Roll up, roll up.... jbworldwide's RSQ

[Ironside]

13 entries in total.

I really thought I had a good spread of questions but maybe too hard for some to enter?

Entry List;

dwh103
cf
moonar
Longines
david3103
Tighty
Ant040689
kinboshi
Waz1892
Ironside
stribling
MintTrav
ruud

way too hard for me

i didnt know smashedagain had written a book  so just guessed at the title i need 4 or 5 passes

[jbworldwide]

Welcome to the RSQ reveal.

I expect some farce.... question 1 coming up!

[jbworldwide]

Question 1

In honour of the winter Olympics; name a sport that is part of the 2014 programme that takes place outside (and include a discipline please, just skiing or snowboarding will be an incorrect answer)

Sheep


Aces

Freestyle Cross Country Skiing: moonar
Half-Pipe: MintTrav
Luge: ruud
Nordic Combined: dwh103
Ski Cross: Ant040689
Ski Jump: Waz1892
Snowboard Cross: david3103
Biathlon Women's Mass Start   : Tighty
Biathlon Men's Pursuit: Ironside

Wrong Answers;

Knitting (Nordic)   kinboshi
Snowboarding   cf
Biathlon: Longines, stribling

6 points each

[ruud]

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

[jbworldwide]

Question 2

Name a country in the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics that has won two or more gold medals (this will be taken from the close of play on 17th Feb)

Sheep

Austria: Longines, moonar
Norway: Ant040689, Ironside


Aces

Belarus: Tighty
Finland: Waz1892
Netherlands: MintTrav
Russia: dwh103
Sweden: stribling
USA: david3103


Wrong Answers;

Barbados: cf
Slovenia: ruud
South Sudan: kinboshi

7 points each

[jbworldwide]

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.

[david3103]

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

[jbworldwide]

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

[Ironside]

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

i said 12.5k biathlon pursuit

[ruud]

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

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

[jbworldwide]

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

[jbworldwide]

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

[ruud]

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!

[Ironside]

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

[jbworldwide]

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