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Throughout August and September we ran blonde's Greatest Mind, a quiz designed to find blonde's best "quizzer". The link to the thread is below where you can see TightEnd eventually prevail via a tie-break in the final versus mulhuzz, with sharplea only one point behind in 3rd place.

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=65812.0

There seemed to be interest in what can be described as a second season of the quiz, so here it is.

We need 32 players for bGM2. And there are slight changes to the format to keep more players interested for longer.

Round 1: 8 groups of 4 players will battle over 15 general knowledge questions, with the top 3 players in each group progressing to Round 2.

Round 2: 24 players remain. 6 groups of 4 players, again battling over 15 general knowledge questions. The top 2 in each group will make the Quarter-Finals.

Quarter-Finals: 12 left in 6 head-to-head matches. 10 general knowledge questions with an additional 5 questions from both competitors' specialist subjects. In a change to the last edition, the specialist subjects will likely be a little less vague (there will be 10 to choose from).

Semi-Finals: 6 left in 3 head-to-head matches. 10 general knowledge questions with an additional 5 questions from both competitors' specialist subjects.

Final: A final of 3. 15 general knowledge questions, with 5 additional questions from the 3 specialist subjects.



So, basically, declare your entry in the thread and when we're full I'll make the first round draw.

Excellent news.

IN


PS - What would you charge me to fix the draw so I get RedsGirl again?

In

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might do i suppose, will have to have a think about it.

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In

In please.

I'll be in, please.

In.

In

Thanks for all that you do Scotty, it is appreciated

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Yes

You had me at 'throughout'

In. 

In

Sorry to ask a question I realise was asked and answered a lot last time out, but it's very long thread.

How big an issue is Googling here?

Don't want to nick anyone else's place, but would be In if one is available.

In please.

In.

In

in

in

uh oh.

In

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In, Cheers.

In. please.

In please.

Just got to assume everyone plays in the right manner and doesn't Google.

In please

In please  ;thankyou;

28 already I reckon, thanks.

in

In please.

Missed the last one.  In for this one please.

In, glutton for punishment.

If you have 32 already I would like to go on reserve list please.

Don't worry, everyone who wants in will get a spot.

In then please!

in

yes please

Probably entry cut off at tea time Saturday, do the draw that night, and then start setting questions.

In

If not too late would love to be in, missed the thread start as been a bit busy!

Great response guys, thanks very much.

38 entries so the first round will consist of 6 groups of 5 and 2 groups of 4, with 3 progressing from each group. I'll put the group draw up later (future rounds "televised" of course) and then hope to have the questions ready for tomorrow evening.

Was 39 actually, so only one group of 4.

Group A

david3103
philthepower
TightEnd
SheriffFatman
baldock92

Group B

Graham C
Celtic
Cf
Redsgirl
arbboy

Group C

bromley04
BiloxiDesire
maccol
Newportlad
AlunB

Group D

Claw75
pleno1
DaveShoelace
Woodsey
ruud

Group E

GreekStein
ForthThistle
Longines
HutchGF
Tractor

Group F

booder
degston77
Redsgirl
POWWWWWWWW
Supernova

Group G

tikay
mulhuzz
sharplea
The Wycher
MintTrav

Group H

stato_1
Nakor
taximan007
buzzharvey22

FML - same group as Tighty!

Could be worse, Group G looks the bad one, two finalists from last time!

I got the non group of death.  Celtic is in it! ;D

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sigh, missed Tikay?

Good luck all.

You're welcome to swap with me if you want to be in his group that much. You'll have to take out mulhuzz and sharplea though, who scored about a thousand points each last time.

Jeez, just noticed that MintTrav is also in that group! Semi-finalist last time.

ooh exciting!  group G really is a corker

Sigh, talk about the nut worst draw ever. Just stick Tighty in there to finish it off.

Yeah, you get Tighty and swap Tikay into Group A.

Sound idea

Marv, the group of death.

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I got the non group of death.  Celtic is in it! ;D
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I'm in it too. Be honest, you did a little fist pump didn't you arbboy?  ;)

The questions are ready. I've just tested them on my sister, she's scored 1/20. Her boyfriend scored slightly better, 3/20.

They are set with a 10-12/20 average expected.

Please tell me your sister is 11 years old.   ;surrender;

Alreet calm down Adam Johnson

I laughed

Scores in the Derby and it's half term. Mbn to be Adam Johnson.

+1 haha wp

In

Haha, slightly late. Luckily, one group only has 4 in it, I'll chuck you in that.

I'd somehow managed to place Redsgirl in two groups. She's been replaced in Group F by DMorgan, Group H remains 4-handed unless someone wants the last spot.

You could place her in 6 groups, & she'd still be out of them all in the first round.

Questions sent. Good luck all. Play fair.

Let's aim to have all the replies in by Sunday st latest, with the earlier the better.

Remember, the top 3 in each group go through.

I think I may have under performed only got 9. Good questions. Thanks for running this.

I didn't cheat, suspect that may have been a mistake as I didn't get many right when I checked on google. Lots of guessing. Good set of questions though  ;applause;

Answered.

Much more confident this time than the previous time, now googling the answers to see how I did on the guesses.

Ha

Not well

Just sent, must admit was expecting it to be a little easier  ;D

What's the lowest ever score?

The last question is annoying me.  I know I know it, we go round my Auntie-in-Laws around Christmas time and she always cooks it but I can't bloody remember what it's called!

Easy. Except for the film questions, which were impossible. And the food question. And the drink question.  And the Scrabble question. And the IACGMOOH question.

Good mix of questions I thought. Bit annoyed that I changed two of my guesses from right to wrong answers though - if i make it to next round will be trusting gut instinct more!

Just submitted my answers, actually felt embarrassed to press send.

Slightly confident on about eight, at least three were 50/50's that I agonised over and still probably chose wrong and the rest were complete guesses.

I'm not going to google now though, I'd rather just torment myself until the reveal.

I think they were cleverly designed so that anyone who gets them all right is kicked out for being an obvious cheat

Last question is the only one I couldn't even guess at. Absolutely no idea what it could even be.

Same.  Answers sent.  ty for running this again Scotty.

Just checked the question again to see what it was.

And it turns out first time around i read it as "type of Dance"

So my answer was "morris dancing"

hahahaha

Answers sent. Wasn't quite as bad as i feared but will still be happy to score 10+

These were tough. I think I've got my worst score on a Scotty Quiz ever.

Answers sent. Thank you

Anyone else try and write out all 50 U.S. States. I only managed 44, hope the answer was actually in the ones I remembered.

Great response so far, 27 of 40. Hopefully everyone gets their answers in before tea-time(ish) on Dunday so I can reveal all groups then.

4/20 ✋

Bugger. Was just testing the questions on dan and realised i've made a really stupid mistake :(

Answers sent.

Thanks for running this Scotty.  It certainly adds to the forum.

And done! Phew! Tough, I had to mull over a few this time, thanks as always Scotty! I'm loving this.

Eek haven't answered yet. Will do so when I get into work :)

Just waiting on celtic, Cf, pleno1, Greekstein and mulhuzz. Quick as you can guys.

Sent.

Disqualify the ones that haven't submitted answers yet? My only chance of not getting the lowest score again.

I agree with Celtic. Be surprised if I'm not bottom of my group.

Sending mine now!

Sorry for delay

Whens the reveal?

I'll give the stragglers one more day. So reveal tomorrow evening.

is it tomorrow evening yet?  ;popcorn;

For future rounds I'll just put firm deadlines in place to avoid delays. I'm going to reveal a couple of groups now and then the rest this evening. Remember 3 qualify from each group.

Group A

david3103
philthepower
TightEnd
SheriffFatman
baldock92

In the answers below, a O next to your name means you answered correctly, a X means you answered incorrectly. Running scores after 5, 10, 15 and 20 questions can be seen.

bGM2 1st Round Questions

1. In which city would you find the Anne Frank House, the historic house and now biographical museum?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - O


2. How many stars feature on the flag of New Zealand?

david3103 - X
philthepower - X
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - X
baldock92 - X


3. Carl Fogarty won the most recent series of 'I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here", but name the other sportsman to have won a series of the show?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - X
baldock92 - X


4. In Scrabble, Q and Z are worth 10 points but only one letter is worth 5 points, name that letter?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - O


5. Richard Ashcroft fronted which British band?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - X

Scores after 5 questions:

TightEnd - 5
david3103 - 4
philthepower - 4
-----------------------
SheriffFatman - 3
baldock92 - 2


6. In computing, what is RAM an acronym for?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - O


7. Which organ of the body stores bile?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - X
baldock92 - X


8. Gynophobia is described as a fear of what?

david3103 - X
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - O


9. Teal, Smew and Goldeneye are all types of which bird?

david3103 - O
philthepower - X
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - X
baldock92 - X


10. Tom Hanks played the character Paul Edgecomb in which film from the 90s?

david3103 - X
philthepower - X
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - X
baldock92 - O

Scores after 10 questions:

TightEnd - 10
david3103 - 7
philthepower - 7
----------------------
SheriffFatman - 5
baldock92 - 5


11. Which Roman Numeral represents the number 50?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - X


12. Which country has been the most successful in the history of the Winter Olympics, in terms of total medals won?

david3103 - X
philthepower - X
TightEnd - X
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - X


13. Richard Starkey is the birth name of which famous musician?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - X


14. The Insignia is a model of which make of car?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - X
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - O


15. In which U.S. state is the famous skiing resort of Aspen?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - O

Scores after 15 questions:

TightEnd - 13
david3103 - 11
philthepower - 11
------------------------
SheriffFatman - 10
baldock92 - 7


16. Which spirit is used as the main alcoholic element of the Harvey Wallbanger drink?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - X


17. Ippon is the name for the outright victory in which sport?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - X


18. When listed from A-Z, which of the U.S. states would come last?

david3103 - O
philthepower - O
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - O


19. Jennifer Jareau, Spencer Reid and Derek Morgan are characters from which well known American police series?

david3103 - X
philthepower - X
TightEnd - X
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - X


20. What is the name of the Irish dish which is often compared to Bubble and Squeak?

david3103 - O
philthepower - X
TightEnd - O
SheriffFatman - O
baldock92 - X


Final Scores:

TightEnd - 17
SheriffFatman - 15 (2nd via tie-break)
david3103 - 15
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philthepower - 14
baldock92 - 8


Last question heartache for philthepower as a ten correct streak from Q11 onwards from SheriffFatman impressively puts him in the next round. TightEnd tops the group and solid work from david3103 secures him 3rd place. baldock92 found himself in a tough group.

Bloody hell that's some high scoring. I'll see you all next year folks.

Wow, some of the ones I was sure were right turned out to be wrong.  Ultimately saved by a couple of guesses that turned out to be very good ones!

Complete facepalm moment at getting the Tom Hanks one wrong given that the correct answer is one of my favourite films.

I invented the Ford Insignia

complete brain fade, shameful.

So did I

I wish I could say I said something as sensible as Ford

I said ford too!

Obv mispelt food.

I know nothing

Gonna need a lot of luck with the group here!!!

Intelligence is overrated. All those who finish bottom of their groups/ in the relegation zone put together for Blonde's Biggest Fool?

Jesus Scotty, you are one hell of a winky-tease, just put the rest of us our of our misery and post the results :)

Group B

Graham C
celtic
Cf
Redsgirl
arbboy

O = Correct
X = Incorrect



1. In which city would you find the Anne Frank House, the historic house and now biographical museum?

Graham C - O
celtic- O
Cf - O
Redsgirl - O
arbboy - O


2. How many stars feature on the flag of New Zealand?

Graham C - X
celtic - X
Cf - X
Redsgirl - X
arbboy - X


3. Carl Fogarty won the most recent series of 'I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here", but name the other sportsman to have won a series of the show?

