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The Rules

There are 10 questions. This is a REVERSE SHEEP QUIZ - the winner is the person who gets the most correct answers that others don't go for.

PM me your answers by 23:59 Monday 10 December.  The subject line should be "The Return of the RSQ - ANSWERS" (failure to do this will see the addition of a penalty point, and possible disqualification), and please give each answer on a SEPARATE line with corresponding question number.

The reveal will take place at 19:45 Tuesday 11 December.

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

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

If you give an incorrect answer, you will receive 5 points (or one more point than the highest scoring correct answer if this is 5 or more).

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

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

Spelling mistakes will be treated according to their severity and may invoke a penalty.

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

Your house is at risk if you do not keep up payments on any loans secured against it.  If you submit your answers in text that has a colour applied to it (so not the standard black text), you will receive a penalty of at least 7 points.

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

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

Lowest score after the 10 rounds will win.

In the case of a tie, the person with the most posts will win.  If there is still a tie, the first to post will win - DUCY?






(Xmas bonus - the first person to submit their answers will receive a -1 point bonus, because I'm nice like that).

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Entrants ( 14 ):

Ironside
bobalike
Tal
Millidonk
TightEnd
david3103
edgascoigne
DaveShoelace
JK
moonandback
stribling
jgcblack
Skippy
MintTrav

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1. QUESTION ONE

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Name the famous sportsman/woman from one of the photos below (and include the corresponding letter with your answer):

a. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/s1.jpg)  b. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/s2.jpg)
c. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/s3.jpg)  d. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/s4.jpg)
e. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/s5.jpg)  f.  (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/s6.jpg)
g. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/s7.jpg)  h. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/s8.jpg)
i. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/s9.jpg)   j. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/s10.jpg)
k. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/s11.jpg)

(if there is more than one person in a photo, it's the main person in the photo I'm after)

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2. QUESTION TWO

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Name one of the top 12 largest countries in the world (by population) - I'll be using 2012 figures for this.

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3. QUESTION THREE

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Pick a 5-card poker hand (standard deck, no wild cards, high-only).

A bonus -3 points to the person who gives the highest ranking unique answer.  

Your answer must use the card icons from the editor.

Different suits will be whaled as the same answer so:  
Aspades Ks Qs Js Ts =  Ac Kc Qc Jc Tc
and 7d 7h 7s 8c 8d =  7h 7d 7c 8d 8h, but is different to  5c 5d 5h 2h 2s.  
(You may NOT use the examples I've used in your answer.)

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4. QUESTION FOUR

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Name an English city that begins with a B, L, O, N, D or E

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5. QUESTION FIVE

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The images below give you a clue to a word, a phrase or saying.  Choose one and give the right answer.
Example:
(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d1.gif)
Answer: Pie in the sky.

a. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d2.gif)   b. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d3.gif)

c. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d4.gif)   d. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d5.gif)

e. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d6.gif)   f. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d7.gif)

g. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d8.gif)   h. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d9.gif)

i. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d10.gif)   j. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d11.gif)

k. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d12.gif)

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6. QUESTION SIX

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Chess.  White to move first, and there are 20 different moves they can make - provide one of these.  
Looking at the board below there are two example moves.  

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/chessboard.gif)

The first is the pawn move and that could be written as:
a2-a4
or
a4

the Knight move is the second example and could be written as:
Nc3
or
b1-c3
(you can't use either of these examples as your answer)
It's up to you to choose the notation, but if I don't understand what you give as the move, then it will be a fail.  

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7. QUESTION SEVEN

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Give me a three-letter word that would only be worth 3 points in Scrabble (no blanks).

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8. QUESTION EIGHT

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Kate Middleton is preggers - yippee.  

Name another famous Kate, non-fictional and can be alive or dead.  Famous will be someone that both me and my better half have both heard of.  If you pick someone we haven't heard of, then on your head be it and you can call me any names you want, I still won't have heard of them.  Katie, Catherine, Katherine, Kathy, Kat, etc., are all acceptable variations.

