blonde poker forum

Rules:

The score for each question is the number of people who give that answer.

The most popular answer is the sheep.

Incorrect answers receive the sheep score plus 5 points.

Lowest score wins.

Using Google is not allowed.

You may choose to pass on up to two questions and will score 0 points for those questions. You may NOT pass the final two questions.

PM your answers to me by 5pm Monday 3rd February. The reveal will then take place at 8pm.


Please note that if a question asks for a country I am using the Pointless definition: a sovereign state which is a member of the U.N.

1) Name a country which uses the Euro.

2) Name a film in which Daniel Radcliffe has appeared.

3) Name a fruit which is red or green.

4) Name a current British car manufacturer.

5) Name a country whose vowels go in order. (e.g. "Hello" = eo = fine, "Goodbye" = "ooe" = not fine, "Banana = "aaa" = fine)

6) Name a casino table game.

7) Name a UK motorway which is 100 miles or more in length.

8 ) Name a video game which appeared as one of Charlie Brooker's 25 games that changed the world.

9) Name a currently running quiz show on any BBC/ITV/C4 channel that airs between 2pm-9pm. I will accept shows not on at the moment as long as a new series has been confirmed for the future and at least one series has aired already.

NO PASSING THE FINAL TWO QUESTIONS

10) Name a chemical element which begins with a vowel.

11) For each of these items choose whether they should be stored in the fridge or in a cupboard.

a) Chocolate Biscuits
b) Ketchup
c) Chocolate Bars
d) Eggs


Good luck!



Current Entrants (23):

MintTrav
dwh103
TightEnd
millidonk
George2Loose
youthnkzR
Ironside
fatcatstu
BangBang
Oxford_HRV
Ant040689
WotRTheChances
Graham C
Redsgirl
kinboshi
jbworldwide
Longines
Waz1892
BulldozerD
stribling
david3103
Jono3131
sharplea

Could you explain Q11 please?

each item is either/or answer and we have to suggest which will be the answer with the lowest incidence, fridge or cupboard?

Seems an odd question for a quiz format that requires multiple possible answers to work most efficiently?

This.

And I was wondering for question 5, could you just pick a country with one vowel in it or is that not allowed?

As a diabetic whats chocolate

Question 11 is a shambles

Absolute farce this!

Can't wait for the reveal :)

2 awful questions. In but expecting a farce.

There is officially somebody who can set worse questions than me. Wow.

Will be in at some point ;)

Q6 doesn't say whether it actually has to be a casino table game. We just have to give one a name. So possible answers include:

- Snuggle up
- Crumpled Bugle
- Otter Whack
- Spin the Static
- Domiplunk

You get the idea.

It's like you've actually tried to mess the questions up.

I don't say this often/ever, but could we get smashedagain on day release for this quiz, just to highlight how bad it is?

Will be in when I've recovered from shock.

i have my answers ready apart from question 11 not sure if we have to answer all 4 parts or choose 1 of the 8 options available

For 11 I want (e.g.)

a) fridge
b) fridge
c) cupboard
d) fridge

why?

50% go fridge, 50% go cupboard?

the question achieves nothing.

very odd

i entered anyway :-)

I am trying to follow ruud's effort at having a somewhat random final question.

Also any: 1 vowel is fine as its obviously in order. A lot of answers to this question.

Tal: It should be obvious what I'm after. The current entrants have all understood :)

Certainly dug a hole for yourself with this question - that is if you hadn't already with some of the earlier ambiguous questions.

But my random question had around 40 correct answers!

Yours is literally 50/50, or is it?

Are u scoring the answer as a whole?!

So for example, FFCC is a different answer to FCFC?! Therefore there are 16 possible answers?!

If this is what u meant, very clever! If not, enjoy the get out of jail card I just handed you ;)

No. Mine has 16 answers.

As you say FFCC is different to FCFC.

in


think i'm confident in knowing an answer for each Q without passes this time!

In too.

 

 In.
 Update entrant list Cf, your slacking!

