Earlier this week, new British WWTBAM host Jeremy Clarkson delivered his first £1 million question. Here's the clip from YouTube. I'm really happy to see how classic the setting was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72RgD0F ... eMATdM7rCg
£1,000,000 Question
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Re: £1,000,000 Question
I liked what one of the commenters said:bazodee wrote:Earlier this week, new British WWTBAM host Jeremy Clarkson delivered his first £1 million question. Here's the clip from YouTube. I'm really happy to see how classic the setting was.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72RgD0F ... eMATdM7rCg
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Any question with a Sir Winston Churchill as an option has a guaranteed Winston Churchill as an answer. That is what I learned from years of attending British school.
That's thinking outside the box.
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Re: £1,000,000 Question
The British counterpart of the "Nixon rule." (There's an exception to that rule in the most recently posted transcript.)silverscreenselect wrote:I liked what one of the commenters said:
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Any question with a Sir Winston Churchill as an option has a guaranteed Winston Churchill as an answer. That is what I learned from years of attending British school.
That's thinking outside the box.
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Re: £1,000,000 Question
I have given my kids a "Dickens rule" for Knowledge Bowl questions. Always go with "A Tale of Two Cities."jarnon wrote:The British counterpart of the "Nixon rule." (There's an exception to that rule in the most recently posted transcript.)silverscreenselect wrote:I liked what one of the commenters said:
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Any question with a Sir Winston Churchill as an option has a guaranteed Winston Churchill as an answer. That is what I learned from years of attending British school.
That's thinking outside the box.
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Re: £1,000,000 Question
If they're wrong, it'll be he worst of times.Spock wrote:I have given my kids a "Dickens rule" for Knowledge Bowl questions. Always go with "A Tale of Two Cities."jarnon wrote:The British counterpart of the "Nixon rule." (There's an exception to that rule in the most recently posted transcript.)silverscreenselect wrote:I liked what one of the commenters said:
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Any question with a Sir Winston Churchill as an option has a guaranteed Winston Churchill as an answer. That is what I learned from years of attending British school.
That's thinking outside the box.
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Re: £1,000,000 Question
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The time Churchill would have been a FS he was wandering in the wilderness
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feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.