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[Tal]

Scores so far:

Karabiner         2
kinboshi          3
montadoo          3
SteveF          3
redsimon          3
smashedagain    3
TRIP5         4
taximan007         5
Cf         5
skolsuper         6
stribling         6
paulhouk03   3    6
TightEnd         6
ruud         7
DaveShoelace   7
Nakor         7
tikay         8
cambridgealex   8
pokerfan        8
millidonk        8


Can't have a Gooner winning this quiz

[redsimon]

Its very quiet, thought reveal was Tuesday lol, might not be much controversy

[tikay]

Ridiculous.

[paulhouk03]

y do ppl keep picking 8?

[Tal]

Question 3: The Brag
Achievements are all relative, so some of the things we’re proud of we keep secret because we know full well that other people find that sort of thing easy. Other things we do are proper, bona fide rooftop-shouters. I jotted down a mixture for your entertainment, with a bit of context thrown in for free:
1.   Getting an A in GCSE Design and Technology (despite being truly, truly woeful at it – I can barely identify which end of the hammer to use)
2.   Completing the Times cryptic crossword (once and it took me a week)
3.   Writing a play (satirizing Big Brother and written in iambic pentameter)
4.   Getting a poem published in an anthology (a light-hearted 16 liner about Britain)
5.   Becoming an International Poker Champion (I won a 50 person bowl comp in a small casino in Dublin about 5 years ago, but that does mean I’ve won comps in more than one country. Quod erat demonstrandum)
6.   Making cheese on toast on my own (fine if I weren’t 28 at the time)
7.   Getting a HerbieMob Flag (150 Six Max at DTD)
8.   Player of the Season for a football team (Pembroke College 3rds and I also won Dirtiest Tackle of the Season – write your own jokes)
9.   Captained the victorious Varsity Chess Team (underdogs as well)
10.   Defeating M Bison for the first time to complete Street Fighter 2 in about 1995 (with Ryu, if you’re interested)
11.   Finishing as runner-up in the Universities Singles Plate Competition in Pool (didn’t get into the main event that year)

You selected:

paulhouk03   8
TightEnd   10
redsimon   3
Karabiner   3
Cf   1
kinboshi   3
DaveShoelace   8
cambridgealex   1
smashedagain   7
Nakor   2
stribling   2
pokerfan   3
taximan007   8
SteveF   9
ruud   7
millidonk   3
montadoo   10
skolsuper   11
TRIP5   4
tikay   4

Meaning your scores for this round are:

skolsuper   1
SteveF   1
cambridgealex   2
Cf   2
montadoo   2
Nakor   2
ruud   2
smashedagain   2
stribling   2
TightEnd   2
tikay   2
TRIP5   2
DaveShoelace   3
paulhouk03     3
taximan007      3
Karabiner   5
kinboshi   5
millidonk   5
pokerfan   5
redsimon   5

[TightEnd]

Reveals need objections and dispute to be busy.

[Tal]

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=231422

Just to prove it happened

[tikay]

Objection

[Tal]

Next question has already had an objection upheld. Abstemious, I have learned, is NOT one of two words that has AEIOU in that order; it is one of several.

Question 4: Verbosity, darling
I love a good word, me. Not a long one; a good one. Eleven of my favourite are:
1.   Shark
2.   Paracetamol (because it alternates consonants and vowels)
3.   Asymptote
4.   Tmesis
5.   Squelch
6.   Marvellous
7.   Abstemious (one of two words to have AEIOU in that order)
8.   Growl
9.   Erstwhile
10.   Mellifluous
11.   Free (who doesn’t love that word?!)
I am aware that taramasalata is a longer word that alternates consonants and vowels and that monopolises is the same length, but I prefer paracetamol.

You chose:

paulhouk03   8
TightEnd   4
redsimon   3
Karabiner   7
Cf   1
kinboshi   2
DaveShoelace   2
cambridgealex   3
smashedagain   9
Nakor   2
stribling   2
pokerfan   4
taximan007   5
SteveF   6
ruud   7
millidonk   4
montadoo   7
skolsuper   8
TRIP5   4
tikay   4

Leaving the overall scores at:

SteveF   5
smashedagain   6
montadoo   8
Cf   8
skolsuper   9
taximan007   9
Karabiner   10
redsimon   10
TRIP5   11
paulhouk03   11
kinboshi   12
stribling   12
ruud   12
cambridgealex   12
Nakor   13
TightEnd   13
DaveShoelace   14
tikay   15
pokerfan   18
millidonk   18

[tikay]

Praise be for Milli, who is keeping me off last place.

Tal has got Tighty's number though, rare to see him struggle so.