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9. QUESTION NINE

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Pick one of the statements below about me (kinboshi) and tell me if it's true or false:

a. I've never been to India.
b. I've lived in 12 different towns/cities since I was born.
c. I once ate a sparrow.
d. I've done a parachute jump for charity.
e. I've never broken a bone in my body.
f.  I once scored a goal from my own half in a football match.
g. I've been to every continent except for Australasia.
h. I'm scared of heights.
i.  I was born in the Chinese year of the Rabbit.
j.  I once kicked John Major's son.
k. I was born in Leeds.
l.  I can dunk a basketball (on a standard court and basket)

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10. QUESTION TEN

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Name a solo artist who's had a Xmas number 1 in the UK in the last 40 years.

Yeh Millidonk that's how you do an RSQ biatch.

sick true OF false typo on question 9.

amateurs

Does q9 relate to kInboshi?

Typo fixed and Q9 clarified.

:)up

cough


Spelling mistakes will be treated according to their severity and may invoke a penalty.


That was pretty severe imo.....death penalty?!

Yes, agreed.  What I failed to mention is that all capital punishment will be dished out on you, repeatedly.

I lol'ed. now i'm gonna run away. kthxbye

in first for the bonus

Ironside takes an early lead!

He's got the same answers as everyone else though

No music or video. Shit quiz.

Couldn't follow yours without it being a poor imitation...

i dont know if i should turn up for the reveal i imagine alot of trouble over atleast one of my answers

Think you should be there.  At the moment you're definitely winning :)

In, not played one of these for ages. Millis farce spurred me on.

mod and he cant even get a sticky

#noob

Not abusing my mod powers (yet).

Quite bossy, this QM.

its ok i stickied it because i know the QM is going to be kind and let me win as i have a proper rsq in mind for everyone

Too bloody right. Where are your answers?

Gonna play just because you can't win it. Will have to answer later coz am hung over and my head ain't in the right place. Read the first question and thought that the swimmer can't be a woman or she would be swimming topless.

In

Cracking quiz

In

Enjoyed it a lot

fyp  ;D

In it to finish 4th

Optimism is a great thing.

Dîner de poulet

Fancy liking chess you weirdo.

 ;applause;

FYP

in

One more for double figures?

I don't understand Question 6. It doesn't seem to actually ask us a question. There's hints as to what we should do but it doesn't actually say.

I shall enter at some point :)

Twat.  Everyone else understood, but I've edited it for the hard of understanding.  Also, if I were you, I'd read the rules carefully.

Will be in later, I've got some time off so id like to make a sick quiz if I can luckbox a w.

14 entrants will be doing battle this evening at 19:45.

Preliminary scoring polls suggest it's going to be a close one going down to the wire.

Not enough spam for this quiz imo. Looking forward to the reveal. I have this in the bag.

FYP

T-minus 10 minutes....

Mosconi Cup on TV? Check
RSQ ready to rock? Check

I am winning at the moment I can only do an arsenal and throw it away from here

True, and true.

Current Scores (Round 0):

-1 Ironside
0 bobalike
0 Tal
0 Millidonk
0 TightEnd
0 david3103
0 edgascoigne
0 DaveShoelace
0 JK
0 moonandback
0 stribling
0 jgcblack
0 Skippy
0 MintTrav

I'll give everyone a few minutes to join us.  We have some esteemed blondes amongst the entrants, including Tal, millidonk and david3103 - who were all included in the blonde honours list.

We also have edgascoigne.

Wiiii. I'm second. The only place to be.

Chop?

Will you be able to hold on to 2nd place?

:D

Not according to previous attempts.

Right, there are 5 of us here - sounds like a quorum for me.  Let's begin!

