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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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DONATE AND DISQUALIFY
Please donate by clicking on as many sites as you have time to click on. If there are any sites which do not work please PM me and I will disqualify them.
If there are no disqualifications in the next 24 hours then The Pilgrim will get the Bronze Medal.
24 HOURS TO DONATE AND DISQUALIFY.
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The more questions I ask the more I ask fewer questions.
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The wise person does not know all the answers, but always asks the right questions.
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the pilgrim
Ship's Brownist
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![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif)
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Life is good in the palm of God's hand.
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rugasaw
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by Quizmaster:
QUESTION TIME TABLE
ALSO RANS
2 Rugasaw
Wow, I got 2 right. I really wasn't expecting to match any of the compititors answers.
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Treat the earth well, It was not given to you by your parents. It was loaned to you by your children. -Unknown
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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Originally posted by the pilgrim:
The only question that I couldn't come up with ANY answer for was: "Who saved Slick from eternal damnation?"
As a long-time follower of that particular webcomic, I thought I knew the answer as soon as I read the question.
Of course, I'd forgotten that Slick has been to Hell twice now. The first time 'Nique saved him with a "Get Out Of Hell Free" card, and the second time he was saved by a stoned Squig riding a flying sofa.
I think Mertseger was thinking of the second instance.
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Hail Gallaxhar
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The Great Gumby
Ship's Brain Surgeon
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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
Of course, I'd forgotten that Slick has been to Hell twice now. The first time 'Nique saved him with a "Get Out Of Hell Free" card, and the second time he was saved by a stoned Squig riding a flying sofa.
My answer was "Monique", after some intensive web-trawling turned up the episode with the "Get Out of Hell Free" card. I was a little disappointed that Mertseger had specified a different answer, but I got 36 as an Also-Ran, so it seems rather over-the-top to quibble.
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A letter to my son about death
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Mertseger
Faerie Bard
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I definitely forgot the earlier episode (though I remember it now that you remind me). Monique should be a legitimate answer.
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Go and be who you are:
The Body of Christ,
The Goddess of Body,
The Manifest Song of Faerie.
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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BRONZE MEDAL WINNER: The Pilgrim
Flags Fiend & Mertseger fight it out for Gold & Silver.
Details follow.
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Wet Kipper
Circus Runaway
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Gwai - in amongst your tags, you had opened a "strong" which you attempted to close with a "/qb"
I could fix it for you, but then your edit message wouldn't make sense.
I could delete the edit message, but then this post would be made redundant.
I could then delete this post, but hosts deleting whole posts is usually only for emergency purposes.
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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THE FINAL : PICTURES OF QUIZMATES
I require three posts from each of you in this final.
N.B. A Quizmate is a shipmate whose name appears somewhere in the Knockout Quiz 2008 thread.
The first post should be 10 links to 10 pictures representing 10 quizmates. You two and the Also Rans have to guess which quizmate is represented by which picture. These are to be easy and a point will be deducted for each guess by anyone which is not the quizmate that you specify in your PM to me which should be sent to me when you post.
ANYONE MAY GUESS ONCE THE POST IS MADE.
The second post should be another 10 links to 10 pictures representing 10 quizmates. Half the guesses for these pictures should be correct. You will lose a point for each guess over half those who try which is wrong. You should PM me the answers at the time you post this list.
ANYONE MAY GUESS ONCE THE POST IS MADE.
The third post should be another 10 links to 10 pictures representing 10 quizmates. Points will be lost here if any Also Ran can justify the name of another quizmate, not the one you specified, as an answer to the picture you have linked to. You should PM me the answers at the time you post.
ANYONE MAY GUESS ONCE THE POST IS MADE.
The first post should be on this thread by Monday 8th December at 22:00 U.K. time. The second post should be on this thread by Tuesday 9th December at 22:00 U.K. time. The third post should be on this thread by Wednesday 10th December at 22:00 U.K. time.
The competitors should post me their best guess of their opponents pictures once all three posts have been made. Their starting score will be the number of correct answers.
READ THE RULES CAREFULLY AND WORK OUT THE BEST WAY TO WIN.
