The Chase

Fred Swanson

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Welsh Megaman

Ooh, Matron!

Go Sally

Welsh Megaman

*throws cushion at tv*

Welsh Megaman

Rate the chasers (and settle an argument in the Megaman household)!

1 being the best performer...

1. Dark Destroyer
2. Beastie Boy
3. Frosty Knickers
4. Sinha Man

Shannon757

1.Frosty Knickers
2.Beastie Boy
3.Dark Destroyer
4.Sinha Man

1 The Beast
2 The Dark Destroyer
3 Frosty Knickers
4 Sinha Man

Fred Swanson

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Snoopy1

1. The dark destroyer
2. Frosty knickers
3. The beast
4. Sinha man

Fred Swanson

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Welsh Megaman

So we're agreed...

For you, Sinha Man - the chase...is over.

Welsh Megaman

I'll say in advance...just another day at the office. :pac:

MistyCheese

Mark and Anne are my favourites. I suppose if I had to put them in order I'd go with:

Mark
Anne
Paul
Sean

kerry4sam

Welsh Megaman wrote: »

Rate the chasers (and settle an argument in the Megaman household)!

1 being the best performer...

1. Dark Destroyer
2. Beastie Boy
3. Frosty Knickers
4. Sinha Man

This 1 being the best listing is different for me from my favourite 1->4 where the very personable Paul would be #1 , then Shaun , Mark & Anne
1) Anne
2) Mark
3) Shaun
4) Paul

Thanks,
kerry4sam

kerry4sam

kerry4sam wrote: »

This 1 being the best listing is different for me from my favourite 1->4 where the very personable Paul would be #1 , then Shaun , Mark & Anne
1) Anne
2) Mark
3) Shaun
4) Paul

Thanks,
kerry4sam

In the likeability stakes, I would put Anne before Mark. He's a sore loser and moody with it.

kerry4sam

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In the likeability stakes, I would put Anne before Mark. He's a sore loser and moody with it.

The way I view that though is that is just how passionate he is at what he does. He has high expectations of himself and when things don't go his way he lets it show.
That's why I've him put before Anne in the likeability stakes.

Each to their own though,
kerry4sam

Starscream25

There's a new chaser in the place of paul sinna, wonder what happened to sinna, he's a really nice fellow.

£1,000???!!! Grrrrrr. Looking forward to the new Chaser. Paul was the weakest link.

lertsnim

Starscream25 wrote: »

There's a new chaser in the place of paul sinna, wonder what happened to sinna, he's a really nice fellow.

He was still shown at the start of the show. The new chaser is replacing nobody.

Starscream25

lertsnim wrote: »

He was still shown at the start of the show. The new chaser is replacing nobody.

I was sure I saw the dark destroyer, the beast and frosty with the new chaser, sinna nowhere to be seen, maybe I just missed him, he's usually first anyway when they speculate who they might get isn't he?

lertsnim

He was shown first.

HeidiHeidi

.....and today the new chaser has disappeared

Go Harvey Go

Even though it's been a while since I last watched The Chase, I couldn't help but get excited upon learning that a new Chaser had arrived...

It was probably time for one, since it's been nearly four years now since the Sinha-man joined. (Where does the time go?! :eek:)

But it had been rumoured on Bother's Bar and other quiz sites for some time that the next Chaser would be a young woman. Not only had Anne been the only female Chaser for ages, but also you can't exactly call her or the men spring chickens (Paul is already in his mid-40s, and the Beast is rapidly approaching 50).

Inevitably, Gail Trimble's name was among those suggested - just as it was in the earliest days of the show, when Shaun and Mark were the only Chasers. But I don't think a serious quiz career has ever been on her mind, and these days - as a fellow and tutor at Trinity College, Oxford - she certainly wouldn't have much time for one.



http://www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/people/profiles/gail-trimble/

Daisy Christodoulou, the captain of the Warwick team that won University Challenge in 2007 without any hassle from the press, was also suggested - but, like Gail, it's unlikely that she has considered becoming a quiz regular, and indeed she has other commitments these days. In her case, it's teaching and writing.



https://thewingtoheaven.wordpress.com/

Also among the names was Sarah Lang - who is one of the few people to have won a million pounds on a quiz other than that one hosted by Chris Tarrant, in her case the first series of Ant and Dec's PokerFace in 2006. Unlike Gail and Daisy, she has appeared on more than one quiz - she also won big on In It To Win It in 2005, and she attempted to become one of CJ de Mooi's team-mates on the first series of Are You An Egghead? in 2008.

And she certainly has an effervescent personality, as demonstrated on PokerFace:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBVAbWPiP3k

In recent years, however, she has largely concentrated on singing. In fact, she has performed all over the UK as the lead singer in a rock band called 7th Circle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cc7NpcFijVA

http://www.7thcircle.co.uk/

And in any case, it's probably fair to say that her, um, assets are perhaps too impressive for a show like The Chase.