1. QUESTION ONE
Name the famous sportsman/woman

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a = Michael Phelps
b = Lewis Hamilton
c = Mario Balotelli (unchosen)
d = Bradley Wiggins (unchosen)
e = Mo Farah (unchosen)
f = Seb Coe
g = Michael Jordan
h = Freddie Flintoff
i = Lionel Messi
j = Usain Bolt
k = Jessica Ennis (unchosen)

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B = Lewis Hamilton (2 points)
Tal
stribling

J = Usain Bolt   (2 points)
millidonk
david3103

G = Michael Jordan   (2 points)
DaveShoelace
moonandback

H = Freddie Flintoff (2 points)
edcascoigne
MintTrav

ACES

F = Seb Coe  (1 point)
TightEnd

A = Michael Phelps  (1 point)
JK

I = Lionel Messi  (1 point)
jgcblack

PASS (0 points)
bobalike
Skippy

WRONG (5 points)
Ironside - k = Victoria Pendleton

Wiiii, swimming actually did something for my life!

Nobody chose Balotelli? norrrrrrrrrrrrr. was gonna go him. Was also gonna chose one of the other players in the pic as that was a farce opportunity.

Why is freddie flintoff 2 points?

Grats on making the most of the head start Ironside

Ninja edit ftw.

Rubs

Because of his width?

The 'rancid' Jessica Ennis:

(http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/111130-Shot01-114FIN_GQ_25Jul12_pr_.jpg)

No one went for her, Ironside nearly did...

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiii he messed up on Q01

You not seen him recently? He's lucky Jacamo go down to Medium now.

Where?

Was talking about his bowling mate. OH SNAP

Hehe :D

Anyway, here are the scores after Round 1:

0      bobalike
0      Skippy
1      jgcblack
1      TightEnd
1      JK
2      edgascoigne
2      Millidonk
2      moonandback
2      Tal
2      stribling
2      DaveShoelace
2      david3103
2      MintTrav
4      Ironside

bobAlike and Skippy take an early lead via the option of not answering the question...

Scoring ed as 2 before you edited it.. carry on. lolz at Rancid. That fella is gorgeous.

EDITT: ahhh. you forgot to put MintTrav in

Ed has 2 points on the above scoresheet. Pre-scoring blues.

PS, dont post the final scores when you edit

(didnt realise there were actually 2 for that answer, as you were. Rub stands)

I'd pick her over you ;)

What?

Right, has everyone caught up yet?  Proceed to question 2?

BRATFORD TAKE THE LEAD!!!!

See edit :P.

NEEEEEXXTTTTTT

2. QUESTION TWO

Name one of the top 12 largest countries in the world (by population)

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1. China       1,400,000,000 (unchosen)
2. India       1,200,000,000
3. USA            320,000,000 (unchosen)
4. Indonesia     240,000,000
5. Brazil        194,000,000
6. Pakistan        181,000,000 (unchosen)
7. Nigeria        167,000,000
8. Bangladesh     153,000,000
9. Russia        143,000,000 (unchosen)
10. Japan        128,000,000 (unchosen)
11. Mexico         112,000,000
12. Philippines      92,000,000 (unchosen)

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Don't rate her for looks at all, but she does look pretty rancid there.

You lot are bonkers.

Shes incred fwiw

Indonesia (5 points)
Ironside
Tal
TightEnd
DaveShoelace
JK

Brazil (2 points)
bobAlike
millidonk

Bangladesh (2 points)
stribling
jgcblack

India (2 points)
david3103
edgascoigne

Nigeria (2 points)
Skippy
MintTrav

SOLE ACE (-1 point)

Mexico
moonandback

Good man.

Any problems with Q2 - or are we all happy?  Do we want the running totals after each question?

-1 for having eyesight? ;)

FML

Only10 questions? What kind of crappy quiz is this?

Scores after Q2:

1      moonandback
2      bobalike
2      Skippy
3      jgcblack
4      edgascoigne
4      Millidonk
4      stribling
4      david3103
4      MintTrav
6      TightEnd
6      JK
7      Tal
7      DaveShoelace
9      Ironside


moonandback takes the lead courtesy of the sole ACE in that round.

One where you're definitely floundering in the bottom half.

