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Game show "ironies" (if any)
TLEberle:
Or put that contestant in a different game. What if someone doesn’t put down game shows as their category but material about the comes up during the main game?
On the other hand it’s a pop culture show and the movie is a cultural touchstone so if everything is put together randomly is that so bad? Idiot Savants had the potential for any of four people to win any day.
Jamey Greek:
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--- Quote from: Jamey Greek on April 17, 2025, 02:47:58 PM ---In the episode of Debt that wink’s page posted shortly before learning of his death, there was a question about the tv series Ferris Bueller and the winning contestant’s one question category was the movie Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
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That's just bad question stacking. You'd think someone would have gone through and made sure the three expert topics weren't broached in the main game.
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Not really the category where the Ferris Bueller TV show category came from was “Good movie bad tv”
BrandonFG:
I'm pretty sure what Kevin is saying is there shouldn't have been a question about Ferris Bueller the TV show on the same episode where one of your contestants' wheelhouses is Ferris Bueller's Day Off. Even though the show went out of its way to distance itself from the movie, it's still a conflict of interest.
You either a) write a new question, b) put that contestant on a different episode, or c) ask him or her to come up with a new specialty subject. Obviously it's not gonna cause a new Quiz Show Scandal, but it's still curious.
JasonA1:
--- Quote from: BrandonFG on April 17, 2025, 08:21:37 PM ---You either a) write a new question, b) put that contestant on a different episode, or c) ask him or her to come up with a new specialty subject.
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B is fine, but A and C aren't really viable. Based on modern production practices only, I'm guessing each contestant applied to the show with a specialty category (or few) in mind, and the producers had that prepared ahead of their tape date. Then, the contestants and material would be randomly matched the morning of taping. There probably wouldn't be time to write a brand new main game question, especially in the pre-internet days, and you're not supposed to do that once you know who's playing anyway. To the other point, the contestant shouldn't have to switch their expertise because of the show's negligence.
What SHOULD have happened is somebody checking the pool of games ahead of time and flagging that contestant X couldn't play in game Y, and/or the category with the Ferris Bueller question should have had a spare that they subbed in for just such a reason. Perhaps somebody saw it and rolled the dice that said player wouldn't get that main game question (which she ultimately didn't, but it was close).
-Jason
TLEberle:
I’m sure Kevin and I have discussed this, but it stood out to me hoe the last three questions for Bob House were all strongly related to history. Obviously you’d never plan for a particular contestant to win the qualifier and you still have to get the right, but if the questions were compiled by hand and not retrieved randomly thst feels like a bit of an oversight maybe.
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