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The Rules

There are 10 questions.

PM me your answers by 23:59 wednesday 29 December.  The subject line should be RSQ moon, and please give each answer on a SEPARATE line with corresponding question number.

The reveal will take place at 21:00 Thursday 30 December.

Your score for each question is number of people who give the same correct answer. So you want to go for answers that you think will be less commonly given. Levelling commonly happens. The answer most commonly given is called the sheep, with the corresponding sheep score.  If you score the only ACE in any round, you will receive MINUS 1 points for that round.  So a solitary ace for a round scores better than a pass.

You are not allowed to do research such as Google searches to come up with answers, and you're not allowed to ask others for help with your answers.  Those who do will be spotted by the other contestants and no doubt pointed out.  Punishment will be dealt to those deemed cheating.  I will be the judge, but a jury of your peers might be drafted in to decide guilt or innocence.

If you give an incorrect answer, you will receive sheep score + 5 points

You MUST pass on one, and only one, question and score a 0 for that question.

Any questions, post in this thread. If it's a stupid question, expect a stupid answer.

Spelling schmelling.

Objections are allowed, but a source must be provided with the INITIAL objection, otherwise subsequent evidence will most probably be deemed inadmissible and your case will be thrown out.

If a previous winner is victorious they may if they so choose nominate the next QM - and this will be a virgin QM.

Please read the rules, and re-read them.  Ignorance of the rules will not be an acceptable excuse for farcical objections or questions, and the judge (and jury if necessary) will be called upon to determine guilt and the punishment.

Lowest score after the 10 rounds will win, in case of a tie i will make something up

Q1 Name an American state with an Atlantic coastline
Q2 Name a poker player who finished second in the WSOP main event since 2000
Q3 Name a golfer that has won a major championship since 2000
Q4 give a synonym for the word farcical
Q5 Name an album by the irish band U2
Q6 Name a county town in the republic of Ireland
Q7 Name a poisonous spider
Q8 Name a character from mario Kart
Q9 Name a film which stars Johnny Depp
Q10 Name a novel by Charles Dickens

appologies if any of these have been asked before but i sure can be bothered to check back through all the quizes.

Google heaven

I did it said fantasyland where Christians believe they go to when they die

Farce

Tough questions indeed

a few questions too tough for me there

Q1 Name an American state with an Atlantic coastline
EASY

Q2 Name a poker player who finished second in the WSOP main event since 2000
I KNOW ONE OR TWO

Q3 Name a golfer that has won a major championship since 2000
SIMPLE ENOUGH, EVEN FOR NON-GOLF FANS

Q4 give a synonym for the word farcical
LOVE THAT QUESTION

Q5 Name an album by the irish band U2
ANOTHER GOOD ONE

Q6 Name a county town in the republic of Ireland
OH DEAR...

Q7 Name a poisonous spider
SIMPLES

Q8 Name a character from mario Kart
GUESS I KNOW A FEW

Q9 Name a film which stars Johnny Depp
EVERYONE WILL KNOW A FEW

Q10 Name a novel by Charles Dickens
AGAIN, EASY ENOUGH


There aren't any unanswerable questions there really.   Very unsharplesproof though.

Q4 is going to be completely epic on the night

So subjective

Gatso, can we tag team the QM please?

Q4 is a corker, but Q6 could be a lot of fun as well.  DUCY?

which side is the atlantic? I assume it's either left or right so I have a 50/50 chance of a correct answer


yep

It's the side next to the Atlantic Ocean.

Oh, I C. I intend taking a 15 minute break for that question, lest I reinstate the Irish troubles and derail the peace process.

[X] in
[X] massive sheep

Oh god love ya.  Glutton for punishment.  Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii  Bring it on!!! 

FYP

good quiz. as a non golf fan, i have to say i struggled with Q3 but may have pulled something out the bag to save my neck. Q4 is gonna be interesting...
 

wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii what a question ....... def going to be viewing the reveal just for this little gem  ;D

Gotta love this quiz. Few questions Id consider myself pro at answering. Come from a massive Golfing family, with origins in Ireland, family in America and a childhood love for videogames.

