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Posted by Imaginary Friend (# 186) on :
 
As promised, a new thread. Jahlove put up December's scores here, if you didn't see them before.

<small>[ 11. February 2013, 06:47: Message buggered about with by: Ariston ]</small>

[ 13. February 2013, 15:35: Message edited by: Ariston ]
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
And the quiz can be found here
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
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
 

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Posted by Jabber (# 9668) on :
 
Currently in the top ten, for the first and more than likely the last time this year!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Done it again: guessed correctly and then changed it.
Still, start as you mean to go on, that's my motto.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
And for the first time ever, I'm in the lead!
Okay, and pretty close to dead last too. Shush!
 

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Posted by Sylvander (# 12857) on :
 

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Originally posted by AristonAstuanax:
And for the first time ever, I'm in the lead!

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You simply need to get up earlier if you want that more often.
Or party longer (although that usually guarantees a rather short-lived lead).
 

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Posted by Geneviève (# 9098) on :
 
As of today, the 3rd, I'm number 10 for the month!! Whee!! Won't last, so I'll rejoice now.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Should have gone with my instincts. Didn't.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Gosh but I was slow today!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
An ignominious start to the new year
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
The questions was long, the answers was short.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Gosh but I was slow today!

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Me too, Wodders - nearly as slow as you ...
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 


- - - -

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!


 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Quiz interruptus today
 

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Posted by Evensong (# 14696) on :
 
Oh dear. I read the color one wrong.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Dire, dire, dire... but considering how tired I am, quite impressive.
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on :
 
Well when I was last in the forces (OK, the OTC and TA) it was called the NATO phonetic alphabet to distinguish it from other systems such as the old British foces radio alphabet (Able, B**** Charlie...) and the RAF version (they had a different one because they are special).

The International Phonetic Alphabet is a system of symbols where each symbol represents a particular sound, designed to reproduce the pronunciation of a word rather than clarify its spelling.

(edited to remove clues...)

[ 05. January 2012, 08:06: Message edited by: Bob Two-Owls ]
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Accuracy - excellent.
Speed - oh dear.

Managed to stay north of the middle, but only just ...
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I'm Number One again!


I'm first to play again!!
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
oh idiot. More haste, less speed reading...
 

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Posted by Jabber (# 9668) on :
 
Woohoo! 10/10 for the first time ever!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I'm Number One again!


I'm first to play again!!

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...and again but only 9/10 so will sink like a stone very soon.
 

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Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on :
 
You are safe with me playing second.
 

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Posted by Hennah (# 9541) on :
 
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.

[ 07. January 2012, 07:31: Message edited by: Hennah ]
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Q 2 was dead easy, eh, Weasel?

Or was that the one you got wrong?
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
10 out of 10, but slower than a slow thing studying with a professor of slow at the University of Slowness. I shall revel in my momentary 1st place, however, while I can!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Wow, this must really be a nasty quiz if I can miss one and still finish in the top ten!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Played late today so no little luxury of being in first place for a while - 3rd out of 6 will have to do.
 

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Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on :
 
wow, the Bible trivia must be easy today, I knew the answers to all 10 and only got 9 because I'm on my laptop!

(You cant scroll down using the down arrow key - it just cycles through the answers but I keep forgetting that)
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
An ignominious start to the new year

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And to the week!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Unfortunate guess + computer freeze when trying to submit quiz = sad piglet.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
I hates filum questions, I does, I does!
 

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Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on :
 
Well that was rubbish, I flubbed the film question and the US holidays question. My two least favourite categories.
 

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Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on :
 
Just played for the first time - 9/10 (Yeah I flunked the film question too). 10th place at present. Now I know that speed counts as well I'll try to be faster next time!
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
I phayl at lyf
 

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Posted by Jabber (# 9668) on :
 
Umm, so yeah. I'll play again tomorrow and I might even manage to understand the questions!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Damn! Missed the question about zoo animals...
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by PeteC:
I hates filum questions, I does, I does!

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So does I.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Incredibly Americanocentric questions today led me to getting a mere 7/10 - and not in last place!
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
The internet had a brain fart just as I was submitting answers. I blame the Weasel for being so slow on the uptake!
 

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Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on :
 
Wot! 19 of us can't even guess accurately? Who is going to be the first 10/10 today?
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Why do I bother?
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
3 wild guesses - and the 1st to get the sought after 10/10. Cor blimey, lor luv a duck, 'n such-like.
 

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Posted by Antisocial Alto (# 13810) on :
 
Ouch! 4 wrong. Darn movies.
 

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Posted by kingsfold (# 1726) on :
 
Is there any point in me even trying this then?
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
oh go on, it worked for me...bizarrely
 

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Posted by kingsfold (# 1726) on :
 
I did. I got 4 wrong. What a surprise! (Not)
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Considering how many of my answers were wild guesses, only getting two of them wrong isn't all that bad ...
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Here is the quiz. 14th on the leaderboard isn't so embarrassing when I remember how few answers I had even heard of!
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
I can't believe I guessed correctly. And it was guessing.
 

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Posted by Patdys (# 9397) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Back to 10/10 but only 4th out of 5!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Did my usual "forgetting it's against the clock" and still managed 40 seconds - I'd be amazing if I had a brain.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I guessed the last one, never having read it. I am currently tenth.
 

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Posted by Jabber (# 9668) on :
 
I changed my mind one one question and shouldn't have - why don't I learn?
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Back to 10/10 but although 43 seconds is quite good for me, it's rubbish compared to some ...
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
I notice one question today came under the category "Female girls names"

What other sort of girls names are there?
 

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Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on :
 
At least I got them all right today...but how the heck do you do it so fast???
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
My thoughts precisely, Lucia.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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...


 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 

quote:

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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...

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Well, you've seen the answer, now you know what to do!
 

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Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on :
 
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?
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Eutychus:
Are some of you using shortcut keys to scroll between questions, or what?

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Nope. They're just that good.

I'm not.
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 
All correct - but ohhh so slow!


 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
I should get extra points for not watching random sitcoms and films and sitting analysing the credits to memorise who was in them.
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
argh... the last science question got me...
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I didn't realize I knew so much about cats and so little about American TV shows! Aaaargh!
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
Ah, I was being timed.

I got one question right, but for the wrong reason.
 

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Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Eutychus:

Are some of you using shortcut keys to scroll between questions, or what?

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quote:

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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
I didn't realize I knew so much about cats and so little about American TV shows! Aaaargh!

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You being a 'Murcan, I can't tell you how much better that makes me feel.

Fecking American television questions ...
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
42 seconds - not bad by Captain Slow Piglet's standards.

Fifth place - I can live with that.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
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....
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
*mutter mutter mutter*
mythical bloody creatures...
*mutter mutter mutter*
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Second among the also-rans due to not carefully reading the thunder question.
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
Grrr, question 8, grrr.
 

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Posted by Geneviève (# 9098) on :
 
Wow, I came in at #3 yesterday. Whee
I savor the thrill.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Not hugely fast, but hugely correct.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
That was a bit of a better score, once I forced myself to read the answers rather than just think "How should I know?"
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
Whoop!
 

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Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on :
 

 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Still in 10th!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
No threat from me, Sir K - I never thought I'd regret the fact that I haven't seen Bambi.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Not first to go today so at the moment I am last.
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
well, a tad better today
 

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Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on :
 
Yay, I'm 4th at the moment! My best placing ever...not that it will last for long.
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
Get in!

Had never heard of the politician and guessed the actress. Got 10/10.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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".
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Which question did you blow today Weasel?

Smug PeteC.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
I'm obviously far too young to know the answer to some of those
 

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Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on :
 
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....)
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Smudgie:
I'm obviously far too young to know the answer to some of those

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I'm not. Everything correct and quick enough for sixth!
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Wait, how am I still in first? Will someone (ahem, other AA) please come along and restore order to the world?
 

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Posted by Antisocial Alto (# 13810) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Antisocial Alto (# 13810) on :
 
Whoops, here's the quiz.
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
Last, which is the opposite of my status in the fitness race, I believe.

