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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
It is THAT time of year. Some people wait all year for it, and others wait all autumn for it to be over. Check out the previous Knockout Quizzes to avoid any shocks. You are about to enter what can become a compulsively addictive competition that is treated with great amusement by those of us that know it.

The basis of the contest is that everybody sets out on a journey but only one person arrives at the destination, the others falling by the side of the thread as it winds its way through month after month.

Enough - I have given you too much information already - I shall provide you with a brief resume of the rules:

1. QMs ruling is final (unless the appeal is funny or entertaining)

2. You must provide an example of the chosen topic

3. Some choices are better than others

4. There are some things I have not told you so listen to the other contestants

5. This competition is for amusement only. Anyone taking it seriously will be mocked mercilessly.

6. I must write these rules down somewhere

So - to enter - and I will PM all my regulars - you have to follow the instructions for the opening round:

CELEBRITY ANAGRAMS

You must post an anagram of the name of a celebrity.

At the end of the opening round I will get you all to PM me and the person(s) who has worked out the most actual names will be awarded points that may help their cause.

As usual, I am playing too, so my entry for this opening round is:

DOG

(I like to make it easy to start with - you do not have to)

[ 26. August 2013, 18:39: Message edited by: Belisarius ]
 

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Posted by EJCardiff (# 12289) on :
 
Here is a fun one

That great charmer

[ 31. August 2007, 20:09: Message edited by: EJCardiff ]
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Severely Lisp.
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
Weathered Hawker
 

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Posted by Paul W. (# 1450) on :
 
Am I the only one who immediately looked for their copy of Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass?

My offering: Leaning Am I

This could help you create your anagrams...

Paul W
 

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Posted by radagasty (# 11628) on :
 
a drenched forest sow

By the way, how does one check out previous knockout quizzes?
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
Mojo Nest
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Fresh Prep Veld
Ther is nowhere to hide...

2006 (and beyond) Quiz Site

2005 and 2006 Quiz reside on the first page of Limbo.
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
2005 Link
2006 Link
Unrelated but Still Funny

Hope this makes up for the first typo of the quiz.
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Neath Barmen Chorale
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
An allegorical dew.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Geez! A flat drill.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Enable Thee Quiz

squeal!!!!!! I'm glad the Quiz of all Quizzes is enabled!

Bless you with thousands of Blessings, O wondrous and gracious Quizmaster!
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
A jumble is she.
And long will she take to end.
Quizers bear your wits.
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
It may be helpful for people to have a list of celebrities to help them solve the anagrams. This is one of the most comprehensive, arranged by alphabetical order.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
How helpful Paul, Chorister and Patdys have been. It pays to be helpful in this game, as well as smart. I seem to remember there being something else it's good to be, but I forget what it is..
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Ah, now I remember. There's nothing new under the sun...
 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 

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Originally posted by Hart:
... I seem to remember there being something else it's good to be, but I forget what it is..

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quote:

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Originally posted by Hart:
Ah, now I remember. There's nothing new under the sun...

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I think you may be the first I've heard say that! at least this week.
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 

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Originally posted by Hart:
Ah, now I remember. There's nothing new under the sun...

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I think you may be the first I've heard say that! at least this week.

ETA: Drat!

[ 02. September 2007, 05:09: Message edited by: rugasaw ]
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
Presbyterians
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
My anagram:

Kale Aeon Yin


Thank you, Paul W., for being helpful.

Quizmaster, thank you for hosting this wonderful quiz yet again. Bri--offerings are in the mail.
 

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Posted by Rugmaker (# 10728) on :
 
How wonderful that the quiz is back with such an intelligent, handsome witty quizmaster. Greetings, fellow contestants.

My anagram:

Manioc Wheel
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
Like Comet, my quiz sensor has been tingling for a few weeks (and no, it wasn't just the contractions, Comet!)

My humble offering: Bleach Clad Hair, better known as Angry Cart.

Let's get ready to work it all out!
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
A ban comes bigger

Has something in common with our beloved QM.
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
Right. I don't know if I should do this, considering that I'm going away for a while in a week, but just in case I manage to find an internet connection while I'm gone:

a zit squerm
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
dl's just sucking up!
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
predictable but....

O am rich man, bravo!
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
I can't get your first one, icklejen, so will work on the second one instead.
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
lol! the first one was a comment, only the one in bold was an anagram!
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Damn, that's me wrong then.

Mutters 'Plucks Nudist Jugs' 'Plucks Nudist Jugs'

Just as well really.
 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 
My entry...

You'll need to be quick to catch this one directorily:

Softie Eh Um
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 

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Originally posted by sharkshooter:
My entry...

You'll need to be quick to catch this one directorily:

Softie Eh Um

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I don't plan on being quick so I think I will concentrate on those "nudist jugs" of PADYS.
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
so, has anyone broken out the scrabble letters, to better visualise and solve the anagrams ?
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
can't find my scrabble game. the boys and I ar using the magnetic letters on the fridge.
 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 
I wonder how people have defined "celebrity"? Chorister's list has only 9229, and some of the chosen ones are not there. Well, one anyway.

Of course, some contestants might try to get an advantage by reanagramming* the words.

* Is that a word? Oh well, it might not be hard to figure out what I mean.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
COLLECTING CONTESTANTS

I usually allow a couple of weeks so that we do not miss those who are on holiday in week one. You have another week before we start to eliminate people (in the nicest possible way).

To make the second half of the collection period a little bit interesting and not so difficult for those who detest anagrams, and to give newbies a proper taste of what the Knockout Quiz is all about you should all select an example of

HISTORICAL CHARACTERS

You must choose a character that was born before 1900 and although there will be no elimination this time the elimination rule is that the person who chooses the character whose age on death is the median average (MIDDLE) of all the characters chosen will be (NOT THIS TIME) eliminated.

For education purposes a link to the life story of the character on the internet will earn bonus points.

I tried this site to find out who I should choose

Historical Character Quiz

So I choose Julius Caesar

Life story is here:

http://www.vroma.org/~bmcmanus/caesar.html

fixed your allegedly scroll-lock-breaking link - WK

[ 08. September 2007, 20:08: Message edited by: Wet Kipper ]
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
I will go for a safe Methuselah
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
I will take a chance on a man who was 65 when he died.

My man, the magnificent and prolific (in several ways) Johann Sebastian Bach!!
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Oh, Quizmaster...are we to PM you with our solutions to the celebrity anagrams at this time?

And, has everyone said hello?
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Queen Elizabeth I lived for 69 1/2 years, from Sept. 1533 - March 1603.


For those wanting to bring down the average age by a long chalk, this list might be helpful

[ 08. September 2007, 14:59: Message edited by: Chorister ]
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
I think I'll go young - Lady Jane Grey - sweet sixteen when she lost her head.
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
Richard Mulcaster died age 80, a great football advocate
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
I shall choose Isambard Kingdom Brunel, who was 53 when he died.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
I'm feeling Dangerous...

(Though Methuselah should skew the results nicely...)

Judy picked her man Bach, so I'll pick my man Poe. Died at age 40, possibly from drugs, cholera, rabies, suicide.... or all of the above?

Autumn always makes me re-read Poe. There's something about chill winds and dark nights and bare branches....

for those who like interesting characters, a few Poe highlights:

• he would be considered a pedophile nowadays - married his 13 year old cousin. (Didn't Jerry Lee Lewis do that also?)
• he died after being found in the street, delirious, wearing someone else's clothes and calling out the name "Reynolds". no one seemed to know who Reynolds was.
• His main biographer has been discredited as a man with a big fat grudge - so all the stories of Poe being a druggy may just be a sour grapes thing. or maybe they're true!
• Every year on Poe's birthday, a figure slips into the cemetary and drinks a toast to Poe at his graveside, leaving a bottle of cognac and 3 roses.

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Originally posted by Wet Kipper:

P.S, current average is ~185, so icklejen is currently closest

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Is it? QM said median, which I think makes it 59 (not counting Julius Caesar who doesn't have an ages listed).

Dragging it down a tad, I'll be wimpish and go for Edward V of England (one of the princes in the tower) who probably died when he was 13.

[ 09. September 2007, 00:03: Message edited by: Hart ]
 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 
Elijah.

2 Kings 2

quote:

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11 As they were walking along and talking together, suddenly a chariot of fire and horses of fire appeared and separated the two of them, and Elijah went up to heaven in a whirlwind.

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
September the 3rd, 1781 AD, Birth of Zaphod Beeblebrox, in Betelgeuse Five

Age on Death is a little tricky, but he is still going strong in year 576 thousand million and 5560 AD (the Big Crunch, or Gnab Gib: the Universe collapses and terminates).

I make Zaphod 576,000,003,779 years old at the time of the end of the universe where further spacetime seems meaningless.

You may however choose to disagree.

[Edited to add that the good quizmaster, having played with us before, knows the value of median over mean when dealing with answers of madness.]

[ 09. September 2007, 08:40: Message edited by: Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow ]
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
You're right, Hart. The Average I chose was the mode, not the median
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
Rather I think you mean that you meant the mean.

Cutting the time line close I choose Jim Thorpe.
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
Thanks Hart! I was worried for a minute!

ij (who didn't know there were different types of averages, and therefore won't get any smart points!)
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
mode. median. mean. whatever
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
Of the three ways of calculating average (mathematically), the mode is the one you've got most of - very popular, "very modish, modom". The median is the medium one - the one in the middle. The mean is the one which makes you do all the work; adding up all the fiddly numbers and dividing by the number you first thought of - very mean, especially at the end of the lesson just before playtime.

If you've got a large enough amount of things nearly the same, for example, the heights of a class of seven year olds, the three averages will be the same; if you plot them on a chart you'll have an even, bell shaped curve with all three averages at the top of the bell.

If you have an odd mixture, like the market value of the homes in a street of large old houses, most of which have been turned into flats, you'll have a skewed curve, like a children's slide with a steep rise at the low end - most of the homes are cheap flats, but a stretched out line the other side where the unconverted homes are worth more money. There the mode is at the top of the curve, but the median and mean are part way down the slide.

And, having different values for average can be used by politicians to sell you whichever policy fits - "As the average* price is so low, you can't ...", "As the average** price is high, you can all afford to ..."

* Mode
** Median or mean
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
Motecuhzoma Xocoyotzin, last emperor of the Triple Alliance. Died in 1520 at the age of 54. Scholars disagree about whether he was killed by his own subjects or by the Spanish conquistadors who held him hostage. Still, he has his revenge.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Pardon the coding. For some reason, links won't set up properly for me tonight. Have tried many times.


My historical person is:

Gráinne Ní Mháille, aka Grace O'Malley, the Pirate Queen. Died at approximately age 73.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_O%27Malley
 

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Posted by Rugmaker (# 10728) on :
 
Charles Wesley 1707-1788 making him 80 at death.

(Trying to look brave while there is actually nothing at risk!)
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Golden Key:
Pardon the coding. For some reason, links won't set up properly for me tonight. Have tried many times.

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it's the %27 in the URL - the special code for a ' mark

The URL subsitutor thingy in the UBB code doesn't like them

it's what you get when silly people insist on having spaces (%20) and other punctuation marks in their webpage filenames/addresses.

I blame microsoft for making it possible to have proper punctuation in filenames.

[ 10. September 2007, 09:43: Message edited by: Wet Kipper ]
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
Alexander the Great (July 20 356 BC – June 10 323 BC) survived to the ripe old age of 32 years, nearly 33.

Quite a lot is known about him, but some of the lesser known facts include the fact that he was not very good at juggling. In fact if his greatness had been measured according to his juggling ability rather than his ability to invade other people's countries then he would have earned the epithet of "Alexander the Marginally Good at Best". Just goes to show how biased historians are towards people with anti-social tendencies rather than those with dexterity.

Read more about this fascinating character in this highly interesting article, even if its accuracy may be described as "qualified".

JtW
 

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Posted by Professor Kirke (# 9037) on :
 
Hello, all.

My Historical Character entry is Julius Caesar's grandchild, who died at the age of "several days", paving the way for Augustus to eventually take the throne after Caesar's death.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Welcome Professor Kirke.

That reminds me, I must PM those who may have missed the start of this year's event.


 

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Posted by Mertseger (# 4534) on :
 
Oh, what the heck. I'll throw my head in the noose with Pamela "Pixie" Colman Smith in honor of another SoF thread I'm posting on.
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
Don't forget, you new entrants, that the qualifying event for the quiz this year is the anagram of a celebrity as per the OP. Please add yours so that we can spend another few hours with our Scrabble tiles.

By the way there is only one Z, J and Q in Scrabble so it would help if your anagrams did not exceed this limit. Thanks.
 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 

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Originally posted by The Rogue:
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By the way there is only one Z, J and Q in Scrabble so it would help if your anagrams did not exceed this limit. Thanks.

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That's what the two blanks are for.
 

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Posted by Nutmeg (# 5297) on :
 
I am so pleased the quiz is on again! Thank you quizzy and all who make it so much fun.

My entry is Eleanor of Aquitaine who was incredibly strong and magnificant organiser, a ruler in her own right and married to two different kings. Eleanor lived from 1122 to 1204, she was 82 when she died.

OH my anagram for the entry was addiction ark .

thanks quizzy


 

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Posted by Mertseger (# 4534) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by The Rogue:
Don't forget, you new entrants, that the qualifying event for the quiz this year is the anagram of a celebrity as per the OP. Please add yours so that we can spend another few hours with our Scrabble tiles.

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Oh, awright (though I thought the whole point of this second round of entries was so that those of us who hate anagrams did not have to bother). I'll stay on theme with some particularly spicey tar belt porn.
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
Right. I´ll go safe this time.

Joan of Arc died (was killed, in fact) at age 19.

I´m in an internet cafe, so you´ll have to excuse my being swift!

Davelarge
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
Dear Quizmaster:
Message received. I'm sure the gossip clatch are busy trying to figure out who "Comet" is; therefore, your capacity to place a puzzle before eager minds has been widened by just a little bit.

I expected more, however: the message doesn't appear to be a code!

lots of love back,
Comet

Dear rest of you:
if you're wondering what the heck I'm talking about, perhaps this will help.

The Master of 5 Masters
the Quiz-king and potent8:
Spent 6 minutes this morning
2 seek one in coldest state.

northwest, in land of the 3
and home of brave; 3 times
always charm; 6 pleases me.
2 more and 5 and 4 rhymes,

and we're close! 3PO sings
2 the Master's 4 pupils,
6 times the chant of seven.
3 to 7 more scruples.

If you've gotten this far, child -
your grey cells are the strongest.
But to abuse the answer
would just be the most wrongest.


 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Did that start in a minor and end in a major?
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
(helpful hint - I'm musically clueless)
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
A Nibble Ye is the anagram of someone who would look up to our Quizmaster and they might enjoy each others company riding around together.

For my historical person I'll go for James Daly who was a Dublin theatre owner. His name comes up with inventing the word 'quiz' in 1791 even though there is nothing to substantiate it, but an interesting link and hey, he got his name out there!

(This post in honour of our beloved Quizmaster who tapped into my junk mail which I just now discovered.)

Lady A drops a beautiful curtsy to the other competitors.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
I was just wondering if there are any Celebrity Death Pool players here?
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
just cracked PATDYS's anagram!
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
My competition entry or my response to your good self? Either way,
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
Scrabble holds a special place in my heart because long, long ago when I was single, it was my litmus test for selecting the future Mr. Chickle (I flatly refused to marry anyone who couldn't beat me at Scrabble). And a wee bit o' trivia: Bad Restful Mothers is an anagram for the inventor of Scrabble (but I digress!)

As useful as you may find your Scrabble set to be, I heartily recommend a vastly superior secret to success for KOQ Round 1 ...
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Inspired by this thread, I have bought a Scrabble game. This is entirely because you've reminded me how much I like playing it, and I haven't had access to a set since I moved out of my parents' home.

It has nothing whatsoever to do with the fact that writing the anagram letters on little bits of paper just isn't the same.
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
I lent our scrabble set (a much appreciated wedding present) to a friend.

She is in hospital and will be for about 6 weeks, so I suppose her need is greater right now.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Just zooming by to say that I am desolate and despondant not to be taking part in this year's knockout quiz. I know I'm going to be AFK a fair bit this autumn (who me? Good grief! ) and am supposed to be trying to get back into my studying so I'm being sensible and giving it a miss before I get engrossed. Put my name down for next year, though...

*Blows a kiss to her favourite Quizzy
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
I choose Gyalwa Rinpoche, born 1391 - an early preponent of recycling ...

(First reborn age 83, currently 72 and a runnning total of 616 - isn't that the retranslated number of the beast ? )
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 

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Originally posted by Smudgie:
Just zooming by to say that I am desolate and despondant not to be taking part in this year's knockout quiz.

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You could join lose in the second round then make fun of the rest of us as we make fools of ourselves. Or more like your usual self help us along when you can.
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
Smudgie! It won't be the same without you! But I understand. I am so tired that I can't even write down the anagrams, much less make sense of them, but hoping to catch up at work so I can play here. I wonder if we could use a votive penguin to stand in your place?

So, for Smudgie I present Dr André Chiaradia who might be someone that might lure her into the great game!

(Little penguin, with folded arms, little flame above her head, ringed by a halo of good will)
 

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Posted by radagasty (# 11628) on :
 
I suppose I shall go for Sir Joseph Banks, the naturalist who sailed on Captain Cook's Endeavour, and in honour of whom Botany Bay was named. At any rate, he died when he was 77, which I trust is above the median.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
SIGN UP NOW - Check in once a day to play this game.

Spreadsheet now created - On my new computer as I listen to Spurs miss yet another chance against Arsenal as we are now 2-1 up after being 1-0 down. Arsenal TV was the nicest birthday present from my wife.

Smudgie is in whether she likes it or not, until she fails to post. It only takes a cursory check once a night to play this game.

We will begin for real in the next few days, so get your references saved in favourites, and get set for an autumn full of fun.


 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Maybe the post of "Official Also-walked" is available for the spasmodic thinker and oar-sticker-inner. I am not going to be lured into playing.... I am not.

(And if I were, my anagram would have to be MQ. Any guesses?)
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
Do you want our anagram attempts pming yet ?
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Some PMs have been received already.
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
I've been through many iterations of "AN ALLEGORICAL DEW" but I'm still completely stumped.

Jonah, have some pity and give us a clue, even a teensy one!
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 

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Originally posted by chicklegirl:
I've been through many iterations of "AN ALLEGORICAL DEW" but I'm still completely stumped.

Jonah, have some pity and give us a clue, even a teensy one!

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quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
Check in once a day to play this game.

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quote:

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Originally posted by chicklegirl:
I've been through many iterations of "AN ALLEGORICAL DEW" but I'm still completely stumped.

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That is hardly surprising, since I am a lousy speller. In actual fact the anagram should be

an allegorical weld

Looks like I will be starting the Quiz with the highest number of negative points. Sorry Quizzy.

Even so, North Americans are unlikely to get this, with the possible exception of rugasaw.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
AH-HAH!
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 

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Originally posted by Jonah the Whale:

quote:

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Originally posted by chicklegirl:
I've been through many iterations of "AN ALLEGORICAL DEW" but I'm still completely stumped.

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That is hardly surprising, since I am a lousy speller. In actual fact the anagram should be

an allegorical weld

Looks like I will be starting the Quiz with the highest number of negative points. Sorry Quizzy.

Even so, North Americans are unlikely to get this, with the possible exception of rugasaw.

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For once, I am thankful for the illiteracy of many on the internet. Googling (what I think is) the answer with one 'l' instead of two in the appropriate place will still get you pages and pages of hits, which convinced me my answer was correct. On the other hand, I am now kicking myself for not googling the correct spelling which has thousands of pages of hits.

Quizmaster, please have mercy on my mis-spelled anwswer. It was Jonah's fault. [ to Jonah behind QM's back]
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Those who seek the stars may find help here. (Let the reader understand.)
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Golden Key...the Force is with you!!
 

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Posted by Annie P (# 3453) on :
 
Finally a thread which I feel like joining in on!

Will help while away those hours of not looking after a toddler and new born (not due to November). When are these hours? I'm not sure...!

Anyway, I'm going for Claude Monet - born November 14th 1840 and one of my favourite artists - not just because he painted pretty pictures. Died aged 86 so I'm hoping that he's not going to be in the middle.

Smudgie - how can you say that having your house rearranged means you can't join in the quiz? They're not knocking the whole thing down...! Come on, you know you want to.

Anagram will be pmmed to you shortly oh Masterly QM.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Knockout Quiz 2007 Entrants:

Ann
Annie P
Caty the Southerner
Chicklegirl
Chorister
Comet
Davelarge
Doublethink
EJCardiff
Golden Key
Hart
Icklejen
Jedijudy
Jonah the Whale
Lady A
Mertseger
Nutmeg
Paul W
Professor Kirke
Pure as Snow
Quizmaster
Radagasty
Rugasaw
Rugmaker
Sharkshooter
Smudgie
The Rogue
Wet Kipper

ROUND ONE : CHEMICAL ELEMENTS

In this opening round you must choose an element from the Periodic Table. The twist this year is that I am going to score each element according to the rule A=1,B=2,...,Z=26 so you should post the following information:

CHEMICAL ELEMENT
ESTIMATED SCORE

The other competitors will put you straight if you get it wrong, and we love it when people get it wrong!

The person closest to the average score when all elements have been selected will be the one who is eliminated.

WE'RE OFF!
 

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Posted by Mertseger (# 4534) on :
 
I'll strike while the iron is hot and submit an entry. I'll assume that the score will be the sum of the alphabet mapping for the two letters of the standard chemical abbreviation of the elements, thus yielding:

CHEMICAL ELEMENT: Pm (Promethium)
ESTIMATED SCORE: 29

Here's a periodic table for anyone who might want one.
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
Possible Element: Ununium (Uuu)
Possible Scores: 148 (63)

However, the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry approved the name Roentgenium for element 111 on 1 November 2004, and the name Unununium has consequently been retired. Therefore I submit:

Chemical Element: Roentgenium (Rg)
Possible Scores: 141 (25)
For the estimated score I pick the average: 94.1
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
I'll start at the top of the pretty coloured boxes, as it's a good a place as any.

Hydrogen (H), estimated score 8
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
CHEMICAL ELEMENT - Boron
ESTIMATED SCORE - 2 (B)

(And this is an easy way to remember the elements in the Periodic Table.
 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 
CHEMICAL ELEMENT: Calcium (Ca)
Estimated Score: 4

[ 17. September 2007, 20:52: Message edited by: sharkshooter ]
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Out of concern for the Dihydrogen Monooxide global scourge, I will pick up the element Oxygen, O=15.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
I would like to pick Carbon (C), which in one form includes the hardest naturally occurring substance (diamond).
Estimated Score: 3.

(Or is it 53?)

[Added a thought.]

[ 17. September 2007, 23:25: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
[Never mind strategy, I owe it to the old girl...]

Chemical Element: Berkelium (Bk).
Estimated Score: 13.
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
From one of my favorite movies.

Arsenic

Estimated Score: 69

I would have guessed 2 but 69 makes has much since and I like the number.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Wet Kipper, a belated for your help with the URL problem.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
I choose element 62, Samarium (Sm). (IMHO, an appropriately Biblical choice.)

My estimate is: 4.


This "periodic table set to music" site on sympathetic vibratory physics may be of interest.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 

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Originally posted by Golden Key:
I choose element 62, Samarium (Sm). (IMHO, an appropriately Biblical choice.)

My estimate is: 4.

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OK, I've thought about it, but I'm stumped -- how on earth did you get 4? I'm all for creative interpretations of QM's rules, but this one's too creative for my small brain!
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
I shall choose Beryllium with an estimated score of 117.
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
I'm choosing Cobalt (which happens to be my favorite color), with an estimated score of 18.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
If I understood correctly, QM wants us to estimate what the average score will be...but the person who's closest to the average will be eliminated. So I figured 4 would be safe.

If I've misunderstood, please tell me. Thanks!
 

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Posted by Nutmeg (# 5297) on :
 
Oh dear chemistry... the years I spent memorising the periodic table..

I choose iron ( FE).

Quizzy you have not specified if our scores are based on the symbol or the total name.

If score is based on symbol, my score for Fe would be 11. If the score were based on the entire word my score would be 38. (I think)
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Zirconium

Which is (I think!) 44 for Zr, or 128 if spelled out fully.
 

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Posted by Annie P (# 3453) on :
 
Barium (Ba) is my metallic eliment of choice.
Estimated score: 3 (or am I supposed to be guessing what the mean will be????? )

Hope that's right. Well, even if it isn't, I can always become an also ran.
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
I took QM's instructions to mean that we should post our element and our estimate of the score of that element. QM will calculate the official score of each entry (if nobody falls by the wayside by not posting one) and then the average. My first thought was that the score is calculated on the full name of the element but many seem to be scoring on the chemical symbol.

I shall go for gold with a score of 38.

[ 18. September 2007, 12:18: Message edited by: The Rogue ]
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 

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Originally posted by Golden Key:
If I understood correctly, QM wants us to estimate what the average score will be...but the person who's closest to the average will be eliminated. So I figured 4 would be safe.

If I've misunderstood, please tell me. Thanks!

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Originally posted by Rugmaker:
Please could someone clarify whether we are scoring the abbreviation or the full name?

Thanks

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Going by my experience in the quiz I suspect that any clarification will always be subject to the whims of QM at the time the round ends so all we can do is speculate and see what happens.

I do include QM himself in the above sentence.
 

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Posted by Rugmaker (# 10728) on :
 
I choose Seaborgium Sg scoring 110 or 26, because I like its utterly ridiculous name that sounds like something straight out of Star Trek.

There also appears to have been a huge row about the name, as described here.
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 
I seem to have missed the sign up date, nevermind always next year. However due to the chemistry content of the first round I thought I might as well comment seeing as that is what I am studying - if anyone wants a good periodic table with lots of associated informations try web elements periodic table

Incidentally if I was playing I'd go Y, yttrium as it has a cool name
Estimated average score 25 (and yes I know that is the score of mine)

flags x
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
Phew... logging in from holiday

Helium - He.
Estimated average score - 102.

Jen´s go...
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
Molybdenum - Mo (because of the great Mourinho of course!)

I don't understand what we're estimating, come to that I still don't understand what different types of averages are (despite poor dl's best efforts)so... my random number... is 10, coz that's Joe Cole's number, and until I get more intelligent I shall stick with randomness!

ij x
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 

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Originally posted by icklejen:


I don't understand what we're estimating, come to that I still don't understand what different types of averages are (despite poor dl's best efforts)so... my random number... is 10, coz that's Joe Cole's number, and until I get more intelligent I shall stick with randomness!

ij x

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Icklejen, the estimated score for your chosen element works this way. If you use a code where a=1, b=2 through to z=26 and allocate each letter in your word a score, your estimated score is the total of those numbers. So your word is worth 99 if you're scoring for all the letters, 25 if it's for the short form.

The averages could be the median, the mean and the mode. The mode is the modish one, the one that most people go for. The median is, as it sounds, the one which comes in the middle if you line them all up in numerical order. The mean is not mean at all, but rather fair as you collect in all the scores, add them all together, and then divide the total between all the people equally and see how many they'd get each.

So if five people entered and had estimated scores of 5, 18, 5, 7 and 15, the mode would be 5 because most people had chosen it. The median would be the middle one when they were in numerical order, so 5,5,7,15,18 making a median of 7. The mean would be the fair share: 5+5+7+15+18 makes 50 and 50 shared between the five people who entered the competition would make 10 each... thus the mean average is 10.

I would guess that Quizzy will go by the mean or the median, as the mode would be knock too many people out at this early stage in the game.

I am going for Xenon because it's a noble gas, not any of your common rabble of elements, so:

Xenon (Xe)
Estimated score: 72 (29)

[ 19. September 2007, 16:35: Message edited by: Smudgie ]
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
Copper (Cu)

I'm completely baffled as to what we're estimating - our own score or the average score, or the air speed of an african swallow. therefore, I'm going with 29.

just cause.

I chose copper because it is beautiful, valuable, and the best hair color known to mankind.
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
Definitely you should estimate the airspeed of an African swallow. But how will you do that?
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Do Africans swallow at a different speed to people of other nationalities? I find that idea a little hard to swallow.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Arrrr, a mess o' swallow's'd make a fine meal, me hearties.
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 

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Originally posted by Smudgie:
Do Africans swallow at a different speed to people of other nationalities? I find that idea a little hard to swallow.

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Originally posted by Gwai:
Definitely you should estimate the airspeed of an African swallow. But how will you do that?

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Originally posted by Golden Key:
Note: Random science-related fact: Prof. Einstein hated to wear socks.

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Originally posted by icklejen:
Molybdenum - Mo (because of the great Mourinho of course!)

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Who is sadly no more - you didn't see that one coming. You could always estimate which manager you're going to get now, or indeed where Mo is going next. Dear, dear, dear.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 

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Originally posted by comet:

quote:

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Originally posted by Golden Key:
Note: Random science-related fact: Prof. Einstein hated to wear socks.

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YES!

always knew I had something deeply in common with that man. love him.

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Long ago, I heard a story about this. Einstein was at an awards ceremony in his honor, and was growing weary of all the elaborate comments about him. So he leaned over to the woman next to him and said, "You know, I never wear socks!"
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 

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Originally posted by Annie P:

quote:

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Originally posted by icklejen:
Molybdenum - Mo (because of the great Mourinho of course!)

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Who is sadly no more

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well - I wouldn't go that far - he's left the club, but he's not dead !
 

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Posted by Annie P (# 3453) on :
 
Didn't you read the rest of the sentence? - who is sadly no more your manager.

Do I have to spell everything out word for word?? Honestly, you just can't get the shipmates these days....
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 

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Originally posted by Smudgie:
If you use a code where a=1, b=2 through to z=26 and allocate each letter in your word a score, your estimated score is the total of those numbers.

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To be pedantic, QM never stipulated that we use the total (though we've all assumed that in our calculation). It could be the product, one of the averages, or (and this is my favorite) the number you get just by writing all the numbers next to each other (so Ca, for instance, would score 31).
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Flags Fiend: Welcome to the quiz.

As you have cost nobody their place your entry in the first round is sufficient to gain you full entry to the quiz. (I have sent a PM).

As for what I meant about full name or two letter abreviation ... and average, ... I am not sure whether or not I have decided on that yet, but I will, and when I do you will know.

There are so many possibilities at the moment.


 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Explanantion for new players

`When I use a rule,' Quizzie said, in rather a scornful tone, `it means just what I choose it to mean -- neither more nor less.'

`The question is,' said Alice, `whether you can make rules mean so many different things.'

`The question is,' said Quizzie, `which is to be master -- that's all.'

Alice was too much puzzled to say anything;

Alice in Through the Knockout Quiz
 

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Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on :
 
I'm going for scandium - Sc because it is the lowest numbered element (21) that I can't remember hearing about.

You will all be interested to know that it is a rare metallic element, very light, soft and silvery. But what I find a more interesting general fact about this range of elements is that the even numbered elements are much more common than the odd numbered ones for a good, non-random reason. I never knew that.

My estimate is 22 - the number of players on a football pitch if nobody has been sent off.

JtW.

[ 20. September 2007, 22:54: Message edited by: Jonah the Whale ]
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
Yeah! Smudgie you rock! If Smudgie were an element her estimated score would be 78 which is the number for platinum. But we all knew that she was worth more than gold anyways!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 

 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
Thanks Smudgie (still confused as ever!)

And as for Mourinho - I'm in Portugal, so saw it all first hand "Mourinho dexia Chelsea". And now we have a Grant, and I am a Grant by birth!