Made a few purposely FARCICLE answers XD

SHIP IT!

only 7 entries so far, come give me some work to do!

Will do mine tomorrow boss.

its too googly for me, so for that reason I'm out

Too tough for me :(

Selections sent!

Shipped

Answers in. I expect a couple of messy questions in the reveal.

Don't get the issues with people saying it's too hard? I think (with possibly the exception of q 5 if you don't know u2) there's at least one obvious answer to each q.

that's the trouble.  when the only answer you know to a lot of them is the one obvious one it makes you wonder if it's worth it. 

Which questions only have one obvious answer?

the ones i could only think of one answer for

done, simple, easy

Sented.

entrered

It's prob safe to say wo*ds for the golf one claw. I doubt any of the rest of us will :)

15th level thinking ftw

kinda counting on that tbh

Just realised I'm not gonna be around for the reveal. I'll have to rely on Claw & Gatso to put up their usual robust defences for my answers ::)

you sure can count on us

9pm, wtf? let's just play now. I'm all ready, objections prepared

it's tomorrow dude

gtfo. you did make me check though

can we do this tonight please? Have had six pages of objections ready all day, been looking forward to it

and you just made me check what day it is....

I'm gonna go and work on some more objections then if it's not tonight

why don't you run a speed rsq instead?

I suppose the main reason would be that I don't want to

all take, no give. Typical of many.

farce

i'm sulking now coz i just checked a map of the usa :(

sorry had visitors until today so couldnt do on the wednesday, it looks like 15 entrants so far.

15 it is the runners and riders are

tightend       
cambridgealex 
redsimon     
girgy         
gatso         
jjandellis     
kinboshi       
the duke       
JK             
cf             
technolog       
snoopy         
the baron       
claw           
bhoywonder

hope to see you there 9pm thursday

9pm, that's ludicrous.

you could say its a travesty,but you'd be wrong!

I'm at a home game! 9pm, Thursday - it's nonsensical!

Can we start earlier? Say, 3pm?

hehe, I got that one right eventually though may be sheeping. figured out which side hawaii was on, I's clever innit

+1

Not in for the reveal but I have my phone on me. Will be refreshing as much as my battery will allow!

might have just been easier to do it like a normal person and work out which side we are on

like a normal person who got it wrong?

and how is that easier? do you know which side of the uk the irish channel is on by working out what side north korea is on?

mine is on the right side though. it's only wrong because there are a couple of crappy probably-shouldn't-even-be-states in the way.  and it's nothing like your analogy - moron (that's not a minus).

my analogy is perfect. why work out a countries internal geography by referencing a distant, non-bordering country? even if I'd worked out what side we're on it wouldn't have helped as I still wouldn't have known if that was atlantic or pacific but knew hawaii was pacific and on the left so my method works. really hope my answer's right after all this

well, because any normal person knows that between the british isles and the USA there's not much else other than the atlantic.  hawaii probs isn't actually much closer.

can we start now please?  gatso is getting me in the mood.

Yes hurry up

I know one answer you are going to fail me on and my corroboration is all tabbed and waiting

I am in the mood for a ruck


So hurry up

Starting a new job tonight. Cambridgealex has an appeal ready for me for the golf question!

just tabulating the first set of final scores be with you in a jiffy

norrrr - i've just run a bath.  no starting before 9pm now please!

i will update the scores after rounds 3,5,7,9 and at the end hope that meets with everyones approval?

Travesty

Q1 answers

Maine, (2)
the baron,snoopy

maryland, (2)
Tightend,cambridgealex

Georgia, (2)
the duke,technolog

south carolina, (2)
cf,jjandellis

ACES: (-1)

Virginia, Kinboshi
Delaware, JK
new jersey, redsimon
New york, Girgy
florida, gatso

Fails (7)
Pennsylvania, Claw75
vermont, bhoywonder

Objections!!

a) Its not 9pm yet

b) Claw is in the bath

Lol farce started early.