Graham C - O
celtic - X
Cf - X
Redsgirl - O
arbboy - O


4. In Scrabble, Q and Z are worth 10 points but only one letter is worth 5 points, name that letter?

Graham C - X
celtic - X
Cf - O
Redsgirl - X
arbboy - X


5. Richard Ashcroft fronted which British band?

Graham C - O
celtic - O
Cf - X
Redsgirl - O
arbboy - O

Scores after Q5:

Graham C - 3
Redsgirl - 3
arbboy - 3
-----------------
celtic - 2
Cf - 2


6. In computing, what is RAM an acronym for?

Graham C - O
celtic - O
Cf - O
Redsgirl - O
arbboy - O


7. Which organ of the body stores bile?

Graham C - X
celtic - X
Cf - X
Redsgirl - O
arbboy - X


8. Gynophobia is described as a fear of what?

Graham C - X
celtic - X
Cf - X
Redsgirl - O
arbboy - X


9. Teal, Smew and Goldeneye are all types of which bird?

Graham C - O
celtic - X
Cf - O
Redsgirl - O
arbboy - X


10. Tom Hanks played the character Paul Edgecomb in which film from the 90s?

Graham C - O
celtic - X
Cf - X
Redsgirl - X
arbboy - X

Scores after Q10:

Redsgirl - 7
Graham C - 6
Cf - 4
---------------
arbboy - 4
celtic - 3


11. Which Roman Numeral represents the number 50?

Graham C - O
celtic - X
Cf - O
Redsgirl - X
arbboy - X


12. Which country has been the most successful in the history of the Winter Olympics, in terms of total medals won?

Graham C - X
celtic - X
Cf - X
Redsgirl - X
arbboy - X


13. Richard Starkey is the birth name of which famous musician?

Graham C - O
celtic - X
Cf - X
Redsgirl - X
arbboy - X


14. The Insignia is a model of which make of car?

Graham C - O
celtic - X
Cf - O
Redsgirl - O
arbboy - X


15. In which U.S. state is the famous skiing resort of Aspen?

Graham C - O
celtic - O
Cf - X
Redsgirl - X
arbboy - O

Scores after Q15:

Graham C - 10
Redsgirl - 8
Cf - 6
---------------
arbboy - 5
celtic - 4


16. Which spirit is used as the main alcoholic element of the Harvey Wallbanger drink?

Graham C - O
celtic - O
Cf - O
Redsgirl - O
arbboy - X


17. Ippon is the name for the outright victory in which sport?

Graham C - O
celtic - X
Cf - X
Redsgirl - O
arbboy - O


18. When listed from A-Z, which of the U.S. states would come last?

Graham C - O
celtic - X
Cf - O
Redsgirl - O
arbboy - O


19. Jennifer Jareau, Spencer Reid and Derek Morgan are characters from which well known American police series?

Graham C - X
celtic - X
Cf - X
Redsgirl - X
arbboy - X


20. What is the name of the Irish dish which is often compared to Bubble and Squeak?

Graham C - X
celtic - X
Cf - O
Redsgirl - O
arbboy - X


Final Scores:

Graham C - 13
Redsgirl - 12
Cf - 9
------------------
arbboy - 7
celtic - 5


Graham C was knocked out in the first round of bGM1 by the eventual winner but has shown great improvement to top Group B and is joined by fellow previous first round exitees Redsgirl and Cf in the hat for the 2nd round. Celtic showed improvement.

What happened was that I was on Q19 of Group B's reveal yesterday morning and my iPad died, so I took the huff!

 ;woohoo; Go me! I'm so excited!
Commiserations to the losers and all that but how good am I? I can't believe I got question 8 right, it was a pure guess.

Can't wait to see Tikays results now.

Group C

bromley04
BiloxiDesire
maccol
Newportlad
AlunB

O = Correct
X = Incorrect


1. In which city would you find the Anne Frank House, the historic house and now biographical museum?

bromley04 - O
BiloxiDesire - O
maccol - O
Newportlad - O
AlunB - O


2. How many stars feature on the flag of New Zealand?

bromley04 - O
BiloxiDesire - X
maccol - X
Newportlad - O
AlunB - X


3. Carl Fogarty won the most recent series of 'I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here", but name the other sportsman to have won a series of the show?

bromley04 - O
BiloxiDesire - X
maccol - O
Newportlad - O
AlunB - X


4. In Scrabble, Q and Z are worth 10 points but only one letter is worth 5 points, name that letter?

bromley04 - X
BiloxiDesire - X
maccol - O
Newportlad - O
AlunB - O


5. Richard Ashcroft fronted which British band?

bromley04 - O
BiloxiDesire - O
maccol - O
Newportlad - O
AlunB - O

Scores after Q5:

Newportlad - 5
bromley04 - 4
maccol - 4
-----------------
AlunB - 3
BiloxiDesire - 2


6. In computing, what is RAM an acronym for?

bromley04 - O
BiloxiDesire - O
maccol - O
Newportlad - O
AlunB - O


7. Which organ of the body stores bile?

bromley04 - X
BiloxiDesire - X
maccol - X
Newportlad - X
AlunB - X


8. Gynophobia is described as a fear of what?

bromley04 - X
BiloxiDesire - X
maccol - O
Newportlad - X
AlunB - O


9. Teal, Smew and Goldeneye are all types of which bird?

bromley04 - X
BiloxiDesire - X
maccol - O
Newportlad - O
AlunB - X


10. Tom Hanks played the character Paul Edgecomb in which film from the 90s?

bromley04 - X
BiloxiDesire - X
maccol - X
Newportlad - X
AlunB - X

Scores after Q10:

maccol - 7
Newportlad - 7
bromley04 - 5
-------------------
AlunB - 5
BiloxiDesire - 3


11. Which Roman Numeral represents the number 50?

bromley04 - O
BiloxiDesire - X
maccol - O
Newportlad - O
AlunB - O


12. Which country has been the most successful in the history of the Winter Olympics, in terms of total medals won?

bromley04 - X
BiloxiDesire - X
maccol - X
Newportlad - O
AlunB - X


13. Richard Starkey is the birth name of which famous musician?

bromley04 - O
BiloxiDesire - X
maccol - O
Newportlad - X
AlunB - X


14. The Insignia is a model of which make of car?

bromley04 - X
BiloxiDesire - X
maccol - X
Newportlad - X
AlunB - X


15. In which U.S. state is the famous skiing resort of Aspen?

bromley04 - O
BiloxiDesire - X
maccol - O
Newportlad - O
AlunB - O

Scores after Q15:

maccol - 10
Newportlad - 10
bromley04 - 8
---------------------
AlunB - 7
BiloxiDesire - 3


16. Which spirit is used as the main alcoholic element of the Harvey Wallbanger drink?

bromley04 - X
BiloxiDesire - X
maccol - O
Newportlad - O
AlunB - O


17. Ippon is the name for the outright victory in which sport?

bromley04 - O
BiloxiDesire - X
maccol - O
Newportlad - O
AlunB - X


18. When listed from A-Z, which of the U.S. states would come last?

bromley04 - X
BiloxiDesire - X
maccol - O
Newportlad - O
AlunB - O


19. Jennifer Jareau, Spencer Reid and Derek Morgan are characters from which well known American police series?

bromley04 - X
BiloxiDesire - X
maccol - X
Newportlad - X
AlunB - X


20. What is the name of the Irish dish which is often compared to Bubble and Squeak?

bromley04 - O
BiloxiDesire - X
maccol - O
Newportlad - X
AlunB - X


Final Scores:

maccol - 14
Newportlad - 13
bromley04 - 10
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AlunB - 9
BiloxiDesire - 3

maccol and Newportladvwere clear from halfway which left bromley04 and AlunB battling for the last qualifying spot, with bromley04 sneaking through on the last question. BiloxiDesire is celtic.

AlunB - 9

most disappointing. will have to recalibrate my thoughts on this poster.

Haha! Me too Tighty. Me too.

I did it super quick, as I knew otherwise I would be tempted to cheat. Probably my downfall.

My knowledge of popular culture let me down massively. Confirmed old. Also have zero knowledge of biology as never even did it at GCSE.

Mind I can't believe I put the wrong answer for Ippon. Was so confused to see an X there then realised I'd mixed up my four letter Asian sports. Doh! Also the flag one was just dumb. So two off by rushing which would have seen me through? Lesson there.

I still can't remember who Richard Starkey is even though I've looked it up twice.

Wow can't believe I got through that.

Is 9 going to be the lowest qualifying score?

Group D

Claw75
pleno1
DaveShoelace
Woodsey
ruud

No answers from pleno1 so 3 of the remaining 4 go through, you gotta like them odds!

O = Correct
X = Incorrect



1. In which city would you find the Anne Frank House, the historic house and now biographical museum?

Claw75 - O
DaveShoelace - O
Woodsey - O
ruud - O


2. How many stars feature on the flag of New Zealand?

Claw75 - X
DaveShoelace - X
Woodsey - X
ruud - O


3. Carl Fogarty won the most recent series of 'I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here", but name the other sportsman to have won a series of the show?

Claw75 - O
DaveShoelace - O
Woodsey - O
ruud - O


4. In Scrabble, Q and Z are worth 10 points but only one letter is worth 5 points, name that letter?

Claw75 - O
DaveShoelace - X
Woodsey - X
ruud - O


5. Richard Ashcroft fronted which British band?

Claw75 - O
DaveShoelace - O
Woodsey - O
ruud - O

Scores after Q5:

ruud - 5
Claw75 - 4
DaveShoelace - 3
----------------------
Woodsey - 3


6. In computing, what is RAM an acronym for?

Claw75 - O
DaveShoelace - X
Woodsey - O
ruud - O


7. Which organ of the body stores bile?

Claw75 - X
DaveShoelace - X
Woodsey - O
ruud - X


8. Gynophobia is described as a fear of what?

Claw75 - X
DaveShoelace - O
Woodsey - X
ruud - X


9. Teal, Smew and Goldeneye are all types of which bird?

Claw75 - X
DaveShoelace - X
Woodsey - O
ruud - X


10. Tom Hanks played the character Paul Edgecomb in which film from the 90s?

Claw75 - O
DaveShoelace - X
Woodsey - O
ruud - X

Scores after Q10:

Claw75 - 6
Woodsey - 6
ruud - 6
---------------
DaveShoelace - 4


11. Which Roman Numeral represents the number 50?

Claw75 - X
DaveShoelace - X
Woodsey - X
ruud - O


12. Which country has been the most successful in the history of the Winter Olympics, in terms of total medals won?

Claw75 - X
DaveShoelace - X
Woodsey - X
ruud - X


13. Richard Starkey is the birth name of which famous musician?

Claw75 - O
DaveShoelace - X
Woodsey - X
ruud - X


14. The Insignia is a model of which make of car?

Claw75 - X
DaveShoelace - X
Woodsey - O
ruud - X


15. In which U.S. state is the famous skiing resort of Aspen?

Claw75 - O
DaveShoelace - O
Woodsey - O
ruud - O

Scores after Q15:

Claw75 - 8
Woodsey - 8
ruud - 8
----------------
DaveShoelace - 5


16. Which spirit is used as the main alcoholic element of the Harvey Wallbanger drink?

Claw75 - X
DaveShoelace - O
Woodsey - X
ruud - X


17. Ippon is the name for the outright victory in which sport?

Claw75 - O
DaveShoelace - X
Woodsey - O
ruud - O


18. When listed from A-Z, which of the U.S. states would come last?

Claw75 - O
DaveShoelace - O
Woodsey - O
ruud - O


19. Jennifer Jareau, Spencer Reid and Derek Morgan are characters from which well known American police series?

Claw75 - X
DaveShoelace - X
Woodsey - X
ruud - X

20. What is the name of the Irish dish which is often compared to Bubble and Squeak?

Claw75 - O
DaveShoelace - X
Woodsey - O
ruud - O


Final Scores:

Woodsey - 11
Claw75 - 11
ruud - 11
---------------
DaveShoelace - 7


The top three have all been split by their tie-break answers meaning Woodsey comes out on top. DaveShoelace misses out after failing to get competitive.

