Title: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 03:09:07 PM The Rules.
There are 12 questions. PM me your answers by 9am on Tuesday 22/03/2011. Please put RSQ49 in the subject header and give the corresponding number for each question. There will be no extra marks for neatness but you will get a nod of approval from me. The reveal will take place at 8pm on Tuesday 22/03/2011 on this thread. I will even set my alarm. The usual haggling will then take place. Your score for each question is the number of people who give the same correct answer. The answer most commonly given is called the sheep, with the corresponding sheep score. If you score the only ACE (an ace being a correct answer which no-one else submits) in any round, you will receive MINUS 1 points for that round. You are not allowed to do research such as Google searches to come up with answers, and you are not allowed to ask others for help with your answers. Remember, you are only cheating yourself (and your illustrious peers). If you give an incorrect answer, you will receive the sheep score + 5 points You MUST pass on one, and only one, question and you will receive a score of 0 for that question. I will try to be reasonable about spelling but I cannot guarantee that my rulings will meet with universal approval. Objections will be considered during the reveal but I will try to keep the process short and as painless as possible. The lowest aggregate score after the 12 rounds will win. In the event of a tie, I will create an arbitrary rule to decide the winner. The Questions. 1. Name a chemical element (with atomic number less than 92) whose name begins with the letter C. 2. Name a non-American (i.e. born outside the US) poker player that won a WSOP bracelet in 2010 (events 1 to 57). 3. Name a film that has been nominated for more than 9 Oscars. 4. Name a player who was in England's squad at the start of the current Cricket World Cup. 5. Name a husband of the actress Elizabeth Taylor. 6. Name a female tennis player who has won a Grand Slam singles title since (and including) 2000. 7. Give a whole integer square number between 101 and 300. 8. Name a Nobel Peace prize winner (1990-2010 inclusive). 9. Name a musical written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (where they are the major credited composer and lyricist) that has run in the West End. 10. Name a book by Charles Dickens. 11. Name one of the nine countries that were part of the European Economic Community in 1973. 12. Give the title of a record by Abba that reached number one in the British charts. I will accept and consider objections including (but not limited to) "too difficult", "too easy", "badly expressed", "not suitable for RSQ", "already asked" and "lacking in variety" so long as the objection is raised before 10am tomorrow. If I deem it necessary, I will revise the questions before 1pm tomorrow but there will be no revisions after that time. This quiz may lack a little of the flair of previous versions but you should blame Tighty for that. If I am ever asked to do it again I will try to be more creative. The Field. TightEnd Acidmouse moonandback thetank The-Crow Silo Graham redsimon George2Loose TommyD Girgy85 snoopy1239 kinboshi Waz1892 technolog Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Robert HM on March 16, 2011, 03:21:13 PM I will try to keep the process short and as painless as possible. For you or the entrants? Stiky button pressed, there is no hiding Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 03:22:45 PM I will try to keep the process short and as painless as possible. For you or the entrants? Me, of course; what do I care about the entrants? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Graham C on March 16, 2011, 03:26:20 PM A pointer, it will get really bad from the start otherwise
2. Name a non-American (i.e. born outside the US) poker player that won a WSOP bracelet this year (events 1 to 57). WSOP hasn't been this year yet. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 03:27:28 PM A pointer, it will get really bad from the start otherwise 2. Name a non-American (i.e. born outside the US) poker player that won a WSOP bracelet this year (events 1 to 57). WSOP hasn't been this year yet. Thanks. I will clarify. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Girgy85 on March 16, 2011, 03:28:30 PM Wont be entering with those Questions!
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Graham C on March 16, 2011, 03:29:21 PM Can I Google avoirdupois?
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 03:35:08 PM Can I Google avoirdupois? It's a subset of "imperial" and includes the common ones. If you Google it you will see the answers on the results page. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Acidmouse on March 16, 2011, 03:35:38 PM 1. Name a chemical element (with atomic number less than 92) whose name begins with the letter C. (I along with 99% of the population have no idea what atomic number less than 92 means, therefore utter fail.)
3. Name a film that has been nominated for more than 9 Oscars. (this begs for a google activity) 4. Name an English football team in the top four divisions (I don't know the collective name for these any more) whose name starts and ends with the same letter. (2-3 possible answers?) 5. Name a husband of the actress Elizabeth Taylor. (i am guessing younger people have no idea who she was let along who she was married to) 7. Give a whole integer square number between 101 and 300. (do you have OCD? seriously bad bad question) 8. Name a Nobel Peace prize winner (1990-2010 inclusive). (not a scoobie, i assume others don't know either) 10. Name a (British) avoirdupois measure of weight. (avoirdupois = fail) 11. Name a character that was listed in the end credits of Eastenders last night. (Tuesday 15/03). (fail fail fail fail) This is a fail I am afraid, it assumes way too much intelligence in the forum users! Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 03:35:57 PM Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 16, 2011, 03:39:21 PM lol
Two brains strikes! Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: tikay on March 16, 2011, 03:44:20 PM EXCELLENT!
Men from the boys, this will sort.* *Copyright Yoder Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 03:46:32 PM 1. Name a chemical element (with atomic number less than 92) whose name begins with the letter C. (I along with 99% of the population have no idea what atomic number less than 92 means, therefore utter fail.) Atomic weight less than 92 means that it is what most people would think of as a chemical element. There are "artificial" ones with atomic numbers higher than that. I included that clause to try to shackle the smart-arses. 3. Name a film that has been nominated for more than 9 Oscars. (this begs for a google activity) So do all RSQ questions. 4. Name an English football team in the top four divisions (I don't know the collective name for these any more) whose name starts and ends with the same letter. (2-3 possible answers?) More 5. Name a husband of the actress Elizabeth Taylor. (i am guessing younger people have no idea who she was let along who she was married to) You're kidding me? 7. Give a whole integer square number between 101 and 300. (do you have OCD? seriously bad bad question) Really? 8. Name a Nobel Peace prize winner (1990-2010 inclusive). (not a scoobie, i assume others don't know either) Some of them are quite famous people. 10. Name a (British) avoirdupois measure of weight. (avoirdupois = fail) Clarification given above. 11. Name a character that was listed in the end credits of Eastenders last night. (Tuesday 15/03). (fail fail fail fail) I included this to provide variety but I'll happily remove it if there are multiple objections and not many people who insist it is retained. This is a fail I am afraid, it assumes way too much intelligence in the forum users! I had formed the impression that the people who enter the RSQ were a pretty knowledgeable bunch. I considered: Name a vegetable Name a colour of the rainbow Name one of the seven dwarves Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: kinboshi on March 16, 2011, 03:48:04 PM Yoder?
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Acidmouse on March 16, 2011, 03:48:50 PM All the questions should be really easy to answer, the skill is picking an answer that no one else picks and for that reason it fails.
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: kinboshi on March 16, 2011, 03:50:10 PM Some excellent questions, some dodgy questions, and some ridiculous ones tbh.
The idea is that virtually everyone (everyone except Laxie and TRIP) will be able to give a couple of answers to every question, and the art for entrants is picking a non-sheep answer using nth level thinking. Sometimes questions will have a discrete set of answers (such as "Name a planet in the solar system), that most will know all the answers to (and some will even go for Pluto and the fail) - and the art is to pick the least obvious one (or maybe the most obvious one). Others will have more answers, but not everyone will know many of the answers. Sometimes there might be an option to 'gamble' and go for a risky answer, rather than the obvious (but sheepy) one. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 03:50:40 PM All the questions should be really easy to answer, the skill is picking an answer that no one else picks and for that reason it fails. With the exception of the Eastenders question, that's what I thought that I had done. Misjudgement by me, obv. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 16, 2011, 03:51:12 PM 4. Name an English football team in the top four divisions (I don't know the collective name for these any more) whose name starts and ends with the same letter. (2-3 possible answers?)
4 possible answers I think Hate to complain, as I appreciate Mr Novice's efforts here..but that doesn't make it a good RSQ question. Just some friendly advice. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: tikay on March 16, 2011, 03:51:26 PM Yoder? A character whom to I am often admiringly compared, in Star Trek he was, a famous film. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 03:54:40 PM Some excellent questions, some dodgy questions, and some ridiculous ones tbh. The idea is that virtually everyone (everyone except Laxie and TRIP) will be able to give a couple of answers to every question, and the art for entrants is picking a non-sheep answer using nth level thinking. I thought that a couple of easy answers was exactly how I'd pitched it with a chance for people with a bit more knowledge of any particular question to pick something a little more obscure. I'm guessing by the feedback so far that I'm a little wide of the mark. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Acidmouse on March 16, 2011, 03:54:59 PM All the questions should be really easy to answer, the skill is picking an answer that no one else picks and for that reason it fails. With the exception of the Eastenders question, that's what I thought that I had done. Misjudgement by me, obv. I like the feel of the questions tbh and small tweak with different wordings and it be perfect. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: celtic on March 16, 2011, 04:01:33 PM I hate rsq. mere has set questions, that I don't know the answers to, and has used some words I don't even the meaning of.
And for that reason I'm IN! Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 04:01:58 PM 4. Name an English football team in the top four divisions (I don't know the collective name for these any more) whose name starts and ends with the same letter. (2-3 possible answers?) 4 possible answers I think Hate to complain, as I appreciate Mr Novice's efforts here..but that doesn't make it a good RSQ question. Just some friendly advice. Happy to remove it. I was sure that there used to be about seven but four appears to be closer to the mark. Whatever happened to York City? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Robert HM on March 16, 2011, 04:03:06 PM Leave 'em
Fk 'em You're QM Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 16, 2011, 04:06:49 PM 4. Name an English football team in the top four divisions (I don't know the collective name for these any more) whose name starts and ends with the same letter. (2-3 possible answers?) 4 possible answers I think Hate to complain, as I appreciate Mr Novice's efforts here..but that doesn't make it a good RSQ question. Just some friendly advice. Happy to remove it. I was sure that there used to be about seven but four appears to be closer to the mark. Whatever happened to York City? In the Conference now Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 04:07:45 PM Leave 'em Fk 'em You're QM lol I'm happy to adjust the questions. Perhaps people could post the numbers for the questions (if any) that they feel are suitable/reasonable. If there any that receive general approval I'll keep them. I'll consider replacing everything else. Keep the feedback coming. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: tikay on March 16, 2011, 04:15:56 PM Farce, this is.
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 04:16:43 PM Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 04:19:54 PM Questions 4 and 11 have been changed.
I am happy to keep changing the questions (within reason) if a concensus is achieved. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: gatso on March 16, 2011, 04:21:52 PM All the questions should be really easy to answer, the skill is picking an answer that no one else picks and for that reason it fails. With the exception of the Eastenders question, that's what I thought that I had done. Misjudgement by me, obv. this is awesome. you thought they were all easy except for the eastenders one. lolz Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 04:25:51 PM All the questions should be really easy to answer, the skill is picking an answer that no one else picks and for that reason it fails. With the exception of the Eastenders question, that's what I thought that I had done. Misjudgement by me, obv. this is awesome. you thought they were all easy except for the eastenders one. lolz I'd assumed that, since there had already been 48 of these quizzes, that the participants were pretty experienced "quizzers". My mistake. I'm determined to try to get something acceptable by 1pm tomorrow though. :) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 04:28:11 PM I'd also assumed (but didn't want to say) that everyone cheated like feck. ;)
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: kinboshi on March 16, 2011, 04:31:33 PM I'd also assumed (but didn't want to say) that everyone cheated like feck. ;) Sharplea resembles that remark. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: hector62 on March 16, 2011, 04:33:18 PM If one of the questions was " name a reverse sheep quiz master who fully gets and understands the concept of it ?" we would all know that merenovice would have to be marked as a fail. Regrettably i will have another free Tuesday evening.
