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Posted by Imaginary Friend (# 186) on
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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 ]
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
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And the quiz can be found here
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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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)
Posted by Jabber (# 9668) on
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Currently in the top ten, for the first and more than likely the last time this year!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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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.
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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And for the first time ever, I'm in the lead!
Okay, and pretty close to dead last too. Shush!
Posted by Sylvander (# 12857) on
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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).
Posted by Geneviève (# 9098) on
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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.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Should have gone with my instincts. Didn't. ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gosh but I was slow today!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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An ignominious start to the new year
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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The questions was long, the answers was short.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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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)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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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)
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Quiz interruptus today
Posted by Evensong (# 14696) on
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Oh dear. I read the color one wrong. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Dire, dire, dire... but considering how tired I am, quite impressive.
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
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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)
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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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 ]
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Accuracy - excellent.
Speed - oh dear.
Managed to stay north of the middle, but only just ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'm Number One again!
I'm first to play again!!
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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oh idiot. More haste, less speed reading...
Posted by Jabber (# 9668) on
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Woohoo! 10/10 for the first time ever!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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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.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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You are safe with me playing second.
Posted by Hennah (# 9541) on
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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 ]
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Q 2 was dead easy, eh, Weasel?
Or was that the one you got wrong?
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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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!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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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.
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Wow, this must really be a nasty quiz if I can miss one and still finish in the top ten!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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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.
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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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)
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
An ignominious start to the new year
And to the week!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Unfortunate guess + computer freeze when trying to submit quiz = sad piglet.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I hates filum questions, I does, I does!
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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Well that was rubbish, I flubbed the film question and the US holidays question. My two least favourite categories.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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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!
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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I phayl at lyf
Posted by Jabber (# 9668) on
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Umm, so yeah. I'll play again tomorrow and I might even manage to understand the questions!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Damn! Missed the question about zoo animals...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
I hates filum questions, I does, I does!
So does I.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Incredibly Americanocentric questions today led me to getting a mere 7/10 - and not in last place!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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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!
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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Wot! 19 of us can't even guess accurately? Who is going to be the first 10/10 today?
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Why do I bother?
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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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.
Posted by Antisocial Alto (# 13810) on
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Ouch! 4 wrong. Darn movies.
Posted by kingsfold (# 1726) on
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Is there any point in me even trying this then?
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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oh go on, it worked for me...bizarrely
Posted by kingsfold (# 1726) on
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I did. I got 4 wrong. What a surprise! (Not)
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Considering how many of my answers were wild guesses, only getting two of them wrong isn't all that bad ...
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Here is the quiz. 14th on the leaderboard isn't so embarrassing when I remember how few answers I had even heard of!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I can't believe I guessed correctly. And it was guessing.
Posted by Patdys (# 9397) on
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Does a happy dance
Top of the leader board*
Does a happy dance
*yes I am the only competitor so far.
And no, I probably won't watch my steady decline as the cleverer people log on.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Back to 10/10 but only 4th out of 5!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Did my usual "forgetting it's against the clock" and still managed 40 seconds - I'd be amazing if I had a brain.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I guessed the last one, never having read it. I am currently tenth.
Posted by Jabber (# 9668) on
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I changed my mind one one question and shouldn't have - why don't I learn?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Back to 10/10 but although 43 seconds is quite good for me, it's rubbish compared to some ...
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
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I notice one question today came under the category "Female girls names"
What other sort of girls names are there?
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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At least I got them all right today...but how the heck do you do it so fast???
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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My thoughts precisely, Lucia.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I really fecking hate it when they ask your opinion about bad quizzes! This is an opinion, not a fact, and calls for a value judgement. I should have been seventh. The dumb shit who wrote the question, that piece of excrement, should be banned from writing any more. I could go on...
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
I really fecking hate it when they ask your opinion about bad quizzes! This is an opinion, not a fact, and calls for a value judgement. I should have been seventh. The dumb shit who wrote the question, that piece of excrement, should be banned from writing any more. I could go on...
Well, you've seen the answer, now you know what to do!
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Came in here to complain about this question.
Which I nonetheless managed to get right
Are some of you using shortcut keys to scroll between questions, or what?
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Eutychus:
Are some of you using shortcut keys to scroll between questions, or what?
Nope. They're just that good.
I'm not.
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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All correct - but ohhh so slow!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I should get extra points for not watching random sitcoms and films and sitting analysing the credits to memorise who was in them.
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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argh... the last science question got me...
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I didn't realize I knew so much about cats and so little about American TV shows! Aaaargh!
Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on
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Ah, I was being timed.
I got one question right, but for the wrong reason.
Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Eutychus:
Are some of you using shortcut keys to scroll between questions, or what?
I've nearly trained myself to ignore the heading for each question - which doesn't help you answer the question but takes time to read - but I'd still struggle to read the question fast enough to get close to the experts.
Next time I might reduce the width of my browser window. At the moment the I'm nearly turning my head to read it all - if I get it narrower perhaps I'll be able to take it in faster.
[ 14. January 2012, 22:58: Message edited by: Just Me ]
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
I didn't realize I knew so much about cats and so little about American TV shows! Aaaargh!
You being a 'Murcan, I can't tell you how much better that makes me feel.
Fecking American television questions ...
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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well, on the plus side, 30 seconds is my fastest time.
on the minus side, I guessed one incorrectly... which I have in the past guessed correctly... la la la!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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42 seconds - not bad by Captain Slow Piglet's standards.
Fifth place - I can live with that.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Foiled by a movie (accepted defeat graciously) and by a stupid stupid stupid question about stupid depends-on-your-point-of-view etiquette. And as for asking me which statement is factual about a mythical creature.... well, I rest my case. Some days this quiz is not worth the paper it's printed on. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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One day, Smudgie, you can devise your own quiz on the Ship. I predict lots of questions about penguins and the Isle of Wight ferry....
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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*mutter mutter mutter*
mythical bloody creatures...
*mutter mutter mutter*
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Second among the also-rans due to not carefully reading the thunder question.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Grrr, question 8, grrr.
Posted by Geneviève (# 9098) on
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Wow, I came in at #3 yesterday. Whee
I savor the thrill.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Not hugely fast, but hugely correct.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A moderate attempt on my return - I haven't seen the film in question since I was 7 years old so am not too surprised I got it wrong.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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That was a bit of a better score, once I forced myself to read the answers rather than just think "How should I know?"
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Finally back in the top ten: currently in fifth. It said the quiz was "harder". Harder than what - it was easy for me, though I did make an educated guess on the film question because I never saw it.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Whoop!
Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on
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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Still in 10th!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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No threat from me, Sir K - I never thought I'd regret the fact that I haven't seen Bambi.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Not first to go today so at the moment I am last.
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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well, a tad better today
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Yay, I'm 4th at the moment! My best placing ever...not that it will last for long.
Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on
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Get in!
Had never heard of the politician and guessed the actress. Got 10/10.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Guessed the actress (and got it right ) but spent too long thinking.
Tried to submit a correction for question 1 (which they always get wrong), but it told me I wasn't logged in, so I thought, "stuff that for a lark".
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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If it is the question I think it is, piglet, they are right - I thought they were wrong, too. One is the capital and the other is the seat of government - the status of the first is enshrined in their constitution.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Which question did you blow today Weasel?
Smug PeteC.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I'm obviously far too young to know the answer to some of those
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Yeah and how many Americans know how many stars are on the European Union flag? (Actually I don't know the answer to that either....)
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
I'm obviously far too young to know the answer to some of those
I'm not. Everything correct and quick enough for sixth!
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Wait, how am I still in first? Will someone (ahem, other AA) please come along and restore order to the world?
Posted by Antisocial Alto (# 13810) on
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Your world is in excellent order, AA number one- I couldn't beat you today! I got the pop music question wrong.
Now if I ever managed to beat you in Mafia... THEN the world would be seriously out of order.
Posted by Antisocial Alto (# 13810) on
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Whoops, here's the quiz.
Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on
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Last, which is the opposite of my status in the fitness race, I believe.
Yank stuff is not my specialist field.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm usually pretty rubbish at Yank stuff too, RW, but Lucky Guess Piglet was on sparkling form today.
Not fast, but definitely sparkling.
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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C'mon, c'mon, I wanna win one for once!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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AA, it's so much easier to just set your sights on mediocrity, like I do!
Posted by Patdys (# 9397) on
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the early bird has got the quiz (temporarily)
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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had been going swimmingly and then mis-clicked on the last question ack ack ackety ack
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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11th - I'm improving
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Faster than a speeding weasel ... just ...
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Boogie:
11th - I'm improving
Me too.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I'm in a draw for second. Yay!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Pathetic guessing tonight. I blame the lateness of the hour.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I nipped through the Bible quiz today but someone's network decided to take a tea break!
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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ah, perhaps the best tactic is not to watch as the quiz screen rolls onto the page and sit staring blankly into space... oops. Lesson learned is: 1st have cup of tea, then do quiz.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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So near and yet so far..... 2nd place. My best time ever though I think. Yay for bible questions!
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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In first now—but only because I payed attention to today's Gospel reading!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I missed Sunday's and I never finished dental school so I missed Q. 8 on Monday...
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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Danged fillums again!
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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dental question messed me up as well Sir K.
*shrugs*
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Was greatly aided by Lucky Guess Piglet on the dental question.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Yay! I am in a draw for first!
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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well... I'm not quite last... Utterly scunnered today, lol!!
Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on
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Last.
A quiz about Europe would help me. Saying that, I got two wrong with the biblical questions.
Well, that I am leading the fitness race, this quiz enables me to daily taste the taste of defeat.
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
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On one of the (many) questions I got wrong, the message with the answer said "Congratulations! You can not leave with less than {$1,000.} (No, I did not make up any of these names.)"
That's a very generous offer considering I got it wrong. Where do I claim my dosh?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
... aided by Lucky Guess Piglet on the dental question ...
Sadly, not so on the height of the parents of a tall bloke I'd never heard of.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Boy was I slow! However, I did beat our favourite Canadian.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'd have been faster I hadn't spent too long reading question 1.
I was faster than you though.
Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Rosa Winkel:
Last.
A quiz about Europe would help me. Saying that, I got two wrong with the biblical questions.
Well, that I am leading the fitness race, this quiz enables me to daily taste the taste of defeat.
It's God's way of enabling the Humility function.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Ya-Hoooooo Hennah ! Well done !
Posted by Hennah (# 9541) on
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Holy macaroni, I've won one.
Although, my time was actually exactly the same as AA's, so I'm not sure how that works... do you get extra credit for playing earlier? Or do they time it to fractions of a second? Either way, honourable draw, AA (but I'll take what I can get!)
Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on
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After our semi-final win, and having got 10/10, I'll have a bottle of getthefuckin.
Still in mid-table, though, but considering that most of the questions were Yank ones, I'm happy with myself.
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Hennah:
Holy macaroni, I've won one.
Although, my time was actually exactly the same as AA's, so I'm not sure how that works... do you get extra credit for playing earlier? Or do they time it to fractions of a second? Either way, honourable draw, AA (but I'll take what I can get!)
You get extra credit for playing earlier, I think.
Also, I'll take being confused for AA if it makes me feel better about my abysmal time.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I think I had a SNAFU (World War II shorthand, according to my late father who never cursed, for Situation Normal All Fouled Up) when I accidentally hit the back button and lost well over 30 seconds. Methinks I do better on the hard quizzes than on the ridiculously easy....
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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Messed up the first question ... strike out. c'est la vie.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I'm number 3!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Sir K - ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
I'm quite contented with being in the top 10 and being Not The Slowest To Get Them All Right.
Posted by Loveheart (# 12249) on
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Any questions about American sports' terminology do NOT come under the category "very easy"!
(edited to correct grammar; this has obviously wound me up so much that I can't string together a proper sentence!)
[ 27. January 2012, 07:35: Message edited by: Loveheart ]
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Here I was, ripping through the quiz in record time—and my Internet connection flakes on me.
JJ, you may catch me yet in the monthly rankings!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Young padawan, you are younger than me and probably hard to catch. But I am persistent!
Posted by Chelley (# 11322) on
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10/10 but son phoned at the exact moment I started the quiz so not good for the time!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Ninth!
Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Chelley:
10/10 but son phoned at the exact moment I started the quiz so not good for the time!
Get Caller ID, Chell
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Loveheart:
Any questions about American sports' terminology do NOT come under the category "very easy" ...
No, but they get guessed at, and sometimes correctly.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Only got 8 on Saturday. I count myself lucky. It could have been 5.
Damn Americocentric questions!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Pity I don't know anything about this shitty modern cowboy music except that it's mostly excremental! I could have been third with only 31 seconds taken...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 36 seconds and 6th place!
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Is it just me that gets a sense of déjà vu with some of the questions? Or is there just not that much trivia in the world to go round, in the end?
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I'm amazed I did better than somebody I know to have read theology at university. Currently in fourth!
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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I do not learn. Got same question wrong last time it came up...
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by joan knox:
I do not learn. Got same question wrong last time it came up...
Me neither.
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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Crew's Quiz
I'm sure the answer's changed on the one I got wrong!
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Note to self: prepositions at the ends of sentences can be very, very important, especially when they change the meaning of the question.
Whoops.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 34 seconds must be my best effort yet, especially on a Sunday.
Still only managed eighth place though.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Silly quiz took about 40 seconds to load then added all that time on to my score!
Posted by Patdys (# 9397) on
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beat 8555 seconds
Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on
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Looks as though the quiz server is having problems. I got an internal server error when I tried to play, and the scoreboard hasn't refreshed yet (after 5 minutes) so I don't know whether it has registered my attempt to play. Beware!
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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apparently 3536 seconds for me today...!
Now in last place... awesome
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Good to know that all our attempts to catch the person in front of us in the standings are getting frustrated!
*Shakes fist at Jedi Judy*
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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I can't access the quiz at all...
Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on
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I can't either. Been trying on and off since midday. 500 Internal Server Errors all the way.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by AristonAstuanax:
Good to know that all our attempts to catch the person in front of us in the standings are getting frustrated!
*Shakes fist at Jedi Judy*
*Bats eyes at Ariston and blows kisses*
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I need to emigrate to the UK sometime tomorrow afternoon: I missed the first question! Else I would have been fourth.
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Yes, it is odd to see someone with a time of two hours, 22 minutes, and 30 seconds on that list.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
I missed the first question! Else I would have been fourth ...
I'm delighted to keep the fourth-place spot warm for you, Sir K.
Lucky Guess Piglet was on v. good form today.
Posted by Sylvander (# 12857) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
I can't access the quiz at all...
Lucky you! I couldn't access my brain...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I had a bit of trouble in that department too, Sylvander. Lucky Guess Piglet was taking a snow-day.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Questions about a TV show I've only vaguely heard about and certainly never seen...
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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My thoughts precisely WW
Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on
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January's Jewels
63 players played during the month.
1. AntisocialAlto (805 points, 17 wins)
2. Caty (605 points, 1 wins)
3. Hennah (591 points, 3 wins)
4. Star (575 points, 0 wins)
5. jedijudy (492 points, 0 wins)
6. Jahlove (465 points, 4 wins)
7. Ariston (460 points, 2 wins)
8. Loveheart (412 points, 0 wins)
9. TreeBee (397 points, 0 wins)
10. Japes (378 points, 0 wins)
Shine on, you crazy diamonds
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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Probably the toughest 'Easy' quiz yet! I got 6 and I'm not last.
Posted by Geneviève (# 9098) on
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Is there a way, on the first of the month, to see the previous month's whole list? I tried, but could not seem to find a way.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Fudged me fruits. Darn.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Questions about a TV show I've only vaguely heard about and certainly never seen...
... and a game I've never heard of.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...and today has a mispelling on one of the questions that made it really difficult when I was trying to hurry through!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Oll Korrect!
wow! I did a major guess on Q1 though.... but it worked!
96 seconds has to be my personal best!
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Okay, one of those was helped considerably by something I picked up in my Hostly tenure.
No, seriously.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'm last out of 9 - will this be the day I finally finish in last place?
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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hmmm, the stop light question was just bizarre...
Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on
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quote:
Originally posted by AristonAstuanax:
Okay, one of those was helped considerably by something I picked up in my Hostly tenure.
No, seriously.
Was that the nose-picking one?
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
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Dear God, I know the quiz compilers are a puritanical lot, but they're even uptight about nose picking
Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on
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Spike,
You remind me of something that happened to one of our exchange students.
He is a big strapping boy from Greenland. We took him to our favorite hot wings joint one day. He was well warned about washing his hands at least three times before rubbing his eyes.
What I had forgotten is that there are fewer social prohibitions in Greenland about digital nasal mining.
He inserted finger and his whole face flushed. He went whooping and hollering to the bathroom.
I'd like to say I helped him out, but I was laughing too hard at the time.
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
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He's lucky it was his only his nose. It could have been a lot worse
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Feck me!!!!!!!!!!! I was slower than I thought anyway, but missing the one about nations just adds insult to injury...
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Spike:
Dear God, I know the quiz compilers are a puritanical lot, but they're even uptight about nose picking
There is a radio station that broadcasts in this market and they threatened to broadcast descriptions of cars in traffic where the drivers were picking their noses. It's OK in kindergarten, though I would still offer my pupil a Kleenex, though I haven't got that option on the road!
Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on
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Got Q1 right by being ignorant - correct answer was the only one I'd heard of anyway.
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Spike:
He's lucky it was his only his nose. It could have been a lot worse
Don't mention that. As a grower of scare-the-neighbor chiles, I know all too well what you're alluding to.
You only make that mistake once.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Realised the right answer to the one I got wrong just as I hit the "submit" button. Shame!
Posted by Kinetikat (# 16833) on
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Oh, Smudgers, surely you're not reduced to THAT twee little excuse...?!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Ahem... I do think that apprentices should treat their shipmates with a little more respect.
Posted by Kinetikat (# 16833) on
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Sorry, sorry, you're absolutely right. So are you going to sit around whingeing and coughing up phlegm ALL evening? Ma'am?
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Too slow to be in top ten, but I did recognize a question from an earlier quiz!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I think I did too, Sir K - and managed to get it right!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Kinetikat:
Sorry, sorry, you're absolutely right. So are you going to sit around whingeing and coughing up phlegm ALL evening? Ma'am?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
quote:
Originally posted by Kinetikat:
Sorry, sorry, you're absolutely right. So are you going to sit around whingeing and coughing up phlegm ALL evening? Ma'am?
Don't encourage her, Weasel. I get enough stick from you without a measly apprentice joining in.
I shall go now and blast you all out of the water on today's quiz...
[ 04. February 2012, 08:23: Message edited by: Smudgie ]
Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on
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US currency eke-names Fail
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Snuck into the top 10 (until Sir K. gets here, obviously ) and only 20 seconds slower than Antisocial Alto.
Can we give her a speeding ticket?
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Harder, my eye! I found it rather easy and I was fast two! SIngle digit place in the top ten...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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< What to do if you don't click the answer you are looking at.
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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OOOOH!! OOOH!!! I'm 1st, I'm 1st...
...
...
well, temporarily, but dangit, I'll enjoy it while it lasts
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Ah well, someone has to be last...
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Iiiiiiiiit's QUIZTIME!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Not quite top ten today, but I had a very lucky guess with the judge bloke.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Got the judge right, but missed one of the questions about Jonah. I was still too slow for the top ten anyway. Much better than my results on Sunday quizzes last year where I often struggled to get eight correct!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Got them all right Monday: wound up in seventh!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Faster than a weasel, slower than a knight.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'm in the lead, for a moment.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Not any more! I'm NUMBER ONE!
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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rats, got the battle question wrong... knew I should have clicked the other answer...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I got question 4 wrong but with some spectacularly good guessing I got the rest right.
Did it rather slowly though.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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...and Bess comes speeding down the pike.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Once again both first and last!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Fecking computer froze and made me take 70 seconds.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I am nearly too slow: uncomfortably and insecurely in ninth.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Wasted precious seconds trying to understand question 3.
Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on
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I was pretty pleased with myself with getting nine right in a fairly hard quiz. Was wondering where in the top half I would be.
Fucking bottom. That's where I am. Out of 34 people.
Posted by lily pad (# 11456) on
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Aww, gee, don't be so hard on yourself. I'm really glad you came along to play. Think happy thoughts. ![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif)
Lily Pad
Daily Quiz #33
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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oh dear, brain was in s l o w mode today
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I got that question wrong last time as well
Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on
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Fourth from top!
I'll be bottom by the end of the day.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Same here!
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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That's their idea of very easy?? Amazing I got 9 considering a number of those were guesses...
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Oh, I didn't need to guess at all ![[Angel]](graemlins/angel.gif)
(Believe that and you'll believe anything!)
Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Rosa Winkel:
Fourth from top!
I'll be bottom by the end of the day.
And lo and behold.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
Oh, I didn't need to guess at all
Rosa, why are you playing so badly? Are you like me and actually finding the 'harder' quizzes more straighforward?
Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on
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Indeed.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I quite often find the "very easy" ones harder than the "harder" ones - it depends on how Americo-centric they are.
Not today though - snuck into the top 10.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Back to 10/10 but still slow.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Good for you!
Posted by Patdys (# 9397) on
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Finally a competitive time. woo hoo
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Fourth for now: missed two questions.
Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on
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10/10 today.
Seventh. That'll do. Would be higher if it wasn't for alphabetic order.
The German history question was taking the piss. Still, some more on European history would be nice
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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two hunches right, so currently third...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I did a Smudgie, and changed a correct answer to the wrong one. Oh Well.
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Once again, the Ship makes me smart: if it weren't for IF and Liberty, I wouldn't have known one of them.
Also: 21 seconds?!?!?!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Guessed the film question correctly!
Thought about it for too long.
Ariston, you're right - 21 seconds is indecent.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I got 10/10 on the Bible today. I beat Weasel. Even Smudgie beat Weasel!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
I got 10/10 on the Bible today. I beat Weasel. Even Smudgie beat Weasel!
ahem!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Note to self: when pages take a long time to load, don't do the Quiz! Wait until 'puter and internetz are cooperating.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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@#?£ ! I missed two questions and was slow to boot! I feel bad as I read the entire Bible several years ago - this was my worst Sunday result in weeks...
Posted by Sylvander (# 12857) on
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It was one of those days where guessed correctly without even understanding the question. That is most satisfactory.
Posted by Loveheart (# 12249) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Sylvander:
It was one of those days where guessed correctly without even understanding the question. That is most satisfactory.
Same here, guessed the strange American product question. Never heard of it. Filed for future use though!
Posted by Hennah (# 9541) on
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American radio, American TV, haven't a hope... *sigh*
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Scottish expressions, obscure American radio from long before my time . . . you're not alone.
Posted by Robin (# 71) on
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I've just discovered what happens if you're interrupted while doing the quiz, so you kill your browser and then start again half an hour later
(in case anyone thought I was spending all that time Googling the answers).
Robin
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I am Scot-Irish, as well as having visited Scotland and from the US, but I still am surprised to be 3rd at this late date.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Dead easy on Wednesday
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I agree, possibly the first time I have ever found an "easy" quiz easy!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Temporarily in the lead, but as I thought my time quite slow I'm sure I won't be there for long. Still, it's been a cheery few moments in my otherwise dull existance
Posted by Sylvander (# 12857) on
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If there is a reverse correlation between results in the quiz and the dullness of life, I blush to think of the excitements lying ahead of me today
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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Thought I'd join in.
Note to self: in a timed quiz, don't waste time reading the category headings for each question.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by AristonAstuanax:
Iiiiiiiiit's QUIZTIME!
And again!
Welcome, Marvin! Yes; skip words, cheat, go fast! Just don't expect to beat Antisocial Alto too frequently.
Posted by Antisocial Alto (# 13810) on
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Yes, my fast clicky finger is awesome! Look upon my radio buttons, ye mighty, and despair!
(But seriously, I envy/admire you denizens who are good at limericks and Mafia and the other Circus games that require some creativity. Being quick at multiple choice questions isn't very useful once you're out of school.)
Posted by Hennah (# 9541) on
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Aww, shoulda done it this morning!
Also I need a proper mouse, I reckon this touch paddy thingy adds a good few seconds to my time. If I get one, AA, I'm coming after you.
Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on
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welcome to the er, light side, Marvin. We has pablum.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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In spite of the UK question, I got them all right. However my placement was miserable, unlike my friend and compatriot JediJudy, likely because I was half-listening to the 4 O'clock Show on Radio 4e instead of answering at warp speed as she and her colleagues did!
For some odd reason, my score is always superior on the 'harder' quizzes.... As it was yesterday....
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I got 10/10 by changing a wrong answer for a right one but spent too long thinking about it.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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For a while I was top with just 8 points, now I am bottom ![[Waterworks]](graemlins/bawling.gif)
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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It took me four reads of the fourth question to work out what on earth they were on about.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I am tempted to make a comment about the attention spans, etc. of our aquatic avian friends but given my score today I'll think I'll leave it for another time.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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A bit quicker than yesterday. This is good.
And yes, question 4 was a bit... weird.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Could this be the day I actually end up last? At last?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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shines fingernails
Temporarily in first!
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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well... I'm not utterly last...nearly, but not...
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Damn it all! I had to click the bloody thing three times, else I would have been ninth or tenth...
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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I suppose this is not the time to say, 'It's only a game?' ![[Devil]](graemlins/devil.gif)
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Perhaps not...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Chorister:
I suppose this is not the time to say, 'It's only a game?'
I'm not sure that expression ever applies to the Crew's Quiz. ![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Woohoo! I'm still last - only another 3.5 hours to go!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Top of a list with 3 on it!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Top of a list with 3 on it!
Mwahahahahahahahaha
Not sure I agree at all with one of the questions. All depends on your point of view. I hate motor sports.
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Top of a list with 3 on it!
Mwahahahahahahahaha
Not sure I agree at all with one of the questions. All depends on your point of view. I hate motor sports.
Though, of course, the last question doesn't actually have his real name—which is one of those wonderful Victorian names only an Oxford don could ever wear well.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Ah, that wasn't the question I was thinking of.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Well, I managed dead last yesterday to prove how very stoopid the quiz is.
Today I hit 10/10 again and am in a tie with Pingu!
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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I do loathe questions that rely on a matter of opinion rather than fact.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Aaargh! In a four-way draw for fourteenth place....
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
... In a four-way draw for fourteenth place....
Not any more.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Saturday's quiz was dead easy. So, at this point, why am I the only one with all correct?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Erm, because only sad people know the middle names of dead political has-beens?
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Actually because I read his obituary carefully, so I could be sure the old bastard was dead.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
... only sad people know the middle names of dead political has-beens ...
... and lucky piglets guess them correctly.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Bother - it's refusing to submit my answers... I suspect I may have a long time!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Yup, even longer than Pete - who is nearly as old as you-know-who!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Yes, I realised I confused the two...
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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22 seconds? 22 seconds??!!! that's just unnatural...!
*ahem*
Jolly well played
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Too right, JK - I thought my 10/10 in 40 seconds might have been moderately good on a Sunday but it only got me to 13th place.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Editing the sentence in the final question slowed me down a wee bit, but I'm still in the top two!
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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Ooh, second by a second. Well, until someone comes along and does it even faster...
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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Why... tell me why I do not learn to trust my first hunch, but instead feel the need to go back and change what would have been the correct answer to an incorrect answer...?
Also, while we're at at: tell me why I don't like Mondays?
Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on
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I am Mr. mid-table.
I guess this is what it is like to support the Villa.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Hey, I can empathize: yesterday my Spurs had a nil-nil draw against bloody Stevenage! That's ninety minutes wasted that I'll never get back.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Never mind, Sir K. - I support Ipswich Town. Anyway, when the Really Big Teams™ play little squitty teams in the FA Cup they tend to field a team made up of their cleaning-ladies, as they don't think it matters.
As if that wasn't bad enough, I've just snuck in front of you on the leader-board.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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What the heck is overeasy???
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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It is a fried egg which is very carefully turned over after cooking so that it is yolk side down. It has been cooked for the minimum amount of time required as opposed to over medium which is what my wife and I prefer in the US.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I win, I win, I win.
Well, at least until someone else plays today - what a disgracefully pathetic score. I hate it when my mind says "Noooo... you've put the wrong answer....." just as my finger hits the "submit" button.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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You were already 4th before I played, Pingu - and then I got the first 10/10 for the day - terrible time but there you go!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Damned if I know how I got them all today! It was sheer guesswork on at least 4 of them!
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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Guessed one wrong. Guessed a few others right.
But what the hell - I came in the top ten yesterday! Celebration tyme
Posted by MiceElf (# 4389) on
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I got a 10!!!!
I've hugged the cat and kissed the postman.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I changed my answer on number four and got it wrong; I never read the book about Badger and Mole and Q3 was shite!
This is the worst and most unfair quiz I have ever taken. Now I know how the British feel when faced with obscure questions about US culture and television. I knew about the TV one because I actually saw Bill Hanna years ago and I was a big fan of his cartoons, though I declined to purchase a cel from the gallery where we met. He did sign the invitation, though.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Our fun quiz!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I think the easy ones are more difficult than the harder ones: I dithered too much!
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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good lord I got the 'math' related question correct... wonder of wonders!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Too Effing Slow!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Me too, Sir K - and I was a whole second faster than you ...
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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What the ever-lovin' hell was question 8 about? I guessed right, but even now I know the answer I don't have a clue what it means.
Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on
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If it was the one about what to say to the quiz writers, I imagine that they catch quite a lot of crap from the Crew here over how they do the quizzes.
I think the quiz is generally fun. I usually do OK, even as I appear to have a reaction time twice as slow (or more) than some of you. But, I don't take it seriously. It is, after all, just a meaningless pass time. At least from some of the public reactions on this thread though, some folks take it quite personally when they don't do well for some reason or another. I an only imagine the private communication about the quiz.
If I guess correctly, some folks need to have a long hard look at what they think is important enough in life to be insulting to someone who is trying to provide them with an amusing pass time for free.
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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I don't think Marvin was insulting anyone, rather that he was expressing bewilderment as I was. I guessed, got it wrong, but didn't understand it.
Anyone who has ever compiled a quiz knows that now and again someone either misunderstands or simply disagrees with the answer on the card. We get precious little of the latter and it's not supposed to be Brain of Britain.
Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on
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I didn't direct the main body of the message to Marvin. he asked a question and I answered it.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Sharing Marvin's bewilderment. I got it right too, but by a fluke.
I'm also bewildered by pocket lint questions - we haven't had one of those for a while?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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According to my research, there are two possible answers to question 7. Trust me to choose the wrong one!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I've said it before but I'll say it again for Marvin's benefit as he's relatively new to the quiz: in the questions about how to do a quiz, the answer is always the one that crawls most sycophantically to the editors.
Wading through them doesn't half waste your time though.
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
What the ever-lovin' hell was question 8 about? I guessed right, but even now I know the answer I don't have a clue what it means.
Wait til you get the question about what to say to your date at the end of the evening.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Spike:
Wait til you get the question about what to say to your date at the end of the evening.
I can't wait...
(actually, is that the right answer? )
But I do find it ironic that the daily quiz I had the biggest problem with was the one that I finished in the highest position so far on - 5th!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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What horrible questions!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Top for a minute or two! Whoop!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
What horrible questions!
Glad to know I am not alone!
Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on
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I hope there's no relegation in this league.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Oh. My. Guessed two correctly. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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This quiz was obviously biased toward young and/or trendy women: to me and my wife the advert slogan "Maybe she's born with it" meant damn-all less than bloody nothing! Else I would have been temporarily fourth.... ![[Snore]](graemlins/snore.gif)
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
This quiz was obviously biased toward young and/or trendy women ...
How the hell did I manage to get 10/10 and fifth place then? ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
but ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
This quiz was obviously biased toward young and/or trendy women ...
How the hell did I manage to get 10/10 and fifth place then? but
The same way I got third: very good guesswork.
Well, okay. I knew the answer to SK's as soon as I saw it here (really now, the assonance gives it away, even if you've somehow never heard that tagline), but the two entertainment questions almost got me.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I can't read and I'm too slow!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It doesn't help when you know the answer but click the wrong button!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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No it doesn't: I have read the entire Bible so I should have gotten all of the questions right, but I didn't. I was a wee bit too slow to make it into the top 10 anyway...
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Look at me, hey hey -
Number two today!
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Gotta love the subtle Simpsons reference . . .
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I might just be last twice in ten days!!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Duff Guess Piglet was no help at all.
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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And now I'm being uncharitable enough to hope for the people below and above me in the standings to blow it so I can finish in second this month! Granted, I really doubt the latter's going to happen, but . . .
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I managed my two last places in 10 days and then today was back to 10/10!
Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on
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I'll have some of that.
Best performance ever.
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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w00t! 3 wild, but correct, guesses and 10/10... I may even be somewhere in the top 10 this month
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Two wild and wrong guesses for me.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Oh, Hell!
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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got me on the grammar question
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Two wild and wrong guesses for me.
Two earlier questions did me in, not the grammar one as my wife is an English teacher: I forgot where Transylvania is in the present day, having absent-mindedly changed the answer from right to wrong! The second missed question does not stick in my mind: it was likely something esoteric and problematic.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I was speaking about yesterday's quiz in the last post, of course.
Fourth place today! Speedy!
(Grammar question should not be missed by anyone over age eight who speaks English as a first language.)
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 today but really not awfully fast.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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Nobody else is allowed to play for the rest of today. Well, nobody who will be faster than 50 seconds anyway
Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on
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Leapyear Literators:
February 2012
64 players played during the month.
1. AntisocialAlto (896 points, 21 wins)
2. Ariston (593 points, 0 wins)
3. Star (545 points, 0 wins)
4. Caty (545 points, 0 wins)
5. ceesharp (478 points, 0 wins)
6. joanknox (470 points, 0 wins)
7. jedijudy (457 points, 0 wins)
8. Loveheart (443 points, 1 wins)
9. Jahlove (431 points, 2 wins)
10. TreeBee (424 points, 0 wins)
Jolly Good Show
Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on
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After one day of March's tournament I am fifth. Can we stop the month now, please?
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Aaaargh! Had I not absentmindedly missed one, I should have been insecurely in ninth. Once again, I find the very easy more difficult than the harder because it requires constant vigilance; whereas with the latter I can usually draw on my vast and diverse pool of knowledge and get all correct in a timely manner...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Faster than a speeding weasel ... just.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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What is a second between friends?
Answer: Too darned much!
![[Two face]](graemlins/scot_twoface.gif)
Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on
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Two 50-50 guesses. Both wrong.
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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Good Lord, currently 2nd with one incorrect?
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Third place thus far; failed the idiotic question about bad quizzes: guess I was too obsequious!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Sir K., dear, there is no such thing as being too obsequious to the editors.
There is, unfortunately, such a thing as mistaking the gender of a peculiarly-named offspring of a celebrity ...
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Reposted for your enjoyment!
Posted by Wm Dewy (# 16712) on
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So few got all the answers on the Bible Quiz. That's unusual for this lot.
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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I wonder if it's the same question we're all stumbling on?
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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I expect so!
Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on
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Pretty happy with that!
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Surprised "bad news" wasn't an option for the first question . . .
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
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Lucky guess about a jingle I've never heard of.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Unlucky guess about a jingle I've never heard of.
Posted by Loveheart (# 12249) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Spike:
Lucky guess about a jingle I've never heard of.
Whereas I made an unlucky guess about the same jingle i'd never heard of, about a product I'm never likely to buy.
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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ah yes, jingle question - slowed me down, so also wild, but happily correct guess
Posted by BessHiggs (# 15176) on
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And now I've got that jingle for an earworm. ARGH!
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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5th at the moment, maybe a new record for me!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Yay! I'm third and it'll likely stick.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Sorry Sir Kevin!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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As long as they put in questions about jingles from feckin' 'Murcan adverts*, you're in no danger from me.
Hmph.
* OK, I know that question's been asked before, but it was ages ago and my memory isn't what it used to be ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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piglet, you may only think your memory used to be better!
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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I know nothing about family curses. Curses.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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It's so frustrating, sometimes, being a wally. I mean to say, it was obvious that the answer I chose for one of the questions was a load of rubbish and still I didn't have the sense to choose the obvious correct answer.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Correct but just not fast enough...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Not entirely correct and not fast enough.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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I've never been to Mexico and I don't speak Spanish. Guess which question I got wrong today...
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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oops, misread the 'etiquette' question...
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Firmly in fifth, though I had to think about the last question for a few nanoseconds... I did know the meaning of the smaller word on the Mexican question, though I've no idea what the other word meant.
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
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A character I've never heard of from a show I've never heard of was apparently played by an actor I've never heard of whose brother is also an actor I've never heard of who played another character I've never heard of.
Posted by Helen-Eva (# 15025) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Spike:
A character I've never heard of from a show I've never heard of was apparently played by an actor I've never heard of whose brother is also an actor I've never heard of who played another character I've never heard of.
Me too. And yet I got it right. How did that happen?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
I've never been to Mexico and I don't speak Spanish. Guess which question I got wrong today...
Neither have I, but Lucky Guess Piglet was on my side ...
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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wild guesses on the geography and farming questions...
Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on
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I don't know enough about rusty farmyard implements!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Marginally in the top ten: shall I stay? I only know the colour scheme of John Deere farming machines because I once did a trade show for them...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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With a bit of help from Lucky Guess Piglet I managed to scramble a bit further up the leader-board than I've been for a while.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I didn't think that 10/10 in 45 seconds would butter very many parsnips on a Very Easy day.
13th place - I was right.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Nope. Should have gotten through that in 30 seconds...
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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Am momentarily first - w00t! Will bask in glory ... well while it lasts
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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My scanty knowledge of Aussie slang let me down.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Only missed two on Bible quiz...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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My knowledge of the more esoteric bits of the Old Testament is rubbish.
Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on
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quote:
Originally posted by The Rogue:
After one day of March's tournament I am fifth. Can we stop the month now, please?
Slipping down to tenth. Come on, guys, March was a good month but surely it's worth starting April early!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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In tenth: I wonder if it will hold out!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Eighth: that was easy! Of course, I do know a bit about horses: I have been riding since I was eight.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Lucky Guess Piglet was on good form today - 10/10 and 10th place (for now ...)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Beaten by PeteC - oh the shame!!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Light-years too bloody slow: I much prefer the harder quizzes!
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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well, had never heard of that particular saying - where's it from?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Enjoying a momentary second place!
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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quote:
Originally posted by joan knox:
well, had never heard of that particular saying - where's it from?
I'd never heard it either, but just thinking about what usually goes into both gave the answer.
Not that I like to think too hard about it.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Aaargh - it failed to score my first answer, which was correct!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by joan knox:
well, had never heard of that particular saying - where's it from?
I changed a right answer into a wrong one on that, because I thought too much about how the question had been worded.
brainless piglet
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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10th place so far but until Antisocial Alto and Sir Kevin have played, I'm not counting any chickens ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I beat Weasel again!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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In a draw for first! I beat almost everybody!
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Once more, with feeling!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Third place!
Only a second behind Japes and Sir K. too.
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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I won!! Second time I've managed it.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I may not have beaten many people today but I have beaten PeteC by a question and 50 seconds! One of those questions I get wrong in the same way every time - hopefully I will remember better next time.
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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swithered over the 'suffering' question...
Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on
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I think the Orthodox would disagree about one question there.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Not last.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Do not do quiz whilst watching Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy - just don't.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Yeah well, American sports players was never really going to be my strong point....
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Yay! I'm in fourth. The toothbrush question was silly, but I got it after considering two different answers.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Ninth place - contented piglet.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I am number one today, thus far though I failed the question about trees. This won't last, will it?
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Nope.
No idea how I got the last one, though.
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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I also failed on the tree front...
Posted by Antisocial Alto (# 13810) on
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Got the trees, missed the actors. (Really, *he* won an Oscar?)
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Antisocial Alto:
Got the trees, missed the actors. (Really, *he* won an Oscar?)
Me too.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Got the trees and the actors; missed question 1.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Fourth and fast!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Tenth and quite fast but not as fast as him ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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First, for the moment - that's the advantage of living here where the switchover is at 11:50.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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Damn you, Alto - I thought I had that one sewn up
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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There's a reason why I only ever bother to try and come in second every month.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Last place is what happens when you shut down the game to take a phone call from some idiot in India who wants to extort more money from you just so you can see English football and HBO !
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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When I saw your placing I thought you must have been the victim of a massive technological brain-fart ... ![[Help]](graemlins/help.gif)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'm first and other folks have played, too!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I'm first and other folks have played, too!
Oh, my dear weasel, I am soooooooooooooooo sorry
(Incidentally, by "other folks", did you by any chance mean "Pete"?"
[ 24. March 2012, 08:25: Message edited by: Smudgie ]
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I stuttered on the Man of the Year question, but then I remembered that it had come up before and I got it right. I also took too much time on another question: I should have been faster! One of the worst scores with all correct...
{corrected to note that I was not as slow as I thought}
[ 24. March 2012, 18:42: Message edited by: Sir Kevin ]
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Okay, wow. So much for me trying to beat Custard and get back into second . . .
That just . . . wow. I think that may be my worst performance ever. Good luck, everyone. This one's fun.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Guessed one wrong, changed one from correct to incorrect. I usually bank on Sundays to keep my score semi-respectable. I shall now have to go and snivel in a corner.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I, on the other hand, am rarely respectable at all.
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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argh... last question wrong, got mixed up wi' me letters, like.
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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quote:
Originally posted by joan knox:
argh... last question wrong, got mixed up wi' me letters, like.
Me too! One day, I'll remember the correct letter.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Couple of inspired guesses, a couple not quite so inspired ...
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I'm surprised Jahlove didn't get all correct.
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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Celebrity's childrens names?? I barely know who the celebs are, so how can I know there childrens names!
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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YAY! YAY! I'm temporarily 1st. The joy in my cup runneth over...but probably not for very long given how slow I was today.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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How the hell am I supposed to know actress's daughters names? The two actresses in question aren't even big stars anymore!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by The Weeder:
Celebrity's childrens names?? I barely know who the celebs are, so how can I know there childrens names!
Do what I do, Weeder dear: guess.*.
Second place!
* Actually, I think we've had that question before; I guessed that time, and vaguely remembered this time.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Sorry, piglet! It's been a while since I've been this close to the top.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I changed one answer five times before settling on the wrong one. Needless to say, my first choice would have been correct. So as a result I have a lower score and a slower time. That'll teach me not to be indecisive... or will it?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
...That'll teach me not to be indecisive... or will it?
Erm, I'm not sure.
At least I beat you today, first time for about a week!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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It won't make you feel any better, Smudgie, but I changed the right answer to the wrong one in the cartoon question.
Hmph²
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Yay! I'm in ninth! We saw the film!
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Right, I've secured first spot for the second day running - at least temporarily.
Today I'd like to stay there, please.
Thank you.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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10/10 in 42 seconds, one of my fastest times ever - and I am only 3rd out of 4!!
Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on
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I'd like to say that my times are long because people keep interrupting me.
Sadly, that is not true.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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In a three-way draw for eleventh...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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My gosh! Only 2nd last of the all corrects! I feel elevated.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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@Weasel:
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I would have categorized today's as VERY easy. It is helpful sometimes to be middle-aged and knowledgeable about US films though... In fourth now: would have been better but I had to hit the 'submit' button three times!
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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rats, got my colours mixed up
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Quiz fun again!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Lucky Guess Piglet snuffles into the top 10.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Not me: I was too slow and scared of making an idiot's mistake.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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13th place - 44 seconds wasn't a bad time for Captain Slow Piglet.
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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well...that sucked...
subjective 'toppings' question and wild and incorrect guess on 'inventions' kinda destroyed me today
*picks up coat, walks to the end of the queue*
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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I can not get in! My pass word is not being recognised!
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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oops- my fault!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by joan knox:
... subjective 'toppings' question ...
Absolutely - not on any potatoes I've ever eaten.
![[Projectile]](graemlins/puke2.gif)
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Oh the suspense . . .
21 points today and I'm in second for the month (you know, Real Person First). 19 and custard beats me.
It all came down to this.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Phew - at least the first quiz of the month was on a Sunday this time. It'd be nice if all of the quizzes this month were on a Sunday.
Posted by Wm Dewy (# 16712) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
It'd be nice if all of the quizzes this month were on a Sunday.
A month of Sundays! Oh, the Glory!
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Wm Dewy:
quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
It'd be nice if all of the quizzes this month were on a Sunday.
A month of Sundays! Oh, the Glory!
Oh the pain. I'd never score ever again!
Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on
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Marvellous Marchers:
57 players played during the month.
1. AntisocialAlto (833 points, 20 wins)
2. Ariston (574 points, 1 wins)
3. custard (571 points, 4 wins)
4. Star (517 points, 0 wins)
5. jedijudy (482 points, 0 wins)
6. Gussie (465 points, 0 wins)
7. Loveheart (437 points, 1 wins)
8. joanknox (399 points, 0 wins)
9. TheRogue (396 points, 0 wins)
10. ceesharp (348 points, 0 wins)
well done, all our not-so-April Fools
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm sometimes quite good on a Sunday. Today wasn't one of those times.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Another disastrous Sunday with the Bible!
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
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A lucky guess about spiders has put me (temporarily) in first place!
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
Another disastrous Sunday with the Bible!
This would make quite an intriguing sig.
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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ack, geography phail
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I did like Smudgie; changed a right answer for the wrong one.
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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26 seconds, 10/10.
I Have No Idea How I Did That.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
I did like Smudgie; changed a right answer for the wrong one.
I changed a wrong answer for another wrong one. Unfortunately two wrongs don't make a right ...
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I'm number one!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
I did like Smudgie
I hope you still do - certainly my score today gives you nothing to dislike
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Considering how much Timmy's™ I drink, I'm mortally embarrassed that I didn't get the coffee question right. Mind you, I've never heard that expression for coffee, so it's no wonder really ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
I did like Smudgie
I hope you still do - certainly my score today gives you nothing to dislike
I always like my co-SoFA founder(s)!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Sometimes the quiz turns into a lottery. Amazing just how many Americans I've never heard of.
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
Sometimes the quiz turns into a lottery. Amazing just how many Americans I've never heard of.
Agreed. Today I just guessed lucky...
[what a diabolically constructed sentence]
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Third!
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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quote:
Originally posted by joan knox:
quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
Sometimes the quiz turns into a lottery. Amazing just how many Americans I've never heard of.
Agreed. Today I just guessed lucky...
[what a diabolically constructed sentence]
Same here . . .
Oh, and Sir K: fixed that for ya!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Sixth place and in less than twice Antisocial Alto's time!
Happy piglet.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I've just realised I am only 518 FT bucks away from buying my own aircraft carrier - where can I invade when I get it?
Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on
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I'd say some island in the Caribbean. Should be easy to win and there are lots of beaches.
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Absolutely nothing, once I get my submarine!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I've just realised I am only 518 FT bucks away from buying my own aircraft carrier - where can I invade when I get it?
How about somewhere cold for a change? Iceland? Newfoundland?
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Sixth here.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I've just realised I am only 518 FT bucks away from buying my own aircraft carrier - where can I invade when I get it?
How about somewhere cold for a change? Iceland? Newfoundland?
BRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!
I don't do cold, if I can help it. A Caribbean island sounds more fun, or Tahiti!
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Suddenly remembered—with 19 minutes left!—that I hadn't taken today's quiz.
Sometimes, mild panic helps your time.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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My first 10/10 for a little while but in my usual abysmal time!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Bloody movies!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I managed to remember it from a previous quiz otherwise I might well have failed on that one, too. I hate movie questions!
Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Bloody movies!
Couldn't agree more! Very easy general knowledge if you're a film buff.
I managed 10/10 but only with 1 lucky guess and one that took me ages before I decided it was probably right. I knew one of the film questions though.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Bloody movies!
Yea and amen, Pete.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Aaaarghhhhh! I dithered over Cinderella for what must have been about twenty seconds and ruined my time...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I beat Weasel again in total answered. One of the easiest quizzes in a long time!
Just to remind everyone to brush up on Easter symbolism and stories for Sunday's set
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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bother, I never really was a cunning linguist...
Posted by Yam-uk (# 12791) on
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Debut quiz entry - 9/10 in 59 secs
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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O Yam, Yam, Yam dear...you'll do much worse than that, hon. I guarantee it. Don't mistake this quiz for a test of your IQ, or meaningful info stored in your brayne. Wait til you get a lint question. Or a date etiquette question. And please don't feel compelled to report your score every day. Just a few tips from a poor player (me).
Have fun.
Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on
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That's more like it - I can answer those ones.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Got question 1 wrong - remember them both, watched neither.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Aaargh - fire and television both wrong, else I would have been third: I usually do well in the harder quizzes....
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Please to enjoy.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A truly abysmal score!
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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*grins at Curious1*
hehehehe, right back at ya re. being beaten
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 47 seconds on a Sunday. Happy Easter!
Speeding ticket for Custard.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I read the Bible all the way through quite a few years ago and apparently I've forgotten quite a few bits: not slow but hilariously inaccurate.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'm not the first to play but I am first for the moment!
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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nothing like a glorious crash and burn to keep you 'umble like... ooops!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
... not slow but hilariously inaccurate.
That's me today - 44 seconds is quite good for me but 8/10 sort of isn't ...
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Dunno my rodents from my marsupials: no wonder I failed biology at university! Missed another one also...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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First to play again so last place already.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Not hugely fast but hugely correct - and in the top 10 until Sir Kevin gets here ...
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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missed top ten by a second
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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How could I get 10/10 in 44 seconds and still only be in 24th place?????
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A second behind the penguin!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Mwahahahahahaha.... a penguin on roller skates
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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The Amish beard one got me- I thought all Amish men had beards! There was a Reality TV programme here in the UK, involving a swap of British and Amish young people, and all the Amish boys had beards. I think!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A spelling mistake in today's quiz but the correction bit won't work - ah well, no matter.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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It doesn't exactly make for speedy quizzing, using the laptop while a cat is using your lap top.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
It doesn't exactly make for speedy quizzing, using the laptop while a cat is using your lap top.
You still beat me by 10 seconds!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
It doesn't exactly make for speedy quizzing, using the laptop while a cat is using your lap top.
Neither does a stupid long grammar question that takes ages to read.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A lucky guess there on the singer question!
Played first so first for a minute.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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A lucky guess on the singer, too... and a faster guess than the weasel... makes me a happy penguin for the day. I may not be first, but I'm not last either
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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*sigh*
No lucky guess for me. Had no idea about the singer.
There's never a question about Bach. Why is that?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I had a lucky guess with the singer too, but my, was I slow.
Not quite as slow as the weasel though ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ah well, as Eartha Kitt sang "An Englishman needs time..."
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Okay, at least one of those has two possible answers, depending on how you look at it.
I, of course, picked the wrong one.
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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Argh, overlooked one of the questions accidentally... does 9 out of 9 count?
Ah, no, I guessed not.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Third place for now: I like it when you have to think a bit!
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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Today was a bit of a poser. Lots of guess work, so I take no credit for my score. It could have been zero!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The sad thing is that Pete is in transit sans computer so he won't be along to make us all look better!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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You don't need Pete to make you look better - I'll do that today.
I hate it when I change a correct random guess to a wrong random guess.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gloriously last at the moment!
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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I must speed up!
Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on
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I actually won yesterday's game. Not sure how.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Lucky Guess Piglet was on my side today.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
A truly abysmal score!
Same here: I missed the bloody Batman question and I was slow!
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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First attempt in months. 10 in 54 for an easy quiz, but it's a start.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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11th place and 47 seconds will do nicely.
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Strange, I thought both spellings were acceptable in America . . .
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Didn't take time to consult a calendar!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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What the hell is Pop Rocks candy?
I'm going to be on shore leave for the next week or so - have fun while I'm away.
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
What the hell is Pop Rocks candy?
Really fun stuff if you're 10—it looks like bits of colored gravel, but, when you put it in your mouth, it fizzes and pops! Sure it has a bit of flavor, but feeling stuff jump around in your mouth and shooting of bits and pieces is pretty cool.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The movie question delayed me a bit, but I guessed right, then the internet had a nap whilst processing my answers!
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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quote:
Originally posted by AristonAstuanax:
Really fun stuff if you're 10
And pop rocks (or space dust as we call it in the UK) is still fun if you are 43, especially when dropped in a fresh pint of fizzy lager to discourage the non-real-ale-drinkers in the group...
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Bob Two-Owls:
quote:
Originally posted by AristonAstuanax:
Really fun stuff if you're 10
And pop rocks (or space dust as we call it in the UK) is still fun if you are 43, especially when dropped in a fresh pint of fizzy lager to discourage the non-real-ale-drinkers in the group...
![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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16x34 really slowed me down today
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Me too: then I remembered what it was! I always take special care on the very easy ones so as not to bobble an answer and get a bad score! Solidly enough in ninth...
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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*scratches head*
might someone explain in words of one syllable the architectural question??
*shrugs*
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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I guess it came from a quiz where it made sense, as it had pics or more words up the page.
Posted by lily pad (# 11456) on
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If it is the one I am thinking of, the heading to the question was relevant and provided the only real clue to the correct answer.
Edited to add the link to the quiz seeing as we're on a new page.
[ 21. April 2012, 14:37: Message edited by: lily pad ]
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Got them all right, but have no idea how!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
Got them all right, but have no idea how!
Me, too! I had two pure guesses!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Even before I clicked to finish the Bible quiz I knew it was going to be a bad score.
I'm surprised it wasn't worse!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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So am I
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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this little light of mine... is lit with the wrong stuff, apparently... ack!
Posted by Geneviève (# 9098) on
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Well, I should have known the one I missed. Dang.
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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Thwarted by films, again.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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The law of averages suggested that eventually I should get all my guesses right - today it finally happened.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I hate movie questions and apparently I am not good at answers to an unanswerable question.
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Just as I congratulate myself on a lucky guess or two, I noticed I got dumb and didn't look twice at the answer I got wrong.
Whoops.
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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At last, a place in the day's standings that actually survives the final scoring
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The modem decided to disconnect itself halfway through doing the quiz!
I still got one wrong all on my own without any help.
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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oh good grief...
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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Held the top five for the day so far, my best showing in many a moon. I guess I'll be down to 11th by midnight though...
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Solidly in third. It wouldn't even let me take the quiz yesterday as it was very late, though not past midnight.
For yesterday, read "Monday".
[ 25. April 2012, 00:37: Message edited by: Sir Kevin ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Well, at least I was accurate.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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At least I was accurate and faster than a weasel. That'll do me for today.
Some of those questions..... I had to read them twice because I simply didn't believe what I was reading!
Posted by MiceElf (# 4389) on
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Not faster than a speeding penguin, but better than yesterdays dismal score.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Who are all these singers?
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Question number five was malarkey. Sadly, I've heard part of that horrible "song" and for some unknown reason, I knew the name of the singer! It's even worse than the tripe I was hearing at work by Lady Gaga last night. Had I re-read Q5, I would have taken too long and missed the top ten anyway. I prefer "difficult" to "average": the questions are more intelligent!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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*whew*
Guessed the music one correctly.
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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So you're saying that quiz was Toxic? All you can say is "Oops, I Did It Again?"
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Now that was pretty nifty this morning.
Trouble is, I get the distinct impression that my second place in 37 seconds is not going to look so impressive once the board starts to fill. Still, I will bask in my glory (and ignore the fact that Japes beat me by one second for first place )
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Damn! Took too long but I would have felt a right idiot if I'd gotten one wrong... It was too bloody easy and required extensive proofreading.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Not terribly fast, but completely correct.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I've not done the quiz yet but feel I must make a disparaging statement about penguins being top of the table - what is the world coming to?
If we're not careful they'll want voting rights next!
It's the thin end of the wedge, I tell you.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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First time I've been described as "thin" in a long time.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...and WW leaps into first place!
[Having been the only one to play so far may influence the joy that accompanies the announcement.]
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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And Smudgie leaps into last place!
Serves me right for being too flippin' cocky to read the questions properly.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 due to the agencies of Lucky Guess Piglet.
Did anyone understand question 10? Answers on a postcard please.
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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It comes from a quiz about a buried treasure I'd never heard of before.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I managed to get them all right, but it wouldn't tabulate my answers! No way I was answering questions for seventy-five seconds: you lot know I am never that slow...
Posted by Custard (# 5402) on
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Well, that was a close finish to April!
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Indeed! I was watching you and Other AA have at each other all month—and it comes down to two points!
That was a barn-burner for sure!
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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Curse my colleague who walked in to ask a stupid question while I was halfway through today's quiz! He cost me about a minute!
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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Had to make a few blind guesses today, so down went my score!
Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on
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And April's Awesomely Alliterative Adepts Are:
54 players played during the month.
1. custard (719 points, 11 wins)
2. AntisocialAlto (717 points, 13 wins)
3. Ariston (578 points, 1 wins)
4. ceesharp (529 points, 1 wins)
5. jedijudy (456 points, 0 wins)
6. Loveheart (416 points, 0 wins)
7. TheRogue (409 points, 1 wins)
8. Marvin_the_Martian (391 points, 0 wins)
9. Star (389 points, 1 wins)
10. Gussie (355 points, 0 wins)
Big round of applause to all who played with an extra cheer for canny custard
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I thought hard about the Jack Nicholson film, changed the answer and got it correct! Currently in ninth...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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feckin' 'Murcan sport questions
Can you tell I'm not very pleased?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I really do know the square root of bugger-all about movies - and I like that about myself.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I know what you mean. Half of the ones I get wrong I feel no shame in not knowing.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I got 10/10 in 47 seconds including questions about American film and television and still only managed 15th place.
Hmph.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Apparently I am unversed in air travel history...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Once again, perfectly correct but not perfectly speedy.