Yank stuff is not my specialist field.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I'm usually pretty rubbish at Yank stuff too, RW, but Lucky Guess Piglet was on sparkling form today.

Not fast, but definitely sparkling.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
C'mon, c'mon, I wanna win one for once!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
AA, it's so much easier to just set your sights on mediocrity, like I do!
 

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Posted by Patdys (# 9397) on :
 
the early bird has got the quiz (temporarily)
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
had been going swimmingly and then mis-clicked on the last question ack ack ackety ack
 

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Posted by Boogie (# 13538) on :
 
11th - I'm improving
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Faster than a speeding weasel ... just ...
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Boogie:
11th - I'm improving

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Me too.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I'm in a draw for second. Yay!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Pathetic guessing tonight. I blame the lateness of the hour.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
I nipped through the Bible quiz today but someone's network decided to take a tea break!
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on :
 
So near and yet so far..... 2nd place. My best time ever though I think. Yay for bible questions!
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
In first now—but only because I payed attention to today's Gospel reading!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I missed Sunday's and I never finished dental school so I missed Q. 8 on Monday...

 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 
Danged fillums again!
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
dental question messed me up as well Sir K.
*shrugs*
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Was greatly aided by Lucky Guess Piglet on the dental question.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Yay! I am in a draw for first!
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
well... I'm not quite last... Utterly scunnered today, lol!!
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
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?
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by piglet:
... aided by Lucky Guess Piglet on the dental question ...

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Sadly, not so on the height of the parents of a tall bloke I'd never heard of.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Boy was I slow! However, I did beat our favourite Canadian.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I'd have been faster I hadn't spent too long reading question 1.

I was faster than you though.
 

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Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on :
 

quote:

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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.

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It's God's way of enabling the Humility function.
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
Ya-Hoooooo Hennah ! Well done !
 

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Posted by Hennah (# 9541) on :
 
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!)
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 

quote:

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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!)

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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.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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....
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
Messed up the first question ... strike out. c'est la vie.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I'm number 3!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Sir K -

I'm quite contented with being in the top 10 and being Not The Slowest To Get Them All Right.
 

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Posted by Loveheart (# 12249) on :
 
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 ]
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Young padawan, you are younger than me and probably hard to catch. But I am persistent!
 

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Posted by Chelley (# 11322) on :
 
10/10 but son phoned at the exact moment I started the quiz so not good for the time!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Ninth!
 

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Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Chelley:
10/10 but son phoned at the exact moment I started the quiz so not good for the time!

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quote:

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Originally posted by Loveheart:
Any questions about American sports' terminology do NOT come under the category "very easy" ...

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No, but they get guessed at, and sometimes correctly.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Only got 8 on Saturday. I count myself lucky. It could have been 5.

Damn Americocentric questions!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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...

 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
10/10 in 36 seconds and 6th place!
 

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Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on :
 
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?
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I'm amazed I did better than somebody I know to have read theology at university. Currently in fourth!
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
I do not learn. Got same question wrong last time it came up...
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by joan knox:
I do not learn. Got same question wrong last time it came up...

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Me neither.
 

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Posted by Japes (# 5358) on :
 
Crew's Quiz

I'm sure the answer's changed on the one I got wrong!
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Note to self: prepositions at the ends of sentences can be very, very important, especially when they change the meaning of the question.

Whoops.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
10/10 in 34 seconds must be my best effort yet, especially on a Sunday.

Still only managed eighth place though.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Silly quiz took about 40 seconds to load then added all that time on to my score!
 

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Posted by Patdys (# 9397) on :
 
beat 8555 seconds
 

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Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
apparently 3536 seconds for me today...!
Now in last place... awesome
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
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*
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
I can't access the quiz at all...
 

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Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on :
 
I can't either. Been trying on and off since midday. 500 Internal Server Errors all the way.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

quote:

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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*

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*Bats eyes at Ariston and blows kisses*
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I need to emigrate to the UK sometime tomorrow afternoon: I missed the first question! Else I would have been fourth.

 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Yes, it is odd to see someone with a time of two hours, 22 minutes, and 30 seconds on that list.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
I missed the first question! Else I would have been fourth ...

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I'm delighted to keep the fourth-place spot warm for you, Sir K.

Lucky Guess Piglet was on v. good form today.
 

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Posted by Sylvander (# 12857) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Tree Bee:
I can't access the quiz at all...

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Lucky you! I couldn't access my brain...
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I had a bit of trouble in that department too, Sylvander. Lucky Guess Piglet was taking a snow-day.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Questions about a TV show I've only vaguely heard about and certainly never seen...
 

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Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on :
 
My thoughts precisely WW
 

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Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on :
 

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
 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 
Probably the toughest 'Easy' quiz yet! I got 6 and I'm not last.
 

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Posted by Geneviève (# 9098) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
Fudged me fruits. Darn.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Questions about a TV show I've only vaguely heard about and certainly never seen...

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... and a game I've never heard of.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
...and today has a mispelling on one of the questions that made it really difficult when I was trying to hurry through!
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Oll Korrect!

wow! I did a major guess on Q1 though.... but it worked!

96 seconds has to be my personal best!
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Okay, one of those was helped considerably by something I picked up in my Hostly tenure.

No, seriously.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I'm last out of 9 - will this be the day I finally finish in last place?
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
hmmm, the stop light question was just bizarre...
 

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Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by AristonAstuanax:
Okay, one of those was helped considerably by something I picked up in my Hostly tenure.

No, seriously.

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Was that the nose-picking one?
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
Dear God, I know the quiz compilers are a puritanical lot, but they're even uptight about nose picking
 

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Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
He's lucky it was his only his nose. It could have been a lot worse
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Feck me!!!!!!!!!!! I was slower than I thought anyway, but missing the one about nations just adds insult to injury...
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Spike:
Dear God, I know the quiz compilers are a puritanical lot, but they're even uptight about nose picking

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quote:

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Originally posted by Spike:
He's lucky it was his only his nose. It could have been a lot worse

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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.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Realised the right answer to the one I got wrong just as I hit the "submit" button. Shame!
 

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Posted by Kinetikat (# 16833) on :
 
Oh, Smudgers, surely you're not reduced to THAT twee little excuse...?!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Ahem... I do think that apprentices should treat their shipmates with a little more respect.
 

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Posted by Kinetikat (# 16833) on :
 
Sorry, sorry, you're absolutely right. So are you going to sit around whingeing and coughing up phlegm ALL evening? Ma'am?
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Too slow to be in top ten, but I did recognize a question from an earlier quiz!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I think I did too, Sir K - and managed to get it right!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 

quote:

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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?

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:

quote:

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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?

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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 ]
 

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Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on :
 
US currency eke-names Fail
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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?
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Harder, my eye! I found it rather easy and I was fast two! SIngle digit place in the top ten...
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
< What to do if you don't click the answer you are looking at.
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
OOOOH!! OOOH!!! I'm 1st, I'm 1st...
...
...
well, temporarily, but dangit, I'll enjoy it while it lasts
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
Ah well, someone has to be last...
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Iiiiiiiiit's QUIZTIME!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Not quite top ten today, but I had a very lucky guess with the judge bloke.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Got them all right Monday: wound up in seventh!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Faster than a weasel, slower than a knight.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I'm in the lead, for a moment.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Not any more! I'm NUMBER ONE!
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
rats, got the battle question wrong... knew I should have clicked the other answer...
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I got question 4 wrong but with some spectacularly good guessing I got the rest right.

Did it rather slowly though.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
...and Bess comes speeding down the pike.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Once again both first and last!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Fecking computer froze and made me take 70 seconds.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I am nearly too slow: uncomfortably and insecurely in ninth.
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
Wasted precious seconds trying to understand question 3.
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by lily pad (# 11456) on :
 
Aww, gee, don't be so hard on yourself. I'm really glad you came along to play. Think happy thoughts.

Lily Pad
Daily Quiz #33
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
oh dear, brain was in s l o w mode today
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I got that question wrong last time as well
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
Fourth from top!

I'll be bottom by the end of the day.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Same here!
 

