The Losers' RSQ

[MintTrav]

4. A country that has scored nul points in the Eurovision (for a year, not in a single set of marks).

Norway is the best known, having achieved it four times, but many countries have scored Nul Points in The Eurovision, especially before the scoring system was changed in 1975.

Year   Country
2004   Switzerland
2003   United Kingdom
1998   Switzerland
1997   Portugal
1997   Norway
1994   Lithuania
1991   Austria
1989   Iceland
1988   Austria
1987   Turkey
1983   Turkey
1983   Spain
1982   Finland
1981   Norway
1978   Norway
1970   Luxembourg
1967   Switzerland
1966   Monaco
1966   Italy
1965   Spain
1965   Germany
1965   Finland
1965   Belgium
1964   Yugoslavia
1964   Switzerland
1964   Portugal
1964   Germany
1963   Sweden
1963   Norway
1963   Netherlands
1963   Finland
1962   Spain
1962   Netherlands
1962   Belgium
1962   Austria
 

[MintTrav]

david3103	United Kingdom	3
DungBeetle	United Kingdom	3
The Wycher	United Kingdom	3
dwh103	Spain	2
inittoit	Spain	2
Ironside	Turkey	1
TightEnd	Switzerland	1
Rubbish2407	Norway	1
Ant040689	Pass	0
Mark_Porter	Pass	0
kinboshi	Pass	0
willrobrobu	Pass	0

[MintTrav]

5. Someone who won a silver or bronze medal in the Olympics.

I was going to make this the London Olympics, but thought that might already be a difficult question. A silver or bronze ever was a gimme, as there are so many possible correct answers. Everyone who answered it, aced it.

Ant040689	Sonia O'Sullivan	1
Ironside	Tom Daly	1
dwh103	Neil Broad	1
TightEnd	Laura Bechtolsheimer	1
Mark_Porter	Rebecca Adlington	1
Rubbish2407	Galen Rupp	1
kinboshi	Kenenisa Bekele	1
inittoit	Amir Khan	1
david3103	Sebastian Coe	1
willrobrobu	Linford Christie	1
DungBeetle	Steve Cram	1
The Wycher	Pass	0

[MintTrav]

Half-time scores:

Mark_Porter	4
kinboshi	4
TightEnd	5
inittoit	5
Rubbish2407	6
Ironside	7
dwh103	7
DungBeetle	7
david3103	8
The Wycher	8
Ant040689	9
willrobrobu	12

[david3103]

I wish to register a complaint

[MintTrav]

I wish to register a complaint

Permission granted.

[david3103]

I wish to register a complaint

Permission granted.

This is neither funny nor farcical. Buck your ideas up.

[MintTrav]

gg

I wish to register a complaint

Permission granted.

This is neither funny nor farcical. Buck your ideas up.

You'll have another complaint in a second.

[MintTrav]

6. A country that was on the losing team in World War 1 or World War 2.

Ant040689	Italy	3
DungBeetle	Italy	3
The Wycher	Italy	3
dwh103	Austria-Hungary	2
inittoit	Austria-Hungary	2
TightEnd	Hungary	2
kinboshi	Hungary	2
Mark_Porter	Japan	2
Rubbish2407	Japan	2
Ironside	Thailand	1
willrobrobu	Prussia	1
Incorrect
david3103	Spain	8

[MintTrav]

7. Christianity is the religion with the most members in every State of the US, but the second-largest varies around the country. Name the second-largest religion in any State. You don't need to name the State (though you may if you want to).

Only five possible correct answers here, so this was the one to pass. Or so I thought. Thing is, just about everyone else thought the same, and not many people answered it, so it became a good one to answer.

Possible correct answers are:
Islam
Judaism
Buddhism
Hinduism
Bahá'í

[MintTrav]

Ant040689	Judaism	2
willrobrobu	Judaism	2
Mark_Porter	Buddhism	1
kinboshi	Hinduism	1
inittoit	Atheism	7
DungBeetle	Mormonism	7
The Wycher	Mormonism	7
Ironside	Pass	0
dwh103	Pass	0
TightEnd	Pass	0
Rubbish2407	Pass	0
david3103	Pass	0

[Tal]

Paris Hilton a TV actress?

I just picked the telly control up. Does that make me a weightlifter?

[Ant040689]

Martin Kemp released a song as a part of Spandau Ballet?

[MintTrav]

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[MintTrav]

How can Hindu be the second-largest religious group in Arizona and Delaware? It's all due to the IT industry. Large numbers of Indian programmers have moved to those two IT hotspots.

But Bahá'í in South Carolina? Come on. The thing is, there are some States where virtually everyone is Christian. It only requires a minute percentage to be the second-largest group. Some clusters, attracted to live where there are others who share their beliefs, are enough to register as the second-largest grouping. The number of Bahá'í followers in South Carolina is small, but there is almost no-one else who is not Christian.