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 04:34:08 PM Assumption number 392.
Having watched the Blonde team on Eggheads, I didn't want to insult your intelligence. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 04:35:49 PM If one of the questions was " name a reverse sheep quiz master who fully gets and understands the concept of it ?" we would all know that merenovice would have to be marked as a fail. Regrettably i will have another free Tuesday evening. That's a spiffing review. Most entertaining. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: tikay on March 16, 2011, 04:38:14 PM Assumption number 392. Having watched the Blonde team on Eggheads, I didn't want to insult your intelligence. In yer eye, lads. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: tikay on March 16, 2011, 04:39:17 PM Anyone seen or heard of TRIP5 since last night's debacle? Will the same fate befall Mere? Will he get The Tank seal of approval? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Girgy85 on March 16, 2011, 04:47:23 PM +1 to acidmouse!! Pretty much gotta google most of it!! Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Cf on March 16, 2011, 05:47:26 PM lol WTF is this.
1. Name a chemical element (with atomic number less than 92) whose name begins with the letter C. Fine by me as most of them are 2. Name a non-American (i.e. born outside the US) poker player that won a WSOP bracelet in 2010 (events 1 to 57). ??? 3. Name a film that has been nominated for more than 9 Oscars. Could guess but ??? 4. Name a player who was in England's squad at the start of the current Cricket World Cup. ??? 5. Name a husband of the actress Elizabeth Taylor. ??? 6. Name a female tennis player who has won a Grand Slam singles title since (and including) 2000. Fine 7. Give a whole integer square number between 101 and 300. Fine, but not exactly an RSQ question. It boilds down to pick a random number between 1..n 8. Name a Nobel Peace prize winner (1990-2010 inclusive). Prob fine, me personally: ??? 9. Name a musical written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (where they are the major credited composer and lyricist) that has run in the West End. ??? Unless some of his BBC one things share name... 10. Name a (British) avoirdupois measure of weight. A what?? 11. Name an American state that begins with the letter 'M'. We had this like 2 weeks ago 12. Give the title of a record by Abba that reached number one in the British charts. Fine Fix please :) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 05:55:53 PM lol WTF is this. 1. Name a chemical element (with atomic number less than 92) whose name begins with the letter C. Fine by me as most of them are 2. Name a non-American (i.e. born outside the US) poker player that won a WSOP bracelet in 2010 (events 1 to 57). ??? 3. Name a film that has been nominated for more than 9 Oscars. Could guess but ??? 4. Name a player who was in England's squad at the start of the current Cricket World Cup. ??? 5. Name a husband of the actress Elizabeth Taylor. ??? 6. Name a female tennis player who has won a Grand Slam singles title since (and including) 2000. Fine 7. Give a whole integer square number between 101 and 300. Fine, but not exactly an RSQ question. It boilds down to pick a random number between 1..n 8. Name a Nobel Peace prize winner (1990-2010 inclusive). Prob fine, me personally: ??? 9. Name a musical written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (where they are the major credited composer and lyricist) that has run in the West End. ??? Unless some of his BBC one things share name... 10. Name a (British) avoirdupois measure of weight. A what?? 11. Name an American state that begins with the letter 'M'. We had this like 2 weeks ago 12. Give the title of a record by Abba that reached number one in the British charts. Fine Fix please :) I'm not exactly sure what the emoticon that you've used signifies but I'm guessing that it means that you're perplexed by the questions? Are you seriously saying that you can't think of a few non-American poker players who won a WSOP bracelet last year? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Cf on March 16, 2011, 05:57:45 PM oh, that was supposed to be three question marks - didn't realise it did that lol
Actually yeah, just realised the obvious answer to the WSOP one. Yeah, that's fine. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Girgy85 on March 16, 2011, 05:58:41 PM Yea we can but the rest are tosh so sort them out!!
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 06:00:24 PM Yea we can but the rest are tosh so sort them out!! I'm happy with them pending further feedback. If the American states question has been asked recently I'll replace that one. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TommyD on March 16, 2011, 06:30:13 PM Sad indictment on myself but I can give several answers for all but one question. In fact I can see the obvious answers, the risky ones and some traps. Personally I think they are a cracking set. I'll wait until tomorrow to send in my answers as these appear to be subject to change.
Positives from this - I feel confident in this RSQ Negatives from this - I think like Mere. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Girgy85 on March 16, 2011, 06:42:09 PM Yea we can but the rest are tosh so sort them out!! I'm happy with them pending further feedback. If the American states question has been asked recently I'll replace that one. Lol gg rsq!! Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 16, 2011, 06:43:57 PM can you change 10 please? avoirdupois indeed!
11 you are already changing that apart, rest of the questions are now ok I think. Challenging no doubt, but multiple answers not tough to find Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Robert HM on March 16, 2011, 06:54:50 PM For One Million Pounds:
Can you name/who is/what was?? etc Err too hard Chris, can you change the question please The questions were set, entrants all woking from the same sheet, some don't like, just woke up so not doing sentences. If I enter, I will wait for all the bullying to die down and wait for the final questions. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 16, 2011, 06:57:55 PM what bullying?
just giving honest opinions, that if a few changes are made he'll get more participants This is an intelligent man, we're mainly in safe hands, unlike the last few RSQs.. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 07:02:40 PM can you change 10 please? avoirdupois indeed! 11 you are already changing that apart, rest of the questions are now ok I think. Challenging no doubt, but multiple answers not tough to find I was going to use the word "imperial" but that left too much room for haggling. 10 and 11 now changed. I'm happy with the questions as they are now. Assumption 374. I thought that since everyone seemed to have an avatar from an Eastenders character at one stage that you were all intimately familiar with the cast. Another mistake, I guess. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: gatso on March 16, 2011, 07:04:38 PM elizabeth taylor question is awful for anyone under 50. I've just googled it and have only heard on 1 of the 7 and even for that one had no idea he'd married her
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 16, 2011, 07:07:20 PM I like these questions now
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 07:08:51 PM For One Million Pounds: Can you name/who is/what was?? etc Err too hard Chris, can you change the question please The questions were set, entrants all woking from the same sheet, some don't like, just woke up so not doing sentences. If I enter, I will wait for all the bullying to die down and wait for the final questions. All part of the fun. There will be no further changes after 1pm tomorrow and, as I'm likely to be comatose for a good part of the time before then, I suspect that there will be very few changes at all. Thanks for the support. Compared to setting forty questions to satisfy a pub audience of students, OAPS, locals, strangers, intellectuals and drunks this is a doddle. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 16, 2011, 07:08:58 PM elizabeth taylor question is awful for anyone under 50. I've just googled it and have only heard on 1 of the 7 and even for that one had no idea he'd married her really? I'd have a good stab at 4 or more Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 07:09:47 PM elizabeth taylor question is awful for anyone under 50. I've just googled it and have only heard on 1 of the 7 and even for that one had no idea he'd married her Please tell me that you're kidding me. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: kinboshi on March 16, 2011, 07:28:11 PM This isn't meant to be like a normal quiz, such as a pub quiz. It's an RSQ.
The answers are meant to be obvious to all. It's not the worst one ever, but I think it's going to put off lots of people from entering (was that the plan?). Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Cf on March 16, 2011, 07:30:03 PM elizabeth taylor question is awful for anyone under 50. I've just googled it and have only heard on 1 of the 7 and even for that one had no idea he'd married her +100 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Claw75 on March 16, 2011, 07:31:33 PM elizabeth taylor question is awful for anyone under 50. I've just googled it and have only heard on 1 of the 7 and even for that one had no idea he'd married her really? I'd have a good stab at 4 or more me too - they were all pretty good looking from what I remember. I can name two of them. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: kinboshi on March 16, 2011, 07:35:02 PM elizabeth taylor question is awful for anyone under 50. I've just googled it and have only heard on 1 of the 7 and even for that one had no idea he'd married her really? I'd have a good stab at 4 or more me too - they were all pretty good looking from what I remember. I can name two of them. A good RSQ question then or not? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Claw75 on March 16, 2011, 07:36:13 PM elizabeth taylor question is awful for anyone under 50. I've just googled it and have only heard on 1 of the 7 and even for that one had no idea he'd married her really? I'd have a good stab at 4 or more me too - they were all pretty good looking from what I remember. I can name two of them. A good RSQ question then or not? yeah fine i think. but i am old. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: kinboshi on March 16, 2011, 07:36:51 PM By the way, I know one for sure (the obvious one) and another that I think is right...
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 07:40:50 PM This isn't meant to be like a normal quiz, such as a pub quiz. It's an RSQ. The answers are meant to be obvious to all. It's not the worst one ever, but I think it's going to put off lots of people from entering (was that the plan?). Not originally! I'm aware of the difference between a normal quiz and an RSQ. However, I assume that the goal is still to reward the players with greater knowledge (as well as tactical nous). My intention was to have at least a couple of fairly obvious answers for each question, some slightly more obscure and, in some cases, some really obscure ones. If the questions all have 7 obvious answers (e.g. name a colour of the rainbow, a day of the week, a month with 31 days or one of the seven dwarves) then it's just a random guessing game trying to decide what everyone else is going to put. It has already been argued that the square number question is pretty much in that category but I'm going to leave it in. I'd not seen any of the quizzes prior to Irene's spectacular last week so I think that I may have misjudged my audience. Apologies. On the plus side, if no-one enters, it should simplify the scoring for me. :) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: gatso on March 16, 2011, 07:43:28 PM she last got divorced 15 years ago and it's longer than that since she was last in a film. why would anyone who isn't old have a clue who she is let alone who she married?
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: gatso on March 16, 2011, 07:47:09 PM 13 perfect questions http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=41974.0
ok, 11 perfect questions, 4 and 13 are debatable these are the sort of thing you should go for Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Claw75 on March 16, 2011, 08:04:13 PM 13 perfect questions http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=41974.0 ok, 11 perfect questions, 4 and 13 are debatable these are the sort of thing you should go for haven't clicked the link, but presume it's to one of my previous RSQs? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Cf on March 16, 2011, 08:05:16 PM Why do you continue to post in rsq threads gatso? I thought you'd retired? The pre quiz complaining is all part of it so you're breaking your retirement.