Totally worth the wait

❤️ BiloxiDesire

Not sure what it says about me that I was the only one who got the Gynophobia question

Ha - i guessed 'women's genitals' which makes much more sense to me! Rushed my answers and annoyed at putting wrong roman numeral as I do know it - glad it didn't cost me - will take a bit more time next round.

I guessed vagina. Seems logical.

So did I lol.

Sure i put fannies.

gyno

greek word for woman

gynophobia, fear of women

no one did greek (or latin, woman=femina which is where feminime and female come from) at school?

It's been phased out, replaced by German

We were lucky to do English at our school!  No wonder you didn't know what a Vauxhall car was :D

:) Thought I'd done badly, but not quite that bad.

Amos, amas, amat lol, seriously it's more than 30 years ago FFS!

Think not knowing the Vauxhall insignia is more of a school boy error  ;nanana;

Ahh missed u got in first with that jab lol.

gynaecology

Three more days til Group G's results. I'm tired.

Group E

GreekStein
ForthThistle
Longines
HutchGF
Tractor

O = Correct
X = Incorrect



1. In which city would you find the Anne Frank House, the historic house and now biographical museum?

GreekStein - O
ForthThistle - O
Longines - O
HutchGF - O
Tractor - O


2. How many stars feature on the flag of New Zealand?

GreekStein - X
ForthThistle - O
Longines - X
HutchGF - X
Tractor - X


3. Carl Fogarty won the most recent series of 'I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here", but name the other sportsman to have won a series of the show?

GreekStein - X
ForthThistle - O
Longines - O
HutchGF - O
Tractor - O


4. In Scrabble, Q and Z are worth 10 points but only one letter is worth 5 points, name that letter?

GreekStein - X
ForthThistle - X
Longines - O
HutchGF - O
Tractor - X


5. Richard Ashcroft fronted which British band?

GreekStein - X
ForthThistle - O
Longines - O
HutchGF - O
Tractor - O

Scores after Q5:

Longines - 5
ForthThistle - 4
HutchGF - 4
-----------------
Tractor - 3
GreekStein - 1


6. In computing, what is RAM an acronym for?

GreekStein - X
ForthThistle - X
Longines - O
HutchGF - O
Tractor - O


7. Which organ of the body stores bile?

GreekStein - X
ForthThistle - X
Longines - O
HutchGF - O
Tractor - X


8. Gynophobia is described as a fear of what?

GreekStein - O
ForthThistle - X
Longines - O
HutchGF - O
Tractor - X


9. Teal, Smew and Goldeneye are all types of which bird?

GreekStein - X
ForthThistle - X
Longines - O
HutchGF - O
Tractor - X


10. Tom Hanks played the character Paul Edgecomb in which film from the 90s?

GreekStein - O
ForthThistle - X
Longines - O
HutchGF - X
Tractor - X

Scores after Q10:

Longines - 10
HutchGF - 8
ForthThistle - 4
---------------------
Tractor - 4
GreekStein - 3


11. Which Roman Numeral represents the number 50?

GreekStein - O
ForthThistle - X
Longines - O
HutchGF - O
Tractor - O


12. Which country has been the most successful in the history of the Winter Olympics, in terms of total medals won?

GreekStein - X
ForthThistle - X
Longines - X
HutchGF - X
Tractor - X


13. Richard Starkey is the birth name of which famous musician?

GreekStein - O
ForthThistle - O
Longines - O
HutchGF - O
Tractor - X


14. The Insignia is a model of which make of car?

GreekStein - X
ForthThistle - O
Longines - O
HutchGF - O
Tractor - O


15. In which U.S. state is the famous skiing resort of Aspen?

GreekStein - O
ForthThistle - O
Longines - O
HutchGF - O
Tractor - O

Scores after Q15:

Longines - 14
HutchGF - 12
ForthThistle - 7
--------------------
Tractor - 7
GreekStein - 6


16. Which spirit is used as the main alcoholic element of the Harvey Wallbanger drink?

GreekStein - O
ForthThistle - O
Longines - O
HutchGF - O
Tractor - O


17. Ippon is the name for the outright victory in which sport?

GreekStein - O
ForthThistle - X
Longines - O
HutchGF - O
Tractor - O


18. When listed from A-Z, which of the U.S. states would come last?

GreekStein - X
ForthThistle - X
Longines - O
HutchGF - O
Tractor - X


19. Jennifer Jareau, Spencer Reid and Derek Morgan are characters from which well known American police series?

GreekStein - X
ForthThistle - X
Longines - X
HutchGF - O
Tractor - X


20. What is the name of the Irish dish which is often compared to Bubble and Squeak?

GreekStein - X
ForthThistle - X
Longines - X
HutchGF - O
Tractor - X


Final Scores:

Longines - 17 (winner via tie-break)
HutchGF - 17
Tractor - 9
-----------------
GreekStein - 8
ForthThistle - 8

A late surge by HutchGF almost gave him group victory but Longines held on as both impressed with 17s. Tractor joins them in the next round.

No surprise at the bottom two there. Both obv googled to get as much as 8.

Group F

booder
degston77
DMorgan
POWWWWWWWW
Supernova

O = Correct
X = Incorrect



1. In which city would you find the Anne Frank House, the historic house and now biographical museum?

booder - O
degston77 - O
DMorgan - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
Supernova - O


2. How many stars feature on the flag of New Zealand?

booder - O
degston77 - O
DMorgan - X
POWWWWWWWW - X
Supernova - O


3. Carl Fogarty won the most recent series of 'I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here", but name the other sportsman to have won a series of the show?

booder - O
degston77 - O
DMorgan - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
Supernova - X


4. In Scrabble, Q and Z are worth 10 points but only one letter is worth 5 points, name that letter?

booder - X
degston77 - X
DMorgan - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
Supernova - O


5. Richard Ashcroft fronted which British band?

booder - O
degston77 - O
DMorgan - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
Supernova - O

Scores after Q5:

booder - 4
degston77 - 4
DMorgan - 4
-----------------
POWWWWWWWW - 4
Supernova - 4


6. In computing, what is RAM an acronym for?

booder - O
degston77 - O
DMorgan - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
Supernova - O


7. Which organ of the body stores bile?

booder - O
degston77 - X
DMorgan - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
Supernova - O


8. Gynophobia is described as a fear of what?

booder - X
degston77 - O
DMorgan - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
Supernova - O


9. Teal, Smew and Goldeneye are all types of which bird?

booder - O
degston77 - X
DMorgan - X
POWWWWWWWW - X
Supernova - O


10. Tom Hanks played the character Paul Edgecomb in which film from the 90s?

booder - O
degston77 - X
DMorgan - X
POWWWWWWWW - O
Supernova - O

Scores after Q10:

Supernova - 9
booder - 8
POWWWWWWWW - 8
----------------------
DMorgan - 7
degston77 - 6


11. Which Roman Numeral represents the number 50?

booder - X
degston77 - X
DMorgan - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
Supernova - O


12. Which country has been the most successful in the history of the Winter Olympics, in terms of total medals won?

booder - X
degston77 - O
DMorgan - X
POWWWWWWWW - O
Supernova - X


13. Richard Starkey is the birth name of which famous musician?

booder - O
degston77 - O
DMorgan - X
POWWWWWWWW - O
Supernova - O


14. The Insignia is a model of which make of car?

booder - O
degston77 - O
DMorgan - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
Supernova - O


15. In which U.S. state is the famous skiing resort of Aspen?

booder - O
degston77 - O
DMorgan - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
Supernova - O

Scores after Q15:

POWWWWWWWW - 13
Supernova - 13
booder - 11
-------------------
degston77 - 10
DMorgan - 10


16. Which spirit is used as the main alcoholic element of the Harvey Wallbanger drink?

booder - X
degston77 - X
DMorgan - O
POWWWWWWWW - X
Supernova - O


17. Ippon is the name for the outright victory in which sport?

booder - O
degston77 - O
DMorgan - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
Supernova - O


18. When listed from A-Z, which of the U.S. states would come last?

booder - O
degston77 - O
DMorgan - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
Supernova - O


19. Jennifer Jareau, Spencer Reid and Derek Morgan are characters from which well known American police series?

booder - X
degston77 - X
DMorgan - X
POWWWWWWWW - X
Supernova - O


20. What is the name of the Irish dish which is often compared to Bubble and Squeak?

booder - O
degston77 - X
DMorgan - X
POWWWWWWWW - X
Supernova - O

Final Scores:

Supernova - 18
POWWWWWWWW - 15
booder - 14
------------------
DMorgan - 13
degston77 - 12

Incredible standard in Group F from all 5, with Supernova top scoring in the competition so far with 18 points. POWWWWWWWW and booder score well to progress.

chuffed with 14

booder got 14, & qualified? What, booder from Norfolk?

You gotta be kidding me.

So proud of my 9

gg, I thought The Green Mile at first for the Tom Hanks question but the 90s bit threw me, thought it was early 2000s and went way too far the other way, guessed Big which was 1988!

Fml. I think I got a point for the Richard Starkey question even though I'm pretty sure I got that one wrong.

As stupid as Forthistle and only a bit smarter than Celtic.

A new low.

I got 13 and 14 the wrong way round for you.

Group G

tikay
mulhuzz
sharplea
TheWycher
MintTrav

The group of death becomes less so deathly with no answers from, previous runner-up, mulhuzz.



1. In which city would you find the Anne Frank House, the historic house and now biographical museum?

tikay - O
sharplea - O
TheWycher - O
MintTrav - O


2. How many stars feature on the flag of New Zealand?

tikay - O
sharplea - X
TheWycher - X
MintTrav - O


3. Carl Fogarty won the most recent series of 'I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here", but name the other sportsman to have won a series of the show?

tikay - O
sharplea - O
TheWycher - O
MintTrav - O


4. In Scrabble, Q and Z are worth 10 points but only one letter is worth 5 points, name that letter?

tikay - O
sharplea - O
TheWycher - X
MintTrav - X


5. Richard Ashcroft fronted which British band?

tikay - O
sharplea - O
TheWycher - X
MintTrav - X

Scores after Q5:

tikay - 5
sharplea - 4
MintTrav - 3
-------------------
TheWycher - 2


6. In computing, what is RAM an acronym for?

tikay - O
sharplea - O
TheWycher - O
MintTrav - O


7. Which organ of the body stores bile?

tikay - O
sharplea - O
TheWycher - O
MintTrav - O


8. Gynophobia is described as a fear of what?

tikay - X
sharplea - X
TheWycher - X
MintTrav - O


9. Teal, Smew and Goldeneye are all types of which bird?

tikay - O
sharplea - X
TheWycher - O
MintTrav - X


10. Tom Hanks played the character Paul Edgecomb in which film from the 90s?

tikay - X
sharplea - X
TheWycher - X
MintTrav - X

Scores after Q10:

tikay - 8
sharplea - 6
MintTrav - 6
------------------
TheWycher - 5


11. Which Roman Numeral represents the number 50?

tikay - O
sharplea - O
TheWycher - O
MintTrav - O


12. Which country has been the most successful in the history of the Winter Olympics, in terms of total medals won?

tikay - X
sharplea - O
TheWycher - X
MintTrav - X


13. Richard Starkey is the birth name of which famous musician?

tikay - O
sharplea - O
TheWycher - X
MintTrav - O


14. The Insignia is a model of which make of car?

tikay - O
sharplea - O
TheWycher - O
MintTrav - X


15. In which U.S. state is the famous skiing resort of Aspen?

tikay - O
sharplea - O
TheWycher - O
MintTrav - O

Scores after Q15:

tikay - 12
sharplea - 11
MintTrav - 9
-----------------
TheWycher - 8


16. Which spirit is used as the main alcoholic element of the Harvey Wallbanger drink?

tikay - X
sharplea - O
TheWycher - X
MintTrav - O


17. Ippon is the name for the outright victory in which sport?

tikay - O
sharplea - X
TheWycher - O
MintTrav - X


18. When listed from A-Z, which of the U.S. states would come last?

tikay - O
sharplea - O
TheWycher - O
MintTrav - O


19. Jennifer Jareau, Spencer Reid and Derek Morgan are characters from which well known American police series?

tikay - X
sharplea - O
TheWycher - X
MintTrav - X


20. What is the name of the Irish dish which is often compared to Bubble and Squeak?

tikay - X
sharplea - X
TheWycher - X
MintTrav - O


Final Scores:

sharplea - 14 (winner via tie-break)
tikay - 14
MintTrav - 12
-----------------
TheWycher - 10

tikay almost pulled off the shock but in the end sharplea topped the group as expected with previous semi-finalist MintTrav also qualifying.