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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In at first place for the first time ever! I'll give it ten minutes ...
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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The milkmaids did for me today.
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
The milkmaids did for me today.
I've been to barn dances too .....
Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on
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Video games from 2002
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I don't care what year it came from, I guessed it correctly.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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For goodness' sake, Smudgie, read the blinkin' question!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Hello? Hello! Good Morning! How are you this fine day?
Enjoy your quiz!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
What he said.
In my defence, how the hell am I supposed to know who was in the feckin' Mickey Mouse Club?
Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on
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*face/palm*
went for speed over accuracy... well that was not clever!
Posted by Gussie (# 12271) on
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Ooh second place for the month so far. I've managed 10 out of 10 every day - must be a record for me.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Gussie:
Ooh second place for the month so far. I've managed 10 out of 10 every day - must be a record for me.
Braggart!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Silly me, and here I thought the film started a good actress!
Posted by Grits (# 4169) on
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Finally getting the hang of this...
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Gradually losing the hang of this methinks.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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!@#$%&* film questions.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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That's what I meant to say, but I couldn't spell " !@#$%&* !"
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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Thank you quiz...I have been trying to think what those little plastic things were for the last six months. One of those bits of trivia only ever useful in a quiz.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Ninth today: was hard but fun!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm right behind you, Sir K - with the help of Lucky Guess Piglet I got the film question right!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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God bless my little cotton socks and vague folk memory.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Apparently I've already played today so my answers couldn't be accepted.
Own up, who is my sock puppet?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Poor TB - that's annoying. Did you play very late yesterday?
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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The submit button didn't work for me today. Some gremlins I think.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Poor TB - that's annoying. Did you play very late yesterday?
Not really, about 9. Was very strange.
Managed to play OK today, but had never heard of that expedition and guessed wrongly.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Slid into a draw for seventh with AA.
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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I did not like todays quiz at all! Trivia all the way....
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I liked it quite a lot.
10/10 in less than twice Antisocial Alto's time = happy piglet.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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TOO FECKING SLOW!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Woohoo - first (but probably not last) 10/10 of the day. Not a brilliant time, but it was definitely worth re-reading that question!
*little celebratory dance accompanied by resolution not to look at this thread again until tomorrow so that the speedy/accurate hordes don't burst my bubble*
Posted by Gussie (# 12271) on
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I always seem to do better on the 'harder' rather than the easier quizzes.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Me too!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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And me - sixth place!
Posted by Chorister (# 473) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
*little celebratory dance accompanied by resolution not to look at this thread again until tomorrow so that the speedy/accurate hordes don't burst my bubble*
Chorister tries to imagine what a penguin doing a little celebratory dance would look like - no idea, but I bet it's rather cute.
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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My lowest ever score!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm truly rubbish at the Old Testament.* Maybe I should listen more carefully to the First Lesson ...
* despite the fact that I regularly get unpronounceable bits of it to read in church.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I'd have been in eighth had I not missed the third or fourth question! 9/10 on Sunday is good for me...
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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Damn gremlins again, it said I gave no answer for the last question when I clearly had an answer marked when I hit submit...
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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In response to question #2: Thunder Up.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Feckin' American netball questions.
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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If it makes you feel any better, piglet, the team in that question hasn't existed for over five years. Yes, I knew the answer they wanted, but seriously, to have a question that comically out-of-date still entering the rotation?
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Lucky guess on last question, but it cost me too much time.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by AristonAstuanax:
If it makes you feel any better, piglet, the team in that question hasn't existed for over five years ...
Thanks for the thought, AA, but if I'm honest, it wouldn't make any difference ...
Much better today: Lucky Guess Piglet got the film question right and whizzed into 6th place.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I would have thought that the answer to Q8 was An Arizona desert
Good luck with picking the Pizza question gave me 10 but with my usual abysmal timings.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Bloody hell! I too missed the royals! Would have been too slow for top ten anyway. Is there any honour in being second among non-finishers, i.e. off by one question?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I actually changed a wrong answer to a right one today!
I thought about it for far too long, but still ...
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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10/10 in 44 seconds has got to be one of my better scores - especially without the use of a mouse - but I'm sure I'll soon be blasted out of my position in first place. I just have to hope that I'm also blasted out of my position in last place.
May I just comment - isn't it quiet here without the Weasel?
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Morbidly quiet, Pingu. There are some who would wish to take up mouse on his behalf, however.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I expect he'll be back quite soon - he said over in AS that he was on his way home.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'm back and still abysmally slow!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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You're one whole second less abysmal than me, Weasel, but welcome back anyway.
Lucky Guess Piglet was on very good form today.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Thank you, ma'am - not too bad a result today, currently second place out of eight. At least I seem to have remembered the answer to the question that always bugs me.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Dear Smudgie - I hope you and The Boy had a good weekend away but did you really have to spoil the effect by beating me at the quiz?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
... I seem to have remembered the answer to
the question that always bugs me.
Unlike me - I suspect it may be the same one - this time I didn't remember it.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I know almost nothing about movies - and it shows!
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I know almost nothing about movies - and it shows!
My problem too- American teen movies in particular. Lowest score ever today, because all my movie guesses were wrong.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Play away!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I changed my answer in the Carrie question from the right one to the wrong one.
Bugger.
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
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Lucky guess today about a comedian I've never heard of and a TV show I've never heard of that apparently he appears in.
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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Dear me, how could I get the World War 2 question wrong... I know it all happened before I was born, and my parents were but pre-school children, but even so...
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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I can not get in to the quiz at the moment. Feel very put out- I must be addicted!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It loaded for me but I only got 9/10 - and a lousy time from spending too long reading the questions.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Japes:
Dear me, how could I get the World War 2 question wrong...
My best friend used to date a Franco-American lady born on that day and my dad fought in that war, so I could never forget it.
I like the harder quizzes: I generally do well on them and I am solidly in third at the moment.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I'm sooooooo depressed.
Two I should have known but didn't. Only one I feel no shame whatsoever for not knowing. But 7/10 - shameful! Even the Weasel beat me.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Forget the Weasel, little one. Even I beat you!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Spike:
Lucky guess today about a comedian I've never heard of and a TV show I've never heard of that apparently he appears in.
Unlucky guess ditto ditto ditto ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Forget the Weasel, little one. Even I beat you!
Ooooh, the shame!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Just barely in ninth. I am always wary of trick questions on the easy ones!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I managed to sidle into 10th, but bearing in mind some of my recent performances that makes me a v. happy piglet.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Currently in 1st place, nobody else has played yet, but probably about to be overtaken.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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The trouble with these very easy quizzes is that I waste ages re-reading the question because I can't believe they can be quite so inane! Seriously, I'm not quite sure how I got such a slow time as I thought I was comparatively speedy (comparing it to usual, not to other people who are always faster with the trigger finger than I am). But I'm content. I'm not competitive. No, really, I'm not.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
...I'm not competitive. No, really, I'm not.
That a good thing with tiny little legs, webbed feet and flipper type wings!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
...I'm not competitive. No, really, I'm not.
That a good thing with tiny little legs, webbed feet and flipper type wings!
Yes, but they're the best little legs, webbed feet and flipper type wings in the entire universe
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I changed a wrong answer to a right one! And I'm only behind the Penguin because she played before I did ...
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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....know nuffing 'bout pirates!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Moderately pathetic.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
Play away! [/URL]
Excuse me, but are you encouraging shipmates to infidelity?
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
Play away! [/URL]
Excuse me, but are you encouraging shipmates to infidelity?
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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Duhhh! A really daft mistake!
Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on
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Hah! I've never guessed that one correctly before!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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DS, I suspect you're talking about the one I didn't guess correctly. Obscure Old Testament families have never been my strong point ...
Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on
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That'd be the one. Every time I try to commit it to memory I end up playing that fizz-buzz counting game in my head.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I am not a dancer, else I should have been in sixth place!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Neither am I, but I managed 7th.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Wow! That was a tough one today.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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No, that was not skill, that was one very lucky guess I made!!!!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Lucky Guess Piglet has been replaced by Completely Useless Piglet.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...but at least it took you less time to be completely useless than it took me.
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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It's not every day that simply getting every question right, time be damned, gives you a finish in the top three.
Perhaps I should have googled a few of those questions after all . . .
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Back to 10/10 - but still slow!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Answer to question 6 today is easy (and correct), unless you are a teenager, then there are several other choices.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Low man in a three-way draw for sixth...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Answer to question 6 today is easy (and correct), unless you are a teenager, then there are several other choices.
So true,Uncle Pete!
Again changed the right answer for the wrong one! When will I ever learn?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Just scraped into the top 10 behind Spike, Deckhand and Sir K.
Could be worse ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Bloody teenage type moving pictures!
Although I got one right because it has shown up so often that my Granny would tick the right box.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Lucky guess achieved by not even reading the answers. Why should I care when their birthday is? They never send me a card!
Typical that the one day I whizz and have a meagre chance of getting in the top ten is the day I start the quiz going before picking the laptop up. I always forget it's against the clock from the moment you click play!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Who are these people whose birthday I am supposed to know?
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Famous actors all, Pete! I don't know why I dithered over that question so long: I knew that two of them were born in our lifetimes...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 37 seconds may be my best performance ever, and got me into 10th place.
Only 11 seconds behind Antisocial Alto too ...
PS Don't worry, AA, I'm unlikely to manage a repeat performance for a while.
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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A really rubbish score for me today! I had to guess on so many, and got them all wrong!
Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on
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May's Marvels:
52 players played during the month.
1. AntisocialAlto (860 points, 23 wins)
2. ceesharp (555 points, 1 wins)
3. Ariston (506 points, 2 wins)
4. Star (488 points, 2 wins)
5. Marvin_the_Martian (427 points, 0 wins)
6. Gussie (423 points, 0 wins)
7. jedijudy (412 points, 0 wins)
8. Loveheart (405 points, 0 wins)
9. TheRogue (348 points, 0 wins)
10. Bob_Two_Owls (340 points, 0 wins)
Sorry for delay. Well done all!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A completely pathetic performance!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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One lucky guess, one unlucky; I'm not a Trekkist. Not often you'd make 12th place with 9/10 in 69 seconds though ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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No. 1 tripped me this Sunday. And I should have known better.
At least I beat Weasel!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Golly! I'm still first!!
That's not happened for quite a while.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Golly! I'm still first!!
You wouldn't have been, if I'd picked the right feckin' judge ...
Here we go again ...
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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You're saying you misjudged?
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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How did I do that?
A lucky guess on the filum one.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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One rubbish guess and one guess changed from correct to incorrect on a whim.... I'm doooooomed.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Due to Pond Difference I always get the question at number 9 today wrong!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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There is a song that mentions an item in question number nine. I almost missed a question: glad I didn't go back to change anything!
In top five as of this writing.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I don't play chess, and I obviously didn't read the right children's books.*
* I've read The House at Pooh Corner; what other children's books matter?
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Daft and slow: changed my answer on number one to the wrong one and got the stupid answer to another one...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Eighth place; if I'd got the right American president (and why would I? ) I'd have been in fourth.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Lucky Guess Piglet was on good form today, but kept out of the top ten by Captain Slow Piglet ...
[ 07. June 2012, 01:50: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Whereas I, to my huge astonishment, am still in the top 10!!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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On to a new day and American TV shows are NOT my forte
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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You and me both, weasel! You and me both.
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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I know nothing about American TV
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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May I join in the "we hate American TV" chorus?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Oh, my. Three lucky guesses.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Easy enough but SO slow!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
May I join in the "we hate American TV" chorus?
The only American TV we watch with any regularity is Jeopardy and the national news, though I do have HBO and sporadically watch their series such as Veep. Other than the Simpsons, I never watch sitcoms anymore: they are almost universally awful. That said, we do need to catch up on House by watching the recordings...
Both of the televisions are currently off and I am listening to BBC Radio 6 on the computer: Lauren Laverne is playing reggae.
Currently in third place here.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Jeopardy is addictive, isn't it? It doesn't really count though as the host's Canadian.*
By the way, I've just nudged you into eighth place. I could say I'm sorry, but it would be a lie.
* not that Canadian TV's that much better ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Well, that was a very forgettable attempt!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I got one wrong - as I expected. The problem is that the wrong one I got wasn't the one I was expecting to get wrong.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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Oh my God, I won one!
I actually won one!
*ahem*
Marvellous.
Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on
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And you are leading today. Are you challenging for the title this month, Marvin?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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That would have been a cracker of an attempt if only I had not forgotten it was against the clock and stopped to watch my Smudgelet playing with a remote control helicopter mid-quiz.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Go, you Marvin!
I had a bad case of the slows today. Perhaps because I cleaned the whole house before playing?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I had a lucky guess on one question (having changed my answer twice ) but as usual I was b*ggered by the 'Murcan telly question.
Hmph, and again I say, hmph.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A Certain Canadian pinged me in IM in the middle of the quiz hence the slow time!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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That, dear Weasel, is an excuse rather than a reason. I mean, you usually manage to ignore him the rest of the time
Posted by Wm Dewy (# 16712) on
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I hate it when I change an answer when my first guess was right.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
That, dear Weasel, is an excuse rather than a reason. I mean, you usually manage to ignore him the rest of the time
Don't we all!
Out of sight, out of mind - bliss!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
A Certain Canadian pinged me in IM in the middle of the quiz hence the slow time!
Yeah, yeah ... with excuses like that you should become a Formula 1 racing-driver.
I'm hacked off because I had a really good time (by Piglet standards) but I got one of the prophets wrong.
PS What on earth does "pinged me in IM" mean?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
...PS What on earth does "pinged me in IM" mean?
Sorry, piglet - it means he tried to start a conversation with me in Instant Messenger.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Thank you, WW - am now a somewhat enlightened piglet.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Actors, tv shows! All my downfall!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pete, you've put me off already and I haven't even opened the quiz yet!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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9/10 - not bad, it could have been a lot worse.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Feck that US actress and bloody chemistry questions!
Posted by Anselmina (# 3032) on
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I don't know the colour of UPS vans - so shoot me!
And what are protons anyway?
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Who knows what protons are? I just remembered the answer from another quiz!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I changed the wrong actress from two shows I've never watched to the right actress in two shows I've never watched and got catapulted into 5th place.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I've never read The Maltese Falcon. Bugger.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A long delay from clicking for the quiz to it arriving does NOT help my time!
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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I clicked against the wrong answer for one question by mistake. Otherwise I would have scored a 10. Ah well.....
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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Meh.. I though my logical answer was a much better one than the given answer for the question I got wrong.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
A long delay from clicking for the quiz to it arriving does NOT help my time!
You were still faster than me ... by a whole second!
Be proud. Be very proud.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Japes:
Meh.. I though my logical answer was a much better one than the given answer for the question I got wrong.
I think I was using the same logic as you, Japes.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Squeaked into ninth because I read carefully and didn't guess.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I didn't think 43 seconds would get me very far up the board on a Very Easy day.
13th was probably better than I'd hoped.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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They say it is "HARDER" but one question was so pathetically simple that I had to read it a couple of times to make sure there wasn't a catch thus losing valuable time!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Bloody albums!
Top of page
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I got the album right (Lucky Guess Piglet strikes again) but I got the sport one wrong.
I'm never going to get Canadian citizenship at this rate ...
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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"Great" moments in quiztaking: one of the questions reappears later. I miss one, not the other.
Whoops.
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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Lesson learned today - do not do the quiz before one, if not two, cups of coffee have been drunk. Brain obviously does not function without caffeine.
Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on
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quote:
Originally posted by AristonAstuanax:
"Great" moments in quiztaking: one of the questions reappears later. I miss one, not the other.
Whoops.
Weird - so did I. I didn't answer the second one at all.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Thanks to the sundry brainfarts of some of my rivals, I'm in third place.
On a Sunday.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Two lucky guesses gives me 10/10 - I'm amazed!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Just sign me:
Gobsmacked on a Monday morning
10/10 in 80 (yes,80!) seconds. And Fluffy the Bunny even pooped on the right song answer!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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A hesitation of camels, more like!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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How about a bollocks of American television shows?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ah well, 9/10 is better than it might have been.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Foiled by one bad guess and one silly mistake - phoeey!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Joy reigneth in the PeteC household this Tuesday! Ok, I might have taken longer, but I got them all right!
Eat my dust, Smudgie!
You, too, Weasel!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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How could I forget Michael J. Fox's disease?
My mother died from it at age eighty! ![[Tear]](graemlins/tear.gif)
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Joy reigneth in the PeteC household this Tuesday! ...
Well done Pete!
Chez Piglet is also Quite Pleased. Further
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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At least I'm back to 10/10.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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At least I'm back to 10/10. And ooh, look, I'm faster than a weasel too. PeteC... look to your laurels.
(Doubtless some speedy smartalec will go whizzing past me into the lead within minutes, but I like to enjoy my moments of glory seeing as they're so few and far between).
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Hi there!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Precisely.
(See, I was right again )
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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I knew I'd given up on this for a reason - I'm so damn slow on this laptop
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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And the answer was given in another question!
You twit!
Don't worry, I'll be back soon!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
And the answer was given in another question!
You twit!
Don't worry, I'll be back soon!
Tomorrow, probably, and I'll beat you again
Posted by Anselmina (# 3032) on
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I'm not giving anything away when I say that Popeye didn't live in any of those places where I grew up. Still got 10 out of 10.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I was temporarily in ninth place until the bloody software failed to record the correct answer on the last question!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I tried to submit a correction for question 10 (their answer is no longer strictly correct) but it told me I had to be logged in. How the **** did they think I did the quiz if I wasn't logged in?
20th place today, which is nothing to write home about, although I was faster than a certain weasel ...
... just.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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All would have been well if I had ever watched a television series which apparently ended some years ago.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Haven't played for a while so happy enough to be in 5th so far today! No doubt I shall have plummeted down the rankings before the day is over....
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Yay! I squeaked into ninth!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I've snuck into 10th.
Sir K., I hate to burst your bubble, but you're now 12th ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Very easy - if you like movies, and can remember obscure sporting data from a decade before (Fluffy helped here, though).
Last until next Thursday, you lot. Off and away!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
Yay! I squeaked into ninth!
Again!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Argh. I really did know the answer to that.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I didn't, but I didn't make a very intelligent (or lucky) guess.
I don't actually know if we're both talking about the same question ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A perfect 10/10 and a usual pathetic timing but I'll blame that on my convalescence - possibly for the next several years!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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My general knowledge was failed by my lack of common sense this morning. Who but me would be stupid enough to pick up their breakfast bowl in one hand, spoon in the other, and then click on "play game"?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Don't complain, so far you are 1st out of 8.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Had I not made a not-lucky guess on the idiotic cow question, I should have been in fourth place! I am not getting older and I'm not getting better....
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Lucky Guess Piglet trots merrily into 7th place.
"Average" must be my forte ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Well, at least I was quicker than yesterday.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Slow with faulty guess-power - not a winning combination.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Good to have a hard quiz for a change....firmly in seventh.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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11th today - Lucky Guess Piglet on good form.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Still slow!
re yesterday and Smudgiekins - remember the last shall be first and the first, last.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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In the top ten with 60 seconds on an "easy" day - I'm not complaining!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I hate it when I change my mind at the last minute and delete a correct answer.
Just like Smudgie.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Ah, but she didn't make that mistake this time
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Just you wait, Henry Higgins, just you wait!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I was surprised to make it into the top nine: I don't know much about gambling so the dice question was just a lucky guess!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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How should I know what the feckin' 'Murcans do with their criminals?
More to the point, why should I care?
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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Share and enjoy. Share and enjoy.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Too slow: we are having issues with the remote-control mouse.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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You have a remote-control mouse? Maybe you need a cat ...
I see we're back to those infuriating "crawl to the quiz-masters" questions.
Hmph.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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8/10 and SLOW - no prizes for me today.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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A wrong guess because I thought the answer couldn't be that obvious and a wrong guess because I am totally ignorant of American TV programmes for some strange reason. Still, could have been worse. Could have got 8/10 and been slooooooooow.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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A less Americo-centric quiz would be nice once in a while.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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But just want to add I beat Weasel and Pingu this AM, even if my time was equal to both of theirs, nearly!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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We'll be back!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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It's nice to let the old boy get a fleeting taste of victory now and again, isn't it?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Oh, well. A guess that was completely wrong.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
... I am totally ignorant of American TV programmes ...
You and me both, Pingu.
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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It's okay, even Google couldn't come up with a good answer to that one in a timely manner. Yes, I tried.
Posted by Loveheart (# 12249) on
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Unfair! I completed 1 bible quiz, then it told me the questions had changed since I started the quiz, so it gave me another quiz! Then I got one wrong and it obviously added the 2 times together! Waah!
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
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Hmm. Same question twice in the same quiz. Is that to give you a second chance in case you get it wrong the first time?
[ 01. July 2012, 11:19: Message edited by: Spike ]
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Plenty of accuracy, just not enough speed.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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10/10 on 2 consecutive days - what did you get yesterday Smudgie?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
10/10 on 2 consecutive days - what did you get yesterday Smudgie?
I got.. er... distracted. That's what I got!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I liked the last one: we honeymooned there many years ago when the place had a different administration...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Squeaked in ahead of the Weasel, by a whisker.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Knew the right answer, ticked the wrong box - no points for that one!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Well, I beat Smudgie, anyway in number of questions right. It wasn't difficult to do this.
I actually learnt something new from question 10. I'll be ready next time.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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[secret aside to Pete]Do you realise, Pete, that WE BOTH beat Smudgie today - that is you and me BOTH scored more than her!
Mind you, it's not that unusual is it?[/secret aside to Pete]
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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[secrit message to Weasel] [/secrit message to Weasel]
[ 03. July 2012, 11:28: Message edited by: PeteC ]
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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[not so secret message to the above two candidates for the "let's offend" thread]
[/not so secret message to the above two candidates for the "let's offend" thread]
Some games are attributable to pure skill, others to pure luck, some to a combination of the two. Today's was clearly pure luck
Posted by lily pad (# 11456) on
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I cannot play. It is forbidden.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by lily pad:
I cannot play. It is forbidden.
The bribe worked then?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
[not so secret message to the above two candidates for the "let's offend" thread]
[/not so secret message to the above two candidates for the "let's offend" thread]
Some games are attributable to pure skill, others to pure luck, some to a combination of the two. Today's was clearly pure luck
Pete, do you get the idea that someone is listening to our private conversations?
Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on
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June's Jazzies
48 players played during the month.
1. AntisocialAlto (736 points, 21 wins)
2. Ariston (486 points, 0 wins)
3. indianwells (466 points, 3 wins)
4. Gussie (454 points, 0 wins)
5. ceesharp (402 points, 1 wins)
6. Star (394 points, 0 wins)
7. jedijudy (383 points, 1 wins)
8. Smudgie2 (351 points, 0 wins)
9. TheRogue (345 points, 1 wins)
10. Loveheart (326 points, 1 wins)
Well done - keep on truckin'
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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WOOHOOOOOOO! First time in the top ten.
Posted by lily pad (# 11456) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
quote:
Originally posted by lily pad:
I cannot play. It is forbidden.
The bribe worked then?
It must have. I still can't get in. Forbidden in both unofficial languages - Explorer and Firefox.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I changed my original answers on the film question and the marsupial question from right to wrong! Why did I do that???? I usually excel on the harder quizzes...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ooooh! I'm in First Place - I'm in First Place!
If nobody else plays all day I'll win!
It's great being first to play.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Welease Woderick, keep enjoying first place.
And I wish I knew a way of making this laptop mouse pad faster to use on that quiz. I keep losing where I am and flying back up the page unless I play very slowly and steadily. I use that mouse pad to draw and photoedit so it's not as if I haven't had a lot of practice using it. Grrrr.
Posted by MiceElf (# 4389) on
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Oh YaY oh YaY....... Spins happily.
Opens the window to shout it out... I'm First!!!!
But only until the next player plays.
Posted by MiceElf (# 4389) on
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See! I knew it wouldn't last
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Lucky Guess Piglet was on good form today. Unfortunately, so were 11 people who were faster than she was. And that's before Antisocial Alto and Sir Kev have played.
Maybe as they're 'Murcans, they'll be taking the day off, or watching the fireworks, or whatever it is they do on the Fourth of July ...
Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on
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We celebrate America by blowing up bits of it.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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In a three-way draw for tenth, Piglet!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pete, I see we both beat you-know-who again yesterday - shall I PM you the answers so we can do it again today?
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Hurries off to check mailbox
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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How did I do that? Thanks weasel!
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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I know nothing about American geography- would have got 10 out of 10 if I did!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Bloody Hell! Thwarted again! ![[Votive]](graemlins/votive.gif)
Posted by Snags (# 15351) on
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Woo-hoo! Just discovered this. Can't get my head around the having to do it quickly, though. And lucked out on a couple of guesses, it must be said.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I'm sure I got all ten questions but I got caught in the maintenance vortex. God knows what my time will be like, but I'll be stuck in last place time wise for sure.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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The upside is I got to do the quiz again
My time sucked though: 2864 seconds. Even for me that's pathetic.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
I'm sure I got all ten questions but I got caught in the maintenance vortex. God knows what my time will be like, but I'll be stuck in last place time wise for sure.
Yeah, sure we believe you
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Memo to self: Piglet, next time you get a question about two people you've never heard of on a 'Murcan television show you've never watched, try the obvious answer - it's the right one.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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9/10's not bad when you consider six of them were guesses! I knew I ought to watch more trashy films and television.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'm amazed I got 9/10, too.
That is 2 days running Smudgie has beaten Pete and I and it's Sunday tomorrow!
Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on
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First time I've played and I got 77 seconds!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Here's the quiz...
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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A nice difficult one, with room for educated guesses puts me in the top five!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
... educated guesses ...
Unfortunately one of mine wasn't. The rest were though ...
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Have I ever mentioned how much I like Sundays?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I don't mind Sundays BUT I don't like it when the internet has a conniption just as I try to load the quiz!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Oh look!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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, Pingu,
I managed seventh place despite getting Nahor's sons wrong, again.*
* probably differently wrong from the last time I got them wrong ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Congratulations Smudgie!
...and thanks to Pete for his "support"
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Ten on ten on Monday with a sheer blind lucky guess in the actors' kids name category. Who cares about these things?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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That was one speedy weasel this morning. Come on, admit it, who's been feeding him caffeine?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Ooooh, second place. At least right now!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
That was one speedy weasel this morning ...
... and an equally speedy piglet, but the weasel gets Chronogeographical Precedence™.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Regular service has resumed today.
Who watches plays?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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ME!!
Or I used to when I lived elsewhere.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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19th...not good enough
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Oh look, I beat Smudgie again!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Slotted firmly in seventh. I could have been faster, but I knew all the answers.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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I didn't. Three I had no idea about at all and guessed wrongly.
Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on
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Distinctly respectable - even if the decathlon one was a bit of a guess.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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It was for me also.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Bloody filums! I hovered between two actors - all for naught, as neither were correct!
Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on
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It was the bone question that got me. Don't know my femur from my tibia!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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The questions took a lot of reading this morning. But one lucky guess and a couple of obscure trinkets of knowledge helped to compensate a little.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Starbug:
It was the bone question that got me. Don't know my femur from my tibia!
Trust me. You would know if you ever broke your femur.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Too slow and too wrong for top ten: I have only seen two Dolly Parton films. The answer was not among them as they were Little Whorehouse with tickets comped for us by the producers in return for market research and 9 to 5 which I worked on when it became a touring Broadway musical. The only film I ever saw about a beauty shop was Beauty Shop...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Spent too long reading the "crawl to the quiz-masters" question.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Damn! Must recount bones. Amazingly I guessed right about the Whitbread Cup, though I did remember it was a beer from my first visit to the UK...
Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on
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Woohoo! I'm fourth in the table!
*dances a slightly embarrassing jig*
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I like your sig - that's from 3 Men in a Boat, the funniest book I've ever read, isn't it? I have a first edition that's well over a hundred years old....
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones....
Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on
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I coulda been a contender - if I knew anything about boxing.
Think I'm getting quicker though.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 41 seconds and sixth place - - if three earlier players* hadn't got the same score I'd have been in third ...
* YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE ...
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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The one time I'm anywhere near being in the top ten and I have to go on holiday for a week!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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You could always send Smudgelet on his own.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I think the score from Indian Wells (another native Californian?) jinxed me!
Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on
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Rats - stoopid mistake.
Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
I like your sig - that's from 3 Men in a Boat, the funniest book I've ever read, isn't it? I have a first edition that's well over a hundred years old....
Yes, it's one of my favourite books. My favourite bits are the inconsiderate courtship of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn and J's consternation that he doesn't have Housemaid's Knee.
Got two wrong in today's quiz. Drat and double drat!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I hates obscure filums, I does, I does!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pete, you are not alone!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Lucky and educated guess on a film I'd never seen propelled me into a higher place than I've had lately....
Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on
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Ninth place! I made it into the top ten!!!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Sorry to burst your bubble, Starbug, but I'm in ninth now ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Golly, I'm first on Tuesday.
Basks briefly in glory
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sorry Pete, you have been usurped - but I will be in my turn very soon!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Not even 15 minutes of fame!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I thought you were famous wherever you went!
...or is the better word 'notorious'?
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I can live with notorious...
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I'M NUMBER ONE!
Posted by Paddy O'Furniture (# 12953) on
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I hate being slightly dyslexic! I read the question about George W. Bush incorrectly and thought it was about his father, George Senior. Dammit to hell!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Click this way...
Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on
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Fifth! I'm FIFTH!!!
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Paddy O'Furniture:
I hate being slightly dyslexic! I read the question about George W. Bush incorrectly and thought it was about his father, George Senior. Dammit to hell!
Thanks for the clue in advance of playing! I still got it wrong though.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm in 7th place, just behind Pearlie - casting pearls before piglets?
Where I come from, KAOS stands for Kirkwall Amateur Operatic Society, of which I was once a member.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Only 9 points but first to play so I'm in the lead!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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And a big thank you to Pete for supporting us all so ably today
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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12th place isn't too bad on an Easy day - I'm never going to keep up with the speed-merchants ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I notice Starbug isn't boasting today. Bless her heart!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Note to Self:
Daydreaming whilst doing the quiz does NOT improve my time!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I think there is plenty of evidence on this website to disprove the answer to the second question!
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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I am 6th! Must be my highest ranking so far.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Ninth here, just barely!
I really dithered on the fingernail question for no good reason, but I got it right though I was just fast enough to avoid relegation!
I still like the surly answers best!
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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I was obviously traumatised by Bambi as a small child and all memory of it wiped from my brain.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Not quite in the top ten, but faster than a speeding weasel and a Knight of the Realm ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sadly I think weasels, or at least this one, can at most manage an amble!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Lots of lucky guesses - but 10/10!!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Hours later, you're still the only one with 10. Doubtless, there will be other sad sacks later in the day.
I hates filums. Without a couple of lucky guesses I would have been even lower on the pecking order.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Wow, that quiz is seriously bad news if I'm second with 8/10, knowing nothing about fillums either. And after yesterday when I didn't click on something I knew trying for speed ....
Posted by Antisocial Alto (# 13810) on
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Huh, I had forgotten there were any breakages in that fairy tale.
Posted by Paddy O'Furniture (# 12953) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Spike:
quote:
Originally posted by Paddy O'Furniture:
I hate being slightly dyslexic! I read the question about George W. Bush incorrectly and thought it was about his father, George Senior. Dammit to hell!
Thanks for the clue in advance of playing! I still got it wrong though.
Ooops! Damn, sorry about that! Not only do I have A.D.D. but I blurt out things I'm not supposed to!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I had a couple of v. lucky guesses and a couple of not-so-lucky ones, but I'm in 10th place, which is just fine.
P.S. WW -
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
...P.S. WW -
If I win I assure I shall be embarrassed as it will only be by default - knowledge played no part in it at all!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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What a pity Smudgie missed me winning the day - I shall have to be sure to tell her, I'm sure she'll be delighted.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Stunned, more like.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Got the tabernacle question wrong - if I hadn't I'd have been in fourth place.
Nearly put the right answer too ...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I had a couple of lucky guesses and one unlucky one, and I took far too long thinking about all of them ...
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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Relieved to get all right as it was an easy one...
[ 25. July 2012, 10:05: Message edited by: The Weeder ]
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Bother it. Read the question... knew the answer before I even got to the end of the question... answered... got it wrong.
Sometimes the end of the question holds the key!
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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Nine out of ten, on pure guesswork.
I am not American!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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In the lead when others have also scored 10/10 - this is not usual.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Bloody idiot quasi-medical questions! They are not even remotely factual and therefore have no place on this quiz! That said, I am mysteriously in top ten....
Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on
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Fourth place - wow!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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The one I got wrong wasn't even the one I thought I'd got wrong ...
Posted by Loveheart (# 12249) on
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quiz not loading for me...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I had the same problem at about the same time and then it cleared - no idea what was wrong.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I'm number four! Does that mean I know everything?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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No - it means you're an American.
If I'd known what they serve for breakfast in some ******* 'Murcan greasy-spoon chain I'd have been in the top ten.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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American TV show questions are not enjoyed here!
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Nope, not when there are quite a few of them - however when all the guesses work it's quite satisfying
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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I know very little about American culture, so it was guesswork all the way.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I've been riding horses since age eight, but I had to make an educated guess about television stars... finished well inside the top ten again!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I made it into eighth place with spectacularly lucky guessing on several subjects about which I know the square root of bugger-all.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pathetically easy - I managed 41 seconds but no doubt someone will come along and do it in under 20!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Pathetically easy - I managed 41 seconds but no doubt someone will come along and do it in under 20!
OK, so not exactly under 20, but I don't like to steal the thunder from those who are unused to being beaten.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Roy G. Biv helped me with one of the questions but slowed me down: should have finished in under 35 seconds!
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Pathetically easy - I managed 41 seconds but no doubt someone will come along and do it in under 20!
Close, but I was still four seconds over...
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Swanky know-it-all whippersnapper. I knew it all along, you're really only 14, aren't you?
Posted by Paddy O'Furniture (# 12953) on
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Grrrrrrr! I took too long to answer the questions... I think I thought I was filling out a civil service exam or something! I got all the answers correct but was way down in the list with my time. Hmmmph.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
Swanky know-it-all whippersnapper. I knew it all along, you're really only 14, aren't you?
14? Hah. Times it by two and a bit and you're there...
Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on
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July's Jugglers
53 players played during the month.
1. indianwells (510 points, 2 wins)
2. ceesharp (500 points, 0 wins)
3. barbara (499 points, 5 wins)
4. Marvin_the_Martian (465 points, 6 wins)
5. TreeBee (441 points, 1 wins)
6. TheRogue (418 points, 1 wins)
7. Gussie (418 points, 0 wins)
8. Loveheart (365 points, 0 wins)
9. AntisocialAlto (335 points, 9 wins)
10. sharkshooter (302 points, 0 wins)
Well done, all*
*who tf is indianwells?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Another new page already ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I really, really, really like this train wreck's definition of "famous couple". I just closed my eyes and clicked. It came up with three cherries.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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10/10 but no idea how!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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All correct, but in a draw for 11th....
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
I really, really, really like this train wreck's definition of "famous couple" ...
I think at the time they were quite well-known in certain circles ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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So were the Kray brothers!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Knowing the right answer and ticking the right box are quite unrelated!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Another internet blip on loading meant a lousy time but at least I got them all right.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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For some reason the wording of the first question didn't make sense to me, and I ended up changing the right answer for a wrong one.
Hmph.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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The trouble with the easier quizzes is that I sometimes lose time re-reading the question looking for the catch!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...and having the same question twice is such a regular occurrence these days.
Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on
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Having the same question twice in one quiz is the crew's quiz equivalent of scratching.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I like that!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The Quiz has gone missing again, at least over here - last time it was back in 20-30 minutes, so let's hope...
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
The trouble with the easier quizzes is that I sometimes lose time re-reading the question looking for the catch!
Me too!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I got the American-TV-show-which-I've-never-seen question right!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Yay! Seventh place!
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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Low score- my maths was at fault, and having to guess the American popular culture ones.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
Yay! Seventh place!
P.S. Who's Sybil?
Posted by Sylvander (# 12857) on
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Amazing. Been away so long and still not better than before...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Well, you managed to beat me!
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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I can not get in to the quiz! I am being asked for user name and passwords, but the system will not accept my ship names/password.
Odd.
Any ideas, anyone?
Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on
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You have to register separately for the quiz on the quiz website - it's nothing to do with the Ship beyond having a quiz set up for our use.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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How easy was that quiz today! Jeepers, we're all perfect 10s! But Pingu was loads faster than Weasel. And me at the bottom of the list of 10s, per usual.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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You know how slow the connection is here, Pete - I reckon that on average it takes 10 seconds for the quiz to load.
...and anyway I reckon Pingu has both youf on her side plus she gets more exercise/practice in chasing Poor Longsuffering Smudgelet round Smudgie Towers.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Very insecurely in the top ten! Would that I could have been faster...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Two lucky guesses. *whew!*
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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One good guess, one duff one.
I'll be even further from Jahlove's Top Ten than usual this month, as I'm heading off on holiday tomorrow for the rest of the month, and I probably won't be doing much Ship-surfing.
Be good while I'm away.
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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Have a good break, Piglet
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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10 out 0f 10, and my fastest time ever! I am in at number 3, until the really speedy people play!
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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Sorry, Weeder.
Posted by Sylvander (# 12857) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Be good while I'm away.
What??`If we all do a U-turn at once and then again when you return, it'll be mayhem. So I'll carry on as before if you permit.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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One wrong on Monday but that's pure blind luck.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Aaargh! Just missed the draw for tenth!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I am in tenth today. Was careful but not fast!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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And now it's just me trying to see how long I can hold off the Grumpy Soprano-with-Sheet-Music . . .
Seeing as I don't think either of us is exactly planning on screwing up, this could turn nasty.
[ 15. August 2012, 07:44: Message edited by: Ariston ]
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I was so careful with gems and with ladies' undergarments and shoes that I pissed away more than twenty seconds and thus face relegation!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Bloody Amurrrrican teevee shows!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Slowed down by mental argument with the question setter - honestly, it depends which part: just cos one answer's more obvious than the other, it doesn't mean the other's wrong.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Bloody Amurrrrican teevee shows!
Amen, Uncle Pete. You're above me in the list today!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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First, first and last - all at once!
Posted by Loveheart (# 12249) on
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Am off on hols this evening, so unlikely to be partaking for a while...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Yay! Changed a wrong answer for a right one.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Even with only 7 correct I was not the bottom of the heap this Sunday!
Curse you, Pingu!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Ack. This time changed a right answer for a wrong one.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Wow, under 85 seconds and just 2 seconds behind weasel on this Monday morning!
My cup runneth over...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Erm, I suggest you clean your specs and have another look at the times!
I know you are pretty much innumerate but when I was at school
82 - 60 = 22
but perhaps they hadn't completed the invention of number when you went to school...
...come to think of it they may not have invented school!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I shoulda knowed.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Resurrection of the Quizliks, with Peter Davidson.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Aaaand my State Department examinee knowledge of treaties gets me in trouble.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Good grief, I beat Smudgie!
How sad.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Didn't beat me today, though, did you?
I might even have come top of the leaderboard for a change if I hadn't forgotten I was going against the clock half way through and gone off into a daydream for a second or two. It's me age!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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GRRRRRR!
And you beat me again - you also played first which means I never headed the leader board today.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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It's no good knowing the answers if you don't click on them - grrr
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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One of my worst scores today.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Playing first at least I get to head the leaderboard for a few minutes.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Ooooh. Look. Fancy that.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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[Through gritted teeth]Congratulations![/Through gritted teeth]
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Oh phoeey. I should have been second if I hadn't clicked on the wrong answer of a question where the answer was blatently obvious. Idiot! As if that could have been the right answer!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Oh Smudgie, I am SO sorry!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Slow but sure today.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Changed a correct guess to an incorrect guess at the last moment.
If I'd left it be, I'd have been in second place instead of tenth (and sinking).
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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137 seconds - that'll teach me to try and do the quiz on a ******* laptop ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I went first so I am now enjoying my [all too brief] moment of glory.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Not fast but at least I was accurate - I even two pop questions right!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Normal service has been resumed - 11th place isn't bad considering I'm a bit out of practice.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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First again - for the moment!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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**** AA. I changed my name so nobody would confuse us anymore (okay, I'm the only one who confused us, but . . .), and you have to go and trounce me again?
It's not fair, it is!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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First place, first place
OK, so it was only cos I was first to play - I won't stay at the top for long with one error on that one. At least it was an error I am not ashamed to have made.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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OMG! OMG! OMG!
Not only did I beat the all knowing, annoying teeny tiny penguin, but I am actually first. With all correct!
basks in few seconds of glory
I've never been first in a group before.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Oh, did I mentioned blind, pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey luck with at least one of the questions?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Today I'm keeping my mouth shut!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Poor start to the month.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Today I'm keeping my mouth shut!
May the month continue as it started
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
Poor start to the month.
Me, too.
Yay, you, Uncle Pete!
Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on
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August's Asparagus Tips are:
Aug 12
53 players played during the month.
1. AntisocialAlto (680 points, 17 wins)
2. Ariston (658 points, 3 wins)
3. Star (599 points, 4 wins)
4. ceesharp (442 points, 0 wins)
5. barbara (437 points, 4 wins)
6. indianwells (423 points, 0 wins)
7. Gussie (388 points, 1 wins)
8. Smudgie2 (365 points, 0 wins)
9. jedijudy (311 points, 0 wins)
10. Marvin_the_Martian (294 points, 0 wins)
Excellent Everyone
10. Marvin_the_Martian (294 points, 0 wins)
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I managed 6th place - if only it would last for the rest of the month ...
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I'm in the top ten for August. I'm in the top ten for August
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...and I'm in second place to that tiresome penguin for today...
...for now, anyway.
Posted by Antisocial Alto (# 13810) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
**** AA. I changed my name so nobody would confuse us anymore (okay, I'm the only one who confused us, but . . .), and you have to go and trounce me again?
It's not fair, it is!
If I had had one more of my crash-and-burn quiz days this month you totally would have beaten me, single-A. Let's see, there are going to be 5 Bible quizzes in September... I think this could be your month!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Antisocial Alto:
quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
**** AA. I changed my name so nobody would confuse us anymore (okay, I'm the only one who confused us, but . . .), and you have to go and trounce me again?
It's not fair, it is!
If I had had one more of my crash-and-burn quiz days this month you totally would have beaten me, single-A. Let's see, there are going to be 5 Bible quizzes in September... I think this could be your month!
That would be more consolation if Sunday wasn't my weak day half the time too. I'm pretty sure there are a few people with us in their crosshairs, hoping for the Unbridled Joy a month of Sundays would bring them.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Guess who was quicker than the penguin today - by 6 seconds!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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You weren't supposed to check back at the scores.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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- - - -
Can you beat 52 seconds today, ma'am?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I've been collecting jewellery all this time and I didn't know they were called that.
You learn something new every day ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
- - - -
Can you beat 52 seconds today, ma'am?
Apparently she did. And didn't come here to gloat.
How unusual!
[ 05. September 2012, 01:24: Message edited by: PeteC ]
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
I've been collecting jewellery all this time and I didn't know they were called that.
You learn something new every day ...
Dammit piglet, I sometimes think we all get different quizzes. PM me the question and answer?
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Pete - thinking about it because it was yesterday - French hooks for earrings - and I only knew that one from making jewellery. The question was something like "On which jewellery do you find French hooks?" and there was a choice of necklace, earrings and a couple of others.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Well, hell, I'm a mere penis-bearer but even I knew that. I clicked the answer and didn't think any more of the question.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Hey Pete, did you notice who is currently in 21st place when you and I are in 17th and 9th?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
Pete - thinking about it because it was yesterday - French hooks for earrings - and I only knew that one from making jewellery. The question was something like "On which jewellery do you find French hooks?" and there was a choice of necklace, earrings and a couple of others.
Thanks, CK! I'd never heard the term and until I googled it I imagined they were some fancy kind of necklace fasteners. Oh well ...
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Well, hell, I'm a mere penis-bearer but even I knew that.
. . . Pete? Is that you?*
*Surprisingly, safe for work.
[ 06. September 2012, 03:05: Message edited by: Ariston ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Already in last place.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
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Can you beat 52 seconds today, ma'am?
Apparently she did. And didn't come here to gloat.
How unusual!
Maybe she was using her brother's computer and couldn't remember her login... just maybe.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Stupid mistake on the one I'd got wrong - yet again, reading the question might have helped. Still, can't really complain seeing as I had a few lucky guesses.
My main complaint is that the sun rises in the East.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I didn't get the Hollywood question. What a surprise!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Once again, Film Buff Piglet displays her encyclopaedic ignorance ...
Pete, dear, you are not alone.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I only knew one of the names so guessed that - and I was wrong, too.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Who's ready for film, American TV, and obscure boy band questions?
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Whatever happened to you today, Ariston? I mean even I got them all right?
Posted by kingsfold (# 1726) on
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quote:
posted by Ariston:
Who's ready for film, American TV, and obscure boy band questions?
And let's see how many I can get wrong ....
Posted by kingsfold (# 1726) on
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Hmm. You oversold that one Ariston - I thought I was on for very few, but apparently not!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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It was a general statement, really—I typed it before taking today's quiz.
And Pete, I don't remember what the question was, but I did something dumb. You know how some answers are one letter off, and when you're going for a sub-30 second time you don't quite read every single letter? Yeah. That's what happened.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I've never been anywhere near a sub-30-second time ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Normally 31 seconds would have me dancing around the room.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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8/10 ain't gonna win me any prizes!
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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When I dither I should really go for the one that is nagging at me - that was a series of mostly lucky guesses - but there was something just whispering about the one I got wrong.
I can't do sub 30s on this laptop, irritatingly I used to be able to on the PC.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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That's OK. I'll support y'all from the bottom of the pile today.
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
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7/10 is not too bad for a first try, I suppose, but it took me 108 seconds. Did someone do it in under 40?
Flood control sends me back to spend the rest of my 120 seconds commenting that this kind of quiz is a new thing for me. Quite fun, but oh, how out of touch I am with today's world!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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How the **** should I know what Americans rub on the nether regions of their offspring?
Got the pop question wrong too - a bit after my time ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I objected to that too, piglet, because the only Desitin product I have ever seen in my life was a pre-war tin of athletes' foot powder, and I couldn't quite see how placing that on a baby's bum would help anything.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I knew the answer to one of the Bible questions. Why, oh, why, oh why, did I second guess myself?
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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You and me both, Pete, you and me both.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Originally posted by PeteC:
... a pre-war tin of athletes' foot powder ...
Much better today: ninth place and 10/10 in 40 seconds - speedy piglet.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
I objected to that too, piglet, because the only Desitin product I have ever seen in my life was a pre-war tin of athletes' foot powder, and I couldn't quite see how placing that on a baby's bum would help anything.
Which war?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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8/10 in a lousy time but at least, going first, I am first for a moment.
I was shocked to be as high as 11th yesterday.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I have done my good deed for today.
I have saved weasel from the shame of last place!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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You will get your reward in Heaven...
...if you ever get there!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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F****** 'Murcan television. F****** insects. Also
At least I was faster than a certain weasel. Just.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Being faster than me wasn't much of a challenge today, I'm afraid - or ever!
eta: As Eartha Kitt used to sing "An Englishman needs time..."
[ 11. September 2012, 02:00: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Reading the question correctly would probably help.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Very poor showing today.
I disagree with the 'correct' answer to number one.
The other three I got wrong were my bad.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Today I learned that it is impossible to do the quiz while one's brother is searching the lounge for his lost glasses.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Fear not, Smudgie and no need to thank me. I have saved you from the shame of shames.
Mutters Bloody Murcan filums!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The time may not be good but at least I know my nursery rhymes!
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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Bloody hell! I dithered and changed the correct answer to wrong re: swordsman. Shite! I could have been in top 5!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Probably one of my personal top ten fastest times - and they were all correct!!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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My OT is getting better, but it might be that this Sunday was a doddle.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It was a doddle, Pete!
Monday and still slower than a penguin but so much more wholesome!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Good Lord! Only one wrong on Tues and in second place! Bloody filums. And 3 rolls of the dice to come up 7s.
My 2 minutes of reflected glory!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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7/10
I blame the stoopid questions!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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What stoopid questions might those be, weasel dearest? The ones I got all correct? Or were you doing a different quiz?
(Please nobody tell him that it was pure guesswork, will you.)
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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As you're one of two people to get all the questions right today, so far, I blame the stoopid questions too!
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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My top score for a long time, in at 5th position. And all done on guess work!
We should have a Brit Triv quiz one day. But I would probably score really badly on that!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Amazing. I guessed about half of the questions and only guessed one wrongly. Fudge.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Another vote here for "stoopid questions" - 7/10 and at least two of those were lucky guesses*
Hmph²
* The three I got wrong were, obviously, unlucky guesses ...
[ 19. September 2012, 03:08: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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All four of one of Wednesday's questions are incorrect. I just picked the least incorrect one.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Did you mean answers?
All correct again today but not as quick as a certain penguin...
...but she only got 9/10!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Accurate again but another pathetic time!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I am really really pleased that my laptop is working again (even if it has to be plugged in at the mains!) but I have to say that playing the quiz is the one time when I miss using the PC. It's so much easier with a big screen and a scrolling wireles mouse!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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You have my sympathies, Smudge - I tried doing the quiz on my in-laws' lap-top when I was on holiday and I think it took me about a week ...
Horrible things (lap-tops, not my in-laws )
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Because the questions are taken at random from other quizzes, one of today's doesn't really make sense without the question which originally preceded it. Good job the answer was obvious from the four choices as it could have been very ambiguous had the alternative option been there.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I always get that one wrong - 99 wrong replies don't make it any more right than it was the first time!
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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Got them all right- but I am so much slower than the rest of you! I take it all too seriously. Perhaps it is the result of years of giving evidence in court, and having to be precise about my responses.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I wanted to be faster than 40, but I dithered over the dog question too long. I did get all right though.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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So did I, Sir K, but I must have dithered for a second less than you did ...
PS Haven't seen you on here for a wee while - welcome back! **waves**
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Not my best day in the quiz - but I beat a certain penguin!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Come one! Come all! Ladieeees and Gentlemeeenn, I present the Biggest Timewaster on Earth!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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JJ, have you never done Make Your Own Snowflake?
I was doing fine today until I discovered my total ignorance of were-wolves ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Ah, yes, piglet! I remember the days of 'one more snowflake'. No, now, really one more. I mean it!
Two hours later, I would drag myself away from the computer.
It's almost time to do it again. In the meantime, I can go slow and guess answers here! (And remind Ariston that I'm a very old lady, so there!)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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57 seconds isn't bad considering that time included a sneezing fit!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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57 seconds is awe-inspiring - I took 58.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I got ten on a wild guess on The Blue Lagoon. Still wondering how I did that, since I never saw it.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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On Thursday's I had to dredge my memory. But I still got one more correct than the fabled Ariston.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Ooh, good guess, Smudgie, good guess.
Slow, but not as slow as some... mentioning no names.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Considering my profound ignorance of things American that was a very lucky 10 out of 10!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The Penguin's Revenge
Same time and same number correct but we were out for the day so the Aquatic Avian went before me and thus is ahead of me!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Mwahahahaha
For once the occidental hemisphere wins
(even if it can't spell)
[ 27. September 2012, 11:40: Message edited by: Smudgie ]
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Gosh! Got the Mercan questions right!!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Originally posted by Tree Bee:
Gosh! Got the Mercan questions right!!
Me too, TB, but I spent too long thinking about them ...
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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I've never heard of Sports Illustrated and I guessed...incorrectly as usual...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...and Smudgie only got 9 right.
How sad.
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Bob Two-Owls:
I've never heard of Sports Illustrated and I guessed...incorrectly as usual...
Me neither. I had to choose between four sportsmen I've never heard of.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Ok, I got the Sports Illustrated question right by a wild guess. Someone tell me after the quiz closes who the hell they all are? Please?
Weasel, everyone and his brother beat Smudgie today.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Oh, I only got that one because he was the only one I knew.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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CK's right; if in doubt, click on the one you've heard of. It worked for me too.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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With those questions I count myself lucky to have got 9/10!
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Hmmph, that trick didn't work today! Mind you, no-one else has got more than 9/10 yet, either
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Given the questions, I am not surprised, if everyone got 9, then I got 8.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I'll keep you company, Uncle Pete. 8 was more than I expected, to be honest.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Originally posted by piglet:
... if in doubt, click on the one you've heard of...
Didn't work today (question 1).
Got the rest right though (including a couple of lucky guesses).
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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OMG! 10 on the Bible Quiz!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I am determined to remember the answer to the one I ALWAYS get wrong!
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Personally I'm quite happy about you getting 9/10 on this quiz. Means I beat you in the monthly standings
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Was that the one about minor Old Testament ladies, WW? If it's any comfort (probably not) I got it wrong too.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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I am number one at this point in time!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Was that the one about minor Old Testament ladies, WW? If it's any comfort (probably not) I got it wrong too.
I use memory tricks. I always recalled the US cartoon Hagar the Horrible which I followed with some amusement in my younger days.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Not a good time but reasonably accurate.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Originally posted by PeteC:
... Hagar the Horrible ...
Thanks, Pete, I'll try and remember that the next time she comes up.
I managed to whizz past the Speeding Weasel into 8th place today.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It is so rare for me to end up in the Top Ten that I am pleased to accommodate you, ma'am.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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First place, but someone's bound to come along and be faster or get them all right. How could I miss that one? I even saw the opera!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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10 seconds faster than yesterday but it patently will not be fast enough to guarantee anything approaching a podium finish.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Geez, 10 of 10 in a Harder quiz. Brains plus a lucky guess.
Happily I got that sneaky Bible question (and it wasn''t even Sunday!!) I remembered a spiritual song from Camp*.
And I came in under 100 seconds!
My cup runneth over!
*Which is to say, that the words and the tune escape me, but the gist supplied the answer.
[ 02. October 2012, 10:02: Message edited by: PeteC ]
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Originally posted by PeteC:
... a lucky guess ...
Would that have been the film question by any chance? I guessed it too, but without the luck.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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piglet dear! All movie questions are guesses. Most are not lucky.
Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on
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September Sweetpeas:
49 players played during the month.
1. AntisocialAlto (632 points, 21 wins)
2. Ariston (454 points, 1 wins)
3. barbara (422 points, 1 wins)
4. indianwells (412 points, 1 wins)
5. Star (408 points, 2 wins)
6. ceesharp (373 points, 1 wins)
7. Gussie (353 points, 0 wins)
8. jedijudy (353 points, 0 wins)
9. TheRogue (341 points, 1 wins)
10. Smudgie2 (317 points, 0 wins)
Well done - sorry for delay
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I dispute one question, but I'm a basket case!
And those bloody filums are going to be the death of me!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
piglet dear! All movie questions are guesses. Most are not lucky.
Ditto chess questions.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Who is the guy mentioned in Question 10 on Thursday?
I got them all right but having to read that question carefully cost me 20 seconds, I'm sure!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I was under 30 seconds! I was under 30 seconds!!!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...and I celebrate if I am under 50 seconds!
Well done, jedijudy.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Who is the guy mentioned in Question 10 on Thursday?
I got them all right but having to read that question carefully cost me 20 seconds, I'm sure!
My thoughts precisely, Pete.
[ 05. October 2012, 02:10: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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Right, I have been at number 1 for about three hours now so I'm going to stop looking
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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WEIRD questions!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I am stunned to get as many correct as I did.
What a very odd set of questions. I can only assume that those who got them all correct spend their lives reading books of trivia and the National Enquirer.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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"Weird" doesn't begin to cover it. How did I manage to get 9/10, especially as I don't read the National Enquirer?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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When will I learn to trust my instincts and not change a right answer for a wrong one?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I spent ages reading question 9 and still got it wrong. I swear the last time that question came up, I put the right answer and it was wrong that time too ...
PS Pete, thank you for your advice last week - it worked a treat!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Here's the Quiz again.
Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on
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alto: a soprano who can read music.
It's only because the Mrs. has a huge range. She is capable of being a Wagnerian soprano! I am still a bass.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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10/10 in 41 seconds
I know I won't win but sometimes I amaze myself!
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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That whole story of Hagar, Ishmael, Abraham, Sarah and Isaac is horrible if you read it (it's in Genesis). Makes me wonder why we are so happy to celebrate Abraham as father of the nations. That one I just remember the story.
The Zechariah question is the one that slowed me down, having to read it properly. But yesterday only 6 of us getting 10/10 on Bible questions was amusing.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I got the two modern "music" questions wrong.
Big surprise.
Next!
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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What the heck was the New Orleans question about?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Yay! Happy dance! Top for a few seconds!!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Originally posted by Bob Two-Owls:
What the heck was the New Orleans question about?
I have absolutely no ******* idea. I had some v. lucky guesses with the rest though ...
PS JJ, when I did the quiz, you were still first.
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
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Question 10: "Anyone who's ever taken a long car trip with a brother or sister knows this game"
Errm, no.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Only in America I guess Spike, definitely not one i know from this side of the Pond.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Ah, my brother and sisters were too old (ha ha!) for games like that in the back of the car but my friends and I used to play it. What we said when doing the punching was different though. A long journey could result in quite a bruised arm!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I took a wild guess on that one and was right! We played similar games with no hitting involved when I was a child. It had nothing to do with *****, however.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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We played pub sign cricket, using number plates to count as far as we could - 333 and 777 counted as jokers, I Spy, longest word you can make from the letters in number plates ... punching was banned.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Congrats to jedijudy on her first place yesterday.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Thank you for the ! I am officially back to normal.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Spike:
Question 10: "Anyone who's ever taken a long car trip with a brother or sister knows this game"
Errm, no.