But enough derailing the thread.... Quizzie will kick me out, or Dave will think I've abandoned him on holiday!

ij x
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
The Subsidiary Competitions

This year there has been a slight change. The PLUSH points stand for P=Page L=Laughter U=Unusual S=Smart H=Helpful.

As always the points are awarded on a whim.

P L U S H Points

1 0 1 0 1 Paul W : First in with a helpful website link, and mention of Adrian Plass
1 0 0 -1 0 Radgasty : Previous knockout quizzes can be found in Limbo
1 1 1 1 1 PATDYS : Somewhere in those two posts you get one of each point
1 0 1 0 0 Jedijudy : Thankyou Judy, it's great to have your support once again
1 0 1 0 0 Rugasaw : Have I missed something or am I looking too deep?
1 0 0 0 1 Chorister : For the link
1 0 0 1 1 Hart : For mentioning the things you should be and we changed the other
1 0 0 -1 0 Hart : Wrong!
1 0 1 0 0 Sharkshooter : I like the sentiment, this is good anti-addiction training
1 0 0 1 0 Comet : Welcome back Eskimo
1 0 0 0 1 Chicklegirl : For the link
1 0 0 0 1 The Rogue : Nice clue
1 1 0 0 0 The Rogue : Trying to solve Icklejen's first
1 0 0 1 0 Pure as Snow : For solving Icklejen's first
1 0 1 0 0 Wet Kipper : For bringing Scrabble to the table
1 0 1 0 0 Comet : For using the fridge instead
1 0 0 0 1 Chorister : For the link
1 0 1 0 0 Comet : For that brief history of Poe
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
More Whimsy for those that love it.

P L U S H Points

2 0 2 0 0 Pure as Snow : Hot Favourite for the "U" prize starts with a winner
2 0 0 -1 0 Wet Kipper : By his own admission
2 0 0 1 0 Icklejen : It is smart to know when you do not know
2 0 0 -1 0 Wet Kipper : Sometimes it is better just to leave it
2 0 0 0 1 Ann : Good attempt to explain the situation
2 1 0 0 0 Chicklegirl : For the link
2 0 0 1 0 Wet Kipper : For correctly identifying the true culprits
2 0 1 0 0 Jonah the Whale : For that bit about juggling
2 0 0 1 0 The Rogue : Touting for more anagrams
2 0 1 0 0 Sharkshooter : You seriously use blanks for that?
2 0 1 0 0 Comet : For completely confusing me (but I did do it!)
2 0 1 0 0 Jedijudy : Good question, and better than any of mine
2 0 0 0 1 Chicklegirl : For that marriage guidance speech
2 0 0 1 0 Caty the Southerner : Good purchase
2 0 0 0 1 Icklejen : "Scrabble to the sick" award
2 1 0 0 0 Smudgie : You? Give it a miss? LOL
2 0 0 1 0 Rugasaw : Good advice
2 0 0 0 1 Lady A : Entering on behalf of Smudgie
2 0 0 1 0 Caty the Southerner : For giving us hope on an allegorical dew
2 0 0 0 1 Caty the Southerner : For that most useful link
2 0 0 1 1 Hart : Thank you for that reminder of an unwritten rule
2 0 0 1 0 Jonah the Whale : It is smart to admit when you make a mistake
2 1 0 0 0 Caty the Southerner : I absolutely love it when people get the right answer the wrong way
2 0 0 0 1 Golden Key : For the link
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
QM, I must say--if you had to make a change, I'm ever so grateful we went from posh to plush (which is equally luxurious and avoids the problematic connotation of "probability of severe hail").
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 

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Originally posted by chicklegirl:
QM, I must say--if you had to make a change, I'm ever so grateful we went from posh to plush (which is equally luxurious and avoids the problematic connotation of "probability of severe hail").

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What is it with women and sensible shoes?
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
I am going to post my own element now.

Polonium

Po with a score of 31 which is one of my lucky numbers along with 37.

Po was also a character from the teletubbies.

Polonium 210 was used by a Russian agent to kill a dissident in London.

So that should put me through to the next round unless everybody actually posts an element.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
P L U S H Points for the anagram solutions

A 0 0 1 0 Jedijudy : First with many of the answers
A 0 0 2 0 Jedijudy : Checking my PMs she was the only one to crack my code last year
A 0 0 2 0 Caty the Southerner : First one with the complete solution
A 0 1 0 0 Mertseger : For sending me the answer to two anagrams, including mine
A 0 0 1 0 Icklejen : For everyone apart from Lawrence
A 0 0 1 0 Ann : For everyone apart from Lawrence
A 0 0 2 0 Golden Key : For the complete solution
A 0 0 1 0 Jedijudy : For persistence resulting in a complete set of answers
A 0 1 0 0 Annie P : For sending me a PM with her anagram in : Such Jest Sir
A 0 0 2 0 Wet Kipper : For a complete set of answers and in tabular form
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
P L U S H Points for page three

3 0 0 0 1 Mertseger : For the link to the periodic table
3 0 1 0 0 Ann : For the link to the song about the elements
3 0 1 0 0 Pure as Snow : For the link to the Dihydrogen Monooxide site
3 0 1 0 0 Golden Key : For the "periodic table set to music" link
3 0 0 1 0 Hart : Good question
3 0 1 0 0 Golden Key : Good answer
3 0 0 1 0 The Rogue : That was my first thought too
3 0 0 1 0 Hart : Good explanation
3 0 1 0 0 Wet Kipper : For getting pirates to relate to chemical elements
3 0 0 0 1 Rugmaker : NO
3 0 0 1 0 The Rogue : There speaks the voice of experience
3 0 0 0 1 Flags Fiend : For another link to a periodic table
3 0 0 0 1 Smudgie : For being a mathematics teacher
3 0 1 0 0 Smudgie : For taking Gwai's interjection to another level
3 0 1 0 0 Jedijudy : For pulling several threads into a single garment
3 0 1 0 0 Gwai : Reaching that other level
3 0 0 1 0 Chicklegirl : For having an excellent memory
3 0 0 0 1 Golden Key : For a very well laid out post
3 0 0 -1 0 Annie P : For winding up Icklejen during her trauma
3 0 1 0 0 Hart : I will get you to work out all the options if needed
3 0 0 1 0 Pure as Snow : For a very appropriate literary reference
3 0 0 0 1 Lady A : For continuing to support an old penguin
 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
More Whimsy for those that love it.

P L U S H Points

2 0 1 0 0 Sharkshooter : You seriously use blanks for that?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
P L U S H Points for page three

3 0 0 0 1 Lady A : For continuing to support an old penguin

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Old? Old???
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Smudgie, you don't look a day over 21.
 

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Posted by Annie P (# 3453) on :
 
[QUOTE]Originally posted by Quizmaster:
Annie P : For sending me a PM with her anagram in : Such Jest Sir

Look, when you get to being 8 months pregnant, everything is confusing!!
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 

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Originally posted by Annie P:

Look, when you get to being 8 months pregnant...

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I just thought of a round for in 3-6 weeks time.

Weight and length perhaps .

Congratulations Annie, hope things are smooth.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
I think we had a Circus "Baby Pool" for Annie and Tom's first, as well.

quote:

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Quizmaster scored:
2 0100 Comet: For completely confusing me (but I did do it!)

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quote:

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Originally posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow:

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Originally posted by Annie P:

Look, when you get to being 8 months pregnant...

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I just thought of a round for in 3-6 weeks time.

Weight and length perhaps .

Congratulations Annie, hope things are smooth.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
Wet Kipper : For getting pirates to relate to chemical elements

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well, anyone who picked an Inert Gas could well have linked it to the Pirates who don't do anything
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Whew. My internet has been down since late last week, and I was so afraid that I had missed a round.

To let y'all know how addicted to this quiz I can be, this was the first thing I checked here at w*rk today. And my Boss never even noticed!
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Everyone has had long enough now.

Knocked Out in ROUND ONE

EJCardiff
Paul W
Professor Kirke
Radagasty

Qualifiers:

Ann
Annie P
Caty the Southerner
Chicklegirl
Chorister
Comet
Davelarge
Doublethink
Flags Fiend
Golden Key
Hart
Icklejen
Jedijudy
Jonah the Whale
Lady A
Mertseger
Nutmeg
Pure as Snow
Quizmaster
Rugasaw
Rugmaker
Sharkshooter
Smudgie
The Rogue
Wet Kipper

Round Two tonight, if I don't forget.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
ROUND TWO : BRITISH SPEEDWAY

You must pick a British Speedway team from one of the three leagues, Elite, Premier or Conference.

I will ascertain the average of the top rider for that team and the person who picks the team whose top rider comes out as the median when all averages are placed in order will be eliminated.

As always, if you do not understand then just pick a team and hope!
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
From Premier......
the Workington Comets! like I could pass that one up.


[major edit - read the directions funny. all well now...]

[ 25. September 2007, 21:32: Message edited by: comet ]
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Speedway, hmmm?

I'll go with the Plymouth Devils. I have no idea how they are likely to score, but when I lived down south I used to to supermarket across the road from where they compete. I feel nostalgic.
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
Looking through the Trade Journal, leaving this team for our very own penguin, and noticing that there's nothing that close to home, I'll go for the Ipswich Witches, just because.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
I'll take the Oxford Cheetahs and note that it's interesting to see another British sport use US-style team naming conventions. How long have they had these kind of names?
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 

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Originally posted by caty the southerner:
when I lived down south I used to to supermarket across the road from where they compete. I feel nostalgic.

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Which when translated into English reads, I used to go to the supermarket across the road.




[Still got it wrong. Double ]

[ 25. September 2007, 21:52: Message edited by: caty the southerner ]
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
I chose the Stoke Potters for my team. Even though I can't seem to find a home website for them. They are on Caty's site, which I recommend. I had to go for the Potters after all the name strikes fear in the heart of all clay footed people.

[ 25. September 2007, 21:53: Message edited by: rugasaw ]
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Because I'm diving* this weekend,
Boston Barracudas.

And Qm,

quote:

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person who picks the team whose top rider comes out as the median when all averages are placed in order will be eliminated

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Whats wrong with just the average then eh? mutters mode median mean muddle: mankers!


*Actually a rescue divers course. Artificial respiration in the water is quite an art form. Still, after last weekend, if you are drowning on the bottom of a swimming pool, and I just happen to pass by in full scuba gear, rest assured, I can try to save you.

[ 25. September 2007, 22:22: Message edited by: Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow ]
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
My selection is:

We use portly tubbies dancing

because they are bottom of their table and so their best rider is likely to be further away from the median.
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
She selects Scunthorpe Scorpions; seduced subtly, sans sense, sans sentiment, silliness supreme !

[ 25. September 2007, 22:29: Message edited by: Doublethink ]
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
I shall go local, and pick the Edinburgh Monarchs, who race in the Speedway Premier League.

I say local - Edinburgh is about 20 miles away from me. Mind you, Armadale, where they actually race, is about 8 miles in the other direction !!

[ 25. September 2007, 22:36: Message edited by: Wet Kipper ]
 

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Posted by Mertseger (# 4534) on :
 
Continuing with my usual theme, I just have to go with the Ipswich Witches. I haven't found any listing of the top riders by teams, but here are some current team standings. For the sake of brinksmanship I'd like to be closer to the middle, but I've gotta go with the Witches.
 

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Posted by Mertseger (# 4534) on :
 
Rats, just noticed that Ann swooped on the Witches. Then I must go with the Plymouth Devils instead.
 

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Posted by Mertseger (# 4534) on :
 
Ah, there we go. Here's a nifty sortable table of most of the rider's standings.
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 

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Originally posted by Mertseger:
Rats, just noticed that Ann swooped on the Witches. Then I must go with the Plymouth Devils instead.

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Originally posted by Wet Kipper:

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Originally posted by Mertseger:
Rats, just noticed that Ann swooped on the Witches. Then I must go with the Plymouth Devils instead.

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erm, someone else (caty) got the Devils first too.
Try again - 3rd time's a charm

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Gah! That's what I get for trying to pick a team ten minutes before I had to leave for somewhere. Okay, I'll go with my best guesstimate of the current rider median across the leagues according to the page I posted, the Reading Racers even though it breaks my streak of occult entries. This time I used the browser search function to make sure the team had not been selected.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Glasgow Tigers, please.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
How can I fail to support my local speedway team, Wightlink Islanders seeing as they kindly let me and the Smudgelets cycle repeatedly round their track to the point of near exhaustion to raise money for the Bikeathon for Leukaemia Research.

Mind you, Quizmaster may not take kindly to this choice, after the memorable trouncing the Islanders gave the Exeter Falcons during my first introduction to the delights of speedway
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Lady A:
Well, I started with 4 teams, and two have been picked. So, I think I'll have to go with the Newcastle Diamonds. We used to live near Seattle and after we moved away, the area incorporated and named themselves Newcastle from the old mines that were there. Just so you know, the golf course there was built on years of our trash and yard waste we dumped.

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Lady A, you're making me a bit nostalgic; before we moved to our present location, we lived in Bellevue, just north of the area you mentioned. In college--where I majored in history--I did a lot of research about the Newcastle coal mines... ah, that takes me back!

Anyway, my speedway pick is the Coventry Bees.
 

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Posted by Nutmeg (# 5297) on :
 
Quizzy your challenges are up to standard, and the instructions sufficiently confounding.

I will go with the Poole Pirates because somebody is going to have to back these good looking young chaps.
 

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Posted by Annie P (# 3453) on :
 
Well, continuing on the local theme - I'll go for the Cleveland Bays who seem a nice bunch of chaps down at Redcar. (Perhaps we should go some time?? )

Here's a list of the ones gone so far
Cleveland Bays
Plymouth Devils
Reading Racers
Workington Comets
Ipswich Witches
Oxford Cheetahs
Stoke Potters
Boston Barracudas (as in the NE British Boston?)
Sittingbourne Crusaders
Newcastle Diamons
Glasgow Tigers
Wightlink Islanders
Coventry Bees
Pool Pirates

This is just for my sanity, not just for others. Man, I wish I had been a fly on the wall at some of the brain storming meetings when they came up with some of those names...

Is this a too obvious attempt for some plush points I wonder!!
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
There are other sports!

I'll support the team currently 6th in the Premier League... Somerset.

ij x
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
Somerset? Did anything good ever come out of Somerset?

Cheddar cheese, cider and Marcus Trescothick are the only things that I can think of. I'm still disappointed in you though.

davelarge
(born and bred in Bristol)

Oh yeah, the point...
I'll have Scunthorpe Scorpions for no particular reason.
 

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Posted by Rugmaker (# 10728) on :
 
I'll go for the Lakeside Hammers for being local and having a ludicrously derivative name.
 

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Posted by Rugmaker (# 10728) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by davelarge:

Oh yeah, the point...
I'll have Scunthorpe Scorpions for no particular reason.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Annie P:

Here's a list of the ones gone so far...

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you missed mine out of that list
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Rugmaker:

quote:

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Originally posted by davelarge:

Oh yeah, the point...
I'll have Scunthorpe Scorpions for no particular reason.

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Dave, you might want to check Doublethink's post above...

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quote:

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Originally posted by Wet Kipper:

quote:

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Originally posted by Annie P:

Here's a list of the ones gone so far...

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you missed mine out of that list

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Ok, so I might have missed a couple out - I never said I was reliable! (Check out the 8 month pregnancy thing...)
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
One of the hopers and guessers here.
I pick the Peterborough Panthers, which some of my neighbors might call "Painters".
 

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Posted by Mertseger (# 4534) on :
 
(This may well be the most boring post in the history of KOQ's, but while other people count sheep to fall asleep, I do math. Last night I considered the theory of median elimination rounds, and wanted to share my results. I'll not provide full proofs of the assertions here. The current round shall serve as an example throughout.

Let's first consider the case where the number of possible choices and the number of players are finite. I'll consider infinite possible choices later since it's a remarkably different beast. I shan't consider the infinite number of monkies at the keyboard case.

Let N be the number of choices. N = 35 this round.

Let M be the number of players. M = 25 this round.

For the nonce I'll assume that the N choices are mutually distinct and orderable. Cases where there are lots a of duplicate values gets interesting, but I don't think I'll delve that direction today.

I'll also assume that M is odd for the moment. The even M case is only marginally more interesting.

I'll assume for now that the ranking of the N choices is known or at least knowable ahead of the choice making. The unknown ranking case follows fairly easily from the known ranking case.

I'll assume that the players all must make different choices from each other, and that the prior choices of previous players are known to each player.

(M-1) of the choices are absolutely safe. They are the (M-1)/2 lowest and the (M-1)/2 highest choices. Let's call the interval between the safe choices the danger zone.

Result 1 You cannot be eliminated if you make a safe choice. This result is independent of whether the ranking is known ahead of the choice making.

Example:

If the widget I found is the same as the Quizmaster uses (and the average column is used to rank, and inactive riders do count in the mix) then the following are the safe choices for this round:

Poole
Edinburgh
Swindon
Peterborough
Somerset
Plymouth
Workington
Redcar
Scunthorpe
Sheffield
Boston
Wolverhampton
Isle of Wight
Stoke
Belle Vue
Oxford
Newcastle
Buxton
Berwick
Lakeside
Mildenhall
Newport
Stoke Spitfires
Sittingbourne

Let's call someone who intentionally makes a safe choice "rational".

Result 2 If all the players are rational, the player making the last choice will be eliminated.

Interestingly, if there are at least two irrational players, then the player making the last choice can under certain conditions choose which of two players get eliminated:

Result 3 If there are at least two irrational players and at least one choice still available above the middle pair and one choice below the middle pair, the person making the last choice gets to select which of the middle two gets eliminated.

Thus, strangely in a game of rational players, the person choosing last has the least power, but if there are a few irrational players the last person choosing has the most power.

Unknown Choices

The are still safe and dangerous choices.

Result 4 The rational player will maximize the chance that their choice is in the set of safe choices.

Infinite Knowable Choices

If there are at least countably infinite knowable choices, the game changes completely.

Result 5 There is no set of safe choices in this case.

Result 6 Any of the first (M+1)/2 players making a choice can be eliminated by the cooperative play of the remaining players.

Thus, this version of the game becomes a game of waiting as long as you can, and an unpopularity contest amoung the first (M+1)/2 players if the subsequent players are playing rationally.

I'll leave the fiddly bits about even M as an exercise for the reader.)
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
What Mertseger said!

I have found no fault with that analysis to date.

DAVE!
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
A-HA! Mertseger has confirmed what I suspected from Quizmaster's comments elsewhere--the Bees are long shot.

QM, you are offering points for brinksmanship this year, I hope? (I do so love an underdog !)
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Just to make sure I qualify I shall choose:

Swindon Robins

I would love to see them win next Monday.
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
DAVE!

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Yes Sir?



 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
The theory is all well and good, until you realise that there are people who just pluck ananswer out of the air, and then work out if it was a good idea or not !
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
I resent that implication Wet Kipper...

At what point did I ever stop to work out whether or not anything was a good idea? That takes wisdom and maturity I just don't fancy, thank you very much!

Randomness without reflection all the way!
 

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Posted by Mertseger (# 4534) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
The theory is all well and good, until you realise that there are people who just pluck ananswer out of the air, and then work out if it was a good idea or not !

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quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
DAVE!

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quote:

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Originally posted by Lady A:
How funny chicklegirl! Yes, we hiked back up in the old mining areas on the beater paths people made, and there some even still open to clamber in, if you were brave or stupid enough to try. The day before we moved, I took my kiddos and we hiked around and saw a black bear cub up a tree! I doubt you'd see any there now, stacks upon stacks of houses instead. It makes me sad when I go back to visit friends. I miss seeing the fuzzy cows where a strip shopping center now stands on Coal Creek Parkway. *sigh*

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quote:

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Originally posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow:
I got it Comet, even in the Antipodes.

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always knew you were my kinda people, Fuzzum-Wuzzums.
 

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Posted by Rugmaker (# 10728) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by sharkshooter:
Well, I have used the scientific method*, instead of the random selection method that Mertseger proposed, and I choose:

Arena Essex-Lakeside Hammers

*That is, the team name is longer than any of the others.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Rugmaker:

quote:

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Originally posted by sharkshooter:
Well, I have used the scientific method*, instead of the random selection method that Mertseger proposed, and I choose:

Arena Essex-Lakeside Hammers

*That is, the team name is longer than any of the others.

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But with the rather unscientific mistake of picking a team that someone else has already picked - that being me, for partially similar reasons.

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quote:

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Originally posted by icklejen:
I resent that implication Wet Kipper...

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quote:

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Originally posted by chicklegirl:
Give me cows any day!

Say... is there any way we could do a round relating to cattle? (in all seriousness--I think that would be quite educational!)

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Pick a breed of cattle. The name of the breed must be highlighted in some way, possibly bold, possibly underlined, possibly in italics.

In addition, a link to a picture of that breed must be included in your post. You should also state your reason for picking that breed.

The person to be knocked out will be the one who fails to follow the instructions, or if all post successfully we will vote on the most convincing justification for the inclusion of the breed.
 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 
Charolais
I picked the Charolais because I had professional dealings with a dealer of this breed some years ago. Also, it is a beef cow, and I love my beef.
 

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Posted by Mertseger (# 4534) on :
 
Hereford
I have to choose Hereford because I was born in Kokomo, Indiana and, I kid you not, the biggest tourist attraction in town is a stuffed Hereford Bull known as Old Ben.
[Sp.]

[ 27. September 2007, 22:00: Message edited by: Mertseger ]
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
Limousin

During the Foot and Mouth a few years back, the cows in the field behind my parents' house couldn't be moved, but the farmer got one of these bulls in in time and he had to stay until cattle movement was allowed again. I'm pretty sure* the bull was a Limousin he had a lovely nature and would come up to the gate by my parent's front door to have his head scratched. I don't know what the farmer called him, mum called him "Pussy Cat". The cats would walk between his feet when they decided that they just had to go into that field. - and he didn't care.


* He was definitely red.
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
Highland Cattle are what I missed when the cattle moved out and the shopping center in. Being a Scottish Lass, it seemed the natural choice and since I usually called them Hairy Cows (Hairy Coo or Heelan Coo are also scottish names for them), they must be in the blood, so to speak!

[ 27. September 2007, 22:28: Message edited by: Lady A ]
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Crikey, that was a fast round - all I did was have two nights out in a row, and look what happens.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Santa Cruz for me.

Because, of course, this is a Christian website.

[note: people who don't know the names of many breeds of cattle, can click on my link and look at the left hand side bar.]
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
Salers, cos ain't that beautiful ? And you wouldn't mess, you really wouldn't - a bit like comet in that respect ...

These are damn fine, and this one is way too cute.

Their milk makes the most excellent cheese, and here is everything else you could want to know about this variety of Cantal cattle.

DTs helpful summary: they are deep red or black, they are pastured on mountains, they are big, they often have serious horns - kind of like a chilled out Aberdeen Angus.
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
I shall choose***** Ayrshire Cattle*****, primarily becuase they are named after the region of Scotland where I grew up.

for those who wish to get picky and say that my highlighted name is linking to an article about the cattle, and not just a picture of them, a link to a picutre is

here
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
Also, according to the Ayrshires cattle society,:

quote:

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The typical Ayrshire cow is an alert vigorous animal showing strong character and mild temperament.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Doublethink:
kind of like a chilled out Aberdeen Angus.

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quote:

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Braunvieh is not a crossbreed or a new breed developed using two or more breeds. On the contrary, Braunvieh may be the oldest pure breed on earth, with records dating back to 800 B.C. Recently, archeologists have found cattle bones among the ruins of the ancient Swiss Lake Dwellers similar to those of the present day Braunvieh. This would date these cattle in the region to the Bronze Age.

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There are many pics on the linked page. Here is one of them.


And now, presented for your amusement:

California Happy Cows!
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
Chorister may have chosen to post The Singing Cow for our entertainment. So I am moooooved to post this for her.
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
This is my kine of round!

The Blanco Orejinegro of Colombia are (sadly) becoming an increasingly rare breed.

(ETA that no, the suggestion for this round was not in fact an elaborate set-up for my very bad pun...)

[ 28. September 2007, 02:41: Message edited by: chicklegirl ]
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
Comet, ya think those big horns might be compensatin' for somethin'? Wow. I think I'm gonna be having some nightmares, ah, nightcows about those things.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
I got a headache just looking at the one bull. jeesh! could make a handy watch dog, however.
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
Now, we all know that google is our friend, but I thought I'd try and be useful by posting this link which has a pretty long list of cattle breeds to choose from. There's also a wiki entry.
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
OK, usefulness over and done with, I'll choose the Texas Longhorn, for no other reason than that the name is pleasingly phallic.

There is a picture in the link above, but just in case Quizzy pedantically requires a photograph, here is one link, and here is a link to the breeders' association which has more photos.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by davelarge:
OK, usefulness over and done with, I'll choose the Texas Longhorn, for no other reason than that the name is pleasingly phallic.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow:
hey Comet,
Dave's not here

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quote:

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Originally posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow:
hey Comet,
Dave's not here

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"They're all dead, Dave, everybody's dead."
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
I've chosen a breed named after Andriy Shevchenko, the droughtmaster, seen here.

I know this is a shockingly poor reason, except that if Quizzie is the final judge, I'm sure he'd like a reminder of how the wheels have come off the dream (or somesuch non-mixed metaphor).

ij x
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
I am going for the Jersey, because they are gentle and well behaved, they look adorable and they produce the milk for my favourite ice cream.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
While tempted to choose these Cowes because there's even a webcam, I suppose I had better make an alternative choice and go for the Junqueira simply because it's an endangered species.. or was until they started cloning them.

Of course, freedom for all cows would keep them from the endangered list too: Freedom for cows!

[ 28. September 2007, 13:22: Message edited by: Smudgie ]
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Just to say I may well meet my doom this next round as we've had to move out of the bungalow to an internet-free-zone due to my home being totally ransacked by builders. We've had to moooove to a holiday chalet in Sandown, so will probably spend our online time on the beach (in the rain) instead. Alas. But I'll do what I can in the meantime.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
I am a huge fan of the huge Santa Gertrudis.

I first saw these magnificent creatures when I was going down Buckingham Road (cowboy country around here) and saw what looked like red rectangles with legs standing in what had previously been a pasture for Brahmas.

My aunt knew the rancher and told me about his experiment raising these cattle. They were there for many years, and I picked them because I've enjoyed looking at the gentle beasts while traveling down that road.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Ooops. That should be Brahman.

That's no bull.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by davelarge:

quote:

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Originally posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow:
hey Comet,
Dave's not here

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"They're all dead, Dave, everybody's dead."

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Wonderful: you've converted an obscure US tv reference I don't get into an obscure UK tv reference I do! Thanks.

Even Kochanski?
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
My favourites are the Red Ruby Devon breed, becauze them's local, me dear.

But seeing as I've been knocked out and no longer have to play by the rules, my tastiest entry is the all-singing, all-dancing (and probably madcow diseased)Anchor cows.
 

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Posted by Nutmeg (# 5297) on :
 
My choice for cattle is BueLingo . There is a lovely picture at the link given but there are more pictures here. . Aren't they pretty?

I chose the BueLingo because I thought they were really unusual. I also liked the description of the breeding, Ross Bueling started with a pair of dutch belted cattle and using his expertise..... . Personally I thought the end result looked the same as the starting pair.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
I'll show you mine if you show me yours...

quote:

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Originally posted by Hart:
Wonderful: you've converted an obscure US tv reference I don't get into an obscure UK tv reference I do! Thanks.

Even Kochanski?

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Dave's not here, man. and it's not a TV reference, because there's no way they'd get those skits on TV.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
(Switching references.)

"What are you doing, Dave?"
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Now as a Dave, may I suggest a Dave round?
Favourite quote from or incorporating a Dave. Just a thought.
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
Ohhhh, that would give me a distinct advantage!

I can quote many dense things davelarge has said, including "well, why can't they ship our stuff direct to Winnipeg, why does it need to go in a van too?"

Or, so "babies are wrapped in their placentas, it keeps the fluid in."

ij x

PS, I'll go play nice now!
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
No, please carry on dishing the dirt.
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
My choice of cattle breed is the Aurochs which is thought to be the ancestor of all modern day domestic breeds. It is now extinct, the last specimen surviving to 1627, so it has the dignity of never having featured in a Big Mac.

Here is a picture of one from some caves in Libya and another which was created more recently for a TV documentary

I have chosen this breed because nobody else has.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
My choice for this round is:

Qinchuan


The reason I chose this breed is that it is the only breed I can find beginning with Q.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Golden Key:
(Switching references.)

"What are you doing, Dave?"

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quote:

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Originally posted by comet:
my mind is going....I can feel it.

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Switch on Talkeetna Radio then.

I just did and started listening to the West Ham v. Arsenal match.

It was just like living in England.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
HAH! we air BBC overnight. sorry bout that. right now, you can hear New Orleans Jazz.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Is that New Orleans, Alaska? How did we miss that on our visit north last year? Yummm, white spruce and bear fat pralines.
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
Talkeetna, the true multi-cultural capitol of the world.
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
I watched a show on Alaska last week and they were flying up to Denali on Talkeetna Air.

Maybe we should do a round with obscure airlines.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
obscure, nothing! we're the true center of the universe.

Judy - we've had Beausoleil play here twice, does that count?
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
It does indeed, comet! I don't believe they've been here to Fort Misery.

And Talkeetna is a very special place. The Alaska Railroad has a stop there.
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
Of course Talkeetna is the center of the universe, I was just thinking of all those other airlines that are not as blessed as Talkeetna Air. I found a list of defunct airlines that's pretty funny. Loved in Iran they had a 'Bonyard' airlines. I don't think I'd want to get anywhere in there! Or Cretan Airways that ran from 1993-1994, or Freshaer that went bankrupt before it even took off!

But nowhere do I see Talkeetna Air, so their place in aviation universality must be assured! But they may have competition, there is an Air Comet. (closest smilie to a flying comet)
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Damn, I had hoped the next round would have started. Camping for the next three days. Oh well, time to be a nose (also ran).
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
You could always guess what the next round will be and post a suitably generic response to cover lots of possibilities. I'm going to guess 27.8... that or Beethoven's 5th.
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Lady A:
(closest smilie to a flying comet)

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quote:

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Originally posted by Hart:
You could always guess what the next round will be and post a suitably generic response to cover lots of possibilities. I'm going to guess 27.8... that or Beethoven's 5th.

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This is genius. It opens up the way for a whole new class of brinksmanship - posting an answer before the round is announced.
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Well, then, I'm going for 42.
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
That's not brinkmanship - that's cheating!
 

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Posted by Annie P (# 3453) on :
 
Well, I'm going for the little known breed Blue Cow . A cow with curious tedencies - as you'll see from the link. Usually can be observed on Cbeebies at about 6.00pm every day. The things she gets up to are quite amazing! I'm not sure though if she produces blue milk.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
I've never seen a purple cow
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
IT GOES TO THE VOTE

You all now have until 22:00 on Tuesday 2nd October to send me your votes on the best reasons for choosing the breed.

Your vote should be PM'd to me and contain all the entries from 1 to 23.

Helpful advice: If I have a large list to categorise I pick out the top 5/7/10 and the bottom 5/7/10, perhaps the middle 5/7/10 then order each list separately - bingo!

The next round will start tomorrow after the results have been compiled.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 


Like I said ..... 1 to 24.


 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Smudgie:
I've never seen a purple cow

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quote:

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Originally posted by comet:
I'll show you mine if you show me yours...

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quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
IT GOES TO THE VOTE
Your vote should be PM'd to me and contain all the entries from 1 to 23.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
Like I said ..... 1 to 24.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
Is the also-ran choice to be included in the vote(24) , or not (23) ?