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: gatso on March 16, 2011, 08:14:35 PM Why do you continue to post in rsq threads gatso? I thought you'd retired? The pre quiz complaining is all part of it so you're breaking your retirement. I'm like a retired footballer who goes into coaching. I'm not gonna turn out on match day but I'm there to assist during the week Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 16, 2011, 08:16:00 PM she last got divorced 15 years ago and it's longer than that since she was last in a film. why would anyone who isn't old have a clue who she is let alone who she married? I'd say that one of her marriages was the most famous show business marriage of all time so I thought that everyone would know that. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: thetank on March 16, 2011, 09:29:25 PM 2. Name a non-American (i.e. born outside the US) poker player that won a WSOP bracelet in 2010 (events 1 to 57). 3. Name a film that has been nominated for more than 9 Oscars. 4. Name a player who was in England's squad at the start of the current Cricket World Cup. 5. Name a husband of the actress Elizabeth Taylor. 6. Name a female tennis player who has won a Grand Slam singles title since (and including) 2000. 8. Name a Nobel Peace prize winner (1990-2010 inclusive). 9. Name a musical written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (where they are the major credited composer and lyricist) that has run in the West End. 11. Name one of the nine countries that were part of the European Economic Community in 1973. 12. Give the title of a record by Abba that reached number one in the British charts. All these questions irked me because I don't know obscure answers to them. I do know the common answers, or can make an educated guess in the case of Oscars and the EU question so have to concede they are decent RSQ questions. It certainly is a quizz to seperate the men from the boys. The problem is there's one man (tightend) and the rest of us are boys. We all already know this and have made our peace with the fact, and thus the value of man/boy seperation questions not as much as one might think. I reckon tightend vs the field is an odds on bet. Still looking forward to the reveal, and aiming for 2nd place. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: kinboshi on March 16, 2011, 09:34:37 PM Why do you continue to post in rsq threads gatso? I thought you'd retired? The pre quiz complaining is all part of it so you're breaking your retirement. RSQ is to me what poker is to CosFYP Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: mondatoo on March 16, 2011, 09:37:15 PM Who is Elizabeth Taylor ?
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 16, 2011, 09:37:54 PM Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: thetank on March 16, 2011, 09:39:07 PM She's the woman who was married to pass.
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: gatso on March 16, 2011, 09:42:15 PM Who is Elizabeth Taylor ? she was in the flintstones that's the only film of hers I've seen plus I remember her voicing maggie simpson Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: thetank on March 16, 2011, 09:49:51 PM I'm aware of the difference between a normal quiz and an RSQ. However, I assume that the goal is still to reward the players with greater knowledge (as well as tactical nous). My intention was to have at least a couple of fairly obvious answers for each question, some slightly more obscure and, in some cases, some really obscure ones. If the questions all have 7 obvious answers (e.g. name a colour of the rainbow, a day of the week, a month with 31 days or one of the seven dwarves) then it's just a random guessing game trying to decide what everyone else is going to put. It has already been argued that the square number question is pretty much in that category but I'm going to leave it in. The man does make a fair point. I just wish I knew more. :( Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Claw75 on March 16, 2011, 09:57:15 PM i'm not a boy :(
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: thetank on March 16, 2011, 10:05:43 PM Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 16, 2011, 10:46:32 PM Entered and enjoyed it
Nailed on to win this one. None of you need bother. ;) cheers Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Girgy85 on March 16, 2011, 11:53:29 PM Entered and enjoyed it Nailed on to win this one. None of you need bother. ;) cheers It's all urs!! Don't think anybody is gonna bother!! Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Cf on March 17, 2011, 12:37:56 AM really Just looked her up on wikipedia. She's not been in any films recently or that I recognize. I was born in 85. Before that she was in a lot of stuff. After that not so much. Her last wedding was when I was 6 years old. The previous one was 10 years before I was born. Why should I know who she is or who she has been married to? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: The-Crow on March 17, 2011, 12:49:15 AM Great Questions Vince
This may not be the best RSQ ever , but it may be the funniest Answers sent via Pigeon Post By the way, did anyone see the Eggheads get beat by a student tonight All 5 quizmasters in, against one giggling student who beat 'em all ,lol Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: celtic on March 17, 2011, 01:47:00 AM I'm out now, I liked the fact that I knew fk all about the questions, and didn't even understand some of them. New ones aren't as much fun.
glglglglggl all. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: thetank on March 17, 2011, 04:39:38 AM Entered and enjoyed it Nailed on to win this one. None of you need bother. ;) cheers mon the field imo Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 17, 2011, 05:02:15 AM I've received several entries already which is quite impressive since the questions are still volatile for another eight hours.
It's possible that one competitor (no names) may achieve a negative score. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Moskvich on March 17, 2011, 10:02:41 AM Haven't entered one of these for a while, but the threads remain fascinating reading for a variety of reasons...
She's the woman who was married to pass. Pretty sure this question is too hard if you weren't around 35 years ago. I could only name one - having looked it up I realised that I knew another one but wouldn't have remembered his name, and might have come up with a surname for another given a couple of months to think about it. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: kinboshi on March 17, 2011, 10:15:40 AM Haven't entered one of these for a while, but the threads remain fascinating reading for a variety of reasons... She's the woman who was married to pass. Pretty sure this question is too hard if you weren't around 35 years ago. I could only name one - having looked it up I realised that I knew another one but wouldn't have remembered his name, and might have come up with a surname for another given a couple of months to think about it. Hope you're not thinking of Graham Taylor... Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 17, 2011, 10:17:12 AM Haven't entered one of these for a while, but the threads remain fascinating reading for a variety of reasons... She's the woman who was married to pass. Pretty sure this question is too hard if you weren't around 35 years ago. I could only name one - having looked it up I realised that I knew another one but wouldn't have remembered his name, and might have come up with a surname for another given a couple of months to think about it. I'm intrigued by the response to this question. As people have several days to contemplate the questions, I tried to add a couple where people would have to think a bit before coming up with an answer that wasn't one of the top two or three answers. I accept that this particular question may have only one obvious answer. Given that, people can then decide to play tactically and use their pass on this question because they assume that the sheep score will be large. Similarly, if anyone tries to be clever and gets it wrong, the fail score should be large too. It's a risk/reward balance that you need to consider as part of an RSQ. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 17, 2011, 10:20:07 AM She's the woman who was married to pass. rotflmfao Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: kinboshi on March 17, 2011, 10:20:28 AM ...and if anyone doesn't know another answer? They might as well not enter.
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Acidmouse on March 17, 2011, 10:30:19 AM She was great in Cleopatra and her co-star was a hunk of the time *wink*
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 17, 2011, 10:30:44 AM ...and if anyone doesn't know another answer? They might as well not enter. If they don't know another answer (which would surprise me) they should go with the obvious answer to this question or back their best hunch for a non-obvious answer. Alternatively they could gamble that there will be no score greater than one for the other question they don't know and take a wild guess assuming that the worst they will score is six. Lots of things to consider basically. As this is the 49th RSQ on this forum (if the numbering was sequential starting from one) I guess participants will have honed their tactics to a fine edge by now. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 17, 2011, 10:33:15 AM She was great in Cleopatra and her co-star was a hunk of the time *wink* Are you sure you're not confusing her with Amanda Barrie? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Cf on March 17, 2011, 10:41:17 AM ...and if anyone doesn't know another answer? They might as well not enter. If they don't know another answer (which would surprise me) they should go with the obvious answer to this question or back their best hunch for a non-obvious answer. Alternatively they could gamble that there will be no score greater than one for the other question they don't know and take a wild guess assuming that the worst they will score is six. Lots of things to consider basically. As this is the 49th RSQ on this forum (if the numbering was sequential starting from one) I guess participants will have honed their tactics to a fine edge by now. This is all well and good, but if there's a question you don't know the answer to the tactical edge goes completely out of the window as you are forced into which question you're passing. Your new questions are generally better. I'd argue the cricket one isn't particulary great (i sometimes think cricket fans misunderestimate how completely unintersting others find their sport...). I can manage it but can see others struggling. But the Elizabeth Hurley one... it's all well and good saying surely everyone knows this, and there's at least one obvious answer... but please consider that for quite a few of us on here she was simply before our time. Looking through her list of films i've heard of some of them but never watched them. And considering her last marriage was when I was 6 years old I don't understand how i'm expected to know the names of her husbands. I asked my mate who's much more into films than I am. He'd heard of her and was aware she'd been married a few times but didn't know any of the names. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 17, 2011, 10:53:47 AM ...and if anyone doesn't know another answer? They might as well not enter. If they don't know another answer (which would surprise me) they should go with the obvious answer to this question or back their best hunch for a non-obvious answer. Alternatively they could gamble that there will be no score greater than one for the other question they don't know and take a wild guess assuming that the worst they will score is six. Lots of things to consider basically. As this is the 49th RSQ on this forum (if the numbering was sequential starting from one) I guess participants will have honed their tactics to a fine edge by now. This is all well and good, but if there's a question you don't know the answer to the tactical edge goes completely out of the window as you are forced into which question you're passing. Your new questions are generally better. I'd argue the cricket one isn't particulary great (i sometimes think cricket fans misunderestimate how completely unintersting others find their sport...). I can manage it but can see others struggling. But the Elizabeth Hurley :) one... it's all well and good saying surely everyone knows this, and there's at least one obvious answer... but please consider that for quite a few of us on here she was simply before our time. Looking through her list of films i've heard of some of them but never watched them. And considering her last marriage was when I was 6 years old I don't understand how i'm expected to know the names of her husbands. I asked my mate who's much more into films than I am. He'd heard of her and was aware she'd been married a few times but didn't know any of the names. I stand by my comment that one of her marriages is the most famous show business marriage of all time. I accept that I misjudged my audience for that particular question (but you're stuck with it) - I thought that most people would know of at least one of the others. I'm not going to rise to the bait with regard to cricket. The World Cup is currently being played daily and there are 15 players to chose from. I have no particular interest in football but I would accept that I may be in a minority. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Girgy85 on March 17, 2011, 11:06:31 AM [ ] merenovice gets what rsq is all about
[X] merenovice kills rsq [ ] this rsq is gonna be fun Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 17, 2011, 11:07:20 AM [ ] merenovice gets what rsq is all about [X] merenovice kills rsq [ ] this rsq is gonna be fun We aim to please. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Girgy85 on March 17, 2011, 11:38:32 AM I last used my brain at school where I may of been able to answer the science and maths questions! Not now as it's full of boobs and useless information!!