3. QUESTION THREE

Pick a 5-card poker hand

Everyone went for a unique hand in this round, except for three of you - who all picked the same hand!  Remember there are also -3 bonus points on offer for the highest-ranking unique hand chosen.

3 points
Ironside 4h 5h 6h 7h 8h
Skippy 8s 7s 6s 5s 4s
MintTrav 8s 7s 6s 5s 4s

ACES so all score 1 point

millidonk 6h 7h 8h 9h  Th (highest ranking hand, so -3 point bonus)
jgcblack 5s 6s 7s 8s 9s
JK 2d 3d 4d 5d 6d
stribling Ad Ac Ahrt Aspades Kd
bobAlike Kd Kc Kh Ks Qd
TightEnd Jc Jd Jh Js Aspades
DaveShoelace Js Jh Jd Jc 2h
moonandback 2c 2d 2h 2s Qd
david3103 Qs Qh Qd 6c 6s
Tal Ahrt Ad Kc 5c 2d
edgascoigne 8h 7c 5s 3h 2d

Interesting choice by edgascoigne.  Obviously going for the safety-first option with 8-high...

Boooooo at the chickens going safe! GO FOR GLORY

Consistent though.

Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii. GTFI. incred question

Obvious answers would crush the quiz so far.

Any objections with that question?  If not, I'll post the scores up after Round 3...

Contemplating the JJJJA/JJJJ2 (seen as JJJJ2 is impossible) but will probably let it slide so i dont get banned.

EDIT: not impossible if it doesnt have to be a winning hand

Scores after Round 3:

2      moonandback
2      Millidonk
3      bobalike
4      jgcblack
5      Skippy
5      edgascoigne
5      stribling
5      david3103
7      MintTrav
7      TightEnd
7      JK
8      Tal
8      DaveShoelace
12      Ironside

You only sing when you're milling, sing when you're milling.

You sure it's not possible?  5-card draw, for example...

Edited to say not a winning hand. Board can be JJJJ2 holding 22, but that hand cannot possibly win at showdown

5-card draw?

Anyway, onwards and upwards to Q4...

Id be a liar if I said I thought 5-card draw was allowed. I should learn to read with these talent spotting eyes of mine

4. QUESTION FOUR

Name an English city that begins with a B, L, O, N, D or E


What could possibly go wrong with this question?  Especially with the well-educated entrants we have in this quiz...

I only just thought of it :D

Exeter (2 points)
Ironside
stribling

Ely (2 points)
Skippy
TightEnd

Oxford (2 points)
david3103
MintTrav

Aces (1 point)
bobAlike - Birmingham
millidonk - Norwich
Tal - Lancaster
DaveShoelace - Lincoln
JK - Bath
moonandback - London
jgcblack - Brighton & Hove

FAIL (5 points)
edcascoigne - Bury St Edmunds

Doesnt matter anyway, question didnt state a winning hand. AS YOU WERE

Was hoping Ed would be here for the reveal :D

No objections?

Bury St Edmunds is obviously a fail as it's a town, rather than a city.

Two things I don't get here.

Why can't it win?

Why do you say 5 card draw? What about Holdem?

Why can't you have JJ in your hand and JJ222 on the board?

That'd do it!  Good job JK doesn't work as a dealer....

Scores after Round 4:

3      moonandback
3      Millidonk
4      bobalike
5      jgcblack
7      Skippy
7      stribling
7      david3103
8      JK
9      MintTrav
9      TightEnd
9      Tal
9      DaveShoelace
10      edgascoigne
14      Ironside


It's close at the top.

Yeah you're correct Boba. Overlooked that one.

Trav, the example I gave the board had to be JJJJ2 and the holder had 22. That means the other person that was at showdown MUST have a card higher than a 2 in his hand (DUCY?), but as Bobalike pointed out you can use JJ on JJ222.

You're right Mr Phillips sir. Expect me on the next training school for retraining!