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quote:

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Originally posted by sharkshooter:
Is there a handy list that some helpful person prepared?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:

Your vote should be PM'd to me and contain all the entries from 1 to 23.

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Ok, so I get the thing that it should be up to 24. But can anyone explain the "all the entries" bit? Surely if we need to vote, we're only going to send him one entry and reason? Or am I being thick? (yet again!!). Very confused
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Annie P, I understood the instructions to mean, "put all 24 entries in order of preference, from the best to the worst reason given by people for including their breed."

[ 02. October 2007, 13:39: Message edited by: caty the southerner ]
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
Or, "put your choice at the top of a list and everyone else's somewhere underneath."
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Well, you could, but some of us have a greater sense of fair play than that.


[Says she who put her own entry in the top quarter and has little excuse for uttering such santimonious drivel. ]
 

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Posted by Annie P (# 3453) on :
 
Ahhh, Ich verstanden!

Danke schourn (don't think that's spelt right)
I'll get to it soon. I'm sure if you put your own entry say as one of the top five, that's not too bad...
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Voting will appear here shortly.
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
Annie - it's Danke schön
(or schoen if you can't hold down ALT and press 148 on the keypad at the same time)
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
The votes have been counted and here is the result:

FINAL TABLE AFTER THE VOTES WERE COUNTED


105 Rugasaw : Angus
121 Quizmaster : Qinchuan
127 Caty the Southerner : Jersey
129 Ann : Limousin
134 Mertseger : Hereford
148 Sharkshooter : Charolais
148 Wet Kipper : Ayrshire
154 Comet : Watusi
158 The Rogue : Aurochs
161 Davelarge : Texas Longhorn
163 Jedijudy : Santa Gertrudis
164 Pure as Snow : Miniature Scottish Highland
167 Annie P : Blue Cow
170 Smudgie : Junqueira
174 Lady A : Highland
179 Flags Fiend : Vechur
186 Rugmaker : Red Brangus
187 Hart : Santa Cruz
187 Nutmeg : BueLingo
188 Doublethink : Salers
188 Golden Key : Braunvieh
189 Icklejen : Droughtmaster
208 Chorister (A/R) : Red Ruby Devon
212 Chicklegirl : Blanco Orejinegro


This means Rugasaw was the favourite choice and we have to say goodbye to last year's winner, Chicklegirl.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
ROUND FOUR : AIRLINE ROUTE MAPS

quote:

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Originally posted by Lady A:
Maybe we should do a round with obscure airlines.

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In this round you have to pick an airline and post a link to their route map. The map should be clear and easy to read, and we should be able to count the number of routes on show.

The map with the most routes on display will be the one that qualifies for elimination. We are looking for obscure airlines that are big enough to have an online routemap but small enough that there are not many routes.

Good Luck!
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
it was a tough choice, but I had to go with S7 airlines because the route map is so spiffy.

yes, the routes are there, put your mouse over the city. see? nifty, huh?

and their english language website is so PERKY, Too!!!


 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
New England Airlines has, count 'em, one route, from Block Island to Westerley (and back) - see - between the two blue indicators, almost on top of one another.

Here is the airline's home page.
This has some small airlines to look up.
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 
Boston-Maine Airways as it used to be a big airline but now it is small
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
Zoom Airlines , my family will be using it to get from London to Winnipeg over the next few years, for just a few hundred pounds a go.

ij x

(28 routes)
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Aurigny, serving the Channel Islands. They seem to have seven routes, or possibly eight depending on how you calculate it.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
May I offer Go Airline? This little company can get you to and from four of the Hawaiian Islands!
 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 
Since I couldn't find a map for Porter Airlines, I will go for First Air, serving northern Canada.
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
I am using Aero Condor has my airline. Who can go wrong with the Condor?
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
I promised QM I'd keep jogging along as an also-ran, so my humble offering for this round is Salmon Air out of Salmon, Idaho, which offers regularly scheduled daily commuter flights on two routes: Salmon to Boise, Idaho, and Boise to Salmon--as well as chartered flights to other parts of the state.

My little brother used to be a pilot there but has since moved on to the far more cosmopolitan Big Sky Airlines, with routes serving 21 cities in 7 U.S. states.
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
I shall purrfectly enjoy the Caribbean on Lynx Air.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
I'm going with Air Rarotonga, partly because it's a cool name and partly because I'm hoping its 13 routes will be lucky for once!

ETA: People struggling to find maps for some of their favorite small airlines can click on my link and delete the "Oceania/Air_Rarotonga" bit.

[ 03. October 2007, 01:00: Message edited by: Hart ]
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
My daughter was here last week and we played one of our favorite games, Take Off! You have to fly from Hawaii circumnavigating the globe back to Hawaii using 'air routes' that are controlled by the color on the dice. Roll a Take Off! card, and who knows where you'll be off to! Our version was around 1989, so there's been a lot of changes since then, (did we have little 'facts' on the cards, nah!) but we all have a great time playing it.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
I'm having this sinking feleing I may have brinked myself out of the game...
 

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Posted by Mertseger (# 4534) on :
 
Since one mustn't let Comet worry, I will go with American Airlines, the world's biggest in terms of volume if not number of routes. Here's one of 14 pages of route maps for the airline.

I might recommend Aloha Airlines for anyone looking for a nice small route map (click on a city to see the routes).
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
I'm back (For twelve hours).
I choose Qantas because they have forgotton the "U" and slso because of this wonderful parody slamming the foreign takeover bid. Wonderful ad takeoff.
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
Right, I'll have L.I.A.T. St. Vincent, because who wouldn't want to go to these places.

I think that there's 38 routes shown here.

davelarge
 

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Posted by Rugmaker (# 10728) on :
 
Pan Am Clipper Connection offers a mighty three routes, though had I bothered to read the last page of the thread before staring to search I might have saved myself a lot of time worrying about how many routes is too many!
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:


This means Rugasaw was the favourite choice and we have to say goodbye to last year's winner, Chicklegirl.

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How ironic and randomn that the person whose idea the round was is now out. I love this quiz but I don't think I will be making suggestions in the future.
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Qantas routes number 81.
Qantas roots number 1: just ask Ralph Fiennes.

And for the next round, if I am late, my answer is 27.8 of Beethoven's Fifth.
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
I shall choose Aer Arran, in Ireland

It's another one of these "hover over the place to see the routes" map

I count 33 routes

[ 03. October 2007, 12:15: Message edited by: Wet Kipper ]
 

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Posted by Annie P (# 3453) on :
 
Well, I liked the sound of these guys - Tiara Air a small operation working out of Curacao in the Caribbean. According to Wikidpedia there are 8 destinations looking here , but I can only count 3 on the official website. (Go to timetable). Anyway, I hope that will do the trick.

I liked the sound of Tiara - perhaps all their flight attendants wear one!
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by flags_fiend:
Boston-Maine Airways as it used to be a big airline but now it is small

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quote:

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Originally posted by Rugmaker:
Pan Am Clipper Connection offers a mighty three routes, though had I bothered to read the last page of the thread before staring to search I might have saved myself a lot of time worrying about how many routes is too many!

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Rugmaker we have picked the same one see this Wikipedia article

flags
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Annie P:
Well, I liked the sound of these guys - Tiara Air a small operation working out of Curacao in the Caribbean. According to Wikidpedia there are 8 destinations looking here , but I can only count 3 on the official website. (Go to timetable). Anyway, I hope that will do the trick.

I liked the sound of Tiara - perhaps all their flight attendants wear one!

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Oooh! Pretty airplane! That could be another Quiz round...find pictures of pretty aircraft!
 

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Posted by Rugmaker (# 10728) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by flags_fiend:
Rugmaker we have picked the same one see this Wikipedia article

flags

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quote:

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Originally posted by jedijudy:
Oooh! Pretty airplane!

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Thank you! It is rather colourful, and they do sound very friendly.

Wikidpedia seems to be quite helpful in finding airlines - though I have to say, who would be mad enough to research all those entries for it??
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
For my own entry I have chosen

AIR VANUATU with 6 routes on the map.

I also liked the map I found on the Jet 2 site.

I quite like this round.
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
Here is the air route map for Phuket Air who now fly as regularly as a Norwegian Blue. They have 15 current routes and three future ones although the latter probably never happened.
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
Sidles upto the brink, looks over, starts dancing on the edge ...

Starbrook Airlines
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Heli Air Monaco.

It has one route, between the Principality of Monaco and Nice, France. (Nice Airport and Monaco Heliport.)

The site is being overhauled and doesn't have a map; but if you look here, you can see both Monaco and an arrow to the Nice airport.

Here is Lonely Planet's guide to Monaco.

Here is Princess Palm Tree's Monaco goList on TripAdvisor. It includes a recommendation for Heli Air Monaco.
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
For the great Quizzer's sake I hope somebody doesn't post or screws up on the rules* otherwise Quizmaster has a lot of routes to count.

*Probably me since I am posting this.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
AIR VANUATU

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quote:

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Originally posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow:
Now as a Dave, may I suggest a Dave round?
Favourite quote from or incorporating a Dave. Just a thought.

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quote:

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Originally posted by comet:
I'll show you mine if you show me yours...

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quote:

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“A lot of people are going back to church again – this is usually because they have forgotten something like their keys or jacket or glasses”
(Dave, cartoonist at Cartoonists Blog)

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Dave Allen

But which quote to pick?

Since this is too long for a transcript, I'd better go with:

"We spend our lives on the run: we get up by the clock, eat and sleep by the clock, get up again, go to work - and then we retire. And what do they give us? A clock."


[Grrr. Tried to link to Wikipedia article and some annoying person has put parentheses in the page title so the code won't work. ]

[ 04. October 2007, 22:28: Message edited by: caty the southerner ]
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

quote:

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In the beginning there was nothing and God said 'Let there be light', and there was still nothing but everybody could see it.

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This is a quote of my choice Dave Thomas

I always enjoyed his Wendy-burger* commercials.

*What I always call food, any food, from Wendy's.

My real first choice was Dave Barry. Thanks Rugmaker for stealing "my Dave" who shares My Fair State with me! He is a hoot!
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
King David, shepherd, giant-slayer, poet.

From his Psalm 23:

"He restoreth my soul. He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake."

Here's his Wiki bio.
 

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Posted by Mertseger (# 4534) on :
 
Back to the occult theme for me:

quote:

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Guinnevere drew pentagrams
Like yours, mi'lady, like yours
Late at night when she thought
That no one was watching at all
On the wall

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quote:

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If you would convince someone that they do wrong, do right... People believe what they see. Let them see.

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-- H. David Thoreau.
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Right, let's try again.

Wikipedia - Dave Allen

Take that, you evil parentheses.


 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show.

~David Copperfield, by the inimitable Charles Dickens
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
You were watching Mertseger?
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
David Carradine. Has Frankenstein in Death Race 2000 .

Annie Paine: [pulls off Frankenstein's glove, revealing a grenade built into his hand] A grenade?
Frankenstein: A hand grenade!
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
"A gift, for the beautiful new goddess of the airwaves."

~Dave Reimer, said on bended knee, while offering me a roll-aid.

The story -

Dave was my boss - the news director at KHNS in Haines. He hired me and trained me up with humor and attention to detail and a light-hearted, you-can-do-it attitude which made a very intimidating job easy.

The particular gift was offered to me a few minutes after I had finished my first ever live morning news program as anchor. I shook, I had tears rolling down my face, but I got through it and sounded - well, we won't go there - but I didn't quit. when I segued back to the national news, I ran to the bathroom and threw up.

Dave was at the door of the bathroom, on bended knee, with tummy reliever and a huge encouraging smile when I opened the door.

He died at age 47 about two years later at the stroke of midnight on the dance floor of the Red Onion Saloon in Skagway. He was a trained operatic singer, Shakespearean actor, and did clowning by choice - news by necessity.


the only online mention of him I can find is his obituary, here. Scroll down.

I miss him.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Tangent--a nostalgic return to the bovine round:

Holy Cow! It's a bookcase!

Cool site, BTW!
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 
I'm not sure if this is allowed, I have two friends both called Dave and they were having the following conversation, it made me smile!

quote:

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"It's only a white Christmas if you are 6 feet under!" - Dave 1
"You mean dead?" - Dave 2

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quote:

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Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.

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quote:

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Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees.

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quote:

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"All I really had was a suitcase and my drums. So I took them up to Seattle and hoped it would work."

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quote:

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always use the Green Cross Code, because I won't be there when you cross the road"

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you can see a clip from the BBC here
 

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Posted by Annie P (# 3453) on :
 
So, I thought of this guy - since his quotes and his dance are legendary.

David Brent

A quote from the man who works in Slough (and I nearly got a job on that trading estate!)

"If at first you don't succeed, remove all evidence you ever tried."
Words of wisdom, don't you think?


Oh, and just for good measure here's the dance for you all to enjoy. Oh to work in an office again...
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
I was gonna quote David Brent, but Annie P got in there first, so she's forced me to dish the dirt on davelarge...

Let me set the scene...

We were on holiday, between Christmas and New Year, about 6 weeks before we were due to get married. We were spending some time together, avoiding wedding plans, and generally being romantic.

One night, we were in the middle of a mushy conversation (planning what to put in our wedding vows) and I told Dave all the many ways he had enhanced my life in the 5 years we'd been dating, and how glad I was to be marrying him. Dave nods and looks deep, and says...

"The main things you've taught me is that life is sh*t and watching trash on TV is a good way to block it all out".
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
Aren't I great?


 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
(A/R entry)

My Dave is David Niven

Here's one of his quotes:
"I've been lucky enough to win an Oscar, write a bestseller.. my other dream would be to have a painting in the Louvre. The only way that's going to happen is if I paint a dirty one on the wall of the gentlemen's lavatory."...
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
Is it too late to change my entry? Oh, wait--that's right... I don't have to play by the rules!*

So, while I absolutely love Dickens, I was suddenly inspired by another great literary figure, who penned the unforgettable story "Too Many Daves" (which I think sums up this round nicely). Did I ever tell you that Mrs. McCave
Had twenty-three sons, and she named them all Dave?

*Unfortunately there are some rules you do need to play by - it may be a short story but a link to it would ensure copyright rules aren't broken by mistake.
Chorister, host

[ 05. October 2007, 21:28: Message edited by: Chorister ]
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
Well, I will choose Dave Koz since I love jazz music who has a new album out called "At the Movies" redoing old movie songs. He said "This is the first album that I’ve ever done in my career where I didn’t have to wear any other hat. No producing. No arranging. No engineering or anything. I could just go to the studio, take out the saxophone and put as much emotion, energy and love through that instrument to honor the composers."

I love a good saxophone.
 

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Posted by Mertseger (# 4534) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Lady A:
Well, I will choose Dave Koz since I love jazz music who has a new album out called "At the Movies" redoing old movie songs. He said "This is the first album that I’ve ever done in my career where I didn’t have to wear any other hat. No producing. No arranging. No engineering or anything. I could just go to the studio, take out the saxophone and put as much emotion, energy and love through that instrument to honor the composers."

I love a good saxophone.

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quote:

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Originally posted by The Rogue:
Chicklegirl, none of the Daves actually said anything.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:

quote:

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Originally posted by The Rogue:
Chicklegirl, none of the Daves actually said anything.

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Oh the pleasures and freedoms of being an "Also Ran".

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quote:

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Originally posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow:
I think that to be as weird* as Comet, even if only briefly, would have to my shipboard pinnacle to date.

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There can be only one!

she says, katana raised for battle...
 

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Posted by Chelley (# 11322) on :
 
Just dropping in to offer cheering and support from the sidelines. Couldn't join in this year ( ) as I'd just moved house and was about to start a new job when you started - and I seem to remember the quiz taking a fair bit of time last year!! Can I have an honorary point anyway?
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by comet:
There can be only one!
she says, katana raised for battle...

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Who wants to quiz forever anyway.

Highlander references for the non geeks.
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Welcome Chelley, come and play,
unpack your boxes another day.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Maybe we should have a poetry round? PatDYS gave me that idea!
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
we each can compose a poem about whatever it is in front of us besides the monitor...
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Chelley:
Just dropping in to offer cheering and support from the sidelines. Couldn't join in this year ( ) as I'd just moved house and was about to start a new job when you started - and I seem to remember the quiz taking a fair bit of time last year!! Can I have an honorary point anyway?

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There is always room for Also Rans and they can definitely have an influence on the outcome of the quiz.


 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by comet:
we each can compose a poem about whatever it is in front of us besides the monitor...

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You mean, I need to get working on "Ode to half a mug of cold coffee"?

[ 09. October 2007, 18:13: Message edited by: caty the southerner ]
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
Now that's a poem I'd love to see twenty something people try to write!
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
If I can boast a little...

Mine would be an ode to hills to my right, the bay to my left, blue skies above and a rather cool crane straight in front. Between computer and window are some cards and... [cue music to shift to a minor key]... a stack of reimbursement forms I need to process.

Back to work!
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Votes will appear here shortly.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Votes have been counted and the final table shows:

110 Ann
115 Rugmaker
116 Jedijudy
123 Comet
132 Annie P
152 Caty the Southerner
155 Golden Key
176 Icklejen
183 Sharkshooter
183 The Rogue
194 Quizmaster
200 Flags Fiend
207 Hart
214 Pure as Snow
233 Wet Kipper
242 Chorister (2)
244 Davelarge
252 Chicklegirl (3)
257 Doublethink
265 Rugasaw
270 Lady A
274 Mertseger

Ann chose the favourite quote and we have to wave a sad farewell to Mertseger.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
ROUND SIX : POETRY

quote:

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Originally posted by jedijudy:
Maybe we should have a poetry round?

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We seem to have got the voting system working now, and past experience of attrition has failed to materialise in 2007, so we will go for a purely subjective round.

You should write a poem. This poem should be a minimum of a 5 line limerick or a maximum of ten stanzas. The poem must have a title which should be highlighted before the poetry starts.

Once all competitors have posted their poem you should order them from favourite through to grot, and PM me your choices.

NOT A SUNNI

A poem, a poem, no please not for me
I know how to write but my mind is not free
To rhyme or make assonance, I cannot do
My work you will find should be wiped off my shoe
My entry now written I am free to relax
And watch you all play with your verbs and syntax.

YOUR TURN
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
Ode to the Knockout

Tis poetry that I hate
And with it drive crazy my mate
When I ask her, a stanza is what
She stares at me as if I am a nut
For the Quiz I shall give it my all
And expect also ran status to fall
Then I can play as need be
And otherwise be free

This is what you get when you ask a math teacher to write poetry.
 

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Posted by Mertseger (# 4534) on :
 
Ta everybody! Have fun and good luck. I lasted far longer than I expected given that I shot well beyond the brink in each round that I could.

This is a tough round to not get to play fully though. You may amuse yourself by mousing around my poetry site. Here's a nice Christian sonnet I wrote back in highschool.
 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 
Poem de jour

Cold
and
Scared
We come into the world.
With grace we'll leave
Warm
and
Content.
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Well, since I don't remember writing a poem since GCSE English (yes, I did pass, but that was 1994), I am heading straight off to look up poetic meters and practice rhyming.

And put aside the novel I am reading in favour of some slightly different bedtime reading this evening.

I have a brain, dammit. I can do this. I CAN.
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
Lonsdale CU's Psalm


I wrote this Psalm with the college CU group I led, just a few months after becoming a Christian. It got me through some rough times.


I will send up my prayers to You, I know You will hear them. When I call out, You will answer. I do not know where my future lies, but I know You will lead me. I do not know how long I will toil, but I will find my rest in You. I cling to You like a rock. Unchanging and unmoving You are solid against the bitter wind, saving me from the freezing rain.

I will sing to the Lord for He quenches the fire of anger with cold water and soothes my bitterness with healing salves. You are with me even when my faith is weak. Everyday Your creation overwhelms me.

I will sing to the Lord, for with a new dawn comes a healed heart. I will sing to the Lord for He provides for all my needs, He gives me food and shelter.

I know that You can sustain me, my Father, despite doubts, fears and loneliness. I am surrounded by Your never ending love. I will sing to You Lord for You pull me up from the depths of the ocean of anguish. You will protect me Lord even when I am climbing the highest mountains, or in the deepest valley.

Whatever I do, wherever I stray You are there watching over me. You never leave me. Your love is eternal. In the darkness of my room, I can feel Your presence. In the stillness, I hear Your voice. In this world I am a wanderer, but I will find my home in You.

In this world I am a wanderer, but I will find my home in You.
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by caty the southerner:

quote:

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Originally posted by comet:
we each can compose a poem about whatever it is in front of us besides the monitor...

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You mean, I need to get working on "Ode to half a mug of cold coffee"?

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I was going to think about this and write something in the morning. But I sort of got started, and carried on a bit, and before I knew where I was...

Anyway, an ode was going to be a bit complicated. So here we have:

THE BALLAD OF THE UNDRUNK COFFEE

Upon my desk there sits a mug,
Faded, chipped and battered.
This mug with me has long been found –
Ne’er yet dropped nor shattered!

Within this ancient, tatty mug
A beverage now sits;
Once hot and strong, it helped to wake
My early morning wits

But now this mug upon my desk
For hours and hours has sat.
Chilled cold, a wasted beverage –
I didn’t mean for that!

What shame, dishonour, vile disgrace
My frigid coffee brings;
It clutters up my desktop as
It sits among my things.

The guilt I feel is terrible.
Which is the worst you’ve seen?
To work in such appalling mess
Or so mistreat the bean?!

My desk is cluttered full of stuff:
Pencils, paper, rubber*,
Laptop, printer, half-written notes.
This would revolt my mother!

But this crime, it is nothing to
The heresy I’ve done
By so neglecting the great bean
To go off and have fun.

This pure Arabica is now
Condemned to go undrunk -
I cannot now swallow it down,
Nor any biscuit dunk.

Another cup I must now brew,
But that will take an age.
Or – reheat! Use a microwave!
Or is that sacrilege?


* No, the English sort. An eraser. And yes, I know it’s a terrible rhyme.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Iguana Footprints on My Heart

Tiny she was, cold and small.
She was found by a friend who
Unknowing, cleaned the stall
And found the greenest jewel.

Her life was spent riding
On shoulders and decorating
Children's clothing and hiding
Under the leaves of the tangelo.

She was well mannered,
And enjoyed those times
When her greenness bannered
The school desk of her Mistress.

"Can I hold her?" little ones
In her Mistress's class asked
While standing in the warm sun
Of the schoolyard, admiring her.

She was a lovely girl, growing
To seven times the length she
Started, when we held her knowing
This was not the place of her foremothers.

The place above her grave
Is green. Very like the green
Of her scales save
She had glorious other colors, too.


Are there iguanas in Paradise?
While others may suppose this
A foolish question, my joy lies
In expecting a special Iguana there.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
O Ever The Quiz There Was

There once was a Ship of Fools quiz
From Quiz Master—thoroughly his.
‘Twas quirky and madd’ning,
Elusive and glad’ning—
Yes, just like Quiz Master the wiz!
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
If you're in need of inspiration, here are some of the more common poetic forms.

I'm actually going to play this round seriously (at least, as seriously as an also-ran can), as writing poetry is an old hobby of mine. The following is an homage to my grandmother, written quite recently, tho' she passed away about five years back...


Stardust and Solace

She played so many songs
on those sunlit afternoons we spent together
her brittle fingers flowing with
surprising strength and grace
purposeful across the keys
two I most remember
one with words, one without
melancholy melodies of longing, loss
I don’t remember her ever saying she missed him
but each note spoke eloquently for her
never having known passion
how could I know her pain?
yet somehow that soulful sadness of
Stardust and Solace
sang to my tender untried heart
echoing in its empty corners
and I tasted true love’s loss
before I ever fell.
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
An afterthought: the songs referenced in my poem are "Solace", by Scott Joplin, and "Stardust", by Hoagy Carmichael .
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
The Ballad of Quizmaster's Island - Gilligan's Island Lyrics

Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale,
A tale of a fateful quiz
That started from this topical board
Aboard this foolish ship.

The QM a mighty trivia man,
The quizipants brave and sure.
Twenty eight passengers set sail that day
For a three month tour, a three month tour.

The contest started getting rough,
Sadly, alsorans were tossed,
Because of the weirdness of the fearless crew
All sanity has been lost, all sanity has been lost?

The QM's round six is the chore of uncharted poetry style
With Limerick
Doggeral too,
The Epic and his ode,
The free verse
The daisy chain and haiku…
And song adaptions (you may revile).

So this is the tale of the quizipants,
To be here for a long, long time,
They'll have to write the best of poems,
For me, an uphill climb.

The quizmaster and the rest of us too,
Will do their very best,
To make all readers laugh out loud
Past quizzes will attest.

No rhyme, no meter, no rhythm;
Not remotely literary,
Like many banal internet boards,
As primitive as can be.

So join us here each week my friends,
You're sure to get a smile,
And if you don’t, There’s always Hell
Call us and Dog Pile.


OK so is a song a poem?
After some searching, I have identified my favourite differentiation.
The difference between a song and a poem is that a song can make money.
 

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Posted by Rugmaker (# 10728) on :
 
In keeping with the great tradition of extreme literary licence when it comes to titles, my poem is called:

Ode from a nightingale to a wild Alaskan moose caught in the headlights of a passing snowmobile driven by a purple tiger

There once was a great knockout quiz,
Whose entrants were all quite a whiz.
Great poems they penned,
From beginning to end,
Apart from my effort, that is!
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
I have a horrible feeling that this round is going to be the (figurative) death of me.



 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
here's my entry, it's called
Doorhinge (Why ?)

Why do people talk much louder when they're on a mobile phone?
Why do kids always get messy when they eat an ice-cream cone?
Why is it that strange noises only happen in the dark?
Why do I always step in something nasty in the park?
Why is it when you're vacuuming the cord is just too short?
Why is it when you're in a rush the printer cries, "ABORT"?
Why is it when you need it, it is no-where to be found?
Why do they make square yoghurt pots when every spoon in the world is round?
Why is it when you're in a queue, the other one moves faster?
Why is it I can never cook perfect 'al dente' pasta?
Why is it that the shops no longer stock Cremola Foam?
Why do double glazing salesmen only call when you are home?
Why are my Christmas presents always smelly stuff and socks?
Why is there only ever Spam in my email inbox?
Why is it I'm allergic to cut grass and oil seed rape?
Why can I never find the end on rolls of sellotape?
Why does it always rain on barbecues or a parade?
Why do dogs and horses always know when you're afraid?
Why is it 'cause I'm Scottish, folks assume that I like Scotch?
Why is it my team never wins when I decide to watch?
Why is it there's no other word that seems to rhyme with orange?
Why do some cry "oh yes there is" and proudly claim "it's DOORHINGE"?
 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by davelarge:
I have a horrible feeling that this round is going to be the (figurative) death of me.

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quote:

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Originally posted by flags_fiend:
Poetry is not my strong point, being a chemistry student and all,

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I'm a Chemistry Graduate, and still managed
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
And magnificently so.


Aren't love poems all about Chemistry?
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
Our eyes met across a crowded lab
over a bunsen burner
there was Chemistry between us
and I didn't want to spurn her......
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
My poem is simply titled:

How much time did I waste on this?

My friends please listen to my tale
And heed its lesson without fail;
For only if you concentrate
Will you avoid a sorry fate.

The Internet is full of traps
To catch the most alert of chaps
But here is one which dulls your sense
Whatever your experience.

I’m sure that when you see a site
On Christianity you might
Well think that it is harmless and
Amusing to the Godly fan.

But stay awake; for every year
You should approach with great, great fear
The thread whose title simply is
The annual Autumn Knockout Quiz

At first sight it might seem a game
To muddle up a famous name
But then before you realise
You’re in it right up to your eyes.

Suddenly you need to know
Where eager quizzees ought to go;
What is meant by median
And mean and mode and also-ran.

It dominates your life so much
At work or home you can’t lose touch
You have to log on to the net:
Has the next round started yet?

I hear you cry out good and loud
Who could hoodwink such a crowd
Of innocents who merely dipped
For an hour aboard the Ship?

The evil fiend is the Quizmas
Ter for whom it seems that Christmas
Comes earlier and earlier
By filling us with dread and fear.

So take example from my lead
In September say “There’s no need
To play this villain’s game” and hug a
Tree instead like me. Oh bugger.
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Wet Kipper:

quote:

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Originally posted by flags_fiend:
Poetry is not my strong point, being a chemistry student and all,

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I'm a Chemistry Graduate, and still managed

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I know a chemistry poem:

Poor little Johnny
We'll never see him more
Cos what he thought was H2O was H2SO4

And I did still manage to write a poem, just not a very good one - I shouldn't really be spending time composing poems I have a lot of work (i.e. dissertation) I should be doing instead!

flags x
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
You gentle scientists are not alone.
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
In consideration of all science and math people I implore Quizmaster to use this round to flip and keep the worst of the poems. Then I might have a chance.
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
This is a little something I wrote up last year for Dr. Seuss' birthday. I had it in comic sans font with lots of colors, made up display signs, brought in a bunch of books, made up Dr. Suess book fronts for all our favorites on the kitchen staff, I really had fun doing this! I had this poem on our information board for the day and sent out this email to all the staff:


Seuss in the kitchen? How can it be so?
But it is! So I'm bothering telling you so!

If you like to eat
Then come in to try
We have lots of good food
To put down inside

From Chicken to Fish
And a good book or two
You’ll find it in here
‘tween eleven and two

And Veggies!
And Fruit!
How can we forget?!?
They are of all food groups
The best items yet!

So grab a black plate
And pile it high
With Broccoli, carrots
And maybe French fries!

Come into the kitchen today and check out our One Fish, Two Fish, Three Fish, Four! and Chips, our Horton Hummus Plate or the Foona Lagoona Baboona Favorite Burrito! Not to mention Debbie's book display! Thank you Dr. Seuss for making words fun!
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
On Correlation

Mathematics is not my strong suit,
I am a gist person, and wordy to boot.
However, I have been converted,
All my artistic leanings perverted -
By that ramshackle, vagabond statistic.
Serendipitous joy, if you'll only risk it !
Who knew your chances of fellatio
Increase with education in direct ratio ?
I age, and age too quick, God dammit !
The faster I recede from Halley's comet.
Oh such a baroque and beautiful reality
I could spin, weaving chance into causality.
Factor analysis and logistic regression
Offer fantastic duplicity some expression,
But correlation has a blind, brave simplicity
Compelling even in its total stupidity.
Ban exams and fire the policemen;
No more crime, no failing children.
Get your PhD and do your oral,
Live longer, run from Merthyr Tydfil.

So make sure you don't treat correlation
Like some eccentric poor relation,
Celebrate the bizarrest abberation
Of this statistical creation.
Demand it for matriculation !
I thank you for your kind co-operation.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
Chris-Gopher's Sonnet

You lie there paralyzed, just as my heart-
What once was vibrant now can’t seem to start.

Where once this boy laughed, loved, danced, jumped, and ran
Now is still; and will not become a man.

Who once was live; frenetic, bright and deep
Now only calls us with computer’s beep.

Around this bed; still, starched and bleached of life
Stand those who love you, perched upon this knife.

Where once this family would have been chatter
Silence rules; nothing seems to matter.

Our boy, our love! Who lit our worlds of gray:
We stand here, shattered –watch you fade away.

 

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Posted by Rugmaker (# 10728) on :
 
I will be going offline until Monday in a couple of hours. In the event of

(a) My poem not being voted bottom (highly unlikely); and

(b) The next round closing before then (highly likely);

please accept the most appropriate of the list below as my answer:

1. 76
2. Cleveland 4 Boston 2
3. 18 March 1976
4. Trombone
5. Floccinaucinihilipilification (it's a real word, honest!)