I'm with cf on the liz Hurley Q!! Don't know one possible answer!! Nobel prizes meh again no clue!! FIX IT!!!! Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: tikay on March 17, 2011, 12:20:28 PM [ ] merenovice gets what rsq is all about [X] merenovice kills rsq [ ] this rsq is gonna be fun QFT. Here's a great (non-RSQ) question. How many consecutive Posts has girgy made which included an exclamation mark, prior to this? Is this the first ever? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: KarmaDope on March 17, 2011, 12:24:19 PM [ ] merenovice gets what rsq is all about [X] merenovice kills rsq [ ] this rsq is gonna be fun QFT. Here's a great (non-RSQ) question. How many consecutive Posts has girgy made which included an exclamation mark, prior to this? Is this the first ever? Nah, he had a bet recently where he wasn't allowed to use !!!! in his posts. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TRIP5 on March 17, 2011, 12:25:28 PM VIIIIIIINNNNNNNNCCCEEEEEEEEE WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
GLGLGLGLGLGLGLGLGLGLGLGLI shall happily join in as soon as I can confirm I can get reveal night off from hospital duty For now..... (http://holidaygiftsfinder.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/st-patricks-day.jpg) Have a pint of the Irish on me ;) Happy St. Patrics Day xx Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 17, 2011, 12:28:22 PM [ ] merenovice gets what rsq is all about [X] merenovice kills rsq [ ] this rsq is gonna be fun QFT. Here's a great (non-RSQ) question. How many consecutive Posts has girgy made which included an exclamation mark, prior to this? Is this the first ever? This quiz matches the specification. I'm glad that I lived up to your expectation. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: tikay on March 17, 2011, 12:47:47 PM [ ] merenovice gets what rsq is all about [X] merenovice kills rsq [ ] this rsq is gonna be fun QFT. Here's a great (non-RSQ) question. How many consecutive Posts has girgy made which included an exclamation mark, prior to this? Is this the first ever? This quiz matches the specification. I'm glad that I lived up to your expectation. It does. It is everything I expected it to be........ Seriously man, sorry if I've caused you some headaches, hang in there though. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 17, 2011, 12:50:13 PM [ ] merenovice gets what rsq is all about [X] merenovice kills rsq [ ] this rsq is gonna be fun QFT. Here's a great (non-RSQ) question. How many consecutive Posts has girgy made which included an exclamation mark, prior to this? Is this the first ever? This quiz matches the specification. I'm glad that I lived up to your expectation. It does. It is everything I expected it to be........ Seriously man, sorry if I've caused you some headaches, hang in there though. Not a hint of a headache (for me, anyway). I'm just worried for Tighty who has submitted his answers already and I've still got ten minutes left to change the questions before the deadline I set. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: tikay on March 17, 2011, 01:04:24 PM [ ] merenovice gets what rsq is all about [X] merenovice kills rsq [ ] this rsq is gonna be fun QFT. Here's a great (non-RSQ) question. How many consecutive Posts has girgy made which included an exclamation mark, prior to this? Is this the first ever? This quiz matches the specification. I'm glad that I lived up to your expectation. It does. It is everything I expected it to be........ Seriously man, sorry if I've caused you some headaches, hang in there though. Not a hint of a headache (for me, anyway). I'm just worried for Tighty who has submitted his answers already and I've still got ten minutes left to change the questions before the deadline I set. I cannot imagine you are considering being mischievious, & having some sport with his Tight-ness...... Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 17, 2011, 01:08:27 PM The deadline has passed.
It is now too late to change any of the questions. Any whinging between now and 8pm Tuesday is purely for entertainment value. Enjoy. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Cf on March 17, 2011, 01:23:24 PM The deadline has passed. It is now too late to change any of the questions. Any whinging between now and 8pm Tuesday is purely for entertainment value. Enjoy. You mean there was still time to fix that awful elizabeth hurley question!? Farce! Will tikay be entering this quiz? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: tikay on March 17, 2011, 01:34:39 PM The deadline has passed. It is now too late to change any of the questions. Any whinging between now and 8pm Tuesday is purely for entertainment value. Enjoy. You mean there was still time to fix that awful elizabeth hurley question!? Farce! Will tikay be entering this quiz? No, but I shall enjoy watching the carnage from the sidelines. I know nothing of Elizabeth Hurley, but if pushed, I bet I could name at least 6 of Liz Taylor's hubbies. she was bigger than Victoria Beckham & Lada Gaga combined in her day. I doubt there has ever been a bigger "star" in my lifetime. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 17, 2011, 01:35:32 PM The deadline has passed. It is now too late to change any of the questions. Any whinging between now and 8pm Tuesday is purely for entertainment value. Enjoy. You mean there was still time to fix that awful elizabeth hurley question!? Farce! Will tikay be entering this quiz? If only someone had said something about it in time. ;) I'm still waiting for Tikay's entry. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Cf on March 17, 2011, 04:30:30 PM oops massive fail on the name by me there
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Girgy85 on March 17, 2011, 05:30:17 PM Were not all 76 tho Tikay.
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: kinboshi on March 17, 2011, 06:08:15 PM The deadline has passed. It is now too late to change any of the questions. Any whinging between now and 8pm Tuesday is purely for entertainment value. Enjoy. You mean there was still time to fix that awful elizabeth hurley question!? Farce! Will tikay be entering this quiz? No, but I shall enjoy watching the carnage from the sidelines. I know nothing of Elizabeth Hurley, but if pushed, I bet I could name at least 6 of Liz Taylor's hubbies. she was bigger than Victoria Beckham & Lada Gaga combined in her day. I doubt there has ever been a bigger "star" in my lifetime. Bigger stars in your lifetime (in no particular order, off the top of my head): Moses Jesus H Christ Henry VIII Gengis Khan Alexander the Great Julius Caesar Cleopatra (thought you'd like the connection with that one) Boudica King Arthur William Shakespeare ...etc. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Claw75 on March 17, 2011, 06:47:53 PM i struggled enough to name a cricketing county the other week - never mind a player. gonna have to sit this one out i think :(
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 17, 2011, 07:26:43 PM i struggled enough to name a cricketing county the other week - never mind a player. gonna have to sit this one out i think :( :( If you watch any news program today, you'll almost certainly see at least one of them. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TommyD on March 17, 2011, 07:46:16 PM i struggled enough to name a cricketing county the other week - never mind a player. gonna have to sit this one out i think :( In other news there is a Cricket World Cup thread somewhere in these forums. Happy hunting ;) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Claw75 on March 17, 2011, 07:57:32 PM i struggled enough to name a cricketing county the other week - never mind a player. gonna have to sit this one out i think :( In other news there is a Cricket World Cup thread somewhere in these forums. Happy hunting ;) that's research though (i.e cheating!) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TRIP5 on March 17, 2011, 08:01:57 PM i struggled enough to name a cricketing county the other week - never mind a player. gonna have to sit this one out i think :( In other news there is a Cricket World Cup thread somewhere in these forums. Happy hunting ;) that's research though (i.e cheating!) What Claw said! I remember Laxies cheescake question where I had to avoid her diary for the whole week til reveal...even then I got the question wrong ooops!!!! Badmemory.com ;) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TommyD on March 17, 2011, 11:30:34 PM i struggled enough to name a cricketing county the other week - never mind a player. gonna have to sit this one out i think :( In other news there is a Cricket World Cup thread somewhere in these forums. Happy hunting ;) that's research though (i.e cheating!) Ok, fair play. However I'm sure on any breakfast news show tomorrow the England game will be mentioned. Surely having the TV or radio on as you would normally do isn't research? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 19, 2011, 12:33:37 PM New question.
What's the smallest ever field for a Blonde RSQ? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: gatso on March 19, 2011, 12:35:28 PM New question. What's the smallest ever field for a Blonde RSQ? zero for the 2 sharplea tried to run before he relented and changed his ridic questions Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 19, 2011, 12:36:23 PM New question. What's the smallest ever field for a Blonde RSQ? zero for the 2 sharplea tried to run before he relented and changed his ridic questions Damn, I thought I had a chance at the record. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Girgy85 on March 19, 2011, 03:21:27 PM Nobody wants to play cos ur questions are crap!!
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 19, 2011, 03:22:57 PM Nobody wants to play cos ur questions are crap!! Thanks for your deep insight. Where did you get your D.Phil? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: redsimon on March 19, 2011, 05:04:29 PM Nobody wants to play cos ur questions are crap!! Thanks for your deep insight. Where did you get your D.Phil? he obtained it while working for the diplomatic service :) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: tikay on March 19, 2011, 05:42:02 PM Nobody wants to play cos ur questions are crap!! Thanks for your deep insight. Where did you get your D.Phil? he obtained it while working for the diplomatic service :) In before girgy. "!" Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 19, 2011, 05:49:57 PM MereNovice. Kills all known quizzes. Dead.
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: redsimon on March 19, 2011, 05:51:33 PM MereNovice. Kills all known quizzes. Dead. As long as you get 11 entries you beat my ahem...record. Time to submit your entry Kendall :) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Laxie on March 19, 2011, 07:39:55 PM We've til 9am on Tuesday to enter. No rush.
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: technolog on March 19, 2011, 07:43:25 PM I WILL be in Mere. Just need time to
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 19, 2011, 07:45:11 PM I WILL be in Mere. Just need time to Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: tikay on March 19, 2011, 08:18:52 PM I WILL be in Mere. Just need time to That's the problem. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: technolog on March 19, 2011, 09:21:01 PM I WILL be in Mere. Just need time to That's the problem. Oi! I don't reckon you were the model for Rodin's sculpture either, although you were around at the time ;D Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: The-Crow on March 20, 2011, 01:30:47 AM After racking my bird brain for minutes , I came up with a set of answers
I am sure no-one else will think of roll on Tuesday, I could win this ( If no-one else enters ) PS Is it too late too add a sausage question For those who still don't know who Liz Tyler is here's apicture Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Girgy85 on March 20, 2011, 03:07:42 PM Submitted some answers last night just to make u work a little!! Might have a chance of winning it after my mum started telling me a liz taylor story out of the blue! She also knew a bit about west end musicals so I listened intently to what she had to say and she may of given me an answer or two in her stories!!
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: redsimon on March 20, 2011, 05:17:15 PM Submitted some answers last night just to make u work a little!! Might have a chance of winning it after my mum started telling me a liz taylor story out of the blue! She also knew a bit about west end musicals so I listened intently to what she had to say and she may of given me an answer or two in her stories!! Didn't she give you the Queen Mother as an answer to a famous person over 80 years old before? :) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Girgy85 on March 20, 2011, 05:33:10 PM Submitted some answers last night just to make u work a little!! Might have a chance of winning it after my mum started telling me a liz taylor story out of the blue! She also knew a bit about west end musicals so I listened intently to what she had to say and she may of given me an answer or two in her stories!! Didn't she give you the Queen Mother as an answer to a famous person over 80 years old before? :) No that was all my thinking!! My answer was correct IMO!! Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: pokerfan on March 20, 2011, 08:45:04 PM Submitted some answers last night just to make u work a little!! Might have a chance of winning it after my mum started telling me a liz taylor story out of the blue! She also knew a bit about west end musicals so I listened intently to what she had to say and she may of given me an answer or two in her stories!! Didn't she give you the Queen Mother as an answer to a famous person over 80 years old before? :) No that was all my thinking!! My answer was correct IMO!! Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: technolog on March 22, 2011, 07:54:51 PM Worryingly quiet round here...
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: The-Crow on March 22, 2011, 07:55:38 PM yep
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:01:12 PM For each question in turn, I will post the respective answers and scores.
After haggling, I will then post the aggregate scores before the next question. By my reckoning, it is close at the top so it is worth checking. Ready? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: technolog on March 22, 2011, 08:01:47 PM Gagging.
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:02:34 PM Q1. Name a chemical element (with atomic number less than 92) whose name begins with the letter C.
Answers and scores: TightEnd Cerium 1 Acidmouse Chlorine 3 moonandback Cadmium 2 thetank Caesium 3 The-Crow Coal 8 (FAIL) Silo Graham Chlorine 3 redsimon Cadmium 2 George2Loose Carbon 1 TommyD Cobalt 1 Girgy85 PASS 0 snoopy1239 Copper 1 kinboshi Caesium 3 Waz1892 Chlorine 3 technolog Caesium 3 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:06:34 PM No objections?
