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CLOSED A COUPLE OF HOURS EARLY.Really busy day at the start of a really busy week, so I've collated all the results already.
Shock reveal tonight at 7:30

With my Sheep Quiz, I'm going to try to answer some of life's great burning questions.
Some will be closed and have only two or three possible answers.
Others will be more open, but all will be some of humanities great ponderables.

As always your score will be the number of people who put your answer.
The person scoring the highest with these big philosophical questions will essentially become the forum sage.
They can henseforth be asked to mediate on matters of debate to give a correct answer.
Also, by default after the quiz is complete, all of the winners answer will become CORRECT.

Quite important then.

So, we'll start with one of the greatest dividers of peoples:

TOMATO KETCHUP - Fridge or Cupboard?

ICE CREAM - The best flavour?

BOXING - Ali or Tyson?

CRISPS - The most "dad" flavour?

BACON SANDWICH - Brown sauce or Ketchup?

MUSIC - The best band / artist of ALL TIME?

COLA - Pepsi or Coke?

HOT DRINKS - Tea, Coffee, none of the above?

FOOTBALL - Best or Giggs?

SPORT - Olympics or World Cup?

SHOPPING - The best supermarket?

(Google BODMAS before continuing if you don't know what that is or need reminding)

MATHS (a)  40 + (40 x 0) + 1 =
0, 41, 1, 80, or Numberwang

MATHS (b)  (40 + 40) x 0 + 1 =
0, 41, 1, 80, or Numberwang

MATHS (c)  40 + 40 x (0 + 1) =
0, 41, 1, 80, or Numberwang

MATHS (d)  40 + 40 x 0 + 1 =
0, 41, 1, 80, or Numberwang

POKER - Move the shorts stack / move the big blind / move forums ;)

And because of all the closed questions, there may be the need for a tie breaker.

So we'll go for the classic:

Three dinner guests, alive or dead?

IMPORTANT!!
Closing date Monday 23rd 12pm
Reveal Monday night 23rd 7:30pm

IN SO FAR:
Redsgirl
Girgy85
TightEnd
DMorgan
Redsimon
Stribling
milligan84
SirPercival
Taximan007
MahoganyVic
Geo The Sarge
Sweet potata
istrabraq
Superwomble
Kev B
LaxieJr
MintTrav
Claw75
Cf

Wtf is this tosh?

Don't like?
Don't Do.

Thought I'd try something different.

No need to be rude about it.

what is a "dad" flavour please?

never heard of it

what ever you want.

I know what flavour of crisps my dad is most likely to eat.

lol, I am not sure my Dad has eaten crisps in his life.

Odd question, but nevertheless, will have a go

odder than "cow?"

No. Not odder than "cow"

Don't knock 'cow'.

That was the best question ever!!

agreed

Udder than cow?

Embrace the difference.

I'm in with no chance though.  ;D

agreed

Sorry for being rude. Entered

Needs stickying mods ;)

You've not included your tie break dinner guests Girgy

Sent.

The whole of humanity alive and dead and that's who you came up with?

Dont think they will be needed.

Will try this kids only 12 and 8 so not expecting a top 10 place

Oh dearie me.I thought I was getting good at this quiz thingy, and now just reading the questions has totally freaked me out!
Forgive my ignorance, but I thought in a sheep quiz you had to try to work out the most popular answer, so not really your preference. Therefore, if I won, (not happening I know but bear with me) I would be "the sage" not because of my superior taste but cos I guessed what everyone else liked. ;carlocitrone;
And forgive my utter thickness, but WTF are those number thingies! Are they questions? If they are god help me! ;surrender;
Somebody please explain! Not that I take these things seriously or anything..............

You put what ever answer you want.
Your guess at the most popular, your opinion or a joke (judging by some entries so far)

The only difference this week is that we're settling some age old problems that have divided the great minds of our time.
Who ever hold the generally most shared opinion is given a casting vote, should these sort of important question cause controversy on the forum again.

And yes, they're sums.

O.k, thanks for clearing that up for me! ;D
Im obv playing with the big boys now, but I'll give it a go! I'll have to wait for my little sister to get home from work to explain the maths. Wish me luck.