And why do aces get minus points??

for cf

If you score the only ACE in any round, you will receive MINUS 1 points for that round.  So a solitary ace for a round scores better than a pass

for tight end

a) your right it isn't sorry im a bit premature

b) she will catch up and  ;ashamed;

so how does that apply here?

but the players in round one did not score the only Ace. There were five aces, hence one point scored.

bugger

spreadsheet sorted apologies probably should have read the rules properly

Q2  amswers

TJ Cloutier, (3)
 the baron, snoopy,jjandellis

David Williams, (2)
cambridge alex, cf

Sammy Farha, (2)
Kinboshi,bhoywonder

Julian Gardner, (2)
redsimon, gatso

Ivan Demidov, (2)
Tightend,girgy

ACE

dewey tomko , theduke (-1)

Fails

Kevin mcbride, JK (8)

Pass, (0)
 Claw75, technolog

Ok I'm ready now.  You can start.  Oh.

GOOD

Gatso and Claw are here, all is right with the world

objection to dewey tomko. are we allowed to do people's nicknames now then?

so anyway, i was thinking.  kinboshi keeps telling us about global warming and all that gubbins, and he's well clever, right, so when some of those ice cap thingies have melted, probs next year or something, then pennsylvania's gonna have an atlantic coastline, so should probs be allowed imo innit.

Kinboshi and Acts of God are a good couple imo.

Dewey is what he is best known as i dont even know what his proper first name is its acceptable

pretty sure you're getting confused by the difference between weather and speeding. they're not the same thing

surely it's your job to know what the answers are

I Object! ...for objections sake!

Travesty

Dewey's first name is Huey but he changed it to Dewey after Huey Lewis hit number one with "The Power of Love"

what about my objection?  if you don't allow it i'll probs piss off and do something more interesting and your thread will just be full of boys.

i do dewey is the right answer if someone had put duane tomko i would have suspected googling

FACT.  i spoke to huey lewis on a saturday superstore phone-in.  I asked him why he called his band 'the news'.  he said 'the beatles was already taken'.  it don't get better than that folks.

sigh. obv was only trying to set a precedent for when I object to tiger woods on the next question

FRO

bump

sorry claw hope you had a nice bath, pennsylvania does'nt have an atlantic coastline right now. nobody (not even kinboshi) can see into the future with 100% accuracy so i have to overule your objection. please stay around we need your eostrogen to counterbalance all the testosterone.

thanks

why would i want to stay around when i have no chance of winning after one question?

if it helps you to change your mind, i also love phineas and ferb.  my favourite episode is the one where they reunite love handel.

Q3 answers
Padraig Harrington, (4)
Kinboshi, the duke, technolog, bhoywonder

Phil Mickelson, (3)
The Baron,girgy,gatso

Tiger Woods, (2)
Claw75,redsimon

Jim Furyk, (2)
Snoopy,cf

ACES (1)

Rich Beem, TightEnd
stewart Cink, cambridge alex
angel cabrera, jjandellis
Karen Stupples, JK

let the fun really begin!

if future pennsylvania is allowed then I'll object to it being a state. strictly speaking it's a commonwealth isn't it?

to claw
 good episode that and surely its not the winning but the taking part that matters scoring is very tight toward the end also could be a tiebreaker

moron

i'm sulking.  let's haggle.  just knock four points off my score.  i'd have said Maine if i hadn't said pennsylvania.

gtfo claw. No bribing the best qm we've had in a week!

i'm not trying to bribe him - i have no intention of giving him anything in return.

oh dear, missed it ;)

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGvk5oIjorY.

i'm not haggling sorry and cf brownosing wont get you anywhere, now back to Q3 any objections......  surely

This is fun......!

nope

Q3 was perfect and as it should be.