Many thanks.
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
My poem:

Quintessentially
undeniably,
inexplicably,
zestfully,
manifestly,
absolutely,
salaciously
the
eruditest
reprobate.


 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 

quote:

---

Originally posted by Rugmaker:
I will be going offline until Monday in a couple of hours. In the event of

(a) My poem not being voted bottom (highly unlikely); and

(b) The next round closing before then (highly likely);

please accept the most appropriate of the list below as my answer:

1. 76
2. Cleveland 4 Boston 2
3. 18 March 1976
4. Trombone
5. Floccinaucinihilipilification (it's a real word, honest!)

Many thanks.

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quote:

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Originally posted by The Rogue:
I thought it was floccipaucinihilipilification

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You may have thought that, but you would have been wrong

Confirmation here
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
Perhaps we're both right
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
Loved this in your post Rogue:

quote:

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U.S. Senators Robert Byrd and Daniel Patrick Moynihan discussed the word on the Senate floor on June 17, 1991. Senator Byrd noted that he had used the word two or three years earlier on the Senate floor. Senator Moynihan was attempting to establish the longer variant: floccinaucinihilipilificationism.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Rugmaker:

2. Cleveland 4 Boston 2

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quote:

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Originally posted by Lady A:
Loved this in your post Rogue:

quote:

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U.S. Senators Robert Byrd and Daniel Patrick Moynihan discussed the word on the Senate floor on June 17, 1991. Senator Byrd noted that he had used the word two or three years earlier on the Senate floor. Senator Moynihan was attempting to establish the longer variant: floccinaucinihilipilificationism.

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Another instance of democracy in action or, perhaps, Quizmaster was running a Knockout Quiz on the U.S. Senate floor getting fine tuned for our game here?

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I'm starting to agree - the great Quizmaster's power extends far and wide. Why else would Chelsea start being so poor (causing me to be too depressed to link every answer to them)????

 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by comet:
[pointless tangent]

quote:

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Originally posted by Rugmaker:

2. Cleveland 4 Boston 2

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Never! My hopes are on Boston this year! Cleveland?

not in a million years, dude.
[/pointless tangent]

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Not pointless at all! If Boston wins, we'll have all kinds of fun here in their Spring training home! Go Red Sox!!
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by comet:
[pointless tangent]

quote:

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Originally posted by Rugmaker:

2. Cleveland 4 Boston 2

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Never! My hopes are on Boston this year! Cleveland?

not in a million years, dude.
[/pointless tangent]

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quote:

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Originally posted by Hart:
I remember we pushed last year for a baseball round. Did it ever happen? Will this year be our year?

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It did happen! (scroll down to the fourth post on the page)

[ 11. October 2007, 18:04: Message edited by: chicklegirl ]
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
I would rhyme
If I had the time
But I don't
So I won't



 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
One Hour Left for the stragglers.
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
An autumnal quiz is a fall delight,
(Cat! you've got food - in the bowl on the floor!)
Work for the wit and work for the brains,
(Cat! if you're in my way I'll comb you for fleas!)
I'll get the answers if it takes all night,
(Cat! you've just knocked my hand with your paw!)
Competition sends fire through the veins.
(Cat! will you get off the keys!)
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
On being helped

An autumnal quiz is a fall delight,
(Cat! you've got food - in the bowl on the floor!)
Work for the wit and work for the brains,
(Cat! if you're in my way I'll comb you for fleas!)
I'll get the answers if it takes all night,
(Cat! you've just knocked my hand with your paw!)
Competition sends fire through the veins.
(Cat! will you get off the keys!)


(It also helps to read the instructions!)
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Knocked out for failing to post:

Annie P

You can focus on the baby now.

Qualifiers:

Ann
Caty the Southerner
Comet
Davelarge
Doublethink
Flags Fiend
Golden Key
Hart
Icklejen
Jedijudy
Lady A
Pure as Snow
Quizmaster
Rugasaw
Rugmaker
Sharkshooter
The Rogue
Wet Kipper

[ 11. October 2007, 21:04: Message edited by: Quizmaster ]
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
ROUND SEVEN : NFL FOOTBALL

quote:

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Originally posted by Hart:
I remember we pushed last year for a baseball round. Did it ever happen? Will this year be our year?

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quote:

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Originally posted by chicklegirl:

quote:

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Originally posted by Hart:
I remember we pushed last year for a baseball round. Did it ever happen? Will this year be our year?

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It did happen! (scroll down to the fourth post on the page)

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quote:

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You can find out more about it from the links posted by our helpful librarians shortly.

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Worth the negative points... Still I guess I'm just not a helpful librarian... Hmmm.
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Current standings and teams playing this week

I go for

New England Patriots
Green Bay Packers
Dallas Cowboys

[ 11. October 2007, 21:38: Message edited by: caty the southerner ]
 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 
Cleveland Browns
Dallas Cowboys
NE Patriots

Those not playing, for information purposes only (PATDYS)

Steelers
Bills
Broncos
Lions
49ers
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
You know, in my trade,
You can afford to be a smart arse if you get it right.
You can afford to be wrong if you are kind.
But if you are both a smart arse and wrong...
You know, I assumed all those teams were playing

I have found my life purpose.

Thanks Sharkshooter. I'll fix it later.
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
With thanks to caty the southerner for her most helpful links, and with the aid of a pin, I'll go for:

Baltimore Ravens - they've been mentioned (in passing) on the Ship recently.
Seattle Seahawks - my dh has just got back from the Seattle region.
Atlanta Falcons - this round's for the birds.
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 
Baltimore ravens
Carolina panthers
Dallas cowboys
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Cleveland Browns
Arizona Cardinals
Oakland Raiders

Not stellar teams, nor rubbish opponents, but I reckon they're all solid offenses against weakish Ds.

On the grounds that you need to be able to separate teams' offensive and defensive capabilities to do well in this round, here's the Defensive and Offensive rankings for this season. Who ever said baseball fans got more fun with stats?

[ 11. October 2007, 22:54: Message edited by: Hart ]
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
I have been fighting with statistician-like tendencies I never knew I possessed. I was so tempted to print off reams of information about points scored and conceded and try to work out the relative strengths of the teams in each game.

Then I remembered that (a) I am still sleep-deprived from writing poetry in the middle of the night and starting work early in the morning every day since, and (b) what I know about the NFL could be written, if not on the back of a postage stamp, on the back of the envelope with room to spare. I didn't resort to a pin, but I did use the highly scientific method of "teams supported by people I know", and I'm hoping that the fact that two of them are playing each other won't kill my chances.

I am trying to resist the temptation to change my mind, work out the statistics, and revise my choices. I think I need restraining: "Back away from the calculator. Right now. Leave the calculator alone and no-one will get hurt."

[Noooo! Dammit, Hart, I don't need torture like that! Take me away from the statistics, someone, please, before I crack!]

[ 11. October 2007, 22:56: Message edited by: caty the southerner ]
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
I hope you are playing with your correlations Caty. As an ignorant Brit I rely on the beeb for insight into these strange rituals.

And my choices:

• Miami Dolphins
• New Orleans Saints
• St. Louis Rams
  

quote:

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Originally posted by rugasaw:
...By the way I don't think the Colts are playing this weekend.

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quote:

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Originally posted by sharkshooter:
Rugmaker seems to have already bowed out, making our choices more fun than important. [/QB]

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I don't know about that: he has at least the Browns and the Patriots from his pre-round answers.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
I'm feeling very scientific in my selections tonight - I'm picking the best anagrams of mascots.

1) New England TAT IS PRO - for all the Eccles freaks
2) the Philadelphia SEA LEGS
3) the Miami HIND SLOP (sounds messy... I believe they have medication for that now)
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
re Cleveland:

can anyone tell me what a "Brown" is supposed to be?
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Helpfully providing football info.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by rugasaw:
I am using Aero Condor has my airline. Who can go wrong with the Condor?

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Where I come from (a movie set) the Condor is a diesel-powered high-reach man lift.

I wish I was legitimately on this thread…



 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Miami Dolphins

Tennessee Titans

Carolina Panthers
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
First, the Jacksonville Jaguars since they were the team that picked my best friend from high school's nephew to play on their team - Go Greg!! He's wanted to play football since a wee lad and has worked hard to make his dream come true!

Then, ah, the days of the Kingdome, Jim Zorn and Steve Largent...*happy sigh*, so I must choose Seattle Seahawks for my second pick. Go Raider Busters! And fond memories of yelling until my throat was sore and being unable to hear for a day after a game - the Kingdome was an incredible noise machine!

Then the Arizona Cardinals since my lovely daughter lives there at the moment.
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by comet:
can anyone tell me what a "Brown" is supposed to be?

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• Atlanta Falcons
• Baltimore Ravens
• Green Bay Packers because I love Bret! Who saw his 421st touchdown pass the other week? He's awesome.

quote:

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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:

I wish I was legitimately on this thread…

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Also Rans are welcome to join in at any time.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Hart:
Cleveland Browns
Arizona Cardinals
Oakland Raiders

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Hey, our Raiders are past SuperBowl winners and are at the top of the AFC West even as we speak!
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Cleveland Browns
Green Bay Packers
Dallas Cowboys

For me please.
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
I think the Pats and the Cowboys are both bad picks this week, seeing as they're both 5 and 0 and are playing each other... YMMV

Anyhow, in an attempt to be helpful, this website says that Sky Sports 2 will be carrying the following games in the UK:

• Sunday 6pm:
  
  • Live - Titans @ Buccaneers
  • Interactive (i.e. via 'red button') - Dolphins @ Browns
• Sunday 9pm:
  
  • Live - Patriots @ Cowboys
  • Interactive - Panthers @ Cardinals
• Monday 6pm:
  
  • Saints @ Seahawks

 

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Posted by Annie P (# 3453) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
Knocked out for failing to post:

Annie P

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Bugger - I knew I was cutting it a bit fine. Oh well. Poetry is not my strong point, so I was putting it off somewhat. May continue as an alsoran as the quiz was one of the things that was keeping me sane.

Oh well!
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by davelarge:
Green Bay Packers because I love Bret! Who saw his 421st touchdown pass the other week? He's awesome.


So, if Green Bay outscore Seattle I'm safe.

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Did you see this story in Guideposts magazine? The Favre family seems very special!

Now for my picks:

• Miami Dolphins
• Philadelphia Eagles
• Tampa Bay Bucs

You just knew that I had to have some Florida teams, and the Eagles are for my friend Joan who is mightily disappointed at their playing this season, so hopefully this will be a kick in the pants for her team.
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
For some reason I've never been a big football fan. Maybe because it's always seemed like fandom (of both types of football) could lead to some bizarre, aberrant, and undesirable behavior. But that's just me.

Here are the picks I hope will soar through this round:

Seattle Seahawks
Arizona Cardinals
Philadelphia Eagles
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by davelarge:
because I love Bret! Who saw his 421st touchdown pass the other week? He's awesome.

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Of course, we all love Brett. Just tell us that you love Aaron too, and no-one gets hurt...
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
It's just not football!

Tennesee Titans
Atlanta Falcons
Green Bay Packers
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Well, it ain't Baseball, either.
Go Red Sox!!!!
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by icklejen:
It's just not football!

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I agree icklejen, but down here, football ain't football either.

[ 12. October 2007, 21:24: Message edited by: Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow ]
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow:

quote:

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Originally posted by icklejen:
It's just not football!

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I agree icklejen, but down here, football ain't football either.

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Of course it isn't. Now, rugby: that's football.
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
Having analysed how many quizzees are going for which team I could go for the teams which have fewest votes. These may be the ones which the careful analysis of all my KOQ opponents has ruled out as not likely to score so would be a very brinksmanly choice. Even more brinksmanly would be three teams which aren't playing (there are two players other than me who haven't voted yet).

Or I could play safe and go for the most popular teams.

Then again I can do my own analysis using the links provided above (or a pin).

OK then:

Dallas Cowboys
Green Bay Packers
Miami Dolphins
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Hey, you're here. You were my protection against my own ineptness. Glad you made it in time you rogue, you.
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
Your teams are all in the top five most popular so if your method of choosing is inept so is everyone else's.
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by davelarge:

quote:

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Originally posted by comet:
can anyone tell me what a "Brown" is supposed to be?

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I always thought it was a hound. I'm probably wrong though.

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I thought that it was just the color brown. Although Cleveland's fans are called the dog pound.
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
Ah, google is my friend! This website says:

quote:

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When owner Arthur McBride brought an AAFC team to Cleveland in 1945, he held a newspaper contest to name the team and offered a $1,000 war bond to the winner. Most of the entries submitted wanted the name Browns, because the extremely popular Paul Brown was the team's head coach. Browns was selected.

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So now we know!
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
The things we learn on the KOQ!
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
even more brinksmanly would be to go away for the weekend and not check the quiz before you go, thereby missing out on a deadline...
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
If anyone's interested, this web site has live scores.
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
even more brinksmanly would be to go away for the weekend and not check the quiz before you go, thereby missing out on a deadline...

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Brinksmanship is staring over the edge of the precipice. I think what you did is leap off, madly flapping your arms, hoping to fly.

I suppose you could be one of these.

Hums to the MASH theme,
that brinkmanship is painless
It brings on many changes
and I can take or leave it if I please.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Eliminated for failing to post:

Wet Kipper

Qualifiers:

Ann
Caty the Southerner
Comet
Davelarge
Doublethink
Flags Fiend
Golden Key
Hart
Icklejen
Jedijudy
Lady A
Pure as Snow
Quizmaster
Rugasaw
Rugmaker
Sharkshooter
The Rogue
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
ROUND EIGHT : VOLCANOES

Time for a more conventional round and the volcanoes round has been a popular one in past years.

We need a new twist this year, however, so you must find a volcano that has erupted within the last 100 years and the person to be eliminated will be the one who chooses the volcano closest to the sea.
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
I am playing it safe this round. I am going with P3 Prometheus as my volcano.
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 
I'm going for Mt St Helens, because it helped me pass my geography GCSE, though I love volcanoes in general (not that I'd want to be near one when it erupts though - especially if it was an explosive one). Just look at what happened to the trees.

flags x
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Tungurahua volcano, which is about 80 miles away from the sea, erupted in 2006.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by flags_fiend:
I'm going for Mt St Helens, because it helped me pass my geography GCSE, though I love volcanoes in general (not that I'd want to be near one when it erupts though - especially if it was an explosive one). Just look at what happened to the trees.

flags x

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... which looks to be about 60 miles from the sea

(He says, breathing a sigh of relief).
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
This is my favourite volcano. As you can see from the picture it is so near the sea it is actually in the sea.

It's fun being an also ran sometimes!
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
Dances along the brink of Mount Erebus' lava lake ...

[ 15. October 2007, 22:03: Message edited by: Doublethink ]
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Mount Nyiragongo.
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Erupts evey hour, on the hour. (til midnight anyway.) It's a lot further than 80 miles to the sea- What is this thing you call mile?
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Here are some stunning shots of the volcano closest to the sea. So if nobody picks this one, we should all be alright.
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
Ol Doinyo Lengai, Tanzania which, as this map shows, is a good 400 km from the sea.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
Brinking myself here...

thanks to my pals at the AVO, I'll choose Mount Augustine. which essentially is it's own island.

according to this map, the closest beach to the crater is about 1.5 lateral miles.

here's lots of info, plus of lovely picture of one of it's semi-regular belches.

'bout a year and a half ago, Mt. Aug let out a jumbo belch (too much Superbowl beer, perhaps) and the ash got in the line between Anchorage and all the jets that come north. made things awfully quiet around here for a little bit. here's a nice illustration of the seismic activity. check out Jan 11, 12, and 13th of 06!

[ 15. October 2007, 23:30: Message edited by: comet ]
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
oh, on those pictures (last link) check out the Jan 27 sunset shot!
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
You may be interested in these pictures of Sangay near Macas, Ecuador. Here you can see that it is over 100 miles from the ocean.

This is a page you may want to check!
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Soufriere Hills, Montserrat, West Indies

According to the map at the bottom of the page, it looks to be about 7 km from the sea.


JediJudy, thank you for the helpful link!
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Here is Wikipedia's helpful entry on volcanoes.

This is an educational exhibit on volcanoes.

Here's how to make your own volcano!

And here is a recipe for lava cake! Eat it while making your volcano!


 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
I shall choose the Galeras Volcano - here map with tiny scale I think shows that it is about 300 kilometers from the ocean, or at least a long ways away. If you scroll down to the bottom of the first link, it shows a large city only 8 kilometers away! Very creepy!
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
for shipmates who want topical volcanoes:
Bezymianny is in the news.

as is Pavlof.
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
OK, I choose Mount Unzen, and according to this website

quote:

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Unzen is a large complex volcano made of several adjacent and overlapping lava domes. The volcano covers much of the Shimabara Peninsula and is east of the city of Nagasaki.

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It erupted most recently in 1991-1995 (yes, four whole years long) during which time 12000 people had to be evacuated from their homes, and at least 43 died in resulting mud slides.

Most importantly, however, is that this map shows it to be about 3.5 miles (or 5KM) from the sea.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
serious cross-referencing!

the Harry Glicken who took this lovely photo of my volcano was later killed by davelarge's volcano on june 3, 1991.

Poor Dear Harry was spared being killed by Flags_fiend's volcano by having to go to an interview the day of the Big One (Elizabeth!), and the guy who came to replace him was killed. Notice the last picture was also taken by Harry Glicken.

weird lives, vulcanologists.

by the way, that puppy Unzen killed 43 people and I never heard it on the news!?! that should be a crime! I was even working just one building down from the vulcanologists at UAF at the time.

[ 16. October 2007, 06:50: Message edited by: comet ]
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Hart:

quote:

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Originally posted by flags_fiend:
I'm going for Mt St Helens, because it helped me pass my geography GCSE, though I love volcanoes in general (not that I'd want to be near one when it erupts though - especially if it was an explosive one). Just look at what happened to the trees.

flags x

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... which looks to be about 60 miles from the sea

(He says, breathing a sigh of relief).

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I like living life on the edge, and 60 miles is quite a long way from the sea - if you think about it loads of volcanoes form islands so will be v close to the sea anyway.
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Golden Key:
Here is Wikipedia's helpful entry on volcanoes.

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Of course, this is the page you really want.

quote:

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Originally posted by comet:
weird lives, vulcanologists.

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But they certainly seem to enjoy their work!
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
Popocatépetl, which means "smoking mountain" in Nahuatl, is currently in a cycle of activity that has lasted for sixty years. Located just over forty miles southeast of Mexico City, Popocatépetl is approximately 150 miles west of the Gulf of Mexico.
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
aw, chicklegirl, I usually pick that one for the volcano rounds. Primarily because we use it as a tongue-twister / vocal warm-up in choir, alternating the name of the volcano with "Copper plated Kettle"
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
What about this volcano? No idea on distance from the sea although it is unlikely to be actually in it as that would impair the taste slightly.

However my entry is Bardarbunga in Iceland which last erupted in 1996 under a glacier. By the way it is a stratovolcano.
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
Bagana which is erupting right this very second. Its about 12 miles from the sea.

A map to follow when my technical assistant is back

ij x
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by flags_fiend:
I like living life on the edge, and 60 miles is quite a long way from the sea - if you think about it loads of volcanoes form islands so will be v close to the sea anyway.

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I know -- I think Rugasaw came up with the only method for getting much further out!
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
aw, chicklegirl, I usually pick that one for the volcano rounds. Primarily because we use it as a tongue-twister / vocal warm-up in choir, alternating the name of the volcano with "Copper plated Kettle"

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¡Lo siento mucho, Wet Kipper! You could always go with any of the other excellent Mexican volcanos (Parícutin is a particularly fine choice, having come up one day most unexpectedly in the middle of a milpa).
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
Oh, and incidentally, WK, the "L" at the end of "Popocatépetl" is virtually silent in traditional Nahuatl pronunciation. But that would kind of ruin the fun for your choir, I know...

Sorry to be such a kill-joy. Oh dear--I'm turning into a Popocatépetl pedant! Maybe you could try saying that one ten times fast...
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
You can make me a Popocatepetl Pendant if you want Chickle.

My entry is Cotopaxi which seems far enough from the sea for me not to worry too much. It is also HIGH.
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by icklejen:
A map to follow when my technical assistant is back

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As promised! Googlemaps shows the eruption still going on, and a wider angle shows that the volcano is about 10 or 12 miles from the sea.

ijx
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Hart:

quote:

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Originally posted by flags_fiend:
I like living life on the edge, and 60 miles is quite a long way from the sea - if you think about it loads of volcanoes form islands so will be v close to the sea anyway.

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I know -- I think Rugasaw came up with the only method for getting much further out!

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It took me about five attempts to find a volcano more than about 50 miles from the sea. I was rather chuffed when I remembered the Great Rift Valley and found somewhere still active and several hundred miles from the nearest coast.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Oh pooh. My link from before didn't w*rk...or I didn't do it right. Maybe this will be better for showing the Sangay volcano.
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
You can make me a Popocatepetl Pendant if you want Chickle.

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I'm not much of a jeweler so I don't know if I could make a pendant myself, but how about a Popocatépetl bracelet? (It's lovely enough I think I'd like to get one for me to wear!)
 

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Posted by Rugmaker (# 10728) on :
 
I choose Stromboli and the Sciara del Fuoco which appears to have been erupting for the whole of the last 2000 years, so at least I qualify on the recent eruptions count!

Many thanks QM for accepting my rather cheeky pre-emptive entry for the previous round - would like to point out that my Cleveland 4 Boston 2 prediction is looking very good right now! (I'm a Blue Jays fan so obliged to support anybody playing against the Red Sox or Yankees.)
 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 
I choose, "My boss."

He is the shape of a mountain and he blows his top all the time.
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
Mr Wilkins in the Jennings books did a pretty good volcano. "I I I Corwumph!" if I remember correctly.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
I've had bosses like that... (shudder)

 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Eliminated for choosing a volcano that has actually swum in the sea.

Sharkshooter

Sharkshooter's Boss

Qualifiers:

Ann
Caty the Southerner
Comet
Davelarge
Doublethink
Flags Fiend
Golden Key
Hart
Icklejen
Jedijudy
Lady A
Pure as Snow
Quizmaster
Rugasaw
Rugmaker
The Rogue
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
ROUND NINE : FLAGS

Another round that is often popular but I need to think of a new twist for this one.

You must find flags of many colours. To count as a colour the area of the flag must be easily distinguishable. The losing flag will be the one with the fewest colours.

Let's see how you fare with this one.

I need a link to an image of the flag together with your own estimate of the number of colours.

N.B. Apologies for spelling Color wrong.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
AND

I am not allowing THIS one.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
You never said it had to be a national flag, so I'm going for the Rainbow flag. It's eight colors.
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
I'll set the bar with South Africa with six colours.

[Well, I would have done if Hart hadn't snuck in]

[ 17. October 2007, 21:44: Message edited by: Ann ]
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
I wouldn't like anyone's interest to flag. However, countries can be a little boring. I prefer to take pride in finding something a bit more exotic.

So herewith: A Flag of the American Revolution with, I think, eight colors. (Background, stars, line, flesh, banner, two-tone armour and hilt.)

[ 17. October 2007, 21:57: Message edited by: Doublethink ]
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 
I think I would loose if I chose this one, even though it is quite a cool flag!

So I'm going for this, as I rather like cricket, and who wouldn't want a flag witha beach/palm tree on it I think it has 7 colours.

flags x (did the inspiration for this round have anything to do with my name?)
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
ten colors, by my count. and the only flag I've ever seen with a penguin on it.

it's truly an awsome flag.
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Eight colours on these delightful flags. Would pair nicely with this doormat.
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Comet, I'll see your penguin and raise you a sea lion and a deer.

The flag of the Commissioner for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands. I make that at least ten colours: red, white, blue, black, yellow, orange, green, brown, beige, and grey.

I reckon there's a case for arguing the blue on the little bow is a different shade of blue to the Union Jack, the rock under the sea lion (or whatever it is) is another shade of brown, and the eye slits in the helmet are a sort of burgundy. But trying to claim thirteen colours would be a bit greedy.

[ 17. October 2007, 22:50: Message edited by: caty the southerner ]
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Just a thought.
Whilst checking my post (To see how badly I stuffed up UBB again and yes I use preview psot), I realised my sig came from the last quiz. Time to change.

Could we have a round where possible sigs are offered, four line max etc etc and vote on the best?
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Flag of Turkmenistan, "often described as the most detailed national flag in the world."

I count 5 colors: red, green, orange-yellow, white, and tiny bits of black.
 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
Eliminated for choosing a volcano that has actually swum in the sea.

Sharkshooter

Sharkshooter's Boss

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It's not my fault he didn't clear his travel plans with me.

All the best, my fellow quizzers.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Helpfully providing link to "fast fact" reference resources.
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
My flag is dear to my heart and has at least 8 colors.
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
I shall go for this, the Hawai'i Ko Aloha Flag and it has an interesting 10 colors. The nine background stripes represent the nine islands, and it was given in a dream to a descendant of King Kamehameha.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Don't you think that this is a particuarly pretty flag? It's the flag of the British Indian Ocean Territory, and I believe I count eight colors: red, white, blue, yellow, green, brown, black and gray.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by caty the southerner:
the sea lion (or whatever it is)

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[Alaskan natural nerd hat]
it's a sea lion, because it has ears that you can see. sea lions also have rear flippers that turn forward i.e. towards nose, while seal rear flippers are more one integrated unit, like a tail, than two separate "feet".

[/ANNH]

as you were
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
Oh man, Wikipedia rocks!

I choose the flag of Belize, which according to the website above, has 12 colours on it.

(And yes, I will be a pedantic Englishman and insist on spelling colours correctly.)
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
also rans have all the fun - here's a flaggy puzzle for you (my guess was 3)
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 
I said three, but I included the background as a colour (as otherwise the flag would fall apart).
 

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Posted by Rugmaker (# 10728) on :
 
I'll go for Ecuador with at least 7 colours.
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
Winnipeg Flag with 9 colours I think - coz that's where we're moving in 3 weeks and 1 day!

Now, back to organising that move....

ij x
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
There are seven colours on the flag of Tibet: yellow, red, blue, green, orange, black and white.
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
I must admit, I rather like the flags from the Lord of the Rings. I'd like the Kings Hall Banner, Lothlorien, Rohan's...! I also found on Flags of the World site this treatment for Fictional Flags which are from books, movies, etc. Most that I found done were pretty simplistic, but amazing how many are there.
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by comet:

quote:

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Originally posted by caty the southerner:
the sea lion (or whatever it is)

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[Alaskan natural nerd hat]
it's a sea lion, because it has ears that you can see. sea lions also have rear flippers that turn forward i.e. towards nose, while seal rear flippers are more one integrated unit, like a tail, than two separate "feet".

[/ANNH]

as you were

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[zoology tangent continued]

I deduced that it couldn't be a walrus because of the island being in the southern hemisphere and the mammal in question not having tusks, but the distinction between seals and sea lions was too esoteric for me. I'm not exactly in the running to be the next David Attenborough, but at least I will recognise a sea lion when I next come across one!

I was really surprised by what looked like a reindeer on the flag, and thought I must be mistaken about that. South Georgia isn't exactly close to Scandinavia. But, no. There really are reindeer in the sub-antarctic, and have been since 1908.

[/zoology tangent]
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Question:

Why are there no flags with Pink in?

Answer:

There Are

Explanation:

Gay Pride

I claim 8 colours for the original design.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Hey guys (and gals) ... and those not sure ...

I found some more pink:

Transgender Flag One

Transgender Flag Two

Transgender Flag Three

No, I am not having a moment, I was just looking for pink.
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
My flag has pink in it! The Hawaiians must just be ahead of everyone else.
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
I'm having one of "those" days today, and so this seemed an appropos choice for the flag round. White isn't technically a color, but I'm sure no one will mind me lowering the bar a bit...
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
It is a great shame as I like the flag which is new to me but we have to say that there are only five colours so you lose ....

Golden Key

The flag actually looks like a Turkish Carpet.

Qualifiers:

Ann
Caty the Southerner
Comet
Davelarge
Doublethink
Flags Fiend
Hart
Icklejen
Jedijudy
Lady A
Pure as Snow
Quizmaster
Rugasaw
Rugmaker
The Rogue
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow:
Could we have a round where possible sigs are offered, four line max etc etc and vote on the best?

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NO
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
ROUND TEN : SOAP CHARACTERS

This will be a very different round and you must assess the other competitors and Also Rans before you make your selection.

Pick a character from a television soap opera.

Once all the entries are in you must send me via PM a list of all the characters you had heard of without/before looking them up.

If precisely five others have heard of your character, you are safe. If more or less than five others have heard of your chosen character you will lose a point for each number more or less than five.

If nobody in the competition has heard of your chosen character then you will lose 10 points. Biggest loser or losers will be eliminated.

Pick the character, not the actor/actress.
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
I choose
"Mrs Mangle"
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
ohiamsoscrewed.

um... boss?

what qualifies as a soap opera...?
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
I choose J.R. Ewing
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Similarly screwed. So, I think the tactic here is to go for someone reasonably obscure (so you don't get too many yesses), but not so obscure that you don't get a few. That way, you'll probably lose a few points, but not too many.

With that in mind, and because this actor went on to do some pretty good work in other things:

Billy Kennedy.

[ 18. October 2007, 22:25: Message edited by: Hart ]
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 
I don't really watch any TV, let alone soaps so I think the chances of me recognising other characters are quite slim, but anyway I pick

Allan Steiger
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
I just gave up watching Neighbours and Hollioakes (much to dl's relief!)

Hmmm.... Harold Bishop
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
Erica Kane played by Susan Lucci
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
We're away till Monday (I'm sure dl will post in the morning before we go). We're at dl's sister's wedding. (Think Diana's only bigger!).

In case I don't get to post, my answers to the next round/s are

108
Flourant Malouda
79.6 mph
29th August 1973
St Augustine and a small purple elephant

This all of course assumes I survive my m-i-l

ij x
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by icklejen:

29th August 1973

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Haven't we already had a motorcycles themed round?

Going for Olivier Jacques' birthday seems a bit risky to me.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
I will pick Barnabas Collins, since comet picked my first choice!!
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Toadie.
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
I choose Noah Drake, a character played by actor/musician Rick Springfield on the American soap General Hospital in the early 1980s.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Oh, woe, despair, and agony on me! (Strikes tragic pose.)

To be an Also-Ran!

My soap opera character is Haman, the villain from the Book of Ruth in t
he Bible.
Here is a recipe for hamantaschen, cookies made for the festival of Purim, to celebrate Haman getting his comeuppance!
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Please pardon my typo. I was prostrate with grief over washing out.


 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
And, of course, it's from Esther, oh, woe.
 

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Posted by Rugmaker (# 10728) on :
 
In ahope that there are a few competitors as old as me (but not too many!) I choose Alexis Carrington/Colby .

QM: Will the quiz be held over the weekend for voting, next round etc - I have almost no net access at weekends, and I suspect I'm not alone in that!
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
For this round I shall choose:

Brenda Morganstern

I think that is obscure enough but we shall see.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Rugmaker:
QM: Will the quiz be held over the weekend for voting, next round etc - I have almost no net access at weekends, and I suspect I'm not alone in that!

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Unwritten Rule: No actions on Friday, Saturday or Sunday night.

That means the next instruction will appear on Monday 22:00 English Time.
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
Unwritten Rule: No actions on Friday, Saturday or Sunday night.

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But now it is a written rule.

Does that invalidate it because it is described as unwritten?

Will it then be replaced by any similar unwritten rules?

If so what would they be?
 

