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Patdys
Iron Wannabe
RooK-Annoyer
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Originally posted by Wet Kipper:
Hostly ahem
1 - no links in punctuation or in smilies. Any links posted must give reference to what they link to.
2- the rules about posting in English still apply, so no posting in code either, please
Wet Kipper
Circus Host
Firstly, I am sorry Wet Kipper.
Secondly, my second coded sentence has a delicious irony with your post. Thankyou.
(Lrf V xabj, V unira'g sbyybjrq gur ehyrf. Jul fubhyq guvf lrne or nal qvssrerag?) decoded with rot13 becomes (Yes I know, I haven't followed the rules. Why should this year be any different?). ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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In a break with tradition the first points are available before we actually start the quiz.
Points Allocation
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The more questions I ask the more I ask fewer questions.
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The wise person does not know all the answers, but always asks the right questions.
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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am I too late?
Asteroid
Thud.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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I don't think we've officially finished this round, so I believe you are right on time, comet! ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
I think comet should get points for brevity!
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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While we are still collecting entrants:
INTERMEDIATE ROUND
You have to pick one of the other competitors in this quiz, and obviously they cannot have been chosen at the time you post your entry.
Examine this post again to determine or unlock the clues to extra smart points.
Listen to the nightingale as you sit in your wicker chair talking to an American sailor about a 1904 Darracq.
Good Luck at this stage and I hope to start the real KNOCKOUT after the weekend.
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Mertseger
Faerie Bard
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<Grabs Pokeball>
Hart: I choose you! Biblical allusion attack, now!
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The Body of Christ,
The Goddess of Body,
The Manifest Song of Faerie.
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Adam.
Like as the
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Well, if you're asking, I'm mimicking Herod's step-daughter.
I pick Mertseger.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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I am obviously too tired to qualify for smart points.
I pick the pilgrim!
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rugasaw
Shipmate
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I pick rugasaw. He seems like an interesting figure.
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chicklegirl
Shipmate
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I choose Geneviève. And here's why: http://www.donbrockway.com/Genevieve's%20History.htm
Sorry about the lame link. I tried (no kidding) a dozen times to make the URL work but for some reason the instant UBB code is not helping me out at all tonight. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Golden Key
Shipmate
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I choose shipmate Comet, because comet Borrelly was discovered in 1904.
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Patdys
Iron Wannabe
RooK-Annoyer
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Quizmaster conundrum quote:
You have to pick one of the other competitors in this quiz, and obviously they cannot have been chosen at the time you post your entry.
I would do so.
But if I were to post their name, then they would be chosen at the time I posted it which clearly contravenes the rules.
But if I don't post their name, then no one knows who I picked, and that contravenes the rules.
So instead, I will bribe QM with some wine mixed with iocane powder. And then get involved in a land war in Asia.
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ephemera
Shipmate
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I pick Geneviève, because she is a 1904 Darracq.
Geneviève says she is confused.
I'm confused.
We make a good pair.
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The Great Gumby
Ship's Brain Surgeon
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quote:
Originally posted by ephemera:
I pick Geneviève, because she is a 1904 Darracq.
True, but chicklegirl got there first, which apparently means you're not allowed to.
I pick Paddy O'Furniture, which is an awful pun suggesting a wicker chair or similar.
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The Great Gumby
Ship's Brain Surgeon
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quote:
Originally posted by rugasaw:
I pick rugasaw.
I like the lateral thinking, but didn't Quizmaster say you had to pick one of the other competitors?
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Rugmaker
Shipmate
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I pick Quizmaster on the unwise assumption that he understands his own clue.
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The Great Gumby
Ship's Brain Surgeon
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quote:
Originally posted by Quizmaster:
Listen to the nightingale as you sit in your wicker chair talking to an American sailor about a 1904 Darracq.
I think there are 4 clues in this sentence, and it looks like we've got them all between us, although 2 people either haven't realised or are trying to be subtle.
The nightingale probably refers to Gilberto Gil's song of the same name, hence comet.
I think the wicker chair is Paddy O'F, as previously stated.
The American sailor is Panama Jack.
The 1904 Darracq is Genevieve.
Of course, Quizmaster advised us to examine the whole post again, so there may be other clues.
[Added link]
[ 10. September 2008, 08:22: Message edited by: The Great Gumby ]
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Caty S.
I read, therefore I am.
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I pick Doublethink
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The Great Gumby
Ship's Brain Surgeon
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[Replying to Patdys]
Ooh, that's possible as well. Maybe there's more than one right answer. That's probably worth a try for anyone who hasn't made a choice yet.