Me neither, Spike. F****** 'Murcans ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I don't care that I will be overtaken, 34 seconds is a personal best!
me!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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I think mine may be a best as well—I think my fingers are still on fire after that one!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
Ah, my brother and sisters were too old (ha ha!) for games like that in the back of the car but my friends and I used to play it. What we said when doing the punching was different though. A long journey could result in quite a bruised arm!
The game was popular amongst me and my friends when the Herbie films were out. If you passed a VW beetle on the road, the first person to spot it thumped the other on the arm and said "Gotcha, Herbie!" Yeah, yeah, I know, little things please little minds....
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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70 seconds is definitely a personal best for this usually accurate (bar American gossip magazine questions) slowpoke!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Well, fudge. I knew the right answer and overshot the correct little circle.
Like I said earlier, back to normal!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Greased lightning today!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Well, except for the usual moving picture of which I had no clue even existed, Saturday's quiz was easy.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I had help from Lucky Guess Piglet on the film question, which catapulted me into sixth place.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Narsty Bible - it's been decades and decades since I trolled looking for all the naughty bits!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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More Murican questions about which I had no idea, not even a lucky guess.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Can't do 'murican questions either
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Lucky Pete's wild guesses take him from 8 to 10 today.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
More Murican questions about which I had no idea, not even a lucky guess.
Me neither.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I got the chess question (and all the rest) right!
However, due to the unseemly haste of most of my rivals, I'm about two-thirds of the way down the leader-board ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Oooh. Lucky guess!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Things would have been faster today if my browser hadn't decided (twice!) to move to the bottom of the page!!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Things would have been faster today if my browser hadn't decided (twice!) to move to the bottom of the page!!
Yes, dear
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Faster than a weasel (just) but not as fast as a penguin.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Well, that proves that sometimes wild guessing works!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Rare but true - today there was no guessing. I was just slowed down by re-reading (and by a fit of the giggles about the mental image one of the wrong answers caused - bet you can guess which one!)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Smudgie, dear, you forget that I am innocence personified!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Smudgie, dear, you forget that I am innocence personified!
Yes, dear
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Well, that proves that sometimes wild guessing works!
On a sitcom you've never heard of? Absolutely.
Sadly, it doesn't speed up the antique that is the Château Piglet computer.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'm first, I'm first!!
Okay so nobody else has played yet but still I'm first!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Is it my imagination or are the Bible quizzes running out of questions to challenge us?
pssst weasel: Is that annoying penguin dissing us?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
...pssst weasel: Is that annoying penguin dissing us?
It's typical bird-brained behaviour, Pete - pay it no mind!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in under 50 seconds. On a Sunday.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...but 4 seconds slower than a speeding weasel!
[Who, it must be said, was equally, at least, amazed at his own Biblical alacrity.]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I have to confess that when it comes to movie questions my response is basically a sort of "who knows? who cares?"
Yes, I suppose that I really am a sad old duffer.
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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I am actually speeding up a bit!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
... when it comes to movie questions my response is basically a sort of "who knows? who cares?" ...
Mine's more along the lines of "oh bugger". As it was today.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by The Weeder:
I am actually speeding up a bit!
...and I am slowing down!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I completed the quiz but when I went to check out the cursed nightly maintenance note showed up. It will be thousand seconds today, alas - if not more.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Et voici!
Here's the Quiz again.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Note to self: remember to read the question heading as well as the question itself.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
I completed the quiz but when I went to check out the cursed nightly maintenance note showed up. It will be thousand seconds today, alas - if not more.
3664!!
Well done, Sir!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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My deep ignorance of Native American folk-lore let me down.
Do I look bovvered?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Perhaps my slow times are because I am such a deeply thoughtful character.
No?
Okay, it was worth a try.
Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on
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If you look at the rankings, three people are fighting to be in the top five and we all have 311 points. Not sure if I've done enough today. Mind you, Star in 7th place with 301 is close as well.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Today's could-be-better time brought to you by the sheer gobsmacking randomness of question #1. Brace yourself, people.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Oh boy, that is random.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I think we've had it before and I guessed right then, too - it is rather poorly worded, as questions go.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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#1 complete guess.... and currently in a repectable 5th place for once...it won't last though...
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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I can't play! The system is down.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
Today's could-be-better time brought to you by the sheer gobsmacking randomness of question #1. Brace yourself, people.
I remember when we had that question once before. Unfortunately I didn't remember the answer. I probably gave the same wrong answer then, too.
sigh
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I had a lucky guess with question 1, and a better-than-average-for-Piglet time of 45 seconds, which very nearly propelled me into the top ten.
"Average" is my comfort zone ...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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It's not often I agree with the quizmasters about the term "very easy", but as everyone so far has 10/10 maybe they're right for once.
46 seconds didn't give me much in the way of vertical lift though ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Oh well, another quiz tomorrow!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I would have better times if I clicked Submit.
And knew more than fuck-all about yoga.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
I would have better times if I clicked Submit ...
My problem wasn't clicking Submit; my computer froze and went into "Not Responding" mode just as I clicked Play today's quiz and then counted the time it took for me to close the quiz window and open it again.
quote:
... and knew more than fuck-all about yoga.
Oh, it was yoga! And there was me thinking it was chapter 3 of the Kama Sutra ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Tantric yoga?
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I must go to Mass this morning to give thanks for the miracle which was vouchsafed me!
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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It won't last long, but I'm in the lead, for the minute!!!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Sorry Curiosity killed! I'll probably be top for about four minutes.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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You're still in the lead two and half hours later, jj.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Another 10 hours on and you're still top, JJ.
And I'm in fifth - 10/10 in 47 seconds is pretty dashed good for me on a Sunday.
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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10 out of 10, and 6th! I have never been this high before!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Question 1 would have been a lot more fun if the correct answer was a little different, wouldn't it Smudgiekins?
Posted by claret10 (# 16341) on
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d'oh can't believe the one i got wrong
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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quote:
Originally posted by The Weeder:
10 out of 10, and 6th! I have never been this high before!
Probably not something you want to admit where law enforcement can see it.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I have two wins this month!
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Ah well, from failing to read properly yesterday, I'm currently top, again. It's an awful time, so it won't last.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Who knew that **** was a name for a supposed beer IRL?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I guessed three and amazingly two were correct. (Thanks UP!!)
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Curses, curses. It takes a special kind of stupidty to pick the correct answer and then, after some thought, change it to something dumb, thereby screwing my timings too.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Who knew that **** was a name for a supposed beer IRL?
Not me. **** was my reaction too.
My ignorance of certain indoor games is also, sadly, comprehensive.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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My lucky guessometer was functional today. Also the process of elimination. Eliminaton implies s**t of which there was a lot today.
Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on
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10 out of 10 and I still come fourth - I blame touchpad disadvantage, mouseclicks are so much faster ...
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Yeah, I reckon touch pad slows me down too. When I played this on the PC I was getting sub 30s times. I can't do it on the laptop; here I'm pleased with sub 40s.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Missing a question because I was interrupted means I may well end up last again!
Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on
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October's Outstanderingistas
52 players played during the month.
1. AntisocialAlto (603 points, 14 wins)
2. indianwells (583 points, 7 wins)
3. Ariston (539 points, 5 wins)
4. Star (467 points, 0 wins)
5. TheRogue (431 points, 0 wins)
6. jedijudy (421 points, 2 wins)
7. Gussie (417 points, 1 wins)
8. ceesharp (411 points, 1 wins)
9. Loveheart (339 points, 0 wins)
10. Marvin_the_Martian (335 points, 1 wins)
Hurrah and Huzzah all
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Arnold who?
Posted by claret10 (# 16341) on
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Wow my first 10/10 guessing works
Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on
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It takes time to make a series of wild ass guesses.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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My wildguessometer worked perfectly today.
Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on
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It didn't register one of my answers.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
My wildguessometer worked perfectly today.
May I borrow yours sometime, Uncle Pete? Mine seems to be broken.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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My Bible-guessometer was working well today, as well.
First place for now.
[last place, too, but we won't mention that.]
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Only one of those places now
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Strangely, this week I seem to know more about the book of Habakkuk than I do about the Gospel of St. John. Of course, changing a right answer to a wrong one is never helpful ...
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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I am in at 4th today. My highest ever. I will triumph whilst I may, because I expect to get knocked down the table as more of you play.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Damn fillums!
Heads up next one is Top of Page!
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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And the Quiz again
Fillums aren't so bad, it's the 'Mer'can sports question I "corrected" wrong
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Number one until the quick-fingered ones get here!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I got the 'Murcan sport question right!
And all the rest, which propelled me into 7th place.
Further
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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First to play again AND a perfect score - but in a mediocre time.
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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I ticked the wrong answer in one, by mistake!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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That's a good one, Weeder. Must remember that one
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
First to play again AND a perfect score - but in a mediocre time.
Not as mediocre as mine, Wodders.
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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'merican popular culture defeats me every time! Guesswork all the way!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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My new PeteGuess-O-Meter is running hot today!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Does it work for piglets?
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Why is it assumed that people know pop music?
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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That one is classic and been around for a long time, PeteC!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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That was a good guess on the TV question! The challenge is to remember it the next time.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Well I got the pop music question for a change -Peteguessometer - but it flubbed the film question. Not bad though.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Good guesses on the 'Murcan questions, guessometer malfunction on the computer question.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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BLEAGH!!!!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Did you not do very well, m'dear?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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What is worse is knowing it was my own stupid fault!!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Pete, thank you for the loan of your guessometer - it's working beautifully. Would you like it back now?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Those sport questions always get me.
Should have borrowed Uncle Pete's Guessometer™.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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A tip: never get into a conversation in the middle of a timed quiz. Grr.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Oh dear. No excuses today!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Lucky Guess Piglet may not be very fast (tail end of the 10/10s), but she's back.
Can I keep the guessometer™ for a wee while longer?
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Well, so much for feckin' 'murcin questions. That's two in a row that have (almost) gotten me!
Posted by Chapelhead (# 21) on
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A couple wrong, but the time must be OK, I thought.
4037 seconds! It's not even as though I was logged on overnight.
Posted by Sylvander (# 12857) on
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Thanks Chapelhead. Your participation in the game is much appreciated today! Keep up the good work.
Posted by Chapelhead (# 21) on
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Hmmph!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Can I keep the guessometer™ for a wee while longer?
You can have it back now - it doesn't work for 'Murcan television shows that were aired when I didn't even know where America was.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Probably my last quiz for a while and I did appallingly!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I didn't even bother with the last question. Never heard of any of them. Fillums should be banned and pop music muted in these quizzes.
Posted by Sylvander (# 12857) on
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I am last! And Chapelhead played already :-(
I blame it on the wrong answers.
Sausage and laws was nice - sounds like bangers and mash.
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Probably my last quiz for a while and I did appallingly!
I hope you'll be back soon, WW.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Half my guesses were right.
Hurry back, Wodders!!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Half my guesses were right ...
All mine were.
PS Have a good trip, Wodders.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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My guessometer is working again! That was the easiest "Harder" quiz that I have ever seen.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Got the easiest question wrong - that's what comes of skim-reading the questions to save time. And I didn't even save time cos I had to go back on one.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 37 seconds must be one of my best efforts ever - and on a Sunday!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Ah well, I'm the fastest at getting one wrong - some consolation!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Sixth place - above average piglet.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Rubs his little guessometer
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I could have done with it today, Pete - f****** 'Murcan history questions!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
I could have done with it today, Pete - f****** 'Murcan history questions!
Me, too!
'Murcan ancient music questions!
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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I am fifth at the moment. My highest placing ever!
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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How is it that I always take longer on the easy ones than the hard ones!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Clever little guessometer!
I now know more about a faux celebrity than I ever wished to know!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
I now know more about a faux celebrity than I ever wished to know!
You and me, both, Uncle Pete. You and me both.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I didn't even know she was a celebrity, but I remembered her from the last time she cropped up.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Slow but steady wins the race.
Waves at Ariston
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Slow but steady wins the race.
Waves at Ariston
You are correct, Uncle Pete!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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. . .
I hate you all. Stupid American film questions!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Thanks for lending me the Guessometer again, Uncle P!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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And the Quiz again
piglet, it must have seized up crossing the North Atlantic!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Pats good little guessometer on the head
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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I just joined this thing. I think... I'll soon find out if I set it up right...
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Um, I appear to be on top of the board thingie!
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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And that state of affairs lasted for less than 5 minutes. Darn.
RIGHT. SEE YOU TOMORROW.
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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I am in at 5th place- my highest ever placing so far.
Posted by claret10 (# 16341) on
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Well today I learnt, remember u clicked to start quiz, and don't get distracted or u get a silly time
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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READ THE WHOLE QUESTION SMUDGIE!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Rats. Rats. Rats.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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What's the opposite of "rats"? That guessometer really travels well, doesn't it?
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
What's the opposite of "rats"?
Star.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Well, Tuesday's harder quiz was dead easy. Didn't even use the guessometer.
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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I was very briefly second, but now am third. My highest ever placement.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by orfeo:
quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
What's the opposite of "rats"?
Star.
Right on, orfeo!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Hmmph. Something else I should have noticed about D-U.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Absolutely, Pete - 43 seconds and 7th place!
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Now, how am I supposed to know about cultural traditions from before I was born??
Found the first one I did much easier.
[ 28. November 2012, 09:14: Message edited by: orfeo ]
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Stoopid dyslexia! It's very entertaining, but can be so, so wrong.
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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I looked at this page, and Google Translate came up to say "This page is in Slovenian".
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Good grief, I did that faster than Star.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I've often been below 90 seconds on the easier sets. This was easy.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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The clue is in the options? I ahould have guessed it because one of the options was the right answer and the other three were wrong???
Ex.Cuse.Me!!!!
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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I guessed it from knowing the other three options weren't right. But yeah, you still have to know the other three aren't right...
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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I think that was my fastest ever, but you're all too damn fast for me to catch you...
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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55 seconds of quizzing + 150 seconds of swearing and pressing submit = FAIL.
Aargh.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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My computer (which is the same model Noah used when he was building the ark) was very slow to let me in to the quiz, putting me much further south in the table than I'd like.
Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on
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November's Nuggets
52 players played during the month.
1. indianwells (662 points, 6 wins)
2. Star (565 points, 2 wins)
3. Ariston (506 points, 7 wins)
4. Gussie (425 points, 0 wins)
5. Loveheart (396 points, 1 wins)
6. jedijudy (394 points, 0 wins)
7. ceesharp (392 points, 0 wins)
8. AntisocialAlto (381 points, 11 wins)
9. Marvin_the_Martian (378 points, 2 wins)
10. TheRogue (341 points, 0 wins)
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Smudgie knocked me off me perch!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The Weasel comes in one second before The Piglet!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Just noticed that I got my first ever first place yesterday. Hooray for the Bible, that's all I can say. Wish I was as knowledgeable about film stars, adultresses, advertising slogans, minor celebrities and their offspring, American sport..........
Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on
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... not to mention the natural history of obscure American cartoon characters.
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Oh my goodness. I just had my first, explicit "could be anything, guessometer has to save me" moment... and I'm in first place because of it.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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pats lucky little guessometer on the back
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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**chucks not-so-lucky guessometer out the window**
Actually, it worked for the 'murcan sports but not for the cartoon character ...
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Darn. A family member's been telling me for years I should read that book, and I still haven't, and now my inaction has cost me.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Singers I haven't heard of from some other part of the world...hmph...stomps out of thread muttering....
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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The answer to Q2 could easily be "Felon"
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Snuck into the top 10 with a combination of luck and judgement, despite my computer having a brief freeze half-way through.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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For those flummoxed by yesterday's questions . . .
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Today my computer decided to freeze just as I clicked "play today's quiz" which had a somewhat detrimental effect on my perceived velocity.
Hmph.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Do you mean it meant you had a lousy time?
but look on the bright side, it meant I beat you!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Damned sport question!
bounces guessometer off the wall
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
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"Anyone who's ever taken a long car trip with a brother or sister knows this game"
Errm, no.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Finds broken guessometer. Repairs it lovingly in hopes that it will aid quiz scores.
Wonders who would break such a magnificent thing.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Spike:
"Anyone who's ever taken a long car trip with a brother or sister knows this game"
Errm, no.
I had never heard of this game until I watched a repeat of 'Frasier' on tv this morning...and I still got it wrong.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Guessometer still broken - feckin' 'Murcan sports.
And marine creatures. Still
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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In last place because of a cartoon duck!
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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It's alright , I'm in last place now! American actors...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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The guessometer knows effing all about obscure Murrican talkies.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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It's not bad on obscure Old Testament kings though.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Back playing first again so guaranteed first place...
...for a little while.
And here is the quiz again.
[ 10. December 2012, 05:37: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Bloody talkies!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Gives Pete's Guessometer a good thwack.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Poor little guessometer - it worked fine for me. It can't take the blame for me taking 73 seconds ...
Posted by Chapelhead (# 21) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Back playing first again so guaranteed first place...
Playing second, so guaranteed second place.
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Spike:
"Anyone who's ever taken a long car trip with a brother or sister knows this game"
Errm, no.
Few days late, but I am still SERIOUSLY pissed off about that one. It's one thing to give me a question I have no clue about. It's quite another to tell me that I should have a clue about it. Clearly, that person has no conception that the world extends beyond the boundaries of whatever little state/country they come from.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I learnt the answer by getting that wrong the first time, so I can't claim any great knowledge.
Now if only I could remember all my wrong answers about fillums and music...
Nah, other trivia's more interesting
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I thought I would keep weasel and Spike company today.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Once again, guessometer good, speedometer bad.
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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I am THIRD at the moment. I have never been so high! I will enjoy my triumph while it lasts!
It is a bit of an easy one today!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Bloody fillum stars!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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We wuz robbed!
...or I was rubbish.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Bloody fillum stars!
**pats the guessometer**
I got the fillum star and the 'Murcan sit-com right!
And all the rest.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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"With God as my witness, I thought that turkeys could fly."
Which is the only thing I've seen from that show, which, being long before my time, isn't that surprising I don't actually know.
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Bloody fillum stars!
Seconded.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Do we all get the same quiz? There weren't any film stars on my one, American or otherwise...
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Just realised you are probably talking about yesterday's quiz, which I missed...
Just ignore my stupid questions please.
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Yeah, sorry, I realised after I posted that the quiz had actually ticked over to a new one and I was rather behind the times.
It happens in the middle of the day for me, so sometimes I do the quiz in the night and sometimes in the morning. Today, for example, I've done 2 quizzes after doing none yesterday.
Timezones. Gotta love 'em.
[ 13. December 2012, 08:42: Message edited by: orfeo ]
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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All correct - I confess to Almighty God, and you, my brothers and sisters, that I owe it to pure luck, and the laziness of the Quiz constructor who repeated whole questions from just a few day ago.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Just a second behind Ariston! I feel so special!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I got 'em all right! But I must say one of the statements on which I had to make a choice was demonstrably false!
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Read the answers more carefully before choosing...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Now it is my turn to curse the movie question!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Hate to break it to ya, but that's Broadway.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Good little guessometer! It got me past a couple of movies!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Now it is my turn to curse the movie question!
And mine. And I took the same length of time to be just as wrong as you ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'm in the lead!
Not the first to play but the first to get 10/10!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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So so sorry, Weasel
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I am overwhelmed by your sincerity.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
So so sorry, Weasel
Sorry, Smudgie!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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***INSINCERITY ALERT***
I'm sorry, Wodders - I've just snuck in past you ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Oh wow! Rubs little guessometer's back
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I almost guessed the right answer.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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You know one question pisses me right off every time I see it. It's Indira Gandhi, illiterate person!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Bloody rock groups! swats guessometer.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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It was the easiest question that I missed! Read the answers, jedi.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I didn't need the guessometer for the rock band, but it came in handy for other things.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Is it bad that, each night when I take the quiz, I think I'm doing it for the honor of the Ship? It's me vs. a non Shippie in second—with AA on vacation, I have to represent.
Deus vult!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The same time as A Certain Fish-Eating Flightless Bird but played later so a place behind.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Perhaps I need to learn to read along the line - Pingu was 5 seconds faster than me and I profoundly apologise.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Perhaps I need to learn to read along the line - Pingu was 5 seconds faster than me and I profoundly apologise.
Apology accepted in the spirit it was given.
Does that give me opportunity to gloat now?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gloat away, ma'am.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Thank you, kind sir.
Gloat, gloat, gloat
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Hey now. There'll be no goats allowed in this here town, not on my watch!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
Is it bad that, each night when I take the quiz, I think I'm doing it for the honor of the Ship? It's me vs. a non Shippie in second—with AA on vacation, I have to represent.
Deus vult!
And, who's the old lady in third? A Shipmate. That's who.
(Pokes non Shippie's behinder parts with lightsaber.)
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Oh JJ, it's okay, you're so far behind me that it's not like it even matters.
(And, now that I've given you a reason to try and catch me, I'm looking over my shoulder. Where's AA to come and show us all up when we need her?)
[ 21. December 2012, 02:42: Message edited by: Ariston ]
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm a bit confused - I thought all the players in the list were Shippies.
Not that it matters; I'm in eighth place (with a bit of help from Uncle P's guessometer), which suits me fine.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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There's at least one who somehow snuck in a back door.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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How embarrassing to get a slow time simply because the first question was so easy that you read it three times just to make sure.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I get a slow time because my eye/brain/hand/mouse co-ordination is rubbish. And sometimes because of Smudgie's reason, in which case I get an even slower time ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Darned computer glitches! It had a little R&R at the wrong moment so my 10/10 took rather longer than anticipated!
Anyway here is the quiz again.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Slow but accurate!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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but accurate
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...Faster than a speeding penguin?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Right behind my friend Smudgie!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Bloody fillums!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Exactly, Pete!
Funny think was, as I clicked on one answer, I thought to myself "I bet it's...." (choosing another almost randomly). Shame I didn't wait and change my answer to that one, seeing as I'd have been right!
Still, very content with a win yesterday. Shame I totally forgot to play the day before!
Posted by The5thMary (# 12953) on
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I took 94 seconds to complete the quiz and scored a perfect 10/10. Really, those questions were sooooooo easy! I want a challenge!
Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on
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For a challenge, try doing it in a third of the time. You still wouldn't win, though, as we have some pretty quick guessers here.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Just plain appalling!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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A very minor Christmas non-miracle: I only missed one of those questions! No presents for you, Quzbuilder!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Guessometer in fairly good form today - only fell down on the question about D*sn*y, and why the **** should I know (or care) anything about where he keeps his bloody theme parks?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I went first and thus was first but in a lousy time and now I find I have been displaced by a ferocious bunny wabbit!
Help!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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At first I was embarrassed that the Weasel and the Wabbit got the one right that I got wrong - but then I realised it's because they are older than me. That song was before my time!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...and there was me thinking we were twins!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
... I have been displaced by a ferocious bunny wabbit ...
... and a not-at-all frightening piglet.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A complete guess on the film question but, amazingly, I got it right - 10/10 and even slower than yesterday!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Good little guessometer!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Yea and amen!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I am getting slower by the day!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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In my heart of hearts I got them all. It wasn't my fault that the quiz changed one question to an answer so wrong it would make a five year old blush.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Better than usual
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Marginally faster today - I reckon it is mostly to do with the long upload times and my slow connection.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I had to read some of the questions carefully, but it was particularly a "harder" quiz.
Puts guessometer back on shelf Another day, little buddy,
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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I've been tripped up by that question about a shop I've never been in before.
Put the same wrong answer too.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A VERY lucky guess on the last question.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I flubbed that one. Not surprisingly.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Gives Uncle Pete's Guessometer a treat and chuck behind the ears!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Not terribly fast (actually terribly slow), but thank you, kindly guessometer!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Think today's quiz wins the prize for most inane quiz of the year so far.
Proud to have got two wrong - I'd have been worried if I'd known the answer to those!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Apparently, my ability to actually click on the answer I knew to be correct is faulty. Perhaps this is a Scales and Hanon™ day!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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What odd questions.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
... I'd have been worried if I'd known the answer to those!
I'm putting my success down to Pete's guessometer ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I fell down on some obscure actress in some obscure TV programme - ah well I suppose 90% isn't too bad.
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Apparently, my ability to actually click on the answer I knew to be correct is faulty. Perhaps this is a Scales and Hanon™ day!
[tangent] Thank you for the reminder - I need to retrieve my copy of Hanon™ from a former pupil. [/tangent]
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Must read the questions properly...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Japes:
quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Apparently, my ability to actually click on the answer I knew to be correct is faulty. Perhaps this is a Scales and Hanon™ day!
[tangent] Thank you for the reminder - I need to retrieve my copy of Hanon™ from a former pupil. [/tangent]
I have extras here if you need them.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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49 seconds today and I cannot blame uploading or downloading time as it was pretty quick - perhaps I'm just a thoughtful sort of character.
running first at the moment - or until someone else plays.
Posted by moonfruit (# 15818) on
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First time playing - I seem to have done rather well! I'm sure it won't last tho...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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That last question took a lot of reading hence my rather slow time.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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My thoughts exactly, WW.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Silly, silly mistake on the Bible Trivia leaves me with only 9/10.
DUH!!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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It's sweet when I get 10/10 and Antisocial Alto gets less than that, and all the sweeter for its rarity.
[ 07. January 2013, 01:25: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Yes! It's the return of AA!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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The boy has been complaining about the internet connection being slow for ages and I keep telling him to learn a bit of patience, that waiting a few seconds isn't going to shorten his life any. Then I do a speedy quiz and the bloomin' bloomin' slow internet connection adds an extra 20 seconds or more to my score. I shall be on the phone to my internet provider in a minute - this just ain't good enough!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Can you get a dual speed connection so it is fast for you and slow for him?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Never mind the speed (or lack of it) - I got the feckin' D*sn*y question wrong.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Third to play and first to get 100%
Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on
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I really wanted to give a different answer to question 10, but I wanted to get it right even more.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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It would be very good to actually read the answers. For a change.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I got them all (thanks little guessometer!) but facebook messages and email bells startled me!
Brand new page, same old quiz.
[ 08. January 2013, 16:24: Message edited by: Ariston ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Comfortably in first place...
...until a second person plays.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Comfortably in first place...
...until a second person plays.
It's nice to be second, when that makes you first for a while. (Not for long, mind, seeing as I was really slow for so easy a quiz - just too sleepy to focus!)
Sorry Weasel
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Somehow I skipped question 8. I knew the answer too!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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It's a sad, sad day when 28 seconds (yay, me!) only gets you into 6th place.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 33 seconds - my best performance by a country mile - and I'm still only in 12th place.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Dear Smudgie,
When you come across a question where you know so little about the subject that any of the four answers could be correct and it's down to pure guesswork, don't spend time reading the question over and over again in the vain hope that the correct answer will become apparent. Just get on an guess!
The End.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I went back to change an answer - it made me slow but thankfully I got the answer right.
Good doggie!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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That's more like it - ninth place even though I was 13 seconds slower than yesterday.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Well, that wasn't much of a challenge.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Get the feeling that 34 seconds won't hold me in second place for long.
Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on
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Today I was sub-30 seconds for the first time ever.
And I'm ranked 6th.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A dismal performance puts me in last place, deservedly - I'm surprised I got as many as 8/10, it was mostly pure guesswork!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Me too, Wodders. Edgar who?
As if I wasn't at a disadvantage already as we've just had a power cut that lasted a day and a half ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I imagine Pete would have been relieved to have missed that one, so there are some blessings in air travel!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I beat Smudgie on a Sunday!
sorry, ma'am.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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And I forgot to play yesterday, too, so I somehow think my January scores are going to be somewhat scuppered.
Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on
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Yesterday was a good day to miss - terrible questions.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A guess on somebody I'd never heard of at some event I'd never heard of lost me a point - but it's only a game!
Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on
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Well three out of four guesses correct ain't bad!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
A guess on somebody I'd never heard of at some event I'd never heard of lost me a point - but it's only a game!
I had that one narrowed down to two, and guessed the right one.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The less said about today's performance the better!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I always fail miserably at the sports, I need to improve my guessing.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I spent too long mulling over an answer I got wrong anyway!
Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on
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Wow - I knew three, maybe 4 - and managed 9/10!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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The guessometer did really well, except for the ******* 'Murcan sport question.
Mind you, 12th place with 9/10 in 94 seconds isn't bad ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Still too slow!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I'm joint top! I've never been top!
At least for the moment....
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I am a failure.
A dismal failure.
Shall I clean the bathroom, I asked myself, or do the quiz?
Should have done the bathroom.
I'd have had a nice shiny bathroom that reflected my beauty instead of the indignity of a score that relfected my stupidity (honestly, Smudgie, how could you get that one wrong???) and a time that reflected my poor aim (I accidentally hit the bookmark at the top of the page and found myself trying to answer my emails instead of the quiz question I was aiming for!)
I am going to clean the bathroom now. Farewell, cruel world.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...and I, after scoring the perfect 10, hit an interwebby glitch and hence appeared to take over 100 seconds!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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30 minutes at Number 1! I'm sure Ariston will play in a minute and knock me off my perch but I'll enjoy whilst I can.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Not to worry, I've been pretty rubbish lately. Not even the Americans know half those American TV/film questions.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Slower than a weasel, faster than a rogue.
Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on
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Who on earth still uses a PDA these days? That was an obscure question!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Under 40 seconds! I'm stunned!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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7/32 yeaterday but I'll get nowhere today with only 8 right answers
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Don't feel too badly!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Guessed the car question and got it wrong - I don't think they can have sold that model on the right-hand side of the Pond.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I can't believe that was classified as "harder"!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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^this
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Indeed! If that was hard how come I get answers wrong on the so-called easy ones?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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What WW, Pete and Lucia said - I suppose one man's "harder" is another man's* "dead easy".
* or indeed piglet's, or weasel's
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I'm top! Or rather, I'm lonely
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Another computer glitch meant it took about 15 seconds to load!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Thanks to the guessometer, which worked beautifully, but not to the speedometer, which didn't.
It's not so much that I was slow (49 seconds isn't bad for a piglet), but that too many people were faster.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Just in under the wire today!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It's my turn to be all alone today.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Dratted song! And the cursor lingered over the correct answer too!
Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on
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I'm last but it is my first one after a long absence, so the only way is up
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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My only consolation is that Ariston took more than half the time I took rather than less!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I'd have stood a chance of beating that smug little Ariston fellow if, when I'd opened up the quiz, I'd actually got on and done it instead of forgetting it was against the clock for the few seconds it took me to have a slurp of my coffee!
Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on
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I got them all right, even the one about the US , although I was still very slow
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Quiz right here.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Whoever decides which quizzes are Harder or Very Easy or whatever must be on some wonderful drugs!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Like all quizzes, they're easy when you know the answer.
Or when you borrow Pete's guessometer and it's working ...
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Awful, 2 I didn't know and one I didn't read properly
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I'm glad there's a Sunday quiz. Gives the rest of us a shot at being farther up the list.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Lucky Guess Piglet staggers into 12th place ...
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Well that was an odd quiz. I think I wasted 20 seconds just staring baffled at the questions.
Decent score more luck than good judgement
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Question one. What a strange one. My answer could have been right!
Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on
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I was going to ask if there was a wrong answer to Q1?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Question one. What a strange one. My answer could have been right!
Haven't you noticed the editors' obsession with that part of the anatomy? ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif)
[pedantry alert ON]
From the answer to one of the questions:
quote:
"I never did very good ..."
I'd have a bit more respect for the quiz editors if they'd speak proper English.
[/pedantry alert OFF]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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3 seconds faster than yesterday but that ain't saying much.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Not hard but too slow, too slow...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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First to play, first on the list, no chance of staying there.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Glad to see the back of January.
Chose the answer I'd heard of. Realised there was another slightly more obscure answer I'd heard of and changed it. Idiot.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I spent too long guessing the answer for question 6, but I got it right.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Under 50 seconds but someone else will be along shortly to do it in under 30, possibly under 20!!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I also had to guess no 6.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 36 seconds isn't bad for me, but not much use on a Very Easy day. It's not so much duff brain as duff eye/hand/mouse co-ordination.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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What's coordination? Could I have some, please, ma'am?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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You could if I had any to spare ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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The guessometer doesn't work on the Indian power grid.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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It worked just fine in Newfoundland - I managed 5th place.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Slowing down in my old age but still impressivley accurate
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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8/10 AND a computer glitch - not my day!
Posted by Loveheart (# 12249) on
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Fell down on the American question. Oh well...
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Only 6 right worst for a long time. Think I might be immersed in all the wrong cultural references for that one... (well that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it!)
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Don't you just hate it when you change a right guess to a wrong one?
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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I'll never get 10/10 when the quiz contains a maths question.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Don't you just hate it when you change a right guess to a wrong one?
... and love it when you don't?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pathetically slow again - having to read one question twice didn't help.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Lots of guesses there.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Just discovered this, could be addictive.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Had no idea about the last question. Uncle Pete's Guessometer must be broken. Or out of gas. Or something.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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You know, it's bad enough having those dumb navel-gazy "Quiz Protocol" questions, but having one that's three lines long? That you have to read twice to parse? Sheeeit.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Had no idea about the last question. Uncle Pete's Guessometer must be broken. Or out of gas. Or something.
No it wasn't - I borrowed it. Mind you, it didn't work on the mythical animal question; I got it just as wrong this time as I did last time. I think I'll write the answer on the wall above my computer ...
Maybe it needs to go in for its 5000-mile service.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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BUMP!
Grrrr...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Maybe I won't be sick in March! Maybe then I can tick the correct answers!!!! Especially when I know them.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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In Q.10 and in USA I reckon there is more than one correct answer!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Never heard of the phrase in question 9!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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10 out of 10 but just too blasted slow. Must think quicker!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Would the person who has my Guessometer&trad; please return it before tomorrow's quiz?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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So, which one did you get wrong, Pete?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Piglet, do you still have Uncle Pete's Guessometer? I think I had it before you. I don't think I broke it, but it had a little part dangling, so I just shoved it in the Magic Hat aperture.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Oh Lordy, faster but got the last one wrong. Stupidly thought it must be a trick question.
Still I was faster than PeteC so not quite at the bottom (sorry Pete)
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Piglet, do you still have Uncle Pete's Guessometer?
I did have it, but I put it back on the shelf after doing Wednesday's quiz. I didn't use it yesterday - I dozed off on the sofa and when I woke up it was late so I went to bed ...
Just for once, I didn't need it today.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Thanks for the loan of the guess-o-meter, Pete - I'll bring it down at lunchtime.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I think I need to borrow the guessometer, I don't know UK TV (no television here) let alone US
Posted by HenryT (# 3722) on
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Why were the correct answers marked on some of these? Seems easy that way.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Isn't it always more fun when you do better
Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on
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I must have accidentally borrowed the guess-o-meter, I got them all right, and 3 were complete guesses, some fo the others were educated guesses as well
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Get your guessometer ready cos here 'tis again!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Knowing the right answer doesn't help if you press the wrong button!
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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question 11: Which Quiz Question has a serious grammar error?
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Lucky guesses for a couple of those
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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That was such an easy quiz I'm surprised that there are not more 10s
Weasel, would you like to borrow my guessometer?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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I had a feeling you were going to say that, Pete.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Even the best of us [that's me] occasionally make silly mistakes.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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And I have this thing in my browser where I will click something and it will tell me I haven't clicked it, and I will be in such a rush in my attempt to trounce Ariston (like that will happen) that I won't see it till I have submitted. Then I bark "AH! SHIT!" and spend the next five minutes calling myself names.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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It's been forever since I did better than the Bunny and Marvin and Ariston!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm back - we were sans interweb for a few days as the cable provider gave us a better deal (allegedly) that involved a Contraption being wired in by someone other than me.
Thanks for the loan of the guessometer, Pete - I've put it back on the shelf.
It excelled itself today - I'm in sixth place.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Movie questions are often my downfall.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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How does anyone get their fingers to move that fast? I seem to be stuck on around 70-80 seconds, even when I know them all!
Posted by HenryT (# 3722) on
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I'd like to tackle the quiz with a big screen and a real mouse. On this tablet, the scrolling and selecting seem slow.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Movie questions are often my downfall.
******* 'Murcan television questions are mine. Time to re-charge the guessometer, methinks.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Movie questions are often my downfall.
******* 'Murcan television questions are mine. Time to re-charge the guessometer, methinks.
Me? 'Murcan televisioin, movies AND obscure celebrities and their offspring are all my downfall. Roll on Sunday!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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e) All of the above. Plus "musical" groups and their "music" (Anyone after 1950 or so.)
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Today my downfall was none of the above, but the fact that my computer decided to stop and think about it just as I clicked "submit", giving me a time of 51 seconds, which is un fat lot de bon on a Very Easy day.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Oh, piglet, that SUCKS!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Murrican filums. Obscure
And astrological signs.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Not just obscure 'murcan films, but obscure . . . I have no idea what nationality, really . . . actors.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Stupid game - I don't know why I bother playing.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Have temporarily borrowed the guessometer.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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(wubba wubba) Wait, my sense of equilibrium is rocked. How did Antisocial Alto drop off of #1?
If that can happen-- world chaos, panic in the streets...
[ 23. February 2013, 15:19: Message edited by: Kelly Alves ]
Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on
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I think he's taken a week off this month...still in the top three though.
Posted by HenryT (# 3722) on
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Modem is more a portmanteau than an acronym.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Yep, pondering that Q made my time slower, but I had the advantage of insider information, being the correct starsign. Knew it would come in useful sooner or later.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
Have temporarily borrowed the guessometer.
So did I, and it worked beautifully today, putting me just a couple of places below you, TB.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Murrican filums. Obscure
And astrological signs.
Amen, Uncle Pete. Amen.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Heh. The astrology thing was funny-- Just this week I was writing about some guy I chatted with in the downstairs room at the 2008 London Meet, who was trying to figure out his sign. I guess he figured "ask a Californian."
He was a [the sign in question], turned out.
Posted by Evensong (# 14696) on
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And she brings up the rear!!
Posted by Evensong (# 14696) on
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But that's okay. Cos I was the fastest.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Evensong:
And she brings up the rear!!
Now, that's sportsmanship. Own it, honey.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Those films again!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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At last, 50 50 worked without having to phone a friend. To get 10/10 on that last one restored my recently-damaged self esteem... even if it was by accurate guessing!
This month is not going to be a galloping success... just like January. Could March hold any promise?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Well, March is known as A Very Good Month - and for good reason as it is the month I was born!
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Finally within sight of a 10/10 in a good time and my first answer doesn't register.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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I hate that. I know just what you mean.
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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I was top!!! Squeeeeeee!!
I like Sunday quizzes.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Guessometer 2 - Speedometer 0
Still, 11th place isn't bad when you post a time of 70 seconds ...
Thanks, Pete!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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What random questions.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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I'd obviously borrowed the guessometer without realising it. Scored 9 when I actually knew about 4! Still, thinking time added up a bit.
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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7/10 - I don't think anyone could've done worse if they tried to!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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. . . what.
I just won yesterday's with a 45 second time. That'd normally get me, oh, 15th or so.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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One of those answers isn't correct in the UK...
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Yay! 56 seconds. My fastest time yet!
Posted by jackanapes (# 12374) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
One of those answers isn't correct in the UK...
Which one?
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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COD
Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
COD
I had no idea what that meant!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I think this will be on the top of the page...
Uncle Pete's Guessometer testing page.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Starbug:
quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
COD
I had no idea what that meant!
I'm used to the medical term - cause of death. No way do posties in the UK get cash on delivery.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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*shines the Guessometer and tells it what a clever little device it is*
Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on
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What's Louis on about (Q2)?
Guessometer's working fine though.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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[famous last words alert]
"Average" quizzes seem to suit me (scuttles into the top 10).
Maybe I'm just a rather average piglet.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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My *&^%ing mouse seized up!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
You have my sympathy, O wise bunny; I clicked "submit" and it just sat there, doing bugger all ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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8 right in 80 seconds and I am currently in 3rd place [out of 8] - what a weird day!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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...hangs head in shame for not knowing such a bizarre assortment of trivia....
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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9/10 was a miracle. I would like it put on record that this was pure guesswork. I am not in any way, shape or form the kind of person who would know most of those answers and I would hate for you to think I was.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
I know it's a bad workman who blames his tools, but at least 10 of my 91 seconds were occupied by the computer freezing when I clicked "play".
I can't, however, blame it for my woeful knowledge of films and obscure children's characters ...
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Nothing but gremlins this month!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
Nothing but gremlins this month!
Bright Lights! Bright Lights!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Virtually the same question 3 times over is a bit of a giveaway!
I'm in the lead so far but then nobody else has played.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Bother - knew all the answers but one, and chose the less obvious answer for the one I guessed...... should have gone with the obvious!
Serves me right for doing the quiz with malicious intent
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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I will not break my mouse. I will not break my mouse. I will not (DAMMIT! I CLICKED THAT ONE!) break my mouse...
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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The first time I've got them all right on Sunday! I'm beginning to catch up with people who went to Sunday school.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
Bother - knew all the answers but one, and chose the less obvious answer for the one I guessed...... should have gone with the obvious!
Serves me right for doing the quiz with malicious intent
Oh Smudgiekins, I'm so sorry!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Oh, dear, Smudgie.
Me, I read the questions carefully.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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9 out of 10 and me a Sunday School teacher
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
... I read the questions carefully.
So did I, but the guessometer let me down on number 5. I wonder if that's the one Smudgie tripped up on, as I went for the less obvious answer too.
[ 04. March 2013, 01:42: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
:
Who?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
:
One again, my mouse just decided to drift away like Butterfly McQueen and think happy thoughts while I was mid-quiz. Least this time the clicks registered.
Posted by Signaller (# 17495) on
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I'm not supposed to know any of those US questions - what happened?
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Gaah! Total rubbish I am.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Can somebody please develop a film app (whatever an "app" is ) for the Guessometer?
Mind you, I'm north of the middle (just) with 8/10, which I suppose isn't bad ...
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Ok, after a cr*p day at work I come on here and get 10/10. On a scale of 1 - 10 just how sad am I that I feel so much better?
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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Aargh! the solar system one got me, it could have been either of two answers for very good reasons and I chose the wrong one.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Bob Two-Owls:
Aargh! the solar system one got me, it could have been either of two answers for very good reasons and I chose the wrong one.
It could indeed - the perils of overthinking questions in internet quizzes!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Bloody Murkan fillums!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Yup, I agree - and I was even worse than you today!
Lauren Bacall I know but who the hell are Ron Howard, John Wayne and James Stewart?
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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That's not the film I was thinking of (seriously, two of them), but Wodders, if you're being serious about not knowing who John "The Duke" Wayne was, we need to show you some good ol' fashioned westerns, stat.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
That's not the film I was thinking of (seriously, two of them), but Wodders, if you're being serious about not knowing who John "The Duke" Wayne was, we need to show you some good ol' fashioned westerns, stat.
Did you just use the words "Wodders" and "being serious" in the same sentence without any hint of irony? Honestly? Did you?
Ariston, that's man's about as serious as a.. as a... as a very very not very serious thing.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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One of the favourite films of my childhood, if I can cast my mind back that far, was James Stewart and Marlene Dietrich in Destry Rides Again.
See what the boys in the back room will have...
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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And here I was hoping for a SoF movie marathon and everything.
*grumbles*
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Bloody Murkan fillums!
Indeed.
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
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With film questions (of which I am always terrible) I can take a wild guess by going for the film I've actually heard of, even if I've never seen it. I couldn't do that today as I'd never heard of any of the damn things!
Posted by Antisocial Alto (# 13810) on
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I missed both the Elvis questions. Ariston, could you add him to the marathon?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
And here I was hoping for a SoF movie marathon ...
Please God, no.
The Guessometer ran out of whatever it runs on (steam? gas? petrol? extra-hot chilli powder?) when I got to the second Elvis question. Mind you, it had been working rather hard ...
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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I'm in for the marathon! (but then, I would be. )
I also dorked up on the seconds Elvis question, because I've never followed Elvis.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Of course it helps to have the same answers to several questions!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Spent too long re reading question 3 trying to make sense of it!
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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I had tired eyes and read "buried" for "betrayed," which completely changes the story.
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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I'm getting better at this - 10/10 and 5 award points!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Woohoo! 14th today, best score yet.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I think I shared TB's trouble with question 3 - usually 10/10 in 47 seconds on a Sunday would get me further up the scoreboard than 15th, but not today.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Oh my gosh! The guessometer was really clicking over this Monday quiz!
Posted by Signaller (# 17495) on
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Yeee Har!
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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Bottom again!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Clicked "play" without thinking whilst eating my breakfast/drinking a hot mug of water. Tried to play one handed (forgetting it was all about speed). Then hit the "enter" key by accident and submitted my answers only half way through doing the quiz. So slow and only half the questions done should guarantee me a place at the bottom of the league table.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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OK, that mouse from Hell is acting up, and here I go.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Here is the quiz again - enjoy!
Posted by flags_fiend (# 12211) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
Clicked "play" without thinking whilst eating my breakfast/drinking a hot mug of water. Tried to play one handed (forgetting it was all about speed). Then hit the "enter" key by accident and submitted my answers only half way through doing the quiz. So slow and only half the questions done should guarantee me a place at the bottom of the league table.
You're not the last, someone took a little over 2 hours to answer the questions!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
OK, that mouse from Hell is acting up ...
I think your mouse and my mouse must be related.
I'm thinking seriously about getting a cat ...
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
:
*sigh* bottom again!
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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I have found a simple two button mouse with no clicky wheel or any fancy stuff. I tried it this morning and it looks like its going to be my "racing mouse" from now on.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Bugger! American quiz shows are so not my forte.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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That was a hard easy one!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
**pats mouse gently on the wheel**
That's better - 9th place today. Mentioning a cat was a good idea ...
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Yeah, calling the mouse out seemed to work for me, too.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
The wildest of wild guesses came up trumps on the last question to give me perfect score!
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Just today I passed a shop window display showing a cat with a (computer) mouse hanging from it's mouth. There seems to be something in the air.
The strategy of having a cold hand for smooth movement on a touchpad seemse to be working. Come warmer weather it'll all go horribly wrong. Or that's the excuse I'm planning on using.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
The Guessometer really doesn't like 'Murcan films, does it?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Nooooo! Clicked the submit button as I actually read the last half of the question. (Like that would have helped.)
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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And then you make a facepalming-worthy error. Miss that one letter, miss the question...
Derp.
[ 15. March 2013, 06:36: Message edited by: Ariston ]
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
I got them all right, but I did scowl at the Amero-centric trivia answer to one of the questions...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I figured you were confused about the nature of sin.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Sorry, lunch intervened hence past the edit time but my post above was directed at Ariston, not Pete.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Even when you get 10/10, 40 seconds doesn't cut the mustard on a Very Easy day. Too much thought, not enough speed.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Grumph. Figured out what it is, I got hairs trapped across the eye of my optical mouse. Got most of them out, but one still lingers. Wish me luck.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I somehow prefer the harder quizzes to the easier ones - they seem more "knowledge or educated guesses" based than "movie and celebrity" based. Though Sunday's best, of course - the only day I'm likely to get anywhere near the top of the board.
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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10/10 & 876 - top place for a change!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Sorry MB, exactly half your time.
Smudgie I was going to say
quote:
Even the devil can quote the scriptures
but after your performance today I think I'll leave it for another week!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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That's right - rub it in.
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
:
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
To MarkBetts and to Smudgie:
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
To MarkBetts and to Smudgie:
ceesharp has beaten you by 15 seconds - far be it from me to gloat, of course.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
That's right - rub it in.
This from the Queen of Gloat. Hope that's a river you're crying.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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You nasty nasty lot. I am drowning in my tears. *sniff*
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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It's official: I'm as dumb as a rock. Does anyone know of a vaccination for stupid?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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**pats Smudgie on whatever penguins have instead of shoulders**
There, there, Smudgie - don't cry. If it's any comfort I bollocksed up a couple of questions too and the Guessometer wasn't working.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Letting my mind wander to a tangent suggested by one of the questions is NOT conducive to a good time!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Is it not, dear Weasel? Shame!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Stupid Murrican Grade Z fillums.
whacks guessometer about the ears
Actually I feel virtuous that my head is not filled with such inane trivia. I think.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
You nasty nasty lot. I am drowning in my tears. *sniff*
Aw, Smudge, you know I love it when you taunt me.
Anyway, I take back my "queen of gloat" comment-- you are nowhere near a bad sport.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
Is it not, dear Weasel? Shame!
I suddenly found myself staring at the screen thinking of something totally other so I have nobody else to blame although you could try telling Smudgelet that it is his fault - but I doubt he'll believe it.
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
:
Bottom of the class again.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Isn't there something somewhere about the last being first and the first being last?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
*sigh*
April will soon be here.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Stupid Murrican Grade Z fillums.
whacks guessometer about the ears
Actually I feel virtuous that my head is not filled with such inane trivia. I think.
Yea and amen to most of that, Pete. I'm not sure that violence to the poor little Guessometer is the answer though ...
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Not blooming soon enough.
tessaB, slow and thoroughly fed up of rain and dark.
(to the lady with the light sabre)
[ 18. March 2013, 23:27: Message edited by: tessaB ]
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I shall go to work rejoicing in my momentary glory until someone comes along who's an even better guesser than I am
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Obscure DJs......
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
:
I think non-American shipmates will do badly today unless they make a lucky guess about the "famous" radio people.
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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Question 9 today is just plain wrong. None of the answers are correct and I chose the wrong incorrect answer.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
A Perfect Ten - but still too slow.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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"Famous" is a relative term. What the question writer considers famous is not necessarily famous in my world...
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Spike:
I think non-American shipmates will do badly today unless they make a lucky guess about the "famous" radio people.
Which I didn't...
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
:
Some inspired guesswork here
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Bob Two-Owls:
Question 9 today is just plain wrong. None of the answers are correct and I chose the wrong incorrect answer.
A hydrogen nucleus is a proton. Alpha, beta and gamma particles are not protons (they're a helium nucleus, an electron and a photon). The third answer is correct.
How on earth do you people manage to answer all the questions in 20 seconds? I can't read that fast...
Posted by Antisocial Alto (# 13810) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Leorning Cniht:
How on earth do you people manage to answer all the questions in 20 seconds? I can't read that fast...
A lot of the questions are repeats. If you play for a few months you'll eventually be able to answer most of them without reading.
ETA whoops here is the quiz link.
[ 19. March 2013, 23:37: Message edited by: Antisocial Alto ]
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
That's true to a certain extent, AA, but I've been doing the quiz for years and even when I know (or remember) the answers, my eye/brain/mouse co-ordination is still several leagues below yours.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Films are often my downfall.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
Note to self: When guessing yet another movie question, do not pick the one answer you actually know to be incorrect. This is not called "guessing". This is called "stupidity".
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
:
So, we've all got the same question wrong so far?
Posted by Chapelhead (# 21) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Japes:
So, we've all got the same question wrong so far?
It seems so.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Is this a matter of great minds thinking alike or is it fools seldom differing?
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
:
I'm guessing I got the same one wrong
I do the quiz on an iPad and my speed would be much better on a bigger screen.
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Films are often my downfall.
Same here. As soon as I saw that today's quiz was "easy" I knew there would be questions about films that I wouldn't be able to answer.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
Stupid, bloody, obscure, effing Murrcan fillums!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
What got me was that I hardly recognised any of the names - are these folks supposed to be famous?
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Leorning Cniht:
A hydrogen nucleus is a proton...
That isn't the question 9 I had, must have been from the day before?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Stupid, bloody, obscure, effing Murrcan fillums!
Amen, Brother Pete.
Posted by TurquoiseTastic (# 8978) on
:
Gaaarghh... dead last... my finger slipped on Q1, honestly!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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My brain slipped on question 9 - I knew the right answer but clicked on the wrong one - what an idiot.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I'm in the lead!
-
-
-
...at least until someone else plays.
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
:
Bottom of the class yet again! Oh well, at least I know why now.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
:
Aaahhh, clicked the wrong one, I should've got 10!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Shades of Marlon Brando, HA?
Gosh, it makes me feel old when I realise that that film was made well into my lifetime!
[ 21. March 2013, 10:03: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
:
The guessometer was in fine form today. Shame it was running so slowly, though...
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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A good score but 100% pure luck. Chuffing business questions; I'll take film questions anyday. At least 10 seconds of my time was taken up gesturing at the screen.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
Questions on obscure, defunct (I hope) Murrican teevee programs make me grit my teeth in frustration.
Why not a question on The Plouffe Family?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
A good guess, or possibly a hazy memory from the last time the question was in the quiz, gets me a 10/10.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
[aside]Pete, are they a complete family of plouffes?[/aside]
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
:
10/10 and third place - not bad for me!
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
:
I got 10 more points as well. And points make prizes, what do points make?
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
:
Yay! A lucky guess and some easy questions and I've made it to 2nd place...for the moment anyway....
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Mark Betts:
I got 10 more points as well. And points make prizes, what do points make?
Was Samantha keeping the score then?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Mark Betts:
10/10 and third place ...
Not any more. I probably won't be there long either.
Wodders - me too (pats the guessometer).
Pete - who the hell are the Plouffes?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Sorry Pete, beat you by 52 seconds today.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
Wow! I did well today!
Miz piglet: A Canadian icon
[ 23. March 2013, 07:41: Message edited by: PeteC ]
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
:
Ooh, at 9:50 am I am number 6. I confidently expect to go shooting down the table as the day goes on
But for now I am
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Stupid slow computer. Maybe a hand crank will help it to submit my answers more quickly.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
:
Ooh,only went down 6 places. (There's a joke in there somewhere )
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Another question I always get wrong!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
:
I should go by my own instinct and not listen to my husband!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
:
Pride goeth etc. A lucky guess on the apocrypha kept me to 8 but I guessed badly on question 3 and hit the right button on the last question and submitted before checking it had ticked. A real rookie mistake
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
A lucky guess on some singer I'm sure nobody has ever heard of got me 10/10 but slower than all the other tens today.
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
:
You've never heard of Britney Spears Welease Woderwick?
Anyways, you're not bottom of the 10s anymore - I am!
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
:
Oh FFS, just read the ques....
Oh why bother.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
You should have used the Guessometer, Wodders - it worked for me. I'd heard of the singers, but took a gamble on which one it was.
Bit after my time, you understand (my time was c.1500-1694 and c.1977-1984).
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
:
Bottom of t' class again.
Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on
:
First for a short while
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Now I'm first, which amazes me at 59 seconds!
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
:
What is the difference between a series and a mini-series? I don't think we have mini-series in the UK but I don't watch TV much so I may be wrong.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
The Guessometer let me down on the Wild West question (can't say I blame it really), but was excellent on bands I'd never heard of and the enfranchisement of ladies (even changed a wrong to a right on that one).
Sadly, the Speedometer wasn't much cop though ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
It's morning, only 90 minutes to go before the quiz closes and I am still in the lead!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
It's morning, only 90 minutes to go before the quiz closes and I am still in the lead!
Day is done; the weasel won!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I think that is my third win in all the time we've been doing it - and every time I can't believe it!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
...and I won't be first today!
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
:
Hey this isn't fair - how can I be bottom of t' class when bunnywithanaxe only got 8 correct? (I got 9)
Anyway, since we've started a new page, here's the link again for the New Crew's Quiz.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
Compare your times, dear Sir. The Axe took 48 seconds to get 8 right. You, on the other hand, took 164 to get 9 right.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Question 1 took far too bloody long to read. I hate those riddles - always have.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
:
Some inspired guessing today...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Stupid beep-beep modem decided to play silly buggers just as I completed the quiz then had to reconnect itself!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Bloody fillums!
Is it not possible to have a quiz without thes f*****g questions?
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Well, I did better on cities I have never heard of than on urban rumours about food I've never heard of.
Posted by TurquoiseTastic (# 8978) on
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"You own the dog, show it"
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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What the heckedy heck is pop rocks candy?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I have absolutely no idea, TB, but fortunately the Guessometer (which excelled itself today) does.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Compare your times, dear Sir. The Axe took 48 seconds to get 8 right. You, on the other hand, took 164 to get 9 right.
And you know what?
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
What the heckedy heck is pop rocks candy?
It was popular, I think, a decade or two before my time, but never went entirely out of fashion. Pop Rocks are small little candies that look like neon-colored gravel that, when you put a few in your mouth, start foaming, fizzing, and, well, popping.
Great fun, really.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Compare your times, dear Sir. The Axe took 48 seconds to get 8 right. You, on the other hand, took 164 to get 9 right.
And you know what?
Videos and sound tracks are lost on me.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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I am going to plaintively hope that attempts at friendliness aren't.
he's just chanting "it just doesn't matter" over and over.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The first shall be last, and the last shall be first...
...at the moment I am both.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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(ponders mathematical implications of that statement.)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Don't worry Kelly, I specialise in being an enigma...
...or perhaps I was just first to play.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
What the heckedy heck is pop rocks candy?
It was popular, I think, a decade or two before my time, but never went entirely out of fashion. Pop Rocks are small little candies that look like neon-colored gravel that, when you put a few in your mouth, start foaming, fizzing, and, well, popping.
Great fun, really.
Aah, it's popping candy.
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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Please don't let me be bottom of t' class again today....
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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10/10 - and many were just guesses too!
So why am I still third from bottom?
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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Anyway... I got 92 Fun Trivia Bucks now...
Got my eye on that Yellow Convertibe.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark Betts:
Anyway... I got 92 Fun Trivia Bucks now...