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Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on :
 
That's their idea of very easy?? Amazing I got 9 considering a number of those were guesses...
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Oh, I didn't need to guess at all


(Believe that and you'll believe anything!)
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Rosa Winkel:
Fourth from top!

I'll be bottom by the end of the day.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Smudgie:
Oh, I didn't need to guess at all

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Rosa, why are you playing so badly? Are you like me and actually finding the 'harder' quizzes more straighforward?
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
Indeed.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Back to 10/10 but still slow.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Good for you!
 

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Posted by Patdys (# 9397) on :
 
Finally a competitive time. woo hoo
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Fourth for now: missed two questions.
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
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
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
two hunches right, so currently third...
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
I did a Smudgie, and changed a correct answer to the wrong one. Oh Well.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
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?!?!?!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Guessed the film question correctly!

Thought about it for too long.

Ariston, you're right - 21 seconds is indecent.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
I got 10/10 on the Bible today. I beat Weasel. Even Smudgie beat Weasel!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by PeteC:
I got 10/10 on the Bible today. I beat Weasel. Even Smudgie beat Weasel!

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ahem!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Note to self: when pages take a long time to load, don't do the Quiz! Wait until 'puter and internetz are cooperating.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
@#?£ ! 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...


 

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Posted by Sylvander (# 12857) on :
 
It was one of those days where guessed correctly without even understanding the question. That is most satisfactory.
 

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Posted by Loveheart (# 12249) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Sylvander:
It was one of those days where guessed correctly without even understanding the question. That is most satisfactory.

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Same here, guessed the strange American product question. Never heard of it. Filed for future use though!
 

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Posted by Hennah (# 9541) on :
 
American radio, American TV, haven't a hope... *sigh*
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Scottish expressions, obscure American radio from long before my time . . . you're not alone.
 

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Posted by Robin (# 71) on :
 
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
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Dead easy on Wednesday
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I agree, possibly the first time I have ever found an "easy" quiz easy!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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
 

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Posted by Sylvander (# 12857) on :
 
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
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
Thought I'd join in.

Note to self: in a timed quiz, don't waste time reading the category headings for each question.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by AristonAstuanax:
Iiiiiiiiit's QUIZTIME!

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And again!

Welcome, Marvin! Yes; skip words, cheat, go fast! Just don't expect to beat Antisocial Alto too frequently.
 

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Posted by Antisocial Alto (# 13810) on :
 
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.)
 

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Posted by Hennah (# 9541) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on :
 
welcome to the er, light side, Marvin. We has pablum.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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....
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I got 10/10 by changing a wrong answer for a right one but spent too long thinking about it.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
For a while I was top with just 8 points, now I am bottom
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
It took me four reads of the fourth question to work out what on earth they were on about.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
A bit quicker than yesterday. This is good.

And yes, question 4 was a bit... weird.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Could this be the day I actually end up last? At last?
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
shines fingernails

Temporarily in first!
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
well... I'm not utterly last...nearly, but not...
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Damn it all! I had to click the bloody thing three times, else I would have been ninth or tenth...

 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 
I suppose this is not the time to say, 'It's only a game?'
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Perhaps not...
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Chorister:
I suppose this is not the time to say, 'It's only a game?'

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I'm not sure that expression ever applies to the Crew's Quiz.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Woohoo! I'm still last - only another 3.5 hours to go!
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Top of a list with 3 on it!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by PeteC:
Top of a list with 3 on it!

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Mwahahahahahahahaha

Not sure I agree at all with one of the questions. All depends on your point of view. I hate motor sports.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Smudgie:

quote:

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Originally posted by PeteC:
Top of a list with 3 on it!

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Mwahahahahahahahaha

Not sure I agree at all with one of the questions. All depends on your point of view. I hate motor sports.

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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.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Ah, that wasn't the question I was thinking of.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
I do loathe questions that rely on a matter of opinion rather than fact.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Aaargh! In a four-way draw for fourteenth place....
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
... In a four-way draw for fourteenth place....

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Not any more.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Saturday's quiz was dead easy. So, at this point, why am I the only one with all correct?
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Erm, because only sad people know the middle names of dead political has-beens?
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Actually because I read his obituary carefully, so I could be sure the old bastard was dead.


 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
... only sad people know the middle names of dead political has-beens ...

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... and lucky piglets guess them correctly.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Bother - it's refusing to submit my answers... I suspect I may have a long time!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Yup, even longer than Pete - who is nearly as old as you-know-who!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Yes, I realised I confused the two...
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
22 seconds? 22 seconds??!!! that's just unnatural...!

*ahem*
Jolly well played
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Editing the sentence in the final question slowed me down a wee bit, but I'm still in the top two!
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
Ooh, second by a second. Well, until someone comes along and does it even faster...
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
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?
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
I am Mr. mid-table.

I guess this is what it is like to support the Villa.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on :
 
What the heck is overeasy???
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Damned if I know how I got them all today! It was sheer guesswork on at least 4 of them!
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
Guessed one wrong. Guessed a few others right.

But what the hell - I came in the top ten yesterday! Celebration tyme
 

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Posted by MiceElf (# 4389) on :
 
I got a 10!!!!

I've hugged the cat and kissed the postman.

 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Our fun quiz!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I think the easy ones are more difficult than the harder ones: I dithered too much!
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
good lord I got the 'math' related question correct... wonder of wonders!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Too Effing Slow!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Me too, Sir K - and I was a whole second faster than you ...
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on :
 
I didn't direct the main body of the message to Marvin. he asked a question and I answered it.
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
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?
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
According to my research, there are two possible answers to question 7. Trust me to choose the wrong one!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 

quote:

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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.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Spike:
Wait til you get the question about what to say to your date at the end of the evening.

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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!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
What horrible questions!
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
Top for a minute or two! Whoop!
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
What horrible questions!

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Glad to know I am not alone!
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
I hope there's no relegation in this league.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Oh. My. Guessed two correctly.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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....
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
This quiz was obviously biased toward young and/or trendy women ...

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How the hell did I manage to get 10/10 and fifth place then? but
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by piglet:

quote:

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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
This quiz was obviously biased toward young and/or trendy women ...

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How the hell did I manage to get 10/10 and fifth place then? but

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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.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
I can't read and I'm too slow!


 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
It doesn't help when you know the answer but click the wrong button!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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...
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Look at me, hey hey -
Number two today!
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Gotta love the subtle Simpsons reference . . .
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I might just be last twice in ten days!!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Duff Guess Piglet was no help at all.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
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 . . .
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I managed my two last places in 10 days and then today was back to 10/10!
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
I'll have some of that.

Best performance ever.
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
w00t! 3 wild, but correct, guesses and 10/10... I may even be somewhere in the top 10 this month
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Two wild and wrong guesses for me.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Oh, Hell!
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
got me on the grammar question
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by piglet:
Two wild and wrong guesses for me.

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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.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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.)
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
10/10 today but really not awfully fast.
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
Nobody else is allowed to play for the rest of today. Well, nobody who will be faster than 50 seconds anyway
 

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Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on :
 
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
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
After one day of March's tournament I am fifth. Can we stop the month now, please?
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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...

 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Faster than a speeding weasel ... just.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
What is a second between friends?


Answer: Too darned much!


 

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Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on :
 
Two 50-50 guesses. Both wrong.
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
Good Lord, currently 2nd with one incorrect?
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Third place thus far; failed the idiotic question about bad quizzes: guess I was too obsequious!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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 ...
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Reposted for your enjoyment!
 

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Posted by Wm Dewy (# 16712) on :
 
So few got all the answers on the Bible Quiz. That's unusual for this lot.
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
I wonder if it's the same question we're all stumbling on?
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
I expect so!
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
Pretty happy with that!
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Surprised "bad news" wasn't an option for the first question . . .
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
Lucky guess about a jingle I've never heard of.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Unlucky guess about a jingle I've never heard of.
 

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Posted by Loveheart (# 12249) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Spike:
Lucky guess about a jingle I've never heard of.

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Whereas I made an unlucky guess about the same jingle i'd never heard of, about a product I'm never likely to buy.
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
ah yes, jingle question - slowed me down, so also wild, but happily correct guess
 

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Posted by BessHiggs (# 15176) on :
 
And now I've got that jingle for an earworm. ARGH!
 