Ask your Dad, he enjoyed it the first time 40+40x0+1 etc was discussed!

In

Geo

Do I have to? He'll tell me, I wont understand and then he'll tell me the same thing, but louder.
And with more eyebrows.

I'll give it a whirl.

In
I did the sums on my own in the end, not as scary as I thought when I googled the BODMAS.
Probs wrong tho!

Can we have more dinner guests? Too difficult to reduce it to three.

I'm in (thought I was back in school)

He can't tell you about something he wasn't so keen to understand either.  But do ask.  And record the eyebrows thing while yer at it.  We might not get the maths, but we'll have a laugh trying.  x

listing entrants in OP now.

remember, whoever wins, ALL their answers become correct.
Bit of a worry as I might have to change my bacon sandwich, and some of the laws of maths look on shakey ground.

In

In. Nowt wrong with a bit of a twist...  ;nana;

Interestingly, some are absolute landslides and some are VERY close.

Hope everyone has their say, because we're stuck with the results.

And in. Went with my own tastes rather than the most likely, so definitely not winning this one.

Reveal tonight?

yep, very shortly.

Candidates for AdamM’s BIG QUESTIONS SHEEP QUIZ, and for the title of forum sage:
Cf
Claw75
DMorgan
Geo The Sarge
Girgy85
Istrabraq
Kev B
LaxieJr
MahoganyVic
Milligan84
MintTrav
Redsgirl
Redsimon
SirPercival
Stribling
Superwomble
Sweet potata
Taximan007
Tightend

SHIT! Sigh

missing a lot of the regulars.
Feeling a bit sorry for myself about it to be honest.

right, I'll get started

Question 1
TOMATO KETCHUP - Fridge or Cupboard?
cupboard – 15 points
Claw75
DMorgan
Geo The Sarge
Girgy85
istrabraq
Kev B
milligan84
MintTrav
Redsgirl
SirPercival
Stribling
Superwomble
Sweet potata
Taximan007

Fridge – 4 points
Cf
LaxieJr
MahoganyVic
Redsimon

Need more  ;spam;

Wow i keep it in the cupboard, dunno wh anyone wants ketchup cold, not sure why i picked fridge!

maybe.
I figured people know we have one everyweek.

ah well,

Question 2
ICE CREAM - The best flavour?
Vanilla – 7 points
Claw75
Geo The Sarge
istrabraq
MintTrav
SirPercival
Taximan007
Redsimon

Strawberry – 5 points
DMorgan
milligan84
Stribling
TightEnd
Cf

Mint Choc Chip – 3 points
Sweet potata
LaxieJr
MahoganyVic

Chocolate – 2 points
Kev B
Redsgirl

Neopolitan – 1 point
Girgy85

Phish food – 1 point
Superwomble

Sorry but Vanilla? so borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring

Adam I said cupboard.

sighs

I keep mine in cupboard too and i dint choose fridge  :dontask:

uh oh

off to a terrible start, I titled them up wrong
all the cupboards were fridges and all the fridges were cupboards

farse

question 1 corrected, and scored are correct.

Thought as much. Carry on.  ;)

Standing after 2 questions
22 - Claw75
22 - Geo The Sarge
22 - istrabraq
22 - MintTrav
22 - SirPercival
22 - Taximan007
20 - DMorgan
20 - milligan84
20 - Stribling
20 - TightEnd
18 - Sweet potata
17 - Kev B
17 - Redsgirl
16 - Girgy85
16 - Superwomble
11 - Redsimon
9 - Cf
7 - LaxieJr
7 - MahoganyVic

Question 3
BOXING - Ali or Tyson?
Ali – 18 points
Claw75
Geo The Sarge
istrabraq
MintTrav
SirPercival
Taximan007
DMorgan
milligan84
Stribling
TightEnd
Sweet potata
Kev B
Redsgirl
Girgy85
Superwomble
Redsimon
Cf
MahoganyVic

Tyson – 1 point
LaxieJr

I’m surprised it was a clear cut as that.
Only 1 person thought a prime Tyson would beat a prime Ali.