I have 6957. If there was a way to pass some on to you, I would!
(Do I really need a money tree?)
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Don't worry Kelly, I specialise in being an enigma...
...or perhaps I was just first to play.
I know. I was trying to think up a formula for what you said, though.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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On a Very Easy day, 10/10 in 45 seconds just doesn't cut it, mustard-wise.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Don't worry Kelly, I specialise in being an enigma...
...or perhaps I was just first to play.
I know. I was trying to think up a formula for what you said, though.
Have you ever considered I might be a Divine Paradox?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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gasp!!
First place for a minute or two!
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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(Sigh) Every where I go, Judy, I'm looking at your tail feathers.
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
(Sigh) Every where I go, Judy, I'm looking at your tail feathers.
Mine too now
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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again, this time by number 10.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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One of my better ones
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
again, this time by number 10.
Me too, TB, and the Guessometer was no help. Maybe someone might enlighten us once today's quiz is finished.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
(Sigh) Every where I go, Judy, I'm looking at your tail feathers.
You know we can take turns saying that! You are ahead of me (everywhere) more often than not.
Posted by Grits (# 4169) on
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I do think these quizzes are very American. _________ Pet Tricks is a segment on the David Letterman Show. I mean, it was years ago when I actually watched it. I assume he's still doing it.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
(Sigh) Every where I go, Judy, I'm looking at your tail feathers.
You know we can take turns saying that! You are ahead of me (everywhere) more often than not.
...
... I get the feeling that Angry Birds is dicking with the two of us.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Grits:
I do think these quizzes are very American. _________ Pet Tricks is a segment on the David Letterman Show. I mean, it was years ago when I actually watched it. I assume he's still doing it.
Oh, right. I hope that question doesn't recur!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Grits:
... these quizzes are very American. _________ Pet Tricks is a segment on the David Letterman Show ...
That makes me feel much better. I can truthfully say that I've never watched the David Letterman Show; I'm not sure that I would recognise David Letterman if he came up in my soup.
The Guessometer was also decidedly wobbly on Old Testament kings ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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The "answer" to one of the questions is only partially correct.
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
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I know the one you mean and I've complained about it before.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'm terrible with pop music questions!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I'm terrible with pop music questions!
Whereas I'm young enough to fail on the old music hall song questions
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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Who's bottom of the class today, PeteC?
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark Betts:
Who's bottom of the class today, PeteC?
I'm keeping you company Pete. I was rubbish today.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I'm terrible with pop music questions!
Whereas I'm young enough to fail on the old music hall song questions
ETA: posting the answer was silly :-)
[ 02. April 2013, 16:31: Message edited by: Leorning Cniht ]
Posted by Grits (# 4169) on
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The Bee Gees and the Beatles are hardly "pop" music, are they? Very iconic... and very British!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Grits:
The Bee Gees and the Beatles are hardly "pop" music, are they? Very iconic... and very British!
And very Britpop to boot!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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The music was no problem for me, the geography however
Note to self, try to remember that Canada has states as well.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by tessaB:
... try to remember that Canada has states as well.
Er, sort of no. It's got provinces and territories. Americaland has states.
quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
And very Britpop to boot!
Not at all - Britpop was much later.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
And very Britpop to boot!
Not at all - Britpop was much later.
...which might explain why I never do well on those questions...
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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Dammit, I need to watch some films...
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Gah!! Films....
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
quote:
Originally posted by tessaB:
... try to remember that Canada has states as well.
Er, sort of no. It's got provinces and territories. Americaland has states.
Ok geography really not my strong suit. Sorry if I offended.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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linky-link
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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Damn! I read the question about the cockatoo wrong - thought it was cuckoo.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by tessaB:
... Sorry if I offended.
Not at all.
Accuracy today: good. Speed today: less so.
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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And today my knowledge of US brand names let me down
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Bob Two-Owls:
And today my knowledge of US brand names let me down
Me too, it was rather obscure!
Posted by TurquoiseTastic (# 8978) on
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Bah.... ... more reasons to dislike Lance Armstrong...
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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Obviously not a fan of the mouse's œvre.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Silly computer loads stuff so slowly.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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How the hell did I skip a day??
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Bob Two-Owls:
And today my knowledge of US brand names let me down
Me too - as a non-'Murcan non-parent, I think I can be forgiven for getting that one wrong.
Wait a minute - I clicked the right answer and then changed it to the wrong one ...
**mumblemumble*******guessometermumblemumble**
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Silly computer loads stuff so slowly.
I do so agree, jj - 5 seconds minimum to load the quiz and the same again to load the results. Many days more than twice those.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Woohoo! Broke the 50 second barrier
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Details, details.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Oh for heaven's sake!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by tessaB:
Oh for heaven's sake!
This.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I really shouldn't play when I'm sick. That's my excuse.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Sorry you're not feeling the best, JJ - hope you feel better soon.
I tripped up on the card game question - not my strong suit.
I'll get my coat ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The only way for me to be in the lead on a Sunday is by playing first - 8/10 in 48 seconds so not much of a target!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Only 9 right today but one of my best times!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I always seem to get that question about the disciples wrong, no matter what answer I put ...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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&%*$#*@ computer froze just as I hit "play today's game".
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Odd selection of Harder questions, some general knowledge, others downright obscure trivia.
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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7/10 138s - Not bad (for me) seeing as most of them were pure guesses
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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Good God, that was a difficult one. Nobody has managed 10/10 yet!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Oh My Word !
Posted by Antisocial Alto (# 13810) on
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For once one of my movie guesses was right... It's an Easter miracle!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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looks at Uncle Pete's Guessometer
When's the last time this thing was taken in for service? Should I squirt some WD-40 into it's rusty innards?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Antisocial Alto:
For once one of my movie guesses was right...
... says someone who gets an answer wrong about once every six months ...
My film guessing on the other hand was absolute rubbish, and my score wasn't helped by the slowness of my computer. Maybe I ought to start doing the quiz when I'm at w*rk ...
Posted by Antisocial Alto (# 13810) on
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After the Bible, movies and TV are probably my worst subjects.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Aaaah, clicked the wrong one and realised as soon as I hit submit.
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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8/10 in 88 secs - Time is getting better, but I'm still bottom o' t' class.
Posted by TurquoiseTastic (# 8978) on
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Wooo! As far up the leaderboard as I've ever been! Go with the gut! (And reduce the font size so I don't have to scroll down so much)!
excited TQTastic
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Just south of the middle, just north of the Weasel.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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One paltry second and she knocks me down a place!
...and I don't think taking 60 seconds to complete today's quiz will help my cause at all!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Failed on the cars, what a surprise.
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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NOT bottom 't class today - but still the slowest time (so far) - 8/10 138s
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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How is it that, when some people guess, they inevitably get the answers correct and when other people guess, they inevitably get them wrong... and more to the point, why is it that I invariably seem to be in the latter group? You're not telling me you lot know the answers to all those question!!!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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I so wish people would use the same login for Fun Trivia as they do for The Ship - then we can all see how badly they did!
I'm 3rd from bottom now.
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
How is it that, when some people guess, they inevitably get the answers correct and when other people guess, they inevitably get them wrong... and more to the point, why is it that I invariably seem to be in the latter group? You're not telling me you lot know the answers to all those question!!!
Just the usual, Smudgie. When some people do well as a matter of chance, they say so, when others do so, the keep quiet. Maybe the latter like people to think they do well out of skill?
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Dang movie question, right off the bat. <sneer>
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
Failed on the cars, what a surprise.
Me too.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Number 6! Highest placement so far!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm right behind you, Tess - it's not often that 77 seconds* will get you into the top 10.
* at least 10 of which were wasted while the computer faffed about ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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First place again but for my usual reason - I can only go down from here!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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With quizzes like that I could put the guessometer in storage!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Bloomin' Windows 8!
I was doing fine until the screen suddenly changed mid-quiz! And to add insult to injury, it changed to the Ship!!!
Still, a respectable time - just one which will be knocked into orbit once the speedy gang get on board.
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
Bloomin' Windows 8!
I was doing fine until the screen suddenly changed mid-quiz! And to add insult to injury, it changed to the Ship!!!...
(sigh!) excuses, excuses...
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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The slowest time AND I got one wrong! I'm getting good at this y'know..
...bottom 't class again...
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Timing not bad, but didn't know the last question. If only I'd had that guessometer
Link
[ 12. April 2013, 16:32: Message edited by: tessaB ]
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Enough of this! See you all in two weeks!
PS The key for the guessometer is under the third flowerpot to the left of the banana plant,
Posted by TurquoiseTastic (# 8978) on
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Oh yeah - 9 seconds from fame and fortune... or something!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Several lucky guesses today.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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I don't know if it was guesswork or deduction or what, but there were some obscure questions today.
US playground slang? Really?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
... The key for the guessometer is under the third flowerpot to the left of the banana plant ...
Thanks, Pete. Safe travels!
BTW, it worked beautifully today until the last question ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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42 seconds is really speedy for me but slow compared with most others.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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2 seconds behind you
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Woohoo! Under 40 seconds and 10 out of 10.
Never been so pleased with something that means so little
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...and that wicked Smudgiekins is in the lead!
Posted by TurquoiseTastic (# 8978) on
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Oh yeah! Oh yeah! TQT rules and rules and rules!
...er...
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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quote:
Originally posted by TurquoiseTastic:
Oh yeah! Oh yeah! TQT rules and rules and rules!
Pride cometh?
Posted by TurquoiseTastic (# 8978) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Leorning Cniht:
quote:
Originally posted by TurquoiseTastic:
Oh yeah! Oh yeah! TQT rules and rules and rules!
Pride cometh?
Could be...
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Heck, if by some miracle I scored 27 seconds, I'd be crowing pretty loud, too.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I thought 47 seconds including computer-faffing time wasn't bad until I saw the rest of you ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It took over 20 seconds for the quiz to load!
GGGRRRRRRR!!!!!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Well, that was a poor show!
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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US Baseball and rhyme guessometer needs calibrating...
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
Well, that was a poor show!
You haven't seen my attempt yet - doing it now...
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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Well, I'm not bottom 't class today for once! Who's Heavenlyannie?
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark Betts:
Who's Heavenlyannie?
there's not enough room for my full screen name
[ 15. April 2013, 08:13: Message edited by: Heavenly Anarchist ]
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Bob Two-Owls:
US Baseball and rhyme guessometer needs calibrating...
Indeed, mine too..
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Lucia:
quote:
Originally posted by Bob Two-Owls:
US Baseball and rhyme guessometer needs calibrating...
Indeed, mine too..
I never had one in the first place.
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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You should get one, they are usually very good but need careful calibration.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Loading problems here too. Had to go backwards and submit again. Grr. The wrong answer though? All my own fault.
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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The lowest score I have ever had. I know nothing about american trivia!
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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quote:
Originally posted by The Weeder:
The lowest score I have ever had. I know nothing about american trivia!
I'm quite staggered about how much I do know - either that, or I'm a good guesser (sometimes.)
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I scraped into the top 10 despite wasting a bit of time stroking* the guessometer ...
... which worked a treat.
eta: * that should have read "stoking the guessometer".
[ 16. April 2013, 02:40: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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Terrible!
I haven't got a clue about Astrology - as Sir Patrick Moore (now in heaven) would have said, "Astrology proves one thing and one thing only, that there's one born every minute!"
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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I have no trouble getting 10/10 but my time is s-l-o-w. Slow reader, slow processor. Story of my life!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Boogie:
I have no trouble getting 10/10 ...
I did.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I knew it was just an either/or but picked the wrong one!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Cr*p!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Scraped into the top 10!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Top of the board! But not for long I suspect.
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
Top of the board! But not for long I suspect.
No danger from me!
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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Why do I ALWAYS get the one about kleptomaniacs wrong? We've had it about 5 times in the last 2 weeks.
Anyway, at this moment in time I'm top of t' class - and bottom!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Under 40 seconds but no match for the quickies out there.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Absolute rubbish!
[My performance, not anybody else]
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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I cannot believe I got 10/10 on that! At least three were total guesswork and one was a vaguely informed guess. Pleased, pleased but slightly worried about how the gods are going to balance this out for me
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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Shocking! My worst ever - 5/10 in 170 secs
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Uncle Pete, if you're reading this, you'll be glad to know that we're looking after the Guessometer and it's responding by working beautifully.
That wee dram of 18-year-old Highland Park I fed it last night was just the ticket ...
BTW, you owe me about £10.
Posted by TurquoiseTastic (# 8978) on
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Woohoo! TQT has reached the top of the greasy pole and has begun to refer to himself in the third person!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I swear I guess no. 8 differently every time it comes up, and every time I get it wrong (possibly even if I get it right).
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Returns guessometer with a friendly pat.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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I clearly need to improve my hillbilly-based knowledge.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I don't actually have any hillbilly-based knowledge, but I have got the Guessometer.
**feeds it with another wee dram**
[ 23. April 2013, 02:24: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The memory of the show's intro song was lodged somewhere in the dim and dark recesses of my brain, though why I have no idea!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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That guessometer isn't very good with golf questions, I think it needs recalibrating.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Slow but accurate...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Being long in the tooth and having a rather weirdly selective memory I managed to get the golf question - much to my own surprise. The statistics question was just stupid but I got that right too.
Sometimes I amaze myself!
Here is the Quiz Link again.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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Looks like cartoon strips aren't my thing.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Baah! Statistics are scary and evil
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Good heavens. Almost the bottom of the pile.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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One lucky guess, two unlucky ones and one f****** computer that f***** about for about 20 seconds when I hit "play".
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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Am I the only person who doesn't know the names of the participants in random American crimes? Even if one of them has a surname to amuse the inner 10-year-old?
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Leorning Cniht:
Am I the only person who doesn't know the names of the participants in random American crimes? Even if one of them has a surname to amuse the inner 10-year-old?
I still have no idea who she is/was. Even though I got (guessed) that question right.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Never heard of that comedienne. Guessometer let me down!
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Got the comedienne, it was the would-be murderess who let me down.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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I think I was helped by skipping past the relevant crime-related channel 5 telemovie at some point in the past. Amazing what proves useful.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
Never heard of that comedienne. Guessometer let me down!
I'd never heard of her either, but it worked for me.
Maybe you're not feeding it the right sort of whisky ...
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I fed it some Talisker and it got 2 wrong! It obviously can't handle it's drink.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The Perfect Ten but so slow again!
...and I can't even blame the computer, just my very slow brain.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Haha! Guessometer in perfect working order. (It likes chocolate!)
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
I fed it some Talisker and it got 2 wrong!
I don't blame it - that stuff's only fit for cleaning your headlights.
It worked perfectly for me ...
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
I fed it some Talisker and it got 2 wrong! It obviously can't handle it's drink.
Caol Ila cask strength, Bulleit or Green Hat summer GIN if you're out. How do you think I manage to do so well?
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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It seems to like my homebrew
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Bloody hell, HA - you'll give it a hangover.
I didn't really use it today, but I could have done with a cattle-prod for my computer, which did its 20-second freeze thing as soon as I hit "play".
PS We'd better be nice to it, now that Uncle Pete's back, or he might stop lending it out ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Dear WW, I suggest you switch on your brain BEFORE you start the quiz!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Neener, neener, neener, Weasel!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Oh the shame
I'm bottom of the table so far.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Looks at her game of monopoly in confusion...
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Don't worry wodders, tessaB to the rescue.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Thanks tessaB & daisydaisy, that was most kind of you.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
Looks at her game of monopoly in confusion...
I'm still cross about that question!!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I hadn't realised it was originally American.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
...but I could have done with a cattle-prod for my computer, which did its 20-second freeze thing as soon as I hit "play".
It must be catching. The one time it would have been possible to get into the top 10 with 9/10 and my signal was so slow, I had to stop and reload twice. It's a conspiracy I tell you.
Posted by Patdys (# 9397) on
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My monopoly is London and pound based.
(Excluding my daughter's my little pony monopoly)
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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May I recommend Do Not Pass Go by Tim Moore, a very entertaining romp round the British Monopoly board, but with a spot of history of the game thrown in?
By some fluke of nature I seem to be in fifth place, which is much further north than I've been for ages.
Posted by Zach82 (# 3208) on
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Not fair- the Munich Olympics were way before I was even born, but long after the part of history I find interesting.
[ 28. April 2013, 02:00: Message edited by: Zach82 ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I think I need to polish up my Biblical Familial Relationships!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Yeah, they make me slip too!
Posted by Sylvander (# 12857) on
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Er?
I thought there were two journeys, one beginning where the other ended ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Sylvander:
Er?
I thought there were two journeys, one beginning where the other ended ...
Me, too.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 and 12th place - not quite at the top table, but definitely above the salt.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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tripped up by question 1.
And pocket lint again!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Dratted fillums!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Dratted fillums!
Amen, Uncle Pete.
Posted by Zach82 (# 3208) on
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I spent at least 20 second rereading and second guessing myself on question one. Ho hum.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
... pocket lint again!
I know. What on earth is their fascination with pocket lint?
Never mind - hurrah for the guessometer!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Boo to the guessometer from here!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Naughty computer had to put a whole page notice up in front of the Quiz. Ack.
It's like it was saying, "Hello...look at me!!!"
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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One good guess and one duff one today.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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Not too shabby for a laptop and a bit of wet string.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Aargh! I knew I'd clicked the wrong answer as soon as I hit submit.
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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Question 9 was a poser, I had to remember that it was average for the USA not here in Norfolk...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Managed to sneak into the top 10 (with a bit of help from the dear Guessometer).
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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Too much reading for a quick score today.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Was I the only person who did a double-take for questions 1 & 10? My brainspend too much time going 'eh!?' for speed today.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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yeah I hate the ones which take you 10 seconds to read the question and then another 10 for all the long answer options
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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quote:
Originally posted by ArachnidinElmet:
Was I the only person who did a double-take for questions 1 & 10? My brainspend too much time going 'eh!?' for speed today.
No 10 was definitely a 'eh' one!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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That's what I get for skimming over the first part of the question.
Quiz page again.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I got one wrong but as I had never even heard of the correct answer I forgive myself.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Me too, Wodders, and unfortunately the Guessometer hadn't heard of it either.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ah, but you were wrong 6 seconds faster than me!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Not as fast as A Certain Penguin™ but still a respectable score.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I should never second guess the guessometer!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ah well, the eating habits of people the opposite side of the globe from me were my downfall.
eta: but I am still in first place for a minute or two.
[ 06. May 2013, 06:43: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...and, of course, being the nice guy that I am, I am far too sensitive and caring a soul to crow about getting one more question right than the Penguin Person.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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And being the nice guy I am, I would forbear to mention that I got one more than weasel.
But that means I got two more right than Pingu!!!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Those of us who only got 8 will just hang our heads in shame (and wait to get our revenge )
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Ah well, the eating habits of people the opposite side of the globe from me were my downfall ...
They're on the same side of the globe as me, but I got it wrong too.
eta: and I got it wrong more slowly than you did.
[ 07. May 2013, 03:18: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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It gives me a golden glow to know that I have made the two old men of the thread happy for a few moments..... my good deed for the day. Bless their hearts
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...and you did it a second day on the run - you are so kind to the elderly, it just shines out of you!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Grrr, I blame the toothache (and me not knowing).
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A stupid, stupid, stupid error meant only 9/10 today!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I know how you feel, weasel.
I skipped a question to which the answer was obvious
And this was a day, I got the fillum question right!
[ 08. May 2013, 10:46: Message edited by: PeteC ]
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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I refer the honourable gentlemen to my message of the 6th
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Honourable?
Thank you - I'm flattered and Pete, no doubt, will be completely gobsmacked!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Frankly I wouldn't be too pleased, it's how MP's address each other so perhaps a little sarcastic.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Call me old-fashioned, but isn't the piece of "additional information" regarding the chat-show host a biological impossibility?
P.S. Clever guessometer! **administers single malt**
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I sometimes wonder if life itself isn't some sort of biological impossibility!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I took 50% longer than Smudgiekins, does this mean I think 50% more than she does?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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How many times have y'all said, don't change answers? I changed one of my answers. Idiot.
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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10/10 for once - not bad, since quite a few were guesses, but the timing wasn't so hot.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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But just look at who you beat Mark!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Nineteen seconds? Nineteen Seconds!!!
Antisocial Alto, the page barely loads that quickly for me!!
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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quote:
Originally posted by tessaB:
But just look at who you beat Mark!
Don't worry. I already have!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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10/10 in 79 seconds! Must be a personal best!
sotto voce That was a Harder quiz?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
...sotto voce That was a Harder quiz?
My thoughts exactly, Pete.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Oh, wow! An easy bible quiz!
looks around for weasel
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...who forgot the meaning of that name - AGAIN!!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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15 points! That is the most I have ever got.
(I'm a little worried that I may be starting to take this too seriously )
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
...who forgot the meaning of that name - AGAIN!!
... and guess who got the fiery furnace wrong - AGAIN??
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
...who forgot the meaning of that name - AGAIN!!
I know, really!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Wow! Maybe I should dust off the guessometer for tomorrow. They can't be all that easy!
Posted by A.Pilgrim (# 15044) on
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Duh! Too many US-based questions for me.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Fecking computer froze for at least a minute giving me a stupid time.
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Fecking computer froze for at least a minute giving me a stupid time.
There's no-one on the scoreboard with a time of more than a minute... except me.
Posted by TurquoiseTastic (# 8978) on
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My knowledge of M&Ms has been tried and found wanting...
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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I just made an informed guess on that one. Two of the options weren't even colours...
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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If I have to venture into a lift I have my eyes shut, so how would I know what other people do?
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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quote:
Originally posted by TurquoiseTastic:
My knowledge of M&Ms has been tried and found wanting...
I fell at that one. I had to ask what they were and someone told me that they were either like Smarties or they had peanuts in them.
That was a low blow to taunt a man on a strict diet...I now have an empty tube of Smarties and a bellyful of guilt.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I fell at the fillum. As usual.
I did what the Planet did. Informed guess. Never had M$Ms in my life. Canada is enlightened: we have Smarties.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Well, the Guessometer did it for me - I'll send it back overnight express, Pete.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Whoever told you M&M's were anything at all like Smarties lies, at least if your Smarties are anything like ours (little disks of flavoredish sugar). Chocolate, sometimes with a peanut in the center, covered in a thin layer of hard candy is what you should be thinking of.
And now I want some. Not Good.
[ 14. May 2013, 14:50: Message edited by: Ariston ]
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
Whoever told you M&M's were anything at all like Smarties lies, at least if your Smarties are anything like ours (little disks of flavoredish sugar). Chocolate, sometimes with a peanut in the center, covered in a thin layer of hard candy is what you should be thinking of.
Smarties in the UK are a little like M&Ms, but superior. They used to be made by Rowntree's, which was "recently" bought by Nestle. Smarties are a bit larger, and the coating is less hard, and melts more easily. I don't think UK Smarties work as well in very hot climates. For the last several years, UK smarties have been made with natural food colourings, so come in more pastelly tones than M&Ms.
The thing called "Smarties" in the US is a little bit like UK Refreshers, but smaller and less fizzy.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Leorning Cniht:
Smarties in the UK are a little like M&Ms, but superior.
The mini Smarties, on the other hand, are just wrong - they have entirely the wrong ratio of coating to chocolate.
[ 14. May 2013, 15:06: Message edited by: Leorning Cniht ]
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Presumably today's quiz is graded as "harder" as it doesn't contain so-called easy questions on American sports, TV or culture!
For the rest of the world the absence of these themes probably increases our chances of getting a top score!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Lucia:
Presumably today's quiz is graded as "harder" as it doesn't contain so-called easy questions on American sports, TV or culture!
For the rest of the world the absence of these themes probably increases our chances of getting a top score!
Yep, ime the harder ones contain facts and the easier ones contain random trivia! I find the harder ones much easier
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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20 points and in the top ten (so far)
(Ok, I am taking it too seriously, but it has made my day so I'm going to live with it.)
Give the Guessometer a dram and warm up your clicky fingers, everybody!
[ 14. May 2013, 22:39: Message edited by: Ariston ]
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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When I enter a lift and look at the numbers, it's to control what floor I'm going to. Clearly in a minority. All of those answers could have been correct, IMO.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Quite right, Tessa - if in doubt, give the Guessometer a dram.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Quite right, Tessa - if in doubt, give the Guessometer a dram.
Hey! That was me what wrote it, that was! Don't go blamin' nobody else for my own bad prose!
Especially when it's based on a running joke.
[ 15. May 2013, 04:23: Message edited by: Ariston ]
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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No 7 is wrong, my response would be 'He is? Fantastic!'
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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I must remember never to do the quiz straight after booting up, wait until the update notices have finished...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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weasel's lost again!
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I hate to get the very first question wrong.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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All 10s so far!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
All 10s so far!
Yes, I know. I feel quite chuffed about that, actually.
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
All 10s so far!
Yes, I know. I feel quite chuffed about that, actually.
I beat your time today!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Most people do. Enjoy.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Quite right, Tessa - if in doubt, give the Guessometer a dram.
Hey! That was me what wrote it, that was ...
My apologies, Ariston - I didn't notice the edit.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Quite right, Tessa - if in doubt, give the Guessometer a dram.
Hey! That was me what wrote it, that was ...
My apologies, Ariston - I didn't notice the edit.
Just showing off, being helpful, and sitting this month's quiz out.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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41 seconds is pretty speedy for this old cronk!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Aargh, I never learn! Last question fooled me again!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I was lucky with the last question, TB - I had the right answer, changed it to the wrong one and then changed it back again.
Didn't do much for my speed though ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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That was an OK quiz with a half-decent time for me.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Hm, not good at American geography or recreational drugs.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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Slow and steady...
won't be good enough to beat the speedy brigade.
[ 18. May 2013, 07:53: Message edited by: Leorning Cniht ]
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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The speedy brigade is all tripping at the recreational drug question. I did too. To me a recreational drug would be Viagra (not that I have personal experience of that, either).
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
Hm, not good at American geography or recreational drugs.
Me neither...
Posted by Antisocial Alto (# 13810) on
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Well, I got the recreational drugs but missed the golf. What can I say, I went to a liberal arts college...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Hmmph. The Guessometer must not do drugs, either.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Total lack of knowledge on American geography, but al little concerned that I did know the drugs question. Well sort of, I knew that the right answer was actually a name for another recreational drug
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
The speedy brigade is all tripping at the recreational drug question.
(Looks hard at #1.)
(Although wasn't this the same gang that decided Jesus was a reefer hound in a thread called "What would Jesus Smoke?" years back?)
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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Looks like I'm in Zach82's gang!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm quite relieved to report that my knowledge of the etymology of mind-altering substances is less than complete.
So is the Guessometer's - I changed the right guess to a wrong one ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I've long ago guessed that Average usually means that you are a film nut.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Hmmm....both 10 out of 10, both 61 seconds and yet Bob Two-Owls gets 12 points and I get 11. I suspect some favouritism here
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I think the word I'm looking for is "bollocks".
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Stoopid moovin' pitchurs!
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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I just don't know enough dead Americans.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Me either, I don't feel so bad about getting that one wrong. There's no excuse for cocking up another one though. Gah. A half read question is no better than pointing and guessing.
Posted by Antisocial Alto (# 13810) on
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Only reason I got the dead Americans question is because it's come up before and I happened to remember the answer. Still not as fast as indianwells though!
Posted by A.Pilgrim (# 15044) on
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Nah, think I'm going to give up on this quiz. Speed is never going to happen on a laptop with a scratchpad and not a mouse with a wheel for scrolling; and there's just too much of a US bias.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Failed on the sweeties!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Same one caught me out too. Obviously I was a good girl when I was young and didn't eat enough sweeties
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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My M&Ms research expedition of a few days ago pays off rather quicker than expected...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Gosh, no moving pictures this time. And a rock band I could easily figure out.
My day is complete.
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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I think I muddled my sweeties brands.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
Same one caught me out too. Obviously I was a good girl when I was young and didn't eat enough sweeties
It doesn't help than the non-traditional colour is now actually quite popular.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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**gives a handful of sweeties to the Guessometer**
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Hates celebrity questions about people who don't even register on the guessometer anymore!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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I could argue with the wording of question 1.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
Another simple "Harder" quiz. I love those.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Me too, Pete, especially as I changed a wrong answer to a right one ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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One, today, was a brainfart moment. Another I actually learnt something, and won't make that mistake again.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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What? You've given up learning?
I can't say I blame you.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I just changed a right answer to a wrong answer as well - DUH!!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I don't know why I had to think that question was harder than it really was. *sigh*
Uncle Pete's Guessometer testing site.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Hey, Grits!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I'd be able to read the questions quicker if I put my glasses on
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Well deserved bottom place.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I think I beat you, TreeBee - and am appalled at my lack of knowledge and speed this morning. Shocking performance.
Mock as you will, Weasel and Pete - I am utterly ashamed to have got that question wrong.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Relax Smudgie, you have now been pushed off the bottom rung, but upwards.
Gosh, I feel stupid right now!
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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My laptop is possessed. I definitely picked the right answer, but the cursor has a mind of it's own.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Before engaging mouse, put brain in gear. As my mum would have said, "remember, Piglet dear, read the question".
Got my north and south mixed up - what an idiot!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Ah well I am glad I wasn't the only one to figure that England was too obvious an answer to that question.
Or was I?
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Oh, wow, oh wow, oh wow! At this moment in time I am the only Perfect 10 on Tuesday's list!!!!!!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Proudly bottom of the heap! This laptop, not mine, is The Machine From Hell!
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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In at number one! That is the first time I have done that without being the first player.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Bob Two-Owls:
In at number one! That is the first time I have done that without being the first player.
Well, there goes my twenty minutes of fame. It was nice while it lasted.
Weasel: Now you know how it feels.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Third place is very exciting for me - @ 20 til 9
and only a half mug of coffee
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Tripped up by the President.
Posted by Inanna (# 538) on
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I'm impressed - I guessed at least two of those, and went for speed over accuracy. Which has landed me at #2.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
Tripped up by the President.
Me too, TB.
Canadian guessometer, eh?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I am really grateful that my friends let me use their laptop when I am staying with them but it is really seriously awful for speedy quizzing!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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On fire today!
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
Tripped up by the President.
Me too, TB.
Me too. I knew it was FDR, but put Washington anyway. Still don't know why.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Is it a deliberate extra layer of difficulty in a quiz if you have to anticipate the answer that the setter wanted, rather than the one you think is right? Fiendish.
(I'm thinking about the conversation on a date question).
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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The floating one was rather tricky for me because I know for certain that one other of those animals does float. I tried to duck one under in a fountain once and it wasn't easy but he did eventually give back my spectacles...
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I'll like to dispute the drowning animal one too!
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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Yeah, the drowning animal one is nonsense - at least three of the provided animals float.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Wow, an easy one that really was quite easy!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Regarding one of the questions, I'd rather break the fingers of the offender.
But I got ten right because I sublimated my own desires!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Whoop to the guessometer!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I mostly agree, TB, but I made a stupid guess on the insect question - I should have used what's left of my brain ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Blessed be the Guessometer
Blessed be its Holy Name
I got ten! On a Sunday! I beat the penguin! Wonders never cease!
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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"Excellent, Sundays are a good scoring day." thought I, complacently, as I went to the Quiz.
So, today's the day I discover the bottom right hand key on my laptop, with a right-angled arrow on it has a function as a "Submit Button".
Learn from me; do not press it after Question 3.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Blast and buggery. Lord, lead me not into the temptation to select the wrong option when I know the correct answer.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Blessed be the Guessometer
Blessed be its Holy Name ...
Yea and amen.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Wow, that hasn't happened in a while! (yesterday, I mean)
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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What the HELL was Q. 10 about????
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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No idea Pete. None whatsoever.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I had no idea either, but the Guessometer did.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I do think that little Guessy is rockin' these days!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Not always ...
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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OK, my goal for this month is to not stupidly skip a day.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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So glad to be back with a mouse and I celebrated by getting in the Top 10 - but probably not for long.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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10/10 again today - and who is that at the bottom of the list - surely it can't be...?
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I only got 9 because my hand slipped. Still looking for Smudgiekins.
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Oooohhhhhh
Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on
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My guessometer is still calibrated for UK TV unfortunately...
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Is there such a disease as June Stupidity? (I needed two goes to type that, which probably answers my question). Is it possible to reset the month? Oh, for some quiz-related time travel.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Yay! I'm first!
But probably not for long...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'm last, possibly for EVER!
...or at least until Pete plays.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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I like Friday ones. Nice and easy
Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on
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Yeah. S'long as you check all your answers have registered. Pfft.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I'm last, possibly for EVER!
...or at least until Pete plays.
Well, I ain't last (Thanks Drifting Star!), but it is one of my personal best times.
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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573 FunTrivia bucks now - 27 more needed until I can buy my new car!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Slow, but accurate. Like a tortoise, but I beat some hares.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...and here's the link again, folks.
I was slow today as well, but then I always am. However I got my 10/10 displaying my usual, erm, genius[?]...
...or possibly just my vastly unreliable ability to sometimes remember trivia from the last time they asked the question.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Okay, I am officially stoopid - HERE is the link!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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3rd......3rd I tell you!
Cannot believe it, will not last long I think.
But for now
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Edgar who?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Piglet, I didn't know the Doctor's name was Edgar!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Dangit, Wodders, you just spoiled the 50th Anniversary special for us.
Jerk.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The Sunday Bible Quiz and I don't know how many times that same question has been in but I still get it wrong!!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Me too, Weasel, so you're in esteemed company
It's strange - I find it really hard to gauge how fast I am answering the questions. I thought I was much faster than that today (for a change).
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Me too, Weasel, so you're in esteemed company
It's strange - I find it really hard to gauge how fast I am answering the questions. I thought I was much faster than that today (for a change).
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Perhaps my lack of Sunday Schooling isn't a disadvantage after all.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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Apocrypha? Bah!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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The Guessometer was better at the Apocrypha than it was at the ordinary bits today.
I'm with Wodders and Smudgie - there are several Biblical questions that I regularly get wrong, and we had two of them today.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Nearly, but not quite, bottom of the heap on Monday.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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What the living f**k was Q7 all about?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I have no idea but I got it right!
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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PMS again (amongst other repeat questions). Why the fascination?
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Oh 'Elmet, I don't think you were here yet, when nearly every quiz had a "lint" question; belly-button, pocket, you name it.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Some lucky guesses there today and not only am I first I am also not the first to play, which is an added bonus - doubtless I'll be well down the list by tomorrow.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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A series of amazingly accurate guesses and..... agagggghhhhh... for the one question I actually knew the answer to and would have classed as incredibly easy, I clicked on the wrong one!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I. Am. An. Idiot.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Weasel is still the only top score at 0725 EDT.
Most of the questions were in that famous category:
Who the fuck knows or cares?
hereinafter referred to as WTFKOC?
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Guessometer works very well today. Who wants it next?
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Guessometer on fire today!!! I had to guess 5 of those questions (different cultural heritage don't you know) and the guessometer was bang on with 4 of them.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I think the Guessometer must have been tired by the time it got to me - one good guess, one duff one.
C'est la chuffin' vie, as they say in France ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The Guessometer revived overnight helping me to my first Sunday maximum for quite a while!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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You must have used up its batteries - was that on question 10 by any chance? I picked one of two biblical-sounding numbers and they were both wrong ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Thank you Guessometer for the second day running!
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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In Q10 I thought General Electric was a UK corporation - but it's the only one that seemed to fit, so I chose it... and... BOOM! 10/10, well done me!
The time's not very respectable, but again the tortoise beats the hare. You want proof? Well, just take a look at my new shiny classic automobile which I was able to purchase with 600 FunTrivia bucks!
I'm browsing for my next classic now - I'm becoming like Chris Evans you know...
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Well on the way to an ok 10/10 and then out of nowhere - a big red cross, for no answer. I'm clearly not tapping this touchpad hard enough; I aspire to a mouse one day, purely to get a better ranking in this quiz.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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You'd have thought after 10 years of being subjected to North American television and its ubiquitous adverts, I'd have got question 10 right.
I didn't though.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Yay, 10/10 thanks to Mark Betts!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Good god, little Guessy deserves a shot of screech for that one!
And top of the list too! Well, since I'm the only one so far... Must wait for the Limeys to kick in.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ah well, I can always try again tomorrow.
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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BOOM!! 10/10 AGAIN. ...and my times getting better as well. It's amazing since at least half were just educated guesses. Browsing now for my next car...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Good god, little Guessy deserves a shot of screech for that one ...
Certainly does, me boy, and long may yer big jib draw!
**sends virtual Screech over to Uncle Pete**
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I HATE movie questions, even when I get them right.
Still first to play and 10/10 so it is not all bad.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I think I will pass the quiz today. Thanks for the warning.
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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BOOM!! Not! I got the film one wrong too, also I don't watch/read Garfield. I don't want to talk about my score.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I HATE movie questions, even when I get them right ...
Despite having a vague idea of the right answer, I managed to click on the wrong one.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Why do I bother reading the supposed difficulty of the quiz when it bears absolutely no relation to the difficulty as perceived by me? Today's I would have classed as Very Easy but then I knew the answers, so I would, wouldn't I?
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Seems to me that 'easy' is US trivia and sport of which I will have absolutely no clue and 'hard' is factual stuff that I might actually stand some chance of knowing!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Wow, my fingers just flew today. The guessometer looked on in amazement, then turned around and went back to sleep!
Very easy today, indeed!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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10 out of 10 and under 50 seconds. I love this.
(Yes I know I will probably hate it tomorrow but c'est la vie!)
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm rapidly coming to the conclusion that "average" is where my comfort zone is.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Below 40 seconds is amazingly fast for me!
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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BOOM!! 10/10 again
...so why am I bottom t' class?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Good grief I gt up and log on early in the morning to find that everybody so far has got 10/10! That doesn't happen often.
I must say that I consider doing the quiz in a mere 18 seconds is somewhat indecent!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sadly there are no points for knowing the right answer bit ticking the wrong one!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Thank you, Guessometer - you have powered me into the top 10 ...
... for the moment anyway.
Posted by TurquoiseTastic (# 8978) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Good grief I gt up and log on early in the morning to find that everybody so far has got 10/10! That doesn't happen often.
I must say that I consider doing the quiz in a mere 18 seconds is somewhat indecent!
Nice short questions - quick to read!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'm just glad the questions aren't in joined up writing or I'd be even slower!
eta: Here is the link - I think I got it right this time.
[ 23. June 2013, 13:48: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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Boom! 10/10 again! I wasn't expecting that, as I mostly relied on my guessometer. Not bottom of the class either - bottom of the 10s, but not bottom of t' class.
Time was 139 - but I gotta read the questions before I stand any chance of getting them right.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I suppose if I ever paid any attention to moving pictures, I might have a half-chance of getting in with a 10.
At least there weren't two or more questions on pitchers.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
...At least there weren't two or more questions on pitchers.
I thought you liked art!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Art who?
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Funnily enough, I don't know the trade names of US medications, despite spending 20 years as a nurse!
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Art who?
Art Garfunkel?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Eighth place! **pats the Guessometer and gives it a wee dram**
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Movies my downfall - again!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Thanks for the heads up.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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10/10 at the blazing speed of 52. Which is very quick, for me.
O PeteC, when piglet will let it go, could I have it for the GeoGuesser game? Piglet ' hogs' it so!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I beg to differ, PB4S - if Pete's not at home I always put it back underneath the third flowerpot from the left.
I don't think I'm to blame if it escapes ...
eta: ... or gets removed ...
[ 27. June 2013, 00:34: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Another garbage performance from WW.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Another garbage performance from WW.
Oh dear. How sad. Never mind
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I looked under the geranium pot; nothing there but a slug. And I thought that the pig and swine people could sort of help each other out.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm sorry - it wasn't there when I looked today, and I consequently changed a right answer to a wrong one ...
PS Of course I'd help out if I could.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Another garbage performance from WW.
Oh dear. How sad. Never mind
Thanks Smuggy
10/10 today but doubtless A Certain Penguin will be along with a faster time shortly.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Another garbage performance from WW.
Oh dear. How sad. Never mind
Thanks Smuggy
10/10 today but doubtless A Certain Penguin will be along with a faster time shortly.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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What a load of old crap today. Not everyone reads movie star fanzines.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Ugh, far too much popular culture today.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A sheer guess puts me one ahead of you, Pete - terrible set of questions. Not only did I not know the answers I had no interest in them either.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Pearlie, I take it you found the Guessometer - I certainly didn't - I even managed to change a right guess to a wrong one ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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10/10 on a Sunday can't be bad! Lousy time, of course, but that is par for the course with me.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I didn't understand one of the questions
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Pearlie, I take it you found the Guessometer -
I must have drained it of all its right guesses, yesterday. I tossed it through the letter slot for you. Have at it. I think it needs a fresh battery
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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If I hadn't started daydreaming, I would have had a better time. Maybe.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Pearl B4 Swine:
quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Pearlie, I take it you found the Guessometer -
I must have drained it of all its right guesses, yesterday. I tossed it through the letter slot for you. Have at it. I think it needs a fresh battery
Thanks - I gave it a wee dram and it worked a treat - 10/10 in 49 seconds and fourth place is the best I've done since I can't remember when.
PS It's back under the flower-pot ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Oh wow! I beat the weasel!
Oooohhhhhh, Smudgiekins! Where are you?
[ 01. July 2013, 08:29: Message edited by: PeteC ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pete, it ain't that much of an achievement!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Oh wow! I beat the weasel!
Oooohhhhhh, Smudgiekins! Where are you?
Here
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Ooh, first time I beat the penguin I think
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Everybody beat me today.
Pearlie, have you been using the Guessometer for the Geo-guessing game and left it up a tree in southern Brazil?
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I never get the Simpsons ones right.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pitifully, pathetically slow!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Tripled-damned Murrican teevee shows!
Off now. See you on Friday maybe.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Pearlie, have you been using the Guessometer for the Geo-guessing game and left it up a tree in southern Brazil?
[/QB]
No. Last time I used it was a deserted road on the wrong end of Australia. Guesso doesn't know squat about where roads are.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Poor Pingu only got 9!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Pearl B4 Swine:
quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Pearlie, have you been using the Guessometer for the Geo-guessing game and left it up a tree in southern Brazil?
No. Last time I used it was a deserted road on the wrong end of Australia ...
I tried it there and got the wrong end too. Must have been using it upside-down ...
It wasn't much use on the quiz today either - there were two questions that I always guess, and usually guess wrongly.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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First to play so first place, briefly - my 9/10 will soon be overtaken.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Absolutely not easy!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Guessometer on excellent form today, unlike Speedometer, which wasn't - I was the slowest of the 10/10s - but that's still a big improvement on yesterday ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Getting distracted by random thoughts does NOT improve my performance times!
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Guessometer on excellent form today, unlike Speedometer, which wasn't - I was the slowest of the 10/10s - but that's still a big improvement on yesterday ...
A leisurely amble to a 10/10. Suits me.
By the way.... I heard that you only use your Speedo-meter when you're at the beach.
PB4S
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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Felt slooooooooooooow today, but still 4th as of right now...
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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How can anyone do that in 26 seconds?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I think anybody doing it that fast needs handicapping in some way
Today a Very Easy classification that I agree with! What is the world coming to?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I think anybody doing it that fast needs handicapping in some way ...
...particularly penguins!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I think anybody doing it that fast needs handicapping in some way ...
...particularly penguins!
ppffffft - I was handicapped by not reading the question properly and thus spending far too long re-reading the question. Each time I missed out the same word which actually gave the answer away. Off now to examine pictures of birds.
Posted by TurquoiseTastic (# 8978) on
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Aargh! Annoying self-referential quiz questions!
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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quote:
Originally posted by TurquoiseTastic:
Aargh! Annoying self-referential quiz questions!
Seconded
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Here is the link.
I should have come here to read the responses first.
So who knew that they were talking about quiz ratings, rather than general.
[ 05. July 2013, 23:00: Message edited by: PeteC ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pete!
Get that Guessometer serviced!
Please.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by ArachnidinElmet:
quote:
Originally posted by TurquoiseTastic:
Aargh! Annoying self-referential quiz questions!
Seconded
Thirded, and reiterated...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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self referential and a finger slip.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Had no idea about one question, but made an offering to the Guessometer and it worked!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Oh you had it, did you?
I doubt if it would have helped; I changed a right guess to a wrong one, which is never helpful.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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One question so badly written that I spent half the time re-reading it to make sure I was answering the right question.
It must be that, because the alternative is that I'm getting old and easily distracted.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Scraped into the 10/10 group but slow because I am old and easily distracted!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 42 seconds ... that's better.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Stupid Murrican Teevee comic show.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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I feel your pain PeteC! Who knew (who cared)?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...and anyway that is a really stupid name to give a cat!
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I had a serious talk with Guessometer, during which I had a large hammer in my hand: 10/10, but slow.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Don't worry, I was quite a bit slower having been nobbled by my firewall fighting off a virus.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Do I feel bad about mis-guessing a question about a 'Murcan TV show that I've never watched? No.
Do I feel cross that it buggered my score? Bloody right I do!
PS Pearlie, if you're nasty to the Guessometer, I shan't tell you which flowerpot it's under.
[ 10. July 2013, 01:41: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Some strange questions there
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I hate it when I know the answer but my clicking-finger doesn't.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Well, that was rubbish.
Still, at the moment I'm top of the leaderboard, so I won't knock it.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Oh dear, I'm so sorry Smudgiekins, but you're not top any more.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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That was ridiculously easy.
What happened, Smudgiekins?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Like Smudgie yesterday I'm top so far!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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The Guessometer is smokin' hot today!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Indeed it is, but the Speedometer isn't. Especially when one's computer sits there doing bugger-all for a few seconds after one clicks "play".
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Changing a right answer to a wrong answer doesn't really help!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I would say that word the same, whatever country I was in, unless speaking to someone who didn't speak any English and assuming that I could speak the same language as they did. Got that one right but dispute the question
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I see that Our Guessometer does not go to the freakin' movies, either.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Oh yes it does. Third place!!!
**pats the Guessometer, gives it a wee dram and puts it back under the flowerpot**
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Top of the leaderboard on a Sunday!
.
.
...being first to play always helps.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Top of the leaderboard on a Sunday!
.
.
...being first to play always helps, or being second to play when the other player is a dawdling weasel .
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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The guessometer obviously doesn't function well in this heat. Maybe some Pimm's would have helped
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The one I seem to get wrong most of the time but can never remember the answer I managed to get right today, so hopefully I'll remember now and get it right every time but...
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Geography grrrr!
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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Got interrupted while doing the quiz at work. Cost me about a minute
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Too bl**dy slow!
Again!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Some question setters have a bad case of Verbal Diahorrea when setting the questions. It takes three times as long to read the quesitons as it takes to answer them.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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True, that. It's annoying, but I guess it's the same for everyone...
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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I have accumulated 126 FunTrivia bucks now - which means I can start looking for my next car to add to my collection. I'm quite liking this one, as I'm not all that good at this and it is a little cheaper than my last aquisition, a convertible.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Had to be the Monster Truck of Destruction!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Phooey, after my week of peace, my son comes home from his trip to Scotland, accompanied by my brother, and both decide deliberately to distract me repeatedly while I'm trying to do the quiz. Seemed to find it amusing. Ratbags.
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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BOOM!! 10/10 today, and not even the slowest time (for once). Not bad considering at least two of them were guesses - not even educated guesses, just wild shots in the dark, because they seemed to "sound right."
Now I can look forward to getting my Big Blue Car quicker than I was expecting! :-)
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm in 7th place, but at 75 seconds I'm unlikely to stay there ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...and displacing me by one lousy second!
Ah well, such is life, I don't bear grudges longer than a decade or two.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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My God! A factual Very Easy that didn't require an encyclopaedic knowledge of fanzines!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Goodness, all 10 today!
Pats little guessometer and leaves a 750 ml bottle of single malt for it today
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Only 9. Mainly because I didn't understand the first question and spent about 15 seconds trying to work out what it was actually asking.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Interesting. I came down here to ask if anyone else had a problem with understanding Q1. Glad it's not just me. *phew*
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I ought to get to the Guessometer before it's had its liquid reward; one good guess and one duff one today.
eta: I'll only be calling in sporadically over the next three weeks as I'm going on holiday and may not always be near a functioning computer.
[ 21. July 2013, 03:27: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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O nutz. The Guessometer will be sulky and pouty. You (piglet) know you're his favorite.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I reckon that if Pete and piglet keep on encouraging it as they do it will soon by Guessing Under the Influence and will lose its reliability completely!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A perfect score and Top of the Leaderboard, at least until somebody else has a go!
(Edited to add the Linkety-link.
Honestly, this fellow expects everybody else to do his work for him)
[ 22. July 2013, 07:50: Message edited by: Smudgie ]
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Good little Guessometer came up spades. Still not any wiser as to who that person is.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Me neither.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
...(Edited to add the Linkety-link.
Honestly, this fellow expects everybody else to do his work for him)
My 'umble apologies O Glorious Penguin.
eta: oh dear, how very sad, I see somebody only got 8/10 today.
[ 22. July 2013, 10:10: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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oh dear, how very sad, I see somebody took 56 seconds today.
tessaB crowing slightly at having taken 54 seconds!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Congratulations, ma'am.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Ouch, what a difficult quiz today. Guessometer needs recharging.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Fail. Multiple fail. Hit all my weak spots today.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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My knowledge of Wile. E Coyote far exceeds that of the Simpsons!
Posted by not entirely me (# 17637) on
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I don't have a clue how the rest of you go so fast! Must remember to practise my speed reading.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Oh, phooey.
Has anyone calibrated the guessometer recently?
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Worked fine for me!
Of course, that geography question was just a bit unfair, seeing as I can tell you from personal experience how to bike to all three of those towns from my house.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Blast it! Not only 9/10 and a looong 80 seconds, but also 3 seconds slower than the weasel. Pride goeth etc.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Misread a question.
Posted by Sylvander (# 12857) on
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Is it possible not to know the answer to two VERY EASY questions. I'll go and have a brain transplant. I'll also go for a swap. Anybody want to experience the blissful feel of carefree ignorance?
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Longer than usual today, but had to consult the little Guessometer!
[ 26. July 2013, 10:44: Message edited by: PeteC ]
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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BOOM!! 10/10 (again) - The guessometer is bang on today. Unfortunately that's more than can be said for my speedometer.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Some very strange questions today!
eta: ...but I beat a certain flightless aquatic bird!
[ 27. July 2013, 07:16: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by TurquoiseTastic (# 8978) on
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Urrgh - that was chastening...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Hey, weasel!!! I bea'cha today!!!!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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9/10 in 58 seconds Above Weasel, PeteC and Smudgie, for today that is enough.
(I know tomorrow will bring me crashing down but tomorrow can take care of itself.)
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Full marks, top of the board
(Mind you our Turquoise friend hasn't played yet )
[ 28. July 2013, 12:33: Message edited by: tessaB ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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You're still on top, tessaB, with only a couple of hours to go!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Oh how are the mighty fallen
Mind you it would have helped if I had clicked on the answer I knew to be right rather than the one below it. Still I suppose that made up for the complete guess I got right
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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The guessometer might be a secret alcoholic, but he was certainly functional today!
Hydrates little Guessie
Posted by Stejjie (# 13941) on
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Second day back on the quiz after a long hiatus - and 10/10 with 54 seconds isn't too shabby...
[ 29. July 2013, 10:32: Message edited by: Stejjie ]
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Oh, wow! I beat Pinky and the Brain *
*aka weasel and Smudgie
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'm glad you didn't refer to me as the brain!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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10/10 in 42 seconds!
I have no idea how that happened!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I suppose it might help if I actually had ever watched the television show in question.
Contemplates subscribing to some celebrity rag
Oops, sorry about that!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Oh well, there is always tomorrow!
Posted by Sylvander (# 12857) on
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Almost last again.
It is all because of you folk! Nobody willing to swap brains with me. Sorely disappointed.
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Sylvander:
Almost last again.
It is all because of you folk! Nobody willing to swap brains with me. Sorely disappointed.
I beat you - I mean I actually AM bottom. The guessometer just packed in after the seventh question.
Posted by not entirely me (# 17637) on
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tried to be quick but my scrollometer and guessometer both failed. I'll be having words...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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OMG, I beat Weasel. Again.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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It's pretty sad when a non-Shipmate is in top position. Again.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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I keep trying to knock her off, for the Honor of the Ship. The 1970's/1980's film questions keep on killing me.
AntisocialAlto, where are you? The Ship calls!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Honor? Ship?
What have you been smoking?
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Well that was fairly easy. I was never going to get a perfect score, though, because there was yet another question about an obscure Ammurican teevee show I've never heard of.
Puts guessometer in Naughty Corner
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Concentrated on time today and managed 10/10 in 31 seconds
Both guessometer and speedometer up to scratch!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Two days running I have beaten a certain aquatic avian!
[not that I would ever brag, of course.]
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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The Guessometer was correct on one, and I changed it. Oh, well. Tomorrow, tomorrow, there's always tomorrow.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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You do well on Bible?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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well, I did today - 10/10!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
You do well on Bible?
Not today, apparently.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
well, I did today - 10/10!
Well done weasel!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I keep mixing up who avenged who.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Thanks TreeBee.
Not as good today, the very US-centric question left me with no ideas.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Bugger me! I got the song right, even though I had never heard of it, nor the group that recorded it!
And I beat the weasel. Again!
Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on
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Somehow I'm top for the month so far although today's effort will not keep me there. Can August stop now, please?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Guessometer testing site.
Rats. Apparently I need to offer better bribes to the thing.
Posted by Stejjie (# 13941) on
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Eek, today's was hard - think that's my worst result (8/10 in 64 seconds) so far...
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Today the guessometer is working on Pimms and chocolate!
Now if I can just speed up a little
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Only 43 seconds for a perfect score today!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Lucky you!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The Guessometer failed me today, possibly because we never have booze in the house so I couldn't wet its whistle for it.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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oh, tush! I give it water all the time. It worked for me!
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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I've upped my speedometer a bit recently but I'm afraid it's compromised the old guessometer's performance.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Aaargh American football
I don't even know anything about English football!
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Having just been in America was quite useful.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Ok that was fairly easy. Now if I can halve my time I might have a chance.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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You still beat me!
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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i thought i might try and join in this month. Just so I don't get forgotten
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Hi, Wet Kipper! How could we ever forget you?
Oh great, someone else to beat me in the Quiz...
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Oh my God, you mean I won yesterday?
*faints*
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I love fact filled quizzes. I my little guessometer!
And I beat weasel. Again.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Not only did you beat me but so did that dratted penguin!
Most folks will beat me today as well - 8/10 won't win me anything.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I shoulda listened to the Guessometer!
Why, yes, I did beat you today, weasel. You are an amazing prophet!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
...weasel. You are...amazing...!
I know, it's a cross I have to bear.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Humility forbids......
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm back. I'm still rubbish at bits of the Old Testament, but I'm back ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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My usual pedestrian pace but at least I managed 10/10.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Trying to up my speed, lost my accuracy
Life's a balance!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
My usual pedestrian pace ...
... but a whole second faster than me.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pedestrian again, 10/10 again - and first to play so top of the table!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Regarding yesterday's quiz, I was thrown that an American chewing gum brand has the same name as a verruca treatment!
Tasty!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Top of the board until the really heavy hitters come along.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I beat the Annoying One™!
[ 13. August 2013, 10:14: Message edited by: PeteC ]
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
I beat the Annoying One™!
I think not. The weasel was far, far faster than you.
There are some questions I take pride in not knowing the answers to. The first question on this quiz was one of them.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Sixth place, but with a rubbish time of 62 seconds, that won't last.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
There are some questions I take pride in not knowing the answers to. The first question on this quiz was one of them.
I seem to have got that one by "which sounds the most likely" guesswork.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Others had gone before me with 10/10 but I ended up top - although I know it won't last.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Only 9/10 today. Will be taking a break for a few days as beloved husband and I are having a short holiday in Istanbul. Probably do me good to get away from the computer. Have fun
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Daughter-Unit wouldn't have missed that one.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Even more pathetically pedestrian than usual today but at least I got them all right.
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Second-fastest AND second-most-wrong.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 42 seconds really doesn't cut it on "very easy" days ...
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Oh look!
Only two in the top ten.
I wonder who's top and who's last?
I will enjoy my gloating for a minute or two because, even though I know that everyone else will get 10/10 in speedy times and knock my paultry 9/10 to the bottom of the pile, I won't be here to see it
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I really should listen to the Guessometer more often. I vaguely remembered (but discounted) the memory of one of my nieces going on and on and on and on... Still, I'm in good company, if a little removed.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I do enjoy beating A Certain Flightless Aquatic Bird on a Sunday - particularly in a faster time as well.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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She's there? Where?
Oh.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I do enjoy beating A Certain Flightless Aquatic Bird ...
I suppose you're not averse to beating a certain cute little farmyard animal either ...
Speed merchant.
Mind you, 10/10 in 47 seconds on a Sunday is pretty good by my standards, bearing in mind the antiquity of the computer chez Piglet.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...erm...cute?
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Dammit. He who hesistates for one extra second has lost.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I fillum-less quizzes!
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
I fillum-less quizzes!
It was the fillum-related bit of it that brought me undone!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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I'm Back!
10/10 in 41 seconds. Oh I missed this
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I harder quizzes. They're usually so easy as they involve facts rather than fillums or celebrity trivia.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
I harder quizzes ...
So do I, especially when I know the answers ...
