Christmas Review #8 of 12

Another one of those “traditions” that has only been with us for a few years now is the Big Fat Quiz of the Year.  Channel4 ’s roll of the dice in the overly used “comedy quiz” genre, while being yet another part of Jimmy Carr’s ambition to take over the whole of light entertainment.  Divided into six sections each accounting for two months of the preceeding year, Mr Carr sets the questions to three teams of two personalities.  The object of the exercise is to answer as many questions as you can

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Tags: 2007, Big-Fat-Quiz, David Mitchell, Jonathan-Ross, Lilly-Allen, Noel-Fielding, Rob-Brydon, Russell-Brand

Actually, It’s Quite Funny

mock�er�y [pronunciation: mok-uh-ree]
-noun, plural -er�ies

1. ridicule, contempt or derision.
2. a derisive, imitative action or speech.
3. a subject or occasion of derision.
4. something absurdly or offensively inadequate or unfitting.

Sarcasm, when you think about it, is a very odd basis upon which to design a quiz show, but there it is, right in the title of

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Tags: bbc2, Comedy, Dara-OBriain, Have-I-Got-News-For-You, Mock-The-Week, Quiz Show, Rob-Brydon