Good Luck.
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The wise person does not know all the answers, but always asks the right questions.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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WooHoo! The Sky Box inhabitants welcome The Pilgrim to our merry gathering! ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
We have a display prepared for you to hang your bronze medal in. Then, go ahead and dig into the many delicious snacks we have set on the table.
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the pilgrim
Ship's Brownist
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show me the FOOD!!! ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Surfing Madness
Shipmate
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I was going to say hi to all in the skybox, but couldn't log in, anyone else having this problem (or is it just my computer saying go and do some revision!)
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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QM, much as I love your Knockout quiz, please don't have rounds which encourage people to post so many links - they take a l-o-n-g time to check. Ta muchly, Chorister, Host.
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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Also Rans - Feel free to Email me your answers as the posts appear.
I expect 6 sets of answers each.
FF Easy
FF Medium
FF Tricky
MS Easy
MS Medium
MS TRicky
Thanks to those who have already sent answers.
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The wise person does not know all the answers, but always asks the right questions.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Is there a party going on in the Sky Box or something while we wait for more pretty pictures?
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the pilgrim
Ship's Brownist
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Very well done, both of you! Some were quite easy, others very hard indeed! I'm only confident that I got about half of them right. ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
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Mertseger
Faerie Bard
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quote:
Originally posted by the pilgrim:
Very well done, both of you! Some were quite easy, others very hard indeed! I'm only confident that I got about half of them right.
Indeed, that's about where I'm at for flags_fiend's pictures. I suspect that difficulty will win out and that flags_fiend has triumphed. Well played, flags_fiend!
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Go and be who you are:
The Body of Christ,
The Goddess of Body,
The Manifest Song of Faerie.
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Angel Wrestler
Ship's Hipster
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I'm thinking I'd better excuse myself. I don't want to mess it up for you all. There are some I just don't get.
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Mertseger
Faerie Bard
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Originally posted by Angel Wrestler:
I'm thinking I'd better excuse myself. I don't want to mess it up for you all. There are some I just don't get.
Please do join if you have any interest at all. People not getting the pictures is an important part of the deductions. You can't mess things up any worse than flag_fiend and I have already made things for ourselves.
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Go and be who you are:
The Body of Christ,
The Goddess of Body,
The Manifest Song of Faerie.
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
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After a couple of hours of google-fu and wiki-jitsu I have posted my answers off to the QM. All I can say is you two have very devious minds - interesting to finally learn the meaning of a certain person's name too.
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flags_fiend
Shipmate
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Originally posted by Mertseger:
quote:
Originally posted by the pilgrim:
Very well done, both of you! Some were quite easy, others very hard indeed! I'm only confident that I got about half of them right.
Indeed, that's about where I'm at for flags_fiend's pictures. I suspect that difficulty will win out and that flags_fiend has triumphed. Well played, flags_fiend!
You see, I'm finding yours really difficult - so i think it is probably a case of they are only easy when you know the answer.
flags x
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The Great Gumby
Ship's Brain Surgeon
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Quizmaster, is there a deadline for Also-Rans to post their answers to you? I don't think you specified one, and I wouldn't want to miss out.
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The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. - Richard Feynman
A letter to my son about death
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Angel Wrestler
Ship's Hipster
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I'm having too much difficulty on the last ones. I just don't seem to have the time to research. There's a picture of a state that doesn't match any state that I know of. I went to the website the drawing came from, thinking that maybe it's a region or a more local area and I don't see ANYthing like it on the website .... Finally, I had to get my kid some dinner.
I'm sorry, y'all! This Wrestler is holering, "Uncle!"
eta: I can't wait to see the answers! It'll probably seem so obvious then! ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
[ 11. December 2008, 14:07: Message edited by: Angel Wrestler ]
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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DEADLINE FOR GUESSES - Let me think.
I plan to work it all out on Sunday so the very last time for entries has to be 12:00 noon UK time on Sunday 14th December.
Get Googling!
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The wise person does not know all the answers, but always asks the right questions.