Fifth place today, but I don't expect that to last.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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8 seconds faster than me
I see Smudgie is very much is a support role today.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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That's a very kind way to say Dead last
I must remember that one.
eta: Guessometer testing site.
[ 20. August 2013, 17:58: Message edited by: PeteC ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I would classify that as easy rather than as average!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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One second slower than a weasel - not bad for a woman who spent half the night chasing a hamster round the lounge (*typing this through half-closed eyes)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Erm, six seconds according to my maths!
[Did you catch the hamster ok?]
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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I just spent several seconds at the end of the quiz fumbling my mouse and not clicking on the submit button onscreen.
I don't think it was 5 seconds, so I'm not saying my lack of coordination has cost me victory, but I've definitely dropped down the table as a result.
It's one thing to not know the answers, it's quite another to not know where the Stop button is!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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When it takes over 15 seconds to load the quiz how can I hope to get a reasonable time?
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Really repetitive quiz. I think they need to change their edition of The Book of Quizzes.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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especially if it gets rid of all the exceptionally long winded questions which have stupidly easy answers - it then becomes a competiion in speed reading, rather than knowledge
Posted by Sylvander (# 12857) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
One second slower than a weasel - not bad for a woman who spent half the night chasing a hamster round the lounge (*typing this through half-closed eyes)
You are, I hope, aware that penguins eat fish, not hamsters? I hope you did not catch it.
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Really repetitive quiz. I think they need to change their edition of The Book of Quizzes.
One of today's questions was completely absurd. Even though I figured out the 'right' answer, that wasn't a quiz question in any normal sense of the word.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I was expecting to be the only player NOT to get 10/10. Whew !
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Well, Saturday's quiz, although nominated harder, was certainly dead easy.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I've said it before and I'll say it again - going off in a daydream in the middle of the quiz really mucks up the time!!!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I've said it before and I'll say it again - going off in a daydream in the middle of the quiz really mucks up the time!!!
And going into "don't actually read the answers" mode when responding to questions doesn't really do wonders for your score either. Idiot!
(Seriously, I even noticed that was what I was doing and didn't alter it. Obviously I am up too early this morning!)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Fell down on the minor starlets film question - GRRRRRR!!!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Yeah, but did he?
Pats faithful little guessometer. Obviously it feels better than yesterday when it had a tummy upset. Just water today.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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More haste, less speed, fool. Oy.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Garbage!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Ditto.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Good grief, what happened to you lot? I went through thinking "This has to be the easiest harder quiz I've seen", slowed down only by the after effects of a sleepless night. And there's you pair, whining about getting only 8 right.
Penguin Power
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Good grief, what happened to you lot? I went through thinking "This has to be the easiest harder quiz I've seen", slowed down only by the after effects of a sleepless night. And there's you pair, whining about getting only 8 right.
Penguin Power
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I was just coming here to say how insufferable She would be.
I was right.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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Sorry Smudgie
Posted by Wm Dewy (# 16712) on
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One hundred forty-five seconds! I'm always a little slow, but I was interrupted.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Hmm, equal with Smudgie. Am I improving or is she getting worse?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm grateful to the four kind souls who made a bigger bollocks of that quiz than I did.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Beating a Circus Host is SO satisfying!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Isn't the challenge usually to beat both of us?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
At my age I take my victories where I can.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Tag-team-time... Ariston, your turn to massacre the opposition!
(OK, OK, I'll let you old boys gloat for a little while at the fact that I guessed about 90% of the answers and managed to guess one incorrectly. After all, not everyone's head is full of inane trivia )
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
...After all, not everyone's head is full of inane trivia )
I've met you, remember!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
...After all, not everyone's head is full of inane trivia )
I've met you, remember!
I don't recall.
Q.E.D
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Sorry to anyone who has the guessometer after me - I've given it a real workout. About eight of those answers were complete guesses!
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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@PeteC
My speedometer's better than yours today!
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
:
Borrowed the guessometer and it was working perfectly.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
... Pats faithful little guessometer. Obviously it feels better than yesterday when it had a tummy upset. Just water today.
That must be awfully good water you have there, Uncle Pete - it worked perfectly today and put me in sixth place.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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SO slow!!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...but I see I have beaten at least one Circus Host today already!
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Brand name guess for the win!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by orfeo:
Brand name guess for the win!
... or not.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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...jj polishes the Guessometer and puts a pretty ribbon on it...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Bloody moving films. Bloody dead actors. That is all.
[ 30. August 2013, 06:38: Message edited by: PeteC ]
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Slowed down by brain freeze and worrying whether they meant letters 'in total' or 'individual'. Slow, slow but never quick quick!
Posted by Mark Betts (# 17074) on
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10/10, but the speedometer needs a kicking again.
211 FunTrivia bucks now - still need 289 more for my Big Blue Car.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Currently I have more than enough to get myself an aircraft carrier and almost enough to get a flying saucer as well!
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I tried hard to nudge PeteC off the bottom rung, but couldn't quite do it.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I have a UFO and a money tree. I could buy the aircraft carrier, or a bunch of cats and unicorns.
Decisions, decisions.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
I have a UFO and a money tree. I could buy the aircraft carrier, or a bunch of cats and unicorns.
Decisions, decisions.
Strangely, I have NO idea what any of you are going on about. Status quo ante, then.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Pete, if you are signed in on the Quiz page and click on Awards then have a look through the four categories of virtual prizes on offer all shall be made clear.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
Oh.
Actually I hardly ever click on links in websites that depend on advertising for fear of even more spam.
Except when hosting when I grit my teeth and bite the bullet and take one for the gipper (whatever that means)
No, don't tell me. I've enough useless answers to deal with.
Warning for those who care: Top of page coming up.
[ 31. August 2013, 06:23: Message edited by: PeteC ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I'm stuck between Pete and Smudgie -
aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!
Here's the link.
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
:
Darn. Today I didn't just guess one wrong, I actually got it wrong outright, as in I thought I knew the answer and I didn't.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I'm stuck between Pete and Smudgie -
aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggggggghhhhhhhhhh!!
You lucky, lucky man
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
:
It's obviously better than being stuck between Welease Woderwick and Smudgie. That'd be a Wedgie.
[ 31. August 2013, 09:19: Message edited by: orfeo ]
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Orfeo -
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Come on, Piglet. You should know better than to encourage him!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Slower than Pingu [just as accurate] but then she has [comparative] youth on her side.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Slower than Pingu [just as accurate] but then she has [comparative] youth on her side.
If that's the case, then I must have been much faster
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
Come on, Piglet. You should know better than to encourage him!
Sorry, Pingu - you're quite right but it tickled my funny-bone.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
Another damned fillum with an unknown actor.
Ah, well, I never wanted to be top dog, anyway. A footsoldier in the service of the Lord, that's me.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
The Guessometer really earned its keep today.
**administers large dram**
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
:
My goodness. Did you know we are in the top 10 tournaments on the trivia site? In terms of how many players.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
I was looking all over the scores for weasel.
Calls:
quote:
Weasel! Weasel Weasel??
Oh.
There he is!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by orfeo:
My goodness. Did you know we are in the top 10 tournaments on the trivia site? In terms of how many players.
Not in terms of quality of players?
I managed 10/10 in 39 seconds and 8th place -
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
:
I remembered Captain Kirk's middle name - how sad is that
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
:
On my return I was stoned by the last question.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
:
All hard quizzes should be that hard. I think that might be the first time I've cracked 40 seconds.
Just waiting for the easy quiz tomorrow with an illegible question about lint.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
I was two seconds faster than Marvin! What a special feeling!!
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Not in terms of quality of players?
I think our average score was pretty darn good, actually.
Posted by not entirely me (# 17637) on
:
Wahay!!!! Top of the leaderboard!
(shhh! about me being the only one on it)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
100% again today - I wonder what PeteC will get when he plays...
...oh, he's played already, I didn't notice him down there!
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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I detest 'quiz' questions that don't deal in hard, verifiable facts. If I wanted a class in social etiquette that's not the site I'd go to.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
Damned actresses. If I pick one, it's the other. If I pick a third, it's the second one. Or the first, or the fourth!
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
I was two seconds faster than Marvin! What a special feeling!!
I spent about five seconds wondering if I'd got question 9 right. Silly mistake, really.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Damned actresses ...
... but the Guessometer was right on with actors!
**administers large dram**
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
:
Being rather out of practice at the quiz at present, I'm feeling slightly smug to be currently in 10th place!
Posted by not entirely me (# 17637) on
:
I did not take over 50000 seconds!!! It crashed when I attempted to submit it this morning then submitted on my 2nd attempt this evening but decided on giving me a stupid time. Grrrrr!!!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
38 seconds won't win me any prizes but it is pretty quick for me!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
As was 67 for me.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Part of my poor timing is down to hesitation in disbelief that anyone should ask anything quite that stupid!
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
:
I got the movie question right!!!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
:
O Beloved Guessometer, savior of the clueless who never saw certain movies that were way, way before their time,
Thanks for working for once. Almost makes up for a few of those other times.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Part of my poor timing is down to hesitation in disbelief that anyone should ask anything quite that stupid!
Ye Gods, yes. Gesturing at the screen takes up valuable seconds.
[ 07. September 2013, 20:28: Message edited by: ArachnidinElmet ]
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
O Beloved Guessometer, savior of the clueless who never saw certain movies that were way, way before their time,
Thanks for working for once ...
Didn't work for me ...
For once I get a half-decent time and I get let down by a question about an actress I've never heard of in a film I've never seen.
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Wasted a second or two correcting a wrong answer, ended up 1 second behind the lead.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Chuffing touchpads and crap motor function. I knew that answer. Grr.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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not logging on at the weekends is going to cost me dear in the overall standings....
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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... and yet another obscure, long dead "musician".
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Yea and amen, Pete.
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Obscure? He was a star! Died before I was born and I knew who it was.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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You'll be telling me that you've never heard Don McLean's song next...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Leorning Cniht:
You'll be telling me that you've never heard Don McLean's song next...
Who? What?
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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In re: today's quiz:
The reason I took so long was by stopping to consider the 5(2) was also a viable option.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I should have listened to the Guessometer. *sigh*
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Has anyone ever tried to submit a correction? I get a blank window when I click on the link.
There's a question today that is semi-wrong. The explanation given for the answer is certainly wrong.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I have this recurring fantasy that one day I will not be able to answer any of the questions and score a big, fat zero but so far it hasn't occurred.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Slowed down by cat snoozing on lap thus necessitating one-handed control of laptop balancing at long distance on the arm of the chair, and distracted by boy deciding to read me the draft of his first ever college assignment mid-quiz!!!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I'm top of the leader board! And very lonely
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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You and I are the only 10s at this moment.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I've joined you and am, momentarily, at the top!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Grrr, changed a correct answer to an incorrect one. Silly me!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Here is the linky thingy.
Posted by Alicïa (# 7668) on
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first time ever, full marks but waaaay tooooo sloooow...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Hello Alicia - welcome to the mad-house! Don't worry - you will get faster!
I'm currently in fourth place and consequently (a) surprised; and (b) chuffed.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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One second behind you piglet!
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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Bah - stupid fake social situation logic traps...
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Leorning Cniht:
Bah - stupid fake social situation logic traps...
Exactly. I detest those questions, even though I got this one 'right'.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Goodness - amazed I guessed that lot right. Now watch everyone go faster. (Laptop on my lap is not quick)
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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I'm in the top ten! OK, only seven have played, but I'm not seventh.
Posted by Alicïa (# 7668) on
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I'm in the top 10 too!
only 11 have played but let's not dwell on that!
faster than yesterday! Hi Piglet
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Do I get extra points for doing the quiz at the same time as trying to get the answers on Pointless? It adds something to the quizzing experience (but sadly, not speed).
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Stupid moving pictchurs and unknown teevee shit tripped me up today. A twofer.
Posted by Alicïa (# 7668) on
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doh! old movies I have never heard of, I at you.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I have no idea what they are talking about
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Was the quiz actually written in a foreign language? I think that had to have been the most obscure twaddlesome quiz yet! Some lucky guesses, but bleugh... very little knowledge to display there.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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I knew exactly zero of those pop culture questions. Zero.
Posted by Alicïa (# 7668) on
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I guess I need to brush up on my bible studies!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Changed a right to a wrong today.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I was in the lead [out of 2 players] for a few minutes but am pleased to be 4th out of 17.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Slow time for me, I wasn't wearing my glasses.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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If I was wearing my glasses at the time I wouldn't be able to read it at all!
Currently Numero Uno [Number 1] but only 4 of us have played.
Posted by Alicïa (# 7668) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
Grrr, changed a correct answer to an incorrect one. Silly me!
That's exactly what I did today! doh!
I thought it was quite tricky today.
Well it's the taking part that counts. I keep telling myself!
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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The shonky weather today seems to be affecting my wifi reception (not speedy at the best of times). Had to submit twice to get it to register at all.
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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Two film questions, 8/10.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I mark it down to yet another TV program which I have never seen. Not that it bothers me.
Posted by Alicïa (# 7668) on
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better... 3rd from 10 at the time of writing.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I don't know about never seen, Pete, I've never even heard of it!
Does that make me culturally deprived - or even culturally depraved, which sounds far more fun!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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jj gives the Guessometer a pat on the head? top?
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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I pity the fool who missed that last one. It's a rare day when even I get the multiple TV/film questions!
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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I see what you did there, Ariston...
I know there's plenty of time for someone to beat me, but right now: OHHHH YEAH!!
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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4th? Not complaining, but how the chuffing Norah did that happen?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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**pats the Guessometer and gives it an enormous dram**
I may be a disciple of Captain Slow, but the Guessometer was absolutely scorching!
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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No film questions, 10/10.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I just wanted PeteC to have a chance at feeling smug and superior.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Tied to a weasel!
Wouldn't mind, but I'm sure it's got fleas!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Broccoli is purple, IMO. Calabrese is green.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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All vegetables are green if you leave them long enough.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Remember, Smudgiekins, that weasels are raptors with very sharp teeth!
Ah, slow flightless bird for lunch!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Well, I was first for a few minutes.
Posted by Alicïa (# 7668) on
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10/10
Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on
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Thank goodness for lucky guesses
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Woohoo! Finally broke the 40 second barrier! 10 out of 10 in 36 seconds
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Herrick:
Thank goodness for lucky guesses
... and b*ll*cks to unlucky ones.
I can't think of a single thing in my life that would be improved by knowing anything about a comic-book hero.
Except my score today, that is ...
Posted by Alicïa (# 7668) on
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arrgh... same problem as piglet except I knew the answer and read the question wrong.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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So slow I was almost going backwards!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Should not have boasted about breaking 40 seconds. Now up to 57
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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**jj gives the guessometer an affectionate pat**
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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**So does Piglet**
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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One film question, 9/10.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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8/10 in 78 seconds - that ain't gonna win me no prizes!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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New page, new link!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Blimey - it's not often you get into the top 5 with a time of 73 seconds*.
I may have to go back to the off-licence and buy that bottle of 25yo Highland Park for the Guessometer.
On second thoughts, it cost three hundred and something dollars ...
* It's not often I get into the top 5 at all.
[ 27. September 2013, 00:34: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Not very nice of you to push me out of the money, honey. I was feeling guilty though, with that slow time I had.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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34 seconds!!
I am amazed!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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As am I.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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30 seconds - 30 !!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Yesterday I made 5th place with 73 seconds. Today I took 37 seconds and was 16th.
Of course, weasels and penguins are much more aerodynamic than piglets ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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But I thought pigs flew!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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So I was chatting on IM with A Certain Shipmate and said to leave me alone for a minute as I was going to do the quiz and got a stream of "Are you finished yet? Huh? Huh? Huh?"
My consolation is that he only got 9/10 and took more than twice as long as I did.
Didn't you, Pete?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
But I thought pigs flew!
Not this one.
My default position seems to be about 15th/16th, although it does depend on whether I use the computer at home, which works to geological time-scales, or the one at w*rk, which doesn't.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pretty terrible attempt today and am currently next to bottom on the score sheet, my only consolation being who is below me
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I changed an answer because my husband said I was wrong! Won't listen to him again
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Top! On a Sunday!
This won't last.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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5 hours later and you're still there!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
5 hours later and you're still there!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Weasel?
Weasel?
Weasel?
WEASEL?
Oh.
There you are, O slippery one!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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My only mitigation is that the phone rang when I was in mid-quiz.
And I got that stupid Hallowe'en question wrong again ...
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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HA! On the final day of competition, Ariston stages a dramatic come-from-behind victory for the month! Didn't think I'd pull that one off.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Himself bringing me a plate of snacks halfway through the quiz does NOT improve my time!
Posted by TurquoiseTastic (# 8978) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
HA! On the final day of competition, Ariston stages a dramatic come-from-behind victory for the month! Didn't think I'd pull that one off.
Congrats Ariston. That was a particularly fierce month's competition! I was following the scoreboard with great interest... (should I be worrying about my priorities...?)
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Good Guessometer. Slow Jedi.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Was anybody else weirded out by Q10? I hate having to answer questions with what I think the setter wants to hear. Ick.
Posted by TurquoiseTastic (# 8978) on
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Yes, although I guess the question is really about the meaning of the name rather than the rather strange "decoration" the setter decided to give to it...
Posted by Boadicea Trott (# 9621) on
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Have just discovered this quiz site - what fun! Playing using my SoF name :-)
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Little chance of getting number 5 correct.
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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I would have been faster if I had not been distracted by a misplaced apostrophe in DVDs.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Boadicea Trott:
Have just discovered this quiz site - what fun! Playing using my SoF name :-)
BT, welcome to the Daily Ignorance Test.
Posted by Alicïa (# 7668) on
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Guess who is going to win dunce of the day. Looks like it's me.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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I took pity on you. Stupid wrong answer.
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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One particular question took a while for my brain to process, and I could just feel the seconds slipping away. It's not helpful when your brain starts thinking "there goes my chance of winning today" instead of focusing on the actual question!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Number 5 messed up a year; it also messed up my answer.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Number two for a bit! Haven't been that high on the score board for quite some time!!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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However briefly, it's nice to be number one for a bit!
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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The rest of us need to go back to Bible school.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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A combination of stupidity and clumsiness tells me it's not going to be my month.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I may be the slowest of the 10/10s, but at least I'm one of them.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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weasel, dear, it's not the fast time that counts. It's the number of correct answers.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Oh dear, Pete, I think I may have to quote that back at you sometime
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I have so many of you wonderful, wise and quick shipmates to look up to. Thanks for being you.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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If I read the question it might help.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I took three times as long as Indianwells (19 seconds??? ) but I still don't know on which planet that quiz was reckoned to be "harder".
But then, like all general knowledge quizzes, they're easy if you know the answers ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Today I didn't know the answers!
Rubbish performance - completely rubbish!
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Well, I got one wrong, but for that one I had absolutely no clue what it was even talking about - still don't at this moment. They might as well have asked me something in Estonian.
EDIT: And now that I do know, after a bit of googling, I'm pissed off. Formulate the question properly so I can understand what you're asking, dammit. I could actually try and make a considered guess rather than randomly pressing a button.
[ 09. October 2013, 10:56: Message edited by: orfeo ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'm off to bed but it looks like I have a good chance or ending up last again
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It's after breakfast and I'm still last!!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I achieved a Last Place yesterday and today my internet connection decided to disconnect during the quiz so I had to wait whilst it reconnected.
It is not being a good week quiz-wise!
Posted by Alicïa (# 7668) on
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First place! Me!
Oh I know it won't last with a time like that but I am enjoying it while it does.
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Sorry, only gave you 4 minutes of pleasure.
I saw the list of existing scores, slowed down a bit and took care!
[ 10. October 2013, 08:46: Message edited by: orfeo ]
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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The Guessometer ground to a halt part way through. Needs an overhaul.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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It was working perfectly when I used it (and I certainly needed it)!
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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Question 1 - you bastard
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Linkety linkety linkety link
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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So, Marvin, did you get number 1 wrong by any chance?
Still, of a load of names I'd never heard of, I managed to pick the wrong one, so I guess I can't really gloat.
Or can I?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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What I liked about yesterday's quiz is the way Pete was so supportive of us all.
10/10 and first to play today but 46 seconds won't keep me there more than a few minutes.
Posted by Alicïa (# 7668) on
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Hmmm. Last again. Didn't enjoy those quiz quiz questions much.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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The key to the "quiz" questions is if in doubt, grovel to the editors.
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Yay. Looking at the monthly standings, I'm officially the best loser in the business.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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(*&^%$%#$ baseball questions.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Slow but accurate.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Also accurate, and a squitlet faster than you.
It was kind of Pete to leave the Guessometer under the flower-pot when he went away for the weekend, wasn't it?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Still slow, still accurate but first on the list!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Never heard of the item described in number 4!
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Two of my answers didn't register and then I managed to change a right answer to a wrong one. FFS.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Good Heavens! Still in second place!
(Would be first without the non-Shippie person!)
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Blimey - I'm in fifth place, and I didn't even need to use the Guessometer!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Yay! First (for about 30 seconds probably)
I did need the guessometer , luckily he was kind today.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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It worked in part for me today; I should have listened to it on one guess and not changed a right answer to a wrong one ...
For American sportists of whom I've never heard, though, it was peerless.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Guessie came up with a touchdown for me too!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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What house?!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Who the heck knows? But I remember the question from previous quizzes. Thank God.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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shame that I didn't have that previous knowledge to go by.
You know how every so often there's a question that says "what should you do if you find a question that you think is wrong"
- write to the setter and say "Fix your question, dumbass"
- complain to the people who run the site
- politlely point out your thoughts on the question to the setter
- Suck it up and deal with, there are more important things in life
maybe we should put what we learn from those questions into practice
[ 17. October 2013, 08:10: Message edited by: Wet Kipper ]
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Ha. When I actually tried to submit a query or correction about a question, THAT part of the website seemed to mysteriously lead to a blank page.
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
What house?!
It was a HEADING to the question, rather than being in the question. Utterly dumb, I know.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Normally I can at least understand the questions but that house one had me completely flummoxed
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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there are Headings in the questions ?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Clever Guessometer!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Clever Guessometer!
On days like today, I see it all bedecked in red and white streamers, with several balloons and the drop kicks to his behind (from previous occasions) covered up.
With a beer stein filled with whisky and trusting puppy dog eyes looking at me.
YMMV
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
there are Headings in the questions ?
Trust me, until today I hadn't noticed either. If people on this thread hadn't been carrying on about houses I might still not have known.
I believe that the 'headings' I saw were the titles of quizzes. I think that what happens is that we get quizzes made up of questions selected FROM various other quizzes. And this other quiz was titled with the name of the house. So the question worked fine in the context of an entire quiz about 'the house'. When we get a single isloated question about 'the house' we're all mystified.
[ 18. October 2013, 02:12: Message edited by: orfeo ]
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I can't blame the Guessometer for my complete b*llocks on the film question - I'm sure that at some point I guessed it correctly, but today was not that point.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Obscure TV shows and equally obscure musicians are my downfall.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Guessing incorrectly is mine!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Geez Louise!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Bloomin' brilliant guessometer! Who's next for it?
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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I think you used it up Tree Bee.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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The Guessometer was amazing on two out of three guesses. Silly TV programs.
[Someday I'll learn to spell.]
[ 19. October 2013, 13:54: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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It was fine on the TV programme for me, but fell down on the phobia.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Not the first to play today but the first to 10/10 - in a SLOW time.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Beating The Penguin on a Sunday is SO satisfying!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Once again, movies I've never heard about, or actors who don't seem to make headlines (front pages of celebrity magazines.)
Who the fuck watches this stuff?
[ 21. October 2013, 08:54: Message edited by: PeteC ]
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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*views standings*
Oh, THAT'd be right. The one day of the month that I don't play is the one day of the month that the top 4 usual suspects all stumble.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Not only got the actress one wrong but read 'least time' as 'most time'.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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**pats the Guessometer and gives it a dram**
The Guessometer knows more about 'Murcan television actors than I do, which is just as well.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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A fine start to the day!
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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Painfully slow today. But at least I got back on the 10/10 train.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I may well have exhausted the Guessometer already, sorry about that.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I may well have exhausted the Guessometer already, sorry about that.
You sure did!
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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The questions did seem to have an interesting geographical bias today...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I may well have exhausted the Guessometer already, sorry about that.
You sure did!
Pete, you are so wonderfully supportive in your role as, erm, support person on the Quiz Table - you have no idea how much we all appreciate it.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Hi Uncle Pete. *sigh*
It's actually kind of nice down here.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm not very far above you, JJ, owing to a Guessometer malfunction on the pop-song question.
Bearing in mind that IMHO the last time there was a decent song in the charts was the week after Freddie Mercury died and they re-released Bohemian Rhapsody* I'm not really surprised.
* The last time before that was Moonlight Shadow by Mike Oldfield.
**shuffles off to get her slippers and cocoa**
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Stupid brainfart!
Here is the link again.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Go on, go on, admit which one you got wrong.....
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The last one - I find it hard to believe I could be that stupid!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I'll pretend I can't remember the last one.
Pity!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I reckon I've just posted my fastest-ever time - 34 seconds - and it still left me in only 13th place.
Do those of you who get supersonic speeds just read the answers and hope for the best?
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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Assuming sub-30sec times are "supersonic"...
I try to scan only as much of the question as is necessary to arrive at the right answer. For example, if a question contains the words "curved yellow fruit", I'm going to go and click "banana" in the answers and move on to the next one without ever finding out what the rest of the question actually was.
I get burned by the odd trick (or tricky) question through using this method, but most of the time it works fine .
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Yes, Attempting to read the entire question is not a good technique for speed.
EDIT: Except on days when the rating is 'hard'... sometimes there ISN'T a good technique for speed.
[ 26. October 2013, 06:48: Message edited by: orfeo ]
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Damn you, weasel. You blew the guessometer's gasket again!!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Weasel!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Genius will out
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I'm nominating Guessometer for sainthood, even as we speak. Between us we can cite at least three miracles.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Bleurgh!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Why. Why. Why do I think I know better than the Guessometer, the all-wise and all-knowing?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Why. Why. Why do I think I know better than the Guessometer, the all-wise and all-knowing?
Me, too.
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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Sometimes I surprise myself with my Bible knowledge! I actually knew the answers. Although I was too damn slow again.
(You can tell it's half term, have time to play)
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Bloody hell!! I've never been so high up, so late.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
... the Guessometer, the all-wise and all-knowing ...
It certainly excelled itself today!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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10/10 and first to play makes me 1/1!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Very random questions today. I was torn between two of the answers on the Hey Jude one
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I messed up the beer one, mainly because I only have a very small brain.
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Apparently the Guessometer runs on beer. Because I don't.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I didn't get the beer one either. I usually pour my beer properly in the first place. If it foamed I'd just wait for it to settle.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I messed up the beer one, mainly because I only have a very small brain.
I got that one. Damn kiddie actors!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I know nothing about beer, in spite of the Heavenly threads about it!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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10/10 but not first to play so no first place time at all for me today.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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But today I am first to play so I get to be first on the list, at least for a little while.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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35 seconds! Probably my best ever time - and 100% accurate as well.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Faster than a speeding weasel ...
PB for me today too - 10/10 in 33 seconds!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Well done, piglet!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Back down to 50 seconds today but still Number One for now at least.
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Right, we can close this month's competition now, I'm happy.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Who the hell is Wilt Chambers?
Can we have a more international quiz, rather than loads of questions about baseball, gridiron football, etc.
Please.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Blessed be Guessometer
Blessed be his little name!
[ 02. November 2013, 12:06: Message edited by: PeteC ]
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Blessed be Guessometer
Blessed be his little name!
O sing unto the little feller, all ye nations!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Praise be!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Rubbish performance in a rubbish time - overall impression - RUBBISH!!!
...and I doubt I'll get any better marks for Artistic Impression.
Posted by TurquoiseTastic (# 8978) on
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hmmm... genuinely difficult today... hmmm...
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Wow, no 10/10 yet.
My most rubbish score so far.
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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This is clearly not a Christian website.
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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Don't think I've ever known what the shortest verse in the OT is, so I'm quite chuffed with my 9/10 for Bible Trivia.
Plus, I'm in shock that I still seem to be high in the Top Ten with most of the day done, with that score and a 50 second time...
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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NO! The one hard one I didn't Google, I miss!
...still in the top ten, though...
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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...you have time to Google?!!!!?
EDIT: Okay, admittedly if you were playing late in that particular game, there was an incentive to be particularly slow and steady and go for accuracy rather than speed.
[ 04. November 2013, 05:28: Message edited by: orfeo ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Got the movie one wrong, no surprises there!
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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can't believe nobody got 10/10 yesterday, so by being "fastest loser", I actually won !
I don't think I have a chance of the same thing happenign again today.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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That was a massive failure!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Wasn't it just. And it would have been worse without my little pal Guessie. But even he drew a blank on some of those.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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WHAT??? I got 10 out of 10 when at least half were guesses!
I see my name in the number one position on today's scores for the first time ever! (I know it won't last, got to enjoy the moment...)
Quick, what else should I do today when luck is so clearly going my way?
[ 05. November 2013, 08:41: Message edited by: Lucia ]
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Lucia:
WHAT??? I got 10 out of 10 when at least half were guesses!
I see my name in the number one position on today's scores for the first time ever! (I know it won't last, got to enjoy the moment...)
Quick, what else should I do today when luck is so clearly going my way?
Me too Lucia!
Who's next for this gorgeous shiny guessometer?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The Guessometer worked on some but not all for me - oh well, it's only a game.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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9/10 was nothing short of a miracle, especially as the one I got wrong I almost changed to the right answer. Who cares what my time was - I didn't totally flunk it with 2/10 like I expected to!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I know less than nothing about American TV shows.
Here's the link.
[ 06. November 2013, 06:14: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I had to look hard, but I found you at the bottom of the list, weasel.
You would have loved the said TV show. It was hilarious.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I know less than nothing about American TV shows...
You and me both, and the Guessometer didn't either ...
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Aside: the Guessometer took a field trip with me today as I took the GRE (Graduate Record Exam—the standardized test used by graduate/business schools) for the second time (my old scores had expired). Turns out the test has changed a lot in the last six years; since it's now used by business schools as well as grad programs, they ask a lot of questions about algebraic statistics.
I've never taken a stats class in my life. Wouldn't know what a standard deviation was if you hit me upside the head with one. Why are you asking me trick questions about them?
Did a bit of logicing, and took a random guess. Looked things up later; turns out I was right! Well done, Guessometer!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Been and gone and burned my right hand quite impressively. Somehow using mousepad with left hand does not bode well for qhiz speed......
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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hmm - 2 wrong guesses does not help either!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sorry about the Right hand...
...and does it know what the left hand doeth?
Anyway, consider yourself in a supportive role today - where would the rest of us be if you weren't there supporting us?
eta: ...and you do it so well!
[ 07. November 2013, 03:16: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It really helps if the questions make sense.
Or perhaps my brain needs a service.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Some of those questions were quite surreal.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I beat you again O Weaselly One!
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Random guess failed. At least one of them, anyway.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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How often do you get to 4th place (for now anyway) when you take 72 seconds*?
Clever Guessometer!
* I'd have been a bl**dy sight quicker if some of the questions hadn't been so brainless ...
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Grrrr! How am I supposed to know the answer to number 9?
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Twelve hours in, and I'm still in the top ten!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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And what's with the recent obsession with navel lint?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Number one without being first to play - it is the age of miracles!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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That annoying penguin dropped me out of the top ten yesterday. It would have been my first time ever in that hallowed spot at end of day!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
And what's with the recent obsession with navel lint?
They go through phases with that particular peccadillo ...
I'm fourth at the moment, but it won't last on a Very Easy day.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Stunning failure today - can I make it until tomorrow lunch for the wooden spoon?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Three guesses = three wrong answers.
I'll be keeping you company today, Weasel, though I'll let you have the wooden spoon. I'm nice like that.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Never drank 7 up. Wish that had been an option!
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Don't worry about the 7 Up - the cans in the States must be different from here because I got that wrong too.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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The actor and the colours grabbed me too! I hang my head in shame.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm keeping company with Smudgie and Wodders too - I was complete rubbish today.
And I always get that writer's name wrong - not even always the same wrong.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I was really looking forward to that wooden spoon but someone beat me to it!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Better today - 10/10 but nowhere near fast enough!
And one spin-off of having an Evo-fundie pastor as a brother is that I knew the answer to one question I wouldn't have known otherwise.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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That was stupid of me, I got the hard question correct via the guessometer but got one I knew wrong accidentally!
[ 10. November 2013, 07:49: Message edited by: Heavenly Anarchist ]
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Have I ever mentioned how much I like Sundays?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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So we currently have a Circus host at each end of the table.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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One on the top, and one under it...yeah, sounds about right.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Aughghgh! The Mighty Guessometer was right and I had to "fix" it.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Snuck into the top 10 by getting all 10 right, but not very fast due to computer loading in geological time.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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On behalf of insomniac shippies can I ask that the Quiz is available in the early morning - sort of 5am onwards - in the UK.
We're not all in Eastern Standard Time!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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The Crew's Quiz is run by a website called "Fun Trivia" which is based in the US Central Time Zone. I doubt that they will listen to your complaint. The Ship has nothing to do with either the questions or the location.
In other news, if I had listened to the Guessometer, I would have had a perfect score. Again.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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I did listen to the guessometer, I really needed it today!
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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quote:
Originally posted by L'organist:
On behalf of insomniac shippies can I ask that the Quiz is available in the early morning - sort of 5am onwards - in the UK.
We're not all in Eastern Standard Time!
It's available 23.5 hours a day. The maintenance time is a bit annoying because it sometimes means I can't do the quiz just after dinner when my brain has a nice energy supply.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by tessaB:
I did listen to the guessometer, I really needed it today!
Unfortunately for me it ran out of talent on question 9 ...
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Correct but slooooooooooow.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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My school reports used to say could do better as well.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
My school reports used to say could do better as well.
That was dead easy. I can't believe you blew it.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Thank you lovely shiney sparkly guessometer
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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What Tessa said.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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One of the "correct answers" today is wronger than a wrong thing from Wrongville (I heard that on the Ship). Happily, I remembered it as it has happened before.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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damn murrican teevee shows I never heard of!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
damn murrican teevee shows ...
My thoughts exactly, Pete.
Hmph.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Well that quiz today was overeasy, so to speak.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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Maids a milking apart, I'd agree with you.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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The reason I took so long was because I had to sing the song to myself, first!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Knowing your singing I am thankful I was 13,000+ kms away!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I think I will bring a Christmas CD to bellow out some of my favourite carols.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Third place? Goodness, haven't been up this high in the quiz in like forever!
Guessometer testing site.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Thanks to the guessometer I got 10/10.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Blessed be Guessometer, Blessed be his beaming face
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Never mind knowing, why would I CARE that Cheryl Ladd hails from South Dakota?
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by L'organist:
Never mind knowing, why would I CARE that Cheryl Ladd hails from South Dakota?
Thanks L'organist! I still only got 9 though.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Yes L'organist, thank you so much. In third place and above Turquoise Tastic!!!! Have never been above the Turquoise one before
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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It's so easily done, giving away the answer to one of the questions in your comments on the thread, but worth giving it a second read through when you're checking it in preview post (which I'm sure everybody does ) before posting to make sure you're not giving the game away. After all, you don't want to give Weasel an unfair advantage, do you?
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Couldn't care less: since the quiz is so geared to the USofA we Brits should stick together.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Forget the US, also people older than me with different cultural references! Thanks for helping this American!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Still Number One!
Okay, only three have played so far but it is still not bad for me on a Sunday.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ooooh! Smudgiekins only got 9 and I got 10!!
...and on a Sunday!!!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Triple Post Alert!
Poor Pete only got 8/10
What is the betting he tries to blame some outside circumstance?
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I got one wrong that I always get wrong
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Would that have been no. 4? Me too. Worse yet, I changed it from right to wrong.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The Perfect Ten!
First to play so Number One!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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10 here too
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Memo to self: need to work harder on knowledge of Vampires and the un-dead.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Oh pooh. Let this be a lesson to you all. Play while sick and you may end up all the way on the bottom like me today!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by L'organist:
Memo to self: need to work harder on knowledge of Vampires and the un-dead.
Surely the Ship must be the best training ground for that!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Wodders, I'm only behind you because I live on the other side of the planet.
Posted by Alicïa (# 7668) on
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Guessed the difficult ones right and got tripped up by the cluedo question I should have known.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Wodders, I'm only behind you because I live on the other side of the planet.
It's the early bird ... and all that.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Fifth place for the moment.
A lot of their "very easy" quizzes have been a damn sight harder than that one was, but as we always say, any quiz is easy if you know the answers ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Fifth to play and the first 100%!!
Is it really true that I beat Pingu three days in a row?
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Not much hope with sitcom characters I've never heard of...
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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"Easy"???
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
"Easy"???
This. And bloody slow loading time this morning!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Don't you just hate it when you change a right answer to a wrong one?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Gloriously in last place.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Completely and without issue, weasel. How could you possibly blow that so easy quiz?
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Dane fame was in vain...
And I've pinched your last place off you Weasel!
[ 21. November 2013, 11:59: Message edited by: Lucia ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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I've lost it now too! I can't even win at being last...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Fourth place! That Guessometer rocks!
Posted by Alicïa (# 7668) on
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I got the one wrong about the music concert and it happened before I was born so how was I supposed to know ... oh ... my guessometer let me down again.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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There is only one guessometer. He was busy at my place this morning, and didn't have time for you. If you have a guessometer, it is a fraud. Accept no substitutes!
Posted by TurquoiseTastic (# 8978) on
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Alas, my work computer (with mouse and big screen) is now blocking the site! I don't think I will be posting any more 19 second times with touchpad and laptop...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The advantage of going first is knowing I'll have at least a brief moment as Number One!
Posted by Alicïa (# 7668) on
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Well at least I got all of them right today, but how on earth to ever get fast and accurate enough to win this thing is a mystery to solve.
[ 22. November 2013, 07:19: Message edited by: Alicïa ]
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I think that was my fastest score ever good to see an easy category one which isn't full of unknown TV and baseball.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Geez, I done good today, innit?
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Changed the belt colour from the correct one to a wrong answer!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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10/10, wow the guessometer was on fire today!
Slow time though as I had to consult it for about half the questions,
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Two people gave me the same wrong answer to the belt question!
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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quote:
Originally posted by TurquoiseTastic:
Alas, my work computer (with mouse and big screen) is now blocking the site! I don't think I will be posting any more 19 second times with touchpad and laptop...
My under 30s times died with the PC - really difficult to get under 40s on a laptop and mousepad. Scrolling down without losing answers is a challenge.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Does Snoopy dance
Chants I beat weasel! I beat weasel!!
The Guessometer is out of commission for a moment while I lubricate his overheated cogs.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
... The Guessometer is out of commission for a moment while I lubricate his overheated cogs.
So that's why I only got 8/10. That and the fact that I know the square root of bugger-all about Habakkuk ...
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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I upped my score by selecting what I know to be the wrong answer to one question.
Setters should check facts???
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I noticed that as well, but my sweet little guessie saved me from total humiliation of a few other questions.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Yes, Pete, you beat me again!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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You noticed!!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Here is the link.
I won't criticise Pete for not putting it up because I'm not like that - I'm kind and sweet and exceptionally lovable.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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jj throws flowers around the Mighty Guessometer...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Piglet throws tomatoes at the mighty Guessometer* ...
It doesn't know any more about 'Murcan journalists than I do.
* Not really.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Being first to go really boosts my ego when I'm [temporarily] first on the leaderboard, again.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Pride is the first of all the sins, Wodders. So glad to do my part to help keep you humble.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I was in 7th place yesterday! This is the first time I have ever been in the top ten!
Ahem. It is all due to the fact that my university library had a complete run of Life magazines, which I avidly perused when I should have been researching my essays.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Two "grovel to the quizmasters" questions in the same quiz ...
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Oh dear, it all went very wrong!
Posted by Alban (# 9047) on
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Yay, second place!
The joys of getting in early (ok, ok, also in last place)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...and only because I managed to go only a fraction quicker than you - the speed merchants will be along shortly to whizz through in unimaginably silly times.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Ooh, that's better!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I had to think hard through one question, not being familiar with that state of affairs. I am rather pleased at the sight of all those check marks.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Sport - pah!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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That was a quiz that lived up to its billing.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Second place!
How on earth did I manage that with 38 seconds on a Very Easy day?
Posted by Herrick (# 15226) on
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Read all the answers before choosing one, Herrick
The quizzer can be tricky.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Not a good day quiz wise.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Read The Question
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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My placing wasn't helped by the computer freezing just as I hit "play", or by the Guessometer having a brain-fart.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I think something might be wrong with the quiz today as it didn't mention random phrases from Habakkak, Micah or any of the minor Prophets.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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YES!!! Knew the habit of falling asleep in front of Pierce Brosnan movies would come in handy one day.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I hate it when I change a right answer to a wrong one.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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For sale: One guessometer. Slightly battered, needs recalibration.
Posted by Alicïa (# 7668) on
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I'm happy enough with 10/10 if there is any truth in the tortoise and the hare fable, one day I will win this game!
and the world will be mine.... muahahaha
or not.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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*jj calibrates guessometer with a thwack across it's little key winder thing*
Here ya go!
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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I think this is the first time I've ever been last. It's an interesting sensation...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
For sale: One guessometer. Slightly battered, needs recalibration.
Recalibration completed and now in perfect working order. I've left it back under the third flower-pot from the left.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Fell into question 8s little trap.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Bloody bands!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'm proud to say the same question did me in, too.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm not sure whether to be proud or ashamed, but I got it right, and it sent me scuttling into the top 10.
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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How the blazes did I get 2 wins out of 3 attempts???
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Read the question!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'd have been fine if my ******* computer hadn't frozen for what felt like about a week just as I hit "play" ...
**curtseys to the mighty Guessometer**
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A Perfect Ten which I find quite astounding as I am dissociating like mad after not a lot sleep last night.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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It was a bible quiz for 4 years olds, anyway weasel.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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That would explain how I got 10/10 in 38 seconds.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
It was a bible quiz for 4 years olds, anyway weasel.
Well, I am four years old, raised to the power of three!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pardon my parochialism but who or what is a David Letterman? Does he work for the postal service?
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Pardon my parochialism but who or what is a David Letterman? Does he work for the postal service?
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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I think he has a chat show...?
I failed on that as well.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I brought Guesso indoors, scraped off the ice, and it showed me its gratitude. Dear thing it is.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Fourth place (for now)! Clever Guessometer!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A film or TV show or something I've never heard of and the Guessometer let me down!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Argh! Got the diving in a pool one wrong for the umpteenth time!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I got it right for the first time (I can't say I ever said it myself - it must be a cross-Pond thing).
And all the others (thank you Guessometer), rocketing me into 3rd place.
Blimey.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Second to play and in last place already!
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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I won!! I won!! I won!! Squeeeeee!!!!
Moreoever, I wasn't so overcome with excitement that I got 6/10 on today's easy quiz.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Reading the question properly would have probably helped.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The Link.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
The Link.
Oops!
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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So I know nothing about illusionists and magicians - my life is forever blighted...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Oh look! I'm holding everyone up from the very bottom!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Sadly, I ran out of talent and the Guessometer ran out of steam* on the last question.
* or myrrh, single-malt Scotch or whatever it runs on ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Defeated by the US-centricity of the questions.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Sometimes when guessing, going for the obvious is the right way.
I didn't.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Well, that was a surprise - thanks to the Guessometer!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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You and me both!
And yesterday, I was in the top 5!
I felt the earth trembling!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Who he?
[ 17. December 2013, 06:31: Message edited by: Heavenly Anarchist ]
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Them geography questions will get me every time!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Guessometer definitely back on form, unlike the Speedometer.
Still in the top 10 though.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pete, you managed today's quiz in a pretty good time for you, perhaps I should watch and ring the lunch bell in the middle of the quiz every day!
Pity about only getting 9/10.
Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Reading the question properly would have probably helped.
Isn't that cheating?
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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The guessometer is gleaming today!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Guessometer definitely back on form, unlike the Speedometer.
Yep. Oh well!!
*tosses Guessometer a bottle of GIN*
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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The nice little guessometer likes me today!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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And me! Even the Speedometer was in a good mood today - 37 seconds, putting me in fifth place.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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In the lead at the moment but with the game taking about 15 seconds to load that won't last long.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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It's not often that one gets into the top 10 with a time of 48 seconds on a Very Easy day.
Mind you, there were a couple of very wordy questions, and I see they're back on the old "pocket lint" thing again ...
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Phew! Guessometer helped me with question 7 as I'd never heard of any of the options!
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Lovely little guessometer did the same for me!
Posted by Signaller (# 17495) on
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Mine was having an off day.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by orfeo:
Lovely little guessometer did the same for me!
Me too.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I'm in that 47 second group. Again!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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My heartfelt thanks go to Not Entirely Me for occupying the only space on the board below me.
As if a computer-freeze just as I clicked "play" wasn't enough, I had a complete brainfart on four of the questions.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Was this quiz written specifically for me or something? Seriously, two questions (kind of) about my home state?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
Was this quiz written specifically for me or something? Seriously, two questions (kind of) about my home state?
I don't feel quite so bad about letting you beat me on this quiz then.
Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on
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I am pleased to see that I retain my usual lightning like reflexes. After all, I take only about twice as long as some of these young whippersnappers.
So, all of you speed demons please slow down as you are ruining your eyes.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Weasels are quicker than penguins!
Well, today they are.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Whoop! Top for a short while.
Now back to the kitchen for me...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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weasel's propping us all up! The only 9 on an easy day!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ah well, my old brain gets forgetful sometimes.
A silly mistake as I knew the answers but still clicked the wrong one.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pete, it looks like you and I have swapped places today.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Stoopid Murrican fillums!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Stoopid Murrican fillums!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I know my hearing is not all that wonderful but you don't have to repeat yourself!
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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"Very famous" ????
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Weasels are quicker than penguins!
Vrroooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooom
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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That was Harder?
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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For those of us under a certain age, yes.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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For those of us with brand-new Ipads that won't cooperate, yes.
Man, when I get a stylus, you all are toast. TOAST.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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WooHoo!!! Top of the board!!! At least for now!
Haven't been here in like forever!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
... when I get a stylus, you all are toast ...
Some of us manage to be toast whether you've got a stylus or not.
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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Toast? Who mentioned toast?
Hot buttered toast sounds a splendid idea to celebrate the unlikely, but true, fact that I have won twice in one month!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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For the first time ever, I'm first and last (I was at a New Year party, and I've been messing about on the Ship since I got home).
Happy new year, fellow quizzists!
Posted by Gussie (# 12271) on
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Happy New Year everyone. My scores for the last few months of 2013 were rubbish, I'm resolving to do better in 2014. Maybe I need to research American TV series and brands to help me in my endeavour .
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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All correct and very slooooooow.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I have an excuse. I was shocked to see #1 with a red X ! I knew the right answer in a nanosecond, but my finger clicked the wrong line. Don't you feel sorry for me?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I beat Pingu yesterday, the first of the year
Long may it continue [but it probably won't!]
How about the Circus Hosts get a ten second handicap every day? It sounds good to me.
Another 10/10 today in less than half the time it took Unca Pete.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Looks like I get to post The Link this time.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Here is the Link
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
How about the Circus Hosts get a ten second handicap every day? It sounds good to me.
Sounds even better to me. I'd love to have had a 16 second time today!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I think you might be deliberately misinterpreting what I said - how about 20 seconds and then I might have a chance?
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Failed on US geography again.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Foiled by the wrong shot in the dark. Bother. That Weasel will be getting delusions of grandeur at this rate.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
Failed on US geography again.
Me too....
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
Foiled by the wrong shot in the dark. Bother. That Weasel will be getting delusions of grandeur at this rate.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Mary Mother!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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10/10 today, the first to 100%!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Relative wins so far this year:
Weasel 3 - Pingu 1
But then pride is a terrible sin.
[ 04. January 2014, 10:45: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Guessometer working well, who's next?
Pocket lint is so 2013.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Vroooooooooooooooooooooooom........ penguin on a skateboard......... vroooooooooooooooooom
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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And now it is 3:2 to the Weasel!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Beaten again yesterday so now it's a draw at 3:3.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Well, at least the Guessometer got two out of three right for me. (I miss that same question every time.)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Thanks Smudgie for allowing me to beat you again yesterday so making it 4:3 to me over the year so far.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Sixth place! And all because the Guessometer knows more about dragons than I do.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Gaaaa...I even heard Mr.G O'Meter shouting at me, "DON'T CHANGE IT!"
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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5:3! But, of course, once Sunday comes revenge will be wreaked!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I would have had them all right, but my eyes skipped over a question, probably because I was stunned at the stupidity of the question.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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There certainly were some stupid ones there today.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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One to The Penguin yesterday so 5:4
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Are you going to keep track all year long? If so, I'm thinking we should take bets now on what the final Weasel vs. Penguin Grudge Match results will be.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
Are you going to keep track all year long? If so, I'm thinking we should take bets now on what the final Weasel vs. Penguin Grudge Match results will be.
Are we just counting wins and losses, or does the spread matter?
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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I'm in!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Bloody Murrican fillums, of which only one I've heard.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Spread doesn't matter; a win's a win!
I'm going to play Circus party loyalty here, and guess that Pingu is going to stomp enough Sundays to beat Wodders by…let's say up by 7 by year's end. It'll be close, and I've revised it a few times while I was typing (I originally had Smudgie up by 12, before I rethought things a few more times—like I said, it'll be by a flipper), but this may be the real game right here!
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Points difference should count if the number of wins is equal at the end of the season. Surely.
Of course, we must also decide whether it's number of correct guesses that counts, or number of points allocated for the day. There are reasonable arguments for both approaches, but it best be decided now. The last thing you want to do is pull a FIFA 2010 World Cup qualification in Europe stunt and change the rules at the last minute because you don't like the outcome.
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Wow! For once a "very easy" quiz that really was what it said!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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My little brain [smallest in South Asia, apart from politicians] won't cope with complications - just the number of times we appear higher or lower than one another on the board. I am banking on her taking l-o-o-o-n-g holidays/vacations when I will win by a walk-over.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Oh my ears and whiskers 5:5!!
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
I'm going to play Circus party loyalty here, and guess that Pingu is going to stomp enough Sundays to beat Wodders by…let's say up by 7 by year's end.
Well, in that case, I'll have to back the underdog (under-mustelid?) and say it'll be the weasel by a whisker - let's say 2 up.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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I will back Wod too-- if he trumps her, it will be surrogate vengeance for all the times she has whooped my ass at a certain social network wordgame that I won't mention.
5 up.
[ 11. January 2014, 04:47: Message edited by: Kelly Alves ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'm afraid my 8/10 today ain't gonna help my cause in the slightest!
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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I'll have to go with my fellow aquatic creature. Penguin by a flipper.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I would like to point out that the weaselly one does get a head start, weaselling in on the start of the day before it even gets here and leaving me unable to play until after a looooooooooooooooooooong day at school, working hard and taxing my feathery brain to the extreme.
And, being sooooooooo much older than me he has a head start with personal experience on all those questions which were really before my time.
This should definitely be taken into the reckoning!
Actually, on recent performance, I'm backing the Weasel!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm not sure whether I should join in the weasel/penguin shenanigans; if I had to, my instinct would be to back the weasel as he's (a) a fellow-mammal and (b) a fellow-All Saints host.
I'm off now to sort out my Greeks from my Romans ...
[ 12. January 2014, 00:28: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I was right, after yesterday's debacle I am 5:6 down.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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And you will be even more after this Sunday's bible quiz! As will I.
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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I confess to a long term habit of judging my performance in the Quiz against Smudgie, weasel and piglet.
A good Sunday is one where my score is better than Smudgie's.
[ 12. January 2014, 11:15: Message edited by: Japes ]
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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On that reckoning Japes, I am having a good Sunday
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Predictably 5:7 after the Sunday Bible quiz - I'm beginning to think this isn't such a good idea after all.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Fear not, there's only one Sunday per week and six other days. You wouldn't beat me in a month of Sundays ( ) but I don't rate my chance in a month of seven different days per week.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Aww! Tied Sharkshooter! Second place is better than where I've been all week. I'll take it!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Japes:
I confess to a long term habit of judging my performance in the Quiz against Smudgie, weasel and piglet.
I'm not sure whether to be flattered or scared by that ...
My general wobbliness on most matters of the Old Testament (and several of the New) tend to make me a bit of a pushover on Sundays.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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A bonus question for you all:
What kind of arithmetic do they use to get the average points per day in the rankings ?
JtW
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Short answer: take total points, divide by number of days played, only calculate if number of days played is ten or more.
Long answer: your point total is calculated by your ranking, with first place receiving the as many points as there were players that day, second two or three off, third likewise, and then one or two points off for every position down to tenth, so long as the number of players is greater than fifteen (I think), at which point the people in places 11-20 receive a point more than those in places 21-30, who receive a point more than those in the next group of ten; those in the lowest group of ten receive four points. Your point total is not to be confused with your score for the day, which is calculated by starting with a base score of 1,000, but taking off a point for each second elapsed, and 100 points for each question missed, down to a minimum score that I can't actually remember at the moment, but would gladly have someone else in the top 5 volunteer to test.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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The arithmetic I'm talking about is the sort that divides my measly 69 points by 12 (days) and comes up with a respectable 6.3 points per day.
Oh, and here's the link.
[ 13. January 2014, 16:22: Message edited by: Jonah the Whale ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Yesterday was mine so now at:
Magnificent Me 6:7 Perfidious Pingu
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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If only the very easy quizzes were as hard as the Harder quiz, I might be a happier man.
That was Harder?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Drat - miscounted!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Thanks Smudgie!
7:7
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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*Polishes the lovely Guessometer*
...then gives it some scrummy dark chocolate...
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Oh dear.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Drat - changed a right answer to a wrong one, (completely against my better judgement too, which makes it particularly galling to get it wrong!) and got a slow score due to being distracted by giggling over the penguin question. (Don't think I'm giving anything at all away by that spoiler!)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I must admit to having giggled over the same question.
Thanks for the 8:7, Smudgiekins.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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I'm in the lead for the first time ever.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Memo to self: must explore US cartoon comics ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Blessed be that sloth, little Guessie, who finally remembered who built him!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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9:7 - building up a bit of a lead before Sunday, I hope.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Under 40 seconds! Not bad for an old dodderer!
Posted by Alban (# 9047) on
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[Kicks guessometer]
Bother! Missed one!!
Best time yet, but one went unanswered (9/10)
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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As an honorary Junior Host, I don't think we should be having personal grudge matches here. However, I sure hope that Smudgie kicks butt.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Under 40 seconds! Not bad for an old dodderer!
And only one second slower than me.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Pearl B4 Swine:
As an honorary Junior Host, I don't think we should be having personal grudge matches here. However, I sure hope that Smudgie kicks butt.
I don't approve of favouritism.
Normally.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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So it is now 9:8 to me 17 days into the month or year or however we keep it all going.
No grudge at all here, Pearlie, just showing a penguin that a weasel is easily their match.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Pure guesses today (apart from the cartoon one!)so I may well conceded defeat today even before the weasel plays. He can't do worse than 7/10.... or can he?
I think Sundays should count double.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It was touch and go for a minute there but I managed it, thanks to the loan of the guessometer! I had no idea who those 4 people are - could they be Music Hall Artistes? Or astronauts?
So 10:8 in my favour, albeit more by luck than judgement.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Seriously, what kind of person would want to know all that kind of stuff?
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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A day when 10/10 is worth having is not the day to stop reading the options at the first letter. Dagnamit. That close (you'll have to imagine it) from a top 5.
[ 18. January 2014, 18:42: Message edited by: ArachnidinElmet ]
Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on
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Well, dayum. I almost feel smart.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
... I managed it, thanks to the loan of the guessometer ...
By the time it got to me, it had forgotten who they were.
I'd heard of them, but how the hell am I supposed to know whether they were in the Mickey Mouse Club?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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As long ago foretold Sundays will be my downfall.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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I tried to submit a correction to one of the questions just now, but it told me I have to be logged in. How do they think I did the quiz without being logged in?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Good grief- that was a close call.
Note to self: do not try to do quiz whilst stroking the cat and holding a conversation with a boy. Pride comes before a fall.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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WooHoo! Blessed be the little Guessometer. One question I have gotten wrong in the past was corrected by the wee machine.
places a fluffy pillow under the darling thing
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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10:9 not, of itself, very impressive but this is AFTER a Sunday quiz so I don't feel too disheartened.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
WooHoo! Blessed be the little Guessometer. One question I have gotten wrong in the past was corrected by the wee machine.
places a fluffy pillow under the darling thing
Yea and amen, JJ. Second only to you!
**gives the Guessometer a wee dram and its teddy-bear**
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Regarding Monday's question 9? Who? And why is this average knowledge?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Good morning, world
Posted by Alban (# 9047) on
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2 seconds faster than me? No fair stealing my glory, I'm hardly a threat to the legendary penguin!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I rather thought my 9/10 today wouldn't be good enough and it's not - Pingu and I are neck and neck at 10:10!
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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JediJudy ROCKS
Let's hear it for organists
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Pearl B4 Swine:
... Let's hear it for organists ...
I'll go along with that.
Let's also hear it for the Guessometer: I'd only heard of one of the ladies in question 9, so I guessed her and I was right.
Who knew? And more to the point, who cared?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Thank you piglet and Pearlie!!!
That was a boost to the spirits!
Indianwells used to win all the time. (Except on Sundays.) Wonder what happened to him/her?