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Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on :
 
5th at the moment, maybe a new record for me!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Yay! I'm third and it'll likely stick.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Sorry Sir Kevin!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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 ...
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
piglet, you may only think your memory used to be better!
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
I know nothing about family curses. Curses.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on :
 
Correct but just not fast enough...
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Not entirely correct and not fast enough.
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
I've never been to Mexico and I don't speak Spanish. Guess which question I got wrong today...
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
oops, misread the 'etiquette' question...
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Helen-Eva (# 15025) on :
 

quote:

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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.

---

quote:

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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...

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Neither have I, but Lucky Guess Piglet was on my side ...
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
wild guesses on the geography and farming questions...
 

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Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on :
 
I don't know enough about rusty farmyard implements!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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...
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Nope. Should have gotten through that in 30 seconds...
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
Am momentarily first - w00t! Will bask in glory ... well while it lasts
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
My scanty knowledge of Aussie slang let me down.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Only missed two on Bible quiz...
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
My knowledge of the more esoteric bits of the Old Testament is rubbish.
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 

quote:

---

Originally posted by The Rogue:
After one day of March's tournament I am fifth. Can we stop the month now, please?

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Slipping down to tenth. Come on, guys, March was a good month but surely it's worth starting April early!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
In tenth: I wonder if it will hold out!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Eighth: that was easy! Of course, I do know a bit about horses: I have been riding since I was eight.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Lucky Guess Piglet was on good form today - 10/10 and 10th place (for now ...)
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Beaten by PeteC - oh the shame!!


 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Light-years too bloody slow: I much prefer the harder quizzes!
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
well, had never heard of that particular saying - where's it from?
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Enjoying a momentary second place!
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 

quote:

---

Originally posted by joan knox:
well, had never heard of that particular saying - where's it from?

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quote:

---

Originally posted by joan knox:
well, had never heard of that particular saying - where's it from?

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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
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
10th place so far but until Antisocial Alto and Sir Kevin have played, I'm not counting any chickens ...
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
I beat Weasel again!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
In a draw for first! I beat almost everybody!
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Once more, with feeling!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Third place!

Only a second behind Japes and Sir K. too.
 

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Posted by Japes (# 5358) on :
 


I won!! Second time I've managed it.


 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
swithered over the 'suffering' question...
 

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Posted by Rosa Winkel (# 11424) on :
 
I think the Orthodox would disagree about one question there.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Not last.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Do not do quiz whilst watching Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy - just don't.
 

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Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on :
 
Yeah well, American sports players was never really going to be my strong point....
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Yay! I'm in fourth. The toothbrush question was silly, but I got it after considering two different answers.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Ninth place - contented piglet.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I am number one today, thus far though I failed the question about trees. This won't last, will it?
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Nope.

No idea how I got the last one, though.
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
I also failed on the tree front...
 

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Posted by Antisocial Alto (# 13810) on :
 
Got the trees, missed the actors. (Really, *he* won an Oscar?)
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

quote:

---

Originally posted by Antisocial Alto:
Got the trees, missed the actors. (Really, *he* won an Oscar?)

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Me too.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Got the trees and the actors; missed question 1.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Fourth and fast!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Tenth and quite fast but not as fast as him ...
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
First, for the moment - that's the advantage of living here where the switchover is at 11:50.
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
Damn you, Alto - I thought I had that one sewn up
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
There's a reason why I only ever bother to try and come in second every month.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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 !
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
When I saw your placing I thought you must have been the victim of a massive technological brain-fart ...
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I'm first and other folks have played, too!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 

quote:

---

Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I'm first and other folks have played, too!

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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 ]
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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 ]
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I, on the other hand, am rarely respectable at all.
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
argh... last question wrong, got mixed up wi' me letters, like.
 

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Posted by Japes (# 5358) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by joan knox:
argh... last question wrong, got mixed up wi' me letters, like.

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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.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Sorry, piglet! It's been a while since I've been this close to the top.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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?
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 

quote:

---

Originally posted by Smudgie:
...That'll teach me not to be indecisive... or will it?

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Erm, I'm not sure.

At least I beat you today, first time for about a week!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
It won't make you feel any better, Smudgie, but I changed the right answer to the wrong one in the cartoon question.

Hmph²
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Yay! I'm in ninth! We saw the film!
 

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Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on :
 
Right, I've secured first spot for the second day running - at least temporarily.

Today I'd like to stay there, please.

Thank you.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
10/10 in 42 seconds, one of my fastest times ever - and I am only 3rd out of 4!!
 

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Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on :
 
I'd like to say that my times are long because people keep interrupting me.

Sadly, that is not true.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
In a three-way draw for eleventh...
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
My gosh! Only 2nd last of the all corrects! I feel elevated.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
@Weasel:
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
rats, got my colours mixed up
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Quiz fun again!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Lucky Guess Piglet snuffles into the top 10.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Not me: I was too slow and scared of making an idiot's mistake.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
13th place - 44 seconds wasn't a bad time for Captain Slow Piglet.
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
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*
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
I can not get in! My pass word is not being recognised!
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
oops- my fault!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

---

Originally posted by joan knox:
... subjective 'toppings' question ...

---

Absolutely - not on any potatoes I've ever eaten.


 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Wm Dewy (# 16712) on :
 

quote:

---

Originally posted by Smudgie:
It'd be nice if all of the quizzes this month were on a Sunday.

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quote:

---

Originally posted by Wm Dewy:

quote:

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Originally posted by Smudgie:
It'd be nice if all of the quizzes this month were on a Sunday.

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A month of Sundays! Oh, the Glory!

---

Oh the pain. I'd never score ever again!
 

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Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on :
 
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
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I'm sometimes quite good on a Sunday. Today wasn't one of those times.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Another disastrous Sunday with the Bible!
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
A lucky guess about spiders has put me (temporarily) in first place!
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 

quote:

---

Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
Another disastrous Sunday with the Bible!

---

This would make quite an intriguing sig.
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
ack, geography phail
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
I did like Smudgie; changed a right answer for the wrong one.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
26 seconds, 10/10.
I Have No Idea How I Did That.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

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 ...
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I'm number one!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 

quote:

---

Originally posted by jedijudy:
I did like Smudgie

---

I hope you still do - certainly my score today gives you nothing to dislike
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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 ...


 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

quote:

---

Originally posted by Smudgie:

quote:

---

Originally posted by jedijudy:
I did like Smudgie

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I hope you still do - certainly my score today gives you nothing to dislike

---

I always like my co-SoFA founder(s)!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Sometimes the quiz turns into a lottery. Amazing just how many Americans I've never heard of.
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 

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]
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Third!
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 

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!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Sixth place and in less than twice Antisocial Alto's time!

Happy piglet.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
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?
 

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Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on :
 
I'd say some island in the Caribbean. Should be easy to win and there are lots of beaches.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Absolutely nothing, once I get my submarine!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

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?
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Sixth here.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 

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?

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by PeteC:
Bloody movies!

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by PeteC:
Bloody movies!

---

Yea and amen, Pete.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Aaaarghhhhh! I dithered over Cinderella for what must have been about twenty seconds and ruined my time...
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
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
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
bother, I never really was a cunning linguist...
 

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Posted by Yam-uk (# 12791) on :
 
Debut quiz entry - 9/10 in 59 secs
 

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Posted by Pearl B4 Swine (# 11451) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on :
 
That's more like it - I can answer those ones.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Got question 1 wrong - remember them both, watched neither.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Aaargh - fire and television both wrong, else I would have been third: I usually do well in the harder quizzes....
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Please to enjoy.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
A truly abysmal score!
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
*grins at Curious1*
hehehehe, right back at ya re. being beaten
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
10/10 in 47 seconds on a Sunday. Happy Easter!

Speeding ticket for Custard.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I'm not the first to play but I am first for the moment!
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
nothing like a glorious crash and burn to keep you 'umble like... ooops!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
... not slow but hilariously inaccurate.