Aggregates scores after round 1: TightEnd 1 Acidmouse 3 moonandback 2 thetank 3 The-Crow 8 Silo Graham 3 redsimon 2 George2Loose 1 TommyD 1 Girgy85 0 snoopy1239 1 kinboshi 3 Waz1892 3 technolog 3 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: The-Crow on March 22, 2011, 08:07:20 PM Hey don't pick on me
Coal is over 90% Carbon init You try buying a bag of carbon in Tesco's Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: technolog on March 22, 2011, 08:07:36 PM Q1. Name a chemical element (with atomic number less than 92) whose name begins with the letter C. Answers and scores: TightEnd Cerium 1 Acidmouse Chlorine 3 moonandback Cadmium 2 thetank Caesium 3 The-Crow Coal 8 (FAIL) Silo Graham Chlorine 3 redsimon Cadmium 2 George2Loose Carbon 1 TommyD Cobalt 1 Girgy85 PASS 0 snoopy1239 Copper 1 kinboshi Caesium 3 Waz1892 Chlorine 3 technolog Caesium 3 Quote There will be no extra marks for neatness but you will get a nod of approval from me. ffs what is this mess? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:08:33 PM Q1. Name a chemical element (with atomic number less than 92) whose name begins with the letter C. Answers and scores: TightEnd Cerium 1 Acidmouse Chlorine 3 moonandback Cadmium 2 thetank Caesium 3 The-Crow Coal 8 (FAIL) Silo Graham Chlorine 3 redsimon Cadmium 2 George2Loose Carbon 1 TommyD Cobalt 1 Girgy85 PASS 0 snoopy1239 Copper 1 kinboshi Caesium 3 Waz1892 Chlorine 3 technolog Caesium 3 Quote There will be no extra marks for neatness but you will get a nod of approval from me. ffs what is this mess? Blame it on the Blonde forum software - it looks beautiful in my spreadsheet. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: technolog on March 22, 2011, 08:09:02 PM Feck me. I was gonna go for Chromium :(
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:10:10 PM Q2. Name a non-American (i.e. born outside the US) poker player that won a WSOP bracelet in 2010 (events 1 to 57).
Answers and scores: TightEnd Tomer Berda 1 Acidmouse Steve Jelinek 1 moonandback Gavin Smith 1 thetank PASS 0 The-Crow PASS 0 Silo Graham James Dempsey 4 redsimon James Dempsey 4 George2Loose Scott Shelley 9 (FAIL) TommyD Sammy Farha 2 Girgy85 James Dempsey 4 snoopy1239 Simon Watt 1 kinboshi Sammy Farha 2 Waz1892 Praz Bansi 1 technolog James Dempsey 4 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:12:59 PM Aggregates scores after round 2:
TightEnd 2 Acidmouse 4 moonandback 3 thetank 3 The-Crow 8 Silo Graham 7 redsimon 6 George2Loose 10 TommyD 3 Girgy85 4 snoopy1239 2 kinboshi 5 Waz1892 4 technolog 7 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:13:36 PM Q3. Name a film that has been nominated for more than 9 Oscars.
Answers and scores: TightEnd The Last Emperor 9 (FAIL) Acidmouse My Fair Lady 1 moonandback Chariots Of Fire 9 (FAIL) thetank Gone With The Wind 1 The-Crow Sound Of Music 2 Silo Graham Titanic 4 redsimon The Godfather 1 George2Loose PASS 0 TommyD Chicago 1 Girgy85 Titanic 4 snoopy1239 Titanic 4 kinboshi Gandhi 1 Waz1892 Titanic 4 technolog Sound Of Music 2 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Waz1892 on March 22, 2011, 08:14:06 PM Q2 already, WTF??
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:16:56 PM Q2 already, WTF?? Too fast? I'm trying to complete this today. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: technolog on March 22, 2011, 08:17:43 PM Come on Waz ffs! Help me out here, I can't abuse the QM effectively single-handed!
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Waz1892 on March 22, 2011, 08:18:25 PM Q2 already, WTF?? Too fast? I'm trying to complete this today. I'm flabbagasted...its only being 18minutes Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:19:11 PM Come on Waz ffs! Help me out here, I can't abuse the QM effectively single-handed! I very nearly missed your answers altogether so that would have given you plenty of ammunition. :) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 22, 2011, 08:19:25 PM Objection. Praz banzi 2010? Objection. Original question was nine or more oscars?
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: The-Crow on March 22, 2011, 08:20:08 PM No answer to why coal is a fail
How about Burnt Coal thats 100 % Carbon Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 22, 2011, 08:20:39 PM Objection. Too quick. Objection. Formatting fails
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Waz1892 on March 22, 2011, 08:21:35 PM Objection. Praz banzi 2010? Objection. Original question was nine or more oscars? It was a i Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 22, 2011, 08:22:24 PM Banzi 2nd bracelet 2009?
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Waz1892 on March 22, 2011, 08:22:54 PM Objection. Too quick. Objection. Formatting fails your moods last forever don't they! ;) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:23:08 PM Objection. Praz banzi 2010? Objection. Original question was nine or more oscars? The oscar question never changed - you must have mis-read it. Praz Bansi won event 5 in 2010 - or am I being whooshed? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:24:10 PM No answer to why coal is a fail How about Burnt Coal thats 100 % Carbon Sadly, "coal" is not a chemical element - good try, though. :) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: George2Loose on March 22, 2011, 08:24:16 PM Objection how is my answer to question 2 a fail?
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:24:50 PM Objection how is my answer to question 2 a fail? I explicitly stated events 1 to 57. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Waz1892 on March 22, 2011, 08:25:44 PM Banzi 2nd bracelet 2009? Google -then playwinningpoker.com stating 2010, NLHM - $515k Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:26:39 PM Banzi 2nd bracelet 2009? I think I'm being whooshed here. Event 5 2010, surely ? ? ? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: George2Loose on March 22, 2011, 08:27:20 PM Objection how is my answer to question 2 a fail? I explicitly stated events 1 to 57. No u didn't. It bracketed. How is that explicit? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 22, 2011, 08:27:42 PM Objection. Whoever thought of asking this qm to do it is a wassock
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Waz1892 on March 22, 2011, 08:28:50 PM Banzi 2nd bracelet 2009? I think I'm being whooshed here. Event 5 2010, surely ? ? ? not sure what whoosed is...but your fine Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:29:09 PM Objection. Whoever thought of asking this qm to do it is a wassock Correct but no extra points. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:30:12 PM Objection how is my answer to question 2 a fail? I explicitly stated events 1 to 57. No u didn't. It bracketed. How is that explicit? I typed it in myself; that's as explicit as I can make it. Objection over-ruled. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:31:40 PM Aggregates scores after round 3: TightEnd 11 Acidmouse 5 moonandback 12 thetank 4 The-Crow 10 Silo Graham 11 redsimon 7 George2Loose 10 TommyD 4 Girgy85 8 snoopy1239 6 kinboshi 6 Waz1892 8 technolog 9 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: technolog on March 22, 2011, 08:33:09 PM Objection. Whoever thought of asking this qm to do it is a wassock Disagree - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 - 9 -[10]- Agree Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 22, 2011, 08:33:10 PM Please order the scores top to bottom
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Waz1892 on March 22, 2011, 08:33:35 PM Only critic so far is scoring is horrid to view
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:34:07 PM Please order the scores top to bottom As a special treat, I'll do that after question 12. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:34:59 PM Only critic so far is scoring is horrid to view Agreed. It's the shoddy forum software. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Waz1892 on March 22, 2011, 08:35:46 PM Only critic so far is scoring is horrid to view Agreed. It's the shoddy forum software. bearing in mind this is only my 5 RSQ out of 49 - but the other 5 managed it - Just saying Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 22, 2011, 08:36:33 PM Nothing to do with the forum software. What a cheek for a sky forum alumni to say that. Horrific software, many thousands more expensive than this
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:36:45 PM Moving on:
Q4. Name a player who was in England's squad at the start of the current Cricket World Cup. Answers and scores: TightEnd Luke Wright 1 Acidmouse Bresnan 1 moonandback James Anderson 1 thetank Matt Prior 1 The-Crow Monty Panesar 7 (FAIL) Silo Graham Paul Collingwood 1 redsimon Kevin Peitersen 1 George2Loose Andrew Strauss 1 TommyD Ravi Bopara 1 Girgy85 Ajmal Shahzad 2 snoopy1239 PASS 0 kinboshi Bell 1 Waz1892 Alastair Cook 7 (FAIL) technolog Ajmal Shahzad 2 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: The-Crow on March 22, 2011, 08:37:05 PM Objection
Why were question 3 answers posted before the objections to Q 2 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: thetank on March 22, 2011, 08:37:47 PM Objection. Praz banzi 2010? Objection. Original question was nine or more oscars? The oscar question never changed - you must have mis-read it. Gimme a F ...F Gimme an I ...I Gimme an E ...E Gimme a L ...L Gimme a D ...D What does that spell? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:38:36 PM Nothing to do with the forum software. What a cheek for a sky forum alumni to say that. Horrific software, many thousands more expensive than this ;) It has one advantage as far as I can see - it allows direct c&p'ing of spreadsheets. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: technolog on March 22, 2011, 08:39:02 PM Objection. Praz banzi 2010? Objection. Original question was nine or more oscars? The oscar question never changed - you must have mis-read it. Gimme a F ...F Gimme an I ...I Gimme an E ...E Gimme a L ...L Gimme a D ...D What does that spell? Tighty's demise as RSQ supremo? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:40:07 PM Objection Why were question 3 answers posted before the objections to Q 2 You've got to be quick if you want to get your objections in. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: technolog on March 22, 2011, 08:40:18 PM How the feck did I manage to hit the sheep with Ajmal Shahzad? FML.
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: The-Crow on March 22, 2011, 08:40:57 PM Objection
Monty's catch was world famous an Helped win the ashes Quote " Monty Panesar stuns himself and cricketing world with brilliant one-handed catch It was the internet hit of the day on Wednesday. Monty Panesar’s brilliant one-handed catch stunned not only the man himself but almost the entire cricketing world. End Quote Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Waz1892 on March 22, 2011, 08:41:28 PM Note to self - Read World Cup, Not ashes. Ty.
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Graham C on March 22, 2011, 08:41:53 PM Note to Crow - Read World Cup, Not ashes. Ty. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 22, 2011, 08:42:34 PM My 9 rsq wins will never be beaten. Supremo for evermore imo
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:44:01 PM No objections.
Aggregates scores after round 4: TightEnd 12 Acidmouse 6 moonandback 13 thetank 5 The-Crow 17 Silo Graham 12 redsimon 8 George2Loose 11 TommyD 5 Girgy85 10 snoopy1239 6 kinboshi 7 Waz1892 15 technolog 11 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:45:50 PM Q5. Name a husband of the actress Elizabeth Taylor.
Answers and scores: TightEnd Eddie Fisher 4 Acidmouse PASS 0 moonandback PASS 0 thetank Conrad Hilton -1 The-Crow Michael Jackson 8 (FAIL) Silo Graham Richard Burton 3 redsimon Eddie Fisher 4 George2Loose Sean Penn 8 (FAIL) TommyD PASS 0 Girgy85 Eddie Fisher 4 snoopy1239 Richard Burton 3 kinboshi PASS 0 Waz1892 Richard Burton 3 technolog Eddie fisher 4 Congratulations to thetank for a negative score. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Waz1892 on March 22, 2011, 08:48:05 PM can the Pass be a sheep aswell?
