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Thread: The New Crew's Quiz
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Piglet
Islander
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10/10 in 35 seconds and fourth place on a Sunday?
That'll do nicely, thank you. ![[Yipee]](graemlins/spin.gif)
eta: Feed the Guessometer here.
[ 17. November 2014, 00:38: Message edited by: Piglet ]
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Piglet
Islander
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Get me some oxygen!
Not that I'll be at the top of the heap for very long, you understand ... ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Piglet
Islander
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Wrong and slow. ![[Mad]](angryfire.gif)
Really must sort out those mythical creatures.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
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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!!!
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Stejjie
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Wow... top... obviously wildly and quickly guessing works...
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Piglet
Islander
# 11803
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Blessèd be the Guessometer, for it knoweth more about 'Murcan television shows than I do.
![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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L'organist
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I know I'm being pedantic but no one is born called anything ... they're born a baby.
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Piglet
Islander
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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.
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Snags
Utterly socially unrealistic
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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.
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Piglet
Islander
# 11803
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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. ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Heavenly Anarchist
Shipmate
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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
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Piglet
Islander
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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.
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
# 333
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WooHoo! Still in first! Didn't expect that this evening!
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Piglet
Islander
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Second place with 51 seconds? Really?
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Bloody 'Murricans and their cult movie fetish!
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Heavenly Anarchist
Shipmate
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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'
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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In Britain it is known as Parcel Tape.
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What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Pearl B4 Swine
Ship's Oyster-Shucker
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OK, you Brits got your revenge today ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
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"I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job)
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Piglet
Islander
# 11803
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I'd hardly call one question about an Intrinsically British Sport getting revenge ...
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
# 10422
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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.
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Piglet
Islander
# 11803
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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!
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
# 333
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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!
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Jasmine, little cat with a big heart.
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Jonah the Whale
Ship's pet cetacean
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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.
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Pearl B4 Swine
Ship's Oyster-Shucker
# 11451
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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
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Oinkster
"I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job)
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
# 10422
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What she said!
From the next-to-slowest 10
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Piglet
Islander
# 11803
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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.
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Piglet
Islander
# 11803
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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.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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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.
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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Stupid question about Murrican teeveee program tripped what should have been a perfect score
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L'organist
Shipmate
# 17338
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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.
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sharkshooter
Not your average shark
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Surely no one over the age of 15 watches that show?
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Piglet
Islander
# 11803
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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.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
# 10424
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First to play so in first place again!
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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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...)
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Pearl B4 Swine
Ship's Oyster-Shucker
# 11451
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![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif) That fickle guess-thing sensed my crummy attitude, rolled his eyes, and gave up.
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Oinkster
"I do a good job and I know how to do this stuff" D. Trump (speaking of the POTUS job)
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jedijudy
Organist of the Jedi Temple
# 333
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Oh, rats. I knew the answer to that one. ![[Roll Eyes]](rolleyes.gif)
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Heavenly Anarchist
Shipmate
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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.
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Piglet
Islander
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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.
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sharkshooter
Not your average shark
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Changed a right answer to a wrong one today.
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Uncle Pete
Loyaute me lie
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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.
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sharkshooter
Not your average shark
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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.
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Heavenly Anarchist
Shipmate
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And it's the one I got wrong (though I have no memory of her bosom )
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Piglet
Islander
# 11803
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I had the Guessometer for that one, and it knew. ![[Snigger]](graemlins/snigger.gif)
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 ...
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Signaller
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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.
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