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Posted by Rugmaker (# 10728) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:

quote:

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Originally posted by Rugmaker:
QM: Will the quiz be held over the weekend for voting, next round etc - I have almost no net access at weekends, and I suspect I'm not alone in that!

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Unwritten Rule: No actions on Friday, Saturday or Sunday night.

That means the next instruction will appear on Monday 22:00 English Time.

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Many thanks, clarification is much appreciated.
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by The Rogue:

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
Unwritten Rule: No actions on Friday, Saturday or Sunday night.

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But now it is a written rule.

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no, now it is a typed rule. We can't tell if he's actually written it down.

[ 19. October 2007, 12:53: Message edited by: Wet Kipper ]
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
Mrs McClusky
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Alan Bradley.
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
Reg Cox
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
Ena Sharples
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
I am not a soap fan. So I went on a search and came up with this quote from This source::

quote:

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The BBC's Scotland-set comic soap opera returns for another season of laughs and tears in Monarch of the Glen: Series Two.

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which could substantiate my claim, (since the BBC is mentioned, ) to Cosmo Kramer as being my comic soap hero of choice from Seinfeld.

[ 20. October 2007, 00:46: Message edited by: Lady A ]
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow:
Toadie.

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Me? *jj bats her eyes innocently*
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
Phew - just able to post in time. I'll have Grant Mitchell.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
(Also-Ran.)

Helpful and entertaining information:

Soap Opera Trivia & Games--About.com

How To Write A Soap Opera Story--eHow.com
 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
...Pick a character from a television soap opera.

Once all the entries are in you must send me via PM a list of all the characters you had heard of without/before looking them up.
...

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Well, I am sooo glad I got knocked out earlier, as I have heard of exactly zero soap stars, making choosing one perfectly random.

Of course, the PM list, being blank, would have been easy to draft.
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
Everyone has picked a soap person, and I only remembered 3 of them. Tough round!
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Everyone's picked, so I suppose we can start pm'ing. Here's the summary:

Ann -- Ena Sharples
Caty -- Alan Badley
Comet -- J.R. Ewing
DL -- Grant Mitchell
Doublethink -- Mrs McClusky
Flags Fiend -- Alan Steiger
Hart -- Billy Kennedy
Icklejen -- Harold Bishop
JediJudy -- Barnabus Collins
Lady A -- Cosmo Kramer
Patdys -- Toadie
Quizmaster -- Brenda Morgenstern
Rugasaw -- Erica Kane
Rugmaker -- Alexis Carrington
The Rogue -- Reg Cox
(Also Rans)
Wet Kipper -- Mrs Magle
Chicklegirl -- Noah Drake
Golden Key -- Haman
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Hart:
Everyone's picked, so I suppose we can start pm'ing. Here's the summary:

...

Caty -- Alan Badley

...

(Also Rans)
Wet Kipper -- Mrs Magle

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*cough* Bradley and Mangle

This isn't a conspiracy to make sure certain names aren't recognised is it?

[ 21. October 2007, 21:56: Message edited by: caty the southerner ]
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Oops. No, just a complete inability to type!

-- Hat.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
As it stands I have had many PMs already but I have not had all of the replies. You have until Tuesday 22:00 English time (N.B. we put our clocks back this coming Saturday night) to let me have your PM.

Please note that I have a committee meeting tomorrow and if it drags on there will be a further 24 hour delay to the quiz.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
(N.B. we put our clocks back this coming Saturday night)

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*That*'s going to confuse me for a week.
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
Please note that I have a committee meeting tomorrow and if it drags on there will be a further 24 hour delay to the quiz.

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Bit of motivation for you Still, don't feel this.
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
I love those things PatDYS, I just got home from our annual managers conference, and sure wish they'd have used some of those, at least we wouldn't have nearly fallen asleep!

Maybe we should have a demotivational round, writing our own.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Hart:

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
(N.B. we put our clocks back this coming Saturday night)

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*That*'s going to confuse me for a week.

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HELPFULLY providing a time zone converter.
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
Anyone wishing to improve their brinksmanly credentials should take no notice of the change in Quizmaster's clocks. You will either post an hour too late or an hour early and you won't know which until you hit that "Add reply" button. I certainly intend doing this.
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Golden Key:

quote:

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Originally posted by Hart:

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
(N.B. we put our clocks back this coming Saturday night)

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*That*'s going to confuse me for a week.

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HELPFULLY providing a time zone converter.

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There's nothing remotely complicated about it. All you need to remember is that the UK changes from BST (GMT+1) to GMT at 2.00am BST on Sunday. Therefore, everything is as usual until 2.00am on Sunday. At that point, we switch to 1.00am GMT and we're on GMT until March. Clear as mud.

UK shipmates get an exta hour's sleep, and at least one person turns up at the wrong time at every church in the country.

As long as we don't have to do anything at 1.30am on Sunday morning UK time, there shouldn't be a problem.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
I wasn't claiming it was complicated, just that I'm so used to the UK being 8 timezones away that for you suddenly to change to (ummm....9? -- or is it 7? -- OK, this is complicated) and then back to 8 in a week's time is a bit much for my little brain to cope with.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Our time would normally have changed this coming Sunday early in the morning. But now it's going to be the following week. So the computers and televisions and things that change themselves are going to be all messed up for a week.

And I'm confused enough already.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Recognition Table:


14 Comet Dallas J.R.Ewing
11 Icklejen Neighbours Harold Bishop
11 Rugmaker Dynasty Alexis Carrington
10 Davelarge Eastenders Grant Mitchell
8 Lady A Seinfeld Cosmo Kramer
8 Pure as Snow Neighbours Toadie
8 Wet Kipper (7) Neighbours Mrs Mangle
7 Ann Coronation Street Ena Sharples
7 Golden Key (9) Esther Haman
6 Doublethink Grange Hill Mrs McClusky
4 Rugasaw All My Children Erica Kane
3 Hart Neighbours Billy Kennedy
1 Caty the Southerner Coronation Street Alan Bradley
1 Chicklegirl (3) General Hospital Noah Drake
1 Flags Fiend Neighbours Allan Steiger
1 Jedijudy Dark Shadows Barnabas Collins
0 Quizmaster Rhoda Brenda Morganstern
0 The Rogue Eastenders Reg Cox

So, according to the rules, Comet scores -9 and both Quizmaster & The Rogue score -10 points.

Eliminated:

Quizmaster
The Rogue

Qualifiers:

Ann
Caty the Southerner
Comet
Davelarge
Doublethink
Flags Fiend
Hart
Icklejen
Jedijudy
Lady A
Pure as Snow
Rugasaw
Rugmaker
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:

6 Doublethink Grange Hill Mrs McClusky

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Out of interest, DT, was it the Grange Hill Mrs McClusky or the Desparate Housewives one?

Fare thee well, and well played, The Rogue. I would say goodbye to QM, but somehow I'm guessing he'll still be following the quiz...
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
ROUND ELEVEN : MINELAYER

This is a nice simple round because all you have to do is pick a number and if you land on the mine then you are eliminated. I have chosen a number between one and twenty to allow for Also Ran entries as well as the competitors. Each individual gets his/her turn to pick a number between one and twenty. Each must choose a different number from the ones chosen before.

If an Also Ran picks the mine then you are all safe and everyone goes through to the next round.

Good Luck. Don't step on the mine!
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 
9
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
How can I game this? Especially as picking 37 isn't an option here...

I'll go for 15.
 

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Posted by Mertseger (# 4534) on :
 
π
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Oh, help.

<Closes eyes, grits teeth and braces herself for disaster>

I go for 13, because it's my date of birth.
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
I pick my IQ, 19.
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
4
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
For your viewing pleasure, "Minesweeper, The Movie".

(This is blocked at my work as streaming video; the content is safe; and I can only hope the link works)
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by caty the southerner:
Oh, help.

<Closes eyes, grits teeth and braces herself for disaster>

I go for 13, because it's my date of birth.

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Me too!! Therefore, I shall pick 6.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
So, according to the rules, Comet scores -9 and both Quizmaster & The Rogue score -10 points.

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whew!

dodged a bullet!

my number: 1
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
Birthdays, good enough reason for me, 17.
 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 
3 just because.

[ 24. October 2007, 00:30: Message edited by: sharkshooter ]
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Also-ran.


3.141592

Note to "Angel" fans: The link is to the Wolfram site. Does that mean Pi is a devilish number?

Pie cornucopia!
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Golden key, I think Merteseger has already proved to be a pi fan...
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
n isn't pi. just means "unknown number here"

are you thinking of ln (e)? that's slightly more complicated...
 

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Posted by Mertseger (# 4534) on :
 
No, PatDYS was correct, I did say π (pi) it's just that the Greek font used by UBB is pretty poor. I'd also point out that strictly speaking 3.14159 is quite a bit different than &pi (though it's a good decimal approximation); thus, Golden Key's pick is perfectly legitimate under the current rules.
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by comet:
are you thinking of ln (e)? that's slightly more complicated...

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surely ln(e) = 1 doesn't it, and you've already picked that.

Anyhow, pedantry aside, I'll have 18 for no particular reason.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
aha! caught out by a font. it did look like n to me, not... pi. I can't find the character.

sorry for that.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Well, Mertseger's post only showed "n" on my computer. (Good choice, I thought.) And I'm an also-ran, so it doesn't much matter, IMHO.
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
I think the general charity and good humour displayed here could qualify as......


Wait for it.....


Humble pi.
(I'll accept the dummy for that joke. )
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
PATDYS,

groan.
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
11
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
I choose lucky (for me) number 8.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Just to encourage more Also Rans to post (and thus try to ensure an elimination)

20

As that is the delimiter you have to pick one of the gaps in the middle now.
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
4
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
4

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Oi! Wait in line!
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
sorry, Ann

14
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 

 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
Nineteen

(Yes it was the definitive Grange Hill headmistress.)
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
To avoid proofreading an essay,


yet to sink a shovel
Rugasaw
Rugmaker

1 Comet
3 Mertseger (rounded)
3 Golden Key (rounded)
3 Sharkshooter
4 Ann
6 Jedijudy
8 chicklegirl
9 Flags Fiend
11 Icklejen
13 Caty the Southerner
14 Wet Kipper
15 Hart
17 Lady A
18 Davelarge
19 Pure as Snow
20 Quizmaster

Oi, Doublethink, 19, that's mine (pun intended)

[ 24. October 2007, 20:06: Message edited by: Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow ]
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
Oh bugger.

I choose, erm, .....

Five in order to look alive - at least until I step on a mine.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
I must be going soft.

Another 24 hours for the remaining two.


 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
Newest also-ran taking 10.

If this proves to be my last footstep on this planet then my last thoughts were "You must have heard of Reg Cox"
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
I'll choose 12. Although I personally like e I am sticking with 12.
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
Well, one of us rugs have posted. We'll just wait and see if the other one does.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
I must be going soft.

Another 24 hours for the remaining two.

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Either soft, or harsh on the rest of us!
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
mugraker! paging mugraker! please respond to the KOQ, please!
 

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Posted by Rugmaker (# 10728) on :
 
You called!

With many thanks to QM for realising that I had a day off yesterday without me evn telling him, I choose 2
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
I can now reveal who stepped on the mine.

Ker B O O O O O M .........

C g k e i h c l l r


Chicklegirl was blown to pieces but as she is an Also Ran nobody gets eliminated this time.

I did pick the number in advance.

Each Individual Gets His/her Turn.

Check the post.

Qualifiers:

Ann
Caty the Southerner
Comet
Davelarge
Doublethink
Flags Fiend
Hart
Icklejen
Jedijudy
Lady A
Pure as Snow
Rugasaw
Rugmaker
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Phew.

Why does that round so much more stressful than any of the previous rounds, most of which actually involved some measure of skill?
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
[Yoda Voice]
mmmm...

devious, our Quizmaster is.

observe his posts closer, I must.

yes.

mmmm....
[/Yoda Voice]
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
ROUND TWELVE : WORLD SERIES BASEBALL

quote:

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Originally posted by Hart:
I remember we pushed last year for a baseball round. Did it ever happen? Will this year be our year?

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You win. I know you want it. You have got it.

You have to predict the final score of the World Series Baseball by 22:00 English Time on Friday 26th October.

Because I expect more than one person to correctly predict the overall result the tiebreaker will be the innings scores for the final match.

You must follow the format:

INNINGS
1 0 0
2 0 0
3 0 0
4 0 0
5 0 0
6 0 0
7 0 0
8 0 0
9 0 1

Do not mention the teams, it will be whoever bats first followed by whoever bats second.


So the elimination process is as follows:
a) Team called as winners
b) Overall score
c) Closest to actual innings in final match
d) Each Inning from 1 through to 9 in that order

I think I have covered everything there and you can work out how long you have to relax once you have posted your entry.
 

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Posted by RuthW (# 13) on :
 
Quizmaster, the World Series is a best of seven series, the first game of which was held last night (the Red Sox spanked the Rockies 13-1). The second game is tonight (Thursday, Oct 25), starting in a few hours. On Friday there is no game. The earliest the whole thing will be decided will be with the fourth game, which is this Sunday.

So you might want to re-think this -- maybe specify that people guess the score of the final game, whenever that turns out to be?

[ 25. October 2007, 22:12: Message edited by: RuthW ]
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
By "overall score", I take it QM means how many games each team wins. As Ruth explained, it's first to 4 and the Sox have already won one. It's not clear when we have to post by (people waiting until after tonight will have somewhat of an advantage), but I'll be brinkly and post.

I'm betting on the Sox, 4-0. The fourth game is in Colorado so the Red Sox, as the away team, will be at bat first. I'll make the following guess for the innings scores.

1 0 0
2 0 0
3 1 0
4 3 1
5 0 0
6 0 0
7 1 2
8 0 0
9 1 0
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
I think the Red Sox will win it in the fifth game, Sox four games, Rockies one game.

My prediction for the last game is:
1 1 0
2 0 0
3 2 1
4 0 0
5 0 0
6 1 1
7 0 1
8 3 0
9 0 1

So the Red Sox win the fifth game 7 to 4.

Go Red Sox!!!
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
I think that this is a suspiciously vague instructions that could easily be to throw us. So I shall say Boston with the overall score to be 2-4

1 0 0
2 1 0
3 0 0
4 1 2
5 0 0
6 0 0
7 0 0
8 0 0
9 0 2

I am also calling a walk-off home run by Manny Ramirez.
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
I think that this is a suspiciously vague instruction because 'The World Series of Baseball' probably doesn't include as much of the World as some may believe. .

Anyway, I go for (a)Sox (sans Fox ) 4 to beat the Rockies 2 in (b)six games.

(c) and (d) In the final match

1 0 0
2 1 0
3 1 1
4 2 0
5 0 1
6 0 0
7 3 1
8 1 1
9 0 0

total 8 4
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
Red Sox over Rockies 4 games to 0.

final game on Sunday:

1 0 0
2 1 0
3 2 0
4 0 0
5 0 2
6 0 0
7 1 1
8 0 3
9 0 0

final score of last game: Rox 4 Sox 6

Go Red Sox!!!
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
PLUSH Points

Sorry I am a bit behind - I will catch up.

7 0 0 -1 0 Comet : Inability to spell feeling
7 0 1 0 0 Pure as Snow : For the link to the spoof advert
7 0 1 -1 0 The Rogue : I am not sure your logic works there
7 0 0 1 1 Flags Fiend : Good advice for a fellow competitor
7 0 1 -1 0 Jedijudy : We have had too much subjectivity already
7 0 0 -1 0 Annie P : Who would be mad enough to read all that?
7 0 1 1 0 Doublethink : Good choice. No routes.
7 0 0 1 1 Rugasaw : Trust me, I usually find a way round problems
7 0 1 0 0 Comet : Dream on
7 0 0 1 0 Caty the Southerner : For resolving the link
7 0 1 0 0 Comet : A very well told and touching story
7 0 1 0 0 Golden Key : Great idea if you have lots of odd sized books
7 1 0 0 0 Flags Fiend : I have only ever been six feet under once - 1963
7 0 1 0 0 Rugasaw : That's because if you kill one you save thousands
7 0 1 0 0 Mertseger : For that rendition of These are the Daves I know
7 0 0 1 1 Davelarge : For that heads up on the channel rebranding

8 2 0 0 0 Icklejen : Brilliant Ickle, and very funny
8 0 1 0 0 Chicklegirl : For the poem
8 0 0 -1 0 The Rogue : The Rules are flexible for Also Rans
8 0 1 0 0 Quizmaster : Did you ever find a quote?
8 0 1 0 0 Chicklegirl : I am not sure I believe you about those hats
8 0 1 0 0 Pure as Snow : I do like that quote
8 0 0 0 1 Rugmaker : Useful information for a busy guy like me
8 0 0 0 2 Ann : A clever post in so many ways
8 0 0 1 0 Pure as Snow : I am planning on a W award next year
8 0 0 1 0 Comet : Brilliant appropriate link to another thread
8 0 1 0 0 Chelley : You can have a 'weird' point with impunity
8 0 0 0 2 Pure as Snow : Two helpful posts in a row
8 0 0 1 0 Jedijudy : For predicting the future
8 0 1 0 0 Comet : A truly strange idea
8 0 0 1 0 Quizmaster : Also Rans have been subdued this year
8 0 0 1 0 Gwai : Encouraging lunacy
8 0 1 0 0 Hart : A fascinating interlude there
8 0 0 0 1 Caty the Southerner : Some excellent links there
8 0 1 0 0 Chicklegirl : For taking the poetry round seriously
8 1 1 0 0 Rugmaker : For a completely inappropriate title
8 0 0 -1 0 Davelarge : Get on with it wimp!
8 0 0 1 1 Sharkshooter : Encouraging others is cool

9 0 0 -1 0 Quizmaster : Touting for trade?
9 0 0 0 1 Wet Kipper : Let's have a chemistry poem then
9 0 1 1 0 Pure as Snow : Building the connection
9 0 0 1 0 Wet Kipper : That was quick, I only just asked
9 0 0 0 1 Flags Fiend : Thank you for that chemistry poem
9 0 0 1 0 Pure as Snow : How do you find these links?
9 0 0 -1 0 Rugasaw : Lacking self assurance
9 0 0 1 0 Doublethink : Living up to your name
9 0 1 0 0 Comet : That poem really touched me
9 0 0 1 0 Rugmaker : Your Cleveland entry was accepted
9 0 1 0 0 Davelarge : I can use that - Erudite Reprobate
9 0 0 1 0 The Rogue : Good challenge
9 0 0 1 0 Rugmaker : Great riposte
9 0 0 1 0 The Rogue : I declare the war a draw
9 0 1 0 0 Icklejen : A direct line to the maker helps
9 0 0 1 0 Chicklegirl : Well done on finding the link
9 0 0 1 0 Ann : A title contender to be sure
9 0 1 0 0 Hart : Keep pushing, you never know!
9 0 1 1 0 Pure as Snow : I assume you assume I assumed
9 0 0 0 1 Caty the Southerner : Good helpful links
9 0 0 0 1 Sharkshooter : Thanks for the help
9 0 1 0 0 Pure as Snow : You as well PATDYS?
9 0 0 1 0 Caty the Southerner : Congratulations on "arriving"
9 0 0 0 1 Doublethink : Nice link
9 0 0 0 1 Mertseger : Keeping Rugmaker in the quiz
9 0 1 0 0 Comet : For the anagrams of the team nicknames
9 0 0 0 1 Golden Key : For the link
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 
I don't understand this at all, so i have just made up numbers so I hope they make sense.

1 0 0
2 2 0
3 0 0
4 1 3
5 2 0
6 0 0
7 0 0
8 1 0
9 1 1

Red Sox, overall score 7-4
 

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Posted by Rugmaker (# 10728) on :
 
Rockies 4 Red Sox 3 (I'm a Blue Jays fan, I just can't back the Red Sox!

Final game box score:

INNINGS
1 0 0
2 0 0
3 2 0
4 0 1
5 0 2
6 0 0
7 1 0
8 0 0
9 0 0
10 0 0
11 1 0

Some extra innings just to spice things up a bit! (For non baseball people, they keep playing "sudden death" until somebody wins if scores are level after 9 innings!)
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Red Sox to win 4-2.

I predict that the innings score in the final game will be:

1 0 2
2 1 0
3 1 0
4 1 1
5 0 3
6 0 0
7 1 2
8 0 0
9 1 x

Those unfamiliar with baseball may find these useful:

Baseball for beginners
Beginners guide to baseball
2007 World Series
Major League Baseball

Then of course there are the er, not entirely impartial sources of information such as this and this.

Oh, and this, although I'm afraid I don't know where a translation into Proper English may be found.

One of the worst things about moving from my last address to here, was that I moved from a house with channel 5 and NASN to a house with no satellite TV (and I can't afford it by myself) and a local transmitter that doesn't broadcast channel 5. I miss baseball.

[ 26. October 2007, 10:16: Message edited by: caty the southerner ]
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
I think the game will be very close.

1 00
2 10
3 00
4 00
5 00
6 11
7 00
8 00
9 00

So, whichever team goes first will get 2 runs, the second team will get one. I predict the Red Sox will win.
 

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Posted by Rugmaker (# 10728) on :
 
So as things stand, if the Rockies win the series, I win the quiz, right?
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
In case any of you weren't watching last night... Colorado 1 -- Boston 2. The only thing this makes me worry about is my idea that the Rockies will get 3 runs in the last game.

BTW, Rugmaker, I think if the Rockies win, it's not the case that everyone else gets knocked out, but rather we then see who did worse on predicting how many games each team would win (so that'd be the 4 and 0ers), and then look at who did worst on predicting the score in the last game.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
I have to have a go, and I would love to go against the grain, but I cannot.

Red Sox 4-1

INNINGS
1 1 0
2 0 0
3 0 0
4 0 0
5 0 0
6 0 0
7 0 0
8 0 0
9 0 0

[ 26. October 2007, 17:52: Message edited by: Quizmaster ]
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
The Dealine has now passed but we will wait until Monday for a decision.

You might like to try and get away with it if you have not posted, and I may just let you.
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
For all those that posted a Boston win 4-2 and had a score of the game such as

9 4 1

Game 6 will be a home game for Boston and the Home team always bats last.
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
Oops ...

Red Sox 0-3

INNINGS
1 0 1
2 1 0
3 0 0
4 0 0
5 1 0
6 0 1
7 0 1
8 0 0
9 1 0
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
Ack - this is what happens when I'm shuttling children around during half term. Not that I'd know a baseball score if it bit me somewhere painful to sit down afterwards.

On the off chance that I can slide in (and that my numbers make any sense at all)

Red Sox

1 2 3
2 3 2
3 0 1
4 1 0
5 1 2
6 2 1
7 1 3
8 3 1
9 0 1

(I feel the same way as I used to when the PE teacher was showing us how to do something (anything) - there's obviously a right way to do it, but I miss it, every time.)
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Ann -- I hope you're right, just because it would be an incredibly exciting game that you've predicted!
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
{Also-ran.}

My number series for the Series:

(Let the Reader understand!)

1 0 3
2 1 1
3 1 8
4 2 5
5 3 3
6 5 2
7 8 1
8 1 1
9 3 0

24-24


 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Bumbling on, seeing the obvious numbers!

WooHoo!
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Fibre and Nachos for breakfast GOLDEN KEY?


 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
...
8 0 0 1 0 Quizmaster : Also Rans have been subdued this year
...

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I know I don't have the time to do much. I really didn't want to drop out by not entering a round, but it even took two tries to get knocked out!

[ 27. October 2007, 17:55: Message edited by: sharkshooter ]
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Golden Key:
(Let the Reader understand!)

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Sadly, the baseball statisticians clearly don't.
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
If you'll still let me play...

Red Sox 4 - 1

1 00
2 20
3 01
4 00
5 10
6 00
7 11
8 20
9 00

We're doing a farewell tour of the country, so we're without net access a lot at the mo.

ij x
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by icklejen:
If you'll still let me play...

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And me, and me...!

Red Sox 4 - 2 Rockies (is that right?)

1 0 0
2 0 0
3 0 0
4 1 0
5 0 0
6 0 1
7 0 0
8 1 0
9 0 0

Fingers crossed - I know nothing about baseball!
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by davelarge:

quote:

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Originally posted by icklejen:
If you'll still let me play...

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And me, and me...!

Red Sox 4 - 2 Rockies (is that right?)

1 0 0
2 0 0
3 0 0
4 1 0
5 0 0
6 0 1
7 0 0
8 1 0
9 0 0

Fingers crossed - I know nothing about baseball!

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Except that game six, if it should go that far, will be at Boston. (Didn't Rugasaw already say that? ) Then you'd have to switch your scores the other way around! (Such as inning 4, Rockies 0, Sox 1. )

[ETA ...then the 9th inning will be 0, -, as the Sox won't have to bat again! ]

[ 27. October 2007, 23:12: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by rugasaw:
For all those that posted a Boston win 4-2 and had a score of the game such as

9 4 1

Game 6 will be a home game for Boston and the Home team always bats last.

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People posting things like that are being totally rational. Look at how QM said he's going to work out who to eliminate: the innings scores will only be looked at if the prediction of how many games each team wins is wrong. Hence, if someone thinks that B4-2C is the most likely number of games each team will win, but thinks that the second most likely is B4-1C as opposed to B4-3C they should be posting innings scores for Game 5, not Game 6.
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Thankyou Hart.

Always happy to have my stupidity and ignorance turned into rationality. In fact, I almost see what you---I meant.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
I love the twisted thought processes that this quiz generates.

Remember that whatever it is you thought you knew is only true if certain other facts are true......

I think


 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
LOL, Quizmaster and Caty.
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
I'm sooooooo confused. Still, 6 and 0 are the only sporting scores I'm interested in right now.

ij x
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Did Chelsea win 6-0 by any chance Icklejen?
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
More PLUSH points as we wait for the baseball.


10 0 1 0 1 Davelarge : An unusual link that I like
10 1 1 0 0 Chicklegirl : Loved the pictures
10 0 1 0 0 Jedijudy : Still predicting the future
10 0 1 0 0 Pure as Snow : World Series Soccer anyone?
10 0 1 1 0 Hart : Rugby and NFL, Both types of Armball
10 0 0 0 1 Rugasaw : An indication that Davelarge is probably right
10 0 0 1 1 Davelarge : For finding out the truth
10 0 0 -1 0 Wet Kipper : Does that ever happen?
10 0 0 0 1 Davelarge : For the link
10 1 0 0 0 Pure as Snow : I like the picture you painted
10 0 1 1 0 Rugasaw : A smart, if unusual, choice
10 0 1 0 0 Pure as Snow : Always looking for an unusual twist
10 0 0 0 1 Golden Key : I think that just about covers everything
10 0 0 1 0 Comet : For getting the very latest information
10 0 0 1 0 Comet : Nice pulling together of several pieces there
10 0 0 1 0 Flags Fiend : I did think about that when I set the condition
10 0 0 0 2 Caty the Southerner : That is the kind of help that earns points
10 0 1 0 0 The Rogue : Don’t show the girls or they will all want one

11 0 0 0 1 Chicklegirl : We love pedants here, this is a pedant's home
11 0 0 1 0 Caty the Southerner : Memory can be a very useful asset
11 0 1 -1 0 Jedijudy : What has this to do with Piglet's friend?
11 0 0 1 0 Chicklegirl : Ever the Smartypants. Fancy a job?
11 0 0 0 0 Rugmaker : I love Stromboli since we sailed past and watched
11 0 2 0 0 Sharkshooter : The most unusual choice of the quiz
11 0 0 0 0 The Rogue : FIAT award
11 0 0 0 0 Golden Key : FIAT award
11 0 1 0 0 Quizmaster : How many colours are on that flag QM?
11 0 0 0 1 Doublethink : Nice link
11 0 0 0 0 Flags Fiend : Not your name, we always have a flags round
11 0 1 0 0 Pure as Snow : Nice juxtaposition
11 0 1 0 0 Pure as Snow : I am thinking about it
11 0 0 0 1 Golden Key : I have bookmarked that page
11 0 0 0 0 Rugasaw : FIAT award
11 0 1 0 0 Lady A : For finding the Pink in a flag
11 0 0 1 0 Comet : Thank you for that nature lesson
11 0 0 0 3 Davelarge : For finding the perfect link
11 0 1 0 0 Chorister : Thanks for the puzzle, I think white is a colour
11 0 0 1 0 Flags Fiend : I agree with you
11 0 0 0 0 Lady A : FIAT award
11 0 0 0 0 Caty the Southerner : FIAT award
11 0 1 0 0 Quizmaster : Why the sudden fascination with Pink?
11 0 0 0 0 Lady A : FIAT award
11 0 0 0 0 Chicklegirl : FIAT award
11 0 0 -1 0 Quizmaster : I think you should reconsider that one
11 0 0 -1 0 Comet : You should know the rules by now
11 0 0 -1 0 Comet : He might just be too well known

12 0 0 1 0 Hart : Finding some significance in the date
12 0 1 0 0 Golden Key : For viewing the Bible as a Soap (not so wrong)
12 0 0 -1 0 Golden Key : For losing it
12 0 1 1 0 The Rogue : A mind capable of winning this quiz
12 0 0 0 1 Rugmaker : Thanks are always helpful
12 0 0 1 0 Wet Kipper : Sharp observation, exactly what is needed
12 0 0 1 0 Lady A : We are fairly relaxed here in the KOQ
12 0 0 -1 0 Jedijudy : Holding the straight part of the stick
12 0 0 0 0 Golden Key : FIAT award
12 0 0 -1 0 Sharkshooter : Are you serious about J.R.Ewing?
12 0 0 1 0 Lady A : It was so tough it knocked me out
12 0 0 0 1 Hart : Thanks for the summary
12 0 0 1 1 Caty the Southerner : Spotting the obvious mistakes
12 0 0 -1 0 Hart : Inability to spell
12 0 0 -1 0 Hart : For predicting confusion ahead of time
12 1 1 1 1 Pure as Snow : Thanks for the motivation
12 0 0 0 0 Lady A : FIAT award
12 0 0 0 1 Golden Key : Useful link for timing problems
12 0 0 1 0 The Rogue : Not that it matters any more for you
12 1 0 1 -1 Caty the Southerner : Lovely assonance of logic there
12 0 0 1 0 Hart : What YOU said
12 0 0 -1 0 Jedijudy : I expected nothing less
12 0 0 -1 0 Hart : Asking irrelevant questions
12 0 0 0 0 Hart : FIAT award
12 0 1 0 0 Mertseger : For getting an infinite number into a finite post
12 0 1 -1 0 Pure as Snow : I don't like people cleverer than me
12 0 1 0 0 Pure as Snow : I must watch that movie

13 0 1 0 0 Golden Key : Adding food to almost every other link
13 0 0 0 1 Pure as Snow : Helping an Also Ran
13 0 0 -1 0 Comet : Someone else holding the straight part
13 1 1 1 1 Mertseger : How did someone that bright get knocked out?
13 0 0 1 -1 Davelarge : Rubbing Comet in it - I like that
13 0 1 -1 0 Comet : I know what you mean about problem fonts
13 0 0 1 0 Golden Key : Also Rans have more fun
13 1 0 0 0 Pure as Snow : I will award an L point for GK's groan
13 1 0 0 1 Ann : Putting Wet Kipper straight
13 0 0 0 1 Doublethink : For satisfying Hart
13 0 0 0 1 Pure as Snow : For that summary
13 0 1 0 0 The Rogue : Different rounds test different people
13 0 0 1 0 Rugasaw : That is all we need to happen now
13 0 0 0 1 Hart : Thank you for making me feel hard
13 0 0 1 0 Comet : Good call
13 0 0 0 1 Rugmaker : I tried, but you WILL support the ROCKIES
13 0 0 1 0 Hart : A very good question with no answer
13 0 1 0 0 Comet : Have you ever thought of acting as a career?
13 0 0 0 1 RuthW : Thanks for the advice, but I am fully aware
13 0 0 0 2 Caty the Southerner : Some excellent links there
13 0 0 -1 0 Rugmaker : And just have a think about the Red Sox winning
13 0 0 0 1 Hart : I don't think we need to worry about that
13 0 0 -1 1 Rugasaw : Useful information but Hart already told us
13 0 0 1 0 Hart : If only Ann was right, I would watch it
13 0 0 1 0 Golden Key : For getting mathematics into baseball
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
11 0 0 1 0 Chicklegirl : Ever the Smartypants. Fancy a job?

