Why don't I know the answers?!!! (Fifteen to One)

Member Name: pmcds

Product:	Fifteen to One
Date:	06/06/08 (44 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Nostalgic value for me

Disadvantages: Extremely hard questions, so not as enjoyable to watch

Fifteen to One is a general knowledge quiz show hosted by William G Stewart. It is a Channel 4 programme featuring 15 contestants, each with three lives, and they have to answer three rounds of questions until they are dwindled down to one person, who is the winner and who attempts to achieve a high score to return at the end of the series to beat the best of the best.

The first round of questions progresses to each contestant in turn. If they answer incorrectly, they lose a life. They then have a second question each. If they answer the second question incorrectly as well, they are out, and lose both lives. If they managed to get the first question right but the second wrong, they only lose the one life. If both are answered correctly, they retain all three lives.

After the break, the contestants get the chance to target others by nominating them to answer. Once the contestants are down to three, they go head to head with a limited number of questions to get the highest score possible and retain their lives. The prize is normally intellectual such as dixtionaries and thesauruses and a chance to return for the series final, where the prize is more significant.

It is a gameshow that I find very hard to watch as I can answer perhaps 5 of the questions in general. They are very hard general knowledge questions. I do like Stewart as a presenter, but he is not very charismatic in comparison to other quiz show hosts. I used to watch this with my grandfather, so it holds a bit of sentimental value for me, but I don't watch it by choice any more as I like to be able to answer the questions on the quizzes I watch!!

Summary: Fifteen To One