[ 10. September 2008, 09:36: Message edited by: The Great Gumby ]
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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Taking my lead from QM's cryptic post, I choose Roy Scheider.
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
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quote:
Originally posted by The Great Gumby:
I pick Paddy O'Furniture, which is an awful pun suggesting a wicker chair or similar.
Isn't is a homonym of 'patio furniture'. (Try it with a Canadian accent if you don't believe me!)
Everyone seems to be going with the thought that the clues are the people that we should pick. I'm going to make the opposite assumption and choose The Great Gumby because - as far as I can see - he has nothing to do with any of the clues.
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Geneviève
Mother-Hatting Cat Lover
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quote:
Originally posted by chicklegirl:
I choose Geneviève. And here's why: http://www.donbrockway.com/Genevieve's%20History.htm
Sorry about the lame link. I tried (no kidding) a dozen times to make the URL work but for some reason the instant UBB code is not helping me out at all tonight.
My, I do clean up right spifflily!
![[Cool]](cool.gif) And that is helpful for understanding this challenge.
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Geneviève
Mother-Hatting Cat Lover
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Well, I pick CuppaT because a cup of tea with a nice shot of brandy is the kind of help I need here!
Also enjoyable when sitting in a wicker chair.
[ 10. September 2008, 12:34: Message edited by: Geneviève ]
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the pilgrim
Ship's Brownist
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I pick jedijudy because, tired or not, she may have a mind-meld thing going on with the Quizmaster. (and besides, she picked me, so it would only be polite.)
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The Rogue
Shipmate
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Can we pick ourselves?
If not I will wait until last to make my selection and run the risk of not having nobody to choose from. This is brinksmanship.
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The Great Gumby
Ship's Brain Surgeon
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quote:
Originally posted by davelarge:
quote:
Originally posted by The Great Gumby:
I pick Paddy O'Furniture, which is an awful pun suggesting a wicker chair or similar.
Isn't is a homonym of 'patio furniture'. (Try it with a Canadian accent if you don't believe me!)
Er, yes. That was the pun I was referring to. I didn't realise I had to spell it out.
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Imaginary Friend
Real to you
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quote:
Originally posted by The Great Gumby:
Er, yes. That was the pun I was referring to. I didn't realise I had to spell it out.
![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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chicklegirl
Shipmate
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Davelarge, I wouldn't feel too embarrassed; this little exchange about puns is very instructive for newbies who are still learning the ropes (with all their twists and convolutions) here at the KOQ.
I think you and Great Gumby should each get a helpful point: Gumby for pointing out the pun but being subtle about it (which is what usually happens, because the quiz can move fast and participants don't always get an explanation); and you for getting a little egg on your face while helping to clarify about how contestants have to think to do well on the quiz.
[edited for typos]
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ephemera
Shipmate
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Sorry. Again, I was not careful and did not read for comprehension. I suppose my life here on this thread will not be a long one.
I pick chicklegirl.
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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quote:
Originally posted by ephemera:
Sorry. Again, I was not careful and did not read for comprehension. I suppose my life here on this thread will not be a long one.
See, the beauty of the Knockout Quiz is that you don't have to actually win any of the rounds to be successful. All you have to do is avoid defeat
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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I pick Patdys because he isn't to do with anything and therefore might be feeling left out.
I'm nice like that.
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Geneviève
Mother-Hatting Cat Lover
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quote:
Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
quote:
Originally posted by ephemera:
Sorry. Again, I was not careful and did not read for comprehension. I suppose my life here on this thread will not be a long one.
See, the beauty of the Knockout Quiz is that you don't have to actually win any of the rounds to be successful. All you have to do is avoid defeat
Uh oh, is someone eliminated each round? Because if so, I am deep doo. Adds more brandy to CuppaT
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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quote:
Originally posted by Geneviève:
Uh oh, is someone eliminated each round?
Once the Quiz actually starts, yes. This "round" is just for kicks, practice and SMART points though.
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Chorister
Completely Frocked
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Except that someone is only eliminated if every poster posts in that round. If someone forgets to post or is away on holiday, then the absentee is the one eliminated. So even crap answers can get you off the hook in most cases!
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Adam.
Like as the
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quote:
Originally posted by Chorister:
Except that someone is only eliminated if every poster posts in that round. If someone forgets to post or is away on holiday, then the absentee is the one eliminated. So even crap answers can get you off the hook in most cases!