[Tal]

Question 5: Fame
I’ve met a few characters and some unabated miseries. At least eleven of them are known to others:
1.   HRH The Duke of Kent
2.   Darren “sicknote” Anderton
3.   TV’s Tony Kendall
4.   Jimmy Greaves
5.   Eric Bristow
6.   Baron Mustill
7.   Jimmy White
8.   Wayne “Hawaii 501” Mardle
9.   Stephen Hawking
10.   Rory McGrath
11.   D J Fabio

You chose:

paulhouk03   8
TightEnd   9
redsimon   3
Karabiner   10
Cf      1   
kinboshi   1
DaveShoelace   7
cambridgealex   1
smashedagain   4
Nakor      11
stribling   2
pokerfan   5
taximan007   4
SteveF      8
ruud      7
millidonk   5
montadoo   11
skolsuper   2
TRIP5      4   
tikay      11

Lot of love for D J Fabio:



This leaves the scores like this:

SteveF   7
smashedagain   9
montadoo   11
Cf   11
skolsuper   11
Karabiner   11
redsimon   11
taximan007   12
paulhouk03   13
TRIP5   14
stribling   14
ruud   14
TightEnd   14
kinboshi   15
cambridgealex   15
Nakor   16
DaveShoelace   16
tikay   18
pokerfan   20
millidonk   20


No one...no one...that's NO ONE chose this bloke:



Oh no. Hang on. This bloke:

[redsimon]

Question 5: Fame
I’ve met a few characters and some unabated miseries. At least eleven of them are known to others:
1.   HRH The Duke of Kent
2.   Darren “sicknote” Anderton
3.   TV’s Tony Kendall
4.   Jimmy Greaves
5.   Eric Bristow
6.   Baron Mustill
7.   Jimmy White
8.   Wayne “Hawaii 501” Mardle
9.   Stephen Hawking
10.   Rory McGrath
11.   D J Fabio

You chose:

paulhouk03   8
TightEnd   9
redsimon   3
Karabiner   10
Cf      1   
kinboshi   1
DaveShoelace   7
cambridgealex   1
smashedagain   4
Nakor      11
stribling   2
pokerfan   5
taximan007   4
SteveF      8
ruud      7
millidonk   5
montadoo   11
skolsuper   2
TRIP5      4   
tikay      11

Lot of love for D J Fabio:



This leaves the scores like this:

SteveF   7
smashedagain   9
montadoo   11
Cf   11
skolsuper   11
Karabiner   11
redsimon   11
taximan007   12
paulhouk03   13
TRIP5   14
stribling   14
ruud   14
TightEnd   14
kinboshi   15
cambridgealex   15
Nakor   16
DaveShoelace   16
tikay   18
pokerfan   20
millidonk   20


No one...no one...that's NO ONE chose this bloke:



Oh no. Hang on. This bloke:

I did!

[Tal]

Let me finish!

No one...apart from redsimon

Question 6: Stuff What I Read
I’ve read a few things some other people have written. I used to read a lot when I was younger and hadn’t taken up handing money over to Mr Betfair and his friends. I still love English and would like one day to study it beyond A-Level (I read law at Uni, incase you were wondering). Eleven of my favourite books, plays and poems are:

1.   Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
2.   Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare
3.   Things Snowball by Rich Hall
4.   If by Rudyard Kipling
5.   Dr Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
6.   The Code of the Woosters by P.G. Wodehouse
7.   Volpone by Ben Jonson
8.   Modern English Usage by H. E. Fowler
9.   Lord of the Flies by William Golding
10.   A Study in Scarlet by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
11.   Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Anon.

You chose:

paulhouk03   8
TightEnd   2
redsimon   3
Karabiner   10
Cf      1
kinboshi   1
DaveShoelace   3
cambridgealex   4
smashedagain   3
Nakor      2
stribling   2
pokerfan   6
taximan007   3
SteveF      6
ruud      7
millidonk   6
montadoo   10
skolsuper   3
TRIP5      4
tikay      7

Which puts the scores at:

SteveF   10
montadoo   13
Cf   13
Karabiner   13
smashedagain   14
paulhouk03   14
skolsuper   16
redsimon   16
TRIP5   16
ruud   16
taximan007   17
stribling   17
TightEnd   17
kinboshi   17
cambridgealex   17
Nakor   19
tikay   20
DaveShoelace   21
pokerfan   23
millidonk   23

[Tal]

Question 7: Adverts
What? Adverts?! Yep. Most adverts are rubbish and are what Sky+ x30 was invented for. However, when it is done well, they get stuck in my impressionable head and these are some of the ones I’ve never been able to shake out:
1.   EDF flame in the birdbath
2.   Bud Lite anteater
3.   Papa/Nicole with Vic and Bob
4.   Nike parklife
5.   Carling Black Label – squirrel doing Mission Impossible
6.   Peter Kay – ‘Ave It!
7.   Pimm’s Rave (Prince Charming)
8.   Kia – A dream car for real life
9.   Honda – The cog
10.   Nike – Brazil at the airport
11.   Dime Bar – armadillos.



This was from this year’s Superbowl.

Here’s what you picked:

paulhouk03   8
TightEnd   7
redsimon   3
Karabiner   9
Cf      1
kinboshi   2
DaveShoelace   4
cambridgealex   5
smashedagain   1
Nakor      7
stribling   2
pokerfan   7
taximan007   6
SteveF      8
ruud      7
millidonk   7
montadoo   5
skolsuper   10
TRIP5      4
tikay      9

Leaving us with scores of:

SteveF   12
montadoo   15
Cf   15
Karabiner   15
smashedagain   16
paulhouk03   16
skolsuper   17
redsimon   17
TRIP5   18
taximan007   18
stribling   19
kinboshi   19
cambridgealex   19
ruud   21
TightEnd   22
tikay   22
DaveShoelace   23
Nakor   24
pokerfan   28
millidonk   28

SteveF maintains his lead.

[pokerfan]

Milli obv copied my answers