5. QUESTION FIVE

The images below give you a clue to a word, a phrase or saying

a. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d2.gif)   b. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d3.gif)

c. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d4.gif)   d. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d5.gif)

e. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d6.gif)   f. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d7.gif)

g. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d8.gif)   h. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d9.gif)

i. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d10.gif)   j. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d11.gif)

k. (http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc43/kinboshi/d12.gif)

a = Right under your nose (unchosen)
b = H20 (unchosen)
c = Half-baked
d = OK by me (unchosen)
e = See eye two eye
f = Reading between the lines (unchosen)
g = Robin Hood
h = Two little, too late
i = Anyone for tennis? (unchosen)
j = Back to square one
k = An inside job

H = Too little, too late (4 points)
Ironside
TightEnd
DaveShoelace
JK

G = Robin Hood (3 points)
stribling
Skippy
MintTrav

E = See eye to eye (2 points)
millidonk
edgascoigne

C = Half-baked (2 points)
Tal
david3013


ACES

J = Back to sqaure one
bobAlike

K = An inside job
moonandback


PASS (0 points)
jgcblack

I thought a was 2 wrongs don't make a right. Some are very ambiguous imo.

Robin Hood is incred, I couldn't get that for my life. Damn edgascoigne stopping my ace.

Scores at the half-way point:

4      moonandback
5      Millidonk
5      bobalike
5      jgcblack
9      david3103
10      Skippy
10      stribling
11      Tal
12      JK
12      MintTrav
12      edgascoigne
13      TightEnd
13      DaveShoelace
18      Ironside

moonandback takes the top-spot with an ACE in that round.  But the chasing pack are close on his heels. Ironside isn't in that chasing pack.

Two wrongs don't make a right wouldn't make sense from the way the words were laid out.  Good job you chose another one, shame it was the same one as Ed "Bury St Edmunds" Gascoigne went for.

Any prizes for consistency? 2pts a round apart from the hand where everyone scored 1

Is it going to be a battle between the 4 front-runners, or will the peloton get back in contention?

You'd be second.  Iron has been the most consistent :D

6. QUESTION SIX

Chess.  White to move first, and there are 20 different moves they can make

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a3
a4 (unchosen)
b3
b4 (unchosen)
c3
c4 (unchosen)
d3 (unchosen)
d4 (unchosen)
e3 (unchosen)
e4
f3
f4
g3
g4 (unchosen)
h3
h4 (unchosen)
Na3
Nc3 (unchosen)
Nf3 (unchosen)
Nh3 (unchosen)
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I played d4 last night. Does that count?

f2-f3 (2 points)
TightEnd
edcascoigne

g2-g3 (2 points)
millidonk
moonandback

b2-b3 (2 points)
david3103
jgcblack

h2-h3 (2 points)
Ironside
Skippy

ACES (1 point)

bobAlike b1-a3
Tal e4
JK f2-f4
stribling c2-c3
MintTrav a3

PASS (0 points)
DaveShoelace


More consistency from david3103, and interestingly only one person going for a knight move.

Was disappointed you went for e4 and not d4 in this.

How did you get on? 

Do I get a prize for that?

That round was simple enough, I'll post the scores:

Scores after Round 6:

6      moonandback
6      bobalike
7      Millidonk
7      jgcblack
11      david3103
11      stribling
12      Skippy
12      Tal
13      JK
13      MintTrav
13      DaveShoelace
14      edgascoigne
15      TightEnd
20      Ironside

Yes, you go joint top with moonandback!

Drew against the Dutch defence in a wild game.

I play a few different openings (thin...and in before "badly")

Walker's crisps adverts are bad enough, the ones with Lionel Richie are bloody terrible.

Starting to panic now.

I play a few as well.  d4 as white, and c5 as black :D

It's obviously "two wrongs don't make a right".