IN

I'm in

Too much interpretation required on some of these so I will be here for the reveal with my farce key ready!

:)

It's really very poor isn't it?

I will update it tomorrow. There's about 20 of you so far.

Anyone not in so far still has a couple of days to submit.

Anyone who still wishes to play has a few hours left to send in their answers.

Submissions closed. Answers collated.

See you at 8pm for what could prove to be a rather messy reveal :)

 ;popcorn;

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMku2CvYMIk
.

Because it isn't 8pm yet?

it is if we are on CET and cf never said what time zone the quiz was gonna start in

Okie dokie. Let's go!

1) Name a country which uses the Euro.

Republic of Ireland (5) - George2Loose, Ironside, Graham C, Redsgirl, Jono3131

Cyprus (3) - BangBang, Longines, Waz1892

France (2) - dwh103, millidonk
Luxembourg (2) - fatcatstu, Oxford_HRV

Latvia (1) - TightEnd
Austria (1) - youthnkzR
Slovenia (1) - Ant040689
Andorra (1) - WotRTheChances
Belgium (1) - kinboshi
Montenegro (1) - BulldozerD
Portugal (1) - david3103
San Marino (1) - sharplea


Wrong Answers (10):

North Korea - MintTrav
Switzerland - stribling


Passes (0) - jbworldwide

Doesn't seem to be many here but I'll still give a minute or two for objections before moving on...

farce already everyone picks my answers

Great start for me!  ::)

2) Name a film in which Daniel Radcliffe has appeared.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 (4) - Redsgirl, jbworldwide, BulldozerD, stribling

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (3) - MintTrav, Graham C, kinboshi
December Boys (3) - TightEnd, WotRTheChances, sharplea

The Woman in Black (2) - millidonk, Waz1892
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2) - youthnkzR, Jono3131
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2) - BangBang, Oxford_HRV

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (1) - George2Loose


Wrong Answers (9):

Layer Cake - Ant040689


Passes (0) - dwh103, Ironside, fatcatstu, Longines, david3103

no idea who he is

Harry Potter kid.

that helps not seen or read harry potter

I'd hope the amount of Harry Potter answers gave you a little clue there iron :)

Right... this one made life difficult.

3) Name a fruit which is red or green.

Tomato (5) - millidonk, Ironside, WotRTheChances, Graham C, BulldozerD

Grapes (2) - George2Loose, stribling
Banana (2) - fatcatstu, jbworldwide

Coconut (1) - MintTrav
Orange (1) - dwh103
Pomegranate (1) - TightEnd
Strawberry (1) - youthnkzR
Pear (1) - BangBang
Cherry (1) - Oxford_HRV
Watermelon (1) - Redsgirl
Lychee (1) - kinboshi
Mango (1) - Longines
Apple (1) - Waz1892
Kiwifruit (1) - david3103
Cranberry (1) - Jono3131
Pepper (1) - sharplea


Passes (0) - Ant040689

fml i run so good buggers are copying me

But no-one seems to have any objections so the scores after Q3 are:

david3103   2
dwh103   3
fatcatstu   4
youthnkzR   4
Longines   4
TightEnd   5
kinboshi   5
sharplea   5
Oxford_HRV   5
jbworldwide   6
BangBang   6
Waz1892   6
George2Loose   8
Jono3131   8
WotRTheChances   9
millidonk   9
BulldozerD   10
Ironside   10
Redsgirl   10
Ant040689   10
GragamC   13
MintTrav   14
stribling   16

Hello

Objection.

Or, please could you explain why these are correct?

3) Name a fruit which is red or green.

Banana (2) - fatcatstu, jbworldwide

Coconut (1) - MintTrav

bananas are green before they ripen

(http://www.librarising.com/astrology/celebs/images2/D/danielradcliffe.jpg)

Ring any bells?

You can get green coconuts.

Bananas are green when unripe. Bit of a smart alec answer but can't see a reason to disallow it :(

4) Name a current British car manufacturer.