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You mean, I can make money being a Smartypants? I gotta tell my dad that he's been wrong all these years!
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Pssst, chickle, look here.
(But I bet you already knew that )
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
It seems to all be over - a series sweep for the Red Sox.

So, now Quizzy has to interpret his own rules for deciding who's out...


 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
WooHoo!!! Red Sox Red Sox Red Sox!!!

Celebrating from the Spring Training home of the Baseball World Champions!!

[Made it homier. ]

[ 29. October 2007, 11:44: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
 

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Posted by Rugmaker (# 10728) on :
 
I don't think it's going to be very hard for QM to decide who's out! Still, I'd sooner be out of the quiz than cheer for those pesky Red Sox !

(Anyway, I seem to remember that it starts to get much harder about now, so I reckon also-ranning is the place to be.)
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Rugmaker:
(Anyway, I seem to remember that it starts to get much harder about now, so I reckon also-ranning is the place to be.)

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Also-running, surely

I have a funny feeling that ij and I might be out soon due to time pressures. Much spoiling and trouble-making to be done from the side-lines, I think
 

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Posted by Rugmaker (# 10728) on :
 
Although having just read the thread, it may be that some didn't post or posted too late, so I might just get away with it and be in a top spot for the brinkmanship award....
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Rule bending is all part of the quiz and I have to decide whether to eliminate four late entries or one who got his entry in on time, but who unwisely opted for the Rockies.

He was lucky once before with his pre-round answer but this time he has run out of luck.

Eliminated:

Rugmaker

Qualifiers:

Ann
Caty the Southerner
Comet
Davelarge
Doublethink
Flags Fiend
Hart
Icklejen
Jedijudy
Lady A
Pure as Snow
Rugasaw

I hope you keep going as an Also Ran Rugmaker.
 

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Posted by Rugmaker (# 10728) on :
 
Are you any relation to a certain Australian rugby referee who has a problem with videos, QM?
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Rugmaker:
Are you any relation to a certain Australian rugby referee who has a problem with videos, QM?

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Get the rule book out.

Is the line in or out? Do you have to step ON the line or OVER the line to be out? Questions like these are not the most important questions.

Why is it SO important that nobody watching or playing the game understands the rules? That is the important question.

The real reason we love competition is so that every so often we can argue about the finite details when the reality of the case is that there is a good case for arguing the situation both ways.

In actuality, it was both A TRY and NOT A TRY and that will remain the situation forever and a day.

[ 29. October 2007, 20:28: Message edited by: Quizmaster ]
 

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Posted by Rugmaker (# 10728) on :
 
Thank you for clarifying the situation so, er, clearly.

Do I feel a round of dodgy sports decisions coming on? If so, can I have the Russian linesman from the 1966 World Cup Final please.
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
If you want dodgy sports decisions, you can't beat the PE teacher who put me in for the 100m hurdles, knowing my personal best at high jump was six inches lower. Three points for a refusal - I did get within a foot of the first hurdle full pelt before stopping dead in my tracks - and I didn't even bump into the hurdle!
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
So does Schrodinger's Cat play rugby then???
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
I have the greatest dodgy sports decision for my entry if we do that round.

think - unlikely sled dogs...
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Part of me really doesn't want to do that round, as I can't think of anything to offer as an entry; another part of me really wants to hear that story!
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
ROUND THIRTEEN : PATDYS SIGNATURE

quote:

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Originally posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow:
Could we have a round where possible sigs are offered, four line max etc etc and vote on the best?

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In a departure from convention (just for a change) Pure as The Driven Yellow Snow is to be handed a bye for this round. As punishment for the bye he will be forced to decide who must leave the competition at the end of the round.

All competitors and Also Rans should post their idea of a good signature for PATDYS. PATDYS himself should rate the entries from best to worst as he sees fit, and the worst of the competitor entries will be the person to be eliminated.

N.B. The winner may find their entry appearing in all PATDYS posts for the forseeable future.
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
Pure brute force and ignorance, but
Driven so much faster
Yellow streaks come flashing by
'Sno wonder he's a disaster
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Well, Patdys liked this quote well enough to put it on the quotes thread in Circus, so I'm hoping he still likes it (and it's a very good quote, if I may say so, Mr. Patdys, sir).

quote:

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To [Chesterton], Christianity wasn't a chore and a strain - it was something that illuminated his whole being, bringing laughter and joy and hope. In an age where Christianity is more akin to constipation than laughter, we desperately need more like him. -- Cheesemeister

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[ 29. October 2007, 23:14: Message edited by: Hart ]
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
I think comet might be able to do something about the sled dogs with this round.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Providing Asshats, Trolls, (and) Dipwads Yahweh's Smitings.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
(I'll save the dog story for later)

I wanted to use this:

quote:

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A vivid sense of delight takes hold of one, when for the first time one penetrates the surface. After thousands of years of fear and effort Man has at last succeeded in getting beneath the top layer of the sea, winning a long battle against asphyxia and terror. A palace untouched by human hand, with its gardens of rock and water where living creatures play the part of flowers, is the goal of all our striving.
Philippe Diole. The Undersea Adventure. 1953.

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but it's more than four lines. so we'll have to settle for a quote from the great Zappa the Elder:

quote:

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Vigilo sicco qua huskies vado, quod dont vos eat ut crocus snow. ~Frank Zappa

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which is latin for those sage words: watch out where the huskies go, and don't you eat that yellow snow.


 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
Gleaning from posts, I started with "Why use three sentences when one will do." Then mucked about with ethics quotes, then with the Schrodinger's Cat link, and finally have decided on,

"Ethics - it's not just a game of Whack-A-Mole."
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
I see through this attempt to stop me posting for a round.

To make it easier, here is some information about me.
Humour is very very important to me.
Married, two kids 9 and 6. Sometimes is more mature than the kids. But only sometimes.
Studying some theology.
Writes some bad creative short stories.
works in a hospital ICU.
Grew up with Monty Python and the Goodies.
In front of me on my desk I have the omnibus of Gary Larson, Calvin and Hobbes, three works on the atonement and a plastic pirate hook.
Loves Jazz.
Loves Diana Krall.
Unerring knack of killing gold fish.
Loves fantasy.
Scuba Dives.

My favourite sig will stay at least until Christmas.
QM, could you please notify me of the end of the round.
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
PATDYS, perhaps you would consider an homage to a magnificent writer who passed earlier this year:

"Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward." ~Kurt Vonnegut
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
My entry for this round:

The Australian equivalent of Prozac.
or
The human equivalent of Prozac.

Same sentiment, different noun.
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 
"...and so, ladies & gentlemen, as the goldfish of time swims round the bowl of fate, before being flushed round the U-bend of eternity..." - ISIHAC
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
I suggest:

"My shipmates went to the Knockout Quiz, and instead of a T-shirt they got me this lousy new sig."
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
Right, for want of anything more inspired I'm going to enter:

PatDYS: Spikey
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
this is out of respect that he's managed to tangent the entire quiz...



PATDYS: proudly tangenting since 2005

ij x
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
... and because I enjoy his witty asides, and links to "motivational" posters...

... and coz I'm hoping sucking up will help ...
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
Sucking up always helps...
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
The PATDYS signature of the future.

quote:

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I am not very interesting but I make up for it by not being funny.

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Or is this a description of myself. Whatever, I am still using it for my entry.
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
I have read and taken note, and came up with this.

quote:

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Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man?

I'm not sure that man needs the help. Calvin & Hobbes

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[ 30. October 2007, 15:41: Message edited by: Doublethink ]
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
More slush than drizzle.
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 

quote:

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THe best of a bad bunch

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Quotes I Would love to Use

Pure brute force and ignorance, but
Driven so much faster
Yellow streaks come flashing by
'Sno wonder he's a disaster
Ann
Loved the creativity and self depreciation

"Ethics - it's not just a game of Whack-A-Mole."
LadyA
Made me laugh

"My shipmates went to the Knockout Quiz, and instead of a T-shirt they got me this lousy new sig."
caty the southerner
Made me laugh a lot

PATDYS: proudly tangenting since 2005
icklejen
damn, you are onto me

I am not very interesting but I make up for it by not being funny.
Rugasaw
Made me laugh a lot, and self depreciating

Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, corruption, and destruction of man?
I'm not sure that man needs the help. Calvin & Hobbes
Doublethink
Sadly Accurate


Quotes I Would Possibly use

To [Chesterton], Christianity wasn't a chore and a strain - it was something that illuminated his whole being, bringing laughter and joy and hope. In an age where Christianity is more akin to constipation than laughter, we desperately need more like him. – Cheesemeister
Hart
I did enjoy this, but hadn’t used it. Possibly too long for me?

"Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward." ~Kurt Vonnegut
Chicklegirl
Made me laugh and I appreciated the sad edge

The Australian equivalent of Prozac.
Quizmaster
Made me laugh a lot, too upbeat for my sig possibly- now exlax or ipecac…

"...and so, ladies & gentlemen, as the goldfish of time swims round the bowl of fate, before being flushed round the U-bend of eternity..."
flags_fiend
enjoyed the quote but don’t know the source well enough

More slush than drizzle.
Chorister
This was fun and pithy


Quotes I probably wouldn’t use

Vigilo sicco qua huskies vado, quod dont vos eat ut crocus snow. ~Frank Zappa
Comet
Liked this, but Latin is too high brow for my sig

Providing Asshats, Trolls, (and) Dipwads Yahweh's Smitings.
JediJudi
It was funny, but I couldn’t see it adorning my All Saints posts.

PatDYS: Spikey
davelarge
I appreciate the connection, but never got into Buffy I’m afraid

The best of a bad bunch
The Kipper
grins, I should really only pay out myself in my sig

Quotes I Couldn’t Use
A vivid sense of delight takes hold of one, when for the first time one penetrates the surface. After thousands of years of fear and effort Man has at last succeeded in getting beneath the top layer of the sea, winning a long battle against asphyxia and terror. A palace untouched by human hand, with its gardens of rock and water where living creatures play the part of flowers, is the goal of all our striving.
Philippe Diole. The Undersea Adventure. 1953.
Comet – too long
I like this. I get a real sense of the wonder of God diving. Leafy sea dragons and rock formations shout out 'Not only I am your God who made these, but I have a damn good sense of humour too


Hmmmm.

So, I could divide the quotes into these groups, but then struggled over where to go from here. So I looked at the thread again and the rules.

The Rules
In a departure from convention (just for a change) Pure as The Driven Yellow Snow is to be handed a bye for this round. As punishment for the bye he will be forced to decide who must leave the competition at the end of the round.

All competitors and Also Rans should post their idea of a good signature for PATDYS. PATDYS himself should rate the entries from best to worst as he sees fit, and the worst of the competitor entries will be the person to be eliminated.

And I saw one more quote I had missed.

Clearly not an adorable ickle cutie-pie fuzzum-wuzzums.
Patdys

I liked this quote, but of all the others, it is the only quote I was seeking to get rid of. It clearly came last. I looked at the rules and saw I was handed a bye. Tangentially, I read this as a goodbye.

So, I have identified the worst entry; the only quote I would dispose of; honoured the letter of the rules, and twisted them to my own purposes. I'm a happy man.

So farewell Patdys.
And thankyou all for the quotes

[Added the Kipper]

[ 30. October 2007, 22:49: Message edited by: Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow ]
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
True to form I can safely say about PATDYS ....

"I did not see that coming".

I could call him a coward for being unable to make a call but I will call him brave for the self sacrifice so typical of heroes in games like this.

We will have to make this into a film now.

Eliminated:

Pure as Snow

Qualifiers:

Ann
Caty the Southerner
Comet
Davelarge
Doublethink
Flags Fiend
Hart
Icklejen
Jedijudy
Lady A
Rugasaw
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
[coff] coward [/coff]
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
ROUND FOURTEEN : QUIZMASTER

In this round you have to take on the guise of the Quizmaster (no easy task) and post a round of your choice together with the rule and the qualifying element.

I shall be looking for structure, content, ease of understanding, ease of misunderstanding, and the subject which should be as different from all the other rounds as possible.

I am able to and I will make a call so one of you will be eliminated.

Please post as if you are the quizmaster because I may simply copy your post for future rounds.
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow:
Pssst, chickle, look here.
(But I bet you already knew that )

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Actually, I didn't know about that, PATDYS, so you should get a point for being helpful. And now that I understand what this new job would entail...

See, I thought I could just lay around all day in my pink sock monkey jammies, be a Smartypants, eat a few bon-bons, and collect a fat paycheck, but no... this would actually require work.

It's not that I have anything against work--in fact, I just started a new job a couple months back--but I'm not sure my new boss would be very tolerant of having to share my attention with the KOQ. Maybe next year (when the new boss is potty-trained)?
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Patdys, you are a gentleman with the wiles of a cad. I salute you!

(My round will follow once I've done some thinking...).
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Chicklegirl, your new boss is adorable!!!

PatDYS, you are amazing! What an angel!

Dear QM, I foresee a sleepless night while I ponder this challenge.
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
I'd sing your praises PATYDS but I know this just frees you to be weirder than before. Watch out Comet he's coming after you.
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
ROUND UMPTEEN: PIRATES

Choose a pirate and justify why your pirate is the most evil of all pirates. The poster with the least evil pirate will walk the plank.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
ROUND ELEVENTY-SEVEN: REVISIONIST HISTORY

Name one event in the history of the world that you would change. Provide a link to a description of that event. Explain how you would change that event, and why. Tell us how the world would be different today with your change.

The argument must be clear and brief. The more obscure the event, the better.


The least convincing argument gets the guillotine.

[ 31. October 2007, 04:34: Message edited by: comet ]
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
A belated sig for PATDYS from the spa in the Also-Ran balcony.


"Never jump in a pile of leaves with a wet sucker!"--Linus, "It's The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown".
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
UNLUCKY ROUND 13: LEAST FORTUNATE JOBS

For this round you must nominate the most unpleasant, unfulfilling, unenviable job imaginable. The caveat: you must provide a link to documented proof that the job exists. Bonus points for photographic proof. Extra bonus points if it is actually your job and you provide a picture of yourself at work.

ETA: Thanks, JJ! (she is, isn't she?) The hours and the pay are terrible, but the bennies include hours of snuggling, so my job satisfaction is way up there!

[ 31. October 2007, 06:05: Message edited by: chicklegirl ]
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
In keeping with my avatar:

Round unspecified - Nebulae

• Each contestant shall post a link to a nebula.
• When all contestants have entered, a vote shall be taken to determine which is the most beautiful. Each contestant will rank all entries from the most beautiful to the least beautiful.
• The contestant whose nebula is considered the most beautiful will be eliminated.

 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
Making music together

Pick a musical note. Sharps and flats are allowed.

I will then play your chosen note, along with the notes posted both before and after yours, , to make a 3-note chord.

The person whose chosen note makes the worst sounding chord will be eliminated.

To give the first posters something to match with, I shall provide a "D" as the first note. - this will also be used as the 3rd note for the final contestant

given that we may have more contestants than there are notes, you may pick the same note as someone else, but this must not result in 2 identical notes in a chord.

[ 31. October 2007, 09:53: Message edited by: Wet Kipper ]
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
ROUND X: PLANTS

You must find seven flowering plants. You must link to pictures of each of those plants in flower. Each link must include the botanical ('latin') name of the plant, and you should also list the seven botanical names in your post. The flowers on the first plant you link to must be red, on the second they must be orange, on the third yellow, the fourth green, the fifth blue, the sixth purple and the seventh white.

You must not choose more than one plant from any genus, or any plant already chosen by another contestant. You may choose a different subspecies or variety of a species chosen by another contestant.

The total number of letters in each set of seven botanical names will be added up; the contestant with the median number of letters will be eliminated.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
ROUND FAUX: ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA

Choose an atmospheric phenomenon and post a link to a picture and a separate link to information about your choice.

You must also post the reason for your choice.

If someone fails to post, or fails to follow the instructions, that person will be knocked out. If everyone posts successfully, we will vote on the most interesting phenomenon.
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!*


* pretending to be an Arsenal fan has tipped me over the edge!
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
ROUND YUMPTY-TUM: A MEAL TO IMPRESS

You are entertaining someone you wish to impress - your boss, your future in-laws, the lady in charge of the flower arranging you wish to volunteer for; this is a meal for four.

Post recipes for the meal, which will include a starter, a main course and a dessert. The recipes should include preparation time and an approximation of the calorific value. You will get a point for each minute preparation time and each calorie in one portion (* show your workings). Time spent letting the meal get on without your supervision isn't counted.

The meal with the most points is eliminated.

* The other contestants can call foul if you underestimate either.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Round Twenty-two sevenths: picture hunt

Everyone must pick the (ship-)name of a shipmate and type it in to Google images. They then post a link to their favorite picture from the first page of samples Google gives.

Once everyone's posted, we then try to guess which shipmate each poster has posted a picture of. The quizipant eliminated will be the person whose picture garnishes the number of correct answers furthest from the median.
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 
Round Robin

Everyone picks a type of bird , the person who picks the bird closest to the median score when the letters in its name are assigned values a=1, b=2,..., z=26 and added together is eliminated.

flags x
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
ROUND ONE BILLION, THREE HUNDED AND NINE : EXPRESSIONS

Each contestant must post(in bold) a saying or phrase (such as 'a shaggy dog story', or 'out of the drying pan into the fire'), and invent a story behind it's conception and usage. Posts must include a link to the real history behind the phrase.

If everyone posts, contestants will vote on the stories. Each story will be marked out of ten for believability, humour, creativity and originality. Points will be deducted by Quizmaster if he has not previously heard of the expression.
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
PROCRASTINATORY ROUND: I'LL THINK OF A TITLE LATER

Each participant will post a link to an online procrastinatory activity. Each participant must then post a list, after 8:00am Friday British time, of how much time they wasted on each link before Thursday 10:00pm British time. The participant posting the link with the median total time wasted will be eliminated.

[N.B. Activity means some sort of interaction is required, reading is not enough, minutes will be added/deducted in the elimnatory direction for excessive pop-ups.]
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Photo Round
Please link to one image you like and write a brief paragraph about why you like it.

Everybody may rank each picture out of 10, where 10/10 means you like it a lot.

Lowest average score is out (score/number of people voting for the image).
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Round About:

Post a link to the craziest road sign. I will eliminate the one I think is most boring. And as an also ran, I can't eliminate myself. So one of you will have to go. LOLOLOLOLOLOL
 

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Posted by Mertseger (# 4534) on :
 
Postal Flurry Round
All participants must post on this thread before the deadline. Assuming everybody does post before the deadline, the person whose most recent post prior to the deadline has the oldest (earliest) time-stamp will be eliminated.

The deadline for this round will be: Noon GMT, November 4, 2007.
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
Round 15: Quizzes

In this round you must post a link to a suitable quiz. This quiz must be able to be answered by anyone.

Everyone must post their answer to your quiz by PMing myself after all quizzes have been taken. Points awarded by myself for number of questions, though if there are too many, I may subtract points. All answers must be PMed to me by by 22:00 English Time on Friday (whatever date inserted here) along with your vote from favorite quiz to the one you'd never like to see again. Scoring will be on number of questions (see above), number of different answers and the vote.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
I have a decision to make.

Take a 24 hour break.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Hey, hey, boss, did you hear that?

The nice man on the internet said I'm on a break. Yes, for twenty-four hours. Yes, that's why I'm not doing any work.
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
I have a decision to make.

Take a 24 hour break.

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Oh, the tension... you could cut the atmosphere with a butter knife...


 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Betcha Quizzie is figuring out which is the hardest one and picking it for our next challenge!!
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
This one has proved tough and I am feeling the pressure but I have narrowed the loser down to one of three:

Comet
Icklejen
Lady A

The reason these three have been chosen is because of the complication. I prefer to keep it simple.

Any of these could form a round later in the competition.

So, in a rare display of power, I have to make a decision .....
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Eliminated for expecting too much of the contestants:

COMET

Qualifiers:

Ann
Caty the Southerner
Davelarge
Doublethink
Flags Fiend
Hart
Icklejen
Jedijudy
Lady A
Rugasaw
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Allow me to help.


[Cross post by one lousy minute]

[ 01. November 2007, 22:38: Message edited by: Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow ]
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
ROUND FIFTEEN : NEBULAE

• Each contestant shall post a link to a nebula.
• When all contestants have entered, a vote shall be taken to determine which is the most beautiful. Each contestant will rank all entries from the most beautiful to the least beautiful.
• The contestant whose nebula is considered the most beautiful will be eliminated.

This one has absolutely everything I require for a Knockout Quiz round. Well done Davelarge.
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
nebula with free bonus flowers.
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
Eskimo Nebula.
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
The exotically named Abell 39.

Is it my imagination, or does it look like a jellyfish?
 

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Posted by Mertseger (# 4534) on :
 
How could one not love the Eagle Nubula in it's many forms? A more recent infrared image is even more amazing.
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
Psst, Mertseger, did you miss the bit about the most beautiful nebula losing? In this round, there's safety in mediocrity.
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
Since I like the Pleiades Nebula this will insure that mine will not be most liked.
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
I will pick Nebula 11
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
I shall float off across the cosmic sea on the Bubble Nebula.
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Lady A:
I shall float off across the cosmic sea on the Bubble Nebula.

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I would have called it the the Brain nebula.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Since yesterday was Hallowe'en, I would like to present the Ghost Head Nebula.

I guess it does look a little spooky!
 

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Posted by Mertseger (# 4534) on :
 

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Originally posted by Ann:
Psst, Mertseger, did you miss the bit about the most beautiful nebula losing? In this round, there's safety in mediocrity.

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There's also safety in being an also-ran, but, yes, it's truly a beautiful nebula, isn't it?
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
A beautiful nebula is a terrible thing to waste.
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
This one has absolutely everything I require for a Knockout Quiz round. Well done Davelarge.

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Aw, shucks. Thanks Quizzy

My entry will be the boomerang nebula.
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
I guarantee that QM will like this nebula.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
Eliminated for expecting too much of the contestants:

COMET

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*lower lip quivers... eyes well up...
assumes big eyed, forelorn look... *

okay.

*sniff*

I understand.

*snurfle*

I'll just be going then...

bubye now...



( it's been fun! timing is good, real life was getting hectic. with this little gem, for example)
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
(From the grand land of Also-Ran.)

Round Infinity: Create A Universe


...utilizing your choice of the following:

--Moebius strips;

--Alchemy;

--Quarks (either the particles or clones of the "Star Trek: DS9" character");

--Moose and Squirrels;

--Left-over Halloween candy;

--Butterscotch pudding (extra points if homemade);

--Random flotsam and jetsam found in pockets and gutters, behind sofa cushions, and at the back of the fridge.

Create this universe within 24 hours. (God was such a slow-poke ) Gather random people from the streets to help you make a brief video of the new universe, and post it on YouTube. Provide a WORKING link here.

Bonus points will be given if you create life directly or indirectly within the universe, or if it spontaneously occurs. You MUST provide a written explanation, in 25 words or less, of how the life occured. (We're NOT going to let creators get away with THAT mistake again.)

Points will be deducted if any form of life from this universe winds up in your new one. I mean it. I really, really mean it. I mean it so much that I'll call PETA and report you.

Now go away, all of you, while I enjoy a well-deserved chocolate bar.

--"QM"
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
That made my morning GK! Now I can go to work with a grin, even at 5am!
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
I pick this Ozarba Nebula, its very unusual for a nebula, and is one of the few you have any chance of getting up close and personal with.
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
McNeil's Nebula

ij x
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 
This DNA shaped nebula, quite sciencey and I'm posting from the lab!

flags x
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
OK, here's a Swan Nebula.
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by comet:

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
Eliminated for expecting too much of the contestants:

COMET

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( it's been fun! timing is good, real life was getting hectic. with this little gem, for example)

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You should have used this as your entry in the contest.

Quizers must pick the most bizarre crime with the least chance of not getting caught. Extra points for causing me to fall on the floor laughing.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
All the competitors have posted.

Please PM me your votes and I will publish the result on MONDAY.


 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
Okey dokey - and for ease of comparison here are all the entries in order of posting:

• Ann - Eskimo nebula
• caty the southerner - Abell 39
• Mertseger - Eagle nebula
• rugasaw - Pleiades nebula
• Wet Kipper - Nebula 11
• Lady A - Bubble nebula
• jedijudy - Ghost Head nebula
• davelarge - Boomerang nebula
• Chorister - This nebula
• Doublethink - Ozarba nebula
• icklejen - McNeil's nebula
• flags_fiend's - DNA shaped nebula
• Hart - Swan nebula

I shall now potter off and think about my rankings ...
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Don't forget PatDYS and the bonus flowers!!
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
Darn missed off the top of my list !
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
For my QM ranking - I put it at 14 ...
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Lady A:
That made my morning GK! Now I can go to work with a grin, even at 5am!

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Glad to be of service!
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
(Also-ran.)


A wearable nebula--jewlery made from Cosmic Nebula Agate!
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Golden Key:
(Also-ran.)


A wearable nebula--jewlery made from Cosmic Nebula Agate!

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Very strange. Looks like a vial full of fish eggs!
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
The Nebulae vote has finished:

FINAL TABLE

32 Mertseger (5)
45 Lady A
46 Hart
48 Jedijudy
51 Ann
66 Davelarge
75 Flags Fiend
76 Rugasaw
87 Caty the Southerner
96 Icklejen
97 Doublethink
101 Chorister (2)
108 Pure as Snow (13)
112 Wet Kipper (7)

As Mertseger is already an Also Ran we have to wave a fond goodbye to Lady A.

Qualifiers:

Ann
Caty the Southerner
Davelarge
Doublethink
Flags Fiend
Hart
Icklejen
Jedijudy
Rugasaw
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
ROUND SIXTEEN : CLOUDS

You have to pick a type of cloud and post a link to a picture of the type of cloud.

Once you have all posted we will have a vote on the best looking through to the worst looking cloud.

The person to be eliminated will be the one who is in the middle of the table once all the votes are counted.
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
Cirrus Clouds
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
I will go for the mighty cumulonimbus.

Lots of clouds to be found here!
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Type of Cloud: KR Cloud 9

You know, I'm rather proud of this answer.

[ 05. November 2007, 23:23: Message edited by: Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow ]
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
I'm a sucker for a gorgeous Lenticular Cloud. I took this photo a couple of years ago while visiting Mount Hood in Oregon.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
Storm clouds!
 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 
I'll pick the Little Black Rain Cloud.
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
I have this ugly sucker. I hope their is not an uglier type of cloud out there. And to think this is the city I live in.
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
Ah, so I bid a fond farewell, and leave you all with this...
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
(Also-ran.)


Here is the cloud chamber exhibit at the Exploratorium.

And if you'd like to build your own...


 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
Hi

Time to start brinking myself a little, I think...

I had thought of posting this cloud, but decided that was too similar to the last round. Then I came across these eight clouds, but being the GLE that I am, my eyes burned and I had to hastily shut the browser window. The picture at this website was a nice change of perspective and this was pretty (if a little Welsh!).

Finally though, I settled on the Cloud Gate in Chicago. Isn't it pretty?! Jen and I are going there on Friday, so maybe we'll get a real photo!
 

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Posted by Lady A (# 3126) on :
 
I shall post Cloudcat as my entry.
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 

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Originally posted by davelarge:
Finally though, I settled on the Cloud Gate in Chicago. Isn't it pretty?! Jen and I are going there on Friday, so maybe we'll get a real photo!

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Wow. I could look at the window of my job and wave to you!
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 
Clouds from above, aren't they pretty? Quite solid looking too I always have liked being above clouds, even though I haven't actually had the chance to very many times.

And something for anyone who loves clouds!

flags x
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
mushroom cloud over Hiroshima

takes my breath away, but not in a good way, ij x

[ 06. November 2007, 16:15: Message edited by: icklejen ]
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Wow, I just squeezed in on the last round. Hart -- almost too beautiful, but not quite.

Anyway, just in case it was needed, here's a Cloud picture to prove my Geek status: Cloud. People who get the reference should either by ashamed of themselves, or get points, or both.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
There are so many different types of cloud.

All the most common types of cloud


I think I shall choose FOG


 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Here is your cloud lesson for today, boys and girls.

I saw this spiritual experience cloud after drinking too much of this.
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Hart:
Anyway, just in case it was needed, here's a Cloud picture to prove my Geek status: Cloud. People who get the reference should either by ashamed of themselves, or get points, or both.

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I think it makes me geeky that I guessed what was coming before I clicked the link.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
As always if there is one and only one missing entry then we wave goodbye to .......

Doublethink

See you again next year

Qualifiers:

Ann
Caty the Southerner
Davelarge
Flags Fiend
Hart
Icklejen
Jedijudy
Rugasaw
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
ROUND SEVENTEEN : THREE COURSE MEAL

You have to prepare a menu to impress your fellow contestants here on this thread. There should be three courses and you may be as detailed or as brief as you deem necessary to get people to eat at your restaurant.

No course may be the same as a previously posted course although you may use the same extras.

Once all the menus have been prepared you should PM the order in which you would choose to eat from the best menu through to the worst menu.

Ann may like to determine how you would have fared using her original idea:

quote:

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Originally posted by Ann:
ROUND YUMPTY-TUM: A MEAL TO IMPRESS

You are entertaining someone you wish to impress - your boss, your future in-laws, the lady in charge of the flower arranging you wish to volunteer for; this is a meal for four.

Post recipes for the meal, which will include a starter, a main course and a dessert. The recipes should include preparation time and an approximation of the calorific value. You will get a point for each minute preparation time and each calorie in one portion (* show your workings). Time spent letting the meal get on without your supervision isn't counted.

The meal with the most points is eliminated.

* The other contestants can call foul if you underestimate either.

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
At Chez Jedi, we will enjoy a meal that is local and made with love.

To start, may I offer you sliced fresh avocado stolen... *ahem*...I mean gathered from the yard of a friend. The slices are lightly sprinkled with salt and pepper, then spritzed with fresh key lime juice squeezed from the limes that grow behind the Jedi Temple. The plate is garnished with sprigs of cilantro. Fresh raspberry seltzer is offered as a beverage.

The main course is freshly caught Sand Bream, tossed lightly in corn meal and fried in peanut oil to golden perfection. Accompanying the fish is just-picked broccoli, steamed until the spears turn their signature bright green color. To the side we have grilled sweet potatoes , orange and luscious, with butter, cinnamon and brown sugar to add for those who wish them. Accompanying your dinner we have a lovely Pinot Gris from the Erath Vineyards. For our tea total folks, Chez Jedi offers freshly brewed sweet tea.

Don't forget to save room for dessert! Those same key limes from the temple grounds are the main ingredient in our world famous Key Lime Pie! We crush graham crackers for the crust and make the filling in the traditional manner, you'll see no green filling in our pies! Then we top it off with a light and fluffy home made meringue which towers four inches high! Enjoy your pie with a cup of our famous coffee, and just relax as you watch the sunset.