Group H

stato_1
Nakor
taximan007
buzzharvey22


1. In which city would you find the Anne Frank House, the historic house and now biographical museum?

stato_1 - O
Nakor - O
taximan007 - O
buzzharvey22 - O


2. How many stars feature on the flag of New Zealand?

stato_1 - O
Nakor - O
taximan007 - O
buzzharvey22 - O


3. Carl Fogarty won the most recent series of 'I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here", but name the other sportsman to have won a series of the show?

stato_1 - O
Nakor - O
taximan007 - O
buzzharvey22 - O


4. In Scrabble, Q and Z are worth 10 points but only one letter is worth 5 points, name that letter?

stato_1 - O
Nakor - O
taximan007 - O
buzzharvey22 - X


5. Richard Ashcroft fronted which British band?

stato_1 - X
Nakor - O
taximan007 - X
buzzharvey22 - O

Scores after Q5:

Nakor - 5
stato_1 - 4
taximan007 - 4
-----------------
buzzharvey22 - 4


6. In computing, what is RAM an acronym for?

stato_1 - X
Nakor - O
taximan007 - O
buzzharvey22 - O


7. Which organ of the body stores bile?

stato_1 - O
Nakor - O
taximan007 - X
buzzharvey22 - X


8. Gynophobia is described as a fear of what?

stato_1 - O
Nakor - O
taximan007 - X
buzzharvey22 - O


9. Teal, Smew and Goldeneye are all types of which bird?

stato_1 - X
Nakor - X
taximan007 - O
buzzharvey22 - X


10. Tom Hanks played the character Paul Edgecomb in which film from the 90s?

stato_1 - X
Nakor - X
taximan007 - X
buzzharvey22 - X

Scores after Q10:

Nakor - 8
stato_1 - 6
taximan007 - 6
-------------------
buzzharvey - 6


11. Which Roman Numeral represents the number 50?

stato_1 - O
Nakor - O
taximan007 - O
buzzharvey22 - O


12. Which country has been the most successful in the history of the Winter Olympics, in terms of total medals won?

stato_1 - X
Nakor - X
taximan007 - X
buzzharvey22 - X


13. Richard Starkey is the birth name of which famous musician?

stato_1 - O
Nakor - O
taximan007 - O
buzzharvey22 - O


14. The Insignia is a model of which make of car?

stato_1 - O
Nakor - O
taximan007 - X
buzzharvey22 - O


15. In which U.S. state is the famous skiing resort of Aspen?

stato_1 - X
Nakor - O
taximan007 - O
buzzharvey22 - X

Scores after Q15:

Nakor - 12
stato_1 - 9
taximan007 - 9
--------------------
buzzharvey22 - 9


16. Which spirit is used as the main alcoholic element of the Harvey Wallbanger drink?

stato_1 - X
Nakor - O
taximan007 - O
buzzharvey22 - O


17. Ippon is the name for the outright victory in which sport?

stato_1 - O
Nakor - X
taximan007 - O
buzzharvey22 - O


18. When listed from A-Z, which of the U.S. states would come last?

stato_1 - O
Nakor - X
taximan007 - O
buzzharvey22 - O


19. Jennifer Jareau, Spencer Reid and Derek Morgan are characters from which well known American police series?

stato_1 - X
Nakor - X
taximan007 - X
buzzharvey22 - X


20. What is the name of the Irish dish which is often compared to Bubble and Squeak?

stato_1 - O
Nakor - X
taximan007 - O
buzzharvey22 - X

Final Scores:

Nakor - 13 (winner via tie-break)
taximan007 - 13
buzzharvey22 - 12 (3rd via tie-break)
----------------------
stato_1 - 12

Can't get much closer than that! Nakor almost throws it away but holds on from taximan007 whilst buzzharvey22 beats stato_1 into 3rd, also by tie-break.

bGM2 1st Round Questions and Answers

1. In which city would you find the Anne Frank House, the historic house and now biographical museum? Amsterdam

2. How many stars feature on the flag of New Zealand? 4

3. Carl Fogarty won the most recent series of 'I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here", but name the other sportsman to have won a series of the show? Phil Tufnell

4. In Scrabble, Q and Z are worth 10 points but only one letter is worth 5 points, name that letter? K

5. Richard Ashcroft fronted which British band? The Verve

6. In computing, what is RAM an acronym for? Random Access Memory

7. Which organ of the body stores bile? Gallbladder

8. Gynophobia is described as a fear of what? Women

9. Teal, Smew and Goldeneye are all types of which bird? Duck

10. Tom Hanks played the character Paul Edgecomb in which film from the 90s? The Green Mile

11. Which Roman Numeral represents the number 50? L

12. Which country has been the most successful in the history of the Winter Olympics, in terms of total medals won? Norway

13. Richard Starkey is the birth name of which famous musician? Ringo Starr

14. The Insignia is a model of which make of car? Vauxhall

15. In which U.S. state is the famous skiing resort of Aspen? Colorado

16. Which spirit is used as the main alcoholic element of the Harvey Wallbanger drink? Vodka

17. Ippon is the name for the outright victory in which sport? Judo

18. When listed from A-Z, which of the U.S. states would come last? Wyoming

19. Jennifer Jareau, Spencer Reid and Derek Morgan are characters from which well known American police series? Criminal Minds

20. What is the name of the Irish dish which is often compared to Bubble and Squeak? Colcannon

Tie-break: Population of Brazil? 204.2m

To reward those who placed highly in their groups the draw for second round is seeded.

1: The 6 highest scoring group winners.
2: The two remaining group winners plus 4 highest scoring 2nd place finishers.
3: The 4 remaining 2nd place finishers plus the 2 highest scoring 3rd place finishers.
4: The 6 remaining 3rd place finishers.


Seeding for 2nd round draw:

First Seeds

TightEnd - 17
maccol - 14
Longines - 17
Supernova - 18
sharplea - 14
Nakor - 13


Second Seeds

Graham C - 13
Woodsey - 11
Sheriff Fatman - 15
HutchGF - 17
POWWWWWWWW - 15
tikay - 14


Third Seeds

Claw75 - 11
bromley04 - 10
Redsgirl - 12
taximan007 - 13
david3103 - 15
booder - 14


Fourth Seeds

Cf - 9
Newportlad - 13
ruud - 11
Tractor - 9
MintTrav - 12
buzzharvey22 - 12

Draw tomorrow, questions Wednesday.

brutal, can i have the next lot of questions anyway

Second Round Groups:


Group A

Longines
tikay
booder
ruud


Group B

Nakor
Graham C
bromley04
Cf


Group C

TightEnd
Woodsey
Claw75
Tractor


Group D

maccol
HutchGF
Redsgirl
buzzharvey22


Group E

Supernova
POWWWWWWWW
taximan007
Newportlad


Group F

sharplea
Sheriff Fatman
david3103
MintTrav

Thank for running this again (like the new format) just shame I could not do better.

Questions sent. Deadline is the end of the weekend. GL.

Oh dear.

That didn't go well.

Great questions.

Sent - a lot of guesswork there - great set of questions again - my knowledge of all things lowbrow will hopefully help!

Toughest set of questions so far imo.

Smarter than Celtic aint nothing to be happy about.

Oh God.

could someone pm me the questions pls

Submitted.

I will be overjoyed with 5 or higher.

Answers sent. Not confident.

Thank you

DONE.

could someone pm me the answers pls

tyvm

DONE.

Answers in.
Suspect it will be GG redsgirl this time, one of the questions I couldn't even hazzard a guess at.
Still, fingers crossed.

Yup, same here, answers sent in.

I had to reply " No idea" to several of them. I don't even know who Rocky was, never mind his opponent.

Answers In.. Well a few answers in. GL all.

surprising, found them very reasonable questions

apart from the standard boxing related one that is there to troll me lol

Answers sent.

Battle of supremacy in this household for Supernova and myself.

I've got no chance!

Just had another run through the questions and it seems I may have thought so long about the ones I had no idea about that I had made stupid mistakes with the ones I should know.

Being a proud Northern man, not happy with the Cockney rhyming slang stuff.

Geographical discrimination!

(Just kidding, great set of questions)

Haha, that's movie genre though, not sport!

Couldn't even guess at some of them, but good questions.

congrats to those going through from my group

I've lived in London all my life and had never heard of it (nor had a few people I straw polled). I think it's a made up internet thing and will be amazed if anyone actually gets that one!

Yeah never ever heard of that

I thought the slang question was very reasonable, and very gettable regardless whether you knew it or not. Plenty seem to have got it.

Bloody Londoners.

I took a guess. Don't know if I got it right but it seemed reasonably straightforward to narrow it down to 2 or 3.

What was the cockney question?

7. What would someone speaking in Cockney rhyming slang be referring to by his "sausage"?

Great question if you want to find out who's using google.

Very cunning!

I had never heard of that rhyming slang ("sausage"), but like all rhyming slang, it is very easy to work out even if you are not familiar with it.

This is how rhyming slang works. It comprises a short sentence. In speech, we use the first word only. The final word generally rhymes with the real word.

Apples = apples & pears = stairs

Hampsteads = Hampstead Heath = teeth

Trouble = trouble & strife = wife

Dog = dog & bone = 'phone

Frog = frog & toad = road

Boat = boat race = face

Plates = plates of meat = feet.

So......


Sausage = sausage & **** =

That was my logic...

Whether it's right or it is another matter as I've never heard sausage used as rhyming slang lol

Nor me, but it's pretty easy to work out.

Most rhyming slang is personalised, we don't all use the same terms.

It won't matter in my case, anyway, as I had to pass on several of the ridiculously hard questions. Rocky's opponent & Scooby-Doo's van indeed, never mind X-Factor tosh, how the hell is a grown up supposed to know those?

that was the approach i took

narrowed it down to two words, talked myself out of both and plumped for one

There are a couple of exceptions though, like Arris

Reveal tomorrow during Crayford Sky dogs.

Went for sausage and egg = leg.

I suspect I may be incorrect  :dontask:

People use google for this quiz?

The ITV programme questions are my equivalent of this.

The online cockney dictionary (consulted post-submission) gives six different answers.

How come folk are discussing how they answered questions before the reveal?
Have everyone else's answers even been submitted?

Ha - my guess is one of them!!

They probably shouldn't have but the deadline had passed so prob assumed all answers in.

Deadline was 'end of the weekend' so they really should be.

Here's the reveals. Two qualify from each group, with topping the group a positive as you will seeded for the QF draw.

O = Correct
X = Incorrect

bGM2 - 2nd Round - Group A

Longines
tikay
booder
ruud

1. Kleptomania is when a person has the inability to refrain from doing what?

Longines - O
tikay - O
booder - O
ruud - X


2. Who was burned at the stake in 1431?

Longines - O
tikay - O
booder - O
ruud - X


3. The tie-break in round one asked for the population of Brazil, the most populated country in South America, but which country has the second largest population in the continent?