Ariel (5) - dwh103, WotRTheChances, Graham C, kinboshi, Waz1892

Noble (3) - youthnkzR, Oxford_HRV, stribling
McClaren (3) - Ant040689, jbworldwide, Jono3131

TVR (2) - fatcatstu, BulldozerD
Bently (2) - BangBang, Redsgirl

AC (1) - TightEnd
Ginetta (1) - Longines
Morgan (1) - david3103


Wrong Answers (10):

Volvo - millidonk


Passes (0) - MintTrav, George2Loose, Ironside, sharplea

But a coconut isn't a fruit.
It's a nut.

Ob-jection

Volvo Car Corporation, or Volvo Personvagnar AB, is a Swedish premium automobile manufacturer, owned by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group of China.

Hellllllllllllo.

Bentley is German owned, VW in fact

It's been taken as wrong. It was in the correct answer list as well as the wrong answer list in error. I edited it pretty much straight away so nice spot!

I thought the coconut was a fruit then I read this:

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

Wiki: The term coconut can refer to the entire coconut palm, the seed, or the fruit, which, botanically, is a drupe, not a nut.

Goooooooooooooodbye.

http://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/mysteries/coconut.html

it's a fruit, or a nut, or a seed apparently

looks like my nephew is fancy dress apart from that i am at a loss

But a coconut isn't a fruit.
It's a drupe.

No way!

How can you not have heard of HP?

Which is a fruit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drupe

heard of and knowing who acted in it is different stories

I thought we'd suddenly gone on to brown sauce

Hmm. Founded in Britain, and still based in Britain, but now apparently owned by a German company.

Still British?

How can you not have heard of DR? ;)

Your call

I assumed the question meant ownership, as these days cars can be manufactured in multiple countries irrespecive of ownership

British brand, still made in Britain.
British.

I'm going to allow it. It was founded here and is still based here.

Scores after Q4:

david3103   3
Longines   5
sharplea   5
fatcatstu   6
TightEnd   6
youthnkzR   7
dwh103   8
Oxford_HRV   8
BangBang   8
George2Loose   8
jbworldwide   9
kinboshi   10
Ironside   10
Waz1892   11
Jono3131   11
BulldozerD   12
Redsgirl   12
Ant040689   13
WotRTheChances   14
MintTrav   14
GragamC   18
millidonk   19
stribling   19

A couple of questionable passes here imo as there's so many answers to go for...

5) Name a country whose vowels go in order. (e.g. "Hello" = eo = fine, "Goodbye" = "ooe" = not fine, "Banana = "aaa" = fine)

Peru (3) - George2Loose, Oxford_HRV, Jono3131

Chad (2) - Ant040689, Longines
Rwanda (2) - MintTrav, Redsgirl

Palau (1) - dwh103
Cape Verde (1) - TightEnd
Morroco (1) - youthnkzR
Togo (1) - Ironside
Greece (1) - BangBang
Madagascar (1) - WotRTheChances
Spain (1) - Graham C
Japan (1) - kinboshi
Egypt (1) - jbworldwide
Bangladesh (1) - BulldozerD
France (1) - stribling
Canada (1) - david3103
Seychelles (1) - sharplea

Wrong Answers ( 8):

Chili - fatcatstu


Passes (0) - millidonk, Waz1892

So Vauxhall would have been ok?

Without looking into it yes I'd have accepted Vauxhall provided there were no objections lol

This is a bit worrying

Can't see anything to object to there so the scores:

david3103   4
sharplea   6
Longines   7
TightEnd   7
youthnkzR   8
dwh103   9
BangBang   9
jbworldwide   10
Oxford_HRV   11
George2Loose   11
kinboshi   11
Ironside   11
Waz1892   11
BulldozerD   13
fatcatstu   14
Jono3131   14
Redsgirl   14
Ant040689   15
WotRTheChances   15
MintTrav   16
GragamC   19
millidonk   19
stribling   20

Of all the countries, in all the world, MintTrav had to pick the same one as me.  >:(

Ok. If your answer is under the fail list here I want some evidence it exists as a table game. I've had a quick look in each case myself but nothing stood out...