7. QUESTION SEVEN

Give me a three-letter word that would only be worth 3 points in Scrabble

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1-point letters =
E, A, I, O , N, R, T, L, S and U
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RUN (2 points)
DaveShoelace
moonandback

TOR (2 points)
bobAlike
david3103

NIT  (2 points)
millidonk
MintTrav

ACES (1 point)
TOE  Ironside
LEU  Tal
LAT  TightEnd
IRE  edgascoigne
ORE  JK
AIR  stribling
ALE  jgcblack
SAT  Skippy

Obviously isn't.

Bloody TOR Dave. You scuppered my chance to lead.

No objections there either? 

Are we the same person? Sick the amount of same answers we are chosing.

Stormed off to the shop because of how badly I was doing. Come back to find out its not going much better :)

Sorry Andrew, but you kept my scoring consistent

No, I don't see what you're saying at all. All we had to do was name a hand of any 5 cards.

Scores after Round 7. 

8      moonandback
8      bobalike
8      jgcblack
9      Millidonk
12      stribling
13      david3103
13      Skippy
13      Tal
14      JK
15      MintTrav
15      DaveShoelace
15      edgascoigne
16      TightEnd
21      Ironside

We now have a ménage à trois at the top - with high-stakes grinder John joining the party. 

Can you post who has a pass left for the sweat?

:) I secretly hope you did me a favour.

8. QUESTION EIGHT
Famous Kates...

A round for an easy ace, if ever there was one?

farce radar is heating up.

millidonk
Tal
MintTrav
edgascoigne
TightEnd
Ironside

Feeling confident?

Catherine of Aragon (2 points)
TightEnd
jgcblack

ACES (1 point)
Catherine Hepburn - Ironside
Kate Omara - bobAlike
Kate McCann - Tal
Kathy Burke - millidonk
Katy Brand - david3013
Catherine Parr - edgascoigne
Kate Beckinsale - DaveShoelace
Catherine De Medici - JK
Kate Bush - moondandback
Katie Price - stribling
Catherine Cookson - Skippy
Katie Taylor - MintTrav

I once knew an easy Kate, famed for it in fact, but her fame has no doubt faded with the years and I doubt you'd have heard of her

oooooooooh. It's gonna go to the wire. I think i might have it.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW3gKKiTvjs

It's me, Kathy.

Pics?

No camera phones back in those days... Polaroids fade

Catherine Hepburn - Ironside
Kate Omara - bobAlike

Any relations to Katharine Hepburn & Kate O'Mara?

Memory's still sharp though, yeah? ;)

Shush, relegation fodder.

Sni'tch

Scores after Q8:

9      moonandback
9      bobalike
10      jgcblack
10      Millidonk
13      stribling
14      david3103
14      Skippy
14      Tal
15      JK
16      MintTrav
16      DaveShoelace
16      edgascoigne
18      TightEnd
22      Ironside


Very tight at the top, with two rounds remaining...

Errors were mine anyway.

Sharp as. Still remember having to slip up the back alley on an evening when her dad was out

Interesting round...

;gobsmacked;

9. QUESTION NINE
TRUE or FALSE?

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TRUE  - a. I've never been to India.
Never been, but want to go.

TRUE  - b. I've lived in 12 different towns/cities since I was born.
Leeds, Wigan, Corby, Sheffield, Yamagatamachi (Japan), Peterborough, Burnham, Slough, Solihull, Tamworth, Nottingham, Swadlincote...

TRUE  - c. I once ate a sparrow.  (unchosen)
A lot like chicken, only smaller.

FALSE - d. I've done a parachute jump for charity. (unchosen)
Maybe one day

TRUE  - e. I've never broken a bone in my body.
Somehow this is true

TRUE  - f.  I once scored a goal from my own half in a football match. (unchosen)
Xabi Alonso copied me

FALSE - g. I've been to every continent except for Australasia. (unchosen)
Not been there, but also never been to South America or Antarctica

TRUE  - h. I'm scared of heights. (unchosen)
Get me on a tall ladder or on a rickety bridge and I'm not happy

TRUE  - i.  I was born in the Chinese year of the Rabbit.
1975

FALSE - j.  I once kicked John Major's son.
I tried to when plaing football against him, but he was too quick!

