Dave Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Why do people on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire always use 'ask the audience' first? I've had this argument with a few different people and in my opinion they should go like this: 1. Phone a friend - one person's guess then 2. Ask the audience - many people's guesses then 3. 50/50 - increases chance of correct guess to one in two Surely statistically you're better doing it this way? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 but if you only use one person for your first chance, and they are wrong, you will never get to use the greater numbers in the audience. btw, its a shit show now, old hat . edit....i thought you had let NE5 back on the forum then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 but if you only use one person for your first chance, and they are wrong, you will never get to use the greater numbers in the audience. btw, its a shit show now, old hat . Agreed, and Chris Tarrant is a twat. But generally people use 'ask the audience' early on (they always end up with like 90%+ on the right answer) - there's a good chance your friend will know the answer or at least back up your suspicions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Because you'd probably want to save Phone a Friend for a friend that you know will know the answer to your question? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gash Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 It would depend on what my "phone a friend"s knew... Silly thread DAVE. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Because you'd probably want to save Phone a Friend for a friend that you know will know the answer to your question? Normally they leave it until they're at a question they don't know the answer to though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Depends who you ask I guess Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Depends who you ask I guess I'd agree if these people's friend list includes a geography expert, a sports history expert, a literature expert etc etc. Most of the time they just seem to be other people with similar general knowledge. In which case you're canvassing one person rather than fifty or whatever. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alan Shearer 9 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 I've just had an email from a top secret source, checked out the IP and it's from the ITV studios Dave's thread is boring Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Yeah, it does depend on the person. Its crazy though because these people never seem to know learned people. I have one person I know who could answer a Stephen Fry amount of questions, and I know other people who speak of people they know who are the same. So why do these contestants phone up Joe Bloggs? It doesn't make any sense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 I've just had an email from a top secret source, checked out the IP and it's from the ITV studios Dave's thread is boring Not in dispute. PS - Chris Tarrant is a cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 I've just had an email from a top secret source, checked out the IP and it's from the ITV studios Dave's thread is boring Not in dispute. PS - Chris Tarrant is a cunt. his radio show on saturday mornings isnt too bad tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 I'm only basing this on his shit jokes and stuff. I don't know the bloke in fairness. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 I always tend to think the "Ask the audience" option is used just to confirm an answer the contenstant is about 90% sure of. I think that if the question is later on, and is a bit tougher, then the chances are that a lot of the audience will just guess, you will get a fairly even spread across the 4 answers and therefore the wholething is basically pointless as it leaves the contenstant back at square one. If its a tough question on say literature or art, I think the chances of the audience giving you an above 70-80% confirmation is pretty slim. If any of that makes sense ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 I always tend to think the "Ask the audience" option is used just to confirm an answer the contenstant is about 90% sure of. I think that if the question is later on, and is a bit tougher, then the chances are that a lot of the audience will just guess, you will get a fairly even spread across the 4 answers and therefore the wholething is basically pointless as it leaves the contenstant back at square one. If its a tough question on say literature or art, I think the chances of the audience giving you an above 70-80% confirmation is pretty slim. If any of that makes sense ? If it's just for confirmation though surely asking one person will do? If you're going for a pure guess (say you're on an amount where you can't lose), isn't it better to go with a majority vote from a much broader number of voters? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Wait people still watch this ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Wait people still watch this ? The Weakest Link as well. Who the fuck is still watching? I agree with Dave's point though, often thought it myself (back in the 90s). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Wait people still watch this ? The Weakest Link as well. Who the fuck is still watching? I agree with Dave's point though, often thought it myself (back in the 90s). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 If it's just for confirmation though surely asking one person will do? If you're going for a pure guess (say you're on an amount where you can't lose), isn't it better to go with a majority vote from a much broader number of voters? Yeah probably but I think if it was me sitting there, and there wasnt much of a majority going for one of the answers, it would just add more doubt in my mind (on a question where you werent guaranteed the amount). But i agree with the consensus. Its shite, and I have never actually have never got into it if the truth be known. More recently, ut appeared that they seemed to go for far too many celebrity versions of it and I cant stand Chris Tarrant Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 I only brought this up because for some reason I watched it for the first time in about three years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAkpeh_PTaw Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 That Ingram programme they did was absolutely compelling IMO. What a spaz. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 Makes sense to me tbh. You do 'Ask the Audience' for a question early on that you think most people would know but, for whatever reason, you don't happen to know yourself. If the vote is overwhelmingly in favour of one option then that's probably right. You save 'phone a friend', where you can get a more definite opinion, for later on when there's bigger money at stake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 All depends on your mates, tbh. If you have total fucking brains as your phone-a-friends then I'd save them for last, obviously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted June 20, 2009 Share Posted June 20, 2009 who's gonna be asking their mates. you're gonna have a network of people you don't know who but who are super brains in for a slice of the cake. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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