Longines - O
tikay - X
booder - X
ruud - X


4. What is the name of Rocky's main opponent in the film Rocky 3?

Longines - O
tikay - X
booder - O
ruud - O


5. What part of the body is affected by the disease Emphysema?

Longines - O
tikay - O
booder - O
ruud - O

Scores after Q5:

Longines - 5
booder - 4
-------------------
tikay - 3
ruud - 3


6. What nationality is the top 20 ranked male tennis player Milos Raonic?

Longines - X
tikay - X
booder - X
ruud - X


7. What would someone speaking in Cockney rhyming slang be referring to by his "sausage"?

Longines - O
tikay - O
booder - O
ruud - X


8. 'Tipping Point' is a game show which is aired on ITV, who presents the show?

Longines - X
tikay - X
booder - X
ruud - O


9. In the miracle "The Feeding of 5000", what did Jesus use to feed the 5000?

Longines - X
tikay - X
booder - O
ruud - O


10. What language can be described as South African Dutch?

Longines - O
tikay - X
booder - O
ruud - O

Scores after Q10:

Longines - 7
booder - 7
-----------------
ruud - 6
tikay - 4


11. In ten-pin bowling, what is the name for 3 consecutive strikes?

Longines - O
tikay - X
booder - X
ruud - O


12. What is written on the side of the van used by Scooby Doo's gang?

Longines - O
tikay - X
booder - O
ruud - X


13. Said to be a dying art, what would a Stenographer do?

Longines - X
tikay - X
booder - O
ruud - X


14. The Siamese breed of cat originated in which country?

Longines - O
tikay - O
booder - O
ruud - O


15. Olly Murs is the current host of the X Factor having finished 2nd when he competed on the talent show, who did he finish runner-up to?

Longines - O
tikay - X
booder - X
ruud - O

Questions after Q15:

Longines - 11
booder - 10
-----------------
ruud - 9
tikay - 5


16. Which country is the closest in distance to Australia?

Longines - X
tikay - O
booder - X
ruud - O


17. In what century was the gunpowder plot?

Longines - X
tikay - O
booder - O
ruud - O


18. Which band achieved great success with their second studio album, The Man Who, which was released in 1999?

Longines - O
tikay - O
booder - O
ruud - O


19. Englishman Nick Matthew is currently the number 2 ranked player in the world in a sport where half the top 10 are Egyptian, name that sport?

Longines - O
tikay - O
booder - X
ruud - O


20. Bermuda, Bent Buffalo and Carpet are all types of what?

Longines - X
tikay - O
booder - X
ruud - X


Final Scores:

Longines - 13 (1st via tie-break)
ruud - 13
-------------------
booder - 12
tikay - 10

Pleased to have beaten Teeks.

WD Longines and Ruud

I pitty the fool who didn't get this right (sorry Tikay).

There was a Ladrokes poker player went by that alias back in the day.

Delete!

I've been waiting for someone to answer question 18 for over six years now!

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=42875.225

bGM2 - 2nd Round - Group B

Nakor
Graham C
bromley04
Cf

1. Kleptomania is when a person has the inability to refrain from doing what?

Nakor - O
Graham C - O
bromley04 - O
Cf - X


2. Who was burned at the stake in 1431?

Nakor - O
Graham C - O
bromley04 - O
Cf - O


3. The tie-break in round one asked for the population of Brazil, the most populated country in South America, but which country has the second largest population in the continent?

Nakor - O
Graham C - X
bromley04 - X
Cf - X


4. What is the name of Rocky's main opponent in the film Rocky 3?

Nakor - O
Graham C - X
bromley04 - X
Cf - X


5. What part of the body is affected by the disease Emphysema?

Nakor - O
Graham C - O
bromley04 - X
Cf - O

Scores after Q5:

Nakor - 5
Graham C - 3
---------------------
bromley04 - 2
Cf - 2


6. What nationality is the top 20 ranked male tennis player Milos Raonic?

Nakor - X
Graham C - X
bromley04 - X
Cf - X


7. What would someone speaking in Cockney rhyming slang be referring to by his "sausage"?

Nakor - X
Graham C - O
bromley04 - O
Cf - O


8. 'Tipping Point' is a game show which is aired on ITV, who presents the show?

Nakor - O
Graham C - X
bromley04 - O
Cf - O


9. In the miracle "The Feeding of 5000", what did Jesus use to feed the 5000?

Nakor - X
Graham C - X
bromley04 - O
Cf - O


10. What language can be described as South African Dutch?

Nakor - O
Graham C - O
bromley04 - X
Cf - O

Scores after Q10:

Nakor - 7
Cf - 6
----------------
Graham C - 5
bromley04 - 5


11. In ten-pin bowling, what is the name for 3 consecutive strikes?

Nakor - O
Graham C - O
bromley04 - O
Cf - O


12. What is written on the side of the van used by Scooby Doo's gang?

Nakor - O
Graham C - O
bromley04 - O
Cf - O


13. Said to be a dying art, what would a Stenographer do?

Nakor - X
Graham C - X
bromley04 - X
Cf - X


14. The Siamese breed of cat originated in which country?

Nakor - O
Graham C - X
bromley04 - X
Cf - O


15. Olly Murs is the current host of the X Factor having finished 2nd when he competed on the talent show, who did he finish runner-up to?

Nakor - O
Graham C - X
bromley04 - X
Cf - X

Scores after Q15:

Nakor - 11
Cf - 9
--------------
Graham C - 7
bromley04 - 7


16. Which country is the closest in distance to Australia?

Nakor - X
Graham C - O
bromley04 - X
Cf - X


17. In what century was the gunpowder plot?

Nakor - O
Graham C - O
bromley04 - O
Cf - O


18. Which band achieved great success with their second studio album, The Man Who, which was released in 1999?

Nakor - O
Graham C - O
bromley04 - O
Cf - X


19. Englishman Nick Matthew is currently the number 2 ranked player in the world in a sport where half the top 10 are Egyptian, name that sport?

Nakor - O
Graham C - X
bromley04 - O
Cf - X


20. Bermuda, Bent Buffalo and Carpet are all types of what?

Nakor - O
Graham C - X
bromley04 - X
Cf - X


Final Scores:

Nakor - 15
Cf - 10 (2nd via tie-break)
---------------
bromley04 - 10 (3rd via tie-break)
Graham C - 10

Bloody hell!!!

bGM2 - 2nd Round - Group C

TightEnd
Woodsey
Claw75
Tractor

1. Kleptomania is when a person has the inability to refrain from doing what?

TightEnd - O
Woodsey - O
Claw75 - O
Tractor - X


2. Who was burned at the stake in 1431?

TightEnd - O
Woodsey - O
Claw75 - O
Tractor - O


3. The tie-break in round one asked for the population of Brazil, the most populated country in South America, but which country has the second largest population in the continent?

TightEnd - O
Woodsey - X
Claw75 - X
Tractor - X


4. What is the name of Rocky's main opponent in the film Rocky 3?

TightEnd - X
Woodsey - O
Claw75 - X
Tractor - X


5. What part of the body is affected by the disease Emphysema?

TightEnd - O
Woodsey - O
Claw75 - O
Tractor - O

Scores after Q5:

TightEnd - 4
Woodsey - 4
-----------------
Claw75 - 3
Tractor - 2


6. What nationality is the top 20 ranked male tennis player Milos Raonic?

TightEnd - O
Woodsey - X
Claw75 - X
Tractor - X


7. What would someone speaking in Cockney rhyming slang be referring to by his "sausage"?

TightEnd - O
Woodsey - X
Claw75 - X
Tractor - O


8. 'Tipping Point' is a game show which is aired on ITV, who presents the show?

TightEnd - O
Woodsey - X
Claw75 - O
Tractor - X


9. In the miracle "The Feeding of 5000", what did Jesus use to feed the 5000?

TightEnd - O
Woodsey - X
Claw75 - O
Tractor - X


10. What language can be described as South African Dutch?

TightEnd - O
Woodsey - O
Claw75 - O
Tractor - X

Scores after Q10:

TightEnd - 9
Claw75 - 6
---------------
Woodsey - 5
Tractor - 4


11. In ten-pin bowling, what is the name for 3 consecutive strikes?

TightEnd - X
Woodsey - X
Claw75 - X
Tractor - O


12. What is written on the side of the van used by Scooby Doo's gang?

TightEnd - O
Woodsey - O
Claw75 - O
Tractor - O


13. Said to be a dying art, what would a Stenographer do?

TightEnd - X
Woodsey - X
Claw75 - X
Tractor - X


14. The Siamese breed of cat originated in which country?

TightEnd - O
Woodsey - O
Claw75 - O
Tractor - X


15. Olly Murs is the current host of the X Factor having finished 2nd when he competed on the talent show, who did he finish runner-up to?

TightEnd - O
Woodsey - X
Claw75 - O
Tractor - O

Scores after Q15:

TightEnd - 12
Claw75 - 9
-----------------
Woodsey - 7
Tractor - 5


16. Which country is the closest in distance to Australia?

TightEnd - O
Woodsey - O
Claw75 - O
Tractor - X


17. In what century was the gunpowder plot?

TightEnd - O
Woodsey - X
Claw75 - O
Tractor - O


18. Which band achieved great success with their second studio album, The Man Who, which was released in 1999?

TightEnd - O
Woodsey - X
Claw75 - O
Tractor - X


19. Englishman Nick Matthew is currently the number 2 ranked player in the world in a sport where half the top 10 are Egyptian, name that sport?

TightEnd - O
Woodsey - O
Claw75 - X
Tractor - O


20. Bermuda, Bent Buffalo and Carpet are all types of what?

TightEnd - O
Woodsey - X
Claw75 - X
Tractor - O


Final Scores:

TightEnd - 17
Claw75 - 12
-------------------
Tractor - 9 (3rd via tie-break)
Woodsey- 9

Final Scores:

TightEnd - 17
Claw75 - 12
-------------------
Tractor - 9 (3rd via tie-break)
Woodsey- 9

Happy with 9, thanks for running the quiz and good luck to anyone who can stop Tighty!

Longines - 13 (1st via tie-break)
ruud - 13
-------------------
booder - 12
tikay - 10


That's just ridiculous,. not only plum last, but beaten by a Norfolk Boy.

By way of protest, I shall take no further part in this edition, & nothing you can say will change my mind.

PS - Congrats to Longines & ruud.

Enjoy it, that was like Tranmere beating the Arsenal.

Honestly, I stared at the question for several minutes, & could not even guess at an answer. How would I ever know such a thing?

I saw the first ever Rocky film - mid seventies? - & that was more than enough for me. 

More than I've seen.

13. Said to be a dying art, what would a Stenographer do?

TightEnd - X
Woodsey - X
Claw75 - X
Tractor - X


scotty is a stenographer not someone who records the spoken word, for example in a court?

if so, why is my answer wrong? just curious

Same here, am not objecting, but my reply was judged to be incorrect whereas Norfolk Boy was outrageously given as correct, was...


"RECORDING THE SPOKEN WORD ON A STENO MACHINE"

Me three.

Fairly sure JC served fish sandwiches at the big picnic too but apparently not.

Was looking for the term "shorthand" somewhere in the answer Tighty.

Ha, same here, I pot loaves & fish. Bet Norfolk Boy, aka Teacher's Pet got it marked as correct though. 

Sorry mate, needed the specific quantities.

Didn't say how much of each item, it just said what

If the question was the other way round you wouldn't answer people, you would answer 5000 people surely?

Not great that example but you get my point.

ok

pedant :-)

good questions though. nicely judged standard

Especially if you are Norfolk Boy.