Jenny probably wasn't as obvious a candidate as these three - but there was plenty to suggest that she would make an excellent Chaser.

She certainly has an impressive quiz pedigree - reaching the semi-finals of University Challenge with Leeds in 2003, winning series 3 of Only Connect in 2010 as one-third of the Gamblers, appearing on both series of Are You An Egghead? (beating Mark in the first series but losing to Anne in the second), and being asked questions on a certain vampire slayer on Mastermind:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_Mpcyq8eC0

And she displays a sense of humour on Twitter more often than not:

https://twitter.com/jenlion/with_replies

And to top it off... she's from Bolton. :cool:

I, for one, think that she will be a more than worthy addition to The Chase. And as for her nickname? You could argue that "The Vixen" is slightly unimaginative, but already it feels like it fits her perfectly.

Here endeth this incredibly long post.

HeidiHeidi

But why wasn't she listed on tonight's show

Nice summary, I've actually heard of most of them! (cos I'm an avid UC fan)

I'm only a recent convert to The Chase, so didn't realise that they only started out with two chasers.

Fred Swanson

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Harry Angstrom

Go Harvey Go wrote: »

Even though it's been a while since I last watched The Chase, I couldn't help but get excited upon learning that a new Chaser had arrived...

It was probably time for one, since it's been nearly four years now since the Sinha-man joined. (Where does the time go?! :eek:)

But it had been rumoured on Bother's Bar and other quiz sites for some time that the next Chaser would be a young woman.

What about Marianne Fairthorne, Mastermind winner 2015?

sligojoek

I saw a trailer Monday that said the new chaser would be on today.

sligojoek

Jenny Ryan

http://metro.co.uk/2015/08/31/the-chase-exclusive-new-star-jenny-the-vixen-ryan-chats-cheeky-contestants-and-twitter-trolls-5367589/

Welsh Megaman

I think she served me at the drive-in theatre :pac:

Snoopy1

The new chaser is not scary.
I prefer frosty knickers

lertsnim

She did very well for her first time.

HeidiHeidi

Think the new chaser needs some time to develop a persona - found her first show a bit bland tbh. But well done her!

What a dislikeable lot of contestants on tonight's show though.

Well, no. 1 and no. 3 anyway. Most irritating, the pair of 'em. HR woman was very unlucky.

Shaun really lost it today! Some game!

Dozen Wicked Words

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Shaun really lost it today! Some game!

Got much the worse of the 2 sets of questions I thought, but he was useless.

Second Toughest in_the Freshers

theres a lad called Alan on now, who runs a snackbar...

smilerf

Has the beast lost some weight? Not seen it for a while

MistyCheese

Anyone know who the blonde lady, Jenny, is on the Celebrity Chase tonight? I missed the start, no surname to Google.

My husband thinks she looks like someone out of All Saints.

Dozen Wicked Words

MistyCheese wrote: »

Anyone know who the blonde lady, Jenny, is on the Celebrity Chase tonight? I missed the start, no surname to Google.

My husband thinks she looks like someone out of All Saints.

Not watching but is she a thin Scottish jenny. Jenny Faulkener presenter? Scouse blonde jenny frost atomic kitten. They are my guesses

Cortina_MK_IV

Jenny Jones, Olympic snowboarder.

Dozen Wicked Words

Jenny Eclair unfunny comedian

MistyCheese

Thanks guys.

I thought she might be a sportsperson but that's as close as I got! Himself is making the tea tonight so.

Second Toughest in_the Freshers

professional snowboarder Jenny Jones, on again now on UTV Ireland

http://www.rte.ie/ten/listings/television/#!dvt8dy

sligojoek

amdublin

Mod:
Back on topic please

HeidiHeidi

Anyone watching this week?

Think it was Wednesday's show....

"What is 9.5 + 7.5?"

"20"

"Correct"

:eek:

Anyone get what that last question was today? It was some game!

Snoopy1

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Anyone get what that last question was today? It was some game!

Only watching it now on the joy that is utv. My mum text me from England about the game though

Cortina_MK_IV

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Anyone get what that last question was today? It was some game!

Bradley just asked, "Jo Durie was British number 1..." and Sinha jumped in with tennis as the answer but was ruled out of time and the team won the money.

HeidiHeidi

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

Bradley just asked, "Jo Durie was British number 1..." and Sinha jumped in with tennis as the answer but was ruled out of time and the team won the money.

Just watched that this evening, and I'd have bet good money that he did get the answer in in time!

Raven Runner

HeidiHeidi wrote: »

Just watched that this evening, and I'd have bet good money that he did get the answer in in time!

looked pretty close he jumped up off his seat i would say it 0:00.50