6) Name a casino table game.

Casino War (3) - dwh103, fatcatstu, stribling

Craps (2) - MintTrav, BangBang
Pai Gow Poker (2) - Jono3131, sharplea

Punto Banco (1) - TightEnd
Blackjack Switch (1) - George2Loose
Three Card Poker (1) - youthnkzR
Two Way Texas Hold Em (1) - Ironside
Baccarat (1) - Oxford_HRV
Spanish 21 (1) - Waz1892



Wrong Answers (8 ):

Texas Hold Em Poker - Ant040689
Courchevel - WotRTheChances
Poker - Redsgirl
Casino Texas Hold Em Poker - jbworldwide
XXL Poker - david3103


Passes - millidonk, Graham C, kinboshi, Longines, BulldozerD

How can Poker be wrong?!
They play it in casinos right? On a table if I'm not mistaken?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casino_hold_'em

I would also argue that Punto Banco and Baccarat be grouped together:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baccarat_(card_game)

I found this. But the answer given was Casino Texas Hold Em which I could find no reference to.

Hmmm.

Wikipedia suggests you're allowed it...

table game in this sense means against the house such as roulette and blackjack

Little bit pedantic :P

Who said?

Ok, what I think I'm gonna do:

Punto Banco and Baccarat to be whaled.

Casino Texas Hold Em to be allowed.

Poker and Texas Hold Em to be allowed and whaled.

The other two wrong answers to stay wrong.

Ok. Scores:

Longines   7
sharplea   8
TightEnd   9
youthnkzR   9
BangBang   11
jbworldwide   11
kinboshi   11
david3103   12
dwh103   12
George2Loose   12
Ironside   12
Waz1892   12
Oxford_HRV   13
BulldozerD   13
Jono3131   16
Redsgirl   16
fatcatstu   17
Ant040689   17
MintTrav   18
GragamC   19
millidonk   19
WotRTheChances   23
stribling   23

Quite a few passes here. Probably the wise choice...

7) Name a UK motorway which is 100 miles or more in length.

M1 (4) - George2Loose, BangBang, Redsgirl, stribling
M5 (4) - Oxford_HRV, WotRTheChances, jbworldwide, Longines

M4 (3) - MintTrav, millidonk, youthnkzR

A1(M) (1) - david3103
M25 (1) - Jono3131


Wrong Answers (9):

M42 - Graham C, Waz1892, BulldozerD


Passes (0) - dwh103, TightEnd, fatcatstu, Ant040689, kinboshi, sharplea

FYP

gonna check my submission but i know the M42 isnt that long but i definitely do know how long the M62 is

Arse, I could have sworn that said less than 100 miles!   

No complaints.

in fact just checked that i was going to say M62 but passed instead

what a farce

Not sure what happened there...

Ironside/Jono3131 get 2 points each.

BulldozerD gets 0.

Had you said M62 you'd have had 1 as it's just long enough :)

Also have an objection to A1(M)

name a section of the A1(M) that is 100 miles long

sharplea always seems to win when I set a quiz. For those of you complaining about my questions you want to hope that this doesn't stay the same!

sharplea   8
TightEnd   9
Longines   11
kinboshi   11
youthnkzR   12
dwh103   12
david3103   13
BulldozerD   13
Ironside   14
BangBang   15
jbworldwide   15
George2Loose   16
Oxford_HRV   17
fatcatstu   17
Ant040689   17
Jono3131   18
Redsgirl   20
Waz1892   21
MintTrav   21
millidonk   22
WotRTheChances   27
stribling   27
GragamC   28

Add them together and the total length is over 100 miles. Clever answer imo.

i shouldnt of said anything i might have had a chance of a top 5 finish

The A1 is not a motorway - the (M) is added where it is upgraded - to say the A1(M) is over 100 miles long seems like bollocks to me

Which makes those parts technically motorway. Add the lengths together and it comes over 100 miles. The part outside Leeds is just over 50 miles itself I think.

