also never heard of James Herbert

Secondly, Q7 is just mental! Can you put up a link to the 20 correct answers please?!?!

I aim to please...

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[Question 8]

Question 8

Name a unique first name for an English monarch since 1066 (what I am looking for here is the crowned forename, e.g. Harry (but since he is not a monarch this is incorrect) I do not need the number)

Pass


Sheep

John: Ant040689, moonar, ruud

3 points

Others

Jane: dwh103, Longines
James: Tighty, Waz1892
Charles: cf, stribling

Aces

Mary: MintTrav
Victoria: david3103
William: Ironside


Wrong Answers;

Helga: kinboshi


8 points

dwh103   7
Tighty   8
moonar   11
david3103   11
Waz1892   14
Ironside   15
MintTrav   15
Ant040689   18
ruud   18
Longines   20
stribling   20
cf   41
kinboshi   51

Bit of haste please QM, I fancied an early night tonight!

This is taking longer than I hoped but I am plugging on

[Question 7]

Question 7

Name a PLC listed on the FTSE 100 which is in the top 20 by market capitalisation value. (i.e. which 20 companies are worth the most, taken from Telegraph online on 17th Feb)

Pass


Sheep

British American Tobacco: MintTrav, moonar
Vodafone: david3103, Ironside
Diageo: dwh103, Longines

2 points

Aces

SABMiller: Tighty
Barclays: stribling


Wrong Answers;

blonde Poker: kinboshi
e.on: ruud
IBM: Ant040689
Morrisons Group: Waz1892
Sports Direct: cf

7 points each

Scores update.. next;

[Question 6]

Question 6

Name a James Herbert novel (officially published according to wikipedia, short stories do not count)

Pass (Loads here and I thought he was a reasonably well known author)

Ant040689
dwh103
MintTrav
ruud
Waz1892

Sheep

The Rats: Longines, moonar

2 points

Aces

The Magic Cottage: Tighty
The Fog: david3103


Wrong Answers;

Free my Brother: stribling
Mr Tickle: kinboshi
My win in Marakesh: Ironside
Why I Should Be Allowed Back On Blonde and Other Musings: cf


7 points each

[Question 5]

Question 5

Name a football team remaining in the 2013-14 UEFA Champions League Competition (Round of 16 beginning on 18th Feb 2014)

Pass


Sheep

Galatasary: Ant040689, stribling, Waz1892

3 points

Others

Arsenal: Longines, moonar
Zenit St Petersburg: Ironside, Tighty


Aces

AC Milan: dwh103
Athletico Madrid: ruud
Olympiacos: david3103
Real Madrid: MintTrav

Wrong Answers;

Newcastle United: cf
Accrington Stanley: kinboshi

8 points each

[Scores up to and including Q4]

Scores up to and including Q4

dwh103   4
Waz1892   4
Tighty   4
Ironside   4
moonar   5
david3103   7
Ant040689   8
stribling   9
ruud   10
MintTrav   12
Longines   14
cf   19
kinboshi   29

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

please have a read of this and then correct my answer for Q2!!!

She hadn't won them by the 17th Feb

fair enough. I do think that having two questions on the winter olympics and then putting two very challenging conditions on the questions has dissipated the quality of the quiz.

Remember, the point of an RSQ is LOTS of OBVIOUS answers. I wonder how many countries did have 2 golds a week ago?

If you really wanted these questions, then why not "name a winter olympic sport" and "name a country that has won an olympic gold at sochi 2014". Suddenly, both questions are much easier to guess, no one has to waste a pass, and you get more entries! Et Voila!

I understand what you were saying, for the first one I wanted to create bit of difficulty but considering it was on I assumed people would have a greater awareness of the events. As for the second one there were 13 countries with 2 medals when the question was set.

You didn't want a discipline within "Biathlon" then?

Not sure exactly what the question means, however... I did uhm and arr about putting Biathlon together but they made the effort to be more descriptive in the answer and I was happy to keep them seperate. But I could put them back together if everyone agrees.

If Snowboarding is incorrect because it is an overall descriptor then biathlon is also incorrect surely

point taken, I was trying to avoid a skiing or snowboarding answer but have caught myself out

i didnt just say biathlon i gave an event in the biathlon

and you got an ace

[Question 4]

Adjustments made to prior results.. on to..

Question 4

Name a country that was part of the British Empire (protectorates do not count)

Pass


Sheep

UK: cf, Longines

2 points

Aces

Australia: david3103
England: Waz1892
India: stribling
Jamaica: Ant040689
Malaysia: ruud
Malta: dwh103
New Zealand: moonar
St Kitts and Nevis: Tighty
Tonga: Ironside
Vanuatu: MintTrav

Wrong Answers;

Scunthorpe: kinboshi

7 points

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

please have a read of this and then correct my answer for Q2!!!

She hadn't won them by the 17th Feb

You didn't want a discipline within "Biathlon" then?

Not sure exactly what the question means, however... I did uhm and arr about putting Biathlon together but they made the effort to be more descriptive in the answer and I was happy to keep them seperate. But I could put them back together if everyone agrees.

If Snowboarding is incorrect because it is an overall descriptor then biathlon is also incorrect surely

point taken, I was trying to avoid a skiing or snowboarding answer but have caught myself out

[Question 3]

Question 3

Name a winner of a 2014 Bafta (Person or Film, to be clear the headline credit will count e.g. the Make up and Hair was awarded to the film not the 3 stylists)

Pass
Ironside

Sheep

Gravity: Ant040689, cf, david3103, Longines

4 points

Aces

Cate Blanchett: moonar
Barkhad Abdi: Tighty
12 Years a Slave: Waz1892
Dame Helen Mirren: ruud
Frozen: stribling
Paul Greenaway: dwh103


Wrong Answers;

Anchorman 2: Mintrav
Lassie: kinboshi

9 points each

You didn't want a discipline within "Biathlon" then?

Not sure exactly what the question means, however... I did uhm and arr about putting Biathlon together but they made the effort to be more descriptive in the answer and I was happy to keep them seperate. But I could put them back together if everyone agrees.