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Thread: The New Crew's Quiz
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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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.
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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jedijudy
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Good heavens. Almost the bottom of the pile. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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Piglet
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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".
![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
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Leorning Cniht
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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?
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Marvin the Martian
Interplanetary
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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.
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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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Never heard of that comedienne. Guessometer let me down!
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L'organist
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Got the comedienne, it was the would-be murderess who let me down. ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif)
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ArachnidinElmet
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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. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Piglet
Islander
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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 ... ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Heavenly Anarchist
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I fed it some Talisker and it got 2 wrong! It obviously can't handle it's drink.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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The Perfect Ten but so slow again!
...and I can't even blame the computer, just my very slow brain.
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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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Haha! Guessometer in perfect working order. (It likes chocolate!)
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Piglet
Islander
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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. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
It worked perfectly for me ...
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Ariston
Insane Unicorn
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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?
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Piglet
Islander
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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 ...
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Dear WW, I suggest you switch on your brain BEFORE you start the quiz!
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Neener, neener, neener, Weasel!
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Oh the shame ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
I'm bottom of the table so far.
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Thanks tessaB & daisydaisy, that was most kind of you.
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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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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!!
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ArachnidinElmet
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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.
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Piglet
Islander
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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. ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
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Zach82
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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 ]
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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I think I need to polish up my Biblical Familial Relationships!
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Yeah, they make me slip too!
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Sylvander
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Er?
I thought there were two journeys, one beginning where the other ended ... ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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quote:
Originally posted by Sylvander:
Er?
I thought there were two journeys, one beginning where the other ended ...
Me, too. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Piglet
Islander
# 11803
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10/10 and 12th place - not quite at the top table, but definitely above the salt.
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Tree Bee
Ship's tiller girl
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tripped up by question 1.
And pocket lint again!
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Dratted fillums!
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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quote:
Originally posted by PeteC:
Dratted fillums!
Amen, Uncle Pete.
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Zach82
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I spent at least 20 second rereading and second guessing myself on question one. Ho hum.
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Piglet
Islander
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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!
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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Naughty computer had to put a whole page notice up in front of the Quiz. Ack. ![[Disappointed]](graemlins/disappointed.gif)
It's like it was saying, "Hello...look at me!!!"
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Piglet
Islander
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One good guess and one duff one today.
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Heavenly Anarchist
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Aargh! I knew I'd clicked the wrong answer as soon as I hit submit.
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Bob Two-Owls
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Question 9 was a poser, I had to remember that it was average for the USA not here in Norfolk... ![[Two face]](graemlins/scot_twoface.gif)
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Piglet
Islander
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Managed to sneak into the top 10 (with a bit of help from the dear Guessometer).
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ArachnidinElmet
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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.
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Wet Kipper
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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
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