Vem vet mest?

When I was little, I used to hang out with my grandad quite a lot. We had a special agreement, he’d let me watch Sesame Street if he could watch Channel Four News. Fair enough deal, when you think about it. Well somewhere between the Channel Four News and Countdown fell Fifteen to One. I loved Fifteen to One.

Sadly Fifteen to One died a death in the early 2000s, being replaced by utter trite as that what’s in the box thing with Noel Edmonds. Deal or No Deal I think it’s called. It was a sad time for television quiz shows. A few years ago, P. and his sister became moderately obsessed with this quiz show, Vem vet mest? (Who knows the most?) My Swedish wasn’t too brilliant at that time, so I didn’t really pay attention. Until one day, I saw they had lamps and there were fifteen contestants. “Oh it’s just like Fifteen to One!” I said one day. Well I’ll be, the show is based on the programme I grew up with!

When I became unemployed and suffered from the subsequent brain rot associated with doing nothing, I became a full-time Vem vet mest? devotee. One day I wouldn’t mind taking part. The trouble is, whilst I can answer the majority of the questions, I sadly answer them in the wrong language. Then where we used to have very specific UK based questions, VVM? has incredibly Swedish ones. I’d no doubt not even make it past the first round, unless the producers of the show would let me answer in English…

Having devoted every week night at 7pm to Rickard Olsson, I’ve grown to learn a lot about the intricate workings of the show. You can pretty much set your watch by the frequency of quips, disappointed sounds from the Quiz Master, the popping of light bulbs and the amount of people giving stupid answers.

So then I thought, hey, there’s a drinking game in this somewhere. Terry Wogan and the Eastern Bloc inspired one for Eurovision, surely Rickard Olsson and the various overweight pensioners from Skåne will be the perfect grounding for a Vem vet mest? fredagsfinalen piss up. I was right. I was spot on.

So in my next blog entry, I shall share the rules of the VVM-FF Drinking Game. So next Friday, when you settle down in front of SVT2 with your end of week brewski, you’ll be able to play along.

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