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Bit of a silly one where I'm sure most people will be guessing quite a few of the answers.

1. How many weeks has Tiger Woods been ranked World number 1?
2. Magnus Carsen holds the highest ever FIDE rating. What is it?
3. Neymar's transfer fee from Barcelona to PSG is the highest ever. How many million in Pounds sterling?
4. The 1999 NRL Grand Final has the highest attendance for a domestic Rugby League match. How many were there?
5. Joe Calazaghe had 46 Pro fights winning them all. How many rounds did he box?
6. The PSA rankings for Squash, May 2019, has Ali Farag at number one with an average points ranking of 2080. How many does the second ranked player have?
7. The 2019 Tour De France was how many miles long?
8. Dan Carter is the highest scoring Rugby Union International player. How many points has he scored?
9. Phil Taylor won 14 PDC Titles between 1994 and 2018. How many legs did he play in those finals?
10. How many people attended the final day of the Cheltenham 2020 festival?

Could be some big scores in this one.

Will try and do a non Arb like reveal tomorrow evening.

brutal variance in this one.  Cheers rubbish

for number 2, can i google what FIDE actually is?

It's just  a chess rating like ranking points in Golf

Tal is odds on for this quiz ;D purely because he will know this exactly and no one else has a clue if this ranking is single figures or four fiigures  ;D

Oh, that simple? great, I should only be a couple out then either way ;)

Surely whoever googles Neymar wins it?  Errors in the millions

sent. feeling confident.

And what exchange rate is being used to decide the £ sterling value lol

"How many million" - sounds like say 100 would be acceptable, as opposed to 1,000,000 - maybe

Just the six brave contestants so far boys and girls.

Doubled up to 12 now.

Do you know roughly what time you'll be doing the reveal?

I did say early evening so I'll give it an hour or so. Just waiting on Arb to send me his workings out down by carrier pigeon. 15 of us so far. Start about 4 ish?

Pigeon is in lockdown self isolating.  No can do.

i think i might win this

Ok, might as well start it off as can't see anyone else entering now.

Ironside had an unique set of answers, all 2,000. Amazingly he hasn't come last.

I've left question 4 until last as that was the one with the most variance other than someone who will remain anon for now.

Can't seem to copy and paste from excel so apologies if the tables look messed up.

Was surprised at the answers for the first question as Tiger was pretty unstoppable between 1997 and 2009.

1. How many weeks has Tiger Woods been ranked World number 1?

Answer 683 weeks

Name   Guess   Points
Karabiner    612   71
Karmadope   600   83
Tal   440   243
Nirvana   430   253
Celtic   421   262
bergeroo   412   271
Arbboy   385   298
Bunnydas888   378   305
Dacorb   370   313
Doobs   350   333
Robbiebox   348   335
Tighty   323   360
Scotty   300   383
Juperjiper   287   396
Ironside   2000   1317

Hoooooolllllldddddd

As someone pointed out at an early stage, Tal would walk this one and he did. One of only two correct answers for the entire quiz. I guess this is one where you either know it or don't. Early leader Karabiner obviously didn't.

2. Magnus Carsen holds the highest ever FIDE rating. What is it?

Answer: 2882

Name   Guess   Points
Tal   2882   0
Doobs   2900   18
bergeroo   2900   18
Tighty   2923   41
Juperjiper   3123   241
Karmadope   2500   382
Robbiebox   3445   563
Ironside   2000   882
Bunnydas888   1989   893
Scotty   1000   1882
Arbboy   999   1883
Nirvana   850   2032
Celtic   341   2541
Karabiner    302   2580
Dacorb   95   2787

And that puts Tal at the top of the heap after round two.

Name   Overall
Tal   243
bergeroo   289
Doobs   351
Tighty   401
Karmadope   465
Juperjiper   637
Robbiebox   898
Bunnydas888   1198
Arbboy   2181
Ironside   2199
Scotty   2265
Nirvana   2285
Karabiner    2651
Celtic   2803
Dacorb   3100

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm

3. Neymar's transfer fee from Barcelona to PSG is the highest ever. How many million in Pounds sterling?

An unbelievable £198,000,000

Wearing my Arsenal tinted glasses for a second, if that clown is worth that much then how much would the greatest Footballer to have graced a pitch, Lee Dixon, have been worth in his prime?