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That's me today - 44 seconds is quite good for me but 8/10 sort of isn't ...
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Dunno my rodents from my marsupials: no wonder I failed biology at university! Missed another one also...
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
First to play again so last place already.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Not hugely fast but hugely correct - and in the top 10 until Sir Kevin gets here ...
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
missed top ten by a second
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
How could I get 10/10 in 44 seconds and still only be in 24th place?????


 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
A second behind the penguin!


 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Mwahahahahahaha.... a penguin on roller skates
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
A spelling mistake in today's quiz but the correction bit won't work - ah well, no matter.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
It doesn't exactly make for speedy quizzing, using the laptop while a cat is using your lap top.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Smudgie:
It doesn't exactly make for speedy quizzing, using the laptop while a cat is using your lap top.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Smudgie:
It doesn't exactly make for speedy quizzing, using the laptop while a cat is using your lap top.

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Neither does a stupid long grammar question that takes ages to read.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
A lucky guess there on the singer question!

Played first so first for a minute.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
*sigh*
No lucky guess for me. Had no idea about the singer.

There's never a question about Bach. Why is that?
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I had a lucky guess with the singer too, but my, was I slow.

Not quite as slow as the weasel though ...
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Ah well, as Eartha Kitt sang "An Englishman needs time..."
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Okay, at least one of those has two possible answers, depending on how you look at it.
I, of course, picked the wrong one.
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
Argh, overlooked one of the questions accidentally... does 9 out of 9 count?
Ah, no, I guessed not.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Third place for now: I like it when you have to think a bit!
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
Today was a bit of a poser. Lots of guess work, so I take no credit for my score. It could have been zero!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The sad thing is that Pete is in transit sans computer so he won't be along to make us all look better!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Gloriously last at the moment!
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
I must speed up!
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
I actually won yesterday's game. Not sure how.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Lucky Guess Piglet was on my side today.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
A truly abysmal score!

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Same here: I missed the bloody Batman question and I was slow!

 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 
First attempt in months. 10 in 54 for an easy quiz, but it's a start.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
11th place and 47 seconds will do nicely.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Strange, I thought both spellings were acceptable in America . . .
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Didn't take time to consult a calendar!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by piglet:
What the hell is Pop Rocks candy?

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quote:

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Originally posted by AristonAstuanax:
Really fun stuff if you're 10

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quote:

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Originally posted by Bob Two-Owls:

quote:

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Originally posted by AristonAstuanax:
Really fun stuff if you're 10

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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...

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
16x34 really slowed me down today
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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...
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
*scratches head*
might someone explain in words of one syllable the architectural question??
*shrugs*
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
I guess it came from a quiz where it made sense, as it had pics or more words up the page.
 

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Posted by lily pad (# 11456) on :
 
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 ]
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
Got them all right, but have no idea how!
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Tree Bee:
Got them all right, but have no idea how!

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Me, too! I had two pure guesses!
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
So am I
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
this little light of mine... is lit with the wrong stuff, apparently... ack!
 

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Posted by Geneviève (# 9098) on :
 
Well, I should have known the one I missed. Dang.
 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 
Thwarted by films, again.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
The law of averages suggested that eventually I should get all my guesses right - today it finally happened.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
I hate movie questions and apparently I am not good at answers to an unanswerable question.


 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on :
 
At last, a place in the day's standings that actually survives the final scoring
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The modem decided to disconnect itself halfway through doing the quiz!



I still got one wrong all on my own without any help.
 

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Posted by joan knox (# 16100) on :
 
oh good grief...
 

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Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on :
 
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...
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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 ]
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Well, at least I was accurate.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by MiceElf (# 4389) on :
 
Not faster than a speeding penguin, but better than yesterdays dismal score.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Who are all these singers?
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
*whew*
Guessed the music one correctly.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
So you're saying that quiz was Toxic? All you can say is "Oops, I Did It Again?"
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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 )
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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.


 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Not terribly fast, but completely correct.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
First time I've been described as "thin" in a long time.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
...and WW leaps into first place!

[Having been the only one to play so far may influence the joy that accompanies the announcement.]
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
And Smudgie leaps into last place!

Serves me right for being too flippin' cocky to read the questions properly.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
10/10 due to the agencies of Lucky Guess Piglet.

Did anyone understand question 10? Answers on a postcard please.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
It comes from a quiz about a buried treasure I'd never heard of before.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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...


 

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Posted by Custard (# 5402) on :
 
Well, that was a close finish to April!
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
Had to make a few blind guesses today, so down went my score!
 

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Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on :
 
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
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I thought hard about the Jack Nicholson film, changed the answer and got it correct! Currently in ninth...
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
feckin' 'Murcan sport questions

Can you tell I'm not very pleased?
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I really do know the square root of bugger-all about movies - and I like that about myself.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
I know what you mean. Half of the ones I get wrong I feel no shame in not knowing.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I got 10/10 in 47 seconds including questions about American film and television and still only managed 15th place.

Hmph.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Apparently I am unversed in air travel history...
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Once again, perfectly correct but not perfectly speedy.
 

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Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on :
 
In at first place for the first time ever! I'll give it ten minutes ...
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
The milkmaids did for me today.
 

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Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Marvin the Martian:
The milkmaids did for me today.

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I've been to barn dances too .....
 

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Posted by Eutychus (# 3081) on :
 
Video games from 2002
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I don't care what year it came from, I guessed it correctly.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
For goodness' sake, Smudgie, read the blinkin' question!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Hello? Hello! Good Morning! How are you this fine day?
Enjoy your quiz!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:

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quote:

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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.

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Braggart!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Silly me, and here I thought the film started a good actress!
 

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Posted by Grits (# 4169) on :
 
Finally getting the hang of this...
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
Gradually losing the hang of this methinks.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
!@#$%&* film questions.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
That's what I meant to say, but I couldn't spell " !@#$%&* !"
 

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Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Ninth today: was hard but fun!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I'm right behind you, Sir K - with the help of Lucky Guess Piglet I got the film question right!
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 


God bless my little cotton socks and vague folk memory.
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
Apparently I've already played today so my answers couldn't be accepted.
Own up, who is my sock puppet?
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Poor TB - that's annoying. Did you play very late yesterday?
 

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Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on :
 
The submit button didn't work for me today. Some gremlins I think.
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by piglet:
Poor TB - that's annoying. Did you play very late yesterday?

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Not really, about 9. Was very strange.

Managed to play OK today, but had never heard of that expedition and guessed wrongly.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Slid into a draw for seventh with AA.
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
I did not like todays quiz at all! Trivia all the way....
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I liked it quite a lot.

10/10 in less than twice Antisocial Alto's time = happy piglet.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
TOO FECKING SLOW!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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*


 

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Posted by Gussie (# 12271) on :
 
I always seem to do better on the 'harder' rather than the easier quizzes.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Me too!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
And me - sixth place!
 

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Posted by Chorister (# 473) on :
 

quote:

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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*

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Chorister tries to imagine what a penguin doing a little celebratory dance would look like - no idea, but I bet it's rather cute.
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
My lowest ever score!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I'd have been in eighth had I not missed the third or fourth question! 9/10 on Sunday is good for me...
 

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Posted by Bob Two-Owls (# 9680) on :
 
Damn gremlins again, it said I gave no answer for the last question when I clearly had an answer marked when I hit submit...
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
In response to question #2: Thunder Up.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Feckin' American netball questions.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
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?
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Lucky guess on last question, but it cost me too much time.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by AristonAstuanax:
If it makes you feel any better, piglet, the team in that question hasn't existed for over five years ...

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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.


 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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?
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I actually changed a wrong answer to a right one today!

I thought about it for far too long, but still ...
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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?
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Morbidly quiet, Pingu. There are some who would wish to take up mouse on his behalf, however.


 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I expect he'll be back quite soon - he said over in AS that he was on his way home.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I'm back and still abysmally slow!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
You're one whole second less abysmal than me, Weasel, but welcome back anyway.

Lucky Guess Piglet was on very good form today.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
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?
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
... I seem to have remembered the answer to
the question that always bugs me.