8 ) Name a video game which appeared as one of Charlie Brooker's 25 games that changed the world.


Grand Theft Auto (2) - dwh103, Redsgirl
Tomb Raider (2) - Oxford_HRV, WotRTheChances
Doom (2) - youthnkzR, Longines

PaRappa the Rapper (1) - TightEnd
Manic Miner (1) - Ironside
World of Warcraft (1) - fatcatstu
Elite (1) - kinboshi
Space Invaders (1) - BulldozerD
The Sims (1) - Jono3131
Braid (1) - sharplea


Wrong Answers (7):

Sonic the Hedgehog - millidonk, Waz1892
Super Mario Kart - Ant040689
Gameboy - stribling


Passes (0) - MintTrav, George2Loose, BangBang, Graham C, jbworldwide, david3103

Scores:

sharplea   9
TightEnd   10
kinboshi   12
Longines   13
david3103   13
youthnkzR   14
dwh103   14
BulldozerD   14
Ironside   15
BangBang   15
jbworldwide   15
George2Loose   16
fatcatstu   18
Oxford_HRV   19
Jono3131   19
MintTrav   21
Redsgirl   22
Ant040689   24
Waz1892   28
GragamC   28
millidonk   29
WotRTheChances   29
stribling   34

9) Name a currently running quiz show on any BBC/ITV/C4 channel that airs between 2pm-9pm. I will accept shows not on at the moment as long as a new series has been confirmed for the future and at least one series has aired already.

University Challenge (3) - dwh103, Graham C, kinboshi
Pointless (3) - youthnkzR, fatcatstu, jbworldwide

Perfection (2) - millidonk, Ant040689
Tipping Point (2) - George2Loose, david3103
Fifteen To One (2) - Ironside, sharplea
The Chase (2) - Waz1892, stribling

Countdown (1) - MintTrav
Eggheads (1) - Oxford_HRV, Redsgirl
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (Just!) (1) - Longines
Break The Safe (1) - BulldozerD


Wrong Answers (8):

Million Pound Drop - WotRTheChances
8 Out of 10 Cats - Jono3131


Passes (0) - TightEnd, BangBang

Eggheads of course gives 2 points...

Did me and two other people just score 1 for the same answer?

Ok. That takes us to the final two questions so no passes remain. Scores are...

TightEnd   10
sharplea   11
Longines   14
kinboshi   15
david3103   15
BulldozerD   15
BangBang   15
youthnkzR   17
dwh103   17
Ironside   17
jbworldwide   18
George2Loose   18
fatcatstu   21
Oxford_HRV   21
MintTrav   22
Redsgirl   24
Ant040689   26
Jono3131   27
Waz1892   30
GragamC   31
millidonk   31
stribling   36
WotRTheChances   37

10) Name a chemical element which begins with a vowel.


Argon (5) - MintTrav, George2Loose, youthnkzR, fatcatstu, Waz1892

Einsteinium (2) - dwh103, Oxford_HRV
Antimony (2) - Ironside, Longines
Aluminium (2) - Graham C, BulldozerD
Iridium (2) - Redsgirl, david3103
Oxygen (2) - BangBang, Jono3131

Actinium (1) - TightEnd
Iron (1) - Ant040689
Astatine (1) - WotRTheChances
Osmium (1) - kinboshi
Americium (1) - jbworldwide
Indium (1) - sharplea

Wrong Answers (10):

Gold - millidonk, stribling

Oh, Okay  :)

Scores going into the final question:

TightEnd   11
sharplea   12
Longines   16
kinboshi   16
david3103   17
BulldozerD   17
BangBang   17
dwh103   19
Ironside   19
jbworldwide   19
youthnkzR   22
George2Loose   23
Oxford_HRV   23
fatcatstu   26
Redsgirl   26
MintTrav   27
Ant040689   27
Jono3131   29
GragamC   33
Waz1892   35
WotRTheChances   38
millidonk   41
stribling   46


There will now be a 5 minute break for any final objections.