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Surfing Madness
Shipmate
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i doubt i'll get the time to look at all these, and answer them if i do it means the essay is going very badly or very well!
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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TO
Anyone still working out which is who and who is which:
Can you add justification to the TRICKY set so that I can deduct points for any valid reason to choose the wrong Quizmate.
Thanks in arrears.
QM
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The wise person does not know all the answers, but always asks the right questions.
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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FINAL CLOSED
The results are in - I have compiled a spreadsheet.
However,
As I am out tonight, and due to decorating the lounge the computer has only been plumbed back in again in the last half hour, the announcement will take place tomorrow night.
ALSO RAN TABLE
48 The Great Gumby
39 Doublethink
38 Jedijudy
31 The Pilgrim
29 Rugasaw
26 Angel Wrestler
8 Chorister (but she only attempted one set of easy ones - I like difficult decisions)
TUNE IN TOMORROW FOR THE RESULTS.
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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Yes, sorry about that - I looked at the harder ones but ran out of time to work them out. It's a busy time for Choristers at the mo. I'm all carolled out before Christmas even starts.....
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif) Church organists are in the same catagory as Choristers.
*jj high-fives Chorister and asks how the music is going!*
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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THE FINAL RESULT:
GOLD MEDAL = MERTSEGER
SILVER MEDAL = FLAGS FIEND
BRONZE MEDAL = THE PILGRIM
Hope you all enjoyed the journey.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Congratulations and Well Done, Mertseger!
Well done also to flags_fiend and the pilgrim! Especially outstanding for two of our newer Quizzers!
And...Quizmaster, the Most Magnificent Master of Quizzes ever! Thank you for another Autumn of Fun! (Is that a Funtumnal?)
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Doublethink.
Ship's Foolwise Unperson
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Congratulations !
And thanks for all your work, QM and gorgeous assistants ... ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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rugasaw
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Kudos to QM and Mertseger.
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Mertseger
Faerie Bard
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Oh, my goodness! I never expected to win. Well played everybody! And kudos, of course, to Surfing Madness for stumping me on 8 of his 30 pictures.
Much thanks to our Quizmaster for yet another challenging and fun knockout quiz.
I never realized how much fun the Question Time round could be for the competitors. That round was definitely the highlight of this year's quiz for me. I must thank especially The Great Gumby whose mad searching skills saved my butt that round. For me, the biggest reward of the Quiz was getting to play that round.
It was certainly fun playing with you all this year. I look forward to playing more towards the brink in future years.
Thanks again, QM!
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Go and be who you are:
The Body of Christ,
The Goddess of Body,
The Manifest Song of Faerie.
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flags_fiend
Shipmate
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
Well done also to flags_fiend and the pilgrim! Especially outstanding for two of our newer Quizzers!
Thanks, although I did actually play last year (and came fourth), I seem to have a habit of joining the quiz as late as possible!
Ooh second, well done Mertseger. It was fun playing, thanks quizmaster. And now it's over I have no excuse not to do my work... (well except the Christmas holidays )
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The Great Gumby
Ship's Brain Surgeon
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Originally posted by Mertseger:
I must thank especially The Great Gumby whose mad searching skills saved my butt that round.
Did they? I think I got about the same score on each set of questions, so I'm surprised if I made much of a difference. Congratulations, anyway.
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The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool. - Richard Feynman
A letter to my son about death
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chicklegirl
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Well done, all!
Thanks ever so much, QM, for another diverting, mind-bending break from reality. I have an even greater appreciation for all the work you do on each quiz.
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If you want to be happy, be.
~ Henry David Thoreau
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the pilgrim
Ship's Brownist
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This was a ton of fun! Thanks Quizmaster and everyone who played. I never expected to go so far!
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Angel Wrestler
Ship's Hipster
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Congratulations, Mertseger!
And thank you to Quiz Master for this fascinating game! I never thought I'd look up so many different types of things. I petered out at the end, but it was still fun checking in every day to see what was going on.
I feel like I made some new cyber friends.
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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Time to put another great quiz to bed. Hope you'll all be able to join QM next time for the Knockout Quiz 2009.
Chorister, host.
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