TRUE  - k. I was born in Leeds. (unchosen)
I was.

FALSE - l.  I can dunk a basketball (on a standard court and basket)
Haha - can't believe so many thought this was true. Used to play a lot of basketball, but unfortunately I can only touch the rim (awaits joke), so way off being able to dunk it.

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Euphemism alert.

ACES (1 point)
A = TRUE bobalike
I = TRUE JK
E = TRUE jgcblack

PASS (0 points)
Ironside
Tal
millidonk
TightEnd
edcascoigne
MintTrav

FAIL (5 points)
L = TRUE
david3103
DaveShoelace
moonandback

J = TRUE
stribling

B = FALSE
Skippy

I see why you called her 'Easy Kate'.

I bet one of these fish hasn't used their pass! I've got this in the bag. wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Careful, or I might ask why her dad was in it in the first place.

I did ask to use mine, but it appears my wish has not been observed. Serves me right for answering all the questions :P

I passed question 9....

OBJECTION!

Not on my score. That's fine.

However, your question didn't stipulate that we had to be correct in saying whether the statement was true or false.

Norrrrrr bobalike is gonna win as he entered the quiz first. Worst tiebreaker ever.

7 questions before I got a correct none sheep answer

Absolutely brilliant

Haha, so sick that wasn't an ace.

Looks like I've made a mistake there.  Will edit.


Yes, you did.  One moment.

Talk amongst yourselves.  About 'Easy Kate' and her alley...

It the one with the most posts who wins if there's a tie break.

fyp

lolz. misread by me. EZ Game.

OK - just checked the PMs.

david3103 - you might have meant to pass Q9 in your head - but you answered it as above in your PM.  So have to accept your answer.

JK - you did ask to pass Q9, so I will edit the scoring accordingly.

:(

How do you spell 'hubris'?

When you get a sec, Mr QM...

OK - correct scores going into the last round:

10      bobalike
10      Millidonk
11      jgcblack
14      moonandback
14      Tal
15      JK
16      MintTrav
16      edgascoigne
18      stribling
18      TightEnd
19      david3103
19      Skippy
21      DaveShoelace
22      Ironside

What?

?

w.i.n.n.e.r, I think.

oh noes!!!!!!!!!!#

another farce on the way

For the other questions, I said provide an answer - the fact it's a QUIZ implies that the answers must be correct to count.

Case thrown out of court.

GULP

10. QUESTION TEN
Name a solo artist who's had a Xmas number 1 in the UK in the last 40 years.

 ;shitfanhit;

oh thank god another question

10. QUESTION TEN
Name a solo artist who's had a Xmas number 1 in the UK in the last 40 years.

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1972 Jimmy Osmond (unchosen)
1976 Johnny Mathis
1985 Shakin' Stevens (unchosen)
1986 Jackie Wilson (unchosen)
1988 & 1990 Cliff Richard
1992 Whitney Houston (unchosen)
1993 Mr Blobby
1995 Michael Jackson (unchosen)
2000 Bob the Builder
2005 Shayne Ward
2006 Leona Lewis
2007 Leon Jackson (unchosen)
2008 Alexandra Burke
2010 Matt Cardle (unchosen)
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For the poker question, you had to click five of the icons that look like playing cards above the text box.

For the chess question, you had to pick one of the answers that you were given by the gif.

No quizzing there.

Mr Blobby (4 points)
Tal
JK
stribling
MintTrav

Cliff Richard (2 points)
jgcblack
bobAlike

Alexandra Burke  (2 points)
edgascoigne
moonandback

ACES (1 point)
Bob the Builder - Ironside
Johnny Mathis - TightEnd
Shayne Ward - DaveShoelace
Leona Lewis - Skippy

FAILS (5 points)
Steve Brookstein - millidonk
Rolf Harris - david3013



Waits for it...