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Unlike me - I suspect it may be the same one - this time I didn't remember it.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I know almost nothing about movies - and it shows!
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
I know almost nothing about movies - and it shows!

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My problem too- American teen movies in particular. Lowest score ever today, because all my movie guesses were wrong.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Play away!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I changed my answer in the Carrie question from the right one to the wrong one.

Bugger.
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Japes (# 5358) on :
 
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...
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
I can not get in to the quiz at the moment. Feel very put out- I must be addicted!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
It loaded for me but I only got 9/10 - and a lousy time from spending too long reading the questions.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Japes:
Dear me, how could I get the World War 2 question wrong...

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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.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Forget the Weasel, little one. Even I beat you!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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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.

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Unlucky guess ditto ditto ditto ...
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by PeteC:
Forget the Weasel, little one. Even I beat you!

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Ooooh, the shame!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Just barely in ninth. I am always wary of trick questions on the easy ones!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I managed to sidle into 10th, but bearing in mind some of my recent performances that makes me a v. happy piglet.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Currently in 1st place, nobody else has played yet, but probably about to be overtaken.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Smudgie:
...I'm not competitive. No, really, I'm not.

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quote:

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:

quote:

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Originally posted by Smudgie:
...I'm not competitive. No, really, I'm not.

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That a good thing with tiny little legs, webbed feet and flipper type wings!

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Yes, but they're the best little legs, webbed feet and flipper type wings in the entire universe
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I changed a wrong answer to a right one! And I'm only behind the Penguin because she played before I did ...
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
....know nuffing 'bout pirates!

 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Moderately pathetic.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Smudgie:
Play away! [/URL]

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quote:

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:

quote:

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Originally posted by Smudgie:
Play away! [/URL]

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Excuse me, but are you encouraging shipmates to infidelity?

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
Duhhh! A really daft mistake!
 

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Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on :
 
Hah! I've never guessed that one correctly before!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
DS, I suspect you're talking about the one I didn't guess correctly. Obscure Old Testament families have never been my strong point ...
 

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Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I am not a dancer, else I should have been in sixth place!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Neither am I, but I managed 7th.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Wow! That was a tough one today.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
No, that was not skill, that was one very lucky guess I made!!!!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Lucky Guess Piglet has been replaced by Completely Useless Piglet.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
...but at least it took you less time to be completely useless than it took me.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
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 . . .
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Back to 10/10 - but still slow!
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Answer to question 6 today is easy (and correct), unless you are a teenager, then there are several other choices.


 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Low man in a three-way draw for sixth...
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by PeteC:
Answer to question 6 today is easy (and correct), unless you are a teenager, then there are several other choices.

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So true,Uncle Pete!

Again changed the right answer for the wrong one! When will I ever learn?
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Just scraped into the top 10 behind Spike, Deckhand and Sir K.

Could be worse ...
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Who are these people whose birthday I am supposed to know?
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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...


 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
A really rubbish score for me today! I had to guess on so many, and got them all wrong!
 

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Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
A completely pathetic performance!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
One lucky guess, one unlucky; I'm not a Trekkist. Not often you'd make 12th place with 9/10 in 69 seconds though ...
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
No. 1 tripped me this Sunday. And I should have known better.

At least I beat Weasel!
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Golly! I'm still first!!

That's not happened for quite a while.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by jedijudy:
Golly! I'm still first!!

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You wouldn't have been, if I'd picked the right feckin' judge ...

Here we go again ...
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
You're saying you misjudged?
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
How did I do that?

A lucky guess on the filum one.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
One rubbish guess and one guess changed from correct to incorrect on a whim.... I'm doooooomed.
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
Due to Pond Difference I always get the question at number 9 today wrong!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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?
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Daft and slow: changed my answer on number one to the wrong one and got the stupid answer to another one...
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Eighth place; if I'd got the right American president (and why would I? ) I'd have been in fourth.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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 ]
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Whereas I, to my huge astonishment, am still in the top 10!!


 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
On to a new day and American TV shows are NOT my forte
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
You and me both, weasel! You and me both.
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
I know nothing about American TV
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
May I join in the "we hate American TV" chorus?


 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Oh, my. Three lucky guesses.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Easy enough but SO slow!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by piglet:
May I join in the "we hate American TV" chorus?

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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.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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 ...
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Well, that was a very forgettable attempt!
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 
Oh my God, I won one!

I actually won one!

*ahem*

Marvellous.
 

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Posted by The Rogue (# 2275) on :
 
And you are leading today. Are you challenging for the title this month, Marvin?
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Go, you Marvin!

I had a bad case of the slows today. Perhaps because I cleaned the whole house before playing?
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
A Certain Canadian pinged me in IM in the middle of the quiz hence the slow time!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
That, dear Weasel, is an excuse rather than a reason. I mean, you usually manage to ignore him the rest of the time
 

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Posted by Wm Dewy (# 16712) on :
 
I hate it when I change an answer when my first guess was right.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 

quote:

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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

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quote:

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
A Certain Canadian pinged me in IM in the middle of the quiz hence the slow time!

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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?
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by piglet:
...PS What on earth does "pinged me in IM" mean?

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Sorry, piglet - it means he tried to start a conversation with me in Instant Messenger.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Thank you, WW - am now a somewhat enlightened piglet.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Actors, tv shows! All my downfall!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Pete, you've put me off already and I haven't even opened the quiz yet!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
9/10 - not bad, it could have been a lot worse.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Feck that US actress and bloody chemistry questions!
 

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Posted by Anselmina (# 3032) on :
 
I don't know the colour of UPS vans - so shoot me!

And what are protons anyway?
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Who knows what protons are? I just remembered the answer from another quiz!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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.


 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I've never read The Maltese Falcon. Bugger.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
A long delay from clicking for the quiz to it arriving does NOT help my time!
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
I clicked against the wrong answer for one question by mistake. Otherwise I would have scored a 10. Ah well.....
 

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Posted by Japes (# 5358) on :
 
Meh.. I though my logical answer was a much better one than the given answer for the question I got wrong.


 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
A long delay from clicking for the quiz to it arriving does NOT help my time!

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You were still faster than me ... by a whole second!

Be proud. Be very proud.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

quote:

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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.

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I think I was using the same logic as you, Japes.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Squeaked into ninth because I read carefully and didn't guess.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Bloody albums!

Top of page
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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 ...
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
"Great" moments in quiztaking: one of the questions reappears later. I miss one, not the other.

Whoops.
 

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Posted by Japes (# 5358) on :
 


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.
 

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Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by AristonAstuanax:
"Great" moments in quiztaking: one of the questions reappears later. I miss one, not the other.

Whoops.

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Weird - so did I. I didn't answer the second one at all.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Thanks to the sundry brainfarts of some of my rivals, I'm in third place.

On a Sunday.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Two lucky guesses gives me 10/10 - I'm amazed!
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
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!


 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
A hesitation of camels, more like!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
How about a bollocks of American television shows?
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Ah well, 9/10 is better than it might have been.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Foiled by one bad guess and one silly mistake - phoeey!
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
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!


 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
How could I forget Michael J. Fox's disease?

My mother died from it at age eighty!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by PeteC:
Joy reigneth in the PeteC household this Tuesday! ...

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Well done Pete!

Chez Piglet is also Quite Pleased. Further
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
At least I'm back to 10/10.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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).
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Hi there!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Precisely.

(See, I was right again )
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
I knew I'd given up on this for a reason - I'm so damn slow on this laptop
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
And the answer was given in another question!

You twit!

Don't worry, I'll be back soon!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by PeteC:
And the answer was given in another question!

You twit!

Don't worry, I'll be back soon!

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Tomorrow, probably, and I'll beat you again
 

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Posted by Anselmina (# 3032) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I was temporarily in ninth place until the bloody software failed to record the correct answer on the last question!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
All would have been well if I had ever watched a television series which apparently ended some years ago.


 

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Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on :
 
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....
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Yay! I squeaked into ninth!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I've snuck into 10th.

Sir K., I hate to burst your bubble, but you're now 12th ...
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
Yay! I squeaked into ninth!