We know everyone waxes lyrical about Ali, I never even considered who'd win a fight.

Tomato ketchup bottles say they should be kept in the fridge after opening. I tried it once - very wrong indeed!

Vanilla. wtf?  I bet if you put favourite position they would be the same ppl who put missionary.

FMP  ;D ;D ;D

we haven't got to ice cream yet

have you hacked my laptop??

 ;iagree;

Que?

Er second question?  ;yellowcard;

Are you drunk Adam?

oh ffs
I thought I'd be really organised by preparing all my posts early
down side is I'm not really engaged in it.

I'll crack on

Question 4
CRISPS - The most "dad" flavour?
Ready Salted – 8 points
Geo The Sarge
Taximan007
DMorgan
Stribling
Kev B
Redsgirl
Girgy85
Redsimon

Cheese & Onion – 3 points
LaxieJr
Claw75
TightEnd

Salt & Vinager – 3 points
MintTrav
Sweet potata
Cf

Beef – 2 points
SirPercival
milligan84

Smoky Bacon – 1 point
MahoganyVic

Worcester Sauce – superwomble

Salt N Shake – 1 point
Istrabraq
I realise there’s an argument for including this in with the Ready Salted answers, but istrabraq was very specific, so I’m keeping it separate. I also think he might be right and this is the ultimate “dad” flavour of crisp.

Question 5
BACON SANDWICH - Brown sauce or Ketchup?

Ketchup – 9 points
Geo The Sarge
DMorgan
Stribling
Redsgirl
Redsimon
LaxieJr
TightEnd
Sweet potata
Cf

Brown sauce – 6 points
Taximan007
Kev B
Girgy85
SirPercival
milligan84
istrabraq

None – 3 points
Claw75
MintTrav
Superwomble

Both – 1 point
MahoganyVic

Salt 'n' Shake is surely the complete opposite of *Ready* salted!

good point.

still, great packet of crisps

Ketchup on a bacon sammich is sooooo wrong.

It's an utter disgrace to the bacon butty. Is it a southern softy thing?

I agree.
Brown Sauce ftw, but there we go.

remember, these answerd are only temporary.
the winner's answers will become CORRECT by default when they are crowned Forum sage

Standing after 5 questions
Really close, but you’d expect that as these are the great questions that trouble humanity.

57 Geo The Sarge
55 DMorgan
55 Stribling
54 Taximan007
52 Redsgirl
50 TightEnd
49 Kev B
48 Sweet potata
48 Girgy85
48 SirPercival
47 istrabraq
46 Redsimon
46 milligan84
46 Claw75
46 MintTrav
39 Cf
38 Superwomble
27 MahoganyVic
20 LaxieJr

The point of a bacon sandwich is the lovely bacon-ness - why murder it with any sauce?!

Now I think there’s a mistake here because Queen are clearly a FAR better band than the Beatles, but that’s not been reflected in the votes.

Question 6
The best band / artist of ALL TIME?

The Beatles - 12 points
Geo The Sarge
Stribling
Redsgirl
TightEnd
Sweet potata
Girgy85
SirPercival
istrabraq
Redsimon
Claw75
Cf
MahoganyVic

Queen – 2 points
DMorgan
Superwomble

Oasis - 1
Kev B

Michael Jackson  - 1 point
LaxieJr

Led Zeppelin - 1 point
Taximan007

Elvis - 1 point
milligan84

Dean Martin – 1 point
MintTrav

Disgrace!

Question 7
Pepsi or Coke?

Coke - 16 points
Geo The Sarge
Redsgirl
TightEnd
Sweet potata
Girgy85
SirPercival
istrabraq
Redsimon
Claw75
Cf
MahoganyVic
DMorgan
Superwomble
LaxieJr
Taximan007
milligan84

Pepsi - 2 points
Stribling
Kev B

None - 1 point
MintTrav

gtfo brown sauce lovers.

Question 8
Tea, Coffee, none of the above?

