RSQ49 - This time it's serious

[MereNovice]

The Rules.

There are 12 questions.

PM me your answers by 9am on Tuesday 22/03/2011. Please put RSQ49 in the subject header and give the corresponding number for each question.
There will be no extra marks for neatness but you will get a nod of approval from me.

The reveal will take place at 8pm on Tuesday 22/03/2011 on this thread.
I will even set my alarm.
The usual haggling will then take place.

Your score for each question is the number of people who give the same correct answer. The answer most commonly given is called the sheep, with the corresponding sheep score.  If you score the only ACE (an ace being a correct answer which no-one else submits) in any round, you will receive MINUS 1 points for that round.
You are not allowed to do research such as Google searches to come up with answers, and you are not allowed to ask others for help with your answers.  Remember, you are only cheating yourself (and your illustrious peers).

If you give an incorrect answer, you will receive the sheep score + 5 points

You MUST pass on one, and only one, question and you will receive a score of 0 for that question.

I will try to be reasonable about spelling but I cannot guarantee that my rulings will meet with universal approval.


Objections will be considered during the reveal but I will try to keep the process short and as painless as possible.


The lowest aggregate score after the 12 rounds will win. In the event of a tie, I will create an arbitrary rule to decide the winner.


The Questions.


1. Name a chemical element (with atomic number less than 92) whose name begins with the letter C.

2. Name a non-American (i.e. born outside the US) poker player that won a WSOP bracelet in 2010 (events 1 to 57).

3. Name a film that has been nominated for more than 9 Oscars.

4. Name a player who was in England's squad at the start of the current Cricket World Cup.

5. Name a husband of the actress Elizabeth Taylor.

6. Name a female tennis player who has won a Grand Slam singles title since (and including) 2000.

7. Give a whole integer square number between 101 and 300.

8. Name a Nobel Peace prize winner (1990-2010 inclusive).

9. Name a musical written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice (where they are the major credited composer and lyricist) that has run in the West End.

10. Name a book by Charles Dickens.

11. Name one of the nine countries that were part of the European Economic Community in 1973.

12. Give the title of a record by Abba that reached number one in the British charts.





I will accept and consider objections including (but not limited to) "too difficult", "too easy", "badly expressed", "not suitable for RSQ", "already asked" and "lacking in variety" so long as the objection is raised before 10am tomorrow. If I deem it necessary, I will revise the questions before 1pm tomorrow but there will be no revisions after that time.


This quiz may lack a little of the flair of previous versions but you should blame Tighty for that. If I am ever asked to do it again I will try to be more creative.


The Field.

TightEnd
Acidmouse
moonandback
thetank
The-Crow
Silo Graham
redsimon
George2Loose
TommyD
Girgy85
snoopy1239
kinboshi
Waz1892
technolog

[Robert HM]

I will try to keep the process short and as painless as possible.

For you or the entrants?



Stiky button pressed, there is no hiding

[MereNovice]

I will try to keep the process short and as painless as possible.

For you or the entrants?

Me, of course; what do I care about the entrants?

[Graham C]

A pointer, it will get really bad from the start otherwise

2. Name a non-American (i.e. born outside the US) poker player that won a WSOP bracelet this year (events 1 to 57).

WSOP hasn't been this year yet.

[MereNovice]

A pointer, it will get really bad from the start otherwise

2. Name a non-American (i.e. born outside the US) poker player that won a WSOP bracelet this year (events 1 to 57).

WSOP hasn't been this year yet.

Thanks. I will clarify.

[Girgy85]

Wont be entering with those Questions!

[Graham C]

Can I Google avoirdupois?

[MereNovice]

Can I Google avoirdupois?

It's a subset of "imperial" and includes the common ones.
If you Google it you will see the answers on the results page.

[Acidmouse]

1. Name a chemical element (with atomic number less than 92) whose name begins with the letter C.  (I along with 99% of the population have no idea what atomic number less than 92 means, therefore utter fail.)

3. Name a film that has been nominated for more than 9 Oscars. (this begs for a google activity)

4. Name an English football team in the top four divisions (I don't know the collective name for these any more) whose name starts and ends with the same letter. (2-3 possible answers?)

5. Name a husband of the actress Elizabeth Taylor. (i am guessing younger people have no idea who she was let along who she was married to)

7. Give a whole integer square number between 101 and 300. (do you have OCD? seriously bad bad question)

8. Name a Nobel Peace prize winner (1990-2010 inclusive). (not a scoobie, i assume others don't know either)

10. Name a (British) avoirdupois measure of weight. (avoirdupois = fail)

11. Name a character that was listed in the end credits of Eastenders last night. (Tuesday 15/03). (fail fail fail fail)


This is a fail I am afraid, it assumes way too much intelligence in the forum users!

[MereNovice]

Wont be entering with those Questions!

That bad?

[TightEnd]

lol


Two brains strikes!

[tikay]

EXCELLENT!

Men from the boys, this will sort.*

*Copyright Yoder

[MereNovice]

1. Name a chemical element (with atomic number less than 92) whose name begins with the letter C.  (I along with 99% of the population have no idea what atomic number less than 92 means, therefore utter fail.)
Atomic weight less than 92 means that it is what most people would think of as a chemical element. There are "artificial" ones with atomic numbers higher than that. I included that clause to try to shackle the smart-arses.

3. Name a film that has been nominated for more than 9 Oscars. (this begs for a google activity)
So do all RSQ questions.

4. Name an English football team in the top four divisions (I don't know the collective name for these any more) whose name starts and ends with the same letter. (2-3 possible answers?)
More

5. Name a husband of the actress Elizabeth Taylor. (i am guessing younger people have no idea who she was let along who she was married to)
You're kidding me?

7. Give a whole integer square number between 101 and 300. (do you have OCD? seriously bad bad question)
Really?

8. Name a Nobel Peace prize winner (1990-2010 inclusive). (not a scoobie, i assume others don't know either)
Some of them are quite famous people.

10. Name a (British) avoirdupois measure of weight. (avoirdupois = fail)
Clarification given above.

11. Name a character that was listed in the end credits of Eastenders last night. (Tuesday 15/03). (fail fail fail fail)
I included this to provide variety but I'll happily remove it if there are multiple objections and not many people who insist it is retained.


This is a fail I am afraid, it assumes way too much intelligence in the forum users!
I had formed the impression that the people who enter the RSQ were a pretty knowledgeable bunch.

I considered:

Name a vegetable
Name a colour of the rainbow
Name one of the seven dwarves

[kinboshi]

Yoder?

[Acidmouse]

All the questions should be really easy to answer, the skill is picking an answer that no one else picks and for that reason it fails.