Congrats to Juperjiper for the second and last correct answer.

Ironside extremely lucky this was rounded up.

Name   Guess   Points
Juperji   198   0
Tal....   200   2
Celtic.   195   3
berger   190   8
Dacorb   186   12
Arbboy   185   13
Nirvana   215   17
Karmado   180   18
Scotty   180   18
Karabine   180   18
Doobs.   180   18
Tighty.   176   22
Bunnyd   160   38
Robbieb   125   73
Ironside   2000   1802

anyone see a pattern in my play?

Nope.

Solid didn't someone used to say a decade ago?

Changing your names slightly to align the spready so the figures aren't all over the place.

Overall after round 3 and Tal with two solid rounds stays top. Berger, Doobs and Tighty hanging in.

Name   Overall
Tal......   245
berger   297
Doobs   369
Tighty   423
Karma   483
Juper   637
Robbie   971
Bunny   1236
Arbboy   2194
Scotty   2283
Nirvana   2302
Karabin   2669
Celtic   2806
Dacorb   3112
Ironside   4001

I actually knew this was 198/199 but thought that was euros so adjusted. Sigh.

From now on is where the wheels come off for me...

Skipping question 4 for the time being and straight onto number 5.

5. Joe Calazaghe had 46 Pro fights winning them all. How many rounds did he box?

Answer 262

He went the distance in 13 of his fights but only fought 53 rounds in his first 22 bouts.

Name   Guess   Points
Karma   276   14
Scotty   280   18
Robbie   239   23
Karabin   236   26
Juperj   289   27
Tighty.   230   32
Doobs   230   32
Nirvana   306   44
Dacorb   310   48
Bunnyd   321   59
Celtic..   351   89
Arbboy   365   103
berger   410   148
Tal....   444   182
Ironside   2000   1738

Bad round for Tal

Impressive no of people between 2500 and 3000.

New leader with Doobs capitalising on Tals lapse at Smoking Joes firepower.

Five people under 500 points, with Tighty ominously in the mix.

Name   Overall
Doobs   401
Tal......   427
berger   445
Tighty.   455
Karmad   497
Juperj   664
Robbie   994
Bunnyd   1295
Arbboy   2297
Scotty   2301
Nirvana   2346
Karabin   2695
Celtic..   2895
Dacorb   3160
Ironside   5739

6. The PSA rankings for Squash, May 2019, has Ali Farag at number one with an average points ranking of 2080. How many does the second ranked player have?

Another oddball question that you either know or don't. Scotty wins his first round Robbie and Karabiner put in solid efforts but has Doobs done enough to stay in front?

Answer 1573

Name   Guess   Points
Scotty   1600   27
Robbie   1610   37
Karabin   1520   53
Doobs.   1500   73
Arbboy   1680   107
Tighty.   1432   141
berger   1400   173
Bunnyd   1750   177
Dacorb   1830   257
Nirvana   1300   273
Karmad   1900   327
Juperj   1234   339
Tal....   1975   402
Ironside   2000   427
Celtic           563   1010

Eek!

Doobs not only hangs on but extends his lead nicely. Only 5 people under 1,000 points. Ironsides cunning plan of answering every question with 2,000 not working so far as he brings up the rear. Bad day at the office for Celtic.

Name   Overall
Doobs.   474
Tighty.   596
berger   618
Karmad   824
Tal......   829
Juperj   1003
Robbie   1031
Bunnyd   1472
Scotty   2328
Arbboy   2404
Nirvana   2619
Karabin   2748
Dacorb   3417
Celtic..   3905
Ironside   6166

Does he have 'good days'?  :D

Some weird and wonderful answers to this.

7. The 2019 Tour De France was how many miles long?

I actually knew this as it was an anagram of 2019 and I'm pretty sure it was mentioned quite a lot.

Answer 2091

Now, maybe this is a Scottish thing but Ironsides best round by far whilst Celtic and Scotty went haywire. I'm guessing Celtic either had a misclick or thought the entire tour was the same as a ride from Bristol to London whilst Scotty obviously thought they raced to the moon and then some (Sorry for taking the piss).

