not discover it.

GMPMotorsport - 6/8/10 at 07:50 PM

Good programme, couldn't believe the scores!

mcerd1 - 6/8/10 at 08:28 PM

just watched it and I got 10 (our of ~140 )
a few easy(ish) ones, but the rest were solid


airport on the beach was easy (going there in a couple of weeks)
so was the orange fruit from the 'Fortunella' (named after my grt. grt. grandfather)



which ones did everone else get ?
maybe between us all we could get half of them

[Edited on 6/8/2010 by mcerd1]

LBMEFM - 6/8/10 at 08:34 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
just watched it and I got 10 (our of ~140 )


so was the orange fruit from the 'Fortunella' (named after my grt. grt. grandfather)


Was it really your grt, grt, granddad, I got only seven, oh well at least I can build cars and repair house. Barry

Simon - 6/8/10 at 08:43 PM

Give them a Sierra, some steel, a welder a roll of matting and a couple of gallons of resin and see how they get on

ATB

Simon

mcerd1 - 6/8/10 at 08:46 PM

quote:
Originally posted by LBMEFMWas it really your grt, grt, granddad,
this guy was: linky

SteveWalker - 6/8/10 at 09:07 PM

I don't know about Mastermind, but I knew someone who took part in the Krypton Factor many years ago and they were given subject areas to brush up on weeks before for the general knowledge round. If Mastermind is the same, you are bound to do badly compared to the contestants.

Ninehigh - 7/8/10 at 07:43 AM

quote:
Originally posted by carpmart
I don't know how I manage to function in life knowing as little as I do!

The worst thing is that I don't know what I don't know and there may be something important I'm missing!


Most of it is useless s**te that you'd never need to know unless you was in a smart-alec competition like that.

You'll find out what you needed to know and didn't when they bend you over.. Some examples are:

I need to claim jobseekers WHEN I'm unemployed, not a month after. I'm also to claim everything I'm entitled to, with no way of knowing what I'm entitled to.

I'm to keep all my payslips for seven years, as it's proof I "pay" tax. I'm also to keep p45s and p60s too (although F knows where I'm going to keep them if I do get them)

Recorded delivery doesn't mean squat, it's just more expensive

scoop - 7/8/10 at 08:29 AM

Leave it alone you'll go blind

A1 - 7/8/10 at 08:30 AM

i now know a whole lot more about tea.

LBMEFM - 7/8/10 at 08:47 AM

this guy was: linky



Fasinating, I think I heard about him when I visited a tea plantation in India earler this year. Barry