Bert! this bloke won't haggle.  Where are the guards?

and ;nana; cf

right oh nice to see you all happy with the inclusion of the womens british open as  a major championship even though that wasnt my intention scores after round 3 are as follows

cambridgealex   5
the duke        5
redsimon        5
tightend        5
jjandellis      6
gatso           6
technolog       6
girgy           6
cf              6
kinboshi        7
snoopy          7
the baron       8
claw            9
JK              10
bhoywonder      13

Don't say that word, these vultures will take it as a sign of weakness and swoop.

why didn't you fail it then?

Karen Stupples won a major, not our fault if your question isn't specific enough Mr Back.

No objection

good to see a qm adapting to the fact that their question doesn't read as intended. hope this continues

because it was correct ldo

were you busy at a FV party?

he either intended it to be ok or not imo

Who else is looking forward to the farce q?

not me.  i'm gonna sheep it.

didnt fail it as i didnt specify male or female in the question as JK so kindly pointed out to me when he answered the question anyway onto question 5 yeah

no, he thought he'd written the question one way. turns out he made a mistake but then marked it as written rather than as it was in his imagination which is what tighty/del would've done

this is how it should be done

can we have question 4 first please?

only kidding  heres Q4
ridiculous, (3) Kinboshi,jjandellis,gatso

nonsensical, (2)
snoopy,technolog

ACES (1)

Ludicrous, cambridgealex
preposterous, the duke

Fails (8)
Reverse sheep Quiz, claw
Travesty, TightEnd
Shambolic ,The Baron
"tightend", cf

passes (wimps) (0)

JK
bhoywonder
redsimon
girgy

lolz. brilliant.

fail? ffs. 

slap!

ok I was expecting this after your barb earlier

A farce is farcical...and as my link says a synonym of farce is travesty

http://thesaurus.com/browse/farce


Objection to the fail. Travesty=farcical. Ace.


thank you

can I object on behalf of the baron. shambolic seems fine. agree with all the other fails

and there's no way RSQ is not synonymous with farce imo.

in fact your flippant failure of my answer backs up my objection.

rich, how can a noun be a synonym for an adjective?

A farce is farcical. Synonyms for both are interchangeable imo


Feel very strongly about this, in fact having expected it all day since Mr Back's unwarranted barb I have been stewing on the subject and would feel very hard done by if this is indeed a fail

Woah objection to my fail!!!!

travesty = farce but you need to put an a in front of travesty for a sentance to make sense ie

the service was farcical

the service was travesty / a travesty  

objection overuled

at least you've had time to prepare.  i never for a second thought i was gonna fail this one and it's come as a very big shock.  i have had to have a cigarette and some chocolate to calm me down.

give a sentence in which the words farcical and travesty are interchangeable without the insertion of an article

JK's golf answer should be accepted ;)

[X] have your back mate

come off it

are you really that anal?

A complete travesty mr Back

I am out of here, good night.

omg - never thought i'd see the day when tighty accused someone of being anal

and you can sod off too. If I ever get to do one of these again I am failing on spelling, lack of insertion of articles and you on every question just out of spite

Ridiculous fail

This is surely further proof that my answer is an ace?

and mine.

glad gatso knows about grammar, i just know travesty is wrong, agree about shambolic but could'nt find it in the thesuari i was using to adjudicate the question

This is comedy Gold......

the chances of me playing if you ever do one again are zero anyway so whatever

so how are you ruling on shambolic? it's clearly correct

to cf and claw you both gave examples of things that are farcical not words that can be interchanged for farcical

with that i shall move on. unless gatso can find me proof for shambolic

Q5  answers

rattle and hum, (3)
gatso,bhoywonder,jjandellis

how to dismantle an atomic bomb, (3)
cambridgealex, girgy,cf

Under a blood red sky, (2)
JK, the duke

boy, (2)
technolog, redsimon

Aces (1)

Pop, The Baron
October, Tightend
all that you can''t leave behind, Claw
War, snoopy
the unforgettable fire, Kinboshi

but some things are so farcical they become synonymous.  RSQ and tightend should be allowed.  as should shambolic.  not travesty though.  use your discretion.  added bonus of winding tighty up more too.