Tea - 12 points
Stribling
Geo The Sarge
Redsgirl
TightEnd
Sweet potata
Girgy85
Redsimon
MahoganyVic
DMorgan
Superwomble
LaxieJr
milligan84

Coffee - 5 points
Kev B
MintTrav
SirPercival
istrabraq
Taximan007

Hot Vimto - 1 point
Cf

Both - 1 point
Claw75

(http://i234.photobucket.com/albums/ee61/Bloot58/imagesCAL5WAZ2.jpg)

 ;kev;

Standings after 8 questions
97 Geo The Sarge
92 Redsgirl
90 TightEnd
88 Sweet potata
88 Girgy85
86 Redsimon
85 DMorgan
81 Stribling
81 SirPercival
80 istrabraq
76 Taximan007
75 milligan84
75 Claw75
68 Superwomble
68 Cf
67 MahoganyVic
57 Kev B
53 MintTrav
49 LaxieJr

Question 9
Best or Giggs?
I’m even more surprised at this than the boxing question.
Only two people thought Ryan Giggs was a better footballer than George Best.
Thought it’d be closer.

Best - 16 points
Stribling
Geo The Sarge
Redsgirl
TightEnd
Sweet potata
Girgy85
Redsimon
MahoganyVic
DMorgan
LaxieJr
milligan84
MintTrav
SirPercival
istrabraq
Taximan007
Claw75

Giggs - 2 points
Cf
Kev B

Ursell - 1 point
Superwomble

Question 10
Olympics or World Cup?

World Cup - 14 points
Stribling
Geo The Sarge
Redsgirl
Sweet potata
Girgy85
Redsimon
MahoganyVic
DMorgan
milligan84
istrabraq
Claw75
Cf
Kev B
Superwomble

Olympics - 5 points
TightEnd
LaxieJr
MintTrav
SirPercival
Taximan007

Question 11
The best supermarket?

Tesco - 9 points
Geo The Sarge
Redsgirl
Sweet potata
Redsimon
DMorgan
Kev B
TightEnd
LaxieJr
SirPercival

Asda - 5 points
Stribling
Girgy85
milligan84
Claw75
Taximan007

Sainsbury - 2 points
MahoganyVic
MintTrav

NOT Asda - 1 point
Superwomble

Marks & Spencer - 1 point
Istrabraq
(ooooh, get you)

Abu Bakar - 1 point
Cf

I think Best was the better footballer, but Giggs is a better professional. Neither has/had the skill of the Wizard of Urse though :)

Standings after 11 questions
136 Geo The Sarge
131 Redsgirl
127 Sweet potata
125 Redsimon
124 DMorgan
123 Girgy85
120 TightEnd
116 Stribling
111 SirPercival
111 istrabraq
110 milligan84
110 Claw75
102 Taximan007
99 MahoganyVic
85 Cf
84 Superwomble
82 Kev B
79 LaxieJr
76 MintTrav

I’m going to deal with questions 12-15 all together.
Taking into account the order of operations, the “correct” answers would be 41, 1, 80, 41
Numberwang is also an acceptable answer to any maths question.

Answers given
41, 1, 80, 41 - 53 points
DMorgan
Girgy85
TightEnd
SirPercival
MahoganyVic
Superwomble
MintTrav

41, 1, 80, 1 - 51 points
Redsgirl
Redsimon
Stribling
milligan84
Taximan007

41, Numberwang, 80, 41 - 43 points
LaxieJr

41, 1, 1, 1 - 38 points
Istrabraq

41, 41, 41, 41 - 27 points
Sweet Potata

Numberwang, Numberwang, Numberwang, Numberwang - 13 points
Geo The Sarge
Claw75
Cf

That maths thing was tough for me!  I was fairly sure the first one was right but after that I ncouldn't make head nor tails of thos brackets.