[ETA Sunday comment]
[ 20. January 2014, 16:53: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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No idea; perhaps we were just too easy, especially without AA?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Easy?! Us! Probably the smartest people on the internet? Well, y'all. I'll provide the comic relief!
(Then surprise everyone with a wild win once in a while...just to keep folks on their toes!)
And yes, where is our Alto???
[forgot what all I was going to say...]
[ 21. January 2014, 01:34: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Tuesday's quiz makes three assumptions, none of which fit me.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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11:10 with my nose just ahead!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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At fifth place, for the moment the piglet seems to be Top Animal.
[ 21. January 2014, 16:22: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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I'd love to offer some competition in the animal stakes, and I thought I was starting to improve with a top ten finish yesterday. But alas, today was business as usual.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I know my broken radio plays other things, but the lovely Guessometer nudged me to change a wrong answer into a correct one!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Oh oh ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
I did select an answer for the last question, I did, I did. I do know how to spell that word and I [idid[/i] mark my correct answer and that horrid horrid quiz ignored it!!!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
Oh oh ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
I did select an answer for the last question, I did, I did. I do know how to spell that word and I [idid[/i] mark my correct answer and that horrid horrid quiz ignored it!!!
I feel for you, I really do.
PS - Do circus hosts have to go to coding school?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'm sorry about that, Smudgie, really I am but according to our scores I am now up 12:10.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
... PS - Do circus hosts have to go to coding school?
Not when the quiz has been as mean to them as that. Poor penguin.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Thanks to The Guessometer I got 10/10!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Somebody has to be the bottom of the pile!
*mumble mumble read the answers, jedi*
Oh, and here's the link.
[surprised by top of page]
[ 23. January 2014, 12:17: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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...and it isn't you.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I love the Guessometer.
Posted by Alicïa (# 7668) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Jonah the Whale:
...and it isn't you.
No that would be me today, due to clicking the wrong answer somehow.
My reaction was (something like) ... what?!? that's what I said... oh apparently it wasn't.
[ 23. January 2014, 15:46: Message edited by: Alicïa ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Smudgie puils one back - 12:11 so I am still a tiny bit ahead but it is Sunday soon!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Okay, is koshatnik one of our people? If you're him/her, please speak up; I'd like to know who stole my win yesterday!
*grumble grumble not bitter at all I should have been faster grumble grumble*
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
Okay, is koshatnik one of our people? If you're him/her, please speak up; I'd like to know who stole my win yesterday!
*grumble grumble not bitter at all I should have been faster grumble grumble*
Having checked the directory (remember that?) koshatnik is one of our irregular posters.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Get your skates on, my furry friend.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The Penguin and I head into the weekend neck and neck...
...I AM TOAST!!
Posted by koshatnik (# 11938) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
Okay, is koshatnik one of our people? If you're him/her, please speak up; I'd like to know who stole my win yesterday!
*grumble grumble not bitter at all I should have been faster grumble grumble*
I'd apologise, Ariston, but you appear to have already got your own back by snaffling today's win by two seconds. Off to tune up those fast-twitch muscle fibres ...
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Terribly sorry, out-twitched you both.
Posted by koshatnik (# 11938) on
:
Curses!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
35 seconds is close to a Personal Best for me, but not much cop on such an easy day.
Faster than the weasel, slower than the penguin (just).
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
:
And then there's Marvin.
grumble grumble back to Mars grumble grumble
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
12:13 to Sweet Smudgiekins and Sunday tomorrow
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
:
Apparently, I know nothing about video games.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Eighth place isn't bad when one takes more than 50 seconds.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
12:14 in favour of Her Penguinness - I think a month of this humiliation will probably be enough
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
We're out of Sundays now, though, and you have the advantage during the week.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Perhaps but I also have a Very Small Brain so advantage to you there.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
I'm rubbish at Old Testament ladies. I should have listened to the Guessometer - it was right.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I beat Smudgiekins on time!
13:14 to her.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
How on earth.... I blame the fact that I hadn't had my first cup of coffee of the day.
Botheration!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I beat Smudgiekins on time!
13:14 to her.
I beat both of you today.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
piglet, m'dear, I rather think there is a rule against that somewhere.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Sorry, piglet, wrong smilie there, how about ?
Is 10/10 in 56 seconds going to be enough today?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Is 10/10 in 56 seconds going to be enough today?
I wonder....
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Oh dear, 13:15 - little weasel is not doing too well at all.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
... Is 10/10 in 56 seconds going to be enough today?
Not to get past me ...
10/10 in 42 seconds - fourth place for now! And they thought that was "harder"?
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
:
Bah - stupid quiz rating meta-questions.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
:
Seen one curse, ya seen em all. <roll eyes>
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I reckon Question 4 might be too much The Smudge!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I reckon Question 4 might be too much The Smudge!
I puzzled over that one for ages!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
13:16 - should I panic yet?
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
It's OK, you still have two whole days to make up the difference.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Overtaken by a speeding penguin ... but snuck past the weasel.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
Given the weaselly one a chance today.. can't have him moping all through next month.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
14:16 after a win today but can't win the month.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Fifth place so far!
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
:
Japes! Ten seconds! I'm impressed!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I know I've lost the fight already but I doubt I can limit the loss to just 15:16 with a 37 seconds score on the last day - 14:17 here we come!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
*not competitive at all*
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
Well done that penguin!
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Jonah the Whale:
Japes! Ten seconds! I'm impressed!
New computer has some keys in a slightly different place. I pressed the wrong key, and it submitted the quiz.
At least the one question I answered was answered correctly.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Well done, Smudgie - loved the celebratory penguin dance!
I should have done the quiz at w*rk - my home computer's so ancient it takes ages to load and I get a rubbish time that's hopeless on a Very Easy day.
That's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
Stoopid fillums.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
The new month has not started well.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
Woah! I'll have to partake of a sherry before taking every quiz if that's the result!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
:
Slowish, but thanks to the guessometer (really, who would actually know all of that?) all right.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
Linky link
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Great start to February - fifth place! That Guessometer absolutely rocks!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Sixth place today, despite a brainfart on the part of the Guessometer - I'm assuming that nearly everyone else's grasp of certain parts* of the Old Testament is a as shaky as mine.
* I really ought to write that one down somewhere for the next time it comes up ...
eta: if it hadn't been for that brainfart, I'd have been in first place.
[ 03. February 2014, 02:16: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
:
I hate finishing 11th.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
eta: if it hadn't been for that brainfart, I'd have been in first place.
*cough*
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Third place so far today - at this rate I might make it into the hall of fame (famous last words ...)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
So glad I didn't make fun of Smudgie for only getting 8 yesterday - guess what I scored today?
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
Yabbut, she still pipped you!
And I beat you both!
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
And I beat you both!
HIpHIpHurray (((PeteC))) I always did like that song "Your day....will come".
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
... at this rate I might make it into the hall of fame ...
... or not.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
Oh dear that was a difficult one today.
Posted by Alban (# 9047) on
:
I what?
I won yesterday?
I WON yesterday!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Before engaging mouse, check that brain is in gear.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I might be slow but I'm accurate!
Well, I was today, by pure luck.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Alban:
I what?
I won yesterday?
I WON yesterday!
Well done . I'm quietly confident about today, though there are some good Quizzers who have yet to compete...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
I snuck into the top 10, but I'm not any threat to you, Marvin.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Today I beat Smudgiekins on both accuracy and time but I promised her I wouldn't crow about it, so I'm not.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
I'm snapping at your heels, Wodders, but I suspect I won't be in the top 10 for long.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
:
Again my knowledge of cartoons let me down.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
An internet glitch meant that I completed the quiz then had to wait over 20 seconds for it to be scored thus a dreadful time today.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
My cursor was zooming all over the place, so I likewise had a horrible score. I certainly didn't think that quiz was "hard".
Posted by koshatnik (# 11938) on
:
Yikes, the less said about today's effort the better. Can I blame it on the hades-lite conditions here in the SE corner of prison island?
Thought not.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
My computer was having an even-slower-than-usual day today, hence my lowly status (although not as lowly as some ... ).
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
:
Back in the groove today
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
:
Did I ever say how much I hate finishing 11th?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Fourth place so far, but isn't there a rule somewhere in there that if it's your birthday you have to be first?
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
For Tuesday's quiz, I give thanks to the guessometer. There remained a question on which we were both silent. I am grateful that neither I nor it were able to supply the correct answer.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
We can send the Guessometer back now, Pete - it learnt its lesson and got me a 10/10!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
... There remained a question on which we were both silent. I am grateful that neither I nor it were able to supply the correct answer.
Oh yes it did ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
10/10 again but a frankly lousy time - and all my fault this time.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
:
Too tired to click on the correct button
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
It's nice to see that the definition of an easy quiz remains one where you have to guess at half the answers.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
:
Half the time I find the "hard" ones easier than the "easy" ones. I don't know which demographic those categories are supposed to be valid for, but I'm not in it...
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
:
As best I can tell by the pop culture references, 50- or 60- something Americans who haven't been paying attention to the last 20 years or so.
Posted by koshatnik (# 11938) on
:
... except for the Powerpuff Girls and a fanatical love of Harry Potter.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
I always get that swimming pool question wrong.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
:
One stupid mistake when trying to go too fast plus one stupid question that only someone setting a quiz on that site will know the answer to equals bottom of the pile
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
I always get that swimming pool question wrong.
I usually do, but this time I changed a wrong to a right.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
Argh! Got 10/10 but my score doesn't show!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
Argh! Got 10/10 but my score doesn't show!
Ah, there it is. Strange.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
:
It's been at least a couple of weeks since we had a lint question!
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
:
Sshhhh!!! Don't disturb the lint.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
Easy Bible quiz this morning. =
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
There were two factors which caused me to be upholding everybody else on the leader-board today:
(i) my computer having a meltdown just after I hit "play", giving me a time of 101 seconds; and
(ii) me making a complete b*ll*cks of two of the questions.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
:
Are we sure that everybody gets the same quiz? I don't remember any swimming pool question, nor a lint question any time recently. Or do you think maybe my brain looks like swizz cheese?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Chuffin' Simpsons questions.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
:
Hmmm. 11th.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
:
Oh Pooh-sticks! That'll keep me out of the top ten. Chemistry
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by tessaB:
Oh Pooh-sticks! That'll keep me out of the top ten. Chemistry
I usually do badly at chemistry but as a nurse I am fine with any chemical that is given via a drip
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
Poor weasel! So near and yet so far!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
I blame my slow time on an icky head cold. My mind kept wandering!
Guessometer fodder page.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
B*ll*cks - mixed up my conspiracy theories.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
:
Knickers! Let down by the fact that I have no idea what American counties are called.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
B*ll*cks - mixed up my conspiracy theories.
Same here.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
:
Wow! Five out of five for the old guessometer today!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
Likewise Who'd'a'thunk there'd come a day when I took washing-machine-boy to the cleaners so thoroughly purely by accurate guesswork
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
:
Nearly a clean sweep, and then I went back and changed a correct answer. Grr, aargh.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
:
*ahem*
Bloody 'murican filums!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
*ahem*
Bloody 'murican filums!
You took the words right out of my fingers.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I should have challenged Pingu for February! I could've been a contender!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
Not a very harder Saturday!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I should have challenged Pingu for February! I could've been a contender!
I'm just playing with your head
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
YUK!!!
Go and wash your hands immediately!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
We need more harder questions like number 10.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Not a very harder Saturday!
Oh yes it was. To quote my namesake,
quote:
"I'm underneath" said Piglet, in an underneath sort of way.
Not so much a quiz, more a train-crash.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Good grief, I'm in the lead!
I can't imagine that one lasting long.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Good grief, I'm in the lead!
I can't imagine that one lasting long.
Nope
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Just for information is that a smile or a smirk?
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
:
I reckon doing the quiz in a café using their wifi, instead of at home using a dongle, has cut approximately 10 seconds of my time. Can I demand a retroactive recount?
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
:
Ages since I have done the quiz and amazed I wasn't the slowest!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Oh dear, poor Smudgiekins and a second slower than me, too.
Perhaps you'll do better tomorrow.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
10/10 but not quite as fast as the weasel. Maybe you should change your name to "cheetah" ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
A rather easy Harder on this Saint's day.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Even my new speedy dongle has occasional hiccoughs - the game loaded really quickly today but but when I pressed for the score it had to think for about 12 seconds before it responded!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
Oh dear, Weasel, are you having problems with your dongle again?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
In a nicely-balanced quiz today, I changed one right to a wrong and one wrong to a right.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Rushing and thus not properly reading the choices is NOT a good idea!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Thank you, O wise guessometer!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Hey, I got them all right - 10/10 - 100%!
How did you do Smudgiekins?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Fourth place with 45 seconds on a Very Easy day? Some mistake surely.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
With those questions I'm amazed I got 8 right! Thanks and praise to the Guessometer!
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
:
Hi, Pete. Glad to see you. Nice and quiet down in the basement
Posted by lily pad (# 11456) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Pearl B4 Swine:
Hi, Pete. Glad to see you. Nice and quiet down in the basement
I am just so thankful for both of you, no really, I am.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Should have gone with my first instinct - changed a right guess to a wrong one.
******* 'murcan television programmes that I've never watched ...
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
Surprised to be top with only 9.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Fourth place will do me nicely. I may be at the bottom of the 10/10s, but that's because I changed a right answer to a wrong one and back again, which took some time ...
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
:
Looking up right answers only does you good if you actually click the right answer you know.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
:
...and only if you pause the clock while you do it. Tell us your secret Ariston. Do your awesome hostly powers also work on other websites?
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
:
Here's the secret: you do this enough times, you eventually won't have to read half the questions. Yes, I know the answers to half the lint questions without even seeing them.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Another trick is: if in doubt, crawl to the quiz-masters.
PS Thanks again, clever Guessometer!
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
:
Yes, I'm stalking PeteC. It's a compulsion. I can't help it.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Fourth place with 40 seconds on an "easy" day? That won't last ...
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
:
Ooh! I'm currently top out of 7! It won't last but I'll enjoy it for now
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
As my mum used to say when I was going to sit an exam, "Now, remember, Piglet dear, read the questions".
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
OK, so I know the square-root of bugger-all about hypnosis.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
:
Yes you do. You'll wake up any moment now and remember it all.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
... and my knowledge of cabbage-patch dolls is just as comprehensive.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Top, so far, on a Sunday with 9/10!
[...this is two more than you-know-who!!]
[ 16. March 2014, 09:39: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
:
My return to the competition was, shall we say, inauspicious.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Changed a correct answer for an incorrect one.
*sigh*
At least I'm ahead of Wodders!
Here's the quiz again!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
Hard one today. Well done StGwladys!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
I was doing brilliantly until the last question, and then the Guessometer had a brain-fart.
I'd have been in second place if it hadn't ...
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
:
I think that last one killed everyone—except for St. G and lc, who, judging by their uncharacteristic times, may have taken a page out of my playbook and Googled things...
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
:
Oh great, thank you VERY much for asking me about a business that doesn't exist in this country!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
I think that last one killed everyone—except for St. G and lc, who, judging by their uncharacteristic times, may have taken a page out of my playbook and Googled things...
I dunno. I'm in the top ten with 9 correct. If only I could have remembered the guy who raped his sister...
And not to shabby for a spaz today, either!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
That's more like it - back to 10/10 and snuck into the top 10 (for the moment).
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Second place so far - that probably won't last as the speed-merchants haven't arrived yet ...
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
:
Totally let down by not having any knowledge at all of foreign adverts
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by tessaB:
Totally let down by not having any knowledge at all of foreign adverts
Me too.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
quote:
Originally posted by tessaB:
Totally let down by not having any knowledge at all of foreign adverts
Me too.
And me.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
:
They're not foreign. They're American. (Grumble, me three, or four).
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
That sort of whooshing noise was Lucky Guess Piglet speeding past the Weasel ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I was pleased by 10/10 today, especially since some guy in a wheelchair and a penguin both failed to score that, but knew my time was even more vulnerable than usual.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
:
Wow, that guessometer really knows it's stuff!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
Slowed down by stopping to giggle at some of the answers on the first and last questions!
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
:
Wow! An "Easy quiz" which I actually found...easy!!!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
10/10 in 33 seconds, equal first with Marvin (for now) and a new Personal Best!
And it's Friday!
Posted by Signaller (# 17495) on
:
Only four seconds adrift of the mighty Ariston!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
Oh dear, hard indeed! Where's that guessometer hiding?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Sorry, TB - it must have already left to come over here, as it was working perfectly for me just now.
**passes the Guessometer a large dram of Highland Park**
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I did click on the right answer, I did, I did, I did!
Next time, WW, check to see the dot is really there.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
My dots were all in the right place, putting me in second.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Does that mean that you're a little dotty?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Probably.
It ignored one of my dots today - I swear I guessed one of the questions correctly and it said I hadn't answered it.
As to the other one I got wrong, I'd never heard of any of them, and neither had the Guessometer.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
:
Uh huh. I can see you all rolling your eyes in disdain. It was just a fluke. Cruddy trivia I just happened to know. I'll be back near the bottom tomorrow.
Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on
:
LOL
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
I seem to have come in at Number One - don't know how that happened, but I quite like the view from up here!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
:
Yay! I'm first! And lonely...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Silly Guessometer obviously hadn't watched some weird nonentity of a TV programme either.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Silly Guessometer obviously hadn't watched some weird nonentity of a TV programme either.
I think that shows rather good taste on its part.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
I had no idea of several of those today.
Poor Guessometer must need an infusion of some holy water or something.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
A combination of using my home computer, which has two speeds (dead slow and stop), and sharing the Guessometer's good taste in television left me rather further south than I wanted to be.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
Easy-peasy Sunday.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Thanks again to The Blessed Guessometer, I had no idea on several questions but managed a 10/10, in an admittedly laboriously slow time.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
Thought number 4 was an April Fool!
Posted by Wm Dewy (# 16712) on
:
Most sports fans know this? Really?
If I was waiting for evidence that I'm no sports fan, the quiz busts me out.
[ 02. April 2014, 15:00: Message edited by: Wm Dewy ]
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Paging "Guessometer". Will Mr. Guessometer please come to the Quiz?
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
:
I heard him say something about reservations in Octo-pulco.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
I see the Guessometer hasn't been to Mexico either ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Knowing the answer is fine but it really helps to click the correct button!!
Posted by Alban (# 9047) on
:
Well, 'tis all very nice when the survey references the book I'm currently reading (and/or the film thereof) but frustrating when they call a supporting (although notable) character the "lead".
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Yay! I'm still last!
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Alban:
Well, 'tis all very nice when the survey references the book I'm currently reading (and/or the film thereof) but frustrating when they call a supporting (although notable) character the "lead".
Yes, that's what I thought. I wonder if the question setter has actually read/seen it. Tsk.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Ten minutes to go and still in 30th place out of 30 participants! I think this will be my third wooden spoon.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
You'd think by this time I would realise that when "all of these" is an option, it's usually the right one ...
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
:
Us swines fell into the same pit together. OINK OINK
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
:
The guessometer repays a significant chunk of its cost in one day!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
#$&^*$@ ancient, #$&^*$@ slow computer wouldn't "submit" until it had given me a completely fictitious time of 105 seconds.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
Yup, got the swimming pool one wrong again!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Third place isn't too shabby. But then, Ariston and Marvin haven't played yet, either.
Site to test just how slow our computers are.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I think the Guessometer is allowed a day off globally today.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
:
If only I could manage to play every day, I reckon I could win a month.
Curse the vile weekends, with their raft of other interesting and fun things to do!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
:
Back from our holiday cottage so playing on the main computer rather than the lap-top. What a difference it makes in timing!
Obviously I can't blame my wrong answers on the lap-top
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Knowing nothing about actresses in shows I've never seen seen I failed early and only got 9/10.
Posted by lily pad (# 11456) on
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What he said. ^^^
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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Wow. It's a lot slower on an iPhone!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ah well, that's New Technology for you!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Third place isn't too shabby. But then, Ariston and Marvin haven't played yet, either.
You forgot LC. There comes a time each night, two hours or so before the quiz is submitted, when I check the results, gloating to myself…only to find LC whipped me soundly.
And then there are those odd days when K and AA decide to turn up.
Nothing's ever certain now, is it?
[ 12. April 2014, 23:58: Message edited by: Ariston ]
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
... Curse the vile weekends ...
... when I have to do the quiz on my home computer, which is 11 years old* and slower than my w*rk computer by a factor of Quite A Lot.
* that's about 1,111 in computer years.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
You forgot LC. There comes a time each night, two hours or so before the quiz is submitted, when I check the results, gloating to myself…only to find LC whipped me soundly.
Well, I try, but it doesn't stop you from cleaning up like a washing machine on a regular basis.
And on, and on, and on...
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Foolish, foolish woman.
Skim-read question - answer obvious - turned out to be correct answer to wrong question.
I got the tricky ones right and the most obvious one wrong.
Thank goodness nobody but me can see which ones I got right and which I got wrong. I'd never hear the last of it otherwise.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...but by the beneficence of The Great Guessometer I got them all correct!
[ 13. April 2014, 09:45: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I like the phrase 'silly buggers'. That describes my computer and ISP conspiring to give me a lot of extra time to submit my (bad) quiz.
Tomorrow, tomorrow, there's always tomorrow.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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Clearly my knowledge of biblical harlots is not what it could be.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I love it when I change a wrong answer into a right one.
I may not be very fast, but (for today anyway, Biblical harlots notwithstanding) I'm very right.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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If I would quit thinking about squirrels and shiny things, I'd probably be a lot faster.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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More questions about foreign TV programmes that I've never seen! Still, I managed to beat Pingu so it can't be all bad.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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Wow - todays' was a very hard one!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Too right, Marvin - and the Guessometer needs charging up - it really wasn't working very well at all.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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Today's, on the other hand, was quite a bit easier. The only real limiting factor was how fast I could scroll down.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Today's was so easy that taking 41 seconds was never going to cut it, mustard-wise.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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I keep checking back expecting Ariston or leorning_cnicht to have gone under the 20-second mark. Neither of them has played yet today...
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
I keep checking back expecting Ariston or leorning_cnicht to have gone under the 20-second mark. Neither of them has played yet today...
Good Morning, Marvin ...
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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Git.
By way of some small revenge, it's 5pm here and I'm just off home for the evening
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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MORE foreign TV programmes that I've never seen!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 37 seconds and fifth place will do me nicely.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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124 seconds!
Admittedly I had to logout and log back in again because of browser failure or a slow website or some thing but...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I did wonder ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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At least I have a chance to increase my stock of wooden spoons.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The wooden spoon was snatched from my grasp!
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Knowledge of US brands required today...
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Being a Murikan didn't help me a bit today
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Thanks to the Guessometer I didn't do as badly as I might otherwise have done.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Rats. Missed what was probably the easiest one!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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If I'd not changed the brand name from a right to a wrong, I'd have been in first place ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It seems a bit silly to me that, at least so far, I should be in first place, on a Sunday, with 48 seconds!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Step 1: read question.
Step 2: read the whole question.
Step 3: select answer.
Doing these in order might be a good idea.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
Step 1: read question.
Step 2: read the whole question.
Step 3: select answer.
Doing these in order might be a good idea.
Ariston, thank you! I knew I was going wrong somewhere. I'd been reversing steps 2 and 3.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Wow! Just seen that I won yesterday in the impressive time of 99 secs. Can't remember what the questions were any more, but apparently everybody else's guessometers were taking an Easter break.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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Now, if "changing a right answer to a wrong one" scored bonus points...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Jonah the Whale:
... I won yesterday in the impressive time of 99 secs ... apparently everybody else's guessometers were taking an Easter break.
If mine had been working you'd have been in second place.
Today, on the other hand, it was working perfectly.
**passes the Guessometer a chocolate truffle**
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sadly the Guessometer can't correct blatant stupidity!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Got the swimming pool one right, yay!
But slipped up on number two (that sounds wrong!) as never heard of the film.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Sadly the Guessometer can't correct blatant stupidity!
Oh I don't know - it manages it for me sometimes.
Fifth place and 10/10 will do me nicely.
[ 21. April 2014, 14:38: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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As I now head to bed I have a chance for another wooden spoon!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I made the wooden spoon yesterday and am front runner for another one today!
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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What do you mean, "the wooden spoon"?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ah, you've beaten me to it!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...and today I have beaten the mighty washing machine!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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1. What's with them picking singers/movies I've never heard of?
2. I might be more consistent if I'd been Maytag instead.
3. I swear, I have learned almost as much about foreign appliance brands as I have about tat since joining the Ship.
And here you go, Zelda, it's the Link!
[ 23. April 2014, 06:43: Message edited by: Ariston ]
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Here I am, hoisting Ariston up from the bottom of the list.
The Guessometer was no help with the singer question.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I quite like the idea of wearing one whilst shopping...
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Obviously I mean the tiara, not the guessometer
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Caught by the update today!
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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I wondered what had happened to you!
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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I'm at the top of today's table!!! I am the only one who has got 10/10!!!
(OK, so only 4 people have played so far today... )
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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WTF?? to question 1?
Bloody Americocentrist question!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Yay for the Guessometer!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Yay for the Guessometer!
Boo! Didn't work for me!
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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Well, that was an exceedingly random quiz.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Yay for the Guessometer!
Boo! Didn't work for me!
Me neither. And Pete's right - WTF about question 1?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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WooHoo! Top of the list for right now!!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Oh dear, too many Mercan questions for me.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I hate chess questions.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Blooming American cars, American sports and American customs. Baah-humbug!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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jj dances around the Circus for a bit
Unless someone knocks me off the top of the heap, that's two days in a row in first place! I'm so tickled I can hardly stand myself!!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Read the bloody question, Piglet. And if the word "not" appears in it, take note.
Also, changed the right ******* Jackson to the wrong one.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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For speed's sake, it's best not to do the quiz during the picture round on Pointless.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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Memo to self - do not accidentally select wrong item from browser history, and start quiz on clunky laptop whilst not paying attention.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Bizarre - consecutive days with 10/10 in 39 seconds!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Didn't you have a visit from Computer Bloke the other day? And did he make your computer faster?
We Need To Be Told.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Do you know, I think you may be right. Does anyone know - is Windows 7 faster than the old Xp?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Numero Uno at the moment with 42 seconds but on a Very Easy day I can't see that lasting long - I might just get in the Top 20 by the time the quiz closes tomorrow.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Yeah, sorry about that WW.
Still another 16 hours to go for me to get bumped.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Guessometer working well today - 10/10 in 45 seconds - but probably not fast enough to keep me in the top 10 for much longer ...
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Aargh! I should listen to that voice in the back of my head telling me the answer!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Lots of odd ones there, including that elusive house question again. Books and films I've never heard of
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Hard was dead easy on Tuesday!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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What house? Where? Never heard of it! S'not right to put in stuff I've never heard of. (tessaB wanders off snivelling)
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Fifth place - the Guessometer was rocking today!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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That Halloween question makes me queasy. I always get it wrong too.
Posted by lily pad (# 11456) on
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TessaB, sometimes there is key information in the sentence up by the number of the question. For the house one, it names the house in that sentence.
As for the Hallowe'en question, it is dead easy if you chanted that phrase every year. For me, the question reminds me of the pure joy of hollering it with big grins on our faces and loud and clear voices.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I finally remembered from last time the answer to the Hallowe'en question (being from the other side of the Pond, I wouldn't have known).
Fourth place (for now anyway) will do nicely!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by lily pad:
As for the Hallowe'en question, it is dead easy if you chanted that phrase every year. For me, the question reminds me of the pure joy of hollering it with big grins on our faces and loud and clear voices.
Ah, there's the problem. As piglet says, if you're from across the pond the question is totally perplexing.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Presumably it is supposed to be a rhyme, that is how I remember it.
Posted by lily pad (# 11456) on
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Trick or treat
Smell my feet
Give me somethin'
Good to eat.
With the later addition of:
If you don't
I don't care
I'll pull down your
Underwear!
Sorry, you just had to be there. We used to practically yell it at full voice and collapse in laughter - over and over and over again. So much fun!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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There was a question about London!
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
There was a question about London!
Was that London, Ontario?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10, but not very far up the table due to antediluvian computer.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I regret to inform you that this Sunday the Guessometer overheated.
It is currently prostrate with cold cloths on the back of its battery case. Soon I will begin giving him sips of Glenlivet.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Is the Guessometer dead? Wow. Sunday is not usually so horrible for me, quizwise.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The questions weren't so terrible but the internet blip that I hit meant I am [considerably] slower than Pete!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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I do love playing early on and basking in being first (for about 10 minutes)
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I always get that TV one wrong
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Me too, HA - ******* 'murcan television questions!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Me too, HA - ******* 'murcan television questions!
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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10/10 because I answered with what I thought they thought was the correct answer. Is question 9 a real thing?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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On what planet was Tuesday's quiz "harder"?
10/10 in 43 seconds ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I quite agree with you , piglet. As for today's, whatever happened to Marvin?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
... whatever happened to Marvin?
I don't know - maybe he got his Johns mixed up, like me.
New page - here's the link.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I did TOO click an answer, and the right one to boot.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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If only I knew more about American Presidents!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Message to self:
Suddenly graspinging on to a stray and un-quiz-related thought halfway through the quiz does not enhance my time!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Gah! The faster I try to be the more I hesitate, press the wrong buttons and re read the questions!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 33 seconds may be a new personal best!
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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They might as well ask me about golf on the moon...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Well done Guessometer - another hugely ethnocentric question right when really I had no idea.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I tripped up on another type of question. The Guessometer had no data bank on which it could draw.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Guessometer I love you! Mwah!
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Oh...dear...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Lovely little Guessometer! Temporarily on top.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Hang in there, jj --- You're lookin' good
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Wait until Marvin and Ariston get here, though!
Maybe they're busy today.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Won two in a row!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Must learn something about sports if I ever want to be top! Oh and get faster fingers, whose can I nick?
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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Thought it was about time to turn up again...
...oh look, first place for now.
*walks off casually, whistling*
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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The Guessometer knows just as little about 'murcan films and TV as I do.
Unfortunately.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I see three Hell Hosts at the top. Looks suspicious to me~
[Eyes, ears, all the same. ]
[ 20. May 2014, 23:21: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Well, they are SHADY characters!
[Okay, I'll take my coat and go.]
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I remembered the name of the bloke on the radio show that I'd never heard of until I started doing these quizzes, and consequently got 10/10.
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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I changed the radio show question from the right to wrong answer and dithered for ages doing. Gah.
Always be decisive. At least if the answer is wrong you'll still be speedy.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Didn't know the itchy feet one!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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The Guessometer was absolutely smokin' today - I wonder what Pete's been feeding it with ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I just feed him what he smuggles out of your place!
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I was speeding along great 'til I hit the Editor question. (Oinkster)
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
I just feed him what he smuggles out of your place!
So that's where the GIN went.
Pearlie, I was wondering who "Oinkster" was ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Clowns are scary. That's all I'm going to say.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I got 10 on the Bible quiz.
Blessed be Guessometer
Blessed be his shining face
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Rats. Durn movies again.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I quite obviously know nothing about the most boring and over-rated sport in the world!
I like that about myself!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I don't know on which planet that quiz ranked as "harder".
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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One on which people don't read the questions quite carefully enough.
Like this one.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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There is one irritating question when I want to respond "None of the above" because a person's name is consistently mis-spelled.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Yes indeedy - it annoys me every time but their complaints system doesn't work so...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Doing the quiz using a keypad instead of a mouse is a nightmare!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Yay! Broke the 30 second mark for the first time ever
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 34 seconds may not be all that fast compared with the speed-merchants, but it's pretty damned quick for this disciple of Captain Slow.
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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It would appear I am the only one thus far today who does not know the Nightmare on Elm Street characters.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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I am the same Japes. For your enjoyment today's quiz is subtitled "obscure Hollywood movies". Well it isn't but it should be. No less than four (count 'em) film questions. Plus two books which have been made into films. Plus one US TV personality.
Not a good day.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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For once I seem to be fractionally more on target with my guessing, apart from the one which I did completely at random without even reading the options!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I thought I might have got 6 or 7 and actually got 9!!
Thank you, O Blessed Guessometer.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I thought I'd take over that responsibility for you. No thanks needed. Glad to be useful.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Bum!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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What a darling little Guessometer!
jj pats the top of its shiny self
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I think we must have tired it out - it worked fine for me until I got to the Greek goddess and then it gave up.
Still, could be worse ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Stupid! Stupid! Stupid!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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^ what he said.
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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What they both said...
Moral of this Sunday's Quiz: Do not tackle the Quiz before first coffee of the day, even on a Sunday.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
My knowledge of Bad Kings is sadly lacking ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Another appalling time - roll on getting a proper computer again with a mouse!
Here is the link!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Heck, weasel, even I beat you today!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
The Shame! The Shame!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Second place with 36 seconds? Where have all the speed-merchants gone?
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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My knowledge of American trivia is sadly lacking
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Caught out by a cartoon.
Posted by Stejjie (# 13941) on
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Yikes, top!! Some lucky guesses, there (I mean, erm, it's all pure skill... honest...)
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Another non-reader/watcher of American cartoons - but at least I beat Pete!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Same frickin' cartoon. Never watched it.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I don't have a TV, so would be disadvantaged even if it was British!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Another non-reader/watcher of American cartoons ...
... and another.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I still know the square root of bugger all about movies!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
:
The movie was one of the ones I knew! I really like that film, we rented it a while ago as my husband likes psychological thrillers.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I still know the square root of bugger all about movies!
Me too, Wodders - except this time I was quite sure that I did know the answer.
Wrong!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Knew them all but a stressfull day means longer thinking time!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I still know the square root of bugger all about movies!
Never even heard of that one.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
A proper computer, a mouse and a half decent time!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Benificences be upon the blessèd Guessometer for remembering the answer to the 'Murcan TV question from last time it came up.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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All I'm saying is that if they made that movie, I'd go and see it.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
:
I took the quiz just to see what you were talking abut.
Me, too.
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
:
Bother, missed the quiz yesterday (too busy being mauled by hospital folk in the morning and shocking the Smudgelet by how long it is possible to sleep after being given a sedative!). I can see I am going to have to be extra speedy and accurate in my guessing for the rest of the month if I am to maintain my place on the leader board.
So what was the suggested movie then, Ariston?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
A sad warning of what happens when you don't read the question!----->me!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
So what was the suggested movie then, Ariston?
The Muppets Take Hoboken, But Then Promptly Return It
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
:
I would absolutely watch the hell out of that.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
:
My answer to the Noah/ark question didn't register. I was crushed to see that because I would have had 10 for 10 on a Sunday. I want everyone to know this! sob...sob...sob
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Good little Guessometer! Saved my bacon again!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
...and mine!
Terrible time though - back to the laptop with the touchpad - AAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!!!!!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
And a real gift today - two questions with the same answer - and blessings on little Guessie for his help with that Murkan question.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
:
Clever, clever little guessometer.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Fourth place, 10/10 and faster than a speeding weasel - I'll take that!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
:
Pfff! Cultural references I know nothing about
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Fourth place, 10/10 and faster than a speeding weasel - I'll take that!
As soon as I am on Proper Computer and away from this darned touchpad I shall be streaking ahead again...
...well, erm, possibly.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pride cometh before a fall - lousy score in a lousy time but in my defence there were some lousy questions!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Yay! Number one for a few seconds!!!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
What the blazes is a nickelodeon?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
I think in this sense it's a channel for kids' TV shows that people like us have never seen.
The Guessometer and I are equally undereducated in the manner of 'Murcan films and TV.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
:
There was an English version of the kid's show which my kids loved!
First for the moment, it won't last but am feeling tip-top right now
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
I'm enjoying second place.
Where is our Quizzing Martian?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I think he has been on Cricket Tour this week then is heading to London for the funeral today.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Today I caught the Guessometer on one of his rock-fan days. God bless!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I think he has been on Cricket Tour this week then is heading to London for the funeral today.
I knew that.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Reading the question really helps - or would have done if I had done it!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 and in the top 10!
Clever Guessometer!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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In the lead for the moment - but only because I am first to play.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Changed a right guess to a wrong one.
What would a good Anglican like me know about gospel singers/preachers anyway?
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Bloomin' turtles!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Inherent qualities of gemstones? Cobblers!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I agree that it's probably cobblers, but at least I guessed it correctly.
eta: even if I wasted precious seconds thinking, "what the dickens are they on about?"
[ 17. June 2014, 13:54: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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There were at least two of those where the actual answer would be the opposite of the "right" answer. Of course, when it comes to The Quiz, my principles can take a hike.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Haha! A Proper Computer again instead of the lovely and useful but, in this case, accursed notebook and my time improves wonderfully!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Here is the Link!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Internet glitches do NOT improve my time!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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******* Americana!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Internet glitches 2 days running - I'm even slower than Pete!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I'm so sorry!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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No you're not.
I appear to know more about goldfish* than I thought I did, which wouldn't be hard.
* Well, the Guessometer does, anyway.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Slow, slow, slow today! I put it down to deep depression caused by the fact that I checked the standings and realised that a week had passed since I (miraculously) came first, so I was no longer on the winners list. I really enjoyed that week there.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I have come to the conclusion that the older you are, the more likely it is that you will find the harder quizzes easy.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Clever Guessometer!
[passes it a dram of Highland Park]
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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The dreaded Everyone-Got-10/10 fear. Whew !!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A pure guess on the last one - thanks to the Guessometer for my 10/10.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Nooooo! I clicked on the right one - I did - I did
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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'Murrican movies!
Otherwise my best time ever!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pete, what is this nonsense with doing the quiz in under a minute?
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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There is something unsavory and devilish about a 20-second time. And I thought this was a ....Oh nevermind.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Hellhost. "Unsavory and devilish" is how the job ad opens.
[ 27. June 2014, 16:20: Message edited by: Ariston ]
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Pete, what is this nonsense with doing the quiz in under a minute?
I was just as stunned as you were, weasel!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I was over 80 today , but I had to drag the Guessometer from piglet's trotters.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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No you did not! I've only just done the quiz, but I admit I had to use it for the fillum question. It's been fed and watered and is now back under the third flower-pot from the left.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Teehee - I got the hard one right today so 10/10!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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"Harder" was about right today - 8/10.
******* 'murcan trivia!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Fifth place so far - but that's not much to write home about when only seven people have played.
Still, faster than a speeding weasel ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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No comment!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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I know nothing about American products - it's official!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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The Guessometer tried to tell me the right answer.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Third place (after changing two wrongs to rights)!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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That is Harder?
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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One question escaped me, but geez, they need to recalibrate their grading standards.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Razzlefrazzle TV shows.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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What can I say - I was never a big Stones fan...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I've just knocked Pete off the top of the pile!!
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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Why can I never remember who Paul circumcised?!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Fifth place will do nicely - yay for new home computer!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Playing Doctor has obviously moved on a bit since my childhood.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Playing Doctor has obviously moved on a bit since my childhood.
TMI, methinks.
I managed to change two wrong guesses to a right one in the same question today.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Fifth place again - until the speed-merchants arrive!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Missed yesterday but yaay for the guessometer today on the sports question!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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My time didn't feel like 58 seconds - I must have taken longer than I thought with those stupid "crawl to the quizmasters" questions.
Never mind, fourth place will do nicely for now.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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32 seconds, I think that is my fastest score.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Rats. I took the bait.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Third place on a Sunday? Crikey! And with the new computer playing silly-buggers by bombarding me with stupid ******* pop-ups rid of which I can't get!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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5th place on Sunday with my creaky old desktop!
A new era will begin today as I get a new mouse...
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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EEK! I compete for the first time months and take the lead! OK, only eight competitors but it's years since I led at any stage.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...and beat me by a second!!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Thanks to the blessèd Guessometer, Lucky Guess Piglet trots into the top 5 ...
... but will probably sink like a stone once the rest of the speed-merchants arrive - I spent far too long reading the Guessometer's mind.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Mostly Good Guessometer today, but it ran out of steam on question 9.
**trots off to fetch some more coal**
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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The Cloud of Unknowing hovereth o'er me.
(the Oinkster)
[ 15. July 2014, 14:19: Message edited by: Pearl B4 Swine ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Another Everybody got 100% day, so far at least and there is only 75 minutes to go.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Failed on cartoons and baby's bottoms.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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The Guessometer worked for the cartoons, but it knows as much about babies' bottoms as I do, viz: the square root of bugger-all.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
The Guessometer worked for the cartoons, but it knows as much about babies' bottoms as I do, viz: the square root of bugger-all.
I used to make and sell cloth nappies yet that question was still beyond me.
[ 17. July 2014, 14:07: Message edited by: Heavenly Anarchist ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The Link! The Link!
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Who knew that the hours watching Disney with the children would pay such dividends?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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... or that paying no attention whatsoever on the one occasion I saw the film would matter over 40 years later?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I still don't understand why the Harder quizzes are easier than the Easy ones!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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huh?
You just blew one of the easiest bible quizzes I've seen in a while, weasel!
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Well you can crow at me too, Pete, I saw I clicked the wrong button too late.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...but you did it 4 seconds faster than me
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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That's OK, you can still sit at my lunch table.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I blew it too - I always get that question about faith, love and good works wrong.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
I blew it too - I always get that question about faith, love and good works wrong.
I remember it from this folksy 60s pop song, which I'd be happy to forget, but it won't go away.
[ETA Code, DT, Circus Host]
[ 21. July 2014, 15:28: Message edited by: Doublethink ]
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I sometimes have to laugh at how easy some of the harder quizzes are.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Absolutely - third place when I took 55 seconds?
Posted by Signaller (# 17495) on
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Kudos to the guessometer- first time in the lead!!!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Failed at golf, there's a surprise.
Posted by iamchristianhearmeroar (# 15483) on
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My first 10/10!
Posted by Alban (# 9047) on
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Q10 does not understand Maori plurals.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I don't think Ive ever gotten a movie question right. Guessometer just snickers when one pops up.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Second place (for now)! That'll do nicely, thank you.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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A temporary first place!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Credit card, signature? Pond difference?
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
Credit card, signature? Pond difference?
We used to only use signatures with credit cards here but now we use PIN numbers instead. It was an odd question.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I must have forgotten to do the quiz yesterday ...
However, I did it today and thanks to the might of the Guessometer I'm in fourth place!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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A sneezing fit in the middle of doing the quiz does not improve the time! Under the circumstances I am very chuffed to get just 50 seconds.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Surely the answer to a biblical question with numbers in it should be either 7 or 40?
Shouldn't it?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Numbers is a very big book.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Changing a right answer to a wrong one is never a good idea!
Pete, how come you did so poorly yesterday on such an easy quiz?
Posted by iamchristianhearmeroar (# 15483) on
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Pants *are* underpants btw...
Posted by iamchristianhearmeroar (# 15483) on
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[Apologises for the double post]
But I'm (ajmnewma) leading the board for the first time ever!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Failed on the films again
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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The film was the easy bit, I actually know that one, it was a couple of the others that were pure guessometer
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by iamchristianhearmeroar:
[Apologises for the double post]
But I'm (ajmnewma) leading the board for the first time ever!
Sorry about that.
[ 29. July 2014, 12:11: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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Darn it Judy, you beat me by a second!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
Failed on the films again
Me too - I should have listened to the Guessometer - I changed the right answer to a wrong one.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
Darn it Judy, you beat me by a second!
I am honored!
We old ladies still rock. Sometimes!
Posted by iamchristianhearmeroar (# 15483) on
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Is that the second time in quick succession that a certain classic American film has featured?!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Probably is - the quiz makers have little imagination. But they sure do have a small stock of obscure fillums. As proved by my score.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Glorioski! You people in the 20s are amazing.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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If only my age was still in the 20s...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Another easy Harder Saturday. It's amazing what stuff I can dredge out of my memory!
Posted by ArachnidinElmet (# 17346) on
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If only my brain hadn't erased the word 'not' from Q1 that would have been perfect.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Who knew that Yogi Bear had a girlfriend? Not me, anyway ...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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More importantly, I beat weasel on TIME and trounced Pingu!
[ 02. August 2014, 22:54: Message edited by: PeteC ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Yes, I noticed that and can only blame undue hesitation over the last question, changing my mind several times before being happy - and I didn't even look at the DVD sleeve within arm's reach at the time.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Who knew that Yogi Bear had a girlfriend? Not me, anyway ...
You think that's bad? Earworm (all Beaver Scouters will sympathise):
I have a friend whose name you know
Yogi Bear, Yogi Bear
I have a friend whose name you know
Yogi, Yogi Bear!
...
Yogi has a girlfriend too
Cindy Bear, Cindy Bear (swivel hips, wiggle bum)
Yogi has a girlfriend too
Cindy, Cindy Bear (swivel etc)
[More actions and more verses than that, but you get the gist]
You're welcome!
[ 03. August 2014, 10:01: Message edited by: PeteC ]
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Thanks, Uncle Pete - I'll try and remember that the next time the question comes up (probably the middle of next week).
Meanwhile, 10/10 in 48 seconds on a Sunday and eighth place will do me nicely.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Took far too long faffing about with question 1 and got it wrong anyway. Who knew?
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I hate to get stuck on Q.#1 right away. Makes me think "what's the use?"
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I got one wrong but I'm still in the lead for the moment!
p.s. I went first so...
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Windows 8 is all very well but it doesn't do much for your speed when you go to scroll down the page and accidentally open up the side bar and click the start menu! And all this whilst feeling indignant about one of the options on question 1 !
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Fun quiz link!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I shudda lissened to Guessie!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Fifth place for now, but that won't last on a Very Easy day ...
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Dang. I was going so fast that I skipped a question. And an easy one at that. BoooHooo
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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And the 'correct' asnwer for Elvis Presley's daughter is not actually correct ...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Crikey - third place on a Sunday!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Bugger - I hate it when I change a right guess to a wrong one.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Someone has to be on the bottom.
Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on
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Oh, it's timed!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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They thought that was hard?
Third place will do me nicely until the speed-merchants arrive.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Slowest 10. Suits me to a T.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I guessed a 'Murcan TV question correctly!
**gives the Guessometer a friendly hug and a large dram**
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I didn't know that drams came in small & large, and maybe even King Size ! Must be a pond thing.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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My knowledge of female heel types and names lets me down again - must try harder
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sometimes the things people put as comments here seem not at all related to the quiz that I did - whether we can blame my, admittedly appalling, memory or whether we sometimes get different questions I really don't know.
Does anybody else feel this?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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We all get the same quiz, Wodders. We're just messing with your mind.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I sometimes wonder what people are on about, WW, but I usually put it down to time-zones - what you call "today" I'm probably still calling "tomorrow". Especially if (say) you do the quiz really early in the morning and I do it late at night.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
We all get the same quiz, Wodders. We're just messing with your mind.
jj - next time you are in communication with my mid please ask it to return home.
Thanks.
Posted by ChastMastr (# 716) on
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Yay! I'm #11!!
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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DANG! Accidentally skipped a question. Good time too!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Wodders, I've passed the message on!
And one day I'm at the bottom of the pile, and a few days later at the top. My missing mind seems to be fairly inconsistent!
[speelink]
[ 16. August 2014, 01:40: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
DANG! Accidentally skipped a question. Good time too!
Likewise
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Aw, how sweet of you to keep me company.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Blessed be the guessometer to help me with the movie question.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Dear Guessometer: you earned your Fernet for today. Keep it up, willya?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I think you two must have worn it out.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Tell me.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Crikey - 10/10 in 37 seconds and fourth place on a Sunday!
And only 10 seconds slower than the Ship's Washing Machine!
edited for coding bollocks
[ 18. August 2014, 00:23: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Terrible, terrible score...
...but better than our aquatic bird friend!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Not quite as good as your little porcine friend though.
I'd have been better if I'd listened to the Guessometer on the subject of films I've never seen ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I'm number one! I'm number one!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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I love you guessometer! Who's next?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 41 seconds - on what far-flung planet was that quiz "hard"?
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Bit tricky if you don't know what a John Deere is
My mind is well boggled, is it like a John Thomas?
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by tessaB:
Bit tricky if you don't know what a John Deere is
My mind is well boggled, is it like a John Thomas?
It's a tractor. I had to guess a few but not that one, but I live in a farming area.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Blast! Caught out by Americanisms again! Truly we are divided by a common language.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Reading the question properly is, I believe, recommended!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Did you ever notice how many people have a time of 42 seconds? Is the universe trying to tell us something?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Perhaps we're all at sixes and sevens?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Praise be to the Awesome Guessometer. I just wish the little thing had spoken a wee bit more quickly.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I came in last again!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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No, I did!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Marvin. Marvin, Marvin, Marvin. 20 seconds? Really?
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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Apparently so. Funny thing is, I thought I was being quite slow..
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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And there's Ariston just a second slower than you.
Young people these days.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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If only I didn't have to puzzle over what the question really means.... Ya, I know, I'd still be slow
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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I thought I was doing well getting 40 seconds today.
Mind you, it wasn't exactly a brain-ache.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
They don't half make it easier by asking the same question twice, just in different words.
Twice.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Fourth place - blessèd be the Guessometer!
Who's George Carlin?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Miriam Carlin's hubby?
Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on
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[URLhttp://www.funtrivia.com/private/main.cfm?tid=91490]link[/URL]
[ 20. September 2014, 20:47: Message edited by: Cthulhu ]
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Fourth place - blessèd be the Guessometer!
Second place, and even more so.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Thanks to the guessometer I got a 10/10.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Me too, WW (and somewhat faster than you).
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
WW reaches for his serenity...
OM...
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
Third place, and only four seconds behind the leader! Where have all the speed-merchants gone?
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Third place, and only four seconds behind the leader! Where have all the speed-merchants gone?
Well, one is back.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Sharkshooter! It's good to see you here and in Heaven!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I think I'm quite proud to only get 8/10 today!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Not half as proud as I am to be in first place!
Crikey - the air's a bit thin up here ...
PS Hello Sharkshooter!
[ 29. August 2014, 12:59: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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Hi. I thought I might try to visit once in a while and see how it goes.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
:
1. WTF with the song lyrics?
2. FTFY, Piglet.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
... FTFY, Piglet.
Ratbag!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
The poor score was all my own but the poor time was an internet glitch, honest.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
I have on occasions known the answers to questions 9 and 10, but unfortunately today was not one of those occasions.
Posted by Snags (# 15351) on
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Argh! Argh! Argh!
I thought that would be the answer but I couldn't believe it was that long ago. Dagnabbit.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
:
I'm takibg a bit of time off the Quiz - I'm on holiday and dependent on my m-i-l's laptop, which is bad enough for ordinary use, let alone for the quiz.
However, I couldn't resist the temptation to point out that I came 9th in the August top 10, which I haven't graced with my presence for ages.
Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on
:
How'd so many of you get them all right?
They were hard!
J
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
The internet glitch continues but my brain still works with its usual aplomb!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I really must learn to lock the door when doing the quiz so as to stop people wandering in and asking questions and interrupting!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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WooHoo! Squeaked into first place!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
On top until the younger folks with faster fingers show up to play.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
In what alternate world of mis-spelling would Saturday's quiz be considered Harder?
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
:
Oh God, now I need to study the colours of packaging
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by L'organist:
Oh God, now I need to study the colours of packaging
^this - and I haven't actually bought that sugar-laden abomination in 2 decades
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
Guessometer helped me with number 10!
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I was on the list for "Q 10 Help", but poor Guessometer was exhausted before s/he got to me.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
:
Must remember to listen to the OT lessons more...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
Another easy Harder middle of the night quiz
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
:
There seems to be a bit of an obsession with a physical peculiarity which one famous dynasty could have done with!
Posted by Signaller (# 17495) on
:
How is a question about a US TV show that was canned nearly half a century ago easy?
(as you might guess, I've never heard of Gilligan's Island)
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
:
quote:
Crap spouted by Signaller:
How is a question about a US TV show that was canned nearly half a century ago easy?
(as you might guess, * 've never heard of Gilligan's Island)
Amurricans write the quizzes. Other than that, they want to do nothing else than watch ** year old repeats because with the new trend in reality TV and cop shows ad nauseum there is nothing else interesting to watch.
Given my age, * remember Gilligan's Island in its first run. It was boring then, too.
Da plane, Da plane
[ 18. September 2014, 15:08: Message edited by: PeteC ]
Posted by Doublethink (# 1984) on
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Lots of words - no content, hmmmm
DT
Circstyx Host
Posted by Barnabas62 (# 9110) on
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Cheeky Monkey!
Here comes the boomerang.
Barnabas62
Purg Host Jekyll mode
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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quote:
Crap spouted by PeteC:
quote:
Crap spouted by Signaller:
How is a question about a US TV show that was canned nearly half a century ago easy?
(as you might guess, * 've never heard of Gilligan's Island)
Amurricans write the quizzes. Other than that, they want to do nothing else than watch ** year old repeats because with the new trend in reality TV and cop shows ad nauseum there is nothing else interesting to watch.
Given my age, * remember Gilligan's Island in its first run. It was boring then, too.
Da plane, Da plane
Pete, Pete, and Re-Pete! You're all mixed up about those TV shows. Da Plane! Da Plane! had nothing to do with Gilligan's Island. It was from Love Island, or something like that. Hosted by a guy with a "foreign" accent, whose main job was selling cars that had rich Corinthian naugahyde seats.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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That's Fantasy Island, another show that * 've never seen an episode, and so have no earthly idea why * know about it.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Islands are islands, innit? Probably the same set too.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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You guys! Really? Rick-rolling?
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Please give me up Rick! Am missing my quiz fix!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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quote:
Crap spouted by Tree Bee:
Please give me up Rick! Am missing my quiz fix!
Have you tried using links on previous pages?
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
quote:
Crap spouted by Tree Bee:
Please give me up Rick! Am missing my quiz fix!
Have you tried using links on previous pages?
No!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Guessometer working beautifully, speedometer not quite so much.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Now we need to have specialist knowledge of Mr Schwarzenegger's oeuvre!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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There certainly are specialist questions on films and actors. A lot of people - I could mention names, but it would get me in trouble -here on the Ship enjoy film trivia*. Not my bag (not being even remotely interested in films) but on that particular question, The Guessometer came up spades for me.
*film freaks, I call them when I am being charitable. I get even more alliterative when I am not charitable.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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It worked on that one for me too.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Another instance of a question about some entirely US scandal no one on the right side of the pond would have a chance with.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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If it's any comfort, L'organist, I only knew the answer to the scandal question by remembering it from the last time it came up.
Does anyone else find it a bit worrying that a quiz rated as "harder" begins with a question like Q.1?
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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You mean the question that you balk at for a few seconds because there has to be a trick in there somewhere—has to be?
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Yes, now you mention it.
As for today, ******* 'murcan television programmes!
[ 24. September 2014, 13:14: Message edited by: piglet ]
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Thank you oh lovely guessometer! State capitals of a foreign country
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Quiz link. Don't forget your Guessometer bribes.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Tortuf? Zero correct? On an Easy quiz? And it took you 63 seconds?
Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Jonah the Whale:
Tortuf? Zero correct? On an Easy quiz? And it took you 63 seconds?
It took a while to make sure I got them all wrong. Some of them were tricky you know.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Blessèd be the Guessometer for knowing more about card games* than I do.
* In this particular case, that wouldn't be hard ...
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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I hate finishing 11th - on track for third day in a row.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I shoulda listened to the Guessometer! It certainly poked me hard enough!
Posted by Evensong (# 14696) on
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quote:
Originally posted by sharkshooter:
I hate finishing 11th - on track for third day in a row.
Fear not. I'll play a few.
What's a guessometer?
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Evensong:
quote:
Originally posted by sharkshooter:
I hate finishing 11th - on track for third day in a row.
Fear not. I'll play a few.
What's a guessometer?
An amazingly useful thing, unless it fails you like it did me today.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Evensong:
What's a guessometer?
It's what we use when we don't know the answer. Unfortunately, sometimes it doesn't either. Like today.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...and I didn't need it at all today!
Posted by Evensong (# 14696) on
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But Dayem ya'll are quick!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Thank you darling, little Guessometer!
Posted by Snags (# 15351) on
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Referee!
Fast and loose on definitions of 'charity', not to mention operating on massively out of date info.
Not that I'm bitter because I got it right then changed my mind before submitting. Oh no. Not at all. In the slightest.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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7!!! I've never got that few before!!!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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They were very ethnocentric questions and about obscure, to a Brit, sports.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
They were very ethnocentric questions and about obscure, to a Brit, sports.
Yep. I'm not even slightly bothered that I got such a low score on that quiz. Not even a little bit. Honest.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Whew! Guessometer is a star today!
*slips the Guessometer a box of Krispy Kremes*
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Geez, no wonder the poor thing vomited! It is only used to the finest Tim Horton doughnuts. Still I did well to get 8 since I know SBA about state nicknames and college football.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I honestly had no idea what they were talking about in most of those questions
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
... I did well to get 8 since I know SBA about state nicknames and college football.
Ditto, except with me it was Native American gods and college football.
******* 'murcan questions ...
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Not to worry, a few of those are obscure even to Americans; if I didn't know people who went to the school in question (it's not a big one, nor is it well known for sports), wouldn't have known that answer.
Today, everyone is feeding the Guessometer.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...and they still can't spell the GANDHI right!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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I hate them for that. I mean, how difficult is it? And they don't accept corrections
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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You're all a bunch of bloody entertainment trivia freaks!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Argh! Confused my Toms!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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An internet glitch means I end up slower than Pete!
The shame! The shame!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Some lucky film guesses there.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
An internet glitch means I end up slower than Pete!
The shame! The shame!
