Tomorrow's World Christmas Quiz
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== Host == | == Host == | ||
| - | [[Howard Stableford]] | + | [[Howard Stableford]] |
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| + | == Co-hosts == | ||
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| + | Judith Hann (all)<br/> | ||
| + | Peter McCann (1986-90)<br/> | ||
| + | Maggie Philbin (1986-88)<br/> | ||
| + | [[Sybil Ruscoe]] (1989)<br/> | ||
| + | Kate Bellingham (1990-92)<br/> | ||
| + | John Diamond (1991)<br/> | ||
| + | Carmen Pryce (1991-92) | ||
== Broadcast == | == Broadcast == | ||
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== Synopsis == | == Synopsis == | ||
| - | Technology-based yuletide shenanigans from the [[Howard Stableford|Stableford]]/Hann/MacCann-era ''Tomorrow's World'' | + | Technology-based yuletide shenanigans from the [[Howard Stableford|Stableford]]/Hann/MacCann-era ''Tomorrow's World''<!--I know, it goes a little past that, but leave as is.-->. There may have been variations over the years, but the main game involved guessing what an invention was for, with three options demonstrated by the ''Tomorrow's World'' presenters and various guests. The studio audience (voting on keypads) and a guest panel tried to pick out the truths from the bluffs. There were also questions based on archive clips: guess the year, what happened next, and so on. |
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| + | == Theme music == | ||
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| + | The regular ''Tomorrow's World'' themes of the period: Paul Hart's theme from 1986 to 1990, and Chris Blackwell's theme in 1991 and 1992. | ||
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| + | == Trivia == | ||
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| + | One thing we do dimly recall was the team being asked to work out what a metalled umbrella was for. ''How'' dimly we recall this can be seen from the fact that for years we said that it turned out to be a solar mulled wine heater - in fact that was one of the "bluffs" (along with being a cheap radar reflector for small boats) and it was actually a needle catcher for a Christmas tree, as demonstrated by - because it's Christmas! - Eartha Kitt. | ||
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| + | <div class="image">[[File:Tomorrows world christmas quiz eartha kitt.png|400px]]''Santa Baby, slip a folding needle catcher under the tree for me...''</div> | ||
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| + | == Pictures == | ||
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| + | <div class="image">[[File:Tomorrows world christmas quiz mccoy thingy.png|400px]]''Award yourself five points if you can guess what [[Sylvester McCoy]] is holding here. You won't, though...<br/>(answer at end of this section)''</div> | ||
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| + | <div class="image">[[File:Tomorrows world christmas quiz syme plastic strip 1.png|400px]]''Frequent TW contributor Bob Symes shows off a piece of flexible plastic on the 1988 edition. At the time nobody could work out what it was for...</div> | ||
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| + | <div class="image">[[File:Tomorrows world christmas quiz syme plastic strip 2.png|400px]]''...but for once it was something genuinely useful and later commonplace: a pull handle for electric plugs.''</div> | ||
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| + | <div class="image">[[File:Howard stableford tomorrowworld.jpg]]''[[Howard Stableford]] in front of the Crystal Dome.''</div> | ||
| - | = | + | <div class="image">[[File:Tomorrowsworldxmasquiz.jpg|300px]]''[[Paul Daniels]] doing physics.''</div> |
| - | + | <div class="image">[[File:Tomorrows world christmas quiz milligan thingy.png|400px]]''Spike Milligan (played here by guest star Santa Claus) demonstrates the object that baffled Sylvester McCoy and friends: it's an electronic coat hanger counter. You run it along the rail and it counts the hangers. As never seen on [[Dragons' Den]].''</div> | |
[[Category:Themed Quiz]] | [[Category:Themed Quiz]] | ||
[[Category:Science]] | [[Category:Science]] | ||
Current revision as of 17:13, 30 January 2025
Contents |
Host
Co-hosts
Judith Hann (all)
Peter McCann (1986-90)
Maggie Philbin (1986-88)
Sybil Ruscoe (1989)
Kate Bellingham (1990-92)
John Diamond (1991)
Carmen Pryce (1991-92)
Broadcast
BBC1, 18 December 1986 to 23 December 1992 (7 annual editions)
Synopsis
Technology-based yuletide shenanigans from the Stableford/Hann/MacCann-era Tomorrow's World. There may have been variations over the years, but the main game involved guessing what an invention was for, with three options demonstrated by the Tomorrow's World presenters and various guests. The studio audience (voting on keypads) and a guest panel tried to pick out the truths from the bluffs. There were also questions based on archive clips: guess the year, what happened next, and so on.
Theme music
The regular Tomorrow's World themes of the period: Paul Hart's theme from 1986 to 1990, and Chris Blackwell's theme in 1991 and 1992.
Trivia
One thing we do dimly recall was the team being asked to work out what a metalled umbrella was for. How dimly we recall this can be seen from the fact that for years we said that it turned out to be a solar mulled wine heater - in fact that was one of the "bluffs" (along with being a cheap radar reflector for small boats) and it was actually a needle catcher for a Christmas tree, as demonstrated by - because it's Christmas! - Eartha Kitt.
Santa Baby, slip a folding needle catcher under the tree for me...Pictures
Award yourself five points if you can guess what Sylvester McCoy is holding here. You won't, though...(answer at end of this section)
Frequent TW contributor Bob Symes shows off a piece of flexible plastic on the 1988 edition. At the time nobody could work out what it was for...
...but for once it was something genuinely useful and later commonplace: a pull handle for electric plugs.
Howard Stableford in front of the Crystal Dome.
Paul Daniels doing physics.
Spike Milligan (played here by guest star Santa Claus) demonstrates the object that baffled Sylvester McCoy and friends: it's an electronic coat hanger counter. You run it along the rail and it counts the hangers. As never seen on Dragons' Den.