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Again!
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Argh. I really did know the answer to that.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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 ...
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
A perfect 10/10 and a usual pathetic timing but I'll blame that on my convalescence - possibly for the next several years!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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"?
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Don't complain, so far you are 1st out of 8.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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....


 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Lucky Guess Piglet trots merrily into 7th place.

"Average" must be my forte ...
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Well, at least I was quicker than yesterday.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Slow with faulty guess-power - not a winning combination.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Good to have a hard quiz for a change....firmly in seventh.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
11th today - Lucky Guess Piglet on good form.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Still slow!

re yesterday and Smudgiekins - remember the last shall be first and the first, last.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
In the top ten with 60 seconds on an "easy" day - I'm not complaining!
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
I hate it when I change my mind at the last minute and delete a correct answer.


Just like Smudgie.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Ah, but she didn't make that mistake this time
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Just you wait, Henry Higgins, just you wait!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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!

 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
How should I know what the feckin' 'Murcans do with their criminals?

More to the point, why should I care?
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
Share and enjoy. Share and enjoy.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Too slow: we are having issues with the remote-control mouse.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
8/10 and SLOW - no prizes for me today.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
A less Americo-centric quiz would be nice once in a while.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
But just want to add I beat Weasel and Pingu this AM, even if my time was equal to both of theirs, nearly!


 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
We'll be back!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
It's nice to let the old boy get a fleeting taste of victory now and again, isn't it?
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Oh, well. A guess that was completely wrong.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Smudgie:
... I am totally ignorant of American TV programmes ...

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You and me both, Pingu.
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
It's okay, even Google couldn't come up with a good answer to that one in a timely manner. Yes, I tried.
 

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Posted by Loveheart (# 12249) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 
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 ]
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Plenty of accuracy, just not enough speed.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
10/10 on 2 consecutive days - what did you get yesterday Smudgie?


 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
10/10 on 2 consecutive days - what did you get yesterday Smudgie?

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I got.. er... distracted. That's what I got!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I liked the last one: we honeymooned there many years ago when the place had a different administration...
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Squeaked in ahead of the Weasel, by a whisker.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Knew the right answer, ticked the wrong box - no points for that one!
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
[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]
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
[secrit message to Weasel] [/secrit message to Weasel]

[ 03. July 2012, 11:28: Message edited by: PeteC ]
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
[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
 

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Posted by lily pad (# 11456) on :
 
I cannot play. It is forbidden.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by lily pad:
I cannot play. It is forbidden.

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The bribe worked then?
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 

quote:

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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

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Pete, do you get the idea that someone is listening to our private conversations?
 

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Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on :
 
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'
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
WOOHOOOOOOO! First time in the top ten.
 

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Posted by lily pad (# 11456) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Smudgie:

quote:

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Originally posted by lily pad:
I cannot play. It is forbidden.

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The bribe worked then?

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It must have. I still can't get in. Forbidden in both unofficial languages - Explorer and Firefox.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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...


 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by MiceElf (# 4389) on :
 
Oh YaY oh YaY....... Spins happily.

Opens the window to shout it out... I'm First!!!!

But only until the next player plays.
 

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Posted by MiceElf (# 4389) on :
 
See! I knew it wouldn't last
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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 ...
 

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Posted by AristonAstuanax (# 10894) on :
 
We celebrate America by blowing up bits of it.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
In a three-way draw for tenth, Piglet!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Pete, I see we both beat you-know-who again yesterday - shall I PM you the answers so we can do it again today?
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Hurries off to check mailbox
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
How did I do that? Thanks weasel!


 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
I know nothing about American geography- would have got 10 out of 10 if I did!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Bloody Hell! Thwarted again!
 

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Posted by Snags (# 15351) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
The upside is I got to do the quiz again

My time sucked though: 2864 seconds. Even for me that's pathetic.


 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 

quote:

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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.

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Yeah, sure we believe you


 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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.


 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
9/10's not bad when you consider six of them were guesses! I knew I ought to watch more trashy films and television.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I'm amazed I got 9/10, too.

That is 2 days running Smudgie has beaten Pete and I and it's Sunday tomorrow!
 

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Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on :
 
First time I've played and I got 77 seconds!
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
Here's the quiz...
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
A nice difficult one, with room for educated guesses puts me in the top five!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
... educated guesses ...

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Unfortunately one of mine wasn't. The rest were though ...
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Have I ever mentioned how much I like Sundays?
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Oh look!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
, Pingu,

I managed seventh place despite getting Nahor's sons wrong, again.*

* probably differently wrong from the last time I got them wrong ...
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Congratulations Smudgie!

...and thanks to Pete for his "support"
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Ten on ten on Monday with a sheer blind lucky guess in the actors' kids name category. Who cares about these things?
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
That was one speedy weasel this morning. Come on, admit it, who's been feeding him caffeine?
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 

 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Ooooh, second place. At least right now!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Smudgie:
That was one speedy weasel this morning ...

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... and an equally speedy piglet, but the weasel gets Chronogeographical Precedence™.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Regular service has resumed today.

Who watches plays?
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
ME!!

Or I used to when I lived elsewhere.
 

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Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on :
 
19th...not good enough
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Oh look, I beat Smudgie again!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Slotted firmly in seventh. I could have been faster, but I knew all the answers.
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
I didn't. Three I had no idea about at all and guessed wrongly.
 

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Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on :
 
Distinctly respectable - even if the decathlon one was a bit of a guess.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
It was for me also.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Bloody filums! I hovered between two actors - all for naught, as neither were correct!
 

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Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on :
 
It was the bone question that got me. Don't know my femur from my tibia!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Starbug:
It was the bone question that got me. Don't know my femur from my tibia!

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Trust me. You would know if you ever broke your femur.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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...
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Spent too long reading the "crawl to the quiz-masters" question.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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...
 

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Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on :
 
Woohoo! I'm fourth in the table!

*dances a slightly embarrassing jig*
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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....
 

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Posted by Lucia (# 15201) on :
 
Dem bones, dem bones, dem dry bones....
 

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Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on :
 
I coulda been a contender - if I knew anything about boxing.

Think I'm getting quicker though.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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 ...
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
The one time I'm anywhere near being in the top ten and I have to go on holiday for a week!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
You could always send Smudgelet on his own.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I think the score from Indian Wells (another native Californian?) jinxed me!
 

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Posted by Just Me (# 14937) on :
 
Rats - stoopid mistake.
 

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Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on :
 

quote:

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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....

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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!
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
I hates obscure filums, I does, I does!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Pete, you are not alone!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Lucky and educated guess on a film I'd never seen propelled me into a higher place than I've had lately....
 

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Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on :
 
Ninth place! I made it into the top ten!!!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Sorry to burst your bubble, Starbug, but I'm in ninth now ...
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Golly, I'm first on Tuesday.

Basks briefly in glory
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Sorry Pete, you have been usurped - but I will be in my turn very soon!
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Not even 15 minutes of fame!


 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I thought you were famous wherever you went!

...or is the better word 'notorious'?
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
I can live with notorious...
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I'M NUMBER ONE!
 

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Posted by Paddy O'Furniture (# 12953) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
Click this way...
 

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Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on :
 
Fifth! I'm FIFTH!!!
 

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Posted by Spike (# 36) on :
 

quote:

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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!

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Thanks for the clue in advance of playing! I still got it wrong though.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Only 9 points but first to play so I'm in the lead!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
And a big thank you to Pete for supporting us all so ably today
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
12th place isn't too bad on an Easy day - I'm never going to keep up with the speed-merchants ...
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
I notice Starbug isn't boasting today. Bless her heart!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Note to Self:

Daydreaming whilst doing the quiz does NOT improve my time!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I think there is plenty of evidence on this website to disprove the answer to the second question!
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
I am 6th! Must be my highest ranking so far.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by Japes (# 5358) on :
 
I was obviously traumatised by Bambi as a small child and all memory of it wiped from my brain.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Not quite in the top ten, but faster than a speeding weasel and a Knight of the Realm ...
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Sadly I think weasels, or at least this one, can at most manage an amble!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Lots of lucky guesses - but 10/10!!
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
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 ....
 