You call it an internet glitch, I say that you're slowing down, old fella
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Okay, so I'm better at Ancient Greek history than modern American
Posted by Alicïa (# 7668) on
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to be in 2nd place at this point makes me feel like I played a different game to everyone else and there has been some kind of internet glitch. I felt like I was getting them all wrong.
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Murrican fillums I never heard of!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Well, apparently I don't know anything about sweets!
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Murrican fillums I never heard of!
... me neither.
And 'murrican sweets ditto. And a brainfart. And a Guessometer malfunction, and a computer mouse with arthritis.
Why I'm not propping up the leader-board from underneath is one of Life's Little Mysteries™
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Another internet glitch - I feel I have no option but to blame Pete.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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If you keep doing that he might not let you borrow the Guessometer.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Bother, ticked the right one, then changed it!
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Wasn't particularly harder this fine morning. I wonder if weasel will blame me today?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I see Pete has, at least temporarily, lifted the curse he put on my internet connection so I achieved a decent-ish time.
Thank you.
Posted by piglet (# 11803) on
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Pete, how do you feel about putting it back? He was faster than me today.
I'll feed the Guessometer while you're away ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Pete, how do you feel about putting it back? He was faster than me today...
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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There were so many good choices for #3. The correct answer was the least realistic.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by piglet:
Pete, how do you feel about putting it back? He was faster than me today.
I'll feed the Guessometer while you're away ...
...and today I was the loser by one lousy second!
But it's okay, I don't mind, it's only me, I don't ask much out of life.
[ & bottom lip quivering]
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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My knowledge on the romantic entanglements of Hollywood film stars over 10 years ago is sadly lacking
Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on
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Heartily agree with the above sentiment
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
My knowledge on the romantic entanglements of Hollywood film stars over 10 years ago is sadly lacking
Is that who they were?
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Me too, but my guessometer worked. If somewhat slowly.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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I broke 50 seconds!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Uncle Pete, that is surely because you have become your true self!
[changed a word]
[ 10. October 2014, 11:54: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Snuck into the top 10, but with 37 seconds on a very easy day that won't last.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
I broke 50 seconds!
Shall I send glue?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Twenty-six seconds! A personal best for me!
Marvin and Ariston's personal winning venue, AKA the Quiz.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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And to add...Marvin and Ariston have my utmost admiration!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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They must have too much time on their hands to learn all this stuff whereas us retired folks slaving away against the constraints of being a pensioner...
Anyway, today's slow time mostly my own fault as I was trying to work ut a tricky problem in Spider Solitaire at the same time - but I'll blame Uncle Pete anyway as it is good for him.
Posted by Evensong (# 14696) on
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Lots of North American bias in that one!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
... but I'll blame Uncle Pete anyway as it is good for him.
Can I find someone (other than the quizmasters) to blame for ******* 'murcan television questions about people of whom I've never heard?
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Join with me - I'm looking for them too!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Should have gone with my instincts - I changed a right answer to a wrong one.
Bugger.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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There is one question whose answer the Guessometer always knows, but I always over-ride it!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Yes, me too - I think I might write it out 100 times just to try to make it sink into my, admittedly feeble, brain!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I am, quite frankly, surprised to have got as much as 9/10 today - thanks to the Guessometer, of course.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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I was just coming to thank the dear little Guessy for coming up spades on three questions. Too bad about the fourth!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Crikey - the air's a bit thin up here!
I seem to have found myself at the top of the pile - until Washing-Machine Man gets here, obviously ...
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Pop so-called 'culture' brings me down again.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Don't know about washing machine man, but I seem to be top of the pile for the moment.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Chalk one up to the Guessometer…
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Another quiz where differences between the two sides of the Atlantic can be challenging...
Posted by Evensong (# 14696) on
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Not on the bottom. Woohooo!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
...I seem to have found myself at the top of the pile - until Washing-Machine Man gets here, obviously ...
... and Gussie, JtW and Tessa.
Oh well, it was nice while it lasted.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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More like tumble-drier man knowing those kinds of answers.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Thanks to the blessèd Guessometer which nudged me into changing a wrong answer to a right one, I'm in second place!
For now anyway ...
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I have no idea how I got them all right
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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NOT one of my better days!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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I hate self-referential questions!
And although I got Q3 correct, the question should have read infamous, rather than famous.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
I have no idea how I got them all right
Me neither - blessèd be the Guessometer!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Another internet glitch puts me behind Uncle Pete!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I should have listened to the Guessometer.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Why do I always get that one wrong?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Momentarily on the top!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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I made 10! Didn't even have to check with Guessie today! And good time!
weasel, I couldn't see you... oh, yeah!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Why do I always get that one wrong?
Would that be the only numeric Bible trivia question whose answer isn't 7, 12 or 40?
Guess who remembered what it was from last time ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
I made 10! Didn't even have to check with Guessie today! And good time!
weasel, I couldn't see you... oh, yeah!
There I am, Uncle Pete, just the 5 places above you at the moment.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Somebody else can feed the chuffing Guessometer today - I changed a right guess to a wrong one.
Bloody 'murcan television ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Still in the lead!
[nobody else has played yet]
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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I do so love playing early and getting to the top. It won't last but it's good for the old ego for a while
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Ding-dang Brit TV shows
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Two Guessometer correct answers! Bless its little heart!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I'm embarrassed by the length of time I need to stare at algebra but it has been almost 30 years since I had to do it on a regular basis.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I maintained the honourable tradition of getting the movie questions wrong - has anyone ever heard of any of these actors?
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I knew the female in the film, I actually got a film question right!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Bloody movies no one has heard of, and actors ditto.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm with HA - I remembered who the lady in the film was (not that I've seen it - it was just One Of Those Useless Things I Remember™).
And for the moment, it's catapulted me into second place!
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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List of film actors and what they had in common
Now I know the answer it does go to explain why one in particular comes across as having less life than a plank...
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Pre-school bible class today. I think I sang an action song for half of them.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Whew! I thought surely I'd be the one to break the string of 10s.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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******* bloody 'murcan television!
Posted by Snags (# 15351) on
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All hail the mighty guess-o-meter! Failed me yesterday, but did sterling work today.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Snags:
All hail the mighty guess-o-meter! Failed me yesterday, but did sterling work today.
Hopefully since the Guessometer failed me today, it will help me tomorrow!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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The Guessometer was grand for cartoon characters and Sports I Do Not Understand, but a bit rubbish on Films I Haven't Seen.
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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Damn! I got a food question wrong!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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The same one I did, I think. In other news if it weren't for the valiant little guessie, I might have had only 5 right!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Don't forget to pack the guessometer.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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You beauty!
Posted by Snags (# 15351) on
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Two things have I learned today:
1) Always, always, always go for the obvious answer
2) That last question: the setter clearly has a limited imagination as to what can happen whilst doing the correct answer
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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weasel, are you quite well?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I'm okay, but I'm not sure about my new modem!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Fourth place - that'll do.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I scrolled right past one question, ding-dang it. And my time was speedy, too. (for me)
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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Not the slowest!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I love it when the Guessometer makes me change a wrong answer to a right one.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Doop de doo, reading the questions is ever so important...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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One of the nice things, one of the BEST things about the quiz is seeing a friend way below yourself on the scorecard!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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There was a movie question and I had to consult the Guessometer.
pats guessometer on the head
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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I am rather pleased to announce that I know nothing whatsoever about the Simpsons and have no desire to do so either.
So, Weasel, it must be so nice to know that you have, after all, got a friend
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Smudgie:
I am rather pleased to announce that I know nothing whatsoever about the Simpsons and have no desire to do so either ...
Me neither, Smudgie, but thankfully the Guessometer does. And it remembered the answer to the film question after whispering it to Uncle Pete ...
Clever little Guessometer!
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Mr. Guess just sat there smugly, letting me go ahead and change a right answer to a wrong. Thanks a whole lot.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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How bizarre, my ipad screen retained a block from the previous page and obscured 2 questions
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Pearl B4 Swine:
Mr. Guess just sat there smugly, letting me go ahead and change a right answer to a wrong ...
It was on its way over to me, making me change a wrong to a right ...
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Hey- I only play this quiz so I can snuggle up to Uncle Pete. Fate often throws us together.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Knowing the answer is good. Clicking on it would also be quite a good idea.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Standing at the top for a moment or two...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Now number two (we try harder). Thanks Ariston!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Slower than Pete - how embarrassing
But then there was an internet glitch and it is 04.30.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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But you beat me by only one second today. Are you going to use those same old tired excuses?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I noticed you are appearing to speed up in your dotage - new mouse? Or is the new laptop that much better than the Acer?
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Miles apart from that and my desktop.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I changed a wrong to a right today, but it took time, so although I'm in the top 10 at the moment, I shouldn't think it'll last.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...to say nothing og beating me by 1 second!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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My time would be much quicker if I put my glasses on before doing the quiz
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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To take the limelight away from my score today can I draw your attention to Uncle Pete's rather appropriate score?
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
To take the limelight away from my score today can I draw your attention to Uncle Pete's rather appropriate score?
Er, I did notice, what occurred ?
Amazeballs that I'm top, I was going really slowly!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
... can I draw your attention to Uncle Pete's rather appropriate score?
The number of the Beast?
What happened to you - did the door-bell ring or something?
I'm grateful to the Guessometer for knowing a lot more about modern pop-ladies than I do. I may have been slow* but I was accurate.
* It's all relative ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The internet had a blip just as I tried to open today's quiz and remained blipped so I went for a bit of nap...
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I never remember the answer to that last one!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
I never remember the answer to that last one!
Me neither!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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That's because I was busy feeding the Guessometer, and it knew ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Weird question and even weirder, blatantly incorrect answer!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Was that the "where to put the quiz" question? Very weird indeed.
The Guessometer came up trumps though, putting me in fifth place.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I think the Guessometer doesn't care for the special treats I've been giving it.
Must get a better brand of GIN.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It's nice to see a new question even if I did get the answer wrong!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Must get a better brand of GIN.
Why do you think it likes me so much?
Exactly. This and the Fernet.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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It's partial to a drop of Highland Park as well.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Re the trivia bit to Q10 world champion of WHAT?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Having completed the quiz it is helpful to press the Submit my answers button before gazing off into space!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Well that was a novel excuse for having a worse time than me. Getting inventive in your dotage, aintcha?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I could have done with WW's help today - I suspect he knows a little more than I do* about Hindu gods.
* i.e. something.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Guessometer works, quiz website doesn't.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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But, but, but..I did answer that one!
That would have put me on the top of the list.
Rats.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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I know exactly how you feel, jj
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 35 seconds and fourth place on a Sunday?
That'll do nicely, thank you.
eta: Feed the Guessometer here.
[ 17. November 2014, 00:38: Message edited by: Piglet ]
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Get me some oxygen!
Not that I'll be at the top of the heap for very long, you understand ...
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Right but sloooooooow!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Wrong and slow.
Really must sort out those mythical creatures.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I would have shaved a few seconds off my time, had I not fixated on the obvious answer of "Florida", which was missing!!!
Posted by Stejjie (# 13941) on
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Wow... top... obviously wildly and quickly guessing works...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Blessèd be the Guessometer, for it knoweth more about 'Murcan television shows than I do.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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I know I'm being pedantic but no one is born called anything ... they're born a baby.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Couple of very lucky guesses there!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I may have taken 58 seconds (not my best) but thanks to the clever little Guessometer, it's put me at the top of the pile.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I should not trust my husband's advice
Posted by Snags (# 15351) on
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DAMN!
I assumed the wise men question was a trick one. After all, if you see the star in one direction, that indicates you must come from the other one. But no, it was the bloody obvious answer.
Arseholes.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
... at the top of the pile ...
... until A Certain Unicorn arrived.
I was just as correct today, and much faster, but far further down the pecking-order.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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1 read the question properly, even if you are in a stupor after a bad night's sleep and haven't got your glasses on
2 recognise that you will never get the US TV questions right if you don't even have a TV
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Doesn't help either if you've never seen Bambi. I should have gone with my first thought but, stupidly, didn't.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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WooHoo! Still in first! Didn't expect that this evening!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Second place with 51 seconds? Really?
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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Stupid synonyms. Grrr...
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Bloody 'Murricans and their cult movie fetish!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I wouldn't consider Measure for Measure a comedy (my favourite Shakespeare play). There's no happy ending for Isabella either...
'Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall'
[ 29. November 2014, 14:14: Message edited by: Heavenly Anarchist ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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In Britain it is known as Parcel Tape.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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OK, you Brits got your revenge today
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'd hardly call one question about an Intrinsically British Sport getting revenge ...
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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So who remembers when and where some Hollywood person got married 14 whole years ago? They're probably divorced by now, anyway.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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More American TV...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
So who remembers when and where some Hollywood person got married 14 whole years ago? They're probably divorced by now, anyway.
Yes they are.
If I'm honest the only reason I remember it is because Dornoch isn't far from where we lived before we moved to Orkney.
In other news, I appear to have made it to No. 7 (my personal best) in the November Top Ten:
1. ceesharp (446 points, 3 wins)
2. jedijudy (401 points, 1 wins)
3. leorningcniht (399 points, 11 wins)
4. Gussie (383 points, 3 wins)
5. Ariston (374 points, 8 wins)
6. TreeBee (333 points, 1 wins)
7. piglet (318 points, 0 wins)
8. tessaB (306 points, 0 wins)
9. Loveheart (290 points, 2 wins)
10. Jonah_the_Whale (279 points, 0 wins)
Blessèd be the name of the Guessometer!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
So who remembers when and where some Hollywood person got married 14 whole years ago? They're probably divorced by now, anyway.
Not me. That's why the Guessometer is my hero!
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
So who remembers when and where some Hollywood person got married 14 whole years ago? They're probably divorced by now, anyway.
I couldn't remember it the first couple of times we had that question. I know it now, but it is of no use apart from answering quiz questions. Mind you, you could say that about most of the questions.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Mr. Guess O. Meter knows a lot more than I do about pop music. Which really isn't saying much. Thank you, Mr. Meter.
The Slowest-Ten Lady Oinkster
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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What she said!
From the next-to-slowest 10
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm afraid the Guessometer's just as rubbish as I am when it comes to modes of transport in books I haven't read (should have gone with my instincts; didn't) and sportsmen I've never heard of.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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At least I got them all right today, but I fear that in a quiz like that 34 seconds isn't going to cut the mustard.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It's a long time since I've been top of the list.
I'll stay thee if I'm the only one to play today.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Stupid question about Murrican teeveee program tripped what should have been a perfect score
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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What's with the cookie thing?
Round here Girl GUIDES don't sell the damn things, and elf 'n' safetee would never let them sell door-to-door anyway.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Some lucky guesses there.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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Surely no one over the age of 15 watches that show?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
Stupid question about Murrican teeveee program tripped what should have been a perfect score
Same here. And to add insult to injury, I changed a right guess to a wrong one.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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First to play so in first place again!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Not any more, you're not! I did well with the Guessometer nudging me. I plan to put his cause for canonisation forward! (At least till he mucks up again...)
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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That fickle guess-thing sensed my crummy attitude, rolled his eyes, and gave up.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Oh, rats. I knew the answer to that one.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Ah yes, I'm sure to know the name of a retired coach of a team I've never heard of playing a game I've never watched.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'd only heard of the coach because I remembered him being mentioned in a Peanuts cartoon many, many moons ago, and used the "click on the one you've heard of" principle.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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Changed a right answer to a wrong one today.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Oh geez, as if we can remember the last name of a TV character from 50 years ago whose main attribute were long legs and (ahem)possibly a large (ahem) bosom.
[ 09. December 2014, 09:01: Message edited by: Uncle Pete ]
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
Oh geez, as if we can remember the last name of a TV character from 50 years ago whose main attribute were long legs and (ahem)possibly a large (ahem) bosom.
That's the one I changed.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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And it's the one I got wrong (though I have no memory of her bosom )
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I had the Guessometer for that one, and it knew.
50 years ago? Really? I'm sure I remember not watching it, if you see what I mean, and I'm only 52.
I was precocious, but not that precocious ...
Posted by Signaller (# 17495) on
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40-odd years, give or take, and we didn't watch it either 'cos it was on ITV.
That's my excuse, that and a faulty guessometer.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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It is all Piglet's fault: she feeds the darn thing single malt!
But it was sober today, when it came to the talking pictures question - I had heard of none of these.
[ 10. December 2014, 10:45: Message edited by: Uncle Pete ]
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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10/10 and 22 seconds - hurrah!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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And here we are again.
At least the single malt I feed it is the very best.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I see, now we've moved on to the children of famous people someone, somewhere has a lot of time on their hands to know and write this trivia.
[ 11. December 2014, 12:12: Message edited by: Heavenly Anarchist ]
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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We've had that question before, and I remembered that the Guessometer had got it right last time.
Second place (so far), but only because Sharkshooter got here before me ...
eta: We both got 10/10 in 47 seconds, but he/she got +11 points and I got +10. We both got the same total points. How does that work?
[ 11. December 2014, 13:19: Message edited by: Piglet ]
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Whosoever shall take the quiz first, they shall receive the better placement, though their scores be the same.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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The Guessometer did try to tell me.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
...
Second place (so far), but only because Sharkshooter got here before me ...
...
Insomnia pays off.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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I was first to go today. I think I might have used up the guessometer's goodwill for the whole day.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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One question I BLEW because I am incapable of reading. The other one had to do with fillum stars, only one of which I knew because someone once told me. Unfortunately, he wasn't in the fillum.
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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9/10 is good for me!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
... had to do with fillum stars ...
If it's any consolation I blew that one too, Uncle P. I think I may have seen the film in question once, but it obviously didn't make that much impression on me.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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On top for a moment or two!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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A Torah hero was a prision trusty?
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Yippee!!! Out of hospital and top of the leader board (for about 10 minutes ) A good Monday!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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An appalling time, that's what comes of re-reading the question after answering it because I couldn't believe they thought this was "harder" quiz!
But at least I'm first for the moment.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Ahhhh! It changed to maintenance during my quiz (didn't see a notice). Heaven knows what my time will be!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Ten people have played and I'm still at Number One - weird!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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It's just made me take the quiz again (answers have been moved around to a different order) and given me over 9000 seconds!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Some of my answers today were shifted about when I went back to correct one. I knew all the answers to those questions except the fillum one!
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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I scrolled past one today. Not sure I would have gotten it right anyway (it was a film question), but would have appreciated the opportunity to guess.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Strange to log on this morning and find myself second out of 23 with a time of 73 seconds. Perhaps the quiz deserved its harder classification after all.
Posted by Spike (# 36) on
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OK, question about the abbreviation. (I know this may give the answer away, but stil ...)
I thought the comapany concerned went out of business years ago.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Spike:
I thought the comapany concerned went out of business years ago.
Indeed it did, but its initials still lurk around in a few places.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Sadly the Guessometer isn't any better on Native American gods than I am.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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On the top by one second!
Enjoying the temporary view.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Clever little guessometer!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Dear Guessometer,
Have I offended you? Have your affections been transferred to another?
My heart is broken. I am bereft.
Sincerely yours,
jj
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Dear Guessometer,
Thank you for being a wee genius, and knowing more than I do* about:
Films I haven't seen
'Murcan football
Decathlons
* i.e. something
**passes over a dram of 18-year-old Highland Park**
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Good Grief. 9/10, and 108 seconds. Fifth place. Who'd a thunk it?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Stupid, stupid internet connection kept me waiting three and half minutes and more!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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New computer not quite broken in yet, Wodders?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Amazing to be on top. I'm so tired that I kept staring into space!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Only one missed guess (and there were several guesses) isn't bad considering the post-church sherry and the post-sherry GIN.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 36 seconds on a Sunday and I still only scraped into the top 10.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Pressing the Submit may answers as soon as I've finished is a better idea than sitting here staring into space!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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All hail the blessed Guessometer!
Posted by Signaller (# 17495) on
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New year, new guessometer- I'm in front! Won't last long, but nice while it does...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I really must do something about my rubbish knowledge of the Old Testament, in particular in relation to changing correct answers to wrong ones ...
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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The guessometer did some serious work there. Sorry if I've worn it out!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Nice view from up here (sorry Tessa)!
Not that I expect it to last ...
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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And this little piggy went wee wee wee all the way home.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Ouch that was a difficult one!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Leorning Cniht:
And this little piggy went wee wee wee all the way home.
Oink!
Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on
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Has anyone spent their FunTrivia Bucks?
I have bought my very own cow
I really wanted a UFO, but I'll never afford one, even if I save up for years
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I currently own a money tree, dolphins, personal aircraft carrier, a red plane and a personal UFO!
Not that any of them have done me any good, but they're nice to look at!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I just added a handsome horse to my collection.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Book tree, monster truck and... (as I now know they exist) of course a personal UFO
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm saving mine up for a new battery for the Guessometer - it knows as much about speed-reading* as I do.
* i.e. the square root of zilch.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Just bought a personal aircraft carrier! Now where shall I keep it!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I've bought a money fountain and a cheesy snow globe but now I realise I need to save for a personal UFO.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Here is your "read fast and don't forget to mark your answers" site! And don't forget to bring the Guessometer!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Clever little Guessometer! Made me change a wrong guess to a right one.
Posted by orfeo (# 13878) on
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My first go for ages.
Really helps if you read the question properly.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Hello! On top by 23 seconds!!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Until Ariston got here!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The new quiz starts at 11.50 here so I try to be first to play then not refresh it before bedtime so I am first on MY list until I go to bed that night!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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&?%$!@# 'Murcan television programmes! And I changed a right to a wrong.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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That should have been a good time today but an internet glitch ruined it.
I'll find out how bad it is tomorrow morning.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I studied that play at college I can still remember my tutor's beautiful voice, nearly 30 years ago now, as he read the main part.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Waiting for Ariston.
[ 15. January 2015, 15:55: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on
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Waiting for Ariston.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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It seems a little harsh that success should depend on in-depth knowledge of a gender specific toy - and of course my children (even if young enough) are not of the 'right' gender
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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What the bloody hell is a Goo Goo Doll?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Bl**dy Ariston was first to play today so I missed getting the top of the leaderboard until tomorrow morning when I log in again. I am considering what affliction is appropriate...
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
What the bloody hell is a Goo Goo Doll?
The Goo Goo Dolls was an 1980s American rock band. I didn't remember until afterwards, either.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I got the "slow of speech and tongue' bloke right!
eta: and all the others ...
[ 19. January 2015, 01:21: Message edited by: Piglet ]
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I have never gotten a question concerning the capital letters referring to origin or something-or-other in the Torah right. Which proves I am just as smart (or ignorant) as the Holy Guessmeister.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I really should put my glasses on and read the questions correctly
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Pah! Geography and American product names
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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We only buy the peanut butter whose jars have bears on them, because we like the bears ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Many thanks to the Guessometer!
Posted by Snags (# 15351) on
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Oops. Finally a day when I know all the answers, but I forget about the maintenance window ...
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Gracious goodness, am top with 8. A particularly tricky set of questions.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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How did I get first (for a short while) with only 9 right and 63 seconds? By the way the guessometer is on fire today, most of those were guesses.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Process of elimination is your friend. Today, the Guessometer has earned its Fernet.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I reckon you two must have tired it out (or given it its Fernet too soon ) as it wasn't working for me at all.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Step 1: use Guessometer
Step 2: give it brain bleach
Step 3: whistle innocently
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Yesterday was a Googling day. Not in the spirit of things I'm afraid but some of those questions were ridiculous. 5th on 179 seconds is crazy.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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On Tuesday, in a field of 4 I am top dog for a few minutes. All correct!
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I didn't read a question properly and my computer had a hitch
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I should have remembered about that bloody film that I've never seen ...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm an idiot. I knew the answer about the reggae singer, but had a brain-fart and clicked the wrong one.
brainless piglet
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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I must read the question properly! I got all the obscure ones and failed an easy one.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Ceesharp did it in under 40 seconds
HOW!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Third place when I took 53 seconds on a Very Easy day?
but
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I hate to be judgemental, but...... that was The Worst. Especially "Where did --- WROTE
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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"Man, 3 questions on the same person? This is a joke."
Those were my thoughts as I accidentally clicked the wrong answer on the third.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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In the top ten when using a lap-top - I'll take that, thank you!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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My speed was rubbish (lap-top) - bottom of the 10/10s, but the Guessometer was absolutely rocking - I changed two wrongs to rights.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Basketball
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by tessaB:
Basketball
Yup.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 47 seconds on a laptop!
I'll be sitting out the next few days, as I'm going to my dad's and won't have any computer access.
Have fun while I'm gone!
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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In that case I'll tend the GuessMeister 'til you get back.
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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It would probably help if I didn't just skip a question in the middle...
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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Measure for Measure is a tragedy for Isabella, in my eyes (my favourite Shakespeare play).
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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I think I may just have burned out the Guessometer on the LSAT yesterday.
Ouch.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Clever Guessometer, which knows more about cartoons than I do.
And I was just as fast as a speeding weasel, just not quite as early.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I'll bask in the glory of being in fourth place for a little while. BTW, piglet, I sent the Guessmeister on his way back home to you, hope he (it/she) arrived safely. She promised me she wouldn't lurk about the off-track-betting place
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I think we may have crossed in transit - I spent today travelling back to Canada from the UK, and my guessing ability has been somewhat compromised.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Despite Pete playing early and my having an internet blip I still managed to beat him.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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And here we go again.
Fifth place for the moment, but I doubt if that'll last with such easy questions.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Fourth to play today and the first to get 100%!
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Loveheart - how on earth do you manage a time under 30 seconds?
Memo to self: must try to get to like Olivia Newton-John movies...
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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quote:
Originally posted by L'organist:
Loveheart - how on earth do you manage a time under 30 seconds?
Memo to self: must try to get to like Olivia Newton-John movies...
I did mine on a pc today and got 32 seconds. On my ipad I can't get below 42 seconds. Different screen views and computer speeds will affect capability even before getting to whether one knows the answers.
(I did know the Grease one though!)
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I managed 34 seconds today (on a PC), but that's pretty much my best - I just can't read the questions quickly enough to do any better.
On a lap-top, I'm lucky if I get in under a minute ...
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Laptops are easiest for me—set to two-finger drag scrolling, tap to click (i.e., tap to click an answer, put down second finger, drag down to next question, tap again, drag—very small motions without moving the hand), and you can get things done in well under 30 seconds.
It helps if you've seen the questions before and instinctively know the answers.
It doesn't help if you second-guess your instinctual answer because you answered it two different ways in the past and can't remember which was right.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I beat my fastest time by one second!
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Ariston:
Laptops are easiest for me—set to two-finger drag scrolling, tap to click (i.e., tap to click an answer, put down second finger, drag down to next question, tap again, drag—very small motions without moving the hand), and you can get things done in well under 30 seconds.
I'm slow on a laptop. For me, it's one hand on the mouse, and one hand on Page Down to scroll.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I have come to the conclusion that reading the question might help.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Wow. I'm surprised to not be at the very bottom of the pile.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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You're not alone there, JJ! At 6/10 in 81 seconds I thought I would be too.
Quite comforting to know that nobody got them all right, not even Ariston ...
Posted by Grits (# 4169) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Leorning Cniht:
I'm slow on a laptop. For me, it's one hand on the mouse, and one hand on Page Down to scroll.
That's the kind of helpful advice I've been needing. That, and knowing the right answers, of course.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Pooh!!! I knew that one answer was incorrect as soon as I poked the submit button.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I may have had another internet blip but I also scored Today's First Perfect Ten!!
eta: This is after I got back from The Big City to a whinge about Fillum questions.
Naming no names, of course.
[ 16. February 2015, 07:47: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
... I got back from The Big City to a whinge about Fillum questions.
Naming no names, of course.
I expect it's my fault - I had the Guessometer and it led me to the right chap (in a fillum I've never seen).
Sorry about that, Pete*.
* oops
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Next item of quiz strategy: put on glasses in the morning when taking it. This helps make sure you click the button you think you are.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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First perfect ten on a very easy "Harder" day - and several had played before me. I'm basking in the glory of it all. It won't last, I know.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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It didn't
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Still the most wonderful 2.5 hours of my life. But I have to wonder what excuse Ariston and weasel will come out with?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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The same one that I'm going to use - they'd never heard of the bloke in question 1, and someone was so busy celebrating with the Guessometer that it wasn't available ...
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Calumny and falsehood! They'd played before I even got there!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I hadn't though ...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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$#@&*!@ Simpsons questions ...
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Personal success!
FAILED the Chuck Norris question
PASSED the science question
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
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quote:
Originally posted by L'organist:
Personal success!
FAILED the Chuck Norris question
PASSED the science question
Same here
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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There are no words for how much I hate 'murcan television questions.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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9/10 in a nowhere near quick time and I am top of the table - it's insane!
p.s. to Piglet: I feel the same way about the same subject.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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But there are TWO murican TV questions
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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All hail the blessèd Guessometer!
You can all bask in the shadow of my magnificence, as the first player to get a perfect 10.
Obviously, Ariston'll be along in a wee while to burst my bubble, but allow me to enjoy it while I can ...
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Slow ten. OK by me
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Aargh! Got the swimming pool one wrong again!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Baffled by number 6 so thanks guessometer!
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Loveheart - are you a machine?
27 seconds !!!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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I'm Canadian. Why should I know anything about M&Ms. I thought they were all brown.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I only know anything about them because we get so many irritating adverts for them on television - the main reason why I've never eaten one.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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10 on Sunday - - - I can't believe it. Help Thou my unbelief
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Note to self...Someone should actually read the question.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Lucky guess with the short verse; not so lucky guess with the Medes and the Persians.
Ho hum.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Two consecutive internet glitches had me taking 180 seconds today
but I still beat Pete!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Guessometer was correct. I was wrong.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Me too, JJ. Should have gone with my instincts; didn't.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
:
This, I think, is not going to be my month. Forget to play the first, miss two on consecutive days due to dumb reading mistakes...
At least I knew that "before my time" TV show. At least, I think it was a TV show.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Hey, Weasel, guess who beat you today, loser!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Bloody fil-lums.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
That's more like it - 10/10 in 48 seconds and third place for now.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Stupid twits! My "wrong" answer was actually correct (they said), but they wanted me to click another one, more correct. Pffffft
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
:
Ah yes. "Most strongly supported." Good to know I'm going to get LSAT flashbacks from this one...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Ack! I knew I shouldn't do this on my antique w*rk computer!! Scrolled right past an easy question!!!!!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
******* 'murcan adverts for something I've never eaten (and really don't want to).
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Can't believe I forgot to play again yesterday.
Guessometer testing site.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Me too, jj - and I don't think I can even blame Pete!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
:
Baah!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
I got the question about Zechariah* right!
* and all the others ...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
I changed a right answer to a wrong one and back to a right one.
It cost me some time, but it was worth it ...
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
:
Candies from south of the border I've never seen, much less heard of - how the blazes am I supposed to recognise their advertising jingle?
'Strewth!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
Candies from south of the border I've never seen, much less heard of - how the blazes am I supposed to recognise their advertising jingle?
We get their adverts here ... ad nauseam.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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I quite cheerfully admit that I have not had a television in Canada for nigh on a decade. But other than M&Ms (which my increasingly feeble childhood memories told me that they were brown and melted in your mouth, not in your hand) all the others are terra incognita.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
:
Movies
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
:
I got that one right, because I was stung recently on a category question where I chose the broader term Entertainment.
I now regard many of the self referential questions with increasing paranoid suspicion.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
:
I am shocked. The guessometer picked up three for me today. I thought it might have been sulking after I overruled it the other day (to my disadvantage), but no, it was on top form.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
:
What ever happened to "Sealed With A Kiss" ?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
10/10 in 35 seconds when the questions were as easy as that won't keep me in fourth place for very long.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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But the 'correct' answer to one of the questions is wrong!
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
10/10 in 35 seconds when the questions were as easy as that won't keep me in fourth place for very long.
It's tight at the top (well, apart from Ariston). I also took 35 secs, which puts me in 7th, 2 seconds behind sharkey in 2nd.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
For Uncle Pete:
FOUR!!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
The Guessometer tried, it really did.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
The Guessometer tried, it really did.
It didn't try very hard.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
:
In this moment, I am the only Perfect 10.
Fame, alas, is fleeting.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I'm LAST!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
The Guessometer rocks! It gave me the right answer to an American Football question ...
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
The Guessometer rocks! It gave me the right answer to an American Football question ...
Worked for me too!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
:
Tuesday's harder was easiest.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
I reckon the harder ones are always the easiest.
BTW Pete, I knocked you off your podium.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I reckon the harder ones are always the easiest ...
Not when you guess the wrong girl-band they're not.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I reckon the harder ones are always the easiest ...
Not when you guess the wrong girl-band they're not.
Same problem here.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Ditto 'Murcan television shows I've never watched.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
Ditto 'Murcan television shows I've never watched.
Yup.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by sharkshooter:
quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
Ditto 'Murcan television shows I've never watched.
Yup.
Double Yup.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
:
"Very easy" today, but when the questions are 2 lines long, do you skip it altogether and guess to try to get a good time?
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
:
Well in my case I certainly didn't bother taking the time to read for comprehension
[ 20. March 2015, 23:09: Message edited by: Jonah the Whale ]
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
:
My internet had a hissy fit last night which was not resolved until 11am IT today. I certainly did not ponder questions for over 57 thousand seconds.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
:
First place, for now. I don't think 48 seconds will hold up, though.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Instructions for Brits answering the 'Murcan sport* question:
Pick a colour ... any colour ...
Unfortunately I picked the wrong colour.
* I assume it was a sport question; I have no idea which sport ...
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
:
Only knew that one thanks to REM.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by sharkshooter:
First place, for now. I don't think 48 seconds will hold up, though.
Congratulations, it did hold up. Nice win.
I am top of the pile today so far on 49 seconds, but today's quiz is "easy" so I have no illusions. At the moment the pile is only me.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Jonah the Whale:
quote:
Originally posted by sharkshooter:
First place, for now. I don't think 48 seconds will hold up, though.
Congratulations, it did hold up. Nice win.
I am top of the pile today so far on 49 seconds, but today's quiz is "easy" so I have no illusions. At the moment the pile is only me.
Thanks.
On an "easy" one, someone is always going to come in at 30 seconds or less - and it isn't going to be me. One of my issues is that I have to have the type large enough to read quickly, but that means scrolling every 2 or 3 questions.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
My childhood contained quite a few "classic" children's books. Ferdinand the Bull was not one of them.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
My childhood contained quite a few "classic" children's books. Ferdinand the Bull was not one of them.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
:
Changed a right guess to a wrong guess. I should know better than to do that. "When guessing, don't re-guess."
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Mis-read the grammar question and clicked the wrong answer.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
:
The Guess-O-Meter was working well for me today.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
It wasn't for me. ******* actresses of whom I've never heard ...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
That's more like it: the Guessometer's batteries appear to have been re-charged.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
I'd have been quicker if I hadn't had to count through the alphabet on my fingers ...
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
:
That's a lot of fingers!
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
:
Yes, I'm sure there's a medical term for that condition.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Multipolydactyla?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
On which planet was that quiz "harder"?
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
:
I was quite disappointed in the Bible Quiz. I felt I should have taken it and read it out to a 5-years old to answer.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Today's quiz is almost completely ethnocentric - still even with only 8/10 as first to play I am number one for a little while.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
:
American singers, American films, American foods. American TV series. Good old guessometer got me one of those four which I suppose is statistically neutral, but leaves me bottom with 7/10.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
:
I had the advantage of having seen the film mentioned on DVD (and recommend it, if anyone likes ghost stories).
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
:
Oh, and the film is actually Spanish though in spoken English, the story takes place in post-war Jersey and almost all the cast are British.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
Linky link.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
I had the advantage of having seen the film ...
I didn't. I almost put the right answer, then for some reason thought it was one of the others.
Oh well, c'est la chuffing vie, as they say in France.*
* They probably don't, but never mind ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Well, I am a dodo brain. Made a stoopid mistake.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Why are the Harder quizzes so much easier than the Easy ones?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
I've often wondered that, and at fifth place, I may be right.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
:
I think it is the first time in history that Ariston is below me.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
...and after all that today's Easy quiz is really easy!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
It was indeed - fourth place will do me nicely.
Until Ariston gets here, obviously.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Oh God - we're back on pocket-lint.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
10/10 in 40 seconds on a Sunday and I didn't even make it into the top 10.
Stuff that for a lark ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
What a good little implement, Young Guessometer! You shall have extra polish on your cute wee self today!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
... and a wee dram of elderly Highland Park from me!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
It can buy its own whisky today. ******* 'Murcan television!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
It can buy its own whisky today. ******* 'Murcan television!
Egg wetter gree, ****** Murcan insurance!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
It can buy its own whisky today. ******* 'Murcan television!
That's for sure!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
[tangent]
quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
... Egg wetter gree ...
Are you by any chance an aficionado of the Daily Telegraph quick crossword?
[/tangent]
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
[tangent]
quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
... Egg wetter gree ...
Are you by any chance an aficionado of the Daily Telegraph quick crossword?
[/tangent]
(Continuing tangent )
Entertaining, but no. Fan of Afferbeck Lauder
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
There's a similar one on the Bristol accent by "Dirk Robson" (Derek Robinson), called Krek Waiters Peak Bristle.
Sorry - I'll stop tangenting now.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
:
The answer for question 3 on the Bible quiz is Snow. I don't care what the Bible says.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Clever Guessometer, knowing more about super-heroes than I do (which wouldn't be hard).
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Some questions are not designed to be answered by those of us allergic to chocolate!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
:
I often wonder if the Harder quizzes are easy mostly to the older generation.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
If that's the case, then I'm probably a fully-paid up member of it.
Thanks Pete ...
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
:
Herr Guessmeister turns his back on me yet again.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
I often wonder if the Harder quizzes are easy mostly to the older generation.
Let's reword that to those of us who are more mature in our outlook except that may leave me out!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
10/10 in 42 seconds and I'm fourth from the bottom!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Oooh! I'm still on top!
Posted by Leorning Cniht (# 17564) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Oooh! I'm still on top!
Sorry about that...
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
I often wonder if the Harder quizzes are easy mostly to the older generation.
Not today, it wasn't.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
It's not often you get into the top 10 with one mistake* and a time of 107 seconds.
* bl**dy fil-lums ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Leorning Cniht:
quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Oooh! I'm still on top!
Sorry about that...
That's not a nice way to treat an old lady.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Not quite as fast as a speeding weasel today, but faster than a Jedi.
eta: ... just.
[ 27. April 2015, 01:24: Message edited by: Piglet ]
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
:
Wow! I beat weasel today! He wasn't so speedy!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Next time, just for a lark, I think I'll read both the questions and the answers.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Third place for now - that'll do nicely.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
:
We've got that etymology question again today. The one where all four answers are wrong. This time I got the right wrong answer.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Oh! Hello! I'm at the top!
After a perfect (almost!) day, this is the cherry!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
:
Actors!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by tessaB:
Actors!
What she said.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
:
Go ahead, you all; stand on my shoulders. And please note, I wouldn't go so far as to call them "actors".
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Wodders, you're only ahead of me because you get up earlier.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Oh! For the first time ever, I am at the top of the daily and monthly boards!! Whee!
Yes, I screenprinted it and saved it.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
:
The Guessometer got a whole bottle of single malt scotch to himself this morning. And well deserved it was!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
... and a couple of generous drams from me too.
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
:
That veggie question always makes me an unhappy pedant - that veg is not usually green, it is purple! The common green version which people think it is actually has a different name.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Third place on a Very Easy day? Crikey!
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
:
Ever seen a quizzly bear in the wild? Here's your chance!
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
:
WTF - I even got a question right about a ball game!
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
:
Sports - pff
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Fourth place!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Third place today!
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
:
First place on a Bible Sunday
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Blessèd be the Guessometer, which nudged me gently in the ribs when I was going to click on the wrong answer to the film question.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
Blessèd be the Guessometer, which nudged me gently in the ribs when I was going to click on the wrong answer to the film question.
Me, too!
Who's a good little Guessometer, then? Sweet little thing!
[Changed the last phrase]
[ 11. May 2015, 17:38: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Sadly, it hasn't seen the film in today's quiz, and it gets just as confused as I do between Greek and Roman gods.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
:
30 seconds? Today? Really? It was not that easy, people. I got lucky on a couple.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Another chuffing question about another chuffing film I've never seen.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
The Guessometer tried to tell me.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
I managed to miss an entire question - I can't remember the last time I did that.
Had a fairly catastrophic effect on my ranking ...
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
:
Some obscure questions today
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
Some obscure questions today
Indeed. Questions 4 and 6 might have been written in a foreign language.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
:
Someone had to break rank. At least, it was a movie question
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
:
weasel, what happened to you today??
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
I'm back* and, having remembered the name of the bologna bloke from the last time the question came up, have snuck into fifth place.
* There was no point in trying to do the quiz on my mother-in-law's laptop - I'd have run out of swear words.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Third place!
I love it when the Guessometer gives me a wee nudge and tells me I've clicked the wrong answer ...
... and tells me what the right answer is.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Third place from the wrong end today - how the hell am I supposed to know the heights of historical leaders of a foreign country?
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
Third place from the wrong end today - how the hell am I supposed to know the heights of historical leaders of a foreign country?
Quite.
There is no monotony about my efforts this month, lots of 7s and 8s to counteract the gloriousness of two wins.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Unfortunately the Guessometer hasn't read Moby Dick either.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
:
Neither have I read Moby Dick, but the ship's name came lurching out of my memory of Cliff's Notes®
Which is probably more information than you need of my reading of boring novels in High School, when I lived closer to the edge. My English marks reflected this.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
You had boring novels? We had Sir Walter Scott.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
:
I suggest that the proper answer to the last Q would be none of them
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
:
Difficult one today. 9 right with a lot of guesswork!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Top of the heap...for a few minutes!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Not content with 'Murcan film and TV questions (which I guessed correctly) they have to put in a question about a minor official in a place I've never heard of (which I didn't).
[ 08. June 2015, 13:17: Message edited by: Piglet ]
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
Not content with 'Murcan film and TV questions (which I guessed correctly) they have to put in a question about a minor official in a place I've never heard of (which I didn't).
Got that one but failed on the TV series.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Those durn 'Murican questions.
Oh. Yeah.
*sigh* Thanks to the Guessometer, I only got one wrong instead of three. Maybe I should hand in my card.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
NDE?
Posted by Heavenly Anarchist (# 13313) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
NDE?
Me too
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
:
I haven't been involved with this for a while so thought I'd give it a try.
Still got it !
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Heavenly Anarchist:
quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
NDE?
Me too
Read the question category: NDE - Near Death Experience
[ 09. June 2015, 13:55: Message edited by: Uncle Pete ]
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
I'm slow enough without reading the question categories ...
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
I'm slow enough without reading the question categories ...
Quite so!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Clever Guessometer, knowing about fil-lums that I didn't, and propelling me into sixth place.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
:
Ah yes - I remember the days of questions which take 5 times longer to read than to choose the answer.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
Quickest but wrongest.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
I believe the Guessometer is broken. Really, really broken.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
:
Worked fine for me! And boy did I need it
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
I believe the Guessometer is broken. Really, really broken.
It's not broken - it obviously has about as much interest in baseball as I do, i.e. none.
muttermutter'murcanquestionsmuttermuttermumble
Posted by TurquoiseTastic (# 8978) on
:
Arrrgh misclick misclick
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
:
gah - superstitious nonsense
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Aaaaaaaaand ... we're back on pocket-lint.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Someone must have given the Guessometer a tune up! Thanks to the wee, dear thing, I am at the top. (For now!)
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
I think you must have worn it out, JJ - it didn't know the middle name of the woman I'd never heard of either.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Young Ariston, he with the lightening swift brain and nimble fingers, has knocked me from the top of the pile.
So Piglet, the Guessometer's help on that same question went for naught. Maybe there should be a Whippersnapper lightening quiz and an old fogey's strolling quiz!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
... Maybe there should be a Whippersnapper lightening quiz and an old fogey's strolling quiz!
I often think that, but just occasionally, young Ariston lets his speed get the better of him and gets a question wrong.
Not very often though ...
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
Never understood algebra.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
:
Movie and algebra !
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
:
Ooh, I get to do the linky linky link.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Tortuf, how did you get 0?
Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Tortuf, how did you get 0?
I experienced a contrary streak.
Or, my somewhat bent sense of humor.
One or the other.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
:
I shoulda listened to the Guessometer which was blinking a solid green line of lights and pointing. But, no, I knew better,
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
I could have sworn that I clicked on the right answer to the "stinger" question, but I mustn't have done.
Bugger.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
:
that last question was definitely a case of "I can't say this is the right answer, but the rest are all WRONG answers"
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
I got the question about a film I've never seen correct! Blessèd be the name of the Guessometer!
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
:
hmmh - it didn't work for me on that question....
Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on
:
I loaded a US history trivia quiz on my tablet to have something to do whilst - doing other things -. One of the questions this morning involved knowing the name of the person who invented the shopping cart.
This quiz is so much nicer. Thank you for all the work you put into giving us a few moments to amuse ourselves on a daily basis Jahlove.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
:
Geez, Louise. Saturday June 27th.
That is all.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
The Guessometer was absolutely smokin' today - 10/10 and fourth place!
The Speedometer - not so much ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Ack! I keep guessing the same wrong answer. Every Time!!!!
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
:
I take back all the nasty remarks I have made about the Guessometer. I am heartily sorry, and thank her/him/it for all the blessings I have received.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
:
i was hoping to be more consistent with my involvement (and also high scores) during this month, then remembered I'm on holiday for some of it
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
Pleased to say question 10 baffled me.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
I got the wrong actress. Not because I didn't know, but because someone came into the office when I was in mid-quiz and flummoxed me.
Posted by Snags (# 15351) on
:
Grr, poxy USA-centric questions. Grr, grr, grr.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Snags:
Grr, poxy USA-centric questions. Grr, grr, grr.
Absolutely.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Talk about a meteoric rise - yesterday I was almost bottom of the heap and today (for now anyway) I'm at the top.
Isn't it nice when the speed-merchants get a question wrong?
Pass the oxygen!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 47 seconds on a Sunday, which included remembering the answer to one of the questions I nearly always get wrong, and I'm not even in the top 10!
Hmph.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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In which region of the universe could that quiz have been regarded as "harder"?
Posted by Snags (# 15351) on
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I'm top! I'm top! I'm top!
Admittedly only me and weasel have played today, and it won't last long as I'm too slow.
But.
I'm top!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Guessometer batting .500 today. Maybe I need to shake the green weenie. (NO! That's not what you think! I'm showing my age!!!)
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I think you're right, JJ - it hadn't seen that film either ...
More to the point, it didn't notice that I'd changed a right guess to a wrong one. I hate when that happens.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I thought I was flying incredibly fast through this quiz. Hmmm. Good thing I'm not a race horse, eh?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Guessometer rocking today - third place!
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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I would not call today's quiz easy - I also guessed well.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Changed a wrong guess to a right one, and was catapulted into second place!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 32 seconds is, I think, a personal best.
Sadly, it only got me into 5th place ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Oh! Oh! Oh! A personal best time!!! 25 seconds!!!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Crikey! Second place with a time of 52 seconds - that won't last!
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Note to self: new month begins soon......
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Shopworn movies by obscure actors from the turn of the century are the very pits of Hell.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Well done, little Guessometer!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I think you must have tired it out, JJ - it worked fine for me until question 10, and then it ran out of steam.
Better put on some more coal ...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Oxygen! Get me some oxygen!!!
Starting August as I'm fairly sure I shan't carry on ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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That'll teach me to do the quiz without a mouse!
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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You were faster than me.
quote:
You took 33930 seconds to complete this quiz.
Is this some kind of record?
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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Number 9 is a wierd one today.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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God bless Guessie's pointy little head (it toke a while to warm up) and weasel's painfully intense discussion of the nomenclature of English football teams.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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It doesn't know any more than I do about REM songs though ...
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Now I know how to take thousands of seconds doing the quiz!
Try to log in first thing in the morning, don't succeed , so I thought, log in after work and answer questions. Yikes!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I equalled my personal best today, and it only got me to eighth place.
And that probably won't last.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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My gosh, still the only perfect 10 and it's 10 am. Has there been a shift in the universe?
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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normal service has been resumed
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Third place! Well done, Guessometer!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Fourth was good for me too, yesterday. Amazed at how few people played and only 4 tens.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Rats, rats, rats.
Read the whole question, jedi.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I was a bit rubbish today. Not quite the most rubbish, but a bit.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Cartoons . . . . .BAAAAAH
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Blessed be the Guessometer!
And here we go again.
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
I was a bit rubbish today. Not quite the most rubbish, but a bit.
That would be me! (So far.)
I think it's my worst ever.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Feckitty feck.
One right guess changed to a wrong one (what the heck am I supposed to know about country singers? ) and one just wrong.
Ho hum.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Somebody has to be at the bottom of the list. Might as well be me!
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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Not today, Judy. Not today
Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on
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I seem to be having a good month. Might as well brag while it lasts.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Well done, little Guessometer! Two correct guesses today!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Holy Guessometer! (Monday)
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'll join in a toast to the Guessometer, which took me to third place - for now anyway.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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OK, the Guessometer is a bit less helpful when it comes to a load of b*ll*cks about psychology.
It didn't help that I changed a right guess to a wrong one ...
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
OK, the Guessometer is a bit less helpful when it comes to a load of b*ll*cks about psychology.
It didn't help that I changed a right guess to a wrong one ...
Indeed. How random was that?
Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on
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You fell into the psychological trap.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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Have I ever said how much I hate actor/actress questions?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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You may have done, and when they're American and in films of which I've never heard, I absolutely agree with you.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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The Guessometer was yelling loudly in my ear. I ignored the little darling.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Jonah, when you're finished with the Guessometer, would you please put it back underneath the third flower-pot from the left?
Thank you.
[ 24. August 2015, 01:49: Message edited by: Piglet ]
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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******* fil-lums!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Holy Guessometers! I am on top. Granted only on top of weasel, and he did so poorly my jaw dropped, Still 10/10 doesn't come that often even though my time was horrible!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Thanks for passing me the guessometer Uncle Pete, it's on top form.
Who's next?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
Thanks for passing me the guessometer Uncle Pete, it's on top form.
Who's next?
Me!
It's not often you get into third place with 77 seconds ...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Clever Guessometer, knowing about films that I've never seen!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Dire showing today.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Well done, little Guessometer!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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WTF is that modern weather predictor mentioned in one of the questions - never heard of the answer. Is this an Yankee thing?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Me neither, Pete - I thought the answer sounded as if it was something to do with billiards ...
The Guessometer was spot on with question 10 though - what the ever-living heck was all that about?
Posted by Snags (# 15351) on
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Bastard, bastard, bastard guess-o-meter; I would have had 10/10 today but changed an instinctive answer for one based on the SneakyFactor + guess-o-meter calibration.
For earlier readers, the device in question is indeed something pertinent to the USA, although they can be had in Blighty too. It's a foolish gizmo, essentially a toy. I think it's one of those cultural things one is simply supposed to know from having consumed sufficient American fiction and cinema.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Oh, my! I'm still at the top!
Really expected to be dethroned by now.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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well I should have played more at the weekends if I wanted to top the monthly leaderboard, just happy to be in the top 10 -
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Contrary computer.
It had to think a long time before submitting my answers.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I love it when the Guessometer nudges me in the right direction.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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I didn't mean to create my account as "nonprofit".... but there it is.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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dad blast those Murrican fillums I never done hearda.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
dad blast those Murrican fillums I never done hearda.
Indeed.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Well that will knock me off the monthly standings pretty quickly! US state nicknames and culture
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Our dear Guessometer helped me once and led me astray once.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Me too, JJ - I wonder if it was on the same questions?
I don't think I've ever seen a day before when nobody got 10/10 though ...
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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I wonder if it was the same question that all the 9ers got wrong
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Bible trivia: should there not be a handicap system like with golf, so that the "pros" have to perform to a higher standard than us amateurs?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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There's a good idea!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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'Murcan folklore? Stuff that for a lark!
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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praise be to the guessometer - he worked hard for me today
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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I would have done it much quicker had not the Guessometer and I a long discussion about Question 10.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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I didn't understand question 6 at all so I'm relieved that the guessometer did!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Was that the one about some obscure 'Murcan sport? Worked for me too.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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That Guessometer is getting better!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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I quite agree it is getting better. But my time would have been better on Sunday by about 20 seconds if my laptop hadn't pouted when I returned home from an away weekend.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Crikey - faster than a speeding weasel! Pass the oxygen ...
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Hmmmm, one of those is wrong. But, as they didn't have the right answer there I went for the wrongest of the wrong and guess what? It was wrong!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by tessaB:
Hmmmm, one of those is wrong. But, as they didn't have the right answer there I went for the wrongest of the wrong and guess what? It was wrong!
Question 3? Me too! Wrong as a wrong thing is wrong!
Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on
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Humph! One of those questions will have different answers depending on where you are from! How am I supposed to know the American answer???
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Another new page ...
Fourth place will do nicely thank you.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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My child has just opined that knowing the name of WWI artillery pieces is "sad" - hah! maybe, but I was right!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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******* 'Murcan television programmes ...
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Now that's the way to be top of the leader board! Be the first person to play
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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and with that lack of knowledge of the personal life of a foreign former president, I have probably lost the chance of winning this month overall.
Not playing yesterday (or for that matter, most weekends) didn't exactly help either.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Bloomin algebra. Never understood it.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Bloomin' colleague who came into the office just as I was starting the quiz so I closed the quiz tab ...
I re-clicked on it and did the quiz, got 10/10, but it had still been counting, so my time was 1195 seconds.
Sod that for a game of soldiers.
On a positive note, I came seventh in the September rankings.
[ 01. October 2015, 14:31: Message edited by: Piglet ]
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Fourth place - that's better!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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That's what I get for changing a right answer to a wrong one. Ack.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Me too, JJ - and I dithered for far too long thinking about it.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Feckitty feck. Changed two right guesses to wrong ones (and I sort of, somewhere in the back of what passes for my brain, knew them anyway).
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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******* 'Murcan television ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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So, maybe I shouldn't do the quiz while talking on the phone!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Third place - that's better.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Aughghgh! Wrong Bush!!!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Lil Guessy were smoking hot today, he were! (Sunday)
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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When he's good, he's very, very good ...
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Ooops! Got my 70s bands confused, silly me.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Very difficult today, well done that weasel!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Well done, little Guessometer!!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Well done, little Guessometer!!
You certainly wiped the floor with that weasel!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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The Guessometer doth verily rock.
Not quite as fast as a speeding weasel, but fourth place at this time of night will do very nicely.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Bloody second guessing. I hate it like the dickens when there is one answer to two questions, which makes me unsure of my answer to one, especially in the Old Testament.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Well done, little Guessometer!!
You certainly wiped the floor with that weasel!
That's only because I'm half blind without my glasses!! I meant to grab the mop!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Third place - I'll take that (for the moment).
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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You're fourth now
Posted by kingsfold (# 1726) on
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Fifth.
Sorry Marv, pipped you to No1.
ETA - just checked, someone else snuck in too & piglet is now 6th
[ 20. October 2015, 15:20: Message edited by: kingsfold ]
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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It appears that 6th is nonprofitable.
Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on
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quote:
Originally posted by kingsfold:
Sorry Marv, pipped you to No1.
Curses, foiled again!
(you've got to get under 26 seconds to repeat the feat today)
Posted by kingsfold (# 1726) on
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quote:
posted by Marvin the Martian:
Curses, foiled again!
And again - 22 secs do you?
Though in all honesty I should admit that was courtesy of one very lucky guess...
[ 21. October 2015, 15:21: Message edited by: kingsfold ]
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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I did it in 34 seconds today, and may well finish out of the top 10.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I'm sorry I didn't trust you, little Guessometer.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm glad I did, even if it took me twice as long as it took you.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I always get that one wrong. Silly me!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Oh dear, a biblical dunce.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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As I'm in second place, I'm off to get the Guessometer an enormous dram of Highland Park 25 year-old.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Third place will do nicely, but as I took 63 seconds, I can't see it lasting.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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******* 'Murcan television ...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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The Guessometer seems to be working again.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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Memo to self - read the WHOLE question
Posted by jacobsen (# 14998) on
:
Was that the one about a mason?
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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No, it was the dukes of hazzard one - I didn't read all the way to the end about the film being in 2002.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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******* 'Murcan sports - changed a right guess to a wrong one.
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on
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Indeed. I loathe the sport in question.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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It's refusing to let me in at all! Perhaps it has worked out my astonishing IQ and can't stand the pressure!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Or you are afraid of missing a question. Strangely I got the all right. It helps that several questions had the same answer, though.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I got in eventually - AND I beat Pete!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I don't watch scary movies. *shudder*
Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on
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Ooh look.... did I just happen to beat the weasel?
Fancy that!
(Don't get to play the quiz much these days, now that I have to leave for work before it updates to the next day's quiz and I always forget to play in the evening)
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Why don't they ask Bach or Mozart questions?
Oops! Top of a new page! Get your quiz on, right here!
[ETA link]
[ 03. November 2015, 13:20: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Hello, Guessometer.
Dijamissme?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I missed you, Ariston!
Oh. Yes. You're top of the list.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Nineteen seconds? TurquoiseTastic, that's amazing!
Posted by TurquoiseTastic (# 8978) on
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you are too kind jedijudy!
I tell you, using a mouse instead of a touchpad makes a big difference...
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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So, the secret of success if know about fruit - who'd have thought it?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Oh, fickle Guessometer. I had two right, and you encouraged me to change them both. Dear, dear, dear.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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I always get the question at number 8 "wrong". The "correct " answer is a cop out which would get a growl from me.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm back - when I'm on holiday I have only intermittent web access, usually on a confounded laptop, which would do nothing for my score.
