Am I Naive?

[Caran]

I always thought the quiz part of the Lottery programme on a Saturday night was live. But last night before the show started there was a disclaimer about one of the questions. They said at the time of making the programme the answer was correct as there was no conflict at the time. The question related to the Ukraine and Russia. So this part of the programme had to be filmed months ago. Then it is clever how they slotted it around the live draws for the lotteries.
Just a comment really.

[ferlew]

Ah yes, I noted that announcement too. I wondered why, until they got to the Q about the Ukraine.

[Hopkirk]

What on earth made you think it was live?

[silliemillie]

Because as Caran says they slot them around the LIVE draws, I assumed they were live as well.

[Caran]

Because the draws are live or livish, I thought the whole programme was.

[Wharton]

You're naive if you drink mineral water upside down.

[Caran]

That took a while Wharton!

[treetops68]

'Fraid so Caran, there's very little live telly these days.

[mikey4444]

I have always thought that this program is live as well, or live with a short time loop to prevent any swearing going out. They make every effort for us to believe its live-ish, at least..." we will now go over to tonight's live draw" etc, etc.

As they seem to have been caught out this time, perhaps they should explain in the future that this quiz is actually filmed many months ago. Its disingenuous at the least.

On a related topic, where do they get these quiz contestants from ? Some of them are as thick as two short planks ! "Geography is not my strongest subject Dale"

[Bazile]

From Family Fortunes -
We asked 100 people to name a bird with a long neck

Contestant's answer - Naomi Campbell.

Is that the sort of calibre of contestants on the lottery programme ?