The calories are probably more than you would like, but likely less than you figured you would get in a meal like this!

Y'all come back now, y'hear?
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
May I present to you a meal even a halfwit would enjoy.

Mousethief coolers paired with spicy lettuce wraps. Stuff the leave of a lettuce with fiery Thai chicken and dress with peanut sauce. Then cool your mouth with our sweet Gin and tonic.

An entrée of lamb chops with a mint pesto dipping sauce. Add a side of farm fresh sliced tomatoes and balsamic vinaigrette with a French loaf made in our own bakery. Enjoy a Gray Monk unwooded chardonnay.

To finish with Mexican chocolate mousse. Using cacao beans from Mexico to give a delightful nutty flavor. Go ahead and sip our Devil Dog Brew Hazelnut coffee.

I hope you enjoy a true meal at sea.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
you have a private room with open glass doors looking out on a moonlight garden with a few strands of fairy lights in the fruit trees. your small table is laid with white linen, real silver, and the room is only lit with a single candle. there is a fire in the fireplace in your cosy room, and Joshua Bell is playing Puccini's o mio babino caro softy in the background.

We'll start this evening with our own hummus platter, made with extra fresh garlic and put together right before partaking. served with the hummus and extra virgin olive oil are chopped piles of tomatoes, onions, kalamata olives, and feta cheese. fresh pita cut into wedges and still piping hot comes on the side.

Served with a Banfi Chianti.

for the entree we will have a romaine and cucumber salad topped with a drizzle of balsamic vinegarette; fresh sourdough bread, and a halibut filet roasted and then topped with a chilled relish of chopped tomatoes, kalamatas, pickled artichoke hearts, fresh basil, and capers.

Served with a Cantina Breganze Pinot Grigio.

for dessert we have a mango ice drizzled with a peach-lemon reduction and a sprinking of fresh, ground sweet thyme. Served with turkish coffee.

After dining the outdoor night sky will be lit up with a fireworks display coming from across the warm valley, lasting for about 30 minutes. then you and your loved one will take a walk through the gardens, enjoying the fireflies, before retiring to your suite upstairs.

(all of these dishes are from my own repetiore. this is all true to life except you never eat with the doors open here and we don't have fruit trees or fireflies.)
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Course 1 and Course 2 and 3.
Nothing like a bit of Australian cuisine.
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
As I am about to depart the fair shores of this green isle, I shall prepare a very British menu:

Starter: Onion Bhajis.

Main course: Pepperoni pizza.

Desert: Tarte aux Pommes.

How much more traditional could you get?

davelarge

 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
Oops - PATDYS already has pizza. I'll change my main to

Main Course: Sweet and sour pork balls.
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
Mmmmmm, proper English food in a proper English pub, with a log fire, and rain lashing at the windows.

Fresh vegetable soup, made from local produce.

Full roast: beef, yorkshire pudding, roast potatoes, sprouts, roast parsnips, carrots, peas and lots of gravy.

Rhubarb crumble and custard.

I will miss the UK, still, there'll be Timmy's donuts!

ij x
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
On an icy autumn evening, why not come and enjoy our open log fire as you dig in to our cold-weather comfort food:

Starter
Begin your meal with brie, deep fried in our special breadcrumb mix with a hint of parma ham. Served with cranberry sauce and a salad garnish.

Main course
Tender, pan-fried venison steak, fresh from our local butcher, served in a red wine and mushroom sauce with roast potatoes and roasted vegetables.

Dessert
Make sure you save room for a slice of our wicked Triple Chocolate Orange cheesecake: milk, white and dark chocolate cheesecake, laced with orange liqueur, swirled together over a rich biscuit base and followed by freshly brewed coffee. Mmmmmmm!
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 
Starter
Fruit salad, a mix of local and exotic fruits tossed in a tangy lemon dressing.

Main course
Lasagne, sheets of fresh pasta separating alternating layers lamb mince in a rich red wine and tomato sauce with creamy cheese. Served with home-made garlic ciabatta bread and a crispy salad.

Dessert
Home-made lemon tart, served with fruits of the forest sauce and vanilla ice cream.

All courses served with a choice of wines, and a range of cheeses will be served with tea or coffee at the end of the meal.
flags x
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Here's mine. Being a vegetarian (albeit a bad one, who loves fish), voting on these might be interesting...

Starter

Bruschetta. Nice and simple, just some tomato, basil and cheese on toasted bread.

Main

Salmon, baked with lime and coriander, served on a bed of tagliatelle in a lime beurre blanc, accompanied by blanched string beans.

Desert

Individual white chocolate and cherry cheese cakes, with an amaretto cookie base.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
ROUND SEVENTEEN : THREE COURSE MEAL

You have to prepare a menu to impress your fellow contestants here on this thread. There should be three courses and you may be as detailed or as brief as you deem necessary to get people to eat at your restaurant.

No course may be the same as a previously posted course although you may use the same extras.

Once all the menus have been prepared you should PM the order in which you would choose to eat from the best menu through to the worst menu.

Ann may like to determine how you would have fared using her original idea:

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Out of interest, how will we know who to eliminate?
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 

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Originally posted by Hart:
Here's mine. Being a vegetarian (albeit a bad one, who loves fish), voting on these might be interesting...

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If you are veggie, then the vegetarian alternative is a vegetable lasagne with a rich red wine and tomato sauce including mushrooms, courgettes, carrots, onions and peppers.

flags x
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
MENU CHEZ QM

Melon

You choose from our range of watermelon, honeydew melon and canteloupe. Add cherries, orange slices, cinnamon or for a small extra charge prawns or parma ham.


Bangers & Mash

Choice of Pork, Beef or Vegetarian sausages with chef's special buttered mashed potato. Served with carrots, broccoli and onion gravy.


Sorbet

Choice of Orange, Lemon or Peach Sorbet to wash the meal down.


Coffee and biscuits will be served during the after meal quiz.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
As she has missed a meal we have to say goodbye to

Ann


Qualifiers:

Caty the Southerner
Davelarge
Flags Fiend
Hart
Icklejen
Jedijudy
Rugasaw
 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
I knew I should have chosen an easier challenge for my round.

Still, a meal at the Mad-House

• Starter Something light, a platter of thinly sliced delicatessen meats: smoked salmon, saucisson sec, prossciutto, garnished with rocket and prawns.
• Main Course Strips of Turkey dusted with paprika and seared, then simmered with onion and mushroom and a creamy mushroom sauce, served with pasta in a tomato passata and a fresh green salsd.
• Dessert Fresh fruit salad - pineapple, melon and orange, with little bowls of chocolate covered coffee beans to help yourselves to.

 

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Posted by Ann (# 94) on :
 
Bother, I should have gone with the bad spellings!
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
ROUND EIGHTEEN : FLOWERING PLANTS

You must find seven flowering plants. You must link to pictures of each of those plants in flower. Each link must include the botanical ('latin') name of the plant, and you should also list the seven botanical names in your post. The flowers on the first plant you link to must be red, on the second they must be orange, on the third yellow, the fourth green, the fifth blue, the sixth purple and the seventh white.

You must not choose more than one plant from any genus, or any plant already chosen by another contestant. You may choose a different subspecies or variety of a species chosen by another contestant.

The total number of letters in each set of seven botanical names will be added up; the contestant with the median number of letters will be eliminated.

N.B. Thank you Caty - I think this can work.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Ann:
Bother, I should have gone with the bad spellings!

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You missed out by 2 minutes and I was looking forward to the vote.

Enjoy your new found freedom.
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
Oh bugger. Life ensnared me
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 
red Pelargonium tongaense

orange Lathyrus occidentalis var. Montanus

yellow Gentiana lutea ssp. Symphyandra

green Aconitum lycoctonum ssp. lycoctonum

blue Buglossoides purpurocaerulea

purple Centaurea phrygia ssp. pseudophrygia

white Cerastium carinthiacum subsp. austroalpinum
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Red: Echinopsis chamaecereus
Orange: Tropaeolum tuberosum var. lineamaculatum 'Ken Aslet'
Yellow: Calendula officinalis 'Fiesta Gitana'
Green: Helleborus viridis subsp. occidentalis
Blue: Caryopteris x clandonensis 'First Choice'
Purple: Rosa 'Cardinal de Richelieu'
White: Aesculus hippocastanum 'Baumannii'

I make that 212 letters in total. Or 220 if you include the var. and the subsp.

And I apologise to the hosts for suggesting a round that involves them looking at so many links.
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Oh, and you may find this little thingumy useful.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
red Monardia didyma
orange Rhododendron calendulaceum
yellow Lysimachia quadrifolia
green Veratrum viride
blue Campanula americana
purple Iris verna verna
white Daucus carota

I think that's 118 letters. I'm not positive, as I should be in bed, but obviously the Quiz is more important to me than resting!
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by caty the southerner:
Orange: Tropaeolum tuberosum var. lineamaculatum 'Ken Aslet'

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Do things like 'Ken Aslet' count as part of the latin name, as mine had some bits like that that I assumed were the common name so missed off?
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Well, Quizmaster's decision is of course final, but I have wandered off and checked on the technicalities of botanical names. Despite this round being my idea, I am not really much of a gardener.

These parts are, I think, the variety of a cultivated plant. Assuming Wikipedia is correct, these are classifications rather than part of the offical botanical names, and therefore would not count as part of the botanical name - and indeed neither would the 'var.' or 'ssp.'/'subsp'.

I may rethink some of my entries.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Phooy! I was so tired that I forgot about the yellow skunk cabbage!

When I was in Oregon this past Spring, there were acres of these flowers all over, looking for all the world like sunlight growing on the ground and in the water. (And poking up through the snow!)
 

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Posted by davelarge (# 186) on :
 
OK. Here goes.

Red: Babiana stricta
Orange: Crassula falcata
Yellow: Gelsemium sempervirens
Green: Parodia columnaris
Blue: Hyacinthoides non-scripta
Purple: Argyroderma fissum
White: Bacopa caroliniana

And by the way, this website may be rather useful.

davelarge
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by caty the southerner:
Red: Echinopsis chamaecereus
Orange: Tropaeolum tuberosum var. lineamaculatum 'Ken Aslet'
Yellow: Calendula officinalis 'Fiesta Gitana'
Green: Helleborus viridis subsp. occidentalis
Blue: Caryopteris x clandonensis 'First Choice'
Purple: Rosa 'Cardinal de Richelieu'
White: Aesculus hippocastanum 'Baumannii'

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quote:

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Originally posted by caty the southerner:
I may rethink some of my entries.

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I have rethought some of my entries. I am now going for:

Red: Echinopsis chamaecereus (unchanged)
Orange: Tropaeolum tuberosum var. lineamaculatum (omitting possibly dodgy bit at the end)
Yellow: Chrysosplenium oppositifolium (different)
Green: Helleborus viridis subsp. occidentalis (unchanged)
Blue: Caryopteris x clandonensis (omitting possibly dodgy bit at the end)
Purple: Astilbe chinensis var. taquetii (different)
White: Thalictrum aquilegiifolium (different)

Which totals (I think) a mere 184 letters.
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by caty the southerner:


And I apologise to the hosts for suggesting a round that involves them looking at so many links.

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why, then, did you change your ideas andadd some more ?

[ 08. November 2007, 15:07: Message edited by: Wet Kipper ]
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
Red: Kniphofia uvaria

Orange: Kallstromia grandiflora

Yellow: Lasthenia Calfornica

Green: clematis forsteri

Blue: Neomarica northiana

Purple: Mammillaria longiflora

White: Magnolia yulan


The Spice Girls music (using the term loosely) has been playing in the background the whole time I've been researching this! Help!
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Out of respect for Wet Kipper, I have chosen not to post any links this round.
coff essay coff
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Here goes:

Red: Acer Platanoides
Orange: Bomaria Caldasii
Yellow: Dodoneae viscosa
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Green: Ficus lyrata
Blue: Strelitzia regina
Purple: Kennedia nigricans
White: aloysius triphilla

Which in total is 107 letters.
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Bloody flowers. Now see what you've done.
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Here you go Wet Kipper, All better now.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
What a brilliant find PATDYS.

After the Snail
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
In a tough week we lose yet another player due to not posting in time.

GOODBYE AND FARE WELL

Rugasaw


Qualifiers:

Caty the Southerner
Davelarge
Flags Fiend
Hart
Icklejen
Jedijudy
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
ROUND NINETEEN : PROCRASTINATION

quote:

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Originally posted by Doublethink:
PROCRASTINATORY ROUND: I'LL THINK OF A TITLE LATER

Each participant will post a link to an online procrastinatory activity.

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You must post a link to an online activity that you hope will keep us all on that page for hours. After 22:00 on Monday I will get all contestants and Also Rans to list which activities held their attention for longest through to shortest time.

You are hereby called to waste your entire weekend.
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
Virtual sparkler - a topical game for the season. Plus some other bonus firework games to keep you sparkling all weekend.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
I was introduced to this site by the ship, so I'll help perpetuate it: Free Rice -- fun and helps the hungry!
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Pathfinder. My best score so far is a little over 12,000 and I shall be hearing the music in my sleep...
 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 
I could watch this one for ever ...

Extremely Interesting Site!


 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 
I can waste hours on this site, lots of small games provide hours of fun.

Unfortunately I won't be able to spend all weekend procrastinating as I'm away and without access to a computer, have fun everyone though!

flags x
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
Zuma zoom zoom!
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
here's my favorite!
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Awwww! Who can resist this site?
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
Hostly Note

Please do not use punctuation or smilies as links.
Please always provide some text giving a description of what the link will lead to.

end Hostly note
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
"Oh adolescence, oh adolescence - I wince before thine incandescence !"

Ogden Nash
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Work safe reply to Wet Kipper.
The brevity of the post was meant to reflect the interest of the site. I take your points on board and again direct you to my image in this post.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow:
Work safe reply to Wet Kipper.

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that is so cute it's almost revolting.

but not quite.

*sigh*

 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Perhaps I should reward them for procrastinating over their posts. The rules are, however, that you need to post to qualify.

We are therefore sad to lose ....

Davelarge
Icklejen

Qualifiers:

Caty the Southerner
Flags Fiend
Hart
Jedijudy
 

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Posted by Mertseger (# 4534) on :
 
I kept waiting for the last two to post so that I could post a link to the biggest time-sink on the Internets. I wanted to give them the chance before my posting as an also-ran. It seemed so obvious to me.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
ROUND TWENTY : PIRATES

I was determined to get this idea into the Knockout Quiz and now is the right time to do it.

You must take on the persona of a well known pirate and (by writing in the first person singular) convince us all that you have had a bad press and you were really a good guy or gal who was badly misunderstood.

Competitors and Also Rans will then vote on the best arguments and rank them from top to bottom.

Justify your pirating and you will survive into the medal positions.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
N.B. Plan your arguments - this round will run for more than 24 hours if needs be.

 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Final four, eh? That's a new one for me, who made it to the final seven last year leaving simultaneously with two others due to my inability to pick lottery numbers.

I will now have to start researching pirates.
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Aaaarrr, Here ya go Comet.

Actaully, I used to work on a pirate hospital ward- Aaaarrr 8.


[murdered my code]

[ 12. November 2007, 22:12: Message edited by: Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow ]
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Ahoy me hearties! I be Gasparilla the Pirate. It may be that ye knew of me from tales of my sage advice to King Charles the Third of Spain. Whilst I was parlaying with the King, a wench (a sorry-lookin’ thing she was) made bald-faced accusations besmirching me honor and gallantry. What was an honest man to do but take his ship and flee? And what how would an honest man (as I be) feed his loyal crew, save by taking from the rich to give to the poor? I heared tell of a gentleman by the name of Robin Hood who did that very thing, and he be a hero as I understand it.

Anyhow, as I and me men searched for the warm breezes that the southern climes claim, we espied the fair coasts and islands outlyin’ from the Florida coast. Well, we felt we was home. And as any good citizen would do, we trawled the coasts and benefited the neighbors we met on the sea by lightening their loads. The shame we would have felt if we had allowed them ships over laden (and drawing more than was safe) to sail into the maw of a hurricane. It would have been “alas and alack” and great heaviness of heart we’d-a felt had they sunk with all hands lost. Truly we made many a man’s life longer by lightening their loads. And safe we kept all that booty…I mean treasure, on an island what was named after me own self!

There be rumors that I would put men to the sword if’n they wouldn’t join me crew. Nay! When a man has the choice of adventurin’ on the high seas or…not…well, it be as plain as the nose sittin’ on yer face that most scurvy dogs prefer the life of a buccaneer!

Wimmin, well that’s another tale. It be dangerous as sin to leave a damsel in the jungles of that wild land, what with ‘gators and snakes (shudder) and all. And it be purely wrong to put wimmin on a ship with me men, as fine as me men be in decorum and such. It seemed to be a good plan to keep ‘em safe on a little isle…oh, it be as pretty as ye please! Some of the ladies’ fathers would come to fetch them. They kindly paid me a shipping and handling fee, a reasonable amount, mind ye.

We was makin’ a good living, me men and me, sailing the coast and helpin’ the neighborin’ mateys when of a sudden, we spotted a British ship, fat and sassy she was. As we commenced to meet her to lighten her load, she lowered her flag! Shiver me timbers!! She a-raised a new flag declaring herself to be the USS Enterprise !! And ye will never believe this me hearty, but she fired cannonballs at us! And here we was bein’ helpful and all! Well, she blew me poor ship to pieces. And ye do know that a captain must go down with his ship, is it not so? Bein’ an honorable man, I accompanied me ship to Davy Jones locker.

Now, I ask ye, should I not have stories and songs wrote about me and me crew? Did any other hero work so to lessen the perils of the sea? And yet, me ears hear tales of Gasparilla, a dastardly pirate. Arrrrr. It breaks me heart, it does. Ye be the judge, Matey.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
It may pain you to learn, gentle reader, that I am not hyperrrr-rrhotic and am loathe to call any of my fellow sailors "matey". In spite of this, I, James, commonly known as "Captain Hook", have been marked as a most notorious pirate by my biographer, J.M. Barrie.

"Hook" is a rather cruel pseudonym, given to me on account of a most unfortunate injury I was dealt by a dastardly crocodile, one of the many dangers I regularly endured as part of my mission to rehabilitate the, aptly named, "lost children". Barrie oft refused to mention my real name, saying that it would cause too much scandal. Out of respect for my surviving family, I also will refrain from mentioning it. I do, however, trust that once my writings have exonerated my name, my family will be glad to reveal it.

As careful as he was with details of my past, Barrie did let slip a few. I was indeed schooled at Eton and served as bosun on "Blackbeard"'s ship. What is missing from that part of my tale is the fact that I was kidnapped by the pirate Blackbeard shortly before completing my studies. I had enough wit about me, though, to realize that the only way a man left Blackbeard's ship alive was as Captain of his own. Throughout my career on that ship, I was certainly firm, but in as many ways as I could without arousing suspicion, worked to defuse the cruelty of Blackbeard's schemes. Rumours that I was the only sailor Long John Silver ever feared are an exaggeration.

Eventually, I won enough money to purchase my own ship (and it was purchased, not stolen). My one desire then was to reach out to girls and boys who, at a more tender age than I, had been plucked from the bosoms of their loving families and abonded on distant islands. The children were not always appreciative of my efforts and some even became violent towards me. This did not cause me to love them less although, of course, I had to defend myself and my mission at times.

My life came to end not at the hands of a child, but in the jaws of a crocodile, one of the many dangers rampant in the environs. My most profound feeling as the beast's jaws closed around my frame was of pity for the boy who had pushed me, a boy who possessed not the knowledge to act with the honour in a fight which I made it my goal always to act with.

Floreat Etona
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
In honour of the last four competitors' efforts, I have dressed up especially for the occasion.

I even persuaded the Quizmaster to do the same.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
I'm so excited to be one of the last four! Normally I get knocked off because of computer problems or my weird schedule.

This is awesome!
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 
I must inform you all that I am in fact the Dread Pirate Roberts of The Princess Bride fame. It has been said that I never leave captives (a throughly untrue description in itself, I think of them more as guests) alive, I must assure you that this is not the case. After a short visit on my ship they all decide to stay on, where else do you think I would get all my crew from, indeed I will pick the new captain from my guests/crew. Thus allowing me to return to my one true love, from whom I was so cruelly dragged away from because of my original low position in life as a farm hand.

Me and my crew are entirely misunderstood, it isn't our fault that everyone is so afraid of us they give us things, but it does help pay for the hospitality we extend to all our visitors, many of whom do not have much money and see joining our ship as a way to earn an honest living, as I myself did.

The Dread Pirate Roberts (because Westley just didn't sound right)
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
It has been my misfortune to be born in a time when polite society expects a woman to be a decorative ornament adorning her husband’s drawing room, and when marriage is little more than a respectably veneered cross between slavery and prostitution. I was never much good at being decorative, but as the daughter of a Charleston lawyer that was to be my lot. Of course, I was in truth his illegitimate daughter, and my mother, the woman Charleston society knew as his wife, was in fact a maid he had got into trouble, after which his real wife kicked him out of their house. However, other than illustrating the source of my disregard for society’s conventions, this matters little.

I am an astute businesswoman, educated a little and capable of managing many staff, but I do not suffer fools gladly. And having seen the difficulties my mother suffered through the selfish actions of my father, I abhor the double-standards in this society which allowed respectable men great license but insisted a woman must remain pure. It is my conviction a woman should take responsibility for herself: that she should neither become nor remain tied to a man she could not trust, but instead choose her own destiny. This conviction made me unpopular when I refused the suitors of my father’s choosing, and instead married a man he considered a pirate. I admit that I chose a life of excitement over a life of tea parties, and I feel sure that you will understand and sympathise with that.

My marriage was not happy, and I left my husband. I admit now that I was blinded by teenage infatuation, and my father had been right: my husband was an unpleasant man, and had indeed been involved in piracy – a practice I wholeheartedly condemn. He was angered by this, and swore revenge. A woman alone has few choices; respectable, well-paying employment is not an option. She can either survive on her wits, or earn her keep on her back as a mistress or whore. I chose the former, and I also chose a man who I respected and who could offer me a life of excitement and a chance to earn my own way. And I did earn what I had – not steal as the legends say. I worked hard for what I gained, honing my skills in sailing and in the use of pistol and sword to defend myself against the ruffians and pirates I encountered.

It is a terrible scandal that such qualities as initiative, independence, business acumen, strong leadership and a love of the sea are denigrated in females; simply because I possess and use these characteristics I am subjected to outrageous slurs on my morals and lifestyle, with some even going so far as to listen to the lies spread by my former husband and accuse me of dishonesty, theft and piracy.

Anne Bonny
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
I am the Pirate Video, and it's all a hideous lie what they say about me. I have never had anything to do with organized crime - anyone who knows me knows I am incredibly disorganized, I can't even organize myself into a decent picture. If I happen to fall into the hands of drug lords and criminals, well, everyone runs the risk of falling in with bad company. You look at the quality and think you were robbed, but you got what you paid for - if you weren't such a skinflint we wouldn't even be having this conversation

Aaargh !!! My pathetically brittle cassette casing has cracked, the copper dropped me on his boot, infamy ! Infamy ! They've all got it in for me !
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Well, all four of us have posted now, so I guess it's votes to QM by pm?
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Here be the Final Four:

Caty the Southerner...Anne Bonny
Flags Fiend...............The Dread Pirate Roberts
Hart........................Captain Hook
Jedijudy...................Gasparilla the Pirate

Plus, our awesome Also-Rans!
Doublethink Pirate Video
PatDYS offering his Pirate Puppy and
Chorister showing appropriate Pirate Attire.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
{Fashionably late Also-ran menu entry.}

Apres Round Casual Dinner

Setting: Fireside in the comfortably-appointed Also-Ran ski lounge.


First course:

Cream of tomato soup, topped with fresh basil.

Moussaka.

Stuffed, grilled truffles.


Second course:

Four-cheese fondue.

Beef broth fondue.

Mongolian hotpot.

Variety of fresh breads, fruit, and vegetables for dipping.


Third course:
S'mores, with ingredients served buffet style and roasted over the fire. Prepared with 57 varieties of chocolate, homemade graham crackers, and homemade marshmallows.

Melon medley.

Warm blackberry cobbler.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
What? No shrimp for the fondue?
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Golden Key ....

Do keep up girl.


Everyone ....

Let me have your pirate votes.


We are almost into the medal positions.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
The votes are in and we have to wave a long goodbye to .....

Flags Fiend

Thanks for playing.

The medalists:

Caty the Southerner
Hart
Jedijudy


Now begins the fight for Gold, Silver and BRONZE.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Wow, a medal... and the VA are encouraging people to wear them in public!
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Oh My!! This is wonderful and scary all at the same time!!

Well played Flags Fiend!!

[forgot my congratulatory note!]

[ 14. November 2007, 21:41: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
The votes are in and we have to wave a long goodbye to .....

Flags Fiend

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I think I did rather well considering I never actually signed up, and only entered the 1st round because it was chemistry related. Anyway good luck to the remaining competitors, I knew my time had been and gone.

There once was a lady named flags
Who into the quiz was dragged
Til, a pirate you must be
a nice one though you see
and, her enthusiasm started to sag

flags x
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Oooooh!

Yes, well played Flags_fiend!
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
SEMI-FINAL : THE DIRTY DOZEN

You have until the evening of Tuesday 20th November to pick out 12 pictures from the internet to represent a dozen of the posters on this Knockout Quiz thread.

There must be a good reason for picking the image and it must relate to the name of the person, their avatar, or something that they have posted in this thread. People joining the thread at this point should have a chance of guessing.

Numbers 1 to 3 should be guessed by everyone who has a go. Numbers 4 to 9 should achieve a result rate of greater than 50% right by those guessing. Numbers 10 to 12 can be as difficult and obscure as you like.

You must PM me the reasons/logic for your choice of image after I have had a chance to guess. I will let you know next Wednesday or Thursday.

You will score one point for each image posted by another shipmate and guessed by yourself. You will lose a point for everyone who fails to get any of your first three. You will lose a point if anyone fails to get more than 50% of your middle six. You will gain a point if nobody guesses one of your last three and there is a 'good reason' for the choice.

I am looking forward to seeing the images once chosen. Take your time. Make good choices.

12 internet images to choose. 12 links needed.
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
And the hosts breathe a sigh of relief that the Quizmaster didn't choose this as one of the early rounds.....
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
Perhaps I should reward them for procrastinating over their posts. The rules are, however, that you need to post to qualify.

We are therefore sad to lose ....

Davelarge
Icklejen

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Dear Mr Quizmaster Sir, I wish to profoundly and wholeheartedly apologise for my behaviour this weekend. Emigrating to the other side of the world , to a continent I had never been, and knew noone, became more important to me than the quiz. Although I can reassure you that this abberation was only very, very brief, I can still see how heinous and unthoughtful this attitude was to you and all my fellow contestants. I would like to take this opportunity to express my regret at my error, and faithfully promise that this will not happen again,

Yours, icklejen*


* spot the person who got into a lot of trouble at school! )
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
PS - davelarge made me do it!
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Chorister:
And the hosts breathe a sigh of relief that the Quizmaster didn't choose this as one of the early rounds.....

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<sucking-up>
In the version of this round I originally suggested, it was only one link each! Quizmaster clearly thinks we aren't working hard enough given the hugeness of the prizes this year.

</su>
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
As we have a while, I'm afraid mine will be a bit piecemeal:

Number 1.

Number 2.

Number 3.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

Cool!
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 
Beware I will be guessing and I can be dense as a rock.
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Am I interpreting the task correctly in thinking that people will have to have to guess purely from the picture who it refers to, and won't be allowed to do any, er, research to find out what the conections might be?
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
See what you think after my entry Caty:

Image Number One
Image Number Two
Image Number Three
Image Number Four
Image Number Five
Image Number Six
Image Number Seven
Image Number Eight
Image Number Nine
Image Number Ten
Image Number Eleven
Image Number Twelve

How long will that take you?
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
*Sigh*

What I think is that the ones I do that are supposed to be difficult, will probably not be very difficult at all.
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Quizmaster's link number 10 doesn't seem to work: is it my computer or is anyone else having trouble with it?
 

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Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on :
 
It's not just you.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Here are some more:

Number 4

Number 5

Number 6

Number 7

Number 8

Number 9

The hard ones are still to come.
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Okay, here goes. Before any more of the pictures I was planning to use get picked.

Picture number 1

Picture number 2

Picture number 3

Picture number 4

Picture number 5

Picture number 6

Picture number 7

Picture number 8

Picture number 9

Picture number 10

Picture number 11

Picture number 12
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Dammit, I knew posting in the middle of the night was a bad idea. Copied the wrong link for number 5; that one has two possible answers.

It should be:

Picture Number 5

And since it's now 2.41am, I'm going to bed.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Here goes!
Number one.
Number two.
Number three.
Number four.
Number five.
Number six.
Number seven.
Number eight.
Number nine.
Number ten.
Number eleven.
Number twelve.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Hart:
Number 4

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say what you like, but Hart is no litterbug!




[ 16. November 2007, 05:29: Message edited by: comet ]
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
For those having a problem

Another version of image number ten

Enjoy.
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
I just posted a complete list of all who have posted on the thread, and it was accepted and swallowed by the ether...???...
Anyway, we do have a few one or two post people scattered throughout the 18 pages of pure gold.
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
For those having a problem

Another version of image number ten

Enjoy.

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Now the original works but the replacement doesn't. I think there must be some subtle reference in this that I'm not getting.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
For those having a problem

Another version of image number ten

Enjoy.

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I can't get either of the "tens".
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
And there are the rest:

Number 10

Number 11

Number 12
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by jedijudy:

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
For those having a problem

Another version of image number ten

Enjoy.

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I can't get either of the "tens".

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It IS meant to be difficult.

I am glad it has proven so.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
My Number Ten

Image Number Ten Version Three

Image Number Ten Version Four
 

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Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on :
 
Caty's Number 2 image, and Hart's no5 are also unavailable

[ 17. November 2007, 08:31: Message edited by: Wet Kipper ]
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
Caty's Number 2 image, and Hart's no5 are also unavailable

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Is it? It works when I click it. But here is another one anyway.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Some of these are really puzzling. I think I figured out one of the really cryptic ones, though.

Must keep thinking.

This reminds me of the anagrams at the beginning of the Quiz! An inordinate amount of each day was spent looking and thinking and rearranging letters. It's deja vu all over again.
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
Thanks caty, I couldn't access your number 2 until now, and so had it down as a "don't know"!

ij x
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by jedijudy:
It's deja vu all over again.

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
Here's my also-ran dirty dozen ...

• Image 1
• Image 2
• Image 3
• Image 4
• Image 5
• Image 6
• Image 7
• Image 8
• Image 9
• Image 10
• Image 11
• Image 12

 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Doublethink .....

Are you trying to call someone an Old Boot?

AND

I am having a problem with link number 6.
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:

I am having a problem with link number 6.

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I get an 'access denied' message, saying I don't have permission to look at the page.
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
Well the link works for me ...
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
Caty's Number 2 image, and Hart's no5 are also unavailable

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Really? Works for me. If people can't see it, what matters is the text, which says "war is peace / freedom is slavery / ignorance is strength"
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 
Doublethink's number 6 isn't working for me.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
How's everybody doing?

I think I have 23 for sure, and eleven "maybe's".

Maybe tonight will be a time for more investigation.
 

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Posted by Gwai (# 11076) on :
 
Oddly enough Doublethink's 6 works for me at home but not at work.

[ 19. November 2007, 16:31: Message edited by: Gwai ]
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
Here is an alternative Image 6.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
It was a bit interesting to see that the URL of a particular entry by Doublethink happens to contain my middle name.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
(From the warm springs at the SOF Also-Ran monastic resort hidden high in the Himalayas.)