Fourth place with 9/10??? Is it safe to assume that nobody else had heard of that "classic" show either?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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One of my quickest times for a Sunday quiz, and I bugger it up by not knowing who Manasseh was ...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Third place for now - that's better.
Not that I'm going to be anywhere in the rankings this month after missing three weeks ...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Bollocks - changed a right guess to a wrong one.
And no, it wasn't the American sport question - that was a right guess!
Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on
:
Thank you for all your hard work in doing the quiz every day.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Bought a UFO and a pink unicorn. Such fun!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Guessie's hot today! Who needs to watch Murrican teevee?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Third place for now - that'll do.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
The Guessometer's "film buff" app. worked well there ...
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
A glass of wine and a liqueur coffee seems to help with the quiz !
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
I doubt that it would have helped me - I was rubbish, and the Guessometer was out to lunch.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Third place, until the speed-merchants* get here ...
* You know who you are.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Blessèd be the name of the Guessometer!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Three of us at the 34 second mark, so far.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm snapping at your heels - 35 is very high-speed for this little piglet!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Argh! Butterfingers!
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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Must do this quiz more often.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Bugger - I always get the spy question wrong.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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Tried to go fast and didn't read the answers well enough.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
In my own defence I'd like to point out that it took nearly a minute for the quiz to load this morning so the time given is not a true reflection of my incredible and truly amazing intellect.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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******* film questions.
I considered the right answer, but changed my mind.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
******* film questions.
I considered the right answer, but changed my mind.
You too?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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That makes me feel better, knowing I wasn't alone.
Better today though, and I managed to sneak into the December top ten.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Geez I beat the weasel today!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
Geez I beat the weasel today!
... but not the piglet.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Guessometer back in working order today.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Three shall be the number of the counting, and the number of the counting shall be three...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
The Guessometer was absolutely rocking today!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
******* 'murcan television.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Yay, Guessometer! I had no clue!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Clever Guessometer!
What are Pop Rocks?
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
:
Finally! being bored witless by a flatmate who was into motorbikes has paid off. And its taken so long I should get a prize for memory too..
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
:
Bloody Murrcan fillum I only know the titles of (not being a complete hermit) but which I have never actually seen, and never will!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I had to get help from the Guessometer for that one, if it's any comfort ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Well, I'm a dodo brain!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Not as much as me, JJ - to say that I was rubbish today would have been putting it mildly.
Mind you, one of the questions I got wrong was about actors I've never heard of in a series I've never seen ...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
******* 'murcan television.
Mind you, at least I remembered to do the quiz today, unlike yesterday ...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
They're right - that was easy.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
That was the one I should not have gotten wrong!!!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
Only 8/10 today but the advantage of going first is that I was still top of the leaderboard...
...and bottom, too.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
******* 'murcan television.
And movies!!!!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Second place for now! That'll do nicely.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
******* 'murcan television.
And movies!!!!
Again.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
Very difficult today , needed that guessometer, who's got it?
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
:
quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
Very difficult today , needed that guessometer, who's got it?
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
:
Curséd fillums!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
Quiz link!
Guessometer tried so hard to tell me the right answer.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Stuff that for a lark - ******* 'murcan television again!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
That's better. I think 10/10 in 32 seconds might be a new personal best.
Not that I'll stay very far up the leader-board when the questions are that easy though ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
:
You were faster than me, Piglet!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
:
Read the damn question, you idiot!
mumbles, grumbles
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
Third place - that'll do nicely.
Posted by Banner Lady (# 10505) on
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Just want to say my competition is not with any of you, but with the equipment I am using. If it will let me do anything in under a minute, it's working extremely well!
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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More movies. Yuck.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Indeed. Yuck²
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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So nice to be top of the leaderboard, if only for a few minutes.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
I love it when I change a wrong answer to a right one. And when I'm faster than a speeding weasel ...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
10/10 in 31 seconds! New PB!!
One day, I might even break the half-minute barrier ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
:
TodayThe Speeding Weasel is, quite frankly, completely gobsmacked that he got 10/10 - The Holy Guessometer has been at work again!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Well done, Wodders!
Oops. I have temporarily taken your spot, but number two is praise-worthy!
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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I changed a right answer to a wrong one. Oops.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Oxygen! Pass the oxygen!*
* until the speed-merchants get here, obviously ...
PS Sorry WW and JJ
[ 15. February 2016, 14:09: Message edited by: Piglet ]
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sorry, I'm not sure that sorry cuts it really!
The peril of taking a nap mid-morning is not being the first to play so missing my top spot.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
:
I love it when the Guessometer knows things about Americans of whom I've never heard.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
No idea how I just came top.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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My ignorance of sickly confectionery was my downfall
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I think my times would be better if the 'puter didn't take so long to load the quiz.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
... One day, I might even break the half-minute barrier ...
Today is that day!!! 10/10 in 29 seconds!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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The Guessometer was really rocking today - if in doubt, select the actress you've heard of ...
[ 01. March 2016, 13:34: Message edited by: Piglet ]
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Indeed, good old guessometer got three out of three today. All I need now is a speedometer to go with the guessometer.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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So could I, JtW - Friday's fluke was just that - a fluke.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I think today's the first time I've ever actually been faster than Ariston.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Changed a right guess to a wrong one. I don't even know what chuffing sport they play, let alone where they play it.
Except for the purposes of this quiz, neither do I care.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Three of us with the same time at the top, for right now!
I couldn't go one second faster?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Make that four.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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The internet is still on an intermittent go slow here so I am posting some truly appalling times - but going first most days I often get to see myself as top of the table...
...bottom too, but we don't talk about that!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Would you mind putting the Guessometer back once you've finished with it? I could have done with it for the ******* fil-lum question.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Good job, Guessometer!
Posted by Beenster (# 242) on
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This looks fun - someone has to come in last as well!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Good job, Guessometer!
Too right - I even managed Habakkuk and Nebuchadnezzar ...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Chess and fil-lums - not a happy piglet.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Good grief. Had to ask the Guessometer's help on half of the questions today. Or perhaps more than half?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I needed it for at least half as well and, bless its little cotton socks, it only got one wrong!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Get in! Who's next for this fabulous little guessometer?
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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You all used it up before I could get there. Mind you hoping for it to get eight for me might have been asking a bit much!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Oh glorious day! Briefly on top!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Mercan currency was my downfall.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Two times the Guessometer clicked the correct answer. Two times I unclicked then clicked the wrong ones.
Guessometer Knows Best.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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The difference with me was that I listened to Guessy. But my computer was sluggish so I had a truly awful time.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I, too, was at one with the blessèd Guessometer, and while my time wasn't spectacular, I managed third place.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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37 seconds and I'm still the slowest of the 10/10s.
Hmph.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Sitting at the bottom, looking way up high at Weasel and Uncle Pete. Halloooo up there!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Scuppered by 'Murcan politics.
eta: Test the Guessometer here
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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*tickles Guessometer under its little chin*
The little darlin' changed two wrong answers to the right ones as I watched in amazement.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Clever Guessometer! **proffers CHOCK-LIT**
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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At the bottom again. Naturally.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Pat, pat. Good widdle guessometer.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Yesterday on the bottom. Today on top. At least for a minute or two!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I hate it when I knock in a half-decent time but the bloke in question 1 is some 'Murcan I've never heard of.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Yay! I stayed on top all day yesterday!!!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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I have never got today's question 10 correct. You would have thought once or twice I would.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Well.
Well, well, well.
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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I have a month off, and come back to music questions I never get right!
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Well.
Well, well, well.
I admire your speed though jj.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Lousy times, but shining, cherubic Guessometer!
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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It's about time the Guessometer paid me a visit. A leisurely visit, to be sure.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
... shining, cherubic Guessometer!
Absolutely.
**proffers a large dram**
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Jonah the Whale:
quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Well.
Well, well, well.
I admire your speed though jj.
Yes! A bright side!
Someone has to uphold everyone else on April 1, right?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I must say that I am hugely surprised by achieving 100% today!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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You're in good company: obscure blokes from the Old Testament aren't usually my forte.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Chuffing fil-lums!
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
Chuffing fil-lums!
What she said.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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[POUT] I did too give an answer to q.#1, and it happened to be correct. Guessometer guided my finger. (daggone movie question). [SIGH]
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by sharkshooter:
quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
Chuffing fil-lums!
What she said.
I agree! Aughghgh!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Clever Guessometer!
**pat, pat**
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I agree wholeheartedly, thanks Guessometer!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I wish you'd left it under the flower-pot as usual - I should have obeyed my usual rule that if "all of these" is an option, it's usually right.
Mind you, third place with 9/10 in 78 seconds isn't bad going.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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What a nice view there is standing on Wodder's shoulders.
It seems I go from bottom to top of the pack every other day. Can't accuse me of being consistent!!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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It never occurred to me that I would regret not studying statistics ...
Should have listened to the Guessometer.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I am very fond of the Guessometer.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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I know the quiz site is US based but do we really have to get so many questions about bloody Disney and the like?
I've never like the long animated films produced by the company and my children in their turn moaned like mad if taken to see one as a 'treat'.
Thank G*d for the guessometer.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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******* musicals.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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*grabs guitar*
Back on the bottom agaaiinn...
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Question 5? Eh?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Wow - I even got the Habakkuk question right!
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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Me too! But I threw it to the Guessometer immediately.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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The Guessometer is a Star!!!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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It certainly is - and it obviously watches more American TV than I do (that wouldn't be hard).
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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T.V.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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The Guessometer was smokin' hot today!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
The Guessometer was smokin' hot today!
Indeed, it was!
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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*&%$#+g PacMan
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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*&%$#+g 'Murcan pop trivia!
How the heck am I supposed to know which pop-tart may or may not have been in the Mickey Mouse Club?
And do they expect me to care???
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I get the prize for only contestant to click the wrong answer on an easy question!!!
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
I get the prize for only contestant to click the wrong answer on an easy question!!!
It's not as though we all haven't done that before.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I always get the chess questions wrong.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
I always get the chess questions wrong.
Me too.
Posted by Signaller (# 17495) on
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No doubt it's been said many times before, but the harder questions are actually easier than the very easy questions, because the very easy questions assume knowledge of USA popular culture, and the harder ones don't.
There, got that off my chest, now I can go on holiday and happily miss most of the May quiz.
[ 04. May 2016, 07:25: Message edited by: Signaller ]
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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It's not often you get into 2nd place with a time of 51 seconds!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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For some reason it didn't record my answer for question 5 - I'm sure I clicked on it (and got it right).
At least the Guessometer led me to the right answer to the film question ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Two things:
1. It always helps to read the question properly; and
2. an internet supplu outage can seriously affect the time you record!
...and no, I did not google the answers - if I had I'd have got them all right!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Well done little Guessometer!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Stuff the Guessometer - it was just as rubbish today as I was (although I did change a right guess to a wrong one).
Fil-lums, 'Murcan TV and chess - NOT my favourite categories.
Piglet, gazing wistfully upwards ...
eta: Test the Guessometer here
[ 10. May 2016, 14:14: Message edited by: Piglet ]
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
...'Murcan TV...
Indeed!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Hang on a minute - my excuse is not being American. What's yours?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Probably not watching typical American programming!
Most likely sleeping or playing my piano rather than watch what all the cool people watched.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm delighted to report that the Guessometer and I are back on speaking terms, as (unlike me) it knows what a Power Puff Girl is.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Lovely little Guessometer knows things that I don't!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Blessèd be the name of the Guessometer, for it knoweth things about Old Testament ladies of whom I know not.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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My thanks once again to the Guessometer for guiding me through the murky depths of 'Murcan television.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Yay for the guessometer!
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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*&!# Murrican 'sports'
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Nice try, Guessometer. Two good guesses. You failed me on the British history one!!!!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Usually I'd be right with you, L'Organist, but today the Guessometer was utterly faultless on 'Murcan sports.
Sadly, not so on square roots.
eta: JJ, it'll make up for all the 'Murcan sport questions ...
[ 17. May 2016, 13:26: Message edited by: Piglet ]
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Guessometer tried to tell me. I am a dodo brain.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Read the question, Piglet, you idiot.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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'Murcan television again ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
Read the question, Piglet, you idiot.
That goes for the jedi, too.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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The Guessometer reads the Bible for this week's questions!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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It does indeed, and even nudged me away from the paths of unrighteousness and into second place.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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So now, as well as the cursed D*sney films, we need knowledge of Murrican eatery chains
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm grateful to the Guessometer for knowing much more about both than I do.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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So is today the day I come in last?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Did you take a tea-break in the middle?
So far the bar seems to have been set fairly low: I'm in third place with 9/10 in 55 seconds.
One right guess, one wrong one on the fil-lums: I mean, who's going to remember some crummy actress in a film that's got Dustin Hoffmann in it?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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No, my internet connection is the one taking the tea break - again!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Second place! Old Testament Guessometer, thou dost verily rock!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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I was first on Saturday, apparently. How did that happen? The Guessometer overheated. I think this is the first time I have ever been first at the end of the day.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I love it when the Guessometer nudges me away from a wrong answer and towards a right one.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Guessometer was slow, but accurate today.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I appear to have reached the dizzying heights of No. 5 in the May Hall of Fame.
New personal best!
Posted by Sarasa (# 12271) on
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I was ridiculously pleased to have come first in May - sure that won't happen again.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Way to go, Sarasa!!!
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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When did you become Sarasa? Shows how often I read the boards these days I suppose.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Haha JJ, you are time-differentially-challenged. Too far west for a good score.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. The last of the 34-ers!
I could do this at 0-dark-thirty, and beat everyone to the punch, but my score would be even more abysmal!!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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&^%^#@* chess!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Thank goodness for the Guessometer's knowledge of sports!!!!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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... not to mention 'Murcan television programmes of which I've never heard.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
I appear to have reached the dizzying heights of No. 5 in the May Hall of Fame.
New personal best!
May was the first time I had more than 2 wins in a month, so 5 was quite unexpected especially when considering I missed some days.
June is not continuing the trend.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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Am I the only one who has never watched that show?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Oxygen! Get me some oxygen!
OK, I know I won't be at the top for long, but the Guessometer was rocking today!
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
Oxygen! Get me some oxygen!
OK, I know I won't be at the top for long, but the Guessometer was rocking today!
Sorry about that.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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No you're not.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Guessometer is smokin' hot today!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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No it bl**dy isn't.
******* film I've never seen and some 'Murcan organisation I've never heard of - stuff that for a lark.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I don't think the Guessometer has seen that movie, either.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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There are certain biblical questions (usually in the Old Testament) in which the Guessometer always fails to nudge me in the right direction, and the fiery furnace is one of them.
Bugger.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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The Guessometer let me down. He knows I know next to nothing about sports.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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It let me down too. You learn something new every day, and today I learned something about an American giant.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I think that today I'm in with a chance of being last place!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Why do I always get that one wrong?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I feel the same about the one I got wrong today.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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More cursèd Disney
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Uncle Pete is at the top of the board!!!
Test the Guessometer *here*!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Uncle Pete is at the top of the board!!!
... and guess who's at the other end?
Chuffing Disney (changed right guess to wrong one).
Chuffing 'Murcan history (had no idea).
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Fil-lums!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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The Guessometer was whispering in my ear. I ignored him. *sigh*
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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I suppose I'd better start paying attention to car manufacturers' advertisements
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
The Guessometer was whispering in my ear. I ignored him. *sigh*
And in mine. I didn't.
Now if only Washing-Machine Man hadn't decided to play today ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Note to Self:
Looking at a question and thinking it needs rewording is a waste of time, particularly if time is spent thinking how it could be improved!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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'Murcan films, 'Murcan TV ...
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
'Murcan films, 'Murcan TV ...
Unless the fourth option is "Don't know; don't care." and that is accepted as a correct answer.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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Why don't you all just set up a different quiz?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Because it's fun to complain!!!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Well, it would help if I just read the question, wouldn't it?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Ah - that's better.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'll be out of the running* for the next wee while, as we're moving and I don't really know when I'll next have t'interweb.
* eta: and consequently not moaning about American-orientated questions ...
[ 14. July 2016, 15:13: Message edited by: Piglet ]
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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The Guessometer encouraged me to change a wrong answer to a correct one! Did someone give it a tune-up?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Well done, little Guessometer. Three, count 'em, three correct guesses.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I only had to use the Guessometer once, but as I'm working on a cursèd lap-top, the speedometer was of no use whatsoever.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Don't use any geographical knowledge today: if you do it 4-1 you'll get it "wrong" (actually not so but wrong as decided by compiler of quiz).
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I really shouldn't try and do the quiz on a laptop - it moved my answer from right to wrong on one of the questions.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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FINALLY! My alter ego is briefly at the top of the board
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Sorry about that, L'organist!
Then again, the speedsters aren't here yet!
(It's been ages since I've been at the top, however briefly!)
[Speelink]
[ 26. July 2016, 14:10: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Another Murrican sitcom question
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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We finally get the mouse to work on the borrowed laptop, and we get a question on some 'Murcan TV show I've never watched.
OK, I know I'm ranting about 'Murcan TV again - sorry about that.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I have no idea how I managed 10 points there, totally undeserved and courtesy of the guessometer.
[ 29. July 2016, 08:34: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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You must have tired it out - it only worked for 2/3 guesses for me.
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
We finally get the mouse to work on the borrowed laptop, and we get a question on some 'Murcan TV show I've never watched.
OK, I know I'm ranting about 'Murcan TV again - sorry about that.
Won't make your score any higher.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Loads more guesses today and I still managed to score a totally undeserved 9/10.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Guessometer is at half speed today.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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It was smokin' hot when I used it - third place!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Crikey - it's not often you get into third place with a time of 75 seconds!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Wow - third place on a Sunday with the question about that bloke in the Old Testament that I usually get wrong ...
Blessèd be the name of the Guessometer!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I know how silly it is but I really like going first every day so I can few minutes as Numero Uno!
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity, saith the preacher.
[ 12. August 2016, 06:34: Message edited by: Welease Woderwick ]
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Good job, Guessometer!
Enjoying the temporary view from the top.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I did what the Guessometer told me to do. Then I changed it.
When will I learn?
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I don't know why I bother to play the Quiz on Sundays.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Did everybody see? Wodders is on top of the pile!! Way to go!
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Guessometer working well, just let me down on a question about some random sweeties.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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You too? It was brilliant apart from that ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I don't think I've been bribing the Guessometer enough.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Wheee!!
I ended up in first place for August! The very first time ever!!!!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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And I managed to scrape into the top 10, despite not playing from the 18th until the 30th - where would I have been if I had?
Not much cop today though - let down by my abysmal lack of knowledge about American sport and the teams that play it.
Do I give a stuff? Not really ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Me, too, Piglet. Me, too.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Wheee!!
I ended up in first place for August! The very first time ever!!!!
Just as pleased to be right behind you!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Uncle Pete - 7!?!?
What happened there?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Sitting at the bottom of the pile, having a nice visit with Wodders.
Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on
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I look up to you in every way, Jedijudy.
What about "ANDIE"? pffff
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Chuffing entertainers I've never heard of ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Another day and ditto to what Piglet said.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...and again!
I came in a glorious last yesterday and may well repeat it today.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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The Once and Future Quiz
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
...and again!
I came in a glorious last yesterday and may well repeat it today.
Sorry to disappoint you, but there really were a lot of random American TV shows around this time. Please, Piglet, help us out here and take the quiz.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Sorry, JtW - I was off-line for a couple of days (no computer access) so I couldn't offer my "support" - ha ha ha.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Knowing the answer but ticking the wrong box is not the way to improve my score!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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In what alternate world was today's game harder?
PS: Weasel, did you tick the wrong box again?
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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My knowledge of images on foreign cigarettes packets is woefully slight.
Oh, what a tragedy!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
My knowledge of images on foreign cigarettes packets is woefully slight.
Oh, what a tragedy!
My dad smoked those as a treat (We used to give him packets at Christmas and his birthday), and I confess I had to sit quietly for a moment to remember.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
My knowledge of images on foreign cigarettes packets is woefully slight ...
So is mine, but the Guessometer must have been watching Uncle Pete's dad as well.
As for the cursèd Disney, don't even go there.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Waiting for the speedsters to come and knock me off the top of the heap!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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To say I am not a happy piglet is putting it mildly. The ****** computer sat around for what seemed like an eternity after I'd clicked "submit" and during that time managed to change an answer I know I had right to the wrong one.
****.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Oh for heaven's sake. Yesterday a computer brain-fart, today fil-lums and American sweeties.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Sixth place - that's better.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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My dream of coming in last my be fulfilled today!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I did it!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Not today you didn't.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I don't mind taking turns.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I was better today - and just a squit faster than you.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Tripped up by an "answer" which, to my mind, is blatant advertising...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Crikey - I took nearly a minute and still came in in third place.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Bugger - changed a right guess to a wrong one on the film question.
Hmph.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I have no idea how I got 10/10 today - thanks to the guessometer!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Oooh! Right behind Ariston!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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What? On top? Totally the Guessometer's fault!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Wouldn't you just love to send the Fun Trivia people a really snotty e-mail telling them that they might consider checking the spelling of place-names* in their quizzes?
After you've told them what a wonderful quiz it was, obviously ...
* Reykjavik, not Reykjavic.
Posted by Signaller (# 17495) on
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All hail, mighty guessometer!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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No it isn't - it didn't know any more about Texan university sports teams* than I do.
* i.e. anything at all.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Hook 'em.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Last again yesterday!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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First perfect score today. I was lucky and Guessy was steaming!
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Astrology
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I was fine on the astrology (well, the Guessometer was), but I was a bit rubbish on a certain film ...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Goodness - that one had several of the ones I usually get wrong, and I got them all right!
Blessèd be the Guessometer!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Scuppered by 'Murcan television again.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Turning a right answer into a wrong answer is never helpful!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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The right answer to question 7 wasn't one of the options.
God's chosen people are, obviously, the Anglicans.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Someone has to be on the bottom, don't they?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Look at Uncle Pete!!!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Look at Uncle Pete!!!
[ 15. November 2016, 14:08: Message edited by: Uncle Pete ]
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Someone has to be on the bottom, don't they?
Indeed, and today it was me.
Too much Americana for this little British piggy ...
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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I fear I don't have encyclopaedic knowledge of liniment brands
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Neither do I, but I used the method of elimination (and listening to the Guessometer, obviously).
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Second place!
Might have been first if I hadn't thunk for quite so long about one of the questions (although the thinking did lead me to change a wrong answer to a right one).
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Who are these complete unknowns whom I am supposed to know about?
Posted by Teekeey Misha (# 18604) on
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You have to provide a signature instead of a PIN when using a credit card? How many decades ago were these questions written?
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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In the States, last week. Chipcards are pretty new here (well, as something that's actually done); I think there's two grocery stores (both owned by the same firm) that use it here, and a couple coffee shops, but that's it, really.
Think I still have to do digital signature on a couple of those coffee shop transactions, too.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Yay!
On top temporarily!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Third place, on a Sunday! That'll do nicely.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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The Guessometer was tapping me on the shoulder. I ignored him. *sigh*
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I don't think it's at all unreasonable for me not to know the relative heights of heads of state of another country - I wouldn't know them for my own country either.
Hmph.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Really speeds up the response times when 2 questions are the same!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Quiz...Guessometer testing site.
Well, I'm certainly starting the month off with a bang!!!!!
Posted by Teekeey Misha (# 18604) on
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I'm not sure I understand the scoring system on this quiz malarkey. It says on this page that I earned +7 today and my score is 955. It says on yesterday's scores page that I scored +9 points and my score was 954.
How does adding +7 to 954 give 955? Is the "score" column not a cumulative score? If not, what does +7 mean? +7 what (or what +7)?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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That's something I can answer, Teekeey Misha, unlike quiz questions about 'Murrican rock groups and movies. Regardless of the fact that I'm 'Murrican.
The score is 1000 points minus how ever many seconds you take to answer ten questions correctly. If you only get nine questions correct, your score is 1000 minus your time plus 100. Eight correct answers is 1000 minus your time plus 200.
The award is based on the number of people playing on a particular day. For instance, today there are 13 people so far. So, top person gets all 13 points. I'm not sure what the formula is for figuring the rest of the points, but both today and yesterday had 13 players, and the award point spread is the same for both days.
Does this help?
Posted by Teekeey Misha (# 18604) on
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quote:
Originally posted by jedijudy:
Does this help?
I think it does; the key is that "score" is a daily score, not a cumulative one? Thank you.
Posted by Teekeey Misha (# 18604) on
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It makes even more sense having just found the page with my "personal profile" showing my scores for two weeks!
Posted by Teekeey Misha (# 18604) on
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Today, three of my random guesses were incorrect but four were correct. Should I be worried that there were only three answers I actually knew?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Not at all, TM - it sometimes happens that way . Today, I had two right guesses and two splats (American TV and popular music are not my speciality).
And it's very rare for nobody to get 10/10.
[ 03. December 2016, 22:31: Message edited by: Piglet ]
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I was a bit rubbish today, but I still made it to seventh place, and the questions I got wrong were both about Americans I'd never heard of, so I'm not going to feel too bad.
Posted by Teekeey Misha (# 18604) on
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Rats! Fell for the old "select first correct answer and don't bother reading to see if it's one of the pesky 'all the above' questions."
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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From my experience (and I think I was in the quiz right from the off), if there is an "all of these" option it's more often than not the right one.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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'murcan television ...
mump grump moan
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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Nailed it today.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Briefly at the top, until those with lightening fingers get here.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Well done, little Guessometer!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Oh no it wasn't.
Read the bl**dy question, Piglet!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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The Guessometer tried so hard to tell me.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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GUM ? They're now asking questions about gum? Dear God
Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on
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Looking at this month's scores, part of me thinks "Blimey people actually played on Christmas Day. Didn't they have better things to do?" and the rest of me thinks "Bugger, I didn't play on Christmas Day".
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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If I ever get a chess question right, I'll expect there to be three moons in the sky, in varying shades of blue.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I believe that's two days in a row that I was on the bottom of the list.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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A couple of lucky guesses (thank you Guessometer - have a wee dram!) and a couple not so lucky.
Second place with only 8/10? That'll do nicely (not that it'll last ...)
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Bl**dy yanks! Not only do they not spell correctly, they don't get the difference between the use of a word as a name and a word that sounds the same but is spelled diferently as the name of a colour.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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There are certain questions in the Bible Trivia quizzes that I always get wrong, and number 10 was one of them.
You'd think I'd remember, wouldn't you?
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Cartoons trip me up every time.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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So I don't know much about country and western music. That's just as well.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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The Guessometer was rocking it today!
Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on
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Mine too. I was gobsmacked.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm an idiot. I changed a right guess (and tbh it wasn't really even a guess - I sort of knew the answer) to a wrong one.
brainless piglet
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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[pedant alert]
The editors really ought to update their information - in the blurb on question 8 they say that Queen Victoria is the longest-reigning British monarch, which she isn't.
[/pedant alert]
[ 21. January 2017, 22:24: Message edited by: Piglet ]
Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on
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I have spent some time on the general site and there are a lot of questions which are all set by site users as individual questions or part of a themed quiz. A volunteer host must approve all of these before they are allowed in to the question pool from which our quizzes (and plenty of others) are chosen randomly. To maintain all of the questions where the facts might fall out of date would be pretty time-consuming and probably beyond the small army of unpaid hosts. If someone takes a quiz they can report an inaccuracy to the quiz writer who may or may not make a correction - if they are still involved on the site at all. There are guidelines for setting questions which suggest avoiding facts which might fall out of date but it it will still happen and some people's attempts not to fall into this trap become quite tortuous to read. It can be interesting to see this and think to yourself "Oh, yes, she was the longest ruling at one time".
To quote our IT department: it's a feature.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Fair enough.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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You never know if I'll be at the bottom of the heap or at the top.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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You're nearer the top than I am today - just.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Guessometer working beautifully - speedometer not so much, as I'm using a laptop without a mouse and am consequently not a happy piglet.
Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on
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Whoa! Six of those were complete and utter guesses, and I got 10/10. I must have used up the whole of this year's luck in 66 seconds.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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For me, today, 4 complete guesses (got 3 right) and 3 other educated guesses (got them all right).
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Sounds like the Guessometer is working hard for his evening toddy!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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My score of 9/10 is testament to the Guessometer's general wonderfulness.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I don't know on what planet that quiz was "harder", but I suppose it's all a matter of getting questions to which you know the answer.
Pass me that oxygen!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
... Pass me that oxygen!
I think that must be the first time I've gone to the top and stayed there.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
... Pass me that oxygen!
I think that must be the first time I've gone to the top and stayed there.
We all got together and thought you might like that as a b-day gift!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Thank you!
As it turned out I couldn't even play yesterday, as we were snowed in and I had no computer access.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Holding up the Quizzers. Again.
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
I don't know on what planet that quiz was "harder", but I suppose it's all a matter of getting questions to which you know the answer.
Pass me that oxygen!
Easy quiz + film question = hard quiz!
(Others find this applies with sport, pop music, anything "foreign")
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I've got another excellent opportunity to come in last again!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I did it!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Oh, mighty Guessometer, will you give me the answer to four questions?
I guess not. Three must be all I'm allowed.
*sigh*
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I love it when I suddenly remember the answer to a question from the last x times it came up and change a wrong to a right.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Allow me to be a sad warning to all of you. Listen to the Guessometer when it whispers in your ear.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I did (several times), and it took me into second place!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Today I am first to play but already seem destined for last place!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Foiled again!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Feed the Guessometer here.
Despite changing a right answer to a wrong one and only getting 8/10 I still managed fifth place - must have been a hard quiz!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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******* 'Murcan sport.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Only 9/10 and it should have been higher - I blame my innate stupidity, I'm sure reading the question would have helped.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Only 9/10 and it should have been higher - I blame my innate stupidity, I'm sure reading the question would have helped.
On the easy or very easy ones, I find that if I read the questions, I finish well out of the money - every time. If I only read the first few words of some of them and get one or more wrong, I finish well out of the money - but sometimes I get them all right. So, that's what I play for. Especially if I see several people with a 10 and a very quick time.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I actually remembered the answer to the Gilligan's Island question from the last time it came up!
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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Guess-o-meter was 0 for 2 for me today. Thus the last place position.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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That's what I get for skimming the questions.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Foiled by the book-order in the Old Testament again ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Twice the Guessometer whacked me up the side of my head. Twice I thought "Nah, that's too easy." Twice I was wrongwrongwrong.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I didn't think any of it was too easy, but the Guessometer still hit me on the head. Twice.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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First yesterday Last today
That's the way it goes. Guessed at least 4 times today, and got three wrong.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Second place (33 seconds) on a "very easy" day, when most people are whizzing round the quiz in 25 seconds!
That'll do nicely.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Yay! I'm at the top! I don't care if it's only for ten minutes!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm an idiot.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
I'm an idiot.
I'm a bigger one!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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The Guessometer was smokin' hot today - I even changed a wrong answer to a right one.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
The Guessometer was smokin' hot today - I even changed a wrong answer to a right one.
Yes siree!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I was only three years old in 1965. I think I'm entitled to get question 1 wrong.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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At the top for the moment. Yesterday was helping Pete hold up everyone else from the bottom.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Should have gone with my instincts, but changed a right to a wrong.
Bother.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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See what happens when you don't read the question (or the answer) correctly? Let me be your horrible example.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Propping up the table for the moment.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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My profound thanks to Oinkster and Signaller for remedying yesterday's state of affairs.
* * *
Does anyone else find that when they give you the same question twice (but worded just slightly differently) it actually slows you down, because you have to do a double take?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Guessometer was right. I was wrong. *sigh*
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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You too??
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I was a very wise little piglet and listened to the blessèd Guessometer.
Not a very fast little piglet, but a very wise one.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Oh my. Must remember to offer the Guessometer some bribes...errr...gifts soon.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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In my case it wasn't the Guessometer's fault; in fact, it gently guided me to a right guess* when I was going to put a wrong one.
My problem was that I can't count the letters of the alphabet on my fingers.
* in a question about an American TV show I've never watched, wouldn't you know?
eta: how did I manage to be in third place?
[ 04. April 2017, 21:03: Message edited by: Piglet ]
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Nicely done, Guessometer. Out of four, Guessometer got three right!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Verona, Piglet you idiot, not Venice.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Ah, that's better.
Broke the 30-second barrier (a rare event for me), and on a Sunday too!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I hadn't heard of any of them and the Guessometer failed me!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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It worked beautifully for me - pass the oxygen!
Welcome back, by the way - great to see the Weasel back on the scoreboard.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Guessometer had a good workout today. I was only skimming, which usually gets me in hot water!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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The Guessometer was rockin' it today - at least two right guesses and a gentle nudge from a wrong to a right.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Chuffing American politics.
Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on
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Common sentiment these days.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Well, that was a bit rubbish. A TV show I've never watched, a book I've never read and D. saying "see you later" half-way through don't make for a very high place on the leader-board.
I'm grateful to Sharkshooter for keeping me off the bottom ...
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
...
I'm grateful to Sharkshooter for keeping me off the bottom ...
At your service!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Today, like Atlas, I'm holding the rest of the quizzers on my strong (ha), broad (HaHa!) shoulders.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm delighted to report that the Guessometer knows more about Elvis Presley songs than I do.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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If the Guessometer would have shared that secret with me, Piglet, I wouldn't have been languishing under the 10 correct answers crowd!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Another internet blip on loading puts me in danger of being beaten by Pete later.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Whoo!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I didn't think 33 seconds would get me very far up the leader-board with a quiz like that.
Seventh place seems to be my default setting ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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So, I clicked on the quiz link, then looked out the window and started daydreaming. Imagine my surprise when I looked at my laptop, and there was the quiz waiting patiently for me to start choosing answers! Oops.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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new month, so I thought I would join in
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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Rats! I would have got nine, but didn't realise I'd not answered one!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Click for brain cell count here
You'd think I was making it a point of honour to get the questions about 'Murcan sports wrong ...
[ 02. May 2017, 21:11: Message edited by: Piglet ]
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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I was prepared for a 10/10 today, but somehow managed to scroll past a question.
Posted by tessaB (# 8533) on
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Playing early gives one a very distorted view of how well one is doing!
Posted by Doone (# 18470) on
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At last I got 10!
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Strange that they can't mahage to spell the name of India's first female premier correctly.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
new month, so I thought I would join in
of course, it would help iof I then remembered to play every day
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I shouldn't worry, WK - you'll probably be fairly far up the leaderboard anyway.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Superannuated comics.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Superannuated ethnocentric comics.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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YESSSSS! My alter ego is top of the leader-board; OK so only four players so far but still I'm chuffed
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Someone has to hold up the quizzers. My turn!!
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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...and we're all very grateful.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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memo to self, read the WHOLE question, even on the "easy level" days
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Who'd have thought I'd come to regret not watching The Dukes of Hazard
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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As my dear departed mum always used to say before exams, "remember, dear, always read the question".
When the question says "isn't", don't read it as "is".
[ 11. May 2017, 21:22: Message edited by: Piglet ]
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Large dram of Highland Park for the Guessometer!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Little Guessie was smoking hot today on Q 1 and 2
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Thanks Pete, it's still smokin' for me today!
Posted by Japes (# 5358) on
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I seem to be doing OK after a while of not doing the quiz...
Guessometer even worked pretty well for me today!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I think you must have tired it out. Who the hell's Andy Kaufman?
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Hmm, not so easy.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I noticed that Young Pete beat for time yesterday, hence:
NOTICE TO PETE: This is not allowed!
I think there is a particular exception made on page 3742 [appendix 9975] of the SoF-Funtrivia rule book!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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It's not often I break the 30-second barrier, but I did today.
Posted by Signaller (# 17495) on
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A (presumably USA) TV show that ran for five years three decades ago (and isn't Star Trek)- is Average?
Save me from the Hard ones!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Guessometer tried so hard to help me. Oh well.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Me too, JJ, and I still managed to change a right to a wrong.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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If I want to make an assault on the leaderboard, I must remember to play more often
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
If I want to make an assault on the leaderboard, I must remember to play more often
If I want to do make an assault on the leaderboard, I could try getting all the questions right.
Mind you, the Guessometer was mostly working well today.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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at least your total score (from playing regularly) gets you there.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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My time was somewhat jiggered today by D. phoning me in mid-quiz.
I can't blame him for me getting the fil-lum question wrong though ...
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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If that was very easy, why is there no one under 45 seconds yet?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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ACK! I clicked the wrong one! I knew the right one! Ack!
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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Been there; done that.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by sharkshooter:
If that was very easy, why is there no one under 45 seconds yet?
Fair point - I'm on 46 and in third place, and that doesn't happen very often.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Praise to the Guessometer!
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Fell over on the rounders question.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I managed it (with a lot of help from the Guessometer) but was completely rubbish on a couple of others, mostly due to not reading the question properly.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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For the moment (until the speed-merchants get here) I'm in need of oxygen.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Nicely done, Piglet!
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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The guessometer was not my friend today
fastest 9/10 so far, though
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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Animals and animated movies.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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What happened to everyone today? I'm in 2nd place with only the top two having 10!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Not any more you aren't.
A fat lot of good it'll do me - I'm going over to Scotland next Tuesday for a couple of weeks and won't be likely to have much in the way of computer access, so the one month when I might have got a Personal Best in the rankings I won't.
Oh well, that's the way the cookie crumbles ...
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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I dread the ones that say Very Easy as they so often give me problems - but today I managed.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I got three questions wrong today - ******* films and 'Murcan TV!
Mind you, I've just looked at the standings for the month and I seem to be at the top of them.
How the heck did that happen???
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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I'm in the lead early today, but I don't think 31 seconds keep me there.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Sorry, but it didn't - but it wasn't me, honest.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Stupid error there - DUH!!
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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gah - guessometer not helping in culturally specific advert questions !
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
gah - guessometer not helping in culturally specific advert questions !
Don't think I've ever got that question right.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Guessy was a great help this morning, giving me names of rock groups and other things
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Yes indeed, Uncle Pete!
The Quiz! The Guessometer! Playing at a computer near you!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm back, and my holiday must have done me some good, as I changed a wrong to a right!
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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At least I won't be last today.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Chuffing fil-lums.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Crikey - I even got the Old Testament questions right.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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People walking in the room and insisting on talking to me do not help my quizzing speed!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Just wait til the kiddies start coming in to share their stories since they last saw you (maybe 2 minutes ago(
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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The Guessometer deserves an absolutely enormous dram of Highland Park 25-year-old today - I must have changed at least three wrong guesses to right ones.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Bedding??? And they use this term to refer to what? Plants, Linens or Bedsteads or Mattresses.
FFS
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I used a process of elimination for that one.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Friday, bedding's here again. That's ok, I long ago memorized the answer.
Two wrong again. Author I've never finished. I tried and got to page 34 - of the introduction, if I recall. Then music? Never heard of either album or the wailers involved.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
... I tried and got to page 34 - of the introduction, if I recall ...
That's 32 pages further than I ever got.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Some really silly questions today.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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What was number 8 about? (....pet tricks)
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I've absolutely no idea, but fortunately the blessèd Guessometer did.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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It doesn't know any more about American motor-racing than I do though.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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It is pretty hard to make up for missed days when there are only 10-15 people playing every day.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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That's for sure, sharkshooter.
I'll be missing some more before the month is out, too.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Yay! I was at the top yesterday!
Boo. That wasn't enough to raise my monthly standing after missing half the month.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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My current monthly standing appears to be third - my highest ever by a long way.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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I thought the reference was to a dog, on a show I never watched.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Bugger Spiderman.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm no good at the Medes and the Persians ...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Well, that'll have buggered my July standings. Wrong mythical creature, wrong Jackson and as for question 8, what the actual f***???
The Guessometer's buying its own drinks tonight ...
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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I'd never heard of that famous expedition and guessometer wasn't my friend either.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Yay! I'm at the top!
That doesn't help the fact that I missed half the month's quizzes.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Wrong prophet. Again.
Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on
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Done in by an internet delay!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Done in by a fit of giggling. I was laughing so hard at my proposed answer to Question 2 that I missed Question 4 entirely.
I can't help it if I think the subject of the question is so disgusting that I have never served it in my own home.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Oh! Temporarily on top!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Another imperfect Sunday. At least it won't b*gger up my August ranking - I'm off across the big pond this evening and will have limited interwebicity for the next couple of weeks, so I wouldn't have been in the running anyway.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Read the question, jj!!
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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grr - US specific knowledge required, and guessometer is no help !
but looks like I'm top until someone gets 10/10 !
[ 08. August 2017, 15:23: Message edited by: Wet Kipper ]
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
grr - US specific knowledge required, and guessometer is no help !
but looks like I'm top until someone gets 10/10 !
And, yesterday, 9/10 was good enough! Congrats!
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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shame it wasn't enough for today as well.
how are we Brits supposed to know about the ***** house ?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Two days in a row at the bottom of the heap!!!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Now at the top! I'm nothing if not inconsistent!!
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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aaargh. Fast, but wrong !
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Oh well - one wrong guess out of a few ain't so bad ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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You were still four seconds faster than me! Guessy tried to help me. I didn't listen.
Posted by Chelley (# 11322) on
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I do the quiz to make everyone else feel better about themselves!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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It's not often you get into third place with a score of 9/10 in 57 seconds ...
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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i thought one of today's questions was a trick, it was so easy and so similar to another one, that i had to read it multiple times to make sure
That's my excuse for a "slow" time anyway
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Me too, WK - that and the fact that my computer currently has two speeds - dead slow and stop.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Rats. The Guessometer made me mark the correct answer. Then I, in my great wisdom, changed it.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Top of the pile for a minute or two!
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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I'm about to try today's quiz
based on the people so far who have tried, and their times, I'm not expecting to do very well
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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I've just tried today's quiz
My low expectations were well founded
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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My score (9/10) owes a lot more to the Guessometer than it does to my brain.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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Top of the page, so here is the link.
2 out of 2 for the guessometer today.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Stuff that for a lark - got the hockey question wrong. Never going to get my citizenship at this rate ...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Managed to get both the right Jackson and the right 'Murcan sport.
Clever little Guessometer!
<passes it a large dram>
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I didn't even know Yogi Bear had a girlfriend, let alone her name.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Well rats. I think I was in second place for the month pre-Irma. Now I'm in 10th. Rats again.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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You must have bumped somebody - - you're in 9th now and I'm in 10th ...
Posted by Chelley (# 11322) on
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Oh dear!! ...that's all I have to say!
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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Can't believe I wasn't last yesterday.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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at least you remembered to play
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Well, I certainly failed the Bible quiz miserably!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'm thankful that there are times when the Guessometer knows far more than I do about the Old Testament.
Mind you, so do most people ...
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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turns out I can't count to 17
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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It pays to count it out on your fingers, like what I did. Twice (just to be sure).
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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The Guessometer was whispering in my ear, "You always miss that one."
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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Sep 17
18 players played during the month.
1. Loveheart (294 points, 10 wins)
2. TheRogue (281 points, 3 wins)
3. Gussie (267 points, 3 wins)
4. ceesharp (266 points, 2 wins)
5. wet_kipper (230 points, 6 wins)
6. sharkshooter (227 points, 1 wins)
7. Jonah_the_Whale (222 points, 1 wins)
8. piglet (219 points, 0 wins)
9. jedijudy (213 points, 1 wins)
10. TreeBee (212 points, 3 wins)
Posted by Signaller (# 17495) on
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Any fule kno Reliant made the Regal. Sniff.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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WooHoo! I won yesterday!!!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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"Harder"? I don't think so.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Sod that for a game of soldiers. When I was on question 2, my computer decided that "Fun Trivia is not responding"* and took what felt like several aeons to recover itself, by which time it had forgotten that I'd put the right answer for question 1.
******* computers.
* Our computer is rather elderly, and it has a habit of doing such things, although it's never done it in mid-quiz before ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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After all this time, you'd think I'd remember to read the whole question, wouldn't you?
Glad to let everyone stand on my shoulders!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Ack! I knew the right answer! I did! Really! My mouse moved without permission!!!!!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I didn't, and neither did the Guessometer. And you're no longer holding everyone else up.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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On the question about the lady singer, my usually fail-safe "go for the only one you've heard of" gambit, um ... failed.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I don't think I let the Guessometer wake up properly.
This is the first time ever that I was first to play!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Quizmasters - if you're going to have a question about the capital of a foreign country, at least have the courtesy to spell it correctly.
Just sayin' ...
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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Guessometer was not my friend today.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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******* 'murcan television again.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
Guessometer was not my friend today.
but it was today
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Apart from a question about a film I've never seen (surprise surprise!) that wasn't really a very hard quiz at all.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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So I don't watch game shows (unless you count University Challenge).
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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There is NO WAY I won't be last today.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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That was the first time I've done the quiz on the Tablet, and as it took me 53 seconds for a really easy one, it'll also be the last.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Guessy helped on one, but not the other. Bottom of the pile!!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Changed a right to a wrong - bugger.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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There were three that I had no idea about. At least Guessy took pity on me for one of them.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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Oct 17
20 players played during the month.
1. ceesharp (317 points, 4 wins)
2. TheRogue (280 points, 5 wins)
3. Loveheart (272 points, 6 wins)
4. TreeBee (269 points, 1 wins)
5. jedijudy (259 points, 1 wins)
6. Gussie (258 points, 2 wins)
7. wet_kipper (241 points, 9 wins)
8. piglet (221 points, 0 wins)
9. sharkshooter (166 points, 0 wins)
10. SidneyRip (165 points, 0 wins)
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Dammit - changed a right guess to a wrong one.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Yay, me! I finally was correct on the one I always (until today) got wrong!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I'd never heard of either of the people in question 10, so I opted for the "none of these" answer, as it's usually right.
Not this time.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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thank you, Guessometer !
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I always get the Alex Haley series/mini-series question wrong. Never having watched either, how would I know which was a mini-series?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 33 seconds on a Sunday - that'll do nicely.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Oh.
Oh!!!
I'm on top of the pile right now!! Above Wet Kipper, too! That never happens!!!
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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F**k! F**k! F**k!
Should have remembered the Dean Martin song...
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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I spent so long deliberating over the harder ones today, that I pressed the wrong answer on the ridiculously easy one.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Guessometer was politely tapping on my shoulder, saying, "Read the question, jj".
Did I listen? Nope.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I changed a wrong answer to a right one!
Usually it's the other way round ...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Old Testament espionage isn't my strong point ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Oooh! I'm so honored to be tied with Wet Kipper!
Posted by Sarasa (# 12271) on
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OOh I'm in the lead for the month (as Gussie). I find it so odd that I go for days being rubbish and then have a bit of a wiining streak. It won't last.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Well, rats!!
Too much turkey to remember everything, I think!
Quiz fun link!
[spelink]
[ 23. November 2017, 19:28: Message edited by: jedijudy ]
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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At least you remembered to do the quiz yesterday, unlike some people (cough).
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Crikey - second place with a time of 80 seconds (was using the Tablet). Was also using the Guessometer.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Who the **** is Susan B. Anthony? And why did I change a right random guess about her middle name to a wrong one?
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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Still trying to get used to this MacBook Air. Scrolling with 2 fingers vs with a mouse wheel will take some time.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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Nov 17
22 players played during the month.
1. Gussie (280 points, 6 wins)
2. TreeBee (266 points, 3 wins)
3. ceesharp (266 points, 3 wins)
4. wet_kipper (254 points, 8 wins)
5. jedijudy (244 points, 1 wins)
6. Jonah_the_Whale (241 points, 3 wins)
7. TheRogue (240 points, 1 wins)
8. piglet (201 points, 0 wins)
9. SidneyRip (197 points, 0 wins)
10. Loveheart (190 points, 3 wins)
Posted by Sarasa (# 12271) on
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Yippee I won for November! (and celebrated by startng this month by proving I can't spell).
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Well done Sarasa! I’m amazed I came second as it felt like a duff month quiz-wise.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I reckon I was lucky to get into the top 10; most days I do the quiz either on our home computer (which is rather geriatric and for speed would make James May look like Lewis Hamilton), or on the tablet (which I haven't quite sussed how to move quickly on).
Oh and there was the little matter of forgetting to do the quiz at all on a couple of days ...
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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9th - most gratifying, especially since, like piglet, I missed a couple of days and am working on an antique machine.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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On which planet could that quiz have been considered "harder"?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Bottom of the pile! One answer I had no clue. The other one was so simple, that I clicked the very wrong answer!
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Definitely not my finest hour today. I can only plead tiredness.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Got the wrong actress - I think the one I picked may have been the lady who played Daisy in the original TV series.
I'm old.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
Got the wrong actress - I think the one I picked may have been the lady who played Daisy in the original TV series.
I'm old.
I knew it wasn't that one, because of the date of the movie, but that left 3 to guess from. And I got it wrong, too.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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the dukes of hazard question has come up ( and caught me out) before, so I remembered it this time
today's questions however - lots of US specific things. (my excuse)
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Blimey! For reasons I can't fathom the old alter-ego is (for the moment at least) top of the pile
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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quote:
Originally posted by L'organist:
Blimey! For reasons I can't fathom the old alter-ego is (for the moment at least) top of the pile
I would have been better if my computer had not decided to quit working at Question 8.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Got the potential lady-vice-president wrong - thought she was earlier than she actually was.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
Got the potential lady-vice-president wrong - thought she was earlier than she actually was.
Same here.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Its all the questions about US food weirdness that gets me.
Posted by mrs whibley (# 4798) on
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Yes, that was an odd one! (To Brits, anyway).
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Absolutely - has anyone else here never had broccoli and cheese in a baked potato?
Or for that matter never seen The Little Shop of Horrors?
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Piglet:
Absolutely - has anyone else here never had broccoli and cheese in a baked potato?
Or for that matter never seen The Little Shop of Horrors?
Um, no.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Second place - that's better. I even got the right bloke from the Old Testament.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Piglet:
Absolutely - has anyone else here never had broccoli and cheese in a baked potato?
Or for that matter never seen The Little Shop of Horrors?
[/QUOTE
I got it wrong (jacket potato) because Wodders liked his with cauliflower, although Smudgie and I had a gorgeous one with broccoli at Painshill Park a few year back. We were so stuffed we had a bowl of soup for supper.
As for the movie, I think you have to be over 70. Just the thought of it gave me the shivers.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Now I think about it, broccoli and cheese in a baked spud might be rather nice - I've just never come across it before.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Got the questions just fine - but my mouse seems to be fu**ed so it gave me the world's worst time
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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getting my excuses in early today
I hate the "really easy" ones that have such long questions with obvious answers that by the time you're picking your result you have to read the question again to make sure it's not a trick
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Yea and amen, WK.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Chose a right answer, moved to the next question, then thought about it and went back to click a wrong answer.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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To quote that fine chanteuse Britney Spears Ooops! I did it again
Posted by Stejjie (# 13941) on
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Decided to have a go for the first time in ages... think my Guess-o-meter is working quite well for once!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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The Guessometer was indeed on very good form today, for which it will be rewarded with a large Highland Park.
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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I really, really, really HATE quiz questions which are self-referential!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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It's quite comforting to know that most of the other players hadn't a scooby about 'Murcan lady footballists either.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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I knew that one. But had a brain fart about philosophers.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 40 seconds - I'll take that. Merry Christmas, fellow quizzists!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Don't you just love it when you change a right guess to a wrong one and then change it back again??
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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I am completely astounded. Still first place? Surely I did something wrong!
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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OK, tortuf...how did you get zero correct answers?
Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on
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It took a while. Some of the questions were harder to get wrong than others.
Posted by daisymay (# 1480) on
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reading praying
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Stuff that - I had a Disney-related brainfart.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10 in 37 seconds and second place? That'll do nicely.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Well, that was a bit rubbish. How should I know what sort of quizzes they don't have? Or for that matter, anything about whatever sport it is that needs a pitcher - championship Sangria drinking, perhaps?
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Just throwing out an idea - when we migrate to the new boards and the quiz continues, could we set up a new quiz with an administrator who posts currently?
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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Dec 17
24 players played during the month.
1. Jonah_the_Whale (329 points, 4 wins)
2. Loveheart (305 points, 7 wins)
3. TreeBee (303 points, 3 wins)
4. ceesharp (280 points, 1 wins)
5. jedijudy (273 points, 2 wins)
6. Gussie (267 points, 2 wins)
7. piglet (238 points, 0 wins)
8. wet_kipper (233 points, 8 wins)
9. TheRogue (230 points, 3 wins)
10. SidneyRip (163 points, 0 wins)
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Uncle Pete:
Just throwing out an idea - when we migrate to the new boards and the quiz continues, could we set up a new quiz with an administrator who posts currently?
That's not a bad idea - I haven't seen any posts from Jahlove for ages. Are you still thinking of Fun Trivia, or did you have another quiz site in mind?
As to last month's standings, 7th place and no wins seems to be more-or-less my default setting.
[ 04. January 2018, 00:57: Message edited by: Piglet ]
Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on
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how does one join in the new crew's quiz?
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Click on the link (currently on page 94, second post down) and then you can register on the quiz site to start playing, using either your Shipboard name or another alter ego.
Happy quizzing!
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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short-cut here
A little more new-user friendly.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Do come and join us, aliehs - the more the merrier.
You'll get used to our little quirks ...
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Hahaha! Even if I wouldn't have messed up the one question that I really did know the answer to, I'd still be on the bottom!
Posted by Uncle Pete (# 10422) on
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Warning: Obscure Merkin movies day today.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
:
Very hard questions indeed, and the guessometer has gone AWOL.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Enough with the fil-lum questions already!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Crikey - 10/10, second place and even sorted out the Medes, the Persians and the Chaldeans ...
The Guessometer seems to have got its Mojo back.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I've just put a note on the computer telling me who moves up and along in chess.
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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must... read...properly..before...clicking
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Dammit - I knew what sort of dragon Norbert was, but I still clicked the wrong one.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Chuffin' fil-lums again ...
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Ah - that's better. Third place.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Lesson to self number 9,403:
When you (me) click on the link to start the quiz, don't get distracted by your yummy salad.
Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on
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Guessometer working well today.
Posted by Jonah the Whale (# 1244) on
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You worked it too hard - it was broken by the time I got there.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by Tree Bee:
Guessometer working well today.
It certainly knows more about Welsh names than I do!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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I can handle getting a question wrong if it's about country singers.
I know very little about them, and have no intention of remedying this.
Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on
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That was fun. But now I know what non English speakers feel like when doing a comprehension test. I had to think like an American.....EEEKKK!!!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Don't worry, aliehs, all of us who weren't born in the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave have the same trouble.
They quite often repeat the questions, so you'll get used to it after a while!
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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Jan 18
23 players played during the month.
1. Jonah_the_Whale (331 points, 8 wins)
2. ceesharp (319 points, 6 wins)
3. Loveheart (300 points, 5 wins)
4. TreeBee (280 points, 0 wins)
5. Gussie (264 points, 4 wins)
6. jedijudy (259 points, 0 wins)
7. wet_kipper (258 points, 6 wins)
8. TheRogue (236 points, 2 wins)
9. piglet (218 points, 0 wins)
10. SidneyRip (215 points, 0 wins)
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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32 seconds, and I'm the slowest (so far) of the 10/10s. Power up the turbo charger today.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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10/10, fifth place and I even got the fil-lum question right!
Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on
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There's always ONE question that gets me. Usually pop of films. Must listen to the radio more. Or watch RAGE. Haven't tried the Guessometer yet; maybe tomorrow
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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feckin' Murican "sports".
I propose we send the quiz setters a list of the historic nick-names of the older English football league clubs - anyone for the hatters?
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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quote:
Originally posted by L'organist:
feckin' Murican "sports".
Absolutely.
quote:
I propose we send the quiz setters a list of the historic nick-names of the older English football league clubs - anyone for the hatters?
We don't need to: Wiki will be their friend.
Posted by sharkshooter (# 1589) on
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Guessed on 2, got 1 wrong.
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Guessed on one, got it wrong.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
:
'Murican comics
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Preach it, L'Organist!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Sweeties that I don't like.
Why are M&Ms so much less nice than Smarties?
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Oh, wow. The Guessometer (our gift from Uncle Pete ) was amazing today. It gets a little star in its little crown!
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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I realise I sound like a wuss but I've never figured out what the guessometer is, where to find it or how to use: enlightenment please!
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on
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Originally posted by jedijudy:
... The Guessometer (our gift from Uncle Pete ) ...
I was just thinking about that as I clicked on the quiz - it was good of Uncle Pete to leave it with us.
It's hard to describe the Guessometer, as none of us has actually seen it. It's what inexplicably draws your mouse-pointer to the right button when you haven't a baldy notion of the answer to a question.*
We're sometimes very rude about it (it has malfunctions just like the rest of us, and occasionally it gets tired out before we've all played the quiz), but when it does work, it's rewarded with virtual GIN or 18-year-old Highland Park whisky.
* For most of us, these questions are either about films or American sports that are a mystery to the rest of the world.
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on
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Thank you, Piglet: I had suspected the Guessometer was a relative of Mornington Crescent, now I know.
Posted by aliehs (# 18878) on
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I'd like to propose a "Time out while I think about it " button.
Or a handicap for touch typists.
Disgruntlement ? No sheer frustration; I go as fast as I can and still take more time to tick the correct answer, even when I know what it is. Don't mind me; I am just disappointed in myself.
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on
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Top of the list...well until Wet Kipper and some of the other young people get here!
Posted by Wet Kipper (# 1654) on
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interesting today to have 2 related questions, kind of giving away one of the answers!
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