When I order my full English, I don't say 2 eggs, 2 sausages, 1 bacon, 426 baked beans, I just say Full English

I don't think it works the other way around but I could have got it mixed up with the last supper and said disciples?  It's obviously people, but he could have fed any of hundreds of food stuffs available.

Don't matter, just gutted to be out :D 

bGM2 - 2nd Round - Group D

maccol
HutchGF
Redsgirl
buzzharvey22


1. Kleptomania is when a person has the inability to refrain from doing what?

maccol - O
HutchGF - O
Redsgirl - O
buzzharvey22 - O


2. Who was burned at the stake in 1431?

maccol - O
HutchGF - O
Redsgirl - O
buzzharvey22 - X


3. The tie-break in round one asked for the population of Brazil, the most populated country in South America, but which country has the second largest population in the continent?

maccol - X
HutchGF - O
Redsgirl - X
buzzharvey22 - O


4. What is the name of Rocky's main opponent in the film Rocky 3?

maccol - X
HutchGF - X
Redsgirl - X
buzzharvey22 - O


5. What part of the body is affected by the disease Emphysema?

maccol - O
HutchGF - O
Redsgirl - O
buzzharvey22 - O

Scores after Q5:

HutchGF - 4
buzzharvey22 - 4
-----------------------
maccol - 3
Redsgirl - 3


6. What nationality is the top 20 ranked male tennis player Milos Raonic?

maccol - X
HutchGF - X
Redsgirl - X
buzzharvey22 - O


7. What would someone speaking in Cockney rhyming slang be referring to by his "sausage"?

maccol - O
HutchGF - X
Redsgirl - O
buzzharvey22 - X


8. 'Tipping Point' is a game show which is aired on ITV, who presents the show?

maccol - O
HutchGF - O
Redsgirl - O
buzzharvey22 - O


9. In the miracle "The Feeding of 5000", what did Jesus use to feed the 5000?

maccol - X
HutchGF - X
Redsgirl - X
buzzharvey22 - X


10. What language can be described as South African Dutch?

maccol - O
HutchGF - O
Redsgirl - O
buzzharvey22 - X

Scores after Q10:

maccol - 6
HutchGF - 6
-----------------
Redsgirl - 6
buzzharvey22 - 6


11. In ten-pin bowling, what is the name for 3 consecutive strikes?

maccol - X
HutchGF - O
Redsgirl - X
buzzharvey22 - O


12. What is written on the side of the van used by Scooby Doo's gang?

maccol - O
HutchGF - O
Redsgirl - O
buzzharvey22 - X


13. Said to be a dying art, what would a Stenographer do?

maccol - X
HutchGF - X
Redsgirl - X
buzzharvey22 - O


14. The Siamese breed of cat originated in which country?

maccol - X
HutchGF - O
Redsgirl - O
buzzharvey22 - X


15. Olly Murs is the current host of the X Factor having finished 2nd when he competed on the talent show, who did he finish runner-up to?

maccol - O
HutchGF - O
Redsgirl - O
buzzharvey22 - O

Scores after Q15:

HutchGF - 10
Redsgirl - 9
------------------
buzzharvey22 - 9
maccol - 8


16. Which country is the closest in distance to Australia?

maccol - X
HutchGF - O
Redsgirl - X
buzzharvey22 - X


17. In what century was the gunpowder plot?

maccol - O
HutchGF - O
Redsgirl - O
buzzharvey22 - X


18. Which band achieved great success with their second studio album, The Man Who, which was released in 1999?

maccol - O
HutchGF - O
Redsgirl - X
buzzharvey22 - O


19. Englishman Nick Matthew is currently the number 2 ranked player in the world in a sport where half the top 10 are Egyptian, name that sport?

maccol - O
HutchGF - O
Redsgirl - X
buzzharvey22 - O


20. Bermuda, Bent Buffalo and Carpet are all types of what?

maccol - O
HutchGF - O
Redsgirl - X
buzzharvey22 - O


Final Scores:

HutchGF - 15
maccol - 12 (2nd via tie-break)
------------------------
buzzharvey22 - 12
Redsgirl - 10

Haha, I don't think the Full English example quite works either.

Your group was ridiculously close, losing in a 3 way tie-break to go out sucks.

bGM2 - 2nd Round - Group E

Supernova
POWWWWWWWW
taximan007
Newportlad


1. Kleptomania is when a person has the inability to refrain from doing what?

Supernova - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
taximan007 - O
Newportlad - O


2. Who was burned at the stake in 1431?

Supernova - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
taximan007 - O
Newportlad - O


3. The tie-break in round one asked for the population of Brazil, the most populated country in South America, but which country has the second largest population in the continent?

Supernova - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
taximan007 - X
Newportlad - O


4. What is the name of Rocky's main opponent in the film Rocky 3?

Supernova - X
POWWWWWWWW - O
taximan007 - X
Newportlad - O


5. What part of the body is affected by the disease Emphysema?

Supernova - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
taximan007 - O
Newportlad - O

Scores after Q5:

POWWWWWWWW - 5
Newportlad - 5
-------------------
Supernova - 4
taximan007 - 3


6. What nationality is the top 20 ranked male tennis player Milos Raonic?

Supernova - O
POWWWWWWWW - X
taximan007 - X
Newportlad - X


7. What would someone speaking in Cockney rhyming slang be referring to by his "sausage"?

Supernova - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
taximan007 - O
Newportlad - X


8. 'Tipping Point' is a game show which is aired on ITV, who presents the show?

Supernova - X
POWWWWWWWW - O
taximan007 - O
Newportlad - X


9. In the miracle "The Feeding of 5000", what did Jesus use to feed the 5000?

Supernova - O
POWWWWWWWW - X
taximan007 - X
Newportlad - X


10. What language can be described as South African Dutch?

Supernova - O
POWWWWWWWW - X
taximan007 - O
Newportlad - X

Scores after Q10:

Supernova - 8
POWWWWWWWW - 7
------------------------------
taximan007 - 6
Newportlad - 5


11. In ten-pin bowling, what is the name for 3 consecutive strikes?

Supernova - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
taximan007 - X
Newportlad - O


12. What is written on the side of the van used by Scooby Doo's gang?

Supernova - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
taximan007 - O
Newportlad - O


13. Said to be a dying art, what would a Stenographer do?

Supernova - X
POWWWWWWWW - X
taximan007 - O
Newportlad - X


14. The Siamese breed of cat originated in which country?

Supernova - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
taximan007 - O
Newportlad - X


15. Olly Murs is the current host of the X Factor having finished 2nd when he competed on the talent show, who did he finish runner-up to?

Supernova - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
taximan007 - X
Newportlad - X

Scores after Q15:

Supernova - 12
POWWWWWWWW - 11
-----------------------
taximan007 - 9
Newportlad - 7


16. Which country is the closest in distance to Australia?

Supernova - X
POWWWWWWWW - O
taximan007 - X
Newportlad - O


17. In what century was the gunpowder plot?

Supernova - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
taximan007 - X
Newportlad - O


18. Which band achieved great success with their second studio album, The Man Who, which was released in 1999?

Supernova - O
POWWWWWWWW - O
taximan007 - X
Newportlad - O


19. Englishman Nick Matthew is currently the number 2 ranked player in the world in a sport where half the top 10 are Egyptian, name that sport?

Supernova - X
POWWWWWWWW - O
taximan007 - O
Newportlad - X


20. Bermuda, Bent Buffalo and Carpet are all types of what?

Supernova - O
POWWWWWWWW - X
taximan007 - O
Newportlad - O


Final Scores:

POWWWWWWWW - 15 (1st via tie-break)
Supernova - 15
--------------------
taximan007 - 11 (3rd via tie-break)
Newportlad - 11

For the record,  I am also miffed about being marked wrong for these questions.
Mostly because I wasn't wrong.

bGM2 - 2nd Round - Group F

sharplea
Sheriff Fatman
david3103
MintTrav


1. Kleptomania is when a person has the inability to refrain from doing what?

sharplea - O
Sheriff Fatman - O
david3103 - O
MintTrav - O


2. Who was burned at the stake in 1431?

sharplea - O
Sheriff Fatman - O
david3103 - O
MintTrav - O


3. The tie-break in round one asked for the population of Brazil, the most populated country in South America, but which country has the second largest population in the continent?

sharplea - O
Sheriff Fatman - X
david3103 - X
MintTrav - X


4. What is the name of Rocky's main opponent in the film Rocky 3?

sharplea - X
Sheriff Fatman - O
david3103 - X
MintTrav - X


5. What part of the body is affected by the disease Emphysema?

sharplea - O
Sheriff Fatman - O
david3103 - O
MintTrav - O

Scores after Q5:

sharplea - 4
Sheriff Fatman - 4
---------------------
david3103 - 3
MintTrav - 3


6. What nationality is the top 20 ranked male tennis player Milos Raonic?

sharplea - X
Sheriff Fatman - X
david3103 - X
MintTrav - X


7. What would someone speaking in Cockney rhyming slang be referring to by his "sausage"?

sharplea - O
Sheriff Fatman - O
david3103 - X
MintTrav - O


8. 'Tipping Point' is a game show which is aired on ITV, who presents the show?

sharplea - O
Sheriff Fatman - X
david3103 - X
MintTrav - X


9. In the miracle "The Feeding of 5000", what did Jesus use to feed the 5000?

sharplea - O
Sheriff Fatman - O
david3103 - O
MintTrav - O


10. What language can be described as South African Dutch?

sharplea - O
Sheriff Fatman - O
david3103 - O
MintTrav - O

Scores after Q10:

sharplea - 8
Sheriff Fatman - 7
-------------------
MintTrav - 6
david3103 - 5


11. In ten-pin bowling, what is the name for 3 consecutive strikes?

sharplea - O
Sheriff Fatman - O
david3103 - O
MintTrav - X


12. What is written on the side of the van used by Scooby Doo's gang?

sharplea - O
Sheriff Fatman - O
david3103 - O
MintTrav - X


13. Said to be a dying art, what would a Stenographer do?

sharplea - O
Sheriff Fatman - X
david3103 - O
MintTrav - O


14. The Siamese breed of cat originated in which country?

sharplea - X
Sheriff Fatman - O
david3103 - X
MintTrav - O


15. Olly Murs is the current host of the X Factor having finished 2nd when he competed on the talent show, who did he finish runner-up to?

sharplea - X
Sheriff Fatman - X
david3103 - X
MintTrav - X

Scores after Q15:

sharplea - 11
Sheriff Fatman - 10
--------------------
david3103 - 8
MintTrav - 8


16. Which country is the closest in distance to Australia?

sharplea - X
Sheriff Fatman - X
david3103 - X
MintTrav - O


17. In what century was the gunpowder plot?

sharplea - O
Sheriff Fatman - O
david3103 - O
MintTrav - O


18. Which band achieved great success with their second studio album, The Man Who, which was released in 1999?

sharplea - X
Sheriff Fatman - O
david3103 - X
MintTrav - X


19. Englishman Nick Matthew is currently the number 2 ranked player in the world in a sport where half the top 10 are Egyptian, name that sport?

sharplea - O
Sheriff Fatman - O
david3103 - O
MintTrav - X


20. Bermuda, Bent Buffalo and Carpet are all types of what?

sharplea - O
Sheriff Fatman - O
david3103 - O
MintTrav - X


Final Scores:

sharplea - 14 (1st via tie-break)
Sheriff Fatman - 14
-----------------------
david3103 - 11
MintTrav - 10

Those who answered correctly got that joke. Some who answered incorrectly recognised the Mr T quote. Some people were wooshed. A few people never watched the A Team and are asking who is this Mr T?   

Ha - getting a bit like a reverse sheep quiz reveal here! If I hadn't got through I'd be appealing being marked wrong on the slang one as my andwer would appearto be equally valid. Also a bit confused by the last one as thought I'd got it right.