Name   Guess   Points
Karabin   2050   41
Karmad   2000   91
Ironside   2000   91
Tal....   2500   409
Dacorb   2600   509
Nirvana   2600   509
Bunnyd   1500   591
Juperj   1500   591
berger   2700   609
Doobs.   3000   909
Robbieb   3500   1409
Tighty.   3500   1409
Arbboy   3850   1759
Celtic.   145   1946
Scotty   300000   297909

Another solid round for Karabiner who wins his second stage (sorry again). Karmadope, who has been top five since round one, streaks ahead and is the only person under 1,000 points. Even with Ironsides flawed strategy I think we now know who is going to bring up the rear.

Name   Overall
Karmad   915
berger   1227
Tal......   1238
Doobs.   1383
Juperj   1594
Tighty.   2005
Bunnyd   2063
Robbieb   2440
Karabin   2789
Nirvana   3128
Dacorb   3926
Arbboy   4163
Celtic..   5851
Ironside   6257
Scotty   300237

For full closure i am mostly scottish breeding wise so the jocks are currently filling the bottom 4!  Irn Bru question needed

scotty misreading miles for metres surely the logical explanation?

Either that or his 0 was jamming as evident in the next question.

8. Dan Carter is the highest scoring Rugby Union International player. How many points has he scored?

Answer 1442

Another niche question where you would have a decent idea if you followed the game.

Name   Guess   Points
Dacorb   1460   18
Robbieb   1465   23
Karabin   1500   58
Karmad   1500   58
Doobs.   1500   58
Celtic.   1321   121
Tighty.   1600   158
Tal....   1200   242
Arbboy   1875   433
Bunnyd   950   492
Ironside   2000   558
Nirvana   750   692
Juperj   376   1066
berger   3100   1658
Scotty   15000 13558

Disaster!

Top bombing by Dacorb and further solid answers from Doobs and Karabiner. Robbie moves into top 5 with his second place finish but Karmadope stays under 1,000 points. Tal stays in the top 3 only having been off the podium for one round.

Name   Overall
Karmad   973
Doobs.   1441
Tal......   1480
Tighty.   2163
Robbie   2463
Bunnyd   2555
Juperj   2660
Karabin   2847
berger   2885
Nirvana   3820
Dacorb   3944
Arbboy   4596
Celtic..   5972
Ironside   6815
Scotty   313795

9. Phil Taylor won 14 PDC Titles between 1994 and 2018. How many legs did he play in those finals?

I'm not sure if people were mixing the World Championship, best of 13, to the World Matchplay, best of 35. Looking at the answers I would guess they were. Karabiner would have to explain what he thought they were playing?

Answer 125

Name   Guess   Points
Karmad   140   15
Tighty.   96   29
Juperj   275   150
Scotty.   300   175
Tal....   350   225
Dacorb   382   257
Robbieb   388   263
Celtic.   432   307
berger   480   355
Doobs.   560   435
Arbboy   600   475
Bunnyd   602   477
Nirvana   700   575
Ironside   2000   1875
Karabin   4600   4475

I was thinking legs in the entire tourneys  :blonde:

If I hadn't blown 2500 on Q#2 I would have been streets ahead until that one..

Top 'Arrers by Karmadope who incredibly stays under 1,000 points. Tal keeps firing away whilst Doobs and Tighty hang on in. Massive double trouble for Karabiner who now gets locked into a last but one place battle with Celtic and Ironside. Are you Scottish as well Bud?

Name   Overall
Karmad   988
Tal......   1705
Doobs.   1876
Tighty.   2192
Robbieb   2726
Juperj   2810
Bunnyd   3032
bergeroo   3240
Dacorb   4201
Nirvana   4395
Arbboy   5071
Celtic..   6279
Karabin   7322
Ironside   8690
Scotty   313970

I think that one might have been wrong, Rubbish.

Have you counted sets rather than legs?

I realised I messed up the arithmetic on my answer and I put half of what I should have.

Think yoou have the darrts question wrong rubbish.  Think you have taken the number of sets and not legs.  Each set is the best of five legs.  Its imposssible it is 125.

Last two questions and huge swings to be made.