Ok, the final question.

Only two people would keep chocolate biscuits in the fridge!

Congratulations to those two as that is the correct answer. However, I'm afraid there are no bonus points for this.

Likewise no bonus points to those who answered CFCF.

11) For each of these items choose whether they should be stored in the fridge or in a cupboard.

a) Chocolate Biscuits
b) Ketchup
c) Chocolate Bars
d) Eggs

CCCC (5) - MintTrav, dwh103, BangBang, Longines, stribling
CCCF (5) - TightEnd, millidonk, George2Loose, youthnkzR, Waz1892
CCFC
CCFF (3) - Ironside, jbworldwide, BulldozerD
CFCC (2) - Oxford_HRV, david3103
CFFC (3) - fatcatstu, WotRTheChances, sharplea
CFCF (2) - Redsgirl, kinboshi
CFFF (1) - Graham C
FFFF (1) - Jono3131
FFFC
FFCF
FFCC
FCFF (1) - Ant040689
FCCF
FCFC
FCCC

Giving final scores of...

sharplea   15
TightEnd   16
kinboshi   18
david3103   19
BulldozerD   20
Longines   21
BangBang   22
Ironside   22
jbworldwide   22
dwh103   24
Oxford_HRV   25
youthnkzR   27
George2Loose   28
Redsgirl   28
Ant040689   28
fatcatstu   29
Jono3131   30
MintTrav   32
GragamC   34
Waz1892   40
WotRTheChances   41
millidonk   46
stribling   51



Congratulations, again, to sharplea!

Well done Sharplea!  ;applause;

Thankyou for the quiz Cf  x

Feck.

Feck.

Feck.

I'll have some questions up soon, probably tomorrow :)

Oh, not that it matters, but I'm pretty sure I put CFFF as I would never keep eggs in the cupboard :)

TVR current British car manufacturer?

;carlocitrone;

Thank god for Stribling and chocolate biscuits in the fridge. Fuck off! Do you put the whole biscuit barrell in there as well?

Pretty sure AC are now made in Germany or South Africa.

There's definitely some google'ing going on here.... Ginetta? Einsteinium? Biscuits in the fridge? What is going on...

well done CF.. Great fun again.. Even though the last question was based on preference..

Well done Sharplea..


Biscuits in the fridge *shakeshead*

8 out of 10 cats airs at 9pm!!!

Just cos you're obv not a petrolhead Steve :-)  Was choosing between Ultima, Bristol, Radical, Lister......

Einsteinium - Pointless favourite!

Ty Cf.

Sigh. I wasn't even trying to lose!

Ps eggs in the fridge is a strict no no right? Absorbs flavours from everything else in there I heard

Cheers for putting the quiz up, appreciated. Had an inkling you were a Chocolate biscuits in the fridge sorta guy as I thought the question itself was geared so that after you could make a point, which came to fruition :)

Complete idiot moment when I confused Daniel Craig with Daniel Radcliffe and said Layer Cake.

i know most of the periodic table off by heart cus im a geek like that :') and if you're in to cars Ginetta G50 is a very common race car in british motor racing.

Shame the QM obviously knowsvery li ttle about CURRENT British car manufacturers.

Just caught up with this. Thanks for defending the coconut, which is definitely green.

North Korea was a correct answer though. We have had this one before - Euros are the main street currency in North Korea http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/2531833.stm. Locals mainly use Euros rather than Won and tourists are not allowed to use the Won and can only use Euros, US Dollars or Renminbi. See the last section on this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Korean_won "The BBC reported in 2009 that in some department stores in Pyongyang, the North Korean won is not accepted; and the stores only take Japanese yen and U.S. dollars. As of November 1, 2012 most stores in North Korea take Euros and Chinese Renminbi." Can I have my points corrected please?

Thanks for the quiz and well done Adam, I would have called out Fifteen to one and I said celebrity pointless but it makes no difference :)