One Image.

Given what is proposed there, and what is said here, then one image is all that's needed!



(Skips off to turn prayer wheels and have gourmet monastic dinner.)
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
PLUSH Points - vain attept to catch up.

14 0 1 0 0 Quizmaster : Oblique reference to GKs mathematical mind
14 0 1 0 0 Sharkshooter : Some others have tried even harder to lose
14 0 0 2 0 Caty the Southerner : An excellent link uniting two disparate themes
14 0 0 1 0 Jedijudy : Showing technical knowledge of baseball
14 0 0 1 0 Hart : That sort of thinking wins quizzes like the KOQ
14 0 1 0 0 Pure as Snow : You and me both Snow
14 0 0 0 1 Golden Key : Thanks for the response GK
14 0 1 0 0 Icklejen : We love you and we love Chelsea Ickle
14 0 1 -1 0 Chicklegirl : For not quite getting it
14 0 0 1 1 Pure as Snow : For getting it
14 0 0 1 0 Davelarge : You have no idea how difficult that can be
14 0 1 0 0 Jedijudy : Clearly an unbiased observer
14 1 0 1 0 Rugmaker : I do admire losers with strong principles
14 0 0 1 0 Davelarge : Pedantry still a strong point
14 0 1 1 0 Rugmaker : On another occasion, or in another quiz
14 1 0 0 0 Rugmaker : I don't know who my father was
14 -1 -1 -1 -1 Quizmaster : The first ever perfect negative - well done
14 1 1 1 0 Rugmaker : Sold!
14 1 1 0 0 Ann : Oh those great memories of school sports
14 0 0 1 0 Pure as Snow : Making the connection
14 0 1 0 0 Comet : Let us know the full story Comet
14 0 0 0 1 Hart : Me too! Me too!
14 0 0 0 1 Lady A : I agree, keep the encouragement going
14 0 0 -1 -1 Pure as Snow : I think you have broken your agreement
14 1 0 0 0 Icklejen : Offering the Feed
14 1 0 0 0 Davelarge : Giving us the punchline
14 0 2 -1 1 Pure as Snow : For that noble self sacrifice
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:

14 0 1 0 0 Comet : Let us know the full story Comet

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you mean this?

quote:

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I have the greatest dodgy sports decision for my entry if we do that round.

think - unlikely sled dogs...

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
PLUSH Points continue

15 0 1 0 0 Quizmaster : A Knockout Quiz film? Who would play whom?
15 0 0 -1 1 Pure as Snow : Honesty should be rewarded
15 1 1 1 1 Chicklegirl : The new boss has to take precedence
15 0 1 1 0 Hart : A future signature appears
15 0 1 0 0 Jedijudy : Sleep well Judy
15 0 0 1 1 Rugasaw : Good warning to our Alaskan friend
15 1 0 0 0 Icklejen : Keep pretending and you will start believing
15 0 1 0 0 Hart : And your boss said "What's new?" - right?
15 0 0 1 0 Jedijudy : I used several of the offers as you know
15 0 0 -1 -1 Quizmaster : For posting twice when once would do
15 1 1 1 1 Pure as Snow : I must get myself a three sided coin
15 0 0 0 1 Ann : Cruel quip - Does that make you safe Ann?
15 1 1 1 1 Comet : I get the picture and I am very nearly sorry
15 1 1 1 -1 Golden Key : Top Quality carefree Also-Ran post
15 0 0 0 1 Lady A : Support for quality


Yes,Comet - That was the story and we want it in full.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
All the lists have now been published (apart from Golden Key's list which should appear in the next couple of days given past form).

I need your answers PM'd to me by 22:00 UK time tomorrow (Wednesday) by which time we should know the result of the Croatia v. England match.

Please PM me your own answers with reasons (if you posted a list) after your guesses of the names on other lists. That way I can avoid scrolling down until I have had a full go at guessing names.

We will then have a couple of days guessing and suggesting possible answers before the actual answers with reasons are published.

There are five sets of pictures to attempt.
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
While you wait, here are some fun memories of previous knockout competitions (which I'm sure Quizmaster had something to do with - even if only as an armchair supporter in his knock-kneed youth.....)
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
it's not a great "story" so much as a bonafide wierd guy.

When I was a kid we lived along the Iditarod trail in either Nikolai, Anvik or Shageluk. us kids were big race fans and kept track of all our favorite mushers and dogs, and even got break from school when the race came through.

during a few years in the 80s, an musher named John Suter put together a team of standard poodles.

they did... okay.

considering.

I can tell you, to a dogsled brat like me, nothing - nothing looked more bizarre.

I think he did it for three years or so, and then we had a really cold one and I remember his dogs curled up and slept in the snow, but their fur isn't good for insulation in nasty cold stuff, and they froze to the snow and had to have their fur cut in places to get them free. I think the trail committee disqualified him after that.

He has since run for office several times, has some great conspiracy theories going, is just this side of tinfoil hats, etc.
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
All the lists have now been published (apart from Golden Key's list which should appear in the next couple of days given past form).

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Pssst...bottom of previous page!
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by comet:
Dear Quizmaster:
Message received. I'm sure the gossip clatch are busy trying to figure out who "Comet" is; therefore, your capacity to place a puzzle before eager minds has been widened by just a little bit.

I expected more, however: the message doesn't appear to be a code!

lots of love back,
Comet

Dear rest of you:
if you're wondering what the heck I'm talking about, perhaps this will help.

The Master of 5 Masters
the Quiz-king and potent8:
Spent 6 minutes this morning
2 seek one in coldest state.

northwest, in land of the 3
and home of brave; 3 times
always charm; 6 pleases me.
2 more and 5 and 4 rhymes,

and we're close! 3PO sings
2 the Master's 4 pupils,
6 times the chant of seven.
3 to 7 more scruples.

If you've gotten this far, child -
your grey cells are the strongest.
But to abuse the answer
would just be the most wrongest.

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And what was that all about, anyway? My music key guess was wrong. Comet, were you just messing with us?
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Judy,

I got a message relayed to her via her local radio station, but I have still not worked out how this fits into THAT post.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
All the Semi-Finalists have let me have their votes so it is now OPEN SEASON on the following thread.

Who is represented by which picture?

You may also post your guesses here.

Take a break now.

The FINAL will start after the weekend.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:

The FINAL will start after the weekend.

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Excellent, as I have no internet access over the long weekend.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
judy, it's in the numbers.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

quote:

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23And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life,

24Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,

25Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
The numbers if they need separating are:

5 8 6 2 - 3 3 6 2 5 4 - 3 2 4 6 3 7

I am sure that is the code to unlock a safe in the bank at Talkeetna.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Talkeetna has a bank?

Are we supposed to put some of our guesses and revised guesses here now? I had a few "epiphanies" since I hurriedly sent my PM to QM. There was a definite "aha" out of my mouth at one point.
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
we have an ATM!

Judy, do you send text messages much?
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Luna femali echoes?
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
5 jkl
8 tuv
6 mno
2 abc
3 def
3 def
6 mno
2 abc
5 jkl
4 ghi
3 def
2 abc
4 ghi
6 mno
3 def
7 pqrs

or
5 jkl
8 tuv
6 mno
2 abc
1 -
3 def
3 def
6 mno
2 abc
5 jkl
4 ghi
3 def
2 abc
4 ghi
6 mno
7 pqrs
3 def
7 pqrs
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
I think either phone spell or telephone songs would be useful but I can't get it with either
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow:
Luna femali echoes?

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echoes is correct!

and Quizmaster gave a big clue above. you could figure it out by going to the same website he did.

[ 23. November 2007, 05:44: Message edited by: comet ]
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Got it.
Won't Post it.


Bloody acronyms. Sheesh.

[ 23. November 2007, 06:09: Message edited by: Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow ]
 

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Posted by comet (# 10353) on :
 
yep, he got it.
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
I'm sure if I looked hard enough, the last few posts would spell out the child benefit details of half the people in the UK, but I can't be bothered.

I'll assume that all the cryptic codes have good intent, and let you play on.....
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by comet:
yep, he got it.

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I tried, knowing the first acronym, but I still needed the website:

Comet Radio
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
PLUSH Points continue:

16 0 1 0 0 Rugasaw : Talkeetna is obviously a dangerous place
16 0 0 0 1 Doublethink : Thanks for the list of entries
16 0 0 1 1 Jedijudy : Thanks for completing the list
16 0 0 -1 0 Doublethink : Double post with voting adjustment
16 0 0 0 1 Golden Key : Nice acknowledgement
16 0 1 0 0 Jedijudy : For that picturesque description
16 0 0 0 1 Caty the Southerner : For the link
16 0 1 1 0 Pure as Snow : Smart & Weird - This post is simply ….. YOU
16 0 1 0 0 Jedijudy : Nice Photo you secret cloudlover
16 0 1 0 0 Rugasaw : I am sure that is you in the distance
16 1 1 1 1 Lady A : What a brilliant way to say goodbye
16 0 2 0 0 Golden Key : For some reason I read all about that
16 0 1 1 0 Davelarge : A fairly comprehensive cloud choice there
16 0 0 1 1 Gwai : Forging friendships via the internet
16 0 1 0 0 Flags Fiend : There is a cloud appreciation society?
16 0 1 -1 0 Hart : Now we know what you do in your spare time
16 0 0 0 1 Quizmaster : I think I can use that picture you linked to
16 0 0 0 1 Chorister : Thankyou for those links
16 0 1 0 0 Gwai : Have you played Hart over the internet yet?
16 -1 -1 -1 -1 Pure as Snow : I think you deserve that score for that meal
16 1 1 1 -1 Davelarge : Great English Traditional Meal you provided
16 0 0 1 1 Icklejen : That's better, but what are Timmy's donuts?
16 0 0 -1 0 Hart : You should know that I have my methods
16 0 0 0 1 Flags Fiend : Nice vegetarian alternative
16 0 0 -1 0 Ann : Sorry, we all walked out before the meal arrived
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
In a continuing effort to catch up

P L U S H Points for your perusal:

17 1 0 0 0 Ann : Say that again and we will burn you as a witch
17 0 0 -1 0 Doublethink : Think yourself lucky
17 0 0 0 1 Caty the Southerner : For the apology to the hosts
17 0 0 0 1 Caty the Southerner : For the link
17 0 0 1 -1 Flags Fiend : We have had far too few arguments this year
17 0 0 1 1 Caty the Southerner : Taking the lead in settling the argument
17 0 0 0 0 Jedijudy : FIAT Point
17 0 0 0 1 Davelarge : For the link
17 0 0 -1 -1 Caty the Southerner : We have a rule that your first answer counts
17 0 0 -1 -1 Caty the Southerner : See, you have gone and upset a host now
17 1 1 1 1 Pure as Snow : Always helpful when it suits him
17 0 0 -1 0 Hart : Why use one post when two will do
17 1 2 1 0 Pure as Snow : I love that link
17 0 -1 -1 1 Pure as Snow : Two much! Let us find the other ones
17 0 0 1 0 Quizmaster : Appropriate damage for this particular round
17 0 1 2 1 Flags Fiend : You ought to know that you won by a mile
17 2 1 2 -1 Pure as Snow : That takes me back to KOQ v.1 - We had fun!
17 -1 0 0 1 Wet Kipper : We now live in a controlled environment
17 1 1 1 -1 Doublethink : For the most disgusting game ever
17 1 1 1 1 Pure as Snow : Like it - appropriate apology
17 0 1 1 1 Comet : Well said
17 1 1 1 1 Mertseger : Brilliant choice and well observed
17 0 1 0 0 Hart : You are now a medal winner
17 1 1 1 0 Pure as Snow : It takes dedication to get the right image
17 0 1 0 0 Chorister : We changed! We need another Exeter meet!
17 0 1 0 0 Jedijudy : Can you go on to win the event?
17 1 2 1 -1 Doublethink : I love posts like these
17 0 0 0 1 Hart : Good thinking
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Caught up at last - just the current page to go

P L U S H Points for your delectation:

18 0 0 1 1 Jedijudy : A well presented summary of the round
18 0 0 0 0 Golden Key : Table for 1 please. Soup, Cheese & Melon. Ta!
18 0 0 1 0 Jedijudy : Good question
18 0 0 1 0 Hart : Taking pride in his position
18 0 0 1 0 Jedijudy : Equally proud of her achievement
18 0 0 1 1 Flags Fiend : Goodbye and thanks for the poetry
18 0 0 0 1 Caty the Southerner : A welcome parting greeting
18 2 1 1 1 Icklejen : You have still got it so don't lose it
18 1 -1 1 -1 Davelarge : Allocating the blame elsewhere
18 0 0 1 1 Hart : I apologise for not acknowledging your suggestion
18 0 0 1 1 Jedijudy : I loved that cartoon as well
18 0 0 0 0 Rugasaw : I am still waiting for your guesses
18 0 0 -1 0 Caty the Southerner : You should know the routine by now
18 0 0 -1 0 Caty the Southerner : We will only know once you have posted
18 0 0 0 1 Caty the Southerner : Thank you for the heads up on that one
18 0 0 0 1 Sharkshooter : Thanks for the confirmation
18 1 0 0 0 Comet : For spotting that brilliant piece of coding
18 0 0 0 -1 Pure as Snow : God does intervene to stop this sort of cheating
18 0 1 0 0 Caty the Southerner : I love it when I can induce paranoia
18 0 0 0 1 Jedijudy : That was the post I needed to 'make sure'
18 0 0 0 -1 Quizmaster : But it is not meant to be impossible
18 0 0 0 1 Wet Kipper : Thanks for pointing out the problems
18 1 1 1 0 Jedijudy : For that déjà vu all over again quip
18 0 0 0 1 Icklejen : You feature strongly in these images Icklejen
18 1 0 0 1 Pure as Snow : For being a great audience
18 0 1 0 0 Quizmaster : That old boot has a double identity doesn't it?
18 0 0 0 1 Caty the Southerner : For confirming the problem
18 1 1 1 -1 Doublethink : I love the completely selfish at times like these
18 0 0 0 1 Hart : Thanks for the facts
18 0 0 0 1 Hart : Additional dig at Doublethink
18 0 0 -1 1 Jedijudy : For keeping us all informed
18 0 1 0 -1 Gwai : Computers are weird are they not?
18 0 1 0 0 Jedijudy : I am checking all the links right now
 

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Posted by rugasaw (# 7315) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
Rugasaw : I am still waiting for your guesses

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Yeah, I should know better than to open my mouth. Same thing happened this fall that happens late every fall I run out of time and lose at the KOQ.
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
Hart your number 4 is me???

Hmmmm,

If I knew what it was I'm sure I'd be a bandwidth thief. I AM a coward, I DON'T love my Mama (she IS the devil!) and I'm sure inadvertently I am a litterbug.

BUT in my defense I have loved the Chels since approximately 1905, and my first words on hearing we'd been bought were a cowardly "I don't want to be hated"

I'm hurt, deeply!
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
17 0 1 2 1 Flags Fiend : You ought to know that you won by a mile

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I love puzzles , unfortunately they are not so good when you are trying to do a degree - saying that though this site is just as bad, as I'm now addicted to the scrabble game on it!

flags x
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
Quizzie, if I tell you that davelarge makes me a hotwater bottle every night can he have more helpfulness points?*

ij x


*have realised I better suck up to dl: because we're in Canada on his work permit, he now has the power to have me deported.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by icklejen:
Hart your number 4 is me???

Hmmmm,

If I knew what it was I'm sure I'd be a bandwidth thief. I AM a coward, I DON'T love my Mama (she IS the devil!) and I'm sure inadvertently I am a litterbug.

BUT in my defense I have loved the Chels since approximately 1905, and my first words on hearing we'd been bought were a cowardly "I don't want to be hated"

I'm hurt, deeply!

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ickle_jen... I don't know what to say: that wasn't the picture that that URL linked to when I posted it! It was genuinely just the Chelsea "flag", which is your avatar. It seems to have been changed in the intervening time; I don't know why.

A thousand apologies, I should have made sure to get the picture from a more trust-worthy (or, less hackable) site .



 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
No worries, I just assumed it was a joke - after all Chelsea fans *are* despised for being glory hunters who buy trophies! I deny this of course!
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Semi Final Result:

Five people attempted to identify the pictures.

code:

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Competitor        Caty  Hart  Judy  Q.M.  Snow
Pictures right     34    19    24    27    23  
Penalty Points     -2     0    -4    -1     0   
FINAL SCORE        32    19    20    26    23

 

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This means that the Bronze Medal goes to HART.

The final will be between Caty and Judy.
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
THE FINAL : TIME TRAVELLER

Following the success of the PIRATES round you are now required to examine the world as it is today, decide how it could be better if it was not as it is then imagine yourself travelling back in time to alter the course of history (Thanks for the idea Comet). You should describe how the change you make would have impacted the world in the past to create a better world today.

The Also Rans are in control of this round as we will all vote on which change we would like to see implemented once the time machine has been invented.

Let your imaginations run free as they did in the Pirates round and give us some ideas to blow our minds.

You have until Friday 30th November to post your full and final analysis.
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
I got THIRTY-FOUR pictures right??!! How on God's green earth did I manage that?!

Well played, Hart.

[ 26. November 2007, 21:54: Message edited by: caty the southerner ]
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
*jj slaps Hart on the back and offers him a glass of freshly squeezed key lime-ade*

Good job! Haven't we had a great time?

Goodness! One of the remaining two contestants...I'm very honored!

Now to find that "thinking cap" again.
 

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Posted by Hart (# 4991) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Quizmaster:
This means that the Bronze Medal goes to HART.

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It will be hung proudly from my wall!

Best of luck to our final two: may the best woman win!
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
A helpful list of resources for Time-Travelers from an Also-Ran.

--"A Short History Of The World", by H.G. Wells.

--Flotte's Outline Of World History--with color illustrations.

--Time Traveler Convention At MIT.

--Coast To Coast AM radio show.
Home of much weirdness, including discussions of time travel. NOTE: due to general strangeness, might not want to open this at work, depending on your workplace.

--History To Herstory Archive.

--National Women's History Project.

--"Journeyman" TV series official site. NOTE: beware of possible spoilers!


Bon Voyage!
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 

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Originally posted by jedijudy:
Now to find that "thinking cap" again.

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{Echoing voice from far, far away.}


A cap to think a Jedi needs not!
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Also Ran Entry for the Knockout Quiz Final:

TIME MACHINE:

Set the date – Monday 9th October 1307

That gives me just under a week to warn those I need to warn about the dastardly events that should be prevented. I need to get messages between the South of France and Jerusalem and many places in between. I have always had a problem with the teachings of the church but at the end of this week the church elders have agreed to a plot of murder and torture to prevent another organisation from becoming more powerful than the church itself.

Times were tough in this era and travellers were regularly robbed, mugged, assaulted, abused and even killed simply for being in the wrong place on a road beset by highwaymen out for a quick profit. Church types had a penchant for pilgrimages which took them far and wide in search of spiritual fulfilment. Men usually had to choose between the church or the army. The choice was warfare or religion and those who did not want to fight found some way to develop religious leanings.

Just as in modern times, peace loving individuals are in the majority, but warmongers tend to be more powerful and able to impose their wills on the majority. There was some hope, however, as the church had a military branch known as the Knights Templar whose role was to protect pilgrims on their journey from the North of Scotland all the way to Jerusalem and back again. The Knights were strong and well trained in man to man combat, and the church paid handsomely for their services.

Pope Clement V came up with a very clever cost cutting exercise. He organised the mass round-up and murder of this military branch because attacks on pilgrims had become much less frequent. The bad guys knew that if they attacked pilgrims they were likely to be visited by the Knight Templar so this branch had completed its useful life and could now be dispensed with, particularly as they were so expensive, demanding good money for risking their lives on behalf of others.

I have to warn the Knights Templar of their impending doom so that they are ready on Friday 13th.

By making them ready, the world would be completely different today:

1. The Roman Catholic Church would have gone bankrupt in the 14th Century.
2. We would be united in wearing the Cross of St. George everywhere we walk.
3. The Holy Grail would be on display at The Louvre in Paris
4. We would know the names of the descendants of one Jesus from Nazareth.
5. Dan Brown would not have been able to entice us with his work of fiction.
6. Malta would not be the underdeveloped island it remains to this day.
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
[from a lightning proof bunker]

Time Machine set for
6000 B.C. - Six billion years ago. (YMMV)
Genesis 1:26.

God, excuse me Sir, um, I think on reflection you might want to just stop at the dolphins. Seriously, they provide great companionship and it will save you an awful lot of grief...
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
hey, you used my sig idea!
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
QM and PATDYS:




{Puttering around in the hanging gardens of the Also-Ran monastic resort on Mt. Everest.}
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
I've been frantically pondering ideas, and rejecting them almost as quickly. There are two that keep reappearing in my brain, though. May have to give them a bit more serious thought.
 

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Posted by chicklegirl (# 11741) on :
 
Let me fire up my De Lorean and zoom back to an indeterminate day in 1870 when Thomas Adams met General Santa Anna, which unholy union led to a venture in how to develop and market chicle, and shortly thereafter chewing gum as we know it was invented.

If I were successful in stopping this business alliance, I would prevent the creation of Adams' highly successful product, Chiclets, which would in turn erase the identity of Chicklegirl, creating a vacuum in the space time continuum (for how could this post exist if Chicklegirl never existed?), thereby causing the universe to implode (which has been my evil plan all along).

<edited to cue diabolical laughter>

[ 28. November 2007, 07:42: Message edited by: chicklegirl ]
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Just over 24 hours left for our two finalists to post.

 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
The year is 1999. Planet Earth, North America, the United States of America, the great state of Florida. Supervisors of elections are making the preparations necessary for the presidential elections next year.

Out of thin air, I appear with my credentials in hand: a voter registration card and valid Florida driver's license. After a heart-to-heart chat with Governor Bush, I convince him that the voting machines of the state are going to cause him no small amount of grief if he doesn't do something about the chad potential.

With a letter from the governor in my hand, I travel to all sixty-seven counties to inform the officials that they will not be using the voting machines which they have been testing and cleaning. No. In 2000 the citizens of the state will vote by paper ballot *gasp*, just like we did in the old days.

Many of the election supervisors are pretty peeved at me for my audacity and backward-thinking ways, but they must comply or risk JEB's wrath.

As a consequence of my actions:

• Florida isn't the laughing stock of the whole world.
• Hanging chads, dimpled chads and pregnant chads do not become part of everyone's vocabulary.
• As to the outcome of the election...

I should leave that last part to those who are more politically savvy than I am. Who knows, we might not be in a war at this time. Then again, we might not have been able to escape that fate. *sigh*
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
The Date: The second year of the reign of Gaius Julius Caesar, later to be known as 47BC.

The Place: The eastern fringes of the Roman Republic, somewhere near Antioch

The Mission: Persuade the local officials of the many benefits of making lots of small metallic pieces each bearing a single letter, a frame to put them in (including showing them a quick diagram scribbled on the back of some spare parchment), some paper/parchment/papyrus and lots of ink.

Yes, I am introducing moveable type printing into the Roman Empire.

Just think of the advantages, sir. It will be so much easier to govern. All your proclamations can be reproduced many times; no-one need be in ignorance. No more unruly centurions claiming they couldn’t read their orders. It will be very useful. Your superiors in Rome will be most impressed and create many presses for their own use – and give you a great big promotion. And just think how much cheaper it will be than feeding and housing all those scribes.

I see, sir that you own a book. Aristotle? That must have been terribly expensive. Really? Just think, sir. You could have Socrates and Plato too, if the works could be reproduced at less expense. In fact, I am sure that lots more people will start writing about all sort of interesting things, and soon you will have whole libraries. You have heard of the library at Alexandria? Imagine having such places all over the world!

What do you think?

This new technology will of course take a while to catch on and spread across the Empire. However, within a generation there will be printed material all across the Empire. Literature will flourish, and by 200AD large forests in the northern part of the Empire will be ruthlessly managed for maximum wood pulp production.

After the decline of the Roman Empire (brought about largely by the Roman civil service imploding due to all the paperwork), people will still have access to information about building and maintaining roads, sewers, and many other things – including how to print more stuff - in the many libraries scattered across the former Empire.

The 'dark ages' will be distinctly brighter, as old Roman technology makes lives more comfortable. In fact, they will be simply be called the post-Roman period, as historians of the future will be far better informed: not only will archaeologists be able to dig stuff up, but there will be hundreds of thousands of documents to study.

Biblical scholars will also have tens of thousands of early, printed copies of the Biblical texts to study. There will be a massive body of correspondence from – and to - St. Paul, preserved in several collections (the twenty-eighth letter to the Corinthians being of particular interest to those seeking to understand the correct liturgy for use in celebrating the resuscitation of those killed by falls from windows during long sermons). The ease with which documents can be copied and disseminated may even mean the preservation of letters from Jesus. ("Yes, mother, I will be at the wedding. Please make sure there is enough wine this time.")

What is more, all those books and Bibles circulating and being read in the first-millennium church will have a positive effect on the way the church as an institution develops. Many of the worst excesses of corruption will be prevented, and individuals will have greater access to and understanding of the Bible and liturgy. The reformation will not cause chaos all over Europe, but will instead happen gradually between 1100 and 1400 as scholars write and publish learned papers, and ordinary people carry on doing pretty much what they've always done.

Of course, there will still be many controversies. As the Church Times editorial commented in 1384, "Whyle wee recognyse and applaude the wishe of many to achieue greater understandynge of Holy Scripture, wee doe belyve that the varios Latin translacions so widely auailable todaye doe prouide an excellent resource. Wee cannot butte feele that Master John Wyclyffe’s Englyshe translacion runs agaynste the greate tradycyons of the Holy Church and that, since offycyal approual is lykely to be refusyd, a printe runne of 80,000 was mayhap a lyttle optimisticke."
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
O.K. All you ex-contestants who are now Also Rans:

Can I have your votes please.

 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Er, PATDYS, are you sure you meant to send that message to me?

By the way, your PM box is full.

[ 30. November 2007, 20:35: Message edited by: caty the southerner ]
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
You know, I made the first error of the quiz. It seems only appropriate that I make one of the last.
Thanks Caty, Ive sent my vote to the right person this time.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Well, PatDYS, you could have sent it to me, too!

*just sitting and twiddling my thumbs...waiting...waiting...biting my fingernails...*
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Announcement planned for tonight.

We currently have a result but there is still time to vote and make it a tie.
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
Tonight UK time? Now you have me calculating time differences! (OK, even I can add 6 without too much trouble!).

Hang, on if I'm making lunch, that means it is tonight...

ij x
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
About an hour to go Ickle.

Are you having a good morning this evening?





QM
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
P L U S H Points

19 0 0 1 0 Comet : You cotton on really fast
19 0 0 -1 0 Chorister : You've got the wrong competition love
19 0 1 0 0 Comet : Nice Story
19 0 0 -1 0 Quizmaster : For not checking backwards properly
19 0 0 1 0 Jedijudy : Well done for picking out a mystery
19 0 0 0 1 Quizmaster : Helping in the solution to the puzzle
19 0 0 0 1 Hart : Happy Thanksgiving to you also
19 0 0 0 1 Comet : Helping us to crack the code
19 0 0 1 0 Jedijudy : Good first effort
19 0 0 1 0 Quizmaster : Good second effort
19 1 0 -1 -1 Jedijudy : Yes, a bank of snow beside the road
19 0 0 2 1 Comet : For that clever clue
19 0 0 1 1 Pure as Snow : For initiating the route to the answer
19 0 0 0 1 Pure as Snow : For the code table
19 0 0 0 1 Pure as Snow : For the links
19 0 0 0 1 Comet : For the hint
19 0 0 1 0 Pure as Snow : For getting there first
19 0 1 0 0 Comet : For mind reading across half the globe
19 0 1 0 0 Chorister : For bringing in a topical interest story
19 0 0 -1 0 Rugasaw : There is always next year
19 1 1 1 0 Icklejen : For lying about your age
19 1 0 -1 -1 Flags Fiend : For trying to get more people on Facebook
19 0 0 0 1 Davelarge : Well Icklejen did ask me to add this one
19 0 0 1 1 Hart : Good apology
19 1 0 0 1 Icklejen : You could have stopped at word fifteen
19 0 0 1 0 Caty the Southerner : By being Smart I believe
19 0 0 0 1 Jedijudy : Offering drinks to the dropout
19 0 0 0 1 Hart : Gracious in defeat
19 0 0 0 1 Golden Key : For those links
19 0 0 -1 0 Golden Key : A Jedi may not but Judy can use the help
19 0 0 -1 0 Icklejen : For failing to be first
19 0 0 0 1 Golden Key : Good encouragement
19 0 1 0 0 Jedijudy : Thinking out loud - must have a cap on
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
Roll up for the awards ceremony.

Awards Ceremony
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
P L U S H Points Finished:

20 0 0 0 1 Caty the Southerner : Helping an ailing antipodean
20 0 0 -2 0 Pure as Snow : Sending a contestant his answers
20 0 1 0 0 Jedijudy : There are better things to worry about
20 0 1 0 0 Icklejen : Settling in 'Over There'
 

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Posted by Quizmaster (# 1435) on :
 
The Awards:

WINNER: Caty the Southerner
SECOND: Jedijudy
THIRD: Hart

SMART ALEC: Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow

Thank you all who took part.

Would a host kindly close the thread after a chance is given to anyone who wants to say goodbye.
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
Oh, gosh.



Is this the bit where I'm supposed to say that I haven't got a speech prepared, and thank my manager and agent?

Seriously, though, this was great fun. Well played everyone, and congratulations to all the award winners.
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 
Do the plush points get added up at all? Was fun though, I look forward to joining in again next year

flags x
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
(((Caty)))) Well played!!

Quizmaster, as usual, this was great fun. Thank you!

I got second pla-ace, I got second pla-ace!!
 

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Posted by Pure as the Driven Yellow Snow (# 9397) on :
 
Can I please reiterate my thanks to all who played and the Quizmaster for all their hard work.
Congratulations to Hart, jedijudy and caty the southerner. Well played all.
 

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Posted by caty the southerner (# 11996) on :
 
In the time-honoured tradition of always forgetting to thank someone when accepting an award, I forgot to say:

Thanks, Quizmaster, for all your work. I echo the .

[ 03. December 2007, 23:11: Message edited by: caty the southerner ]
 

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Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
Congrats!

Thanks, QuizMaster!


Great fun! Kudos to all the players. The Also-Rans are catering the awards ceremony over on the other board!


[ 04. December 2007, 05:07: Message edited by: Golden Key ]
 

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Posted by icklejen (# 713) on :
 
Thanks Quizmaster, it was awesome, as ever!
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 

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Originally posted by flags_fiend:
Do the plush points get added up at all? Was fun though, I look forward to joining in again next year

flags x

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Why, are you volunteering?

Thanks QM for another enjoyable quiz, where even being an also-ran is fun!
 

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Posted by Mertseger (# 4534) on :
 
Congratulations to this year's fine field of contestants and the winners who manouevered so successfully through the various minefields graciously provided by Quizmaster.
 

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Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on :
 
Congrats Everyone !!!

[ 04. December 2007, 19:37: Message edited by: Doublethink ]
 

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Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on :
 

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Originally posted by Chorister:

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Originally posted by flags_fiend:
Do the plush points get added up at all? Was fun though, I look forward to joining in again next year

flags x

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Why, are you volunteering?

Thanks QM for another enjoyable quiz, where even being an also-ran is fun!

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I would have loved to volunteer, but I don't really have the time, am already very snowed under with work so sorry I don't think I can. Thanks QM for running the quiz - was brilliant, and well done Caty!

flags x
 

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