I qualify on both counts.

A Team was a children's programme, surely?

It's probably not one to show the kids. Definitely don't show them it before going on holiday otherwise you'll never get them on the plane.

Scotty's been a tough quizmaster though. When it comes to boxing questions Jeremy Vine would probably of given Tighty an easier time of it.

^^^^

Joking aside, the questions were pitched just bright - except for thickos.

Most enjoyable.

We really need a quiz for Team Thicko - Redsgirl & me.

We are just joking. Please keep up the good work Scotty.

Not seeing it would have saved 7 year old me from cracking my head open whilst play acting as murdock on our shed roof.

Scotty, sorry to have to query this, but how is my answer wrong on this one?

10. What language can be described as South African Dutch?

Supernova - O
POWWWWWWWW - X
taximan007 - O
Newportlad - X


I also have to agree with Graham C with the feeding of the 5000 question.  Quantities were not asked for.

Apart from that, its a great quiz.

bGM2 - 2nd Round - Questions and Answers

1. Kleptomania is when a person has the inability to refrain from doing what? Steal

2. In what century was Joan of Arc burnt at the stake? 15th

3. The tie-break in round one asked for the population of Brazil, the most populated country in South America, but which country has the second largest population in the continent? Colombia

4. What is the name of Rocky's main opponent in the film Rocky 3? James "Clubber" Lang

5. What part of the body is affected by the disease Emphysema? Lungs

6. What nationality is the top 20 ranked male tennis player Milos Raonic? Canadian

7. What would someone speaking in Cockney rhyming slang be referring to by his "sausage"? Cash

8. 'Tipping Point' is a game show which is aired on ITV, who presents the show? Ben Shephard

9. In the miracle "The Feeding of 5000", what did Jesus use to feed the 5000? 5 loaves of bread and 2 fish

10. What language can be described as South African Dutch? Afrikaans

11. In ten-pin bowling, what is the name for 3 consecutive strikes? Turkey

12. What is written on the side of the van used by Scooby Doo's gang? The Mystery Machine

13. Said to be a dying art, what would a Stenographer do? Shorthand

14. The Siamese breed of cat originated in which country? Thailand

15. Olly Murs is the current host of the X Factor having finished 2nd when he competed on the talent show, who did he finish runner-up to? Joe McElderry

16. Which country is the closest in distance to Australia? Papa New Guinea

17. In what century was the gunpowder plot? 17th

18. Which band achieved great success with their second studio album, The Man Who, which was released in 1999? Travis

19. Englishman Nick Matthew is currently the number 2 ranked player in the world in a sport where half the top 10 are Egyptian, name that sport? Squash

20. Bermuda, Bent Buffalo and Carpet are all types of what? Grass

Sorry to disappoint: you answered dole money for the question, no way I can accept that. And you answered shark for last question.

Was perhaps a little harsh with your answer, you missed the "s" off the end.

http://www.cockneyrhymingslang.co.uk/slang/sausage_roll

"Sausage roll"

I've never heard of sausage roll for dole, always been rock n roll. Besides, sausage is different to sausage roll surely?

Also, Scott is right about the fish and loaves, it's normally given as a quantity when referred to.

Is it bollocks, I had as strict a God squad upbringing as it was possible to have, and it I totally disagree with that. Any way just a game so no big deal...

Great quiz Scotty.

Though you lose one point for Q2:

Q. Who was burned at the stake in 1431? 

A. 15th

What does it say in the bible?

Thou shalt not covet your neighbour's ass.

I know what says, but it's deffo not a given as the numbers often weren't even referred to in discussions about it. But like I said it's just a game, doesn't matter really.

tbf, I got 19 - probs should've entered

Only one wrong was Bent Buffalo shark, was so sure too

My man Celtic got my back!

No sweat mate, it's only a bit of fun  :)

I do accept the slight ambiguity in one or two questions but believe everyone still could have got 'em.

As previously stated, the advantage of finishing top of your Second Round group would be that you were seeded in the draw for Quarter-Finals meaning you were guaranteed to face someone who finished in 2nd in their group.

Seeds

Longines
Nakor
TightEnd
HutchGF
POWWWWWWWW
sharplea


Unseeded

ruud
Cf
Claw75
maccol
Supernova
Sheriff Fatman

Supernova definitely looks to be the one to dodge of the unseeded sorts.

I'll just do the draw live in the thread just now and then we can crack on with picking specialist subjects.

The first seed out the hat is.....

sharplea


......he will play.......

Sheriff Fatman.

Good tie, came from the same 2nd round group and were only split by a tie-break.

TightEnd is the second seed drawn out.

Who wants that one? A chance to knock the champ out!

He'll face....

ruud

TightEnd vs. ruud.

Next seed out is HutchGF, he'll face.....

maccol

These two were also in the same group, Hutch should go off a decent fave.

The 4th seed out is POWWWWWWWW.

He's one people might fancy taking on but has scored 15 and 15 so far and scored 15 when getting beat in the second round by TightEnd in bGM1. Confirmed darkhorse.

He'll play.....

Cf

From darkhorse to confirmed big favourite to beat Cf.

The fifth of the 6 seeds to come out the hat is Longines.

Longines very very solid and scored the perfect 20 in bGM1.

He'll play....

Supernova.

Guaranteed tie of the round, hard to pick a winner there.

That leaves Nakor to take on Claw75.

Quarter-Final Draw

sharplea vs. Sheriff Fatman

TightEnd vs. ruud

HutchGF vs. maccol

POWWWWWWWW vs. Cf

Longines vs. Supernova

Nakor vs. Claw75

In all seriousness Scott, everyone thinks this has been superb.

Some of us have a little chunter because we felt this that or the other, but it's all in fun.

Thank you very much.

PS - How much did Norfolk Boy pay you?

how will the semis work

3 single ties or two groups of three?

Dangerous SOBs they are

Three single ties to produce a three man final. Think that worked well last time.

Yup you've got a bloody long way to go to reach the status of most ambiguous quiz questions. Who remembers "what colour is not a sea?" - still makes me giggle remembering that.

Looks like gg me next round unless you can stick some girlie questions in!

So here is the specialist subjects. Compared to bGM1, they are less generic. Given that, the questions will not be of a tremendously difficult standard and designed so that you should score 5/5 on them whilst your opponent perhaps 2 or 3 (unless you pick something that suits them of course).

Please PM me a first and second choice. If both players have the same first choice we will use the second choices for both as I will only be creating 5 questions per subject.


1. Music of the '90s

2. 21st Century American TV Shows

3. Wimbledon (Tennis)

4. McDonalds

5. The Films of Brad Pitt

6. Adolf Hitler

7. Flags of the World

8. Reality TV Show Winners

9. The Organs of the Body

10. Fashion Designers

"name an avenged sevenfold import B-Side" was another head scratcher

scotty can keep setting quizzes for ever as far as i am concerned

Quarter-Final Betting

4/6 sharplea vs. Sheriff Fatman 11/10

1/20 TightEnd vs. ruud 8/1

1/3 HutchGF vs. maccol 9/4

1/6 POWWWWWWWW vs. Cf 10/3

10/11 Longines vs. Supernova 10/11

1/4 Nakor vs. Claw75 5/2

Hmm will give this some thought - suspect my strongest subject is the same as Adam's!

Choices submitted.

God only knows how I am still in this but surely the end of the line is approaching.

Fashion Designers?
Disappointed not to see questions about Peppa Pig, Mr Tumble or the colour pink - how my life has changed.
Good luck Claire.

Don't think he needed to pay him anything.  Was never in doubt.

MBN for nakor to get a bye in to the next round.

Who did you draw in the next round? Must've missed it....;nana;

Choices sent. Good luck Hutch.  :)

Cheers mate, you too.

Choices sent. This is going to be tough (as ever)

Good luck all.

Choices sent, gl Cf

When does this resume?

They're coming. I've just had a busy time at work recently. Most questions done, just a couple of SS to go.

Questions sent. Deadline is Sunday midnight.

Good luck to all quarter-finalists.

Hardest set of questions for me so far.
Good luck all.

Blood spatter not splatter ;)

Ta

A good question would be who makes this mistake on the show and who corrects said person!

Question 4 is a great question.

Could someone pm the questions please :-)

ha - I think you'll be ok.  I'm well out of my depth now!!

Cautiously optimistic - think these have fallen pretty well for me.

Good luck Maccool.

I would have said the same - but then again I am playing Tighty!!!

Ha. I think im going to need it.   ;djinn;

Answers sent, had a couple of tricky decisions and a couple of woooshes.

Good luck Longines and the others, still glad to be in having fun,  well at the moment!

Just waiting on sharplea, Sheriff Fatman and Longines.

Will reveal Monday evening.

Sorry, I've been incommunicado all weekend in Anglesey. Sent now.

Sent earlier today, thanks again for running it Scotty.

bGM2 - Quarter Final
sharplea (21st Century American TV shows) vs. Sheriff Fatman (Music of the 90s)

1. What type of bodily tissue connects muscle to bone?

sharplea 0
Sheriff Fatman 0

2. What type of creature is a Cottonmouth?

sharplea 1
Sheriff Fatman 1

3. Which country uses the Zloty as its unit of currency?

sharplea 2
Sheriff Fatman 2

4. How many letters are there in the one word song title from the film/musical Mary Poppins which starts "Super...."?

sharplea 3
Sheriff Fatman 3

5. The 6th Day and End of Days are two of the lesser known works by which actor?

sharplea 4
Sheriff Fatman 3

6. Which spirit brand features a bat on its logo?

sharplea 4
Sheriff Fatman 4

7. 'Pangram' is the name given to a sentence that contains what?

sharplea 5
Sheriff Fatman 5

8. Arguably the greatest ever in his event, Ed Moses competed successfully for years in which athletics event?

sharplea 6
Sheriff Fatman 6

9. Which word means the scientific study of plants?

sharplea 7
Sheriff Fatman 7

10. In which two countries would you find the Gobi Desert?

sharplea 8
Sheriff Fatman 7

11. Dexter saw Michael C Hall play the role of Dexter Morgan, a blood splatter expert who moonlighted as a serial killer, but in which American state was the show predominantly set?

sharplea 9
Sheriff Fatman 8

12. Which Lost star is also known for roles in the Fast & Furious films?

sharplea 9
Sheriff Fatman 8

13. In Breaking Bad, the main character Walter White's son Walt Jr is affected by which disability?

sharplea 10
Sheriff Fatman 9

14. Bates Motel is a contemporary prequel to which genre-defining film from the 1960s?

sharplea 11
Sheriff Fatman 10

15. Fernando Sucre, Brad Bellick and John Abruzzi are characters from which multi-season show?

sharplea 12
Sheriff Fatman 10

16. Which artist/act had the biggest selling single of the 90s, selling over 3 million more copies than any other song?

sharplea 12
Sheriff Fatman 11

17. Name the artist/act who won the BRIT award for Best British Single for the first time in 1993 and has also won the award as recently as 2008?

sharplea 12
Sheriff Fatman 12

18.. What was the name of the song covered by a collection of artists in 1997 for Children In Need?

sharplea 13
Sheriff Fatman 13

19. "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston was the soundtrack to which film?

sharplea 14
Sheriff Fatman 14

20.. In the list of the 100 best selling singles of the 90s, which artist/act features most with their songs listed 8 times?

sharplea 15
Sheriff Fatman 15


A strong performance from both players with 15 always a good score. Sheriff Fatman forces it to the tie break with a good performance on his specialist subject. Closest on the tie break question and therefore moving on to the semi-finals is........


sharplea

Phew!