Failing travesty on grammar? For crying out loud. What lunacy

I'm extremely impressed at the wordsmith skills on display here

you have swayed me on shambolic it is now an ace

cant believe no1 put ludicrous! gogogo

and.....

go on, don't be a ravesty

objection to all correct answers for q5 though. they should all be sheeped as all the albums are basically the same old tracks slightly altered and then reeled out year after year

sorry claw and cf i just cant do it , bonus -1 for gatso for making me laugh

scores after round 5

redsimon        7
the duke        8
cambridgealex   9
girgy           9
the baron       10
technolog       10
snoopy          10
kinboshi        11
jjandellis      12
gatso           11
JK              12
tightend        14
bhoywonder      16
cf              17
claw            18

Woah in that case mine should be ace. Especially for added wind up tightend points...

oh my days - just when i thought my night couldn't get any fking worse

mmmm   nah

quoted and amended so i can keep track of where i should be on the scoreboard

Oh that could be a whole new game on its own :)

[ ] it will make a difference

Q6
Naas, tightend,redsimon (2)
Galway, Claw,technolog (2)

Aces (1)
dublin, gatso
cork, bhoywonder
Kilkenny, TheBaron
Wexford, snoopy
sligo, JK
Ennis, the duke
dundalk, jjandellis

Passes, (0)
Kinboshi
Cambridgealex
cf

fails (7)

Mayo, girgy

lolz

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v248/clairep75/rich.jpg)

at least i'm not bottom in my version

lol @sligo jamie

never heard of naas. glad tighty's googling has cost him again

Dear moonandback

This is a shambolic travesty

Regards

S

i've heard of naas and i'm nearly as rubbish at geography as you.

i stopped there for a wee once.

pretty sure you're thinking of nasa

nah i deffo didn't use the bogs in nasa.

Q7

black Widow, (3)
snoopy, cambridgealex, cf
funnelweb, (2)
redsimon,jjandellis
Redback, (2)
claw,girgy

Aces (1)
wolf spider, technolog
Brazilian Wandering spider, Kinboshi
Hobo spider, JK
huntsman bhoywonder

fails (8)
 wanering spider, thebaron

pass (0)
 Tightend, the duke,gatso

Objection to all answers. there are no known poisonous spiders. yes you can find links on the internet that say there are but that's due to the author's ignorance of the difference between the words 'poisonous' and 'venomous'.

venomous animals inject toxins in the form of venom by biting/stinging whereas poisonous animals are dangerous to touch/consume

there are a number of venomous spiders but no poisonous ones. all can be safely handled and eaten

precedent has already been set with question 3. questions should be marked as written, not necessarily as intended

Yessssss....!

My 1st ace

objection to huntsman.  they can't be poisonous - they let them crawl all over celebrities on ITV.

and bit harsh to fail the baron but ace kinbo imo

Could have let him experience another minute of joy before ruining his day...

have we failed everyone yet?

congrats btw. think this is the first question we've ever had with no possible correct answers

it's ok, moonandback will ignore my objection as per usual anyway :)

huge +1. consistency pls.

farce

Travesty

Sorry, a Travesty


This will not be forgotten.

travesty is fine in this instance rich.  We all say 'farce' not 'farcical'.  innit.

This has been an absolute tightend

fyp ;)

TightEnd not tightend.

Two capital letters, no space.

Thank you

Also +1 to gatsos objection

huntsman is a fail, all others stand. scores

the duke          9
redsimon          11
cambridgealex     12
kinboshi          12
gatso             12
technolog         13
snoopy            14
JK                14
jjandellis        15
tightend          16
girgy             18
bhoywonder        25
the baron         19
cf                20
claw              22

Woah Woah Woah. Respond to gatso first.

Objection

Capital letters required please.

sorry bw :(

yeah i'm gonna third/fourth/fifth whatever gatso's objection too

don't spoil it now moony, you've been doing so well

Sighhhhhh

And also disapointed

two p's please.

Capital T and no apostrophe please.

the venom is toxic therefore poisonous nobody answered there is no such thing a s a poisionous spider so you all knew the intent was to identify a venomous one Gatso's pedantry has come back to huant me.