10. How many people attended the final day of the Cheltenham 2020 festival?

Answer A Coronavirus dodging 68,859

Bunny must have been there with his incredibly specific answer? Everybody else rounded up.

Name   Guess   Points
Bunnyd   68582   277
Nirvana   68000   859
Karmad   70000   1141
Juperj   70000   1141
Celtic.   70000   1141
Tighty.   65000   3859
Dacorb   65000   3859
Arbboy   61500   7359
Tal....   60000   8859
Scotty   80000   11141
Doobs.   55000   13859
berger   44000   24859
Karabin    30000   38859
Ironside   2000      66859
Robbie   175000   106141

You are quite correct I meant sets. It was going so well up to that point.

Yeah, meant sets not legs. I'm an idiot.

I figured everyone would give a specific number so decided to throw in something random on the end for no good reason!

Although I've cocked up the Darts question I'm quite sure it hasn't effected the overall result. Please feel free to flame away though.

My humble apologies to everyone.

Void question in that case?

No worries. Only a bit of fun.

rough guide would be to multiple the 125 sets by 4 legs on average that would be about right without having to actually find the actual number of legs.   If you do want to modify it.

Given results in these so far, it's time for me to confess I'm 50% Scottish and so genetics counting heavily against me

Bunny swoops into second place after an inspired answer. Karmadope puts in another solid effort on the gallops. Robbie unfortunately unseated his rider but knowing what Ironsides answer is going to be for the last question, will he stay in the bottom two?

 Your quizmaster had to be put down after a serious fall at the oche.

Name   Overall
Karmad   2129
Bunnyd   3309
Juperj   3951
Nirvana   5254
Tighty.   6051
Celtic  7420
Dacorb   8060
Tal......   10564
Arbboy   12430
Doobs.   15735
berger   28099
Karabin   46181
Ironside   75549
Robbieb   108867
Scotty   325111

Unbelievable, I knew there was normally about 70,000, and just assumed a few more of them would work out it was a bad idea to show up.

Out of interest, what was the Q4 attendance answer ?

I moved question 4 to last to build the tension as the scope for cocking up on this one is massive. Likewise, an inspired guess could see someone go from mid table insecurity into a promotion challenging place.

With that in mind, Nirvana's last post seems almost like the bluff of the century.

4. The 1999 NRL Grand Final has the highest attendance for a domestic Rugby League match. How many were there?

Answer a whopping 107,999

Name   Guess   Points
Karmad   105000   2999
berger   98800   9199
Nirvana   120000   12001
Tal....   92000   15999
Robbieb   92000   15999
Tighty.   125000   17001
Bunnyd   89421   18578
Karabin   86000   21999
Arbboy   85000   22999
Doobs   140000   32001
Dacorb   74000   33999
Juperj   69000   38999
Celtic..   67000   40999
Scotty   60000   47999
Ironside   2000   105999

Karmadope absolutely hoses up, 12,000 clear of the genetically challenged Nirvana. A solid finish from Bunny sees him clinch the final podium place. Tighty and Tal claim more top five finishes. Robbies Cheltenham gamble backfires and sees him finish in the bottom three. Ironside incredibly lucky for a last but one finish. Scotty dreading watching 150 months of a gruelling 300,000 mile tour de France. I pity the poor bastards riding in it.

Name   Overall
Karmad   5128
Nirvana   17255
Bunnyd   21887
Tighty.   23052
Tal......   26563
Arbboy   35429
berger   37298
Dacorb   42059
Juperji   42950
Doobs   47736
Celtic   48419
Karabin   68180
Robbieb   124866
Ironside   181548
Scotty   373110

Sorry about the darts question, total balls up but I don't think it made a difference in the general scheme of things?

Whose next?

great stuff rubbish thanks!

Haha, 50% other. Nice memorialising of the legend Lee Dixon in the commentary too - thanks for doing this, much appreciated

i would of been good if i had read the attendance questions

Thanks Rubbish for another good-humoured distraction.

Just posted a number quiz I made today for my friends. Will be lower scores than in this one!

Thanks for running Rubbish, gg all.

I guess I will be satisfied with mid table obscurity - thanks for the questions!

Hahahah, I am so bad. Great stuff Rubbish, loved the commentary.

Woop, I'll take a podium! Cheers for running