What did I put for Q12 btw?

bGM2 - Quarter Finals
TightEnd (Flags of the World) vs. ruud (Films of Brad Pitt)

1. What type of bodily tissue connects muscle to bone?

TightEnd 0
ruud 1

2. What type of creature is a Cottonmouth?

TightEnd 1
ruud 1

3. Which country uses the Zloty as its unit of currency?

TightEnd 2
ruud 2

4. How many letters are there in the one word song title from the film/musical Mary Poppins which begins "Super...."?

TightEnd 2
ruud 3

5. The 6th Day and End of Days are two of the lesser known works by which actor?

TightEnd 2
ruud 4

6. Which spirit brand features a bat on its logo?

TightEnd 3
ruud 5

7. 'Pangram' is the name given to a sentence that contains what?

TightEnd 4
ruud 5

8. Arguably the greatest ever in his event, Ed Moses competed successfully for years in which athletics event?

TightEnd 5
ruud 6

9. Which word means the scientific study of plants?

TightEnd 6
ruud 7

10. In which two countries would you find the Gobi Desert?

TightEnd 7
ruud 8

11. How many different colours feature on the flag of South Africa?

TightEnd 8
ruud 9

12. Which country's flag is described as a large yellow star centred on a red field?

TightEnd 9
ruud 10

13. The flag of Liechtenstein consists of horizontal bicolours of red and blue as well as featuring what in the upper left corner?

TightEnd 10
ruud 10

14. What colour is the large triangle on the flag of Bahamas?

TightEnd 10
ruud 11

15. How many stripes will you find on the flag of Thailand?

TightEnd 10
ruud 12

16. Who plays the co-lead role with Brad Pitt in the film "Fight Club"?

TightEnd 10
ruud 13

17. In which film does Brad Pitt play the character of Aldo Raine?

TightEnd 11
ruud 14

18. In what film does Brad Pitt play a character who unusually ages backwards?

TightEnd 12
ruud 15

19. Which British actor played the role of "Turkish" in Snatch, a film where Brad Pitt plays an Irish traveller called Mickey O'Neill?

TightEnd 13
ruud 16

20. In what film does Brad star opposite his real life Angelina Jolie as a married couple?

TightEnd 14
ruud 17


ruud pulls off the huge 8/1 shock by knocking out TightEnd!! I imagine no one expected that. His name goes into the hat for the next round and the defending champion is out!

Dominic Monaghan

bGM2 - Quarter Finals
HutchGF (Organs of the Body) vs. maccol (Music of the 90s)

1. What type of bodily tissue connects muscle to bone?

HutchGF 1
maccol 1

2. What type of creature is a Cottonmouth?

HutchGF 2
maccol 2

3. Which country uses the Zloty as its unit of currency?

HutchGF 3
maccol 3

4. How many letters are there in the one word song title from the film/musical Mary Poppins which begins "Super...."?

HutchGF 4
maccol 4

5. The 6th Day and End of Days are two of the lesser known works by which actor?

HutchGF 5
maccol 5

6. Which spirit brand features a bat on its logo?

HutchGF 6
maccol 6

7. 'Pangram' is the name given to a sentence that contains what?

HutchGF 7
maccol 7

8. Arguably the greatest ever in his event, Ed Moses competed successfully for years in which athletics event?

HutchGF 8
maccol 8

9. Which word means the scientific study of plants?

HutchGF 9
maccol 9

10. In which two countries would you find the Gobi Desert?

HutchGF 10
maccol 9

11. What is the largest internal organ of the body?

HutchGF 11
maccol 10

12. Which organ of the body produces urine?

HutchGF 12
maccol 11

13. The average human brain is said to weigh what percentage of the total body weight: 2%, 5% or 8%?

HutchGF 13
maccol 11

14. The stomach sends food to the small intestine but what is the name of the organ it receives it from?

HutchGF 14
maccol 11

15. Tuberculosis is a disease which typically effects organ in the body?

HutchGF 15
maccol 12

16. Which artist/act had the biggest selling single of the 90s, selling over 3 million more copies than any other song?

HutchGF 16
maccol 13

17. Name the artist/act who won the BRIT award for Best British Single for the first time in 1993 and has also won the award as recently as 2008?

HutchGF 17
maccol 14

18. What was the name of the song covered by a collection of artists in 1997 for Children In Need?

HutchGF 18
maccol 15

19. "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston was the soundtrack to which film?

HutchGF 19
maccol 16

20. In the list of the 100 best selling singles of the 90s, which artist/act features most with their songs listed 8 times?

HutchGF 20
maccol 16


How do you beat perfect? Well, you don't. HutchGF scores the perfect 20, aided by the fact he's a Science teacher whilst maccol is left wishing he drew TightEnd. HutchGF could be the new favourite.

bGM2 - Round 3
Cf (21st Century American TV shows) vs. POWWWWWWWW (Music of the 90s)

1. What type of bodily tissue connects muscle to bone?

POWWWWWWWW 1
Cf 1

2. What type of creature is a Cottonmouth?

POWWWWWWWW 2
Cf 0

3. Which country uses the Zloty as its unit of currency?

POWWWWWWWW 3
Cf 1

4. How many letters are there in the one word song title from the film/musical Mary Poppins which begins "Super...."?

POWWWWWWWW 3
Cf 2

5. The 6th Day and End of Days are two of the lesser known works by which actor?

POWWWWWWWW 4
Cf 2

6. Which spirit brand features a bat on its logo?

POWWWWWWWW 5
Cf 3

7. 'Pangram' is the name given to a sentence that contains what?

POWWWWWWWW 5
Cf 3

8. Arguably the greatest ever in his event, Ed Moses competed successfully for years in which athletics event?

POWWWWWWWW 5
Cf 3

9. Which word means the scientific study of plants?

POWWWWWWWW 6
Cf 4

10. In which two countries would you find the Gobi Desert?

POWWWWWWWW 7
Cf 4

11. Dexter saw Michael C Hall play the role of Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter expert who moonlighted as a serial killer, but in which American state was the show predominantly set?

POWWWWWWWW 7
Cf 5

12. Which Lost star is also known for roles in the Fast & Furious films?

POWWWWWWWW 8
Cf 5

13. In Breaking Bad, the main character Walter White's son Walt Jr is affected by which disability?

POWWWWWWWW 9
Cf 6

14. Bates Motel is a contemporary prequel to which genre-defining film from the 1960s?

POWWWWWWWW 10
Cf 6

15. Fernando Sucre, Brad Bellick and John Abruzzi are characters from which multi-season show?

POWWWWWWWW 11
Cf 6

16. Which artist/act had the biggest selling single of the 90s, selling over 3 million more copies than any other song?

POWWWWWWWW 12
Cf 6

17. Name the artist/act who won the BRIT award for Best British Single for the first time in 1993 and has also won the award as recently as 2008?

POWWWWWWWW 13
Cf 7

18.. What was the name of the song covered by a collection of artists in 1997 for Children In Need?

POWWWWWWWW 14
Cf 8

19. "I Will Always Love You" by Whitney Houston was the soundtrack to which film?

POWWWWWWWW 15
Cf 9

20.. In the list of the 100 best selling singles of the 90s, which artist/act features most with their songs listed 8 times?

POWWWWWWWW 16
Cf 10


POWWWWWWWWW cruises into the semis with an impressive 16 out of 20. Cf couldn't going and relied on a late rally to score a decent 10.

bGM2 - Quarter Finals
Longines (Organs of the body/Fashion Designers) vs. Supernova (Organs of the body/Fashion Designers)

1. What type of bodily tissue connects muscle to bone?

Longines 1
Supernova 1

2. What type of creature is a Cottonmouth?

Longines 2
Supernova 2

3. Which country uses the Zloty as its unit of currency?

Longines 3
Supernova 3

4. How many letters are there in the one word song title from the film/musical Mary Poppins which begins "Super...."?

Longines 4
Supernova 3

5. The 6th Day and End of Days are two of the lesser known works by which actor?

Longines 5
Supernova 4

6. Which spirit brand features a bat on its logo?

Longines 6
Supernova 5

7. 'Pangram' is the name given to a sentence that contains what?

Longines 7
Supernova 5

8. Arguably the greatest ever in his event, Ed Moses competed successfully for years in which athletics event?

Longines 8
Supernova 6

9. Which word means the scientific study of plants?

Longines 9
Supernova 7

10. In which two countries would you find the Gobi Desert?

Longines 10
Supernova 8

11. What is the largest internal organ of the body?

Longines 11
Supernova 8

12. Which organ of the body produces urine?

Longines 12
Supernova 9

13. The average human brain is said to weigh what percentage of the total body weight: 2%, 5% or 8%?

Longines 12
Supernova 10

14. The stomach sends food to the small intestine but what is the name of the organ it receives it from?

Longines 12
Supernova 11

15. Tuberculosis is a disease which typically effects organ in the body?

Longines 13
Supernova 12

16. Which fashion designer has the fragrances Euphoria and Eternity currently on the market?

Longines 14
Supernova 13

17. Donatello Versace took over the Versace label after her brother was murdered in 1997 but was the forename of her brother?

Longines 14
Supernova 14

18. John Galliano is the current head of which late fashion designer's Paris-based label?

Longines 14
Supernova 14

19. Which British fashion designer's clothing, accessories and jewellery are often symbolised or branded by an orb?

Longines 15
Supernova 14

20.. What nationality is fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld who is known for his trademark white hair and black glasses?

Longines 16
Supernova 15


Great match. Supernova will be kicking themselves, especially as they would have won a tie break, but Longines is a strong quizzer and will have a great chance of winning.

bGM2 - Quarter Finals
Nakor (McDonalds) vs. Claw75 (Fashion Designers)

1. What type of bodily tissue connects muscle to bone?

Nakor 1
Claw75 1

2. What type of creature is a Cottonmouth?

Nakor 2
Claw75 1

3. Which country uses the Zloty as its unit of currency?

Nakor 3
Claw75 2

4. How many letters are there in the one word song title from the film/musical Mary Poppins which begins "Super...."?

Nakor 3
Claw75 3

5. The 6th Day and End of Days are two of the lesser known works by which actor?

Nakor 4
Claw75 3

6. Which spirit brand features a bat on its logo?

Nakor 5
Claw75 3

7. 'Pangram' is the name given to a sentence that contains what?

Nakor 6
Claw75 4

8. Arguably the greatest ever in his event, Ed Moses competed successfully for years in which athletics event?

Nakor 7
Claw75 4

9. Which word means the scientific study of plants?

Nakor 8
Claw75 5

10. In which two countries would you find the Gobi Desert?

Nakor 9
Claw75 5

11. There are over 14,000 McDonalds outlets in the USA making it the country with the most outlets in the World, but which country has the second most McDonalds outlets?

Nakor 9
Claw75 5

12. McDonalds have recently introduced their "Big Flavour Wraps" but how many different options is there?

Nakor 10
Claw75 5

13. Until what time do McDonalds tend to offer their breakfast options until?

Nakor 11
Claw75 6

14. According to the website, what is the current price of a cheeseburger in McDonalds?

Nakor 12
Claw75 7

15. What are the two flavour options available in the popular "Chicken Legend" burger?

Nakor 13
Claw75 7

16. Which fashion designer has the fragrances Euphoria and Eternity currently on the market?

Nakor 14
Claw75 8

17. Donatello Versace took over the Versace label after her brother was murdered in 1997 but was the forename of her brother?

Nakor 14
Claw75 9

18. John Galliano is the current head of which late fashion designer's Paris-based label?

Nakor 15
Claw75 9

19. Which British fashion designer's clothing, accessories and jewellery are often symbolised or branded by an orb?

Nakor 16
Claw75 9

20. What nationality is fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld who is known for his trademark white hair and black glasses?

Nakor 16
Claw75 9


Nakor makes the semi-finals for the second time and considering he didn't actually lose in the first edition must make him a strong contender. Strong showing from Claw too making the quarter finals and perhaps got unfortunate with the questions.