The grid subjects featured on this edition are:
Main Grids: Actresses who were leading ladies in Alfred Hitchcock movies; Types of pasta.
Auction Grids: Fabrics named after places; Stage musicals based on songless stage plays; Commonwealth countries.
Final Grid: Fictional characters from "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe".
Main Grids: Actresses who were leading ladies in Alfred Hitchcock movies; Types of pasta.
Auction Grids: Fabrics named after places; Stage musicals based on songless stage plays; Commonwealth countries.
Final Grid: Fictional characters from "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe".
The third Auction Grid on this edition - Commonwealth countries - was a much-revisited subject for Auction Grids, having already appeared in Episode #4.13 (1996) and Episode #5.25 (1998).
While the countries varied in each instance, when it reappeared in Episode #6.51 (1999) it used the exact same grid as this edition.
While the countries varied in each instance, when it reappeared in Episode #6.51 (1999) it used the exact same grid as this edition.
The second main grid on this episode - types of pasta - had originally appeared in Episode #3.6 (1995).
Five of the answers were the same on both grids: Pappardelle, Penne, Rigatoni, Tagliatelle and Tortellini.
However, the suspicion that the Bob Monkhouse editions slightly "dumbed down" the grids could be taken from the Wipeout answers. Some of the Wipeouts here included well-known Italian words that have crossed over into the English language, such as Lamborghini and Casanova. Not only this, but some of the correct answers are also incredibly obvious, such as spaghetti.
In contrast, the original Paul Daniels grid had Wipeouts that were all Italian words that may not be known to the average person: the Italian for canaries, earrings, hair curlers, screwdriver and socks.
Five of the answers were the same on both grids: Pappardelle, Penne, Rigatoni, Tagliatelle and Tortellini.
However, the suspicion that the Bob Monkhouse editions slightly "dumbed down" the grids could be taken from the Wipeout answers. Some of the Wipeouts here included well-known Italian words that have crossed over into the English language, such as Lamborghini and Casanova. Not only this, but some of the correct answers are also incredibly obvious, such as spaghetti.
In contrast, the original Paul Daniels grid had Wipeouts that were all Italian words that may not be known to the average person: the Italian for canaries, earrings, hair curlers, screwdriver and socks.
The first Auction Grid on this edition - fabrics named after places - had originally appeared as a main grid in Episode #5.30 (1998).
Four of the same answers appeared on both grids: Calico, Denim, Hessian and Worsted.
Four of the same answers appeared on both grids: Calico, Denim, Hessian and Worsted.
