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Thread: The New Crew's Quiz
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
# 186
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As promised, a new thread. Jahlove put up December's scores here, if you didn't see them before. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
<small>[ 11. February 2013, 06:47: Message buggered about with by: Ariston ]</small>
[ 13. February 2013, 15:35: Message edited by: Ariston ]
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"We had a good team on paper. Unfortunately, the game was played on grass."
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
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And the quiz can be found here
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"May you get to heaven before the devil knows you're dead" - Irish blessing
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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First to play in the year yesterday and first to play on the new thread today!
Shame I made such a mess of the answers ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Jabber
Shipmate
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Currently in the top ten, for the first and more than likely the last time this year!
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Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
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Done it again: guessed correctly and then changed it. ![[brick wall]](graemlins/brick_wall.gif)
Still, start as you mean to go on, that's my motto.
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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And for the first time ever, I'm in the lead!
Okay, and pretty close to dead last too. Shush!
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Sylvander
Shipmate
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quote:
Originally posted by AristonAstuanax:
And for the first time ever, I'm in the lead!
You simply need to get up earlier if you want that more often.
Or party longer (although that usually guarantees a rather short-lived lead).
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Geneviève
Mother-Hatting Cat Lover
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As of today, the 3rd, I'm number 10 for the month!! Whee!! ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif) Won't last, so I'll rejoice now.
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Piglet
Islander
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Should have gone with my instincts. Didn't. ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Gosh but I was slow today!
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Sir Kevin
Ship's Gaffer
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An ignominious start to the new year
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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The questions was long, the answers was short.
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"Any fool can make something complicated. It takes a genius to make it simple."
— Woody Guthrie
http://saysaysay54.wordpress.com
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Piglet
Islander
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Gosh but I was slow today!
Me too, Wodders - nearly as slow as you ... ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
- - - -
One of today's answers is, again, as wrong as a wrong thing that is incorrect but, in it's favour, it is righter than the other wrong answers.
ITTWACW!
![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif)
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Quiz interruptus today
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Even more so than I was before
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Smudgie
Ship's Barnacle
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Dire, dire, dire... but considering how tired I am, quite impressive.
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Spike
Mostly Harmless
# 36
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Wow, possibly one the most America-centric questions ever in today's quiz. WTF do they mean by the NATO Phonetic Alphabet? It's the International Phonetic Alphabet. It's used all over the world by many organisations other than NATO. It wasn't invented by NATO. It wasn't even invented in America. ![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
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"May you get to heaven before the devil knows you're dead" - Irish blessing
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Bob Two-Owls
Shipmate
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Well when I was last in the forces (OK, the OTC and TA) it was called the NATO phonetic alphabet to distinguish it from other systems such as the old British foces radio alphabet (Able, B**** Charlie...) and the RAF version (they had a different one because they are special).
The International Phonetic Alphabet is a system of symbols where each symbol represents a particular sound, designed to reproduce the pronunciation of a word rather than clarify its spelling.
(edited to remove clues...)
[ 05. January 2012, 08:06: Message edited by: Bob Two-Owls ]
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Piglet
Islander
# 11803
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Accuracy - excellent.
Speed - oh dear.
Managed to stay north of the middle, but only just ...
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
# 10424
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I'm Number One again!
I'm first to play again!!
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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joan knox
Knoxy is my homeboy
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oh idiot. More haste, less speed reading...
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Jabber
Shipmate
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Woohoo! 10/10 for the first time ever!
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
# 10424
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I'm Number One again!
I'm first to play again!!
...and again but only 9/10 so will sink like a stone very soon.
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Eutychus
From the edge
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You are safe with me playing second.
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Let's remember that we are to build the Kingdom of God, not drive people away - pastor Frank Pomeroy
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Hennah
Ship's Mother Hen
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Very lucky with my guessing today, didn't actually know about half of them.
Also Slower'n molasses in winn'er, as an American I knew used to say. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
[ 07. January 2012, 07:31: Message edited by: Hennah ]
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Never stand behind satan in a Post Office queue: the devil takes many forms.
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
# 10422
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Q 2 was dead easy, eh, Weasel?
Or was that the one you got wrong?
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joan knox
Knoxy is my homeboy
# 16100
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10 out of 10, but slower than a slow thing studying with a professor of slow at the University of Slowness. I shall revel in my momentary 1st place, however, while I can!
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Piglet
Islander
# 11803
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Lucky Guess Piglet has, I hope, temporarily, been replaced by Brainless Guess Piglet.
If I'd used my brain cells (both of them) for question 1 I'd have been much further up the board than I am. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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Wow, this must really be a nasty quiz if I can miss one and still finish in the top ten!
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Played late today so no little luxury of being in first place for a while - 3rd out of 6 will have to do.
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Fancy a break in South India?
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Bob Two-Owls
Shipmate
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wow, the Bible trivia must be easy today, I knew the answers to all 10 and only got 9 because I'm on my laptop!
(You cant scroll down using the down arrow key - it just cycles through the answers but I keep forgetting that)
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Sir Kevin
Ship's Gaffer
# 3492
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quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
An ignominious start to the new year
And to the week!
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Piglet
Islander
# 11803
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Unfortunate guess + computer freeze when trying to submit quiz = sad piglet.
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
# 10422
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I hates filum questions, I does, I does!
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Even more so than I was before
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Bob Two-Owls
Shipmate
# 9680
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Well that was rubbish, I flubbed the film question and the US holidays question. My two least favourite categories.
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Lucia
Looking for light
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Just played for the first time - 9/10 (Yeah I flunked the film question too). 10th place at present. Now I know that speed counts as well I'll try to be faster next time!
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joan knox
Knoxy is my homeboy
# 16100
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I phayl at lyf
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Jabber
Shipmate
# 9668
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Umm, so yeah. I'll play again tomorrow and I might even manage to understand the questions!
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Sir Kevin
Ship's Gaffer
# 3492
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Damn! Missed the question about zoo animals...
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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Piglet
Islander
# 11803
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
I hates filum questions, I does, I does!
So does I.
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alto n a soprano who can read music
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Incredibly Americanocentric questions today led me to getting a mere 7/10 - and not in last place!
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Fancy a break in South India?
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
# 10422
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The internet had a brain fart just as I was submitting answers. I blame the Weasel for being so slow on the uptake!
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Bob Two-Owls
Shipmate
# 9680
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Wot! 19 of us can't even guess accurately? Who is going to be the first 10/10 today?
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Sir Kevin
Ship's Gaffer
# 3492
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Why do I bother?
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If you board the wrong train, it is no use running along the corridor in the other direction Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Writing is currently my hobby, not yet my profession.
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joan knox
Knoxy is my homeboy
# 16100
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3 wild guesses - and the 1st to get the sought after 10/10. Cor blimey, lor luv a duck, 'n such-like.
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kingsfold
Shipmate
# 1726
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Is there any point in me even trying this then?
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joan knox
Knoxy is my homeboy
# 16100
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oh go on, it worked for me...bizarrely
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kingsfold
Shipmate
# 1726
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I did. I got 4 wrong. What a surprise! (Not)
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