The Chase, Is It Fixed?

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I have heard a lot claiming it is but personally I'm an occams razore man and I cannot see what possible reason there is to fix it. People regularly win and also often verify the well known statistic that most of the public are thick as gip tish.

[emmie]

i don't think its fixed, as you say some actually win..

[dannyk13]

I don't think that it is fixed, but I do think a lot of it is rehearsed.The competitors all trot out the same advice to the one facing the chaser.

[Smowball]

I do think that this chasers often get ridiculously easy questions in the final round to win the prize money.

[dannyk13]

Smow, I don't see how that can be when the competitors get the choice of questions to answer.

[Mamyalynne]

I don't watch it enough to comment much due to the time it airs, but doubt it is fixed.

Occam's razor did you mean?

Not sure what quite a few of your words are up there^ or whether they're necessary.

[Smowball]

Danny I don’t see how either but the amount of times the Chaser has been asked the most ridiculously easy question is common these days

[Cloverjo]

Yes, the competitors (supposedly) choose the set of questions in the final chase, but they're asked 'Set A or Set B?' We don't see them.
They're on Brad's computer screen, so there is no proof that "Set A (or B)" are the actual ones randomly chosen.
The chasers' questions do seem easier, especially as the time draws to a close and the Chaser is near his target.

[Ken4155]

There are no such things as 'easy' or 'hard' questions. Just those you know the answer to and those you don't. As the chasers all have a very high degree of GK, they know the answer to many of the questions posed. They are professional quizzers, it's what they do for a living. No need to fix anything.

[teacher1]

I think the only 'fixing' is when the chasers let the competitors win !!! ;o)

[Old_Geezer]

Hadn't realized some had broken it.

[DarceyK123]

I don't think it's actually fixed but the episodes are played in a way that we never have the same chaser twice in a week and I've noticed that they win about once a week.

I alway know that if they won yesterday they are not going to win today if you know what I mean which does take the suspense away a bit.

[Sqad]

Cloverjo 16.50 yesterday has it in a nutshell.
The questions "may" be inserted into the boxes AFTER the competitors have chosen.
No, I don't think that it is "fixed" but I have a suspicion that it mey be "manipulated"......if that makes sense.

[Gromit]

No not fixed.
It is not live so they may film retakes of scripted answers. And they obviously film them it batches, so they will film with one chaser for a couple of days, get 10 episdes in the can, and then not show them consecutively, mixing different chasers for different days. They will also know which days have the highest viewing figures, so they can air a winning episode on that day.

[dannyk13]

Sqad, can you explain the difference between fixing and manipulation?

[murraymints]

whatever..it is an entertainment show rather than mastermind... a good format and enjoyable to watch, Bradley is good at his job

[Sqad]

danny.....LOL....LOL. No I can't.....I know what i mean ( I think) but cannot explain it by the written word.

[lankeela]

I am always amazed at how 'difficult' the questions are on celebrity editions when they are playing for charity. I know some of them are a bit thick but you would think they would give them easier questions as so many leave without any money for their chosen charity - if it was fixed you would think it would be the celebrity ones that were.