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Waz1892 on March 22, 2011, 08:48:38 PM can the Pass be a sheep aswell? even call it a Lamb Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:49:02 PM can the Pass be a sheep aswell? That might be a good addition for future RSQ. ;) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Girgy85 on March 22, 2011, 08:50:11 PM How the feck did I manage to hit the sheep with Ajmal Shahzad? FML. I could say the same thing!! Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:51:36 PM How the feck did I manage to hit the sheep with Ajmal Shahzad? FML. I could say the same thing!! Collusion? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: technolog on March 22, 2011, 08:53:32 PM How the feck did I manage to hit the sheep with Ajmal Shahzad? FML. I could say the same thing!! Collusion? I admit it - ashamed :( Please deduct 10 points from my score as a penalty. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:54:40 PM I'm glad that everyone's happy with the Elizabeth Taylor question.
Richard Burton wasn't even the sheep answer! Aggregates scores after round 5: TightEnd 16 Acidmouse 6 moonandback 13 thetank 4 The-Crow 25 Silo Graham 15 redsimon 12 George2Loose 19 TommyD 5 Girgy85 14 snoopy1239 9 kinboshi 7 Waz1892 18 technolog 15 The leader is in bold. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:55:54 PM Q6. Name a female tennis player who has won a Grand Slam singles title since (and including) 2000.
Answers and scores: TightEnd Svetlana Kuznetsova 1 Acidmouse Justine Henin 2 moonandback Serena Williams 4 thetank Venus Williams 1 The-Crow Angela Jolie 9 (FAIL) Silo Graham Serina Williams 4 redsimon Serena Williams 4 George2Loose Kim Clijsters 3 TommyD Monica Seles 9 (FAIL) Girgy85 Kim Clijsters 3 snoopy1239 Serena Williams 4 kinboshi Ivanovic 1 Waz1892 Justine Henin 2 technolog Kim Clijsters 3 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Waz1892 on March 22, 2011, 08:56:27 PM I'm glad that everyone's happy with the Elizabeth Taylor question. Richard Burton wasn't even the sheep answer! Aggregates scores after round 5: TightEnd 16 Acidmouse 6 moonandback 13 thetank 4 The-Crow 25 Silo Graham 15 redsimon 12 George2Loose 19 TommyD 5 Girgy85 14 snoopy1239 9 kinboshi 7 Waz1892 18 technolog 15 The leader is in bold. At least the scoring is getting better Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:57:50 PM I'm glad that everyone's happy with the Elizabeth Taylor question. Richard Burton wasn't even the sheep answer! Aggregates scores after round 5: TightEnd 16 Acidmouse 6 moonandback 13 thetank 4 The-Crow 25 Silo Graham 15 redsimon 12 George2Loose 19 TommyD 5 Girgy85 14 snoopy1239 9 kinboshi 7 Waz1892 18 technolog 15 The leader is in bold. At least the scoring is getting better Thanks. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Waz1892 on March 22, 2011, 08:58:23 PM Objection to Ivanovic
Which Ivanovic? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 08:59:44 PM Objection to Ivanovic Which Ivanovic? If you've ever seen Ana Ivanovic, you'll know that there's only one Ivanovic. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 22, 2011, 09:00:51 PM Objection to serina williams. Serena pls. Where is the hard line crackdown on shoddy spelling?
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:01:42 PM One hour in and half way there.
Aggregates scores after round 6: TightEnd 17 Acidmouse 8 moonandback 17 thetank 5 The-Crow 34 Silo Graham 19 redsimon 16 George2Loose 22 TommyD 14 Girgy85 17 snoopy1239 13 kinboshi 8 Waz1892 20 technolog 18 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Waz1892 on March 22, 2011, 09:02:16 PM Objection to Ivanovic Which Ivanovic? If you've ever seen Ana Ivanovic, you'll know that there's only one Ivanovic. Indeed but the answer wasn't Ana Ivanovic. Objection still stands Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:02:50 PM Objection to serina williams. Serena pls. Where is the hard line crackdown on shoddy spelling? I said that I was going to be as tolerant as I could. That one stretched me to the limit. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:05:15 PM Objection to Ivanovic Which Ivanovic? If you've ever seen Ana Ivanovic, you'll know that there's only one Ivanovic. Indeed but the answer wasn't Ana Ivanovic. Objection still stands I allowed "Bell" and there were no objections. I can't apply a different rule for this question - anyway, I'm busy thumbing through my album of Ana Ivanovic pictures. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:06:02 PM Q7. Give a whole integer square number between 101 and 300.
Answers and scores: TightEnd 196 1 Acidmouse 256 1 moonandback 169 1 thetank 225 2 The-Crow 144 3 Silo Graham 144 3 redsimon 144 3 George2Loose 117 8 (FAIL) TommyD 289 2 Girgy85 222 8 (FAIL) snoopy1239 289 2 kinboshi 121 1 Waz1892 225 2 technolog 1968 8 (FAIL) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:07:44 PM Tense, isn't it?
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Waz1892 on March 22, 2011, 09:08:38 PM Objection to Ivanovic Which Ivanovic? If you've ever seen Ana Ivanovic, you'll know that there's only one Ivanovic. Indeed but the answer wasn't Ana Ivanovic. Objection still stands I allowed "Bell" and there were no objections. I can't apply a different rule for this question - anyway, I'm busy thumbing through my album of Ana Ivanovic pictures. Didnt see Bell - Fair doos Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:09:35 PM Objection to Ivanovic Which Ivanovic? If you've ever seen Ana Ivanovic, you'll know that there's only one Ivanovic. Indeed but the answer wasn't Ana Ivanovic. Objection still stands I allowed "Bell" and there were no objections. I can't apply a different rule for this question - anyway, I'm busy thumbing through my album of Ana Ivanovic pictures. Didnt see Bell - Fair doos That's exceedingly reasonable of you - highly commendable. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: technolog on March 22, 2011, 09:10:13 PM Q7. Give a whole integer square number between 101 and 300. Answers and scores: TightEnd 196 1 Acidmouse 256 1 moonandback 169 1 thetank 225 2 The-Crow 144 3 Silo Graham 144 3 redsimon 144 3 George2Loose 117 8 (FAIL) TommyD 289 2 Girgy85 222 8 (FAIL) snoopy1239 289 2 kinboshi 121 1 Waz1892 225 2 technolog 1968 8 (FAIL) My answer was 196 you clown! Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:12:28 PM Q7. Give a whole integer square number between 101 and 300. Answers and scores: TightEnd 196 1 Acidmouse 256 1 moonandback 169 1 thetank 225 2 The-Crow 144 3 Silo Graham 144 3 redsimon 144 3 George2Loose 117 8 (FAIL) TommyD 289 2 Girgy85 222 8 (FAIL) snoopy1239 289 2 kinboshi 121 1 Waz1892 225 2 technolog 1968 8 (FAIL) My answer was 196 you clown! I thought that it was an odd answer! I'll accept that objection. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 22, 2011, 09:13:42 PM If he put 1968 it is a fail. Why the leniency. Idiot makes a basic error, punish him
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: The-Crow on March 22, 2011, 09:13:53 PM the answers were
121 144 169 196 225 256 289 next was 324 ( too high ) Also interesting and fascinating is the gap between the numbers goes up evenly by 2 23 25 27 29 31 33 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:14:02 PM Revised answers.
Q7. Give a whole integer square number between 101 and 300. Answers and scores: TightEnd 196 2 Acidmouse 256 1 moonandback 169 1 thetank 225 2 The-Crow 144 3 Silo Graham 144 3 redsimon 144 3 George2Loose 117 8 (FAIL) TommyD 289 2 Girgy85 222 8 (FAIL) snoopy1239 289 2 kinboshi 121 1 Waz1892 225 2 technolog 196 2 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: technolog on March 22, 2011, 09:14:39 PM Q7. Give a whole integer square number between 101 and 300. Answers and scores: TightEnd 196 1 Acidmouse 256 1 moonandback 169 1 thetank 225 2 The-Crow 144 3 Silo Graham 144 3 redsimon 144 3 George2Loose 117 8 (FAIL) TommyD 289 2 Girgy85 222 8 (FAIL) snoopy1239 289 2 kinboshi 121 1 Waz1892 225 2 technolog 1968 8 (FAIL) My answer was 196 you clown! I thought that it was an odd answer! I'll accept that objection. wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBeT4ptY9sY Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Waz1892 on March 22, 2011, 09:15:00 PM If he put 1968 it is a fail. Why the leniency. Idiot makes a basic error, punish him makes a good point... Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TommyD on March 22, 2011, 09:15:09 PM Darn parents evening, only just catching up now.
Could have sworn Seles won here last major in 2000, guess not.... FAIL for me :) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 22, 2011, 09:15:36 PM My rebuttal of your objection repudiation deserves a response. Most disappointed in you and technoprat
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:15:54 PM If he put 1968 it is a fail. Why the leniency. Idiot makes a basic error, punish him It was a badly formatted answer sheet, tbf. However, I'll famous for my leniency so I'll accept his answer. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:16:38 PM Darn parents evening, only just catching up now. Could have sworn Seles won here last major in 2000, guess not.... FAIL for me :) 1996, I think. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: technolog on March 22, 2011, 09:16:40 PM If he put 1968 it is a fail. Why the leniency. Idiot makes a basic error, punish him My pm in my sent folder says 196. Mere Novice managed to mangle it and add an 8. Sorry about you losing your ace :) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Waz1892 on March 22, 2011, 09:17:56 PM Darn parents evening, only just catching up now. Could have sworn Seles won here last major in 2000, guess not.... FAIL for me :) 1996, I think. STEFFI GRAF RULES.....(sorry had to - too many mentions of Seles - gets on my nerves) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Graham C on March 22, 2011, 09:18:09 PM Objection to serina williams. Serena pls. Where is the hard line crackdown on shoddy spelling? 2nd'd Ace please Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: thetank on March 22, 2011, 09:18:27 PM Good ruling imo
obv that the 8 at the end of 196 was for question 8 (the next question) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: technolog on March 22, 2011, 09:19:00 PM If he put 1968 it is a fail. Why the leniency. Idiot makes a basic error, punish him It was a badly formatted answer sheet, tbf. However, I'll famous for my leniency so I'll accept his answer.
How is that a badly formatted answer sheet. Don't try to off-load your own failings onto others. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:19:40 PM If he put 1968 it is a fail. Why the leniency. Idiot makes a basic error, punish him My pm in my sent folder says 196. Mere Novice managed to mangle it and add an 8. Sorry about you losing your ace :) It arrived as: 1Caesium2James Dempsey3The Sound Of Music4Ajmal Shahzad5Eddie Fisher6Kim Clijsters71968PASS ... Easy mistake to make. ;) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TRIP5 on March 22, 2011, 09:21:25 PM Gogogogo vince!!!!!trying to rail you from the hozzy but the reception is feckin awful!!!! Haven't the nhs heard of wi-fi ffs????