Q8

Yoshi, (3)
kinboshi, cambridgealex,girgy

Toad, (2)
TightEnd,claw,

Bowser, (2)
the duke,gatso

Wario, (2)
snoopy,technolog

donkey kong, (2)
 redsimon,bhoywonder.

ACES (1)

chain chomp , thebaron
rosalina, JK
Waluigi, cf
mario, jjandellis

why would they answer that?  they would just pass.

Objection to all answers. There is no game called "mario kart".

objection to kinboshi's answer, whatever he put.  i was talking to him about mario kart a while back and he thought toad was some frog-like creature, so he's obv got no idea about anything and must've googled.

what are you talking about? me, tighty and duke passed because there's no possible answer. others answered incorrectly

3 of the people you gave correct answers to now agree as well

yep, this

mario Kart is a genre of games mario Kart Wii  etc  objection overuled

gatso is correct, much as it pains me to say so. I had to pass the question or risk a fail as there was no correct answer.

to get an solitary ace and score less than a pass

that apostrophe is possibly the most disappointing thing I've ever seen on blonde. thought better of you tighty

Hang on. You never specified the series. Stop telling us what your questions meant. That's irrelevant.

how would that be an ace? there is no correct answer therefore no possible ace

but it would only be an ace if you failed all the others, which you haven't

"two ps" does not make sense. "two p's" does

It requires an apostrophe for elucidation purposes.

Grammar should be flexible in such circumstances, or else its travesty.

an apostrophe is pretty farcical in that spot

any Mario Kart game was fine your ace stands  

Q9 answers
charlie and the chocolate factory, (3)
tightend, the duke,cf

a nightmare on elm street, (2)
 claw,redsimon

Blow, (2)
Cambridgealex,technolog

ACES (1)

Benny and Joon, thebaron
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, snoopy
Alice in Wonderland, kinboshi
corpse bride, JK
platoon, jjandellis
Donnie Brasco, bhoywonder
whats eating gilbert grape, gatso
PIRATES OF THE CARIBBIAN DEAD MANS CHEST, girgy

scores after round 9

the duke  14
redsimon  15
gatso  15
kinboshi  16
JK  16
cambridgealex  17
technolog  17
snoopy  17
jjandellis  17
tightend  21
the baron  22
girgy  22
cf  24
claw  26
bhoywonder  28

objection to girgy's answer being all in caps and poor speeeling

and objection to missing apostrophe in gatso's answer

F this....or is it F This

I'm off to concentrate on 2 mtt final tables I find myself in...

Gl all....esp bah humbug Claire.....

tbf I just had to google to see what toad was but know everyone from the super mariokart days. not knowing someone from the newer games doesn't take away knowledge of the earlier ones agreed, fail kinboshi

toad is one of the original characters. moron.

its in all caps cos thats how Girgy submitted it and i did'nt want to type it out again same re the speelink

shit, really. I did mostly play at uni while stoned

yes.  that's why i'm objecting.  it's rude to shout at the QM and should be auto failure.

are you seriously ignoring the fact that everyone except you backs my objection? I'm taking the tighty route and logging off. it's pointless if you make it up as you go along

even more reason you should remember the mushroom

I thought you wanted to get rid of articles as there was no point to them?

S
So fail it. Official title isn't in ALL CAPS

yay! tank!

Oh tanky tanky.

Unfail me please backy. Please. I have to sleep later

i know its a travesty

cf= turncoat, so nice earlier on i'm hurt

Q10  answers
tale of two cities, (4)
the duke,gatso,bhoywonder,jjandellis

great expectations, (2)
kinboshi, thebaron (+5 for failure to pass any question)

a christmas carol,(2)
 girgy,cf

bleak house, (2)
 claw,redsimon

Aces (1)

little dorrit, technolog
our mutual friend, tightend
Barnaby rudge, cambridgealex
Hard times, JK


passes (0)
snoopy

Aces are +1?