Final question
Move the shorts stack / move the big blind / move forums
Move the Big Blind - 12 points
Girgy85
TightEnd
MahoganyVic
Superwomble
Redsgirl
Stribling
milligan84
Taximan007
Kev B
LaxieJr
Geo The Sarge
Cf

Move the Short Stack - 5 points
DMorgan
SirPercival
MintTrav
Redsimon
Claw75

None - 2 points (presumably cash players or fans of shootout format tournaments)
Istrabraq
Sweet potata

Final Points
194 Redsgirl
188 Girgy85
185 TightEnd
182 DMorgan
181 Redsimon
179 Stribling
173 milligan84
169 SirPercival
165 Taximan007
164 MahoganyVic
161 Geo The Sarge
156 Sweet potata
151 istrabraq
149 Superwomble
145 Kev B
134 LaxieJr
134 MintTrav
128 Claw75
110 Cf

So the answers to the big questions by committee would be:
It is correct to keep your Ketchup in the Cupboard!
Vanilla is the best flavour of ice cream!
Muhammad  Ali was a better boxer than Mike Tyson!
Ready Salted is the most appropriate crisp flavour for a dad to eat.!
Ketchup is better than brown sauce on a bacon sandwich!
The Beatles are the best band of all time!
Coke is better than Pepsi!
Tea is better than coffee!
George Best was a better footballer than Ryan Giggs!

The World Cup is better than the Olympics!
Tesco is the best supermarket!
40 + (40 x 0) + 1 = 41!
(40 + 40) x 0 + 1 = 1!
40 + 40 x (0 + 1) = 80!
40 + 40 x 0 + 1 = 41!
When balancing tables in a poker tournament it is best to move the Big Blind!

HOWEVER, the purpose of this sheep quiz was to establish a forum sage, to have the casting vote on any question. I was personally routing for either Geo The Sarge, so that the answer to any maths question was Numberwang. Ironically, it was the maths questions themselves that plummeted Geo down the rankings.

I would also have been happy with anyone going for Queen as the best band of all time, or even istrabraq so that Salt N Shake became the default bag of crisps for all dads.

As it was though, Redsgirl took it down.
That means her answers now become correct by default.
Most are unchanged from the majority decision
It is correct to keep your Ketchup in the Cupboard!
CHOCOLATE is the best flavour of ice cream!
Muhammad  Ali was a better boxer than Mike Tyson!
Ready Salted is the most appropriate crisp flavour for a dad to eat!
Ketchup is better than brown sauce on a bacon sandwich!
The Beatles are the best band of all time!
Coke is better than Pepsi!
Tea is better than coffee!
George Best was a better footballer than Ryan Giggs!
The World Cup is better than the Olympics!
Tesco is the best supermarket!
40 + (40 x 0) + 1 = 41!
(40 + 40) x 0 + 1 = 1!
40 + 40 x (0 + 1) = 80!
40 + 40 x 0 + 1 = 1! (Gutted, BODMAS is now no longer valid. If only Geo had won)
When balancing tables in a poker tournament it is best to move the Big Blind!

From henceforth, should any argument become locked, Redsgirl will settle it with her sage opinion on the subject.

Now that she has that power, I wonder if she’ll change her answer to any of the above.

Redsgirl, any alterations?

Oh an I’m glad we didn’t need the tie-breaker because there was very little repetition.
I was expecting a lot more Stephen Frys, David Attenborough, Jesus, Christopher Hitchens (no votes)

Ladies and gentlemen, your three dinner guests from all humanity, alive or dead are:
Elizabeth I, Winston Churchill and Jesus.
A fine selection.

Other votes were
3 for Cf (all cast by himself)
2 each for Nelson Mandela, Tikay, Gazza and Mantis
Then 1 vote each for:
Noel Gallagher
Frankie From S Club
Tom Brady
Peter Ustinov
Stephen Fry
David Mitchell
Muhammad Ali
Seve Ballesteros
Brian Clough
Jessica Jane Clement
Lolly Badcock
Camilla off Babestation
Morgan Freeman
Hannibal Lector
Istrabraq’s ex-wife
Red Dog
Monatoo
ManuelsMum
David Attenborough
Billy Connolly
Margret Thatcher
freddy Mercury
Louise Redknap
Wally Downs
Mila Kunis
Rhianna
Stephen Hawkins
Eddie Izzard
Bill Clinton
Dean Martin
Serena Williams
Daniel Negraneau
The Camel
Tony G
Tebow
Usain Bolt
Russell Brand
Avril Lavigne
Little Mix
Beyonce

FML not on the list?