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Posted by Antisocial Alto (# 13810) on :
 
Huh, I had forgotten there were any breakages in that fairy tale.
 

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Posted by Paddy O'Furniture (# 12953) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Spike:

quote:

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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!

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Thanks for the clue in advance of playing! I still got it wrong though.

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Ooops! Damn, sorry about that! Not only do I have A.D.D. but I blurt out things I'm not supposed to!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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 -
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by piglet:
...P.S. WW -

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If I win I assure I shall be embarrassed as it will only be by default - knowledge played no part in it at all!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
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.


 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Stunned, more like.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Got the tabernacle question wrong - if I hadn't I'd have been in fourth place.

Nearly put the right answer too ...
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I had a couple of lucky guesses and one unlucky one, and I took far too long thinking about all of them ...
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
Relieved to get all right as it was an easy one...

[ 25. July 2012, 10:05: Message edited by: The Weeder ]
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
Nine out of ten, on pure guesswork.
I am not American!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
In the lead when others have also scored 10/10 - this is not usual.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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....
 

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Posted by Starbug (# 15917) on :
 
Fourth place - wow!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
The one I got wrong wasn't even the one I thought I'd got wrong ...
 

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Posted by Loveheart (# 12249) on :
 
quiz not loading for me...
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I had the same problem at about the same time and then it cleared - no idea what was wrong.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I'm number four! Does that mean I know everything?
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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.


 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
American TV show questions are not enjoyed here!
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
Nope, not when there are quite a few of them - however when all the guesses work it's quite satisfying
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
I know very little about American culture, so it was guesswork all the way.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I made it into eighth place with spectacularly lucky guessing on several subjects about which I know the square root of bugger-all.


 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Pathetically easy - I managed 41 seconds but no doubt someone will come along and do it in under 20!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Pathetically easy - I managed 41 seconds but no doubt someone will come along and do it in under 20!

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quote:

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Pathetically easy - I managed 41 seconds but no doubt someone will come along and do it in under 20!

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Close, but I was still four seconds over...
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Swanky know-it-all whippersnapper. I knew it all along, you're really only 14, aren't you?



 

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Posted by Paddy O'Furniture (# 12953) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Marvin the Martian (# 4360) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Smudgie:
Swanky know-it-all whippersnapper. I knew it all along, you're really only 14, aren't you?

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14? Hah. Times it by two and a bit and you're there...
 

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Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on :
 
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?
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Another new page already ...
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
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.


 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
10/10 but no idea how!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
All correct, but in a draw for 11th....
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by PeteC:
I really, really, really like this train wreck's definition of "famous couple" ...

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I think at the time they were quite well-known in certain circles ...
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
So were the Kray brothers!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Knowing the right answer and ticking the right box are quite unrelated!


 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Another internet blip on loading meant a lousy time but at least I got them all right.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
The trouble with the easier quizzes is that I sometimes lose time re-reading the question looking for the catch!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
...and having the same question twice is such a regular occurrence these days.
 

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Posted by Tortuf (# 3784) on :
 
Having the same question twice in one quiz is the crew's quiz equivalent of scratching.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 


I like that!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
The Quiz has gone missing again, at least over here - last time it was back in 20-30 minutes, so let's hope...
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Smudgie:
The trouble with the easier quizzes is that I sometimes lose time re-reading the question looking for the catch!

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Me too!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I got the American-TV-show-which-I've-never-seen question right!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Yay! Seventh place!
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
Low score- my maths was at fault, and having to guess the American popular culture ones.
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Sir Kevin:
Yay! Seventh place!

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P.S. Who's Sybil?
 

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Posted by Sylvander (# 12857) on :
 
Amazing. Been away so long and still not better than before...
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Well, you managed to beat me!
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
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?
 

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Posted by Drifting Star (# 12799) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Very insecurely in the top ten! Would that I could have been faster...

 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Two lucky guesses. *whew!*
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
Have a good break, Piglet
 

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Posted by The Weeder (# 11321) on :
 
10 out 0f 10, and my fastest time ever! I am in at number 3, until the really speedy people play!
 

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Posted by Japes (# 5358) on :
 
Sorry, Weeder.


 

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Posted by Sylvander (# 12857) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by piglet:
Be good while I'm away.

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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.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
One wrong on Monday but that's pure blind luck.
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
Aaargh! Just missed the draw for tenth!
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I am in tenth today. Was careful but not fast!
 

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Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on :
 
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 ]
 

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Posted by Sir Kevin (# 3492) on :
 
I was so careful with gems and with ladies' undergarments and shoes that I pissed away more than twenty seconds and thus face relegation!

 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Bloody Amurrrrican teevee shows!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by PeteC:
Bloody Amurrrrican teevee shows!

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Amen, Uncle Pete. You're above me in the list today!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
First, first and last - all at once!
 

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Posted by Loveheart (# 12249) on :
 
Am off on hols this evening, so unlikely to be partaking for a while...
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Yay! Changed a wrong answer for a right one.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Even with only 7 correct I was not the bottom of the heap this Sunday!

Curse you, Pingu!
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Ack. This time changed a right answer for a wrong one.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Wow, under 85 seconds and just 2 seconds behind weasel on this Monday morning!

My cup runneth over...
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 

 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
I shoulda knowed.
 

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Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on :
 
Resurrection of the Quizliks, with Peter Davidson.
 

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Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on :
 
Aaaand my State Department examinee knowledge of treaties gets me in trouble.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Good grief, I beat Smudgie!

How sad.


 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
GRRRRRR!

And you beat me again - you also played first which means I never headed the leader board today.
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
It's no good knowing the answers if you don't click on them - grrr
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
One of my worst scores today.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Playing first at least I get to head the leaderboard for a few minutes.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
Ooooh. Look. Fancy that.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
[Through gritted teeth]Congratulations![/Through gritted teeth]
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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!
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Oh Smudgie, I am SO sorry!


 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
Slow but sure today.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 


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).


 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
137 seconds - that'll teach me to try and do the quiz on a ******* laptop ...
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
I went first so I am now enjoying my [all too brief] moment of glory.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Not fast but at least I was accurate - I even two pop questions right!
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Normal service has been resumed - 11th place isn't bad considering I'm a bit out of practice.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
First again - for the moment!
 

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Posted by Ariston (# 10894) on :
 
**** 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!
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
Oh, did I mentioned blind, pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey luck with at least one of the questions?
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Today I'm keeping my mouth shut!
 

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Posted by Tree Bee (# 4033) on :
 
Poor start to the month.
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:
Today I'm keeping my mouth shut!

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May the month continue as it started
 

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Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Tree Bee:
Poor start to the month.

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Me, too.

Yay, you, Uncle Pete!
 

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Posted by Jahlove (# 10290) on :
 
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)
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I managed 6th place - if only it would last for the rest of the month ...
 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
I'm in the top ten for August. I'm in the top ten for August
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
...and I'm in second place to that tiresome penguin for today...

...for now, anyway.
 

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Posted by Antisocial Alto (# 13810) on :
 

quote:

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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!

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quote:

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Originally posted by Antisocial Alto:

quote:

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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!

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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!

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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.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Guess who was quicker than the penguin today - by 6 seconds!


 

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Posted by Smudgie (# 2716) on :
 
You weren't supposed to check back at the scores.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 


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Can you beat 52 seconds today, ma'am?
 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :
 
I've been collecting jewellery all this time and I didn't know they were called that.

You learn something new every day ...
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 

quote:

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Originally posted by Welease Woderwick:



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Can you beat 52 seconds today, ma'am?

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Apparently she did. And didn't come here to gloat.

How unusual!

[ 05. September 2012, 01:24: Message edited by: PeteC ]
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 

quote:

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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 ...

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Dammit piglet, I sometimes think we all get different quizzes. PM me the question and answer?
 

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Posted by Curiosity killed ... (# 11770) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by PeteC (# 10422) on :
 
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.
 

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Posted by Welease Woderwick (# 10424) on :
 
Hey Pete, did you notice who is currently in 21st place when you and I are in 17th and 9th?


 

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Posted by piglet (# 11803) on :