I'll put money on this being the most organised rsq ever though!!!!! The only thing to remember is... DO NOT LET TIGHTY WIN Xx Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Waz1892 on March 22, 2011, 09:22:04 PM If he put 1968 it is a fail. Why the leniency. Idiot makes a basic error, punish him My pm in my sent folder says 196. Mere Novice managed to mangle it and add an 8. Sorry about you losing your ace :) It arrived as: 1Caesium2James Dempsey3The Sound Of Music4Ajmal Shahzad5Eddie Fisher6Kim Clijsters71968PASS ... Easy mistake to make. ;) and no nod from him Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: technolog on March 22, 2011, 09:22:47 PM If he put 1968 it is a fail. Why the leniency. Idiot makes a basic error, punish him My pm in my sent folder says 196. Mere Novice managed to mangle it and add an 8. Sorry about you losing your ace :) It arrived as: 1Caesium2James Dempsey3The Sound Of Music4Ajmal Shahzad5Eddie Fisher6Kim Clijsters71968PASS ... Easy mistake to make. ;) I don't see how it could have when I sent it in tabulated. Code: [table] Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:23:41 PM After the first accepted objection of the evening,
Aggregates scores after round 7: TightEnd 19 Acidmouse 9 moonandback 18 thetank 7 The-Crow 37 Silo Graham 22 redsimon 19 George2Loose 30 TommyD 16 Girgy85 25 snoopy1239 15 kinboshi 9 Waz1892 22 technolog 20 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 22, 2011, 09:24:12 PM 1968 is appalling qm'ing. Disasterous derogation of duty
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:25:04 PM Gogogogo vince!!!!!trying to rail you from the hozzy but the reception is feckin awful!!!! Haven't the nhs heard of wi-fi ffs???? I'll put money on this being the most organised rsq ever though!!!!! The only thing to remember is... DO NOT LET TIGHTY WIN Xx Thanks, I'll do my best. ;) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TommyD on March 22, 2011, 09:25:33 PM After the first accepted objection of the evening, Aggregates scores after round 7: TightEnd 17 Acidmouse 9 moonandback 18 thetank 7 The-Crow 37 Silo Graham 22 redsimon 19 George2Loose 30 TommyD 16 Girgy85 25 snoopy1239 15 kinboshi 9 Waz1892 22 technolog 20 Well this has shocked me more than anything else so far this year. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: technolog on March 22, 2011, 09:25:49 PM 1968 is appalling qm'ing. Disasterous derogation of duty Good year for the long jump tho. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:25:56 PM 1968 is appalling qm'ing. Disasterous derogation of duty I feel deeply ashamed. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: The-Crow on March 22, 2011, 09:26:40 PM Objection to the fact that I am losing badly
I am sure my next answer is an ace Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:26:59 PM After the first accepted objection of the evening, Aggregates scores after round 7: TightEnd 19 Acidmouse 9 moonandback 18 thetank 7 The-Crow 37 Silo Graham 22 redsimon 19 George2Loose 30 TommyD 16 Girgy85 25 snoopy1239 15 kinboshi 9 Waz1892 22 technolog 20 Well this has shocked me more than anything else so far this year. The year is young. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:28:32 PM Objection to the fact that I am losing badly I am sure my next answer is an ace It's certainly unique. It just doesn't manage to satisfy one of the criteria for an ace. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:29:44 PM Q8. Name a Nobel Peace prize winner (1990-2010 inclusive).
Answers and scores: TightEnd John Hume 1 Acidmouse Nelson Mandela 3 moonandback Nelson Mandela 3 thetank Nelson Mandela 3 The-Crow Saddam Hussein 8 (FAIL) Silo Graham Liu Xiaobo 1 redsimon PASS 0 George2Loose Tony Blair 8 (FAIL) TommyD Jimmy Carter 1 Girgy85 Barack Obama 2 snoopy1239 Barack Obama 2 kinboshi Al Gore 1 Waz1892 Tony Blair 8 (FAIL) technolog PASS 0 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:33:02 PM Aggregates scores after round 8:
TightEnd 20 Acidmouse 12 moonandback 21 thetank 10 The-Crow 45 Silo Graham 23 redsimon 19 George2Loose 38 TommyD 17 Girgy85 27 snoopy1239 17 kinboshi 10 Waz1892 30 technolog 20 We have a tie for the lead. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TommyD on March 22, 2011, 09:33:57 PM Q8. Name a Nobel Peace prize winner (1990-2010 inclusive). Answers and scores: TightEnd John Hume 1 Acidmouse Nelson Mandela 3 moonandback Nelson Mandela 3 thetank Nelson Mandela 3 The-Crow Saddam Hussein 8 (FAIL) Silo Graham Liu Xiaobo 1 redsimon PASS 0 George2Loose Tony Blair 8 (FAIL) TommyD Jimmy Carter 1 Girgy85 Barack Obama 2 snoopy1239 Barack Obama 2 kinboshi Al Gore 1 Waz1892 Tony Blair 8 (FAIL) technolog PASS 0 I feel sorry for the FAILs here, these people have really helped world peace by creating more need for it. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: The-Crow on March 22, 2011, 09:34:06 PM ooops thought it said " In pieces " Prize
Saddam's statues were in pieces all over Iraq Also its poetic justice that Saddam and Tony Blair were both a fail Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: George2Loose on March 22, 2011, 09:34:16 PM Objection. I'm sure Blair won it for the,northern Ireland peace process?
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: George2Loose on March 22, 2011, 09:35:54 PM Blonde sn describes this qm well
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Waz1892 on March 22, 2011, 09:36:21 PM Objection. I'm sure Blair won it for the,northern Ireland peace process? + 1. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:37:24 PM Objection. I'm sure Blair won it for the,northern Ireland peace process? Nope. Hume and Trimble. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:39:07 PM Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: The-Crow on March 22, 2011, 09:39:58 PM Tony Blair has also been a Middle East Peace Envoy for the last few years
Wonder if he visited Egypt , Bahrain and Libya Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:40:49 PM Q9. Name a musical written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (where they are the major credited composer and lyricist) that has run in the West End.
Answers and scores: TightEnd PASS 0 Acidmouse Evita 4 moonandback Evita 4 thetank The Phantom Of The Opera 9 (FAIL) The-Crow Draughts 9 (FAIL) Silo Graham Starlight Express 9 (FAIL) redsimon Evita 4 George2Loose Cats 9 (FAIL) TommyD Aspects Of Love 9 (FAIL) Girgy85 Jesus Christ Superstar 3 snoopy1239 Jesus Christ Superstar 3 kinboshi Jesus Christ Superstar 3 Waz1892 Phantom Of The Opera 9 (FAIL) technolog Evita 4 Get your objections in quickly, please. :) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TRIP5 on March 22, 2011, 09:41:06 PM Wft is going on with the formatting?? Filters ftw mr vince sir!!!!
I may not have got much right with my spreadsheetery last week but at least my scores were in feckin order!!!! Tis making my eyes fuzzy on my iPhone!!!! FARCE!!! Sort it out QM....filters are your friend... Xx Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:44:02 PM Wft is going on with the formatting?? Filters ftw mr vince sir!!!! I may not have got much right with my spreadsheetery last week but at least my scores were in feckin order!!!! Tis making my eyes fuzzy on my iPhone!!!! FARCE!!! Sort it out QM....filters are your friend... Xx Thanks for the tips. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: The-Crow on March 22, 2011, 09:44:18 PM Also a good QM will list ALL the possible answers to each question to show some people missed an easy ace
I have been assisting where I can like the square on the hippopotamus thingy question Who were all of Liz Taylors Husbands Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: technolog on March 22, 2011, 09:45:01 PM Q9. Name a musical written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (where they are the major credited composer and lyricist) that has run in the West End. Answers and scores: TightEnd PASS 0 Acidmouse Evita 3 moonandback Evita 3 thetank The Phantom Of The Opera 9 (FAIL) The-Crow Draughts 9 (FAIL) Silo Graham Starlight Express 9 (FAIL) redsimon Evita 3 George2Loose Cats 9 (FAIL) TommyD Aspects Of Love 9 (FAIL) Girgy85 Jesus Christ Superstar 3 snoopy1239 Jesus Christ Superstar 3 kinboshi Jesus Christ Superstar 3 Waz1892 Phantom Of The Opera 9 (FAIL) technolog Evita 4 Get your objections in quickly, please. :) Acidmouse, moonandback & redsimon require an extra point. Though as a favour to you, I'll accept me having one deducted. No need to thank me. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:46:02 PM Q9. Name a musical written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (where they are the major credited composer and lyricist) that has run in the West End. Answers and scores: TightEnd PASS 0 Acidmouse Evita 3 moonandback Evita 3 thetank The Phantom Of The Opera 9 (FAIL) The-Crow Draughts 9 (FAIL) Silo Graham Starlight Express 9 (FAIL) redsimon Evita 3 George2Loose Cats 9 (FAIL) TommyD Aspects Of Love 9 (FAIL) Girgy85 Jesus Christ Superstar 3 snoopy1239 Jesus Christ Superstar 3 kinboshi Jesus Christ Superstar 3 Waz1892 Phantom Of The Opera 9 (FAIL) technolog Evita 4 Get your objections in quickly, please. :) Acidmouse, moonandback & redsimon require an extra point. Though as a favour to you, I'll accept me having one deducted. No need to thank me. Well spotted. I have corrected the original post. Humble apologies. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TommyD on March 22, 2011, 09:46:54 PM OBJECTION
Tim Rice wrote 5 of the songs, just getting proof now. Darn multi tabling and RSQing is hard... Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: thetank on March 22, 2011, 09:47:59 PM ah wank, thought it was my time
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: The-Crow on March 22, 2011, 09:48:18 PM ERgo therefore and maybe
You could post all the correct possible answers to the last question Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:49:44 PM OBJECTION Tim Rice wrote 5 of the songs, just getting proof now. Darn multi tabling and RSQing is hard... Don Black and Charles Hart are credited as the main lyricists. Objection over-ruled. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:51:10 PM ah wank, thought it was my time Some people would take it as a source of pride not to know much about Lloyd-Webber/Rice musicals. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TommyD on March 22, 2011, 09:52:19 PM OBJECTION Tim Rice wrote 5 of the songs, just getting proof now. Darn multi tabling and RSQing is hard... Don Black and Charles Hart are credited as the main lyricists. Objection over-ruled. Taken from WIKI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspects_of_Love Lloyd Webber was introduced to Aspects of Love in 1979, when he and Tim Rice were approached to write a few songs for a proposed film version. When nothing came of it, he suggested to Trevor Nunn that they collaborate on a stage adaptation. In 1983, they presented a cabaret of numbers they had written, but it was not until five years later that they tackled the project in earnest.[1] For the finished project, Lloyd Webber used at least five of the tunes he had written for the 1986 one-act musical Cricket, which he had written with Tim Rice.[2] Is it my fault that ALW screwed over Rice in the credits? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:52:52 PM Aggregates scores after round 9:
TightEnd 20 Acidmouse 16 moonandback 25 thetank 19 The-Crow 54 Silo Graham 32 redsimon 23 George2Loose 47 TommyD 26 Girgy85 30 snoopy1239 20 kinboshi 13 Waz1892 39 technolog 24 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:54:31 PM OBJECTION Tim Rice wrote 5 of the songs, just getting proof now. Darn multi tabling and RSQing is hard... Don Black and Charles Hart are credited as the main lyricists. Objection over-ruled. Taken from WIKI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspects_of_Love Lloyd Webber was introduced to Aspects of Love in 1979, when he and Tim Rice were approached to write a few songs for a proposed film version. When nothing came of it, he suggested to Trevor Nunn that they collaborate on a stage adaptation. In 1983, they presented a cabaret of numbers they had written, but it was not until five years later that they tackled the project in earnest.[1] For the finished project, Lloyd Webber used at least five of the tunes he had written for the 1986 one-act musical Cricket, which he had written with Tim Rice.[2] Is it my fault that ALW screwed over Rice in the credits? Excellent research but still a FAIL. It's not your fault but I'm going to be tough on this one. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:55:31 PM Less controversially, I hope:
Q10. Name a book by Charles Dickens. Answers and scores: TightEnd Dombey And Son 1 Acidmouse Martin Chuzzlewit 2 moonandback Martin Chuzzlewit 2 thetank Bleak House 2 The-Crow Little Best Expectations 7 (FAIL) Silo Graham Tale Of Two Cities 2 redsimon Bleak House 2 George2Loose Tale Of Two Cities 2 TommyD The Old Curiousity Shop 1 Girgy85 Oliver Twist 1 snoopy1239 A Christmas Carol 1 kinboshi Hard Times 1 Waz1892 PASS 0 technolog Little Dorrit 1 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TommyD on March 22, 2011, 09:56:00 PM OBJECTION Tim Rice wrote 5 of the songs, just getting proof now. Darn multi tabling and RSQing is hard... Don Black and Charles Hart are credited as the main lyricists. Objection over-ruled. Taken from WIKI: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspects_of_Love Lloyd Webber was introduced to Aspects of Love in 1979, when he and Tim Rice were approached to write a few songs for a proposed film version. When nothing came of it, he suggested to Trevor Nunn that they collaborate on a stage adaptation. In 1983, they presented a cabaret of numbers they had written, but it was not until five years later that they tackled the project in earnest.[1] For the finished project, Lloyd Webber used at least five of the tunes he had written for the 1986 one-act musical Cricket, which he had written with Tim Rice.[2] Is it my fault that ALW screwed over Rice in the credits? Excellent research but still a FAIL. It's not your fault but I'm going to be tough on this one. Sigh. I hate ALW even more now... Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Waz1892 on March 22, 2011, 09:56:41 PM moving on..........