Jesus? I assumed they had to be real people...  ;whistle;

Haha, good last post Adam, good quiz, wp.

Re the stack question, I didn't even realise that was a question tbh !

sorry.
You'd get the points because the spreadsheet was adding them up.
you got 51 points for that section

"move the short stack" is a long story

Wp Redsgirl, did you get daddy to help with the maths? Interested to see your quiz.

WP Adam good fun.

Well done Redsgirl.

gg Adam, wp Redsgirl :)

Very well played young Miss Red

Can't wait for a quiz full of cement, hessian and skidmarks.

 ;applause; ;applause; ;applause;


Oh, and well done Adam, great finish to the quiz also

Geo

O.M.G How did I manage to win one of these! And I still dont know how the maths works, somebody please explain why the last sum was wrong?
Ive only just got in, so gimme five minutes to get over the shock/horror of winning and I'll  revise my answers
Thanks AdamM!

Indeed but a very funny one for anyone who hasn't seen this

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?PHPSESSID=64gnfvumue3fgjpcvkhqt734v2&topic=8016.0

Geo

40 + 40 x 0 + 1
BODMAS
any brackets to do? no
Any overs (powers)? no
Division? no
Multiplicateion? YES. 40 x 0 so you do it. = 0
addition? yes add the 40 and 1 = 41
subtraction? no

however, you're sage, so it you want it to be 1, 41 or numberwang, that's your choice :)

Eh? Where does it say that was the question?

On Brown Sauce v Ketchup and Tea v Coffee you have no choice but to go with your own preference, the Giggs/best, Ali/Tyson question were always gonna be stacked purely because regardless of what I think I was still picking those answers, same I guess with The Beatles really, I doubt they are everyones fav band that picked them.

I thought it was implied.

These were the sort of little arguments that go round and round.

I should have been clearer with the question.

Sorry.

great post

BODMAS is restored

I had no idea for the boxing one so I went with Ali as his name was written first :)

Nice quiz!

Can't believe i'm the only person to go for Hot Vimto on the tea/coffee Q.

I'd forgotten in my excitement at being sage that I'm supposed to do the next quiz.
Not very confident about this as I know the reveal would be a shambles due to poor computer skills, (spreadsheets etc) and from constant interruptions from 3 kids so if anyone would like to take over feel free! (pleeease!!) xx

Get it done imo

i can help with spreadsheets and that

meh I could have sworn this was tomorrow.

well done redsgirl.  i'm going to have to rebel against the new order though - no way i'm putting ketchup on my bacon sarnies ;nana;

Great quiz was flying the crisp answer and supermarket did me . Didn't think you all were smart price shoppers lol .

If you want to get out of doing the next quiz then telling us the reveal would be shambolic is not the way to go about it :)

Get some questions up :)

Ok I give in, I'll put some questions up soon. Thanks Mulhuzz, for your kind offer, but I think I'll just get a big piece of paper and a pencil. If that doesn't work out for me I'll pm you for advice!

Well Done to Adam great quiz

Congratulations to Redsgirl.

Just caught up,missed the reveal due to being somewhere over the South China Sea

Just read the results of this quiz. I'm going to have to consider my future on blonde.
You all leave your ketchup out and eat vanilla ice cream?

it should be called tomato sauce and it should only ever be in the cupboard. FACT! vanilla is absurd though!

My ideal dinner guests.

Bobby Sands, Karen Carpenter, Gandhi.

!

Your daughter is in need of help via your spreadsheet skills. Please assist for her quiz next week

The results could be fun.

Have you seen the film 'Hunger' Red?

I started to watch it just the other day as it happens, but owing to a minor family crisis, I missed it.

The bit that I saw was very hard hitting. If that was a true representation of the facts it was truly horrific.

I think the 17minute seen is amazingly impressive, wonder how many takes it took.

I would like to wager my left bollock that these 3 were Girgy's selections please.

I will talk to her about it.  

Having tried it already, if I were her I would jump at Mullhuzz's offer of help with the scoring.

loooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool