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Three contestants sat on stools holding A, B, and C paddles. After a question was posed there would be a few seconds to think while a jingle was played before the response was held up on a paddle.
Three contestants sat on stools holding A, B, and C paddles. After a question was posed there would be a few seconds to think while a jingle was played before the response was held up on a paddle.


The quiz was broadcast live before the news, and because of its minimalistic set shared the same studio setup to save time bar the news desk.
All shows had Rob as the question master, who was infact sitting only a few metres away from the contestants reading the preprepared questions from a monitor.
 
The quiz was broadcast live before the news, and because of its minimalistic set shared the same studio setup (bar the news desk itself) and crew to save time.


At total of seven episodes were produced.
At total of seven episodes were produced.


==Technical==
==Technical==
It featured graphics from Rob's BBC computer, Rob's off-screen voiceover asking the questions.
It featured graphics from Rob's BBC computer.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
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One avid viewer, [[Jonathan Isaby]], called in while show 1 was still being broadcast live to point out that question 45 had the incorrect answer: the central line does not serve Heathrow airport.
One avid viewer, [[Jonathan Isaby]], called in while show 1 was still being broadcast live to point out that question 45 had the incorrect answer: the central line does not serve Heathrow airport.
The jingle between questions was an original creation for the show by [[Paul Soulsby]] of [http://www.trademark-online.co.uk/ Trademark] fame.
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