Especially in early rounds. Once you get down to half a dozen quizpetitors (or whatever it is we're called) or so, you can be pretty sure we'll all post. Anyone fancy a side bet on how many rounds we'll have to wait until someone who answers the question gets knocked out? I'm going to guess it will happen on round 5.
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Quizmaster
Quick quipper
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I pick Wet Kipper who entered the Knockout Quiz simply by posting on this thread.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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See, even innocent passers-by are not exempt from the KOQ!!!
C'mon WK! You know you want to! ![[Razz]](tongue.gif)
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The Rogue
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None of us want to: we have to. We are sucked in every year and every year we delude ourselves by saying "I only do this because I want to".
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chicklegirl
Shipmate
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Yeah, Rogue, I think you pretty much nailed it. Every year since my first quiz I stretch the limits of self-delusion by telling myself I can quit anytime.
No, really. Any time.
Maybe we should form our own 12-step group: KOQA ("Hi, my name is Chicklegirl and I'm a quiz-a-holic")...
[Edited to add: that's a little too painfully true! ]
[ 10. September 2008, 22:24: Message edited by: chicklegirl ]
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East Price Road
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I am going to have to withdraw from this quiz. The old hands are obviously having lots of very sophisticated merriment in it, but as a new shipmate with less than three months aboard, I am finding it all utterly baffling!
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Liberty
ship's football fanatic
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Don't withdraw - this is my 3rd quiz and I still don't really know what's going on. I don't think I've ever won a smart point! The fun of the game is to try and avoid being knocked out each round (even if you aren't sure what will keep you in!) and if you do get knocked out you can keep playing anyway! It's a really good way to get to know other shipmates too.
I choose davelarge because I always choose davelarge, each and every day! ![[Projectile]](graemlins/puke2.gif)
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ephemera
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quote:
Originally posted by East Price Road:
I am going to have to withdraw from this quiz. The old hands are obviously having lots of very sophisticated merriment in it, but as a new shipmate with less than three months aboard, I am finding it all utterly baffling!
Hey, you can't quit now! I have been on this forum twice as long as you have and I have absolutely no idea what is going on in this thread. Also, I royally screwed up the first question as well as the second choice question. Have you read the posts here and
http://sofqm.proboards66.com/index.cgi?
because you will see that no one has any idea what is going on. I think you should stick around a while and absorb the vibe. At least stay until they throw you out. K? ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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the pilgrim
Ship's Brownist
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quote:
Originally posted by East Price Road:
I am going to have to withdraw from this quiz. The old hands are obviously having lots of very sophisticated merriment in it, but as a new shipmate with less than three months aboard, I am finding it all utterly baffling!
Come on EPR, you chicken! Take your knock-out like a man!.. Er,... if that's what you are. ... One can never be quite sure from the avatars... Take mine for instance.
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chicklegirl
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quote:
Originally posted by East Price Road:
I am going to have to withdraw from this quiz. The old hands are obviously having lots of very sophisticated merriment in it, but as a new shipmate with less than three months aboard, I am finding it all utterly baffling!
If you're worried about it sucking away your time, that's one thing. But don't be embarrassed about being baffled; it's part of the fun to not take yourself (or anyone else) too seriously.
Take heart and remember: even first-time players can be wildly successful. Several different years the KOQ has been won by new shipmates or those who had never played before.
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rugasaw
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quote:
Originally posted by ephemera:
quote:
Originally posted by East Price Road:
I am going to have to withdraw from this quiz. The old hands are obviously having lots of very sophisticated merriment in it, but as a new shipmate with less than three months aboard, I am finding it all utterly baffling!
Hey, you can't quit now! I have been on this forum twice as long as you have and I have absolutely no idea what is going on in this thread. Also, I royally screwed up the first question as well as the second choice question. Have you read the posts here and
http://sofqm.proboards66.com/index.cgi?
because you will see that no one has any idea what is going on. I think you should stick around a while and absorb the vibe. At least stay until they throw you out. K?
Wow the KOQ is just like a college party.
As far as picking myself, I was practicing for brinkmanship, yeah that's it. No way was I not reading for comprehension. Nor I am to daft to know what's going on around here. No I am experienced, did somebody say people get knocked out each round? When did this start happening? ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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CuppaT
Shipmate
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Thanks for the brandy! That makes a nice ending for the day. I pick The Rogue because he looks like the kind of fellow who would drive that beautiful car and enjoy it to the fullest extent. Does it remind anyone else of Wind in the Willows?
CuppaT
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Stand at the brink of the abyss of despair, and when you see that you cannot bear it any longer, draw back a little and have a cup of tea.
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