Two issues outstanding

1. My travesty failure

2. The poisonous spiders question: Outstanding fails


Thank you Question Master.

edited and corrected re aces

objection to tale of two cities.

why are you objecting to tale of two cities?

give him his travesty points...otherwise its a farce/travesty

because there's no such book

Lol

Let it go....

but that would be no fun :(

you are of course correct, a tale of two cities was correctly submitted by all thast anwsered that particular novell.

imagine me missing an article.

final scores

redsimon  17
JK  17
snoopy  17
the duke  18
kinboshi  18
cambridgealex  18
technolog  18
gatso  19
jjandellis 21
tightend  22
girgy  24
cf  26
the baron  28
claw  28
bhoywonder  28


threeway tie at the top
first (of the 3) to reply that they are mad enough to actually want to win will be declared the winner.

:)

which just shows that it is of no importance at all and travesty should be un-failed

Please show some consistency

Don;t hold your breath

;booder;

he has - he has admitted his error in the latter case.

I think I am the winner if travesty is allowed.

Sigh.
 

lol. travesty should be rejected on different reasons to those given. The article reason is ludicrous. It is however, not a synonym.

I would be the winner too if i'd got all aces.

but not in the former.

my link earlier explicitly stated otherwise

Jamie has asked me to act on his behalf tonight as he is working. I can say with some confidence, that he would be ecstatic to host the next quiz.

no, coz travesty is not a synonym of farcical.  obv.

I think I am going to write to my MP. As jurisdiction may be in Ireland, I would write there, but that would be going a bit far.

haha - wp.  I hope you don't get slapped too hard :D

It is a synonym of farce, and farce = farcical.

Unless the aim is merely to wind me up, in which case, well done

Two words are synoynms of one another if they are similar in meaning.

Let's get away from this idea of words being interchangeable or not having any relevance as to what qualifies synonymity.

After all, one may argue that in a given piece of writing no words are interchangeable. Someone may look at two words and declare that they both mean the same thing, but they may have a slightly different flavour of meaning, or have different connotations. Then there's the affect the word has on the pacing and  texture of the sentence and all sorts of other guff.

;izimbra; ;izimbra;

JK is the next QM then,

for tighty
Main Entry:  farcical  
Part of Speech:  adjective  
Definition:  absurd  
Synonyms:  amusing, camp, campy, comic, comical, derisory, diverting, droll, for grins, funny, gelastic, joshing, laughable, ludicrous, nonsensical, outrageous, preposterous, ridiculous, risible, slapstick, stupid

taken from the same source you quoted earlier now build a bridge

http://thesaurus.com/browse/farcical

and get over it.

goodnight.

moon

not a wind up attempt, my genuine opinion.  Farce cannot = farcical surely?  Farce, as gatso said, is a noun, wheres the word 'farcical' describes something that is 'farce-like'.  if Farce = Farcical there would be no need for two different words. 

so - do you think 'travesty' should be allowed?

wheee

Good luck JK

Questions when you can please!

 ;cheerleader;

lol best post by a qm ever. I hope you've enjoyed your time on blonde...

actually that reminds me of a guy that used to work for me.  he was 'difficult'.  used to send me a long email at least once a week complaining about various things - usually his colleagues.  before sending the message though he'd use a thesaurus to indiscriminately put long words in in place of his shorter words coz he thought it'd make him look clever.

yep well done moonandback - really enjoyed that.  possibly the best RSQ ever. ;applause;

he's gonna get battered imo  ;popcorn;

moonandback was far too resilient

I hope JK is made of less stern stuff.

[ ] hard as a nut

It's was more of a novella than a novel. We'd have to double check with Dickens himself I should think.

Did JK lose the tie-breaker?

I'm at work, so missed the reveal. Happy to do it, questions up when I get home/have Internet :).

[ ] this is going to be fun

wrong

Never so gutted to have missed a reveal :(

Total farcically. Never thought we'd see the day when we were discussing TightEnds basic grammar error's.

Brilliant Mr Moon. If I'm ever in a position to nominate the next QM, you have my vote.

Lolsylvania.