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: thetank on March 22, 2011, 09:56:56 PM ah wank, thought it was my time Some people would take it as a source of pride not to know much about Lloyd-Webber/Rice musicals. Nah, I like my musicals. Just not enough to know my Webber/Rice from my Webber/other bloke Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 09:58:54 PM ah wank, thought it was my time Some people would take it as a source of pride not to know much about Lloyd-Webber/Rice musicals. Nah, I like my musicals. Just not enough to know my Webber/Rice from my Webber/other bloke Lloyd-Webber's a bit of a tart, obv. He'd write a musical with anyone. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: The-Crow on March 22, 2011, 09:59:29 PM Latin to English translations with alternatives
Bibo ergo sum" (I drink, therefore I am). "Carp Diem" (gone fishing today) "Carp Diem".(sieze the fish). "Carp Diem" (the fish of the day!) ... Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 10:00:30 PM Aggregates scores after round 10:
TightEnd 21 Acidmouse 18 moonandback 27 thetank 21 The-Crow 61 Silo Graham 34 redsimon 25 George2Loose 49 TommyD 27 Girgy85 31 snoopy1239 21 kinboshi 14 Waz1892 39 technolog 25 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 10:01:29 PM Latin to English translations with alternatives Bibo ergo sum" (I drink, therefore I am). "Carp Diem" (gone fishing today) "Carp Diem".(sieze the fish). "Carp Diem" (the fish of the day!) ... 1/4 - could do better. ;) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 10:02:18 PM Q11. Name one of the nine countries that were part of the European Economic Community in 1973.
Answers and scores: TightEnd Denmark 2 Acidmouse Ireland 1 moonandback France 4 thetank France 4 The-Crow Australia 9 (FAIL) Silo Graham PASS 0 redsimon Luxembourg 1 George2Loose Belgium 4 TommyD Belgium 4 Girgy85 France 4 snoopy1239 France 4 kinboshi Belgium 4 Waz1892 Denmark 2 technolog Belgium 4 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: thetank on March 22, 2011, 10:05:05 PM Thank goodness for kinboshi/acidmouse
So sick if tighty had managed to win this RSQ despite the early fail on his scoresheet Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: The-Crow on March 22, 2011, 10:06:44 PM As I am the easy winner tonight I nominate Tighty to host the next Quiz
So he can't win it again Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 10:07:35 PM As I am the easy winner tonight I nominate Tighty to host the next Quiz So he can't win it again Very sporting of you. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 10:09:14 PM Aggregates scores after round 11:
TightEnd 23 Acidmouse 19 moonandback 31 thetank 25 The-Crow 70 Silo Graham 34 redsimon 26 George2Loose 53 TommyD 31 Girgy85 35 snoopy1239 25 kinboshi 18 Waz1892 41 technolog 29 Just one point between the top two with one question to go. Anything could happen. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 10:10:09 PM Q12. Give the title of a record by Abba that reached number one in the British charts.
Answers and scores: TightEnd Name Of The Game 2 Acidmouse Fernando 2 moonandback Money Money Money 7 (FAIL) thetank Dancing Queen 2 The-Crow The Winner Takes Most Of It 7 (FAIL) Silo Graham Waterloo 2 redsimon Fernando 2 George2Loose Mamma Mia -1 TommyD S.O.S 7 (FAIL) Girgy85 Dancing Queen 2 snoopy1239 Super Trouper 2 kinboshi Super Trouper 2 Waz1892 Waterloo 2 technolog Name Of The Game 2 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: technolog on March 22, 2011, 10:11:41 PM A new career as a sheep douser awaits.
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: technolog on March 22, 2011, 10:13:58 PM Q12. Give the title of a record by Abba that reached number one in the British charts. Answers and scores: TightEnd Name Of The Game 1 Acidmouse Fernando 2 moonandback Money Money Money 7 (FAIL) thetank Dancing Queen 2 The-Crow The Winner Takes Most Of It 7 (FAIL) Silo Graham Waterloo 2 redsimon Fernando 2 George2Loose Mamma Mia 1 TommyD S.O.S 7 (FAIL) Girgy85 Dancing Queen 2 snoopy1239 Super Trouper 2 kinboshi Super Trouper 2 Waz1892 Waterloo 2 technolog Name Of The Game 2 Extra point for tighty imo :) Were you a vacuum pump in a former existence Mere? Not sayin', just sayin'. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 22, 2011, 10:15:17 PM Well done acidnouse. Questions please. 3rd with a fail. Supremo, still
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: thetank on March 22, 2011, 10:16:53 PM Cheers for the quiz
Well done kinboshi meh Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 10:17:34 PM Final aggregates scores after round 12:
kinboshi 20 Acidmouse 21 TightEnd 25 snoopy1239 27 thetank 27 redsimon 28 technolog 31 Silo Graham 36 Girgy85 37 moonandback 38 TommyD 38 Waz1892 43 George2Loose 52 The-Crow 77 Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TommyD on March 22, 2011, 10:17:43 PM Lovely quiz mate.
Nice one :) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Waz1892 on March 22, 2011, 10:18:56 PM 22.18pm.
Earliest I have ever known! Well played. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 10:19:37 PM Well, I think I managed to suck all of the joy out of that.
Tikay will be pleased. Thanks to everyone who entered and to those who stuck with it through the reveals. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: The-Crow on March 22, 2011, 10:20:02 PM Thanks for the quiz
great fun pity only 6 people were watching I thought Chess was a webber / Rice musical Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 10:23:48 PM Thanks for the quiz great fun pity only 6 people were watching I thought Chess was a webber / Rice musical Nope. Tim Rice wrote it with the guys from Abba. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 10:24:49 PM Thanks for the kind comments.
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: kinboshi on March 22, 2011, 10:32:36 PM Damn, it's already finished.
Farce. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: technolog on March 22, 2011, 10:33:00 PM ty Mr Vincent bibo ergo somewhat!
You will be entering the next one and molesting the new QM, yes? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Acidmouse on March 22, 2011, 10:34:33 PM :) just logged in, wow close i nearly got top spot! nice reveal.
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 10:35:05 PM ty Mr Vincent bibo ergo somewhat! You will be entering the next one and molesting the new QM, yes? I think it would be churlish of me not to. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 10:36:22 PM Damn, it's already finished. Farce. You're disqualified. You didn't put RSQ49 in the title of your PM - "farce" FACT. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 22, 2011, 10:37:35 PM :) just logged in, wow close i nearly got top spot! nice reveal. Thanks. Great effort. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: kinboshi on March 22, 2011, 10:38:48 PM Damn, it's already finished. Farce. You're disqualified. You didn't put RSQ49 in the title of your PM - "farce" FACT. :)up Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: tikay on March 22, 2011, 11:22:46 PM Well, I think I managed to suck all of the joy out of that.Tikay will be pleased. Thanks to everyone who entered and to those who stuck with it through the reveals. You can be relied to to disappoint, Dearest Vince. And yes, I'm, delighted. PS - Well done you. If you did the job as I anticipated you would, you will not be asked to return ever again. A job well done indeed. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 23, 2011, 09:17:55 AM where are the questions kinboshi?
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Cf on March 23, 2011, 11:03:57 AM where are the questions kinboshi? I'd expect better from a mod. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: kinboshi on March 23, 2011, 11:04:00 AM where are the questions kinboshi? I thought I was DQd? I can do some this evening, and get the RSQ back on track. Busy working today (honest), so if peeps can wait till this evening I'll post one up? Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 23, 2011, 11:06:13 AM where are the questions kinboshi? I thought I was DQd? I can do some this evening, and get the RSQ back on track. Busy working today (honest), so if peeps can wait till this evening I'll post one up? I'm hurt. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 23, 2011, 11:07:15 AM where are the questions kinboshi? I thought I was DQd? I can do some this evening, and get the RSQ back on track. Busy working today (honest), so if peeps can wait till this evening I'll post one up? You are up, questions this evening please If not you, Acidmouse. You then Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: kinboshi on March 23, 2011, 11:08:06 AM where are the questions kinboshi? I thought I was DQd? I can do some this evening, and get the RSQ back on track. Busy working today (honest), so if peeps can wait till this evening I'll post one up? I'm hurt. We're hurting. ;) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: MereNovice on March 23, 2011, 11:09:10 AM where are the questions kinboshi? I thought I was DQd? I can do some this evening, and get the RSQ back on track. Busy working today (honest), so if peeps can wait till this evening I'll post one up? I'm hurt. We're hurting. ;) You've only got yourselves to blame. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Acidmouse on March 23, 2011, 11:33:51 AM I would be up for doing one but I need a few days to get the questions sorted. What with Baby inc soon, busy job, I am always busy.
Maybe if I win the next one :) Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TightEnd on March 23, 2011, 01:11:30 PM Elizabeth Taylor has died.
R I P Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: tikay on March 23, 2011, 01:20:11 PM A real piece of macabre timing that, all things considered. I'm sure some threads about her passing will be started, that'll be an absolutely massive media story. Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: TommyD on March 23, 2011, 06:18:12 PM So it's conceivable that the last time Liz Taylor's multiple marriages were discussed in her lifetime was in a RSQ. Bit freaky.
RIP Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: Robert HM on March 23, 2011, 07:25:43 PM I knew I had forgotten something
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: kinboshi on March 23, 2011, 10:16:33 PM Questions will be up soon...
Title: Re: RSQ49 - This time it's serious Post by: pokerfan on March 27, 2011, 12:19:31 PM Elizabeth Taylor has died. Gone for a Burton.R I P rip |