Rolf was an artist on two levels. That has to count extra, surely?

baaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hahahahahahahahahhahahhaaha

wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

Milligan blows his load early again!

Yes there was.  You could have said e7-e5 for your answer to the chess one (which would have been wrong), or Ad Ad Ad Ad Ad for the poker one, and it would have been wrong.

WTF??? norrrrrrrrrrrrr. Steve Brookstein you bastard. I was sure he had a xmas number 1. He beat Andy the binman in Xfactor.

Must consult google.

He was, but not in the last 40 years (with regards to the Xmas No. 1).

He had a number 1, but it was in January - not at Xmas.

you could argue that was "against all odds"

Final scores...

Shit, was sure Cliff was going to be a big sheep.

Can't believe he got an Ace for Johnny Mathis

PROVISIONAL FINAL SCORES

12      bobalike
13      jgcblack
15      Millidonk
16      moonandback
18      Tal
18      edgascoigne
19      JK
19      TightEnd
20      MintTrav
20      Skippy
22      stribling
22      DaveShoelace
23      Ironside
24      david3103

I will wait for any contradicting evidence before I announce the winner as bobAlike ;)

david3103 came through very impressively at the end to pip Ironside to the wooden-spoon.

I was sure TightEnd would go for Jackie Wilson.

Gutted.

haha Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. it was the year them rage against the machine slags got number 1 with that stupid facebook campaign. I hate them even more now. Norrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, then for rubs it goes #1 in January. #WORLDTILT. Sick way to throw it away. Damn my arrogance.

Enjoyable quiz ur boshness

Milli, Xmas is in January if you go by the old calendar

is it? Should I propose an objection? or do you mean like ye olde calendar? Like from Tikay's youth?

I withdraw my legitimate claim to having passed Q9, in a follow up PM, to secure my winning score

He didn't beat Andy the binman. Shayne Ward did. Steve beat G4. what a Milldonk

Def in Tikays youth. Lol

Just checked again - didn't receive another PM from you after your initial entry...

FML, I clearly don't remember who beat who, but I am pretty sure I beat you in this quiz. Wiiiiii

Looking forward to your quiz Andrew :D

Thanks Kin but to save RSQ going down the pan (and because I'm busy) I'll pass the baton to someone else. Will choose wisely soon.

Only 14 entries in that one, and I didn't think it was that bad.  Maybe it's dying anyway?

(http://www.icsn.co.uk/sites/default/files/akabusi2.jpg)

Top quizaments, Kin akaboshi

It was a good un. Well run. Just not enough farce.

top quiz I thought

perhaps cf can do a big Xmas one if Andrew P doesn't fancy it...

awoooooooooooooooooooga

I'm happy to run one. I can either do an xmas themed one (maybe a sheep quiz?) or I can run the one i've had prepared. My prepared one is a slightly different format based on Pointless which will be ran in multiple rounds lasting a period of a week or two. Or would people rather have something established based on xmas at this time of year?

not sure ive done a tighty quiz - i say go for it

I'm happy for you to do this one CF. standard RSQ I'm thinking because of timing with Xmas. Busy times ahead.

FARCE.

It has a cathedral, therefore is a city, no?

Not the test, I'm afraid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_status_in_the_United_Kingdom

Cf has to do the whole thing in blue, tho, right?

Damn and blast! Oh well, good to correct an incorrectly held nugget of 'knowledge'.

Top quiz kin, apologies for missing the reveal, was busy getting undone here in Prague by a chap limp-raising aces utg.

Is that a back raise?

 ;ifm;

As I watched him snap-call my jam the correct terminology for his play was genuinely the first thing that came to mind!

Anyone but CF. He hasn't even taken part in the last 2 quizes.

THIS x954241725

Also, iirc his previous attempts have included obscure questions that require specialist knowledge, which made it impossible for people to play. But I might be thinking of sharples' quiz here.

He also writes in annoying blue text.

Fair point. Tough to argue with that

I've been super mega